INTERNET PAX BRITANNICA LADDER

JANUARY 1997


The Pax Britannica Ladder is compiled by Jeff Janoska. Previous positions refer to the last table created, not neccessarily the last table posted. The ladder is updated after the end of the EM3 game.

Points are based on a 9/6/4/3/2/1/0 system.


Player Rankings
Power Rankings
How long do games last?
Games on Table
Previous Ladders




PLAYER RANKINGS

Alasdair Brooks take over the top spot, after Mark O'English who drops to second place. Wayne Williams and Robert Chase make strong entries into the 'main' list in 3rd and 7th position respectively. John Jordan has still played far more games than anyone else (9).
Mark Elliot has GM'ed the most games (6).

PLAYER Position Previous Played GM'ed Wins Points Avarage
Brooks, Alasdair 1 2 2 - 1 15 7.5
O'English, Mark 2 1 5 - 3 34 6.8
Williams, Wayne 3 - 2 - 1 12.5 6.3
Baron, Ben 4 3 2 1 - 12 6.0
Foelsche, Karl 5 5 3 - 1 16.2 5.4
Janoska, Jeff 6 4 5 5 1 26 5.2
Chase, Robert 7 - 2 - - 10 5.0
Isabelle, Alan 8 6 4 - 1 19 4.8
Poulter, Alan 9 7 4 - 1 18 4.5
McKinney, Don 10 8 6 - 1 25.2 4.2
Bailey, James 11 9 5 - 1 20 4.0
Elliot, Mark 12 10 2 6 - 7 3.5
Jordan, John 13 11 9 1 1 31 3.4
Langley, Keith 14 14 4 - - 12.2 3.1
Morgan, Charles 15 12 2 - - 5 2.5
Biggs, Doug 16 13 4 - - 9 2.3
Hiley, Jeff 17 15 2 - - 4 2.0
Sims, Simmy 17 15 2 - - 4 2.0
Abrahamsen, Paul 19 17 4 1 - 5 1.3
Moore, Eric 20 18 4 3 - 4.2 1.1
Fishel, Chris 21 19 2 - - 2 1.0
Christensen, Jeff 22 20 2 - - 0 0.0
Delwood, Robert 1 - 1 9.0
Gassan, Richard 1 - 1 9.0
Lindberg, Eric 1 - 1 9.0
Rosentover, Todd 1 - 1 9.0
Simpson, Alan 1 - 1 9.0
Benedict, Nick 1 - - 6.0
Matthews, Simon 1 - - 6.0
Orme, Richard 1 - - 6.0
Rajagopalan, Rama 1 - - 6.0
Scharf, Eric 1 - - 6.0
Boeke, Joe 1 - - 4.0
Erhardt, George 1 - - 4.0
Leonard, Joe 1 - - 4.0
Pickering, David 1 - - 4.0
Sarn, Keith 1 - - 4.0
Wimble, Will 1 - - 4.0
Bohna, Monte 1 - - 3.5
Lydick, William 1 - - 3.2
Harrison, Jeff 1 - - 3.0
Krog, Andrew 1 - - 3.0
Wagner, Nathan 1 - - 3.0
Atchely, Michael 1 - - 2.0
Hiesterman, Karl 1 - - 2.0
Luo, Jay 1 - - 2.0
Unlu, Mustafa 1 - - 2.0
Wilke, John 1 - - 2.0
Dowidet, Christian 1 - - 1.0
Greenfield, Chris 1 - - 1.0
K, Kevin 1 - - 1.0
McCluskey, John 1 - - 1.0
Miller, Albert 1 - - 1.0
Mosdal, F. Robert 1 - - 1.0
Perttila, Jussi 1 - - 1.0
Boor, David 1 - - 0.0
Gell, Keith 1 - - 0.0
Matthews-Simon, Mark 1 - - 0.0
Nelson, Carl 1 - - 0.0
Aaboen, Rune 1




HOW DO THE POWERS RANK?

Britain continues to dominate, probably based on the length of the games. There appears to be 3 tiers of powers --
First, Britain. Then Russia, Italy and the USA as second ranks. And last, France (despite 2 wins), Germany and Japan.

POWER Wins Points Average
Great Britain 6 80.0 4.7
Italy 4 70.2 4.1 +2 positions
Russia 3 70.0 4.1 -1 position
USA 2 65.5 3.9 -1 position
France 2 51.2 3.0
Germany - 44.7 2.6
Japan - 44.7 2.6

Games on Table: 17




HOW LONG DO GAMES LAST?

On average, games last until 1892. The shortest game ended in 1880, while the longest game ended in 1904.

On average, deliberately ended games last until 1890. The earliest end was in 1880, while the latest deliberate end was in 1900. 8 games have been ended deliberatly.

On average, incidentally ended games last until 1895. The earliest incidental end was in 1888, while the latest was in 1904. 9 games ended through stumbling into the Great War.

Chinese Rebellions have started in 4 games. On average the rebellion occurs in 1893. The earliest Rebellion was in 1892, while the latest rebellion was in 1896.

YEAR ENDED Great War Chineese Rebellion Deliberate GW Incidental GW
1880 1 0 1 0
1884 2 0 2 0
1888 2 0 1 1
1892 5 3 2 3
1896 4 1 1 3
1900 2 0 1 1
1904 1 0 0 1
1908 0 0 0 0
1912 0 0 0 0
1916 0 0 0 0
None 0 N/A N/A N/A
Total #'s 17 4 8 9

Deliberate games ended in the Great War and the GM ruled that some one deliberately ended the Game.
Incidental means that the players stumbled into the Great War.




GAMES RANKED

Mark Elliot
94-1, 95A, 95C, 95D, 95E
Jeff Janoska
pbj-1, pbj-3, pbj-4, pbj-5, pbj-6
Paul Abrahamsen
pbx-2
Ben Baron
Game-1
Eric Moore
EM1, EM2, EM3
John Jordan/Mark Elliot
94-2
Rune Aaboen
Ashantee