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Subject: Re: Rating swings on ICC

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 09:58:38 08/02/98

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On August 02, 1998 at 09:37:24, Don Dailey wrote:

>I wonder why they don't give people the option to use a smaller
>K factor?

It could just as easily be server-wide, pick one value that works.

If you allow two opponents with different K values to play against each other,
you will create new points if the over-rated one has a small K, and you will
destroy points if the over-rated one has a large K.

bruce



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