Comments on: TypeRacer Chrome App

By: dudepc

dudepc — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:06:51 +0000

Happy New Year to the Typeracer Community!
Greetings!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:42:36 +0000

I believe that type racer has really helped me with my improvement in speed and i am grateful for the help of my friends helping me race withtthem i loveTYPERACER thank you so much

By: Jaideep John Rodriguez

Jaideep John Rodriguez — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:44:53 +0000

10 is the limit on private racetracks.

On the main track it’s 5, though we may see 6 people when, a player quits before the race commences and another player joins.

By: valikor

valikor — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:43:33 +0000

I don’t think I’ve ever been in a race with 10 people. Is this true?

It’s not that. It’s not what? I was just describing the old system.
But, the winning isnt very important anyways. But isn’t it? You said you don’t win enough races.

I’m worried that there might not be a solution. Basically, everyone wants to win more. But only one person can win a race I feel that if I am the fastest user logged on, I should win 100% of races. Other users, who are in (for example) the 95th percentile, feel they should win most of their races, since they are faster than almost all other users. Users who are in the 75th percentile believe they should at least win the majority of their races, since they’re better than 3/4 of all users. People in the middle might expect to be able to win about half of their races.

Is this possible? Only one person can win a race.

By: andy569

andy569 — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:36:14 +0000

It’s not that. I find i usually get paired up with faster people,2 or 6 people. And hte limit is 10. But, the winning isnt very important anyways. So does anyone have a solution to the faster bored,slower giving up thing??? Perhaps Sean would have an idea since he acts sooooo smart xD

By: valikor

valikor — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:22:34 +0000

Typeracer used to be this way; people in the different skill sets (Beginner: 0-20wpm, Average 25-40wpm, Pro-40-55wpm, Megaracer 55+) could only race against other people in the same range. This didn’t work very well because (for example) someone who typed 40wpm could not race against someone who typed 41wpm (and because 55wpm was too low a speed to start the highest skill set) Plus, there has to be a highest bracket; if it’s too big, then the problem still exists. If it’s too small, there won’t be enough typists and Typeracer becomes boring for those people. I don’t think people should be worried if they cannot win 50% of their races; races can have up to 6 people, right? Winning 50% is really quite a lot.

By: andy569

andy569 — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:07:37 +0000

I do find I lose more than i should. I lose about 2/3s of my races when i think i should be winning at least half of them. That’s why i like the idea of matching with opponents who are ready right away no matter what speed. But it is sad for people who cant type as fast who will lose all the time so there should be a shorter rate for matching. But then there the people who are TOO FAST like Sean,Zevus,etc. and they want the same as i want but for the reason they have to race bots often. The fairest way would be how it is now but it’s still not really all that fair for the faster and the slower. Speaking of you being 12 i do like to encourage kids around my age to try to improve their typing(but not like hte amount of improvement ive had in the past year which is 50-60wpm, i can only take so much typing rivalry XD). By the way, sean is right, i do say this alot, but i cant help it…IM 11 AND MY AVERAGE IS 90-95WPM XD

By: Jack Aviado

Jack Aviado — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:59:01 +0000

I somewhat agree. I tend to worry that I discourage people when I beat them by such wide margins, and I sometimes think that it would be better to have smaller speed ranges for the ranks, for the purpose of matching opponents. But, there’s also another issue — even with the way the system already works, many people, especially at the upper ranks, complain that there is often no one to play them and they have to play bots, which most people seem not to like. Where’s the happy medium here?

By: RambooUAE

RambooUAE — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 04:36:31 +0000

I think this is a great idea, it is always benefical to see your typing speed is improving over the time, to avoid depression and as a way of encouragement!!

I will download it when I return back to home, cause I’m in work

Thanks!! TYPERACER

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:46:26 +0000

I think that you should consider those who are not able to type as fast as the other ones….if they lose to someone then they might feel that they arent good enough and shouldnt even try to improve their typing skills…..I think that you should organinze the typing speeds from like10-20 21-30 and so on that away no one feels like they shouldnt even try. I’m not saying that you don’t have a good idea opening the website, I’m just suggesting that you try to imoprove it for you buisiness and try to make it simpler and easier to understand by the public. I do appreciate the website, it has helped me alot since I first started my classes in keyboarding. I’M 12 so you can understand the point that i’m trying to make, correct? Once again thank you for understanding and I will pray for you and your business.
thanks-Cierra Mitchell