What do leaderboards and seasons add to a Skirmz community?
Use game and community standings to follow competition over time, with named seasons and distinct views for ratings and match records.
A leaderboard gives a community a shared view of competitive results. Players can follow their standing across repeated matches instead of reconstructing a record from individual chat messages.
Several views of competition
The leaderboard can show ratings, matches played and a win-loss record. Its controls sort by rating, match count or win rate. These answer different questions: the rating leader is not necessarily the person who has played most often.
Game selection matters, and a community board belongs to that community. When discussing a rank, include the game and selected season. Saying only “I am fifth” leaves out which field of players and which period you mean.
Named seasons
Community managers with access to season management can create a named season and activate it. Activating one deactivates the currently active season. Players can select the available seasons in the community leaderboard.
Use a clear name that members recognize and explain the competition period in your community's announcements. A season name by itself is not an event schedule or a tournament registration. A tournament has its own roster and elimination bracket.
Set expectations for players
Before a new competition period, tell members which board to follow and how match results are reported. Avoid promising that every number resets to a particular value or that a season grants prizes: those claims are not implied by the season controls.
The match summary's rating estimate can differ from the final saved value after review. Reading leaderboards explains how to check the correct context and what details to include if a completed result appears missing.