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Ah. I see your points.

I will have to think about this for a bit. But this discussion has me feeling more comfortable with the way it works.

Thanks for engaging with the topic, and being patient with me. Very mush appreciated.

No, I do not believe it would negatively impact the ELO and its measure. Consider: in the ELO system used for chess, an 8-point swing is a large shift from one game. In this system, as it is now, I have had 25+ point swings from a single game. In the chess system, the ELO rankings get into the thous...

"As for Elo, you begin with an argument from authority (including touting a friendship with a mathematician?!), and then provide zero content based on this purported expertise." My apologies. The point in bringing these things up was not to begin with an argument from authority, but to ex...

As someone with a rather strong mathematics background (and as a person with a best friend who is a Doctor of Applied Mathematics), I would like to make two suggestions. ELO In games with more than 3 players, the adjustment for ELO should be the sum of the greatest gain and the greatest loss. So, if...

OK. Thanks.

Understood.

I just hate not being at 100% -- I try so hard to ensure it stays there.

I was in the middle of a game and my area lost power. I was dropped 20 points in Karma.

Can this be reversed?

When I am in Manual Mode, and I start a new table, often times I notice (usually after I have opened the table to other players and I am getting sad that nobody is joining) that the table is restricted to my friends. This seems rather silly. If I wanted to restrict things to Friends I would be in Fr...

Just had a momentary crash of the system cause one of the other players to be kicked out for time.

I believe, given the crash mid game, that this player should not be penalized. Please ensure they are not.

After some time to reflect on this (and to study more carefully how BGA handles the ELO scores), I have determined: 1. I was wrong about the calculations. Those are fine. 2. The issue is with the fact that, in multi-player games, the ELO adjustments are calculated for every opponent and added togeth...

I believe (and I could be wrong) that those who are focusing on the fact that some (most?) games have elements of luck, kingmaking, and the like. That is not the issue (best I can tell). The issue is that the calculations for ELO adjustment are so fluid as to exacerbate the issue of luck, kingmaking...