Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:20:06 09/22/02
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On September 22, 2002 at 17:11:28, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >On September 22, 2002 at 16:07:55, John Merlino wrote: > >>On September 22, 2002 at 14:10:47, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >> >>>On September 21, 2002 at 23:00:13, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>On September 21, 2002 at 20:32:41, Mike Byrne wrote: >>>> >>>>>John, >>>>> >>>>>Remember when CM8K came out and many users requested that they play their own >>>>>customize personalities and winboard engines in rated tournaments. >>>>> >>>>>I might be incorrect - , but I though the basis for that request was that users >>>>>wanted to obtain CM9K ratings for their own customize personalties and winboard >>>>>engines from playing inthe CM9K rated tournament and not neccessarily to just to >>>>>set the ratings themselves. More like how it works when you log in as a user >>>>>and CM9K tracks your rating. >>>>> >>>>>Are there any plans to implement the feature as described above? >>>>> >>>>>Other users please comment. >>>>> >>>>>Thanks, >>>>> >>>>>Mike >>>> >>>>A few users have asked about this, but there are no plans to do this at this >>>>time. You can modify the ratings of any personality that you created at any >>>>time, so at least you could run your own tournament and adjust the rating >>>>accordingly. >>>> >>>>jm >>> >>>It would be nice if you could skip the CM-CM games, either by using a random >>>function to set the score or add a gauntlet tournament function. >>> >>>Else about the rating: >>> >>>I started your test with 5 min + 10sec. >>>And I see my topscore is what I earned on first game. Eg. 2297 because I started >>>with the default setting with rating of 1500. Then my first random opponent was >>>Sam (1439), and because I won the rating was that high. >>>I expect my rating to be ca. 1700 after 20 games, therefore no chance to climb >>>ut to the higscore in the programs lifetime (1-2 year ?). >>>So my question is (as it was when I saw this in CM8000), will this be reset when >>>I get to 20 games. >>>If not I have to think of this as a bug, regardless of you argument about >>>testers also had provinsial rating. >>> >>>But, to be a bit positive, the random opponent function both in the game room >>>and tournament room was a very nice idea. I don't think I have seen it in other >>>program. >>> >>>Odd Gunnar >> >>There is a bug that was just reported. It is possible for your rating adjustment >>to be calculated incorrectly if you choose the random opponent option. Your >>rating after beating Sam (1439) in your first game should have been 1839. >> >>This bug has been found and fixed, and will be in the next patch. Unfortunately, >>because the development team is pretty much entrenched in producing the French >>version, the next patch will likely not be released for several weeks. Until >>then, I suggest not using the random opponent feature. >> >>My apologies for the confusion, >> >>jm > >Ok, I see it now. The opponent list in player profile is also corupted. >My opponent was Sam(1439), Sven(2480), Muldoon(2262) Dobie(2030) with result >rating of 2233 (1.5 p score). > >But, my complain wasn't to this. That I don't like is the feature that the >higscore rating is taken from the first games. As I see it you have to wait >until the provintial period is over before start to keep track of the highscore >rating. I'm prety sure it work like this in all highscore lists. > >Odd Gunnar > >Odd Gunnar Ok. Thanks for pointing that out (twice!). We will think about making this change for the patch. Thanks again, jm
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