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What if the K-Factor on High-Luck and Cooperative games was kept artificially low? Any wins and losses would have only a minor impact on ELO. Then experience awards could be tied to arbitrary boosts in ELO score. This ELO would better reflect the all important experience for HL and COOP games and co...

I think this asymmetrical, opponent-dependent K-factor adaption would be a great improvement of the system. It also lifts motivation to allow apprentices to your tables because the result couldn't be that painful. While I was suggesting a quick and dirty adjustment to allow skilled persons with a l...

I do not believe that the fault resides with the ELO system itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system But in how it is naturally applied in games at BGA. ELO was originally created for Chess tournaments. The very nature of chess being one on one meant that your ELO rank was only modifi...

I play 6 Nimmt! alot, and am wondering about the manner in which rank evolution is calculated. It appears that evolving up is very slow and evolving down is unforgivably fast, and that there is little or no change for those who place third place out of five. If the calculation considered the possibi...