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- From: rbrown@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Gozilla [2k])
- Subject: Re: Change my strength?
- References: <1992Nov18.125355.19278@cc.tut.fi>
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.150716.12772@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
- Originator: rbrown@troon.ncsa.uiuc.edu
- Sender: rbrown@troon.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Gozilla [2k])
- Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:07:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.125355.19278@cc.tut.fi> korkki@cc.tut.fi (Korhonen Mika) writes:
- >
- >Hi!
- >
- >I wonder when I sould change my rank in IGC?
-
- Here's how I do it...
-
- >Example: I win a better player or lose poorer player.
-
- When my win/loss ratio is near 1 I think my rank is accurate, because against a
- player of exactly equal strength, I would expect to win half the games.
-
- >Should I change my rank right after the game, or should I wait until I have
- >played several games? How much sould I change my rank at once?
-
- If I'm winning "a lot" more games than I'm losing, my rank is probably set too
- low.
-
- If I'm losing "a lot" more games than I'm winning, my rank is probably set too
- high.
-
- I usually wait until the difference between games won and games lost is > 5.
-
- Hmmm, if this were enforced by the server... Voila! We have automated ranking.
-
- Of course folks would be able to clear their win/loss ratios and arbitrarily
- reset their ranks, as they do now. If somebody said they were a 6p, but only
- had won 2 games and lost 0, I'd be pretty skeptical that 6p were his actual
- rank. On the other hand, when I see a 14k who has won 70 and lost 30, I figure
- he's a bit stronger than 14k!
-
- > Korkki, estimated rank 16k
- > email: korkki@cc.tut.fi
- >
- >
-
- Gozilla, automated rank 2k
- --
- Rich Brown (Neither)
- rbrown@ncsa.uiuc.edu
-