SoM_Pr0digY

I know, but with those stats if he starts playing again, has a great game today and plays at the times I told you, he can easily rank up today a full emblem.

That would explain it, he would have been had the shotguns by now..

Ranks are updated at 7pm eastern standard time. I have an idea. Have him play a game around 5 or 6pm that will last him past 7pm. Make sure he plays well and has no more than 3 downs that game. Also make sure it's on a map he doesn't usually play and put in hellhounds or something if it's custom. If not, I recommend a tranzit game. Make sure it's a long game and runs past 7pm. Trust me. If his stats are "true", it will happen. Also...he is playing every day I assume?

Your friend with the 250 KD , how many kills does he have?

The game I got the shotguns I had about 700 kills and 3 downs on Town Survival at Round 29. It only took me 4 days to test out my theory and it was exact. If you look at my previous thread where I talk about my theory, I predicted on the exact day that I'd get my shotguns. Every single day I progressed one emblem. I had a MAX KDR and a minimum number of kills. Crossed to shotguns at the minimum of 15,000 kills threshold which is the same time Infest crossed with a good KDR. With Kutmah, he had a really high round of 47...I think rounds can make up for a lower KDR, I've noticed that people who are getting shotguns with lower KDR'S have some higher rounds than I do. Rounds play a factor too which makes sense. KDR still seems to be the most heavily weighted as most people in the 100's KDR still have only a dagger, while a few sprinkled in the mix have shotguns.

Nice stats, Kutmah, I'm going to add you on PSN. We should definitely get a game in or 2, I stay at the diner as well.

Good stats, Spender...shotguns soon, keep playing everyday consistently high ratios.

Damn, it's amazing I actually figured it out...lol.

I got my shotguns emblem on a custom match. Don't steer people away from custom, to each his own.

Kills: 22,000 Downs: 53 KDR: 400 Highest Round: 40 Rank: Skull w/ Shotguns (Blue Eyes)

Dang, we could've had a good Tranzit run...

I believe KD is involved, how often you play, the varying difficulty in the games you play, how far you make it, and the other factors on the leaderboards.

Way2go, you on ps3?

Interesting, this gets better and better. I think we should just leave the ranking system alone and it's based on how good you play overall. That's that. Haha.

My KDR is approximately 400-405, I have a skull with shotguns and blue eyes. Tallies and blue eyes bound to disappear because my GF took the game away from me b/c I played too much, haha. PSN: SoM_Pr0diGy, best zombie clan out.

I have shotguns the KD is 200 with a minimum of 15k kills.

You will rank up AS SOON AS YOU PASS THE 15k kills minimum threshold , I knew you were a skull with a knife based on those stats. There is a minimum kill amount per emblem as I had explained earlier. Skull with the knife is somewhere between 5 and 8k, skull with shotguns is 15k . Keep your KDR at 200+ I promise you'll get it at 7pm EST on the day you cross that threshold

IT IS NOT HEADSHOTS!! OMG, LISTEN! IT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST ABOUT THE K/D RATIO...WAY2GO, WHAT IS YOUR RANK AND HOW MANY DOWNS DO YOU HAVE?!

65 is good enough for the knives and you kept 2 consistent well played games, great job...the promotion was to be expected.

Exactly, Edward, you have it worked out. I got the knife around 8k kills even when I had an approximately a 500KDR. But I had already ranked up for that day so I had to wait until the next day played a game downed 3x in Town survival custom game round 29 and voila me and my friend both got shotguns at the same time, and h e had a better game than I did that game, but both of our ratios are over 200. The MINIMUM kills is the next part to the theory, this is regardless of rounds everyone, regardless of easter egg, regardless of involvement...it is KDR, minimum kills and you really need to play every day honestly to get this done the quickest otherwise it will become a pain.

It's the KDR, trust me. Rounds are not important, KDR is, and the KDR will pretty much be reflected in decent sized rounds. I have 17,500 kills and 42 downs, something like that, roughly 418 KDR and I was just promoted last night. Once a day as expected using the KDR. Made the account Sunday night., shotguns by Thursday night. 5 days, 5 ranks. I believe we're on to something fellas.

I got the shotguns straight to blue eyes today after a Lvl 29 town survival with 4 ppl on custom starting at 15 original. I also noticed that it jumped once I had crossed the 15000 Total kills threshold. Made this account on Sunday night, shotguns by Thursdy evening

I meant 60+ instead of 70 with the whole skull knife thing, notice the gap I accidentally put between 60 and 70. I am aware of 60+ with the knife...and that's where the minimum kill variable sets in. One game of course will not take you to shotguns no matter what because of the minimum kill variable...BUT whatever that minimum kill rank is...Idk what it is for shotguns, I believe it's around 20,000. Anyone know of anybody with shotguns under 20k kills?

Thank you, Infest! And me too! I'm only skull and knife with blue eyes at a 400 ratio, but I just made my account on Sunday and I only have 14k+ kills so far and 36 downs. Today I'm scheduled to increase at 7pm, we'll see what happens. How many kills do you have and how often have you been playing?

Okay guys, here it is. Official. It's so simple, yet confusing enough to remain a mystery to most who don't like math, haha. The ranking system is based on 3 factors and 3 main factors only while the other leaderboard qualifiers remain as sub-factors which are weighted much less: The ranks are: One Bone Two Bones Skull Skull with Knife Skull with Shotguns *The Blue eyes do not symbolize different ranks they come as your number of tallies increase to 5* The MOST IMPORTANT factor to the ranking system is the infamous Kill / Death Ratio! They are as follows: One Bone: Approximately 1-10 KDR Two Bones: Approximately 11-20 KDR (Can vary being that it's so simple to get to this stage) Skull: Approximately 30-60 KDR (Still a very wide range of players in this skill range, both great and terrible) Skull with Knife: 70-200 KDR (Never seen a terrible player with a knife honestly, some are good, some are amazing) Skull with Shotguns: 200+ KDR To calculate your K/D ratio: Take your total number of kills on the leaderboards and divide that by your total number of downs. Kills divided by downs and voila you're all set! The tallies are simply based on frequency of play, you gain at least one per day as long as you play 1-2 games per day. Everyone's rank is increased or decreased depending on current statistics at 7pm EST. Don't believe me, check for yourself. If you're KDR is in the applicable range, but you HAVE NOT ranked up to that emblem yet, IT IS BECAUSE you have not reached the minimum amount of total kills yet. You can gain a minimum of one tally per day and a maximum of one emblem (two if you have a game where you get like 10-20000 kills lol). ***Revives, hit ratio, difficulty of game played such as Bus Depot or Custom Games Headshots Only all have a factor although slightly less, if you want to rank up faster make sure you play more difficult games, more challenging ones***