About rare bonus, David's post is clear (actually are two posts about the subject):
caledonianblues wrote:... I will have to alter some code. Once it's done, Mysen will still have the rare trophy next to his name since it's the only rare so far. Thereafter, any new rare with a higher normalised score, will take the lead.
"Base score" (that confused you, Serge) means the normalized score used to calculate final score, if a bonus condition is met: Leaderboard score = Base score (normalized) (+ 0.05 * Base score (normalized))caledonianblues wrote:... If someone submits a rare now, with a higher normalised score than the previous one, they will take the rare bonus trophy. For the purposes of the rare bonus, the 5% normalised score bonus is not taken into account. It's the base score of the animal only. ...