Elo Ranking System + Matchmaking

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Originally Posted by Indianapolis Jones

Is this with an automated MM system or pick your battles in mind?

You would pick your own battles. It's kind of based on the way that RPG stats are gained in that you can only level up by facing opponents with stats that are equal to or higher than your own. Basically we're applying the law of diminishing returns to battling. The difference is that someone low ranked doesn't risk as much facing someone much higher than them.

Originally Posted by ILLoKWENT

lmao.. goldmic already had a ratings system in place years ago, ive been bringing that idea up for a long time.. for each profile, a person is given a +/- followed by a designated points, corresponding to how strong the opponent ia based on opponents, and rank.. so a strong battler will see a weak battlers points as +5/-35 meaning if he keeps battling scrubs, hell only gain 5 points toward his rating, but if he loses ,he could lose 35... if a strong battler faces one thats his level, hed see +15/-15.. etc.etc. this will encourage battlers to challenge stronger opponents to move up quicker..dunno how the point system is now, but at least with this in place, you can visually see what points youd gain, or lost against certain opponents

I kind of like this but I think that's too much information to give. IMO, the only information anyone should have on anyone is their current rank, w/l and ESL. If you give people too much insight into the system they figure out a way to game it and use it in ways it wasn't intended. Also, what would a weak battler see on the page of a strong battler? What's the cap on point loss?

Originally Posted by Nicholas

This sounds better than the original suggestion. I don't like the idea of forced match-ups and I don't think suggested match-ups would even be acknowledged. The problem is, what do you guys do now? Delete all previous points? That seems unfair.

Freeze the current rankings and put them somewhere and say "This is our old ranking system". Then you restart everyone at zero.

Also, forced match-ups is lame unless it's voluntary. What I mean by that is, for the general system it's bad. If it were it's own system it could be fun though. I don't see it ever happening though.

[Mindless]

Originally Posted by Indianapolis Jones

Is this with an automated MM system or pick your battles in mind?

You would pick your own battles. It's kind of based on the way that RPG stats are gained in that you can only level up by facing opponents with stats that are equal to or higher than your own. Basically we're applying the law of diminishing returns to battling. The difference is that someone low ranked doesn't risk as much facing someone much higher than them.

Originally Posted by ILLoKWENT

lmao.. goldmic already had a ratings system in place years ago, ive been bringing that idea up for a long time.. for each profile, a person is given a +/- followed by a designated points, corresponding to how strong the opponent ia based on opponents, and rank.. so a strong battler will see a weak battlers points as +5/-35 meaning if he keeps battling scrubs, hell only gain 5 points toward his rating, but if he loses ,he could lose 35... if a strong battler faces one thats his level, hed see +15/-15.. etc.etc. this will encourage battlers to challenge stronger opponents to move up quicker..dunno how the point system is now, but at least with this in place, you can visually see what points youd gain, or lost against certain opponents

I kind of like this but I think that's too much information to give. IMO, the only information anyone should have on anyone is their current rank, w/l and ESL. If you give people too much insight into the system they figure out a way to game it and use it in ways it wasn't intended. Also, what would a weak battler see on the page of a strong battler? What's the cap on point loss?

Originally Posted by Nicholas

This sounds better than the original suggestion. I don't like the idea of forced match-ups and I don't think suggested match-ups would even be acknowledged. The problem is, what do you guys do now? Delete all previous points? That seems unfair.

Freeze the current rankings and put them somewhere and say "This is our old ranking system". Then you restart everyone at zero.

Also, forced match-ups is lame unless it's voluntary. What I mean by that is, for the general system it's bad. If it were it's own system it could be fun though. I don't see it ever happening though.