(01-31-2012, 23:55)DjFuzz Wrote: Liking the system but there is one thing I hate, if I have played a fair amount of Games and have low rating, is there a way to make it so that not playing a game does not rank pu up, i have one and lost two games each but players who have lost and one a single game have a higher score like Godfrey for example, could you make this different as it would seem to fit much more.
This is actually an inherent downside of Elo. New players jump up and down a lot until they finally settle for their real score.
Most counter this by putting the players in an evaluation period where you are only paired with other evaluation players.
However, this is not really possible here seeing as how we simply don't have enough players.
Thinking about what you said though, I've come up with a solution.
New players will have an acting Elo for the first three games. Which is 1200 in this case. However, their real Elo level is counted in the background but won't come into play until 3 matches have been played.
I will try to set this up as soon as possible tomorrow.
