Author: Brian Richardson
Date: 07:28:42 07/04/00
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On July 03, 2000 at 22:33:46, Jon Dart wrote: >On July 03, 2000 at 15:43:58, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On July 03, 2000 at 15:15:38, Will Singleton wrote: >>[smip] >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Active Accounts -- Standard >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>ACCOUNT STANDARD R(mhz) AVG CHANGE WIN% GP/WK TGP ACTIVE >>> >>>JZInsomniac 2583 2602 | 2492 +30 | 58% 4 36 34 >> >>Won't be long until JZInsomniac dwells in the unapproachable light of >>"Craftyland" >> > >I have no doubt it's playing well, but I notice that the formula excludes >matches from players > 200 points below its rating. So it is avoiding >getting smoked by the occasional lucky Expert or below, which is bad for >one's rating. Maybe it's immune to this, but with the current formula >you can't tell. Arasan will take matches from anyone over 1800 and >occasionally loses to someone in the 1800-2000 range. > >--Jon Just want to add that not even drawing with lower rated players can make a big ratings dent--Tinker sometimes wins 3 of 4 only to draw one and lose about 15 points. However, at this point for Tinker, more games is better so it is open to anyone >1800, and I hope some players find the challenge fun.
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