@lstcyr saidThe tournament entry rating was (as I understand it) brought in to prevent abuse of rated tournaments where sandbaggers could dump a load of non-tournament games to appear lower rated and then enter tournaments where they'd have a distinct advantage.
In a thread in another category, someone posted that the TER is inaccurate as it does not reflect the actual rating of a player. I think it does exactly what it was designed to do though I understand the concern. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on how to change the TER to improve it?
The Tournament entry rating therefore stays "high" for longer. This helps to weed out abnormal behaviour.
We're working on the definition of a "normal" player ... sadly the algorithm at present, detects too many false positives.
@orangutan saidAlso,the TER can be inaccurate because it is based on a calculation of current rating.For other reasons,current rating can be inaccurate.For example,if a player loses a lot of games by timeout his current rating will plummet.You then play him and lose,and your current rating is affected.
The tournament entry rating was (as I understand it) brought in to prevent abuse of rated tournaments where sandbaggers could dump a load of non-tournament games to appear lower rated and then enter tournaments where they'd have a distinct advantage.
The Tournament entry rating therefore stays "high" for longer. This helps to weed out abnormal behaviour.
We're working o ...[text shortened]... efinition of a "normal" player ... sadly the algorithm at present, detects too many false positives.
The only reliable player rating is probably the 5 year one
@lstcyr
In fact there is no "accurate" rating. Since there is no objective measure.
As was pointed out before the TER is skewed to the highest rating in a year. So if a person had a big rating spike, they may suffer for a year. But this is the same for everyone.