ratings and ironmans account

this proves what old players learnt many years ago that rhp ratings arent worth worrying about. some of ironmans opponents received a WINDFALL of rating points due to the account being cancelled. ive seen it many times. i dont know exactly about his games but if a 1200 player TIMED HIM OUT then that player would receive hundreds of rating points. maybe go from 1200 to 1600 not by skill but from WINDFALL! XENOPHOBE, AMENELL,RIGAMORTUS,BABE, i could go on and on...... all had high ratings and left and the players left that had games going received hundreds of ratings points.this highlights what the big rating vote was all about.

Originally posted by xlchainsaw
this proves what old players learnt many years ago that rhp ratings arent worth worrying about. some of ironmans opponents received a WINDFALL of rating points due to the account being cancelled. ive seen it many times. i dont know exactly about his games but if a 1200 player TIMED HIM OUT then that player would receive hundreds of rating points. maybe go ...[text shortened]... oing received hundreds of ratings points.this highlights what the big rating vote was all about.

Originally posted by marinakatomb
This is incorrect, you can't get more than 25 points for a win...

Originally posted by angie88
well once his rating drops beneath 2400 it's 32, isn't it?

Lol, check this out:

rigamortus:
Last Moved: 27 Jan '02 12:04
Games in progress: 3

ill stand corrected but that was the way the rating system worked in 2001 i should know i played around a lot with the rating system then just to hilight the fact but it may have been changed since then.

The rating was dropped to 500, then all the games were resigned.. meaning, nobody received any points for the wins, unless their own rating maybe was under 1000 .. I can't remember what the cutoff is, but I think 600 points or higher, the winner gets nothing (if they are the higher rating that is)

yes and was 2 from the top the rhp ladder as was babe , xenophobe. just the same as ironman was top of ther ladder and was for a time respected as such

Originally posted by xlchainsaw
yes and was 2 from the top the rhp ladder as was babe , xenophobe. just the same as ironman was top of ther ladder and was for a time respected as such

Originally posted by xlchainsaw
yes and was 2 from the top the rhp ladder as was babe , xenophobe. just the same as ironman was top of ther ladder and was for a time respected as such

Originally posted by MIODude
sorry? don't follow.. are you saying xenophone and babe were top of the RHP ladder?

Originally posted by xlchainsaw
i was meaning to post about rigamortus.

Originally posted by marinakatomb
I've never recieved or lost more than 25, i could be wrong, but a 1200 player would never hit 1600 in one game unless they were provisional...

Originally posted by angie88
since I'm too tipsy to play chess (at 3 in the afternoon... 😞), I thought I'd do some good in the forums. Here's from FAQ:
New Rating = Old Rating + K * (Score - Win Expectancy)

K is a constant (32 for 0-2099, 24 for 2100-2399, 16 for 2400 and above)

The higher your opponent's score is than yours, the more the win expectancy nears 0. Meaning you can get a maximum of K points added or subtracted.

Happy to help 😀