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Bierfanaat
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K factor

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What means the K factor?
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Romain672
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Re: K factor

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It's the number your gain and lost of elo will be multiplied by.

By default, your gain and loss of elo is multiplied by a k-factor of 20.
In your first games, it's 60.
And it decrease over time to reach 20 after (40?) games.
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