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by fsckboy 355 days ago
that's not really what you want, what you want is for the starting of a new game to be automatic and not require extra clicks.

the way I'm suggesting (which is what the game is with extra clicks) is a game of "what's my longest streak of correct guesses" which actually makes your score look better than keeping your losses around.

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That mechanic can be implemented without starting a new game at all. Increment a counter on correct guess, reset to 0 on incorrect, continue on through the game.
yes but you also need the length of your streak displayed
Not really. The proportion correct is more informative.
"streak" as i am using it (as it is used in baseball) means "all correct, but for how long", so the proportion correct is always 100%. a "three game winning streak" means you won 100% of the last three games, and 0% of the one game before that.