[Albion] The annual loyalty points decimation

[Is it PotG?]

Any idea when Barbs OBE reaches for his abacus and we lose over 50% of our hard earned ST points?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The reset is all relative though, why does it matter? If you’re top of the pile now, you’ll still be top at season start.

 

[Is it PotG?]

The reset is all relative though, why does it matter? If you’re top of the pile now, you’ll still be top at season start.

It matters to me.

Anyway, I was simply asking the question if anyone knew.

 

[Originunknown]

Before the first away on sale dates

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Where's the pointless trophy

 

[Goldstone1976]

I hope they add the points for Villa before reducing the balance.

 

[tronnogull]

I hope they add the points for Villa before reducing the balance.

I think you should have them.......Mine have been added.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

It matters to me.

care to explain?

 

[WATFORD zero]

It matters to me.

Anyway, I was simply asking the question if anyone knew.

I know someone who knows

 

[Mr Smggles]

I don’t quite see why it matter whether they disappear tomorrow or the day before the first away goes on sale As someone has said, it’s all relative anyway.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Decimation means divided by ten. They’re actually halved.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

I’m odd at the moment - will I be rounded up?

 

[HangletonGull]

I’m odd at the moment - will I be rounded up?

Me too

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I've never paid much attention to this tbh.

This season I have clawed my way into Tier 1 for the tail end fixtures.
I narrowly missed out on Brentford because I was top of tier2.
I assume my relative position will be retained, or is there anything about the cutover that will see me disadvantaged at the beginning of next season?

 

[Bodian]

Decimation means divided by ten. They’re actually halved.

Decimate = I always thought it meant one in ten taken away - so, reduced by a tenth rather than reduced to a tenth?

Hmm - but having checked 'wiki' it seems to mean (or have meant) almost anything!!

Another oddity of the English Language (however - it's not 'halve').

decimate (third-person singular simple present decimates, present participle decimating, simple past and past participle decimated)

1. (archaic) To kill one-tenth of a group, (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers. quotations ▼
2. To destroy or remove one-tenth of anything. quotations ▼
3. (loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely. quotations ▼
4. (obsolete) To exact a tithe or other 10% tax quotations ▼
5. (obsolete, rare) To tithe: to pay a 10% tax. quotations ▼
6. (obsolete) To decimalize: to divide into tenths, hundredths, etc.
7. (proscribed) To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of anything. quotations ▼
8. (computer graphics) To replace a high-resolution model with another of lower but acceptable quality. quotations ▼

Usage notes[edit]​

Senses of decimate other than "to reduce by one in ten" are occasionally proscribed but "to devastate" has now become a more common usage.[1][3] The sense "to reduce to one in ten" is etymologically unsound and omitted by the OED but increasingly common.

Synonyms[edit]​

• (to kill 10% of): tithe
• (to kill 90% of): tithe
• (to lay waste): See devastate
• (to pay a 10% tax): See tithe
• (to divide into ⅒s): See decimalize

 

[Gabbafella]

I think I had something like 140pts so I'd imagine European away games will be a no go for me, especially if my points are halved.
I'll be absolutely gutted if I don't get to see us play away in Europe at least once but I think it's inevitable that I won't.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

The sense "to reduce to one in ten" is etymologically unsound and omitted by the OED but increasingly common.

Etymologically unsound?
Should be ban worthy then.

 

[Beach Hut]

The reset is all relative though, why does it matter? If you’re top of the pile now, you’ll still be top at season start.

If HIGNFY "Is the right answer"

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I've never paid much attention to this tbh.

This season I have clawed my way into Tier 1 for the tail end fixtures.
I narrowly missed out on Brentford because I was top of tier2.
I assume my relative position will be retained, or is there anything about the cutover that will see me disadvantaged at the beginning of next season?

From memory you get an allocation for your new season ticket plus keep a proportion of the points accumulated last season. This should keep you in the same tier. If there’s a big churn of season tickets some might even move up a tier.

Maybe someone can dig out the derivation?

 

[schmunk]

I’m odd at the moment - will I be rounded up?

...and placed in a cage?