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[Delta]

I wish I could be rated R too.

[RedDinosaur]

how does the rating system work?

[kmwong]

how does the rating system work?

The ratings are associated with USFA (United States Fencing Association) members (http://www.usfencing.org)

First, you get a membership with USFA ... and at USFA tournaments you can acquire a rating if you do well.

Ratings are: U, E, D, C, B, A ... U means unrated

And of course, as you might suspect, an 'A' fencer is higher rated than a 'C' fencer.

So if someone says they have a rating of D09 in sabre...it means that they earned a 'D' rating in 2009 in sabre. You can have different ratings for each weapon.

But don't take ratings *too* seriously, as there are U's that destroy A's. It's not any real way to measure the skill of a fencer.

[Wetmelon]

I'm rated bad in all weapons

[DavidX]

Th

But don't take ratings *too* seriously, as there are U's that destroy A's. It's not any real way to measure the skill of a fencer.

That's not entirely true - you line up a hundred A fencers and a hundred E fencers and I think you could pretty accurately predict how that situation is going to go down.

Of course people beat people of higher ratings all the time - but I think an A is pretty reliable assesment of one.s ability.

I am rated M in all weapons.

(M = More awesome than everyone else, ever - period.)

((shortened from the original rating of MATEEE-P.)

[TooLoftheDeviL]

I have an E06 in sabre

[bigdawg2121]

AO.

Ya dig?

[Gibbo]

As a fencer from over the pond, where we don't have a rating system, I am curious to know whether in the US there are tournaments for people of a certain rating (C only for instance) or a range of ratings (E-C for example)?

This would seem like a good idea, since it would allow people to progress competitively as their skills develop, rather than getting a mashing at their first competition.

Thanks,

G

[noodle]

As a fencer from over the pond, where we don't have a rating system, I am curious to know whether in the US there are tournaments for people of a certain rating (C only for instance) or a range of ratings (E-C for example)?

This would seem like a good idea, since it would allow people to progress competitively as their skills develop, rather than getting a mashing at their first competition.

Thanks,

G

some events are ratings restricted, the most common ones being restricted to newer fencers, i.e. D & under and similar. higher level events are restricted to people with higher ratings.

[wahrman]

Yep, that happens all the time. C and under, e-c, U only, etc.

As a fencer from over the pond, where we don't have a rating system, I am curious to know whether in the US there are tournaments for people of a certain rating (C only for instance) or a range of ratings (E-C for example)?

This would seem like a good idea, since it would allow people to progress competitively as their skills develop, rather than getting a mashing at their first competition.

Thanks,

G

[vivoescrimare]

I have a U in Epee. Ph34r.

[Inquartata]

AO.

Tony Danza? Is that you?

[bigdawg2121]

Aay, you betcha. Got my IROCZ28 waitin' out back.

[Inquartata]

How's Angeler these days?

And my condolences about Sam's metamorphosis into bad girl.

[Wetmelon]

I have a U in Epee. Ph34r.

I have a n00b question.

char rank;
if(Wetmelon != is.USFA())
{
rank = 'U';
}

?

Or is U an actual designation?

P.s. 1f j00 (4n 1234d 7|-|15, j00 n33d 70 937 |41d

[Inquartata]

Now in English...

[Shi no Tenshi]

E09, epee and saber. Hoping to bump that epee one up in the next few months though. Darn tiny Inland Empire Tournaments!

I've heard an A say "Once you get past C, all ratings are good for is scaring E's and D's."

C'mon ya pansy, you just need to beat us....either that or have a tourney without us there....^_^

[telkanuru]

Now in English...

Get with the times, old man.

If you're not a USFA member, you have no rating (NR), but it isn't relevant because you're never in a USFA competition.

[migopod]

I have a n00b question.

char rank;
if(Wetmelon != is.USFA())
{
rank = 'U';
}

?

Or is U an actual designation?

P.s. 1f j00 (4n 1234d 7|-|15, j00 n33d 70 937 |41d

#!/usr/bin/python
rating=usfa.has_key('Wetmelon') and usfa['Wetmelon'] or 'U'

[Inquartata]

Get with the times, old man.

Bah, last I heard we were still speaking English in the 21st century...

You're an Underpants Gnome, not The Turk. You don't speak in programming languages, either.