Levels and ranks
Experience adds up every day: for puzzles, for places in the standings and for talking under the articles. A hundred levels and ten ranks, the highest of them called the Shakespeare of Othello.
Where experience comes from
| For what | XP |
|---|---|
| Opening the day's endgame | 10 |
| Winning the endgame | 10 |
| Opening every midgame puzzle | 10 |
| The best move in every midgame puzzle | 10 |
| Perfect Day | 20 |
| A comment under an article | 10 |
A comment pays from 100 characters and at most 3 times a day. The Perfect Day bonus needs a won endgame and the best move in every midgame puzzle at once — there is no half of it.
Points for places
| Period | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily standings | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Monthly standings | 50 | 30 | 10 |
| Yearly standings | 500 | 300 | 100 |
The standings are separate for endgames and midgames, so first place in both on the same day counts twice. Shared places get the full points — there is nobody to play a tie-break.
Ranks
| Rank | Levels | From XP |
|---|---|---|
| Pawn | 1–10 | 0 |
| Board Adept | 11–20 | 230 |
| Edge Player | 21–30 | 1,219 |
| Corner Guard | 31–40 | 3,288 |
| Tactician | 41–50 | 6,681 |
| Mobility Strategist | 51–60 | 11,600 |
| Parity Master | 61–70 | 18,224 |
| Tempo Grandmaster | 71–80 | 26,710 |
| Grand Master | 81–90 | 37,212 |
| Shakespeare of Othello | 91–100 | 49,866 |
A rank every 10 levels, with a Roman numeral from I to X inside it. Level 100 is 63,204 experience points away.
Badges
- First Move10
- Clean Endgame25
- Fifty Endgames150
- Endgame Master250
- Midgame Control I25
- Midgame Control II150
- Midgame Control III250
- Perfect Day75
- Comeback15
- Quick Hand75
- Flash of Brilliance75
- Counted to the End25
- A Voice at the Board10
- Talker75
- Analyst250
- Mentor75
- Three Days at the Board15
- A Week at the Board40
- A Month at the Board150
- Regular600
- A Year to the Last Disc2,500
- Cold Blood15
- Calculator75
- Unfailing300
- Master of the Last Moves1,000
- Hat-trick15
- Iron Hand75
- Unbroken300
- Solver’s Eye1,000
- Three Perfections25
- Perfectionist75
- Flawless200
- Absolute Perfection500
- Midgame Regular25
- Fifty Midgame Days75
- A Hundred Midgame Days250
- A Year in the Midgame1,000
- Precision75
- Surgical Precision250
- Not a Disc Lost150
- Always There25
- Ten Days on the Podium75
- A Month in the Top Three250
- A Quarter in the Top Three25
- Half a Year in the Top Three75
- A Year in the Top Three250
- The First Ten25
- A Quarter Hundred75
- The Whole Board250
- The Hundred600
- Endgame Champion of the Month250
- Midgame Champion of the Month250
- Endgame Champion of the Year1,000
- Midgame Champion of the Year1,000
- Podium of the Month75
- Podium of the Year250
A few badges are missing from this list on purpose: they are hidden and show up only once earned.
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