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Subject: Re: Under 2600 Club Rating List - Jan 18

Author: Steffen Jakob

Date: 02:00:57 01/18/99

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On January 18, 1999 at 04:56:37, Will Singleton wrote:

>On January 18, 1999 at 04:42:06, Steffen Jakob wrote:
>
>
>>No this wasnt a side-effect from the !computer part of Hossa's formula. When I
>>returned from holidays I saw that Hossas rating dropped below 2200 (last week).
>>I was very surprised to see a new hiscore of >2500 when I logged in this
>>saturday because I haven't changed a single bit in Hossas code for weeks. At
>>this time Hossa didn't have the !computer in it's formula.
>>
>>I added !computer to it's formula to see if it would get even higher and thanx
>>to Vincent Hossa even reached a rating of 2567!
>>
>>Ill remove the !computer filter today :)
>>
>
>Odd, these rating swings.  But you play a ton of games, so perhaps it's
>understandable.

I saw in the history, that a player with the handle "Jo" played a lot of games
against Hossa which lead to the rating inflation.

>
>By Vincent, did you mean you played Diep some games, and were successful?  I see

No, I meant Vincent himself :)

>you would match selected computers while still having the !computer var.
>
>Might be interesting to see what happens with the rating if you leave the
>!computer in.  Will the variations smooth out?  Might be.

I already removed the !computer switch.

Greetings,
Steffen.



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