Ratings?

Phill Bell

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13 Jul 03

Phill Bell

Joined: 04 Jun 03
Moves: 4350

13 Jul 03

Sorry about the previous non question - finger error.

How do the ratings work?

I have lost two games. My rating after losing one game to a player of 1200 went to 1176. Recently I lost to a player of over 1400 and it has gone to 1076!

Please explain.

royalchicken

CHAOS GHOST!!!

Elsewhere

Joined: 29 Nov 02
Moves: 17317

13 Jul 03

It has to do with the fact that you have played only 2 rated games, and as such your rating is provisional. I forget exactly how the algorithm works, but I sure this can be located in "Help".

gotti2000

The winemaker

Austria

Joined: 18 Jul 02
Moves: 16463

13 Jul 03

See the Chrismo post at http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?id=5789

AQUIR

Joined: 10 Apr 03
Moves: 1038

21 Jul 03

I don't know, how the rating works, but I have a similar problem:
I have 4 finished games of which I lost 1 and I win 3. Now the system shows that I have 1345 points! It's impossible, because yesterday I had about 1230-1240.
Please if anybody reads this note and he/she is involved in the development, think about it, because there's something wrong.
I don't like the points for which I didn't have to play...

Toe

Joined: 10 Feb 03
Moves: 12969

21 Jul 03

1 edit

Originally posted by AQUIR
I don't know, how the rating works, but I have a similar problem:
I have 4 finished games of which I lost 1 and I win 3. Now the system shows that I have 1345 points! It's impossible, because yesterday I had about 1230-1240.
Please if an ...[text shortened]... ng.
I don't like the points for which I didn't have to play...

See the aforementioned post by Chrismo: for the first 20 games, your rating may well fly about a bit: especially for the first few games. It will stabilise though, so don't worry if it looks a little odd initially.