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“The Communist Manifesto was correct…but…we see the privileges of the capitalist bourgeoisie yielding…to democratic organizations…In my judgment…success lies in a steady [peaceful] advance…[rather]…than in…a catastrophic crash."Eduard Bernstein
Or do we?
“The Communist Manifesto was correct…but…we see the privileges of the capitalist bourgeoisie yielding…to democratic organizations…In my judgment…success lies in a steady [peaceful] advance…[rather]…than in…a catastrophic crash."Eduard Bernstein
Or do we?
Please take this post as positive as my only intention here is to improve.
I'm not supporter of current system, but anyway I see room for slight improvement. Namely, point distribution is let say al teast rough. I take myself freedom to try with smother distribution based on log and rounded on four decimal places (for real calculations more places are possible). Blackice could you calculate table on following numbers? I can send you a spreadsheet if needed.
“The Communist Manifesto was correct…but…we see the privileges of the capitalist bourgeoisie yielding…to democratic organizations…In my judgment…success lies in a steady [peaceful] advance…[rather]…than in…a catastrophic crash."Eduard Bernstein
Or do we?
“The Communist Manifesto was correct…but…we see the privileges of the capitalist bourgeoisie yielding…to democratic organizations…In my judgment…success lies in a steady [peaceful] advance…[rather]…than in…a catastrophic crash."Eduard Bernstein
Or do we?
Whole idea is basic system is unevenly distributed as it is "handpicked". If you draw the lines you'll see what I mean.
I put it in evenly distributed mathematical form based on log.
Another solution is of course linear distribution, or any other calculated distribution.
I still don't like system, because I prefer one based on skill and nothin else.
“The Communist Manifesto was correct…but…we see the privileges of the capitalist bourgeoisie yielding…to democratic organizations…In my judgment…success lies in a steady [peaceful] advance…[rather]…than in…a catastrophic crash."Eduard Bernstein
Or do we?
Originally posted by blackice
I hate to say it again CTP is not solely based on skill and nothing else.
Please just don't say it again. Please.
Having a system based on skill alone simply does not cover all the bases in CTP.
But we want to measure skill only, don't we. You can blame luck in one game some time, but not in all games. It will equalise sooner or later. It's skill it matter, or we don't need rankings at all.
You also have to deal with the problems I pointed out above. For an average skill level person playing in a game with very skilled players. It can be very discouraging to be in last all the time and getting whacked in the rankings. Does not sound like fun nor would I blame them for leaving the game.
Absolutely not true at all! Probability system do NOT expect lower ranked player to beat higher one. Consequently will NOT whacked his rankings for being last. Just the opposite, even being last he'll lose marginal points, but will be rewarded greatly if unexpected beat higher ranked player.
So by taking more away from the loser and giving it to the winner more imbalance is created and more problems down the pike.
You described your system here, not probability one.
Do you see what I am saying?
I see it all the time. And I see your perception is totally mist. But you can probably say the same for me.
“The Communist Manifesto was correct…but…we see the privileges of the capitalist bourgeoisie yielding…to democratic organizations…In my judgment…success lies in a steady [peaceful] advance…[rather]…than in…a catastrophic crash."Eduard Bernstein
Or do we?
This system is based on the winner not how much the loser losses.
Are you sure you understand it? What you are talking is simply not true. The system is not based on the winner. It is based on probability to win. Between equally ranked players probability to win is 0.5 (50%) and probability for higher ranked player beat lower go towards 1 (100%) depending on difference. If higher ranked player actually beat lower one his gain and other lose will be minimal but if lower one beats higher one gain and lose will be huge as probability for such event is very small. It's basically same probability as bets in horse racing, insurance etc. Probability doesn't lie! It is fair and unbiased description. That's the reason system will work perfectly in every of such situations.
“The Communist Manifesto was correct…but…we see the privileges of the capitalist bourgeoisie yielding…to democratic organizations…In my judgment…success lies in a steady [peaceful] advance…[rather]…than in…a catastrophic crash."Eduard Bernstein
Or do we?
Well, here i am, lying on a banana chair sipping a Long Island Iced Tea reading about how i am still number 1 months into my retirement! Well, figuratively, at least
If you like, just so you guys can catch me, i can come out of retirement so my impending thrashing by Mobius in Swissy2 can reduce my score Of course, i would be entitled to claim my repeated bashings of Don in Lungmatch 1.2, although i'm sure i was told once that those scores would be detrimental to my overall score!
In any case, the Lungmatch semis are coming soon, so i would have more chances to score
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