{
  "id": 90973,
  "title": "Does being in master tier helps (relatively to the tiers below) to secure more points and have an overall better rank?",
  "url": "/competitions/LANL-Earthquake-Prediction/discussion/90973",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2019-04-29T16:53:51.493248200Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 4,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>It may sound a bit off the context of competition, but may be helpful if you are about to get into master tier. </p>\n\n<p>As per description for Kaggle progression system</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>You’ve demonstrated excellence in one or more categories of expertise on Kaggle to reach this prestigious tier. Masters in the Competitions category are eligible for exclusive Master-Only competitions.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Question 1: Does this means that those who are masters and above get more chances (as they can compete in more competitions and earn more points) to progress in rankings as compared to those in experts and below?</p>\n\n<p>Question 2: If someone has become Discussion/Kernels Master can they also enter in these Master only competitions?</p>\n\n<p>Question 3: How these masters only competitions are different than the rest of the competitions in terms of difficulty/competitiveness?</p>\n\n<p>Thanks in advance for your time.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "524857",
      "postDate": "04/29/2019 16:53:51",
      "content": "<p>It may sound a bit off the context of competition, but may be helpful if you are about to get into master tier. </p>\n\n<p>As per description for Kaggle progression system</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>You’ve demonstrated excellence in one or more categories of expertise on Kaggle to reach this prestigious tier. Masters in the Competitions category are eligible for exclusive Master-Only competitions.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Question 1: Does this means that those who are masters and above get more chances (as they can compete in more competitions and earn more points) to progress in rankings as compared to those in experts and below?</p>\n\n<p>Question 2: If someone has become Discussion/Kernels Master can they also enter in these Master only competitions?</p>\n\n<p>Question 3: How these masters only competitions are different than the rest of the competitions in terms of difficulty/competitiveness?</p>\n\n<p>Thanks in advance for your time.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It may sound a bit off the context of competition, but may be helpful if you are about to get into master tier. \n\nAs per description for Kaggle progression system\n&gt; You’ve demonstrated excellence in one or more categories of expertise on Kaggle to reach this prestigious tier. Masters in the Competitions category are eligible for exclusive Master-Only competitions.\n\nQuestion 1: Does this means that those who are masters and above get more chances (as they can compete in more competitions and earn more points) to progress in rankings as compared to those in experts and below?\n\nQuestion 2: If someone has become Discussion/Kernels Master can they also enter in these Master only competitions?\n\nQuestion 3: How these masters only competitions are different than the rest of the competitions in terms of difficulty/competitiveness?\n\nThanks in advance for your time.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "524860",
      "postDate": "04/29/2019 16:57:14",
      "content": "<p>As far as I know Master only competitions are quite rare, there were only several of them</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "As far as I know Master only competitions are quite rare, there were only several of them",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "524864",
      "postDate": "04/29/2019 17:05:48",
      "content": "<p>these competitions happens once in a while very rarely.\nfor eg: this one\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/genentech-flu-forecasting\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/genentech-flu-forecasting</a> </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "these competitions happens once in a while very rarely.\nfor eg: this one\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/genentech-flu-forecasting",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "524886",
      "postDate": "04/29/2019 17:53:14",
      "content": "<p>I believe there has not been a masters competition in years, but a master level in competitions is required to join I think. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I believe there has not been a masters competition in years, but a master level in competitions is required to join I think.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "525069",
      "postDate": "04/30/2019 06:19:39",
      "content": "<p>There has been only one master competition in the last 3 years unless mistaken.  It ended on January 2nd 2018.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "There has been only one master competition in the last 3 years unless mistaken.  It ended on January 2nd 2018.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 524860,
      "author_name": "artgor",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/29/2019 16:57:14",
      "content": "<p>As far as I know Master only competitions are quite rare, there were only several of them</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 524864,
      "author_name": "mks2192",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/29/2019 17:05:48",
      "content": "<p>these competitions happens once in a while very rarely.\nfor eg: this one\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/genentech-flu-forecasting\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/genentech-flu-forecasting</a> </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 524886,
      "author_name": "interneuron",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/29/2019 17:53:14",
      "content": "<p>I believe there has not been a masters competition in years, but a master level in competitions is required to join I think. </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 525069,
      "author_name": "cpmpml",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/30/2019 06:19:39",
      "content": "<p>There has been only one master competition in the last 3 years unless mistaken.  It ended on January 2nd 2018.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "524857": "It may sound a bit off the context of competition, but may be helpful if you are about to get into master tier. \n\nAs per description for Kaggle progression system\n&gt; You’ve demonstrated excellence in one or more categories of expertise on Kaggle to reach this prestigious tier. Masters in the Competitions category are eligible for exclusive Master-Only competitions.\n\nQuestion 1: Does this means that those who are masters and above get more chances (as they can compete in more competitions and earn more points) to progress in rankings as compared to those in experts and below?\n\nQuestion 2: If someone has become Discussion/Kernels Master can they also enter in these Master only competitions?\n\nQuestion 3: How these masters only competitions are different than the rest of the competitions in terms of difficulty/competitiveness?\n\nThanks in advance for your time.",
    "524860": "As far as I know Master only competitions are quite rare, there were only several of them",
    "524864": "these competitions happens once in a while very rarely.\nfor eg: this one\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/genentech-flu-forecasting",
    "524886": "I believe there has not been a masters competition in years, but a master level in competitions is required to join I think.",
    "525069": "There has been only one master competition in the last 3 years unless mistaken.  It ended on January 2nd 2018."
  },
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}