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I can imagine rating decay is a real thing when you'd study the player data. The longer you haven't played a game the worse you get at it. I wonder what the relation is between player inactivity duration and chances of winning. They must be able to calculate it and build it into the rating system. B...

My experiences with the ELO system are that it works well for good players, but not for the other half. This is mainly because of deleting the left half of the normal distribution. Because of this most of the players seem to be within the 100-200 range. The following image shows wat I mean. Half_nor...

I've been thinking about the following questions lately: what should be the main goal of the ELO system and how can this goal best be achieved? My best shot at this is question is: "The ELO should be able to predict the outcome/results of a game with one or more players of all skill levels"...

The FAQ refers to the Wikipedia on ELO details but where can i find that page?

Thanks for referring to the original post about the latest ELO system at BGA. I think my main concern is at the percentile level. If the majority of the players are stuck in the first level, more refinement in the calculations are needed in my opinion to make sure the numbers are newbie friendly.

Why is the range from 0 to 100 only for new players and not for bad players?

You can restrict access as you please in the table setup. I have no idea how many players are within this average range of 100-150. I suspect a big chunk of them. Can anyone supply data on this? I cannot find this on the website. there is a lot of variety within this 100-150 range. So more differen...

I have some complaints about the current ELO system. It is not able to differentiate well enough between players. Me and my friends have different levels but are mostly stuck at 100-150. The most important thing should be that everyone can easily find people to play with at their own level. Here are...

Gave it some thought and considering the different opinions a way forward could be to split and show both a fixed and variable score. The fixed score consists of all the card values that cannot be changed in any way. This also includes some guild cards. For example the one that count resource cards....

I agree with the first opinion on this subject. At first i didn't even understand what the score tallied and what not. So for beginners it is better to count everything. And for experienced players this is also better because they understand that the score can fluctuate in this game. It is also the ...