SE4 Rating System

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
Still OK.
What about the 2nd place player?
1/4 + 1/3 +1/2 - 1 = 0.083
barely any gain at all.

Not exactly. That is just the multiplier. You still have to factor in the difference in Ratings going into the match. The total points gained or lost for a 1v1 game can be anywhere from 1 to 32 depending on Slynky's formula. It's impossible to calculate the exact points the 2nd player would get without knowing the Ratings of the players going in. But you are probably correct that it wouldn't be very many. Maybe somehwere in the neighborhood of 0 to 4 points. But that's not bad considering you didn't win. And you won't be losing any points even though you lost at the end.

Originally posted by Baron Grazic:
... but any way you deciede to do the scoring Slynky, I'm behind you.

I second this. However you decide to do it I will support it. I am just making suggestions.