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I must have missed something
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:16 pm
by Thadrin
Did they completely redo the NAF ratings? my Dwarf rating is down 15 points without having played a tourney with them in ages...
(Bloody Orc ranking went down at Carnage, too
. I blame Not-a-DwarfCoach. )
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:16 pm
by Joemanji
Yes, they completely redid the NAF rankings. Or rather, they redid the formula they use to work them out. The main change involved the cap to the "k" value (number of coaches in attendance) IIRC.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:28 am
by Yavatol
Indeed, all tournaments are now capped at 30 people this means you'll win or loose an average 5 points for each game when playing more or less equally ranked coaches. The four majors and one big Aussie tournament are capped at 60.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:50 am
by Mootaz
What's the reason for this cap? I always thought the idea was:
bigger tourney -> more important tourney -> more points
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:05 am
by Joemanji
The previous system completely skewed the rankings in favour of people who did well at one big tournament, as opposed to people who did well at many small tournaments. IIRC there were people in the high rankings who had only ever player one tournament, but that happened to be the BB.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:47 pm
by Indigo
it also put coaches outside europe at a distinct disadvantage as they had fewer, smaller tourneys so not only could they not play a lot but their matches weren't worth as much.