What are Monthly Tiers/Monthly Standings?

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QuestionWhat are Monthly Tiers/Monthly Standings?
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Monthly Tiers/Monthly Standings keep track of a player’s Rank over time, letting players see who was able to remain consistently high on the Leaderboard. Here’s how they work:
For every day you have a Country Rank, you receive Points based on the HIGHEST RANK you achieved that day. The better your Rank, the more Points you get.
Ex: 1)
If you reached #1 in a large country with 5000 available Ranks, you get 5000 Points for that day.
If you reached #2, you get 4999 Points.
If you reached #5000, you get 1 Point.
Ex: 2)
If you reached #1 in a smaller country with 2000 available Ranks, you get 2000 Points for that day.
If you reached #2, you get 1999 Points.
If you reached #2000, you get 1 Point.
Ex: 3)
You reach #1 in a large country (Yay!) Someone knocks you out of #1 into #2 (Boo!) You’ll still get 5000 Points for hitting #1 though. (Yay!)
You only compete against players in your own country, so don’t worry! Players in bigger countries don’t have an advantage.
However, SWITCHING COUNTRIES DISQUALIFIES YOU FOR 3 MONTHS, so don’t make the decision to change your settings lightly. (This rule will begin applying in December, 2013. If you changed your Country in November you're fine.)
YOU MUST HAVE A RANK FOR  23 OUT OF 24 HOURS of a day in order to receive Points for that day. It doesn’t matter which hours or how the time is spaced out. Ranks are checked for every five minutes and your Ranked time doesn’t have to be continuous.
Ex: 4)
You start with a Rank, but then you buy a really expensive Pet that makes you drop out of the Rankings. You sell it quickly and get your Rank back.
You’re fine. In fact, if you got your Rank back before five minutes, we never even notice it’s gone.
At the end of each month, players in each country are ordered by their total Points, with ties broken by the regular Pets Assets Leaderboard. Points holders are given special awards as follows:
Players 1-20 receive a MASTER Badge for that month.
Players 21-100 receive DIAMOND.
Players 101-400 receive GOLD.
Players 401-1000 receive SILVER.
Players 1001+ receive BRONZE.
Badges you’ve won will be visible in your profile and Achievements page.
Monthly Standings and Badges will also be awarded for the All of Tagged category. This is calculated in parallel with Country Standings in a manner similar to the current Leaderboard, so again, there is no advantage to being in a large country if you’re trying to get the top tiers.
You can definitely win a Badge in more than one month!
The Leaderboard has a section where you can see how you are doing for the current month (so long as you have Points), as well as see final totals for past months. Calculations update every five minutes.
Unless otherwise specified, all time is measured in Pacific US.

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