F|A server overrated??

[testforecho]

imho all elo-like systems fail hard when you don't know the rating of newcomers and/or you don't adjust it really quick, because the whole system of comparing rating values is based on the assumption that those ratings are correct, and reflect really a player's skill.

In chess elo it's not a big problem, in et with all the renaming and stuff it gets huge... I don't know how tb deals with the problem of new nickname's initial rating, maybe making a 'standard' fixed average rating would probably lead to less trouble, since after all the average skill of pub players is generally the same ('bit higher on etpro servers actually, but nobody rates on etpro so...)

A newcomer (new nick) should start with a rating similar to his real skill, otherwise = system fail

[Paul]

imho all elo-like systems fail hard when you don't know the rating of newcomers and/or you don't adjust it really quick, because the whole system of comparing rating values is based on the assumption that those ratings are correct, and reflect really a player's skill.

In chess elo it's not a big problem, in et with all the renaming and stuff it gets huge... I don't know how tb deals with the problem of new nickname's initial rating, maybe making a 'standard' fixed average rating would probably lead to less trouble, since after all the average skill of pub players is generally the same ('bit higher on etpro servers actually, but nobody rates on etpro so...)

A newcomer (new nick) should start with a rating similar to his real skill, otherwise = system fail

Unfortunatly, we can never know on what value we should start initially as players mostly play some few rounds with their new name, then reserve it. The only possible (partly) fix I would see in here is to set the rate to 5 on all new names

[testforecho]

Unfortunatly, we can never know on what value we should start initially as players mostly play some few rounds with their new name, then reserve it. The only possible (partly) fix I would see in here is to set the rate to 5 on all new names

well if we take for granted that most new nicks are not real new players, but an old player who changed nick, the highest chance to get a realistic one is giving an average rating, so why not let them start from the middle, who goes up who goes down, most will stay.

Because the 'average rate' thing is strongly based on the fact that rate is correct, and if that is the starting point for all calculations...

And maybe if a nick is new its rating should move faster for x days, I don't know if you have that already implemented, I am just guessing

Etpro players change name every other day, and that keeps their rating low