Why is "rank" called "rank"?

Post by **Erik_Twice** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:40 am

5char?

Post by **dsheinem** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:44 am

Why ask "why?"

Try Bud Dry.

Post by **noiseredux** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:56 am

because it stinks.

Post by **dunpeal2064** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:17 am

Because its awesome.

Possibly because it "ranks" how well you do, and thus "ranks" the difficulty based on this

Post by **Retrogamer0001** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:45 am

Shhh, that's a senseless question.

Post by **dunpeal2064** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:57 am

Asking this question seems to have raised your rank General Norris...

... you know what you must do.

Post by **prfsnl_gmr** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:28 pm

It's still eastside 'til I die.

dsheinem wrote:Why ask "why?"

As the world keeps spinnin' to the D-O-double G-Y.

Post by **Luke** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:42 pm

Ranks are dumb. It's all about your clearance.

What is your clearance?

Post by **Erik_Twice** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 5:29 pm

Hey, there must be a reason for it, you know? Who named it? Does it come from the arcade rankings (AKA High Score tables)? I MUST KNOW

Post by **EllertMichael** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:35 pm

Dynamic game difficulty balancing certainly transcends the shoot-em-up genre.
It seems however it was fans of the genre that started collectively referring to this notion as "rank."
i could be wrong.
What's the earliest example? Zanac?

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