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This is working as intended (or at least, as it is known to work). I may be wrong on a few minor details, but the general idea of the following should be correct:
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This is working as intended (or at least, as it is known to work). I may be wrong on a few minor details, but the general idea of the following should be correct:
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Your "current rating" is the true Whole History Record rating. It can change quite a bit based on the outcomes of other people's games. (Possibly also by new players entering the system or players becoming inactive? Would not swear to this.)
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Your "current rating" is the true Whole History Record rating. It can change quite a bit based on the outcomes of other people's games. (Possibly also by new players entering the system or players becoming inactive? Would not swear to this.)
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Your "ladder rating" is determined by the following:
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Your "ladder rating" is determined by the following:
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* It only changes when you complete a game.
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* It only changes when you complete a game.
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* It must go up by at least 1 if you win, and it must go down by at least 1 if you lose.
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* It must go up by at least 1 if you win, and it must go down by at least 1 if you lose.
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*
Your
ladder
rating
tries
to
converge
to
your
current
rating.
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*
Your
ladder
rating
tries
to
converge
to
your
current
rating
(
edit:
perhaps
an
average
of
it
over
a
previous
window
of
time?)
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along with some other rules possibly? but these are the important ones.
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along with some other rules possibly? but these are the important ones.
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So if your ladder rating is above your current rating and you win a game, your ladder rating will only increase by 1, but the win will drag your current rating up a bit. If you win enough games your current rating will catch up and surpass your ladder rating, at which point you will see more ladder rating gains.
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So if your ladder rating is above your current rating and you win a game, your ladder rating will only increase by 1, but the win will drag your current rating up a bit. If you win enough games your current rating will catch up and surpass your ladder rating, at which point you will see more ladder rating gains.
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Conversely, if you lose games but your ladder rating is below your current rating, your ladder rating will decrease by 1.
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Conversely, if you lose games but your ladder rating is below your current rating, your ladder rating will decrease by 1.
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Ladder point system seems broken