SE4 Rating System

[Gozra]

Gecko and Gozguy are starting a KOTH game and both of us are in the Ratings system.
BTW I did not see/observe/or notice and way to indicate that you are in a rating game. Or is this the way to make notification?

And just a thought now that we have a Ratings system won't that affect in some way how players play in a game? The situation I was thininking about is when a much higher rated player takes on severl 'lower' rated folks and they gang up on the higher rated player. The reason I mention this is because I have seen it happen and that situation gets old fairly quick for the higher rated player. OTOH oh well thats the way the Space Empire crumbles.

Just an observation

[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by Gozra:
Gecko and Gozguy are starting a KOTH game and both of us are in the Ratings system.
BTW I did not see/observe/or notice and way to indicate that you are in a rating game. Or is this the way to make notification?

Originally Posted by Slynky in Rules section of SE4 rating page:
(4) For validation that a rating competition is being conducted, a simple email message to me from each participating player stating the the name of the PBW game is all that is required. If I don't receive a message from a particular player, any computation involving that player will not be conducted. It only needs to look like this:

"I, (enter your PBW nickname here) agree to be rated in (enter the PBW game name here)."

Note that the "me" in the above quote refers to Slynky (I think), not myself.

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Gozra:
And just a thought now that we have a Ratings system won't that affect in some way how players play in a game? The situation I was thininking about is when a much higher rated player takes on severl 'lower' rated folks and they gang up on the higher rated player. The reason I mention this is because I have seen it happen and that situation gets old fairly quick for the higher rated player. OTOH oh well thats the way the Space Empire crumbles.

Just an observation

It's a good observation. I would hope it wouldn't happen like that and that positioning in the game would be what dictated what players did. Certainly, if the 2 highest rated players in the game are across the map from each other, it's difficult for them to gang up on, say, you if you are beside one of them.

Also, notice that I mentioned (well, if I didn't mention it, I meant to... ) the best situation to play a rated game under was one-on-one. But, I didn't want to prohibit multi-player games. One must make the decision about whether to have a multi-player game count toward one's rating when one enters such a game. So, playing a rated game is entirely up to each person.

Thanks for mentioning it, however.

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Gozra:
Gecko and Gozguy are starting a KOTH game and both of us are in the Ratings system.
BTW I did not see/observe/or notice and way to indicate that you are in a rating game. Or is this the way to make notification?

To make sure you (and anyone else) understand the notification about being rated, if you and Gecko are starting a game and both of you would like it to count in the Ratings, then all I need is a message informing me from you and him. I prefer email but I have been using this thread as notification as well.

[Geckomlis]

Originally posted by Slynky:

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Originally posted by Gozra:
Gecko and Gozguy are starting a KOTH game and both of us are in the Ratings system.
BTW I did not see/observe/or notice and way to indicate that you are in a rating game. Or is this the way to make notification?

To make sure you (and anyone else) understand the notification about being rated, if you and Gecko are starting a game and both of you would like it to count in the Ratings, then all I need is a message informing me from you and him. I prefer email but I have been using this thread as notification as well.

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I am OK with K.O.T.H. GozGuy vs Gecko being a rated game, assuming I win of course.

[Asmala]

I joined to the Pairs game and I'd like to be rated of course.

[Slynky]

Added Asmala to Pairs and a KOTH game for Gozguy and Gecko. Have I missed anything?

Just a reminder:

(1) The loser must report the loss; and
(2) For multiplayer games, remember there must be one clear winner (either by death or by mutual agreement in cases where players have worked together to achieve victory.

We only have 18 players in the rating system. I was hoping for 25-30. There are a lot of good competitive players out there who I thought would jump at the chance to see how they rate. It's not KOTH (which has its own special magic) but it's a good way to see you skills rated.

Well, anyway, give it some thought, guys.