Point Floor for Score Calculation
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:34 pmPoint Floor:
Specifics:
This will improve the following aspects of the site:
- While calculating scores following a game use a point floor where a denominator can never be lower than 1000
Specifics:
- Cap point floor at 1000
- For individuals below 1000 losing to a player above 1000, the score calculation will remain unchanged, their actual points will remain in the numerator of the ratio
This will improve the following aspects of the site:
- The Point Floor that would help buffer some of the impact of playing "cook" games where you stand to lose 60+ points and only win 6.
- It would encourage more freelancing by higher ranked players who would not have to worry about a massive loss v. minimum gain
- Actual points gained by a higher rank winning would remain unchanged, not negatively impacting the lower ranked player, but the high effects of the multiplier would not be as devastating for the higher rank.
- For example: Player A has 1700 points, Player B has 650
Player A wins match: A gains 7 points, B losses 7 points
Player B wins match: B gains 52 points, A losses 52 ...a 45 point spread
...with the point floor...
Player A wins match: A gains 7 points, B losses 7 points
Player B wins match: B gains 34 points, A loses 34 points ...a 27 point spread - Without the point floor Player A has dropped significantly leaving them 155 points away from promotion where Player B has only gained slightly still remaining 298 points away. with the floor the impact is not as intense for either player but the muted negative impacts for Player A will result in more games, less animosity towards cooks joining games, and more realistic point distributions. A single game dice fall unfortunately, etc can result in a 70+ loss for higher ranks resulting in rank changes and moves in the scoreboard which may not necessarily be representative of skill and actual score. The Point Floor lessens this impact and will allow for more competitive play.
