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Ladder issue

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2/27/2020 7:54:21 PMGBrankPRO_Dregs before revert after revert
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1 I get how it looks like I'm saying two things at once Dein, I do. What I was saying before was relevant at the time, but it's been some time since the system changes and I think it's effects are only just becoming apparent to me. I'm going to call it the "Expanding ladder theory". 1 I get how it looks like I'm saying two things at once Dein, I do. What I was saying before was relevant at the time, but it's been some time since the system changes and I think it's effects are only just becoming apparent to me. I'm going to call it the "Expanding ladder theory".
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3 Back when the changes were made, the newer system was fresh and people were taking fast chunks out of eachother's rating, but now peoples ratings look more like galaxies drifting apart than close competitors. 3 Back when the changes were made, the newer system was fresh and people were taking fast chunks out of eachother's rating, but now peoples ratings look more like galaxies drifting apart than close competitors.
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5 Whilst it appears on the surface that it's working well in my case because my rating appears stable despite heavily variant WHR, I think that's overlooking the heart of my issue - which is why the WHR is so variant in the first place. 5 Whilst it appears on the surface that it's working well in my case because my rating appears stable despite heavily variant WHR, I think that's overlooking the heart of my issue - which is why the WHR is so variant in the first place.
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7 In this heavily inflated phase of the ladder that we are in, someone with 2.5K rating may be far off acheiving 3K rating statistically, but they could certainly be grinding enough to be close to a 3K player in terms of skill. That makes them a present danger to a high rating player's WHR variability, especially because it will take months for the ladder to actually reflect their growing skill. 7 In this heavily inflated phase of the ladder that we are in, someone with 2.5K rating may be far off acheiving 3K rating statistically, but they could certainly be grinding enough to be close to a 3K player in terms of skill. That makes them a present danger to a high rating player's WHR variability, especially because it will take months for the ladder to actually reflect their growing skill.
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9 From my point of view: I WILL lose to someone in the top 30 occasionally, especially to someone like I have described above. And that's ok. What isn't ok is that position-wise we're maybe 20 apart but the rating gap could be 600 points apart. If it isn't obvious how badly these large gaps between ratings affect whr variability and the actual effectiveness of the system, I don't know how else to explain the issue. 9 From my point of view: I WILL lose to someone in the top 30 occasionally, especially to someone like I have described above. And that's ok. What isn't ok is that position-wise we're maybe 20 apart but the rating gap could be 600 points apart. If it isn't obvious how badly these large gaps between ratings affect whr variability and the actual effectiveness of the system, I don't know how else to explain the issue.
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11 Edit: Feel free to tell me if I just don't know what I'm talking about.