| Re: Ranking Problem? |
Fri, 27 January 2006 11:54   |
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| wizard wrote on Fri, 27 January 2006 05:01 |
Well...
As far as I have noticed up to now, it's usual for hosts to promote some players and degrade others. I don't think that a ranking system with those rules can work.
I have been playing in a ranked game with four players (SCC, Shielded Chaff Challenge by Staz), all intermediates, all not ranked before, thus starting on "Lower Intermediate". Nobody was killed until 2514 when the game ended due to technical problems.
The host insisted on degrading one of the players (in this case me, because I was #4 due to bad race design) to Advanced Beginner. I had learnt a lot in the game, and I am surely not at advanced beginner level. And nobody of the other players is.
And as I play perhaps 1 ranked game a year, it's nearly possible to come to any reasonable level in reasonable time.
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The assumptions are that
(a) hosts are reasonable in their assessments.
(b) that ranking actually accrues over time (decrements are not as severe as increments)[this is my or the ranking officer's responsibility]
If one plays in fewer ranked games the movement will be slower...
This makes sense, similar to ranking in chess.
As far as I know SCC is still pending concerning the final ranking increments/decrements, this may be due to the host considering what he should do. (this means he is probably considering his judgement,... which likely means he is being conscientious)
The awarding of decrements and increments is purely at the descretion of the host, (the value of the increments and decrements is at my discretion)
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That's my problem with the ranking system. I would change it that way that no players are degraded, except perhaps due to sudden drop-out.
That's it.
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Any ranking procedure with a game which lasts over months, is going to be slow to move players up the ladder, and depends upon the faith of the hosts and the players to ensure its success.
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