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As elo can vary thanks to luck/partner skills, the highest elo serves as an outlier quite likely to be caused by those very things. Factors that have less to do with a player's actual skill than external factors coming together. I see that as a trophy, not as a skill indicator. Same when you end fi...

In present profiles only current ELO of each specific game is included. As ELO can vary with regard to luck or partners skills, it is not necessary a representative measure of one's skills. In my profile (and other players' profiles as well) I would like that the highest ELO ever reached in the gam...

BarnardsStar wrote: ↑23 October 2026, 17:17

Hagardunor wrote: ↑22 October 2026, 20:18 A weird one

Lemme get this straight. You declared that nobody except a dev could challenge your proposal; Ceaseless called you out on this ridiculous notion, but Ceaseless is weird?

Not Ceaseless, the opinion

I'm confused. Despite claiming you want a highest elo marker, you then make a good case for why it's meaningless. I do not understand why As elo can vary thanks to luck/partner skills, the highest elo serves as an outlier quite likely to be caused by those very things. Factors that have less to do ...

The only category of players that would be eligible to challenge the proposal are the developers, as it could give them more work. I do not understand what motivation any regular player may have to despise the proposal :roll: People not thinking your idea is good doesn't make them ineligible to hav...

The only category of players that would be eligible to challenge the proposal are the developers, as it could give them more work.

I do not understand what motivation any regular player may have to despise the proposal

Elo, as a measure of skill, is only meaningful when considering averages and trends. The instantaneous elo is greatly affected by the latest results, especially in high-variance (luck) games. Peak elo is only a measure of the luckiest winning streak (or of the ability to game the system). The same ...

In present profiles only current ELO of each specific game is included. As ELO can vary with regard to luck or partners skills, it is not necessary a representative measure of one's skills. In my profile (and other players' profiles as well) I would like that the highest ELO ever reached in the gam...

In present profiles only current ELO of each specific game is included. As ELO can vary with regard to luck or partners skills, it is not necessary a representative measure of one's skills. In my profile (and other players' profiles as well) I would like that the highest ELO ever reached in the gam...

Jellby wrote: ↑18 October 2026, 07:30 It should not, because peak elo is meaningless.

Current ELO is not more meaningful, if not less