Originally posted by Eladar There are also those few cheaters who suck up alot of points, only to be banned, then having those points taken out of the system.
That is correct. And therefore the over all rating does not increase more.
Originally posted by KazetNagorra That would depend on whether or not there are more points taken out by cheaters than there are points added by sub 1200 players who quit playing.
That is also an essential point. But one also have to consider that it continously comes in 1200 points. Many of these "new" points stays in the rhp rating pool, and are not taken out by banned players, or inactive players.
Originally posted by dsmfire Is it possible that a rate, say 1700, gives a lower rank now than say one year ago. I believe that I have noticed just that, and it could be due to the RHP overall rating tends to increase. Does it?
I think that the K value in the rating calculation has a bearing on rating inflation.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but if a low rated player like me wins against a 2200 rated player, I stand to win a maximum of 32 points, but doesn't the 2200 player only lose a maximum of 16 points as the k value is lower?
This means that more points are won than is lost....
I remember this debate on RHP from about 4 years ago. Once my rating stabilized at 1800ish it stopped changing much. There is no ratings inflation. There are a number of mechanisms which could allow it, but they also allow ratings deflation. On average it balances out. Ratings are only important in so far as they allow you to find opponents about your level - stop obsessing about them.
You've got to remember that the rating points are averaged out among all players. Any creep of points brought in at the low level gets sucked up by higher players. Any bloating would work its way to the top, leaving the rest of us pretty much where we would be.
The value of the rating is based on the quality of the pool of players you are going against. Sub 1200 players do not determine the quality of pool that I play against.
Originally posted by DeepThought I remember this debate on RHP from about 4 years ago. Once my rating stabilized at 1800ish it stopped changing much. There is no ratings inflation. There are a number of mechanisms which could allow it, but they also allow ratings deflation. On average it balances out. Ratings are only important in so far as they allow you to find opponents about your level - stop obsessing about them.
Does RHP overall rating increase?
08 Feb '09 23:33
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