The Last Homely House
		Undying Lands => League Play => FotR League => Topic started by: TheJord on December 14, 2009, 11:20:11 AM
		
			
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				For those interested in the maths behind your rating
 
 For information, the ELO formula is as follows:
 
 Say the rating of the better player is r1 and the rating of his opponent is r2. The probability that the higher ranked player wins (let us call this number P_F) can be computed by
 
 P_F = 1 - 1/(10^(D*SQRT(n)/2000)+1)
 
 where
 
 n = the length of the match
 D = absolute value of the current rating difference between both players = ABS(r1-r2)
 
 The new rating of both players become then as follows:
 
 a) If the higher ranked wins the match:
 
 r1 + 4*SQRT(n)*(1-P_F) for the winner
 
 r2 - 4*SQRT(n)*(1-P_F) for the loser
 
 b) If the underdog wins the match:
 
 r1 - 4*SQRT(n)*P_F for the loser
 
 r2 + 4*SQRT(n)*P_F for the winner
 
 All players start at rank 1500
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				We actually use a much simpler version
 
 » Using the old ratings oldA and oldB, the win probability for team A is calculated:
 prob = 1.0 / (1 + 10 ^ ((oldB-oldA)/400.0))
 » he change in the ratings is then calculated by:
 score = 1 if A wins, 0.5 for draw, 0 if B wins
 diff = 50*(score-prob)
 » After that some rounding magic to integer is applied and the new ratings are calculated:
 newA = oldA+diff, newB = oldB-diff
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				Okay, I got lost somewhere in the middle... :/ 
 
 Anyway, could you point me to the site you use? I'd like to run some "home made" leagues and it would be just great! :D
 
 Cheers Jord!
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				Ah maths - you've got ot love it :)
			
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				Ahahah, or hate it... ;P 
			
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				Ah maths - you've got ot love it :)
 
 
 Makes me think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj2NOTanzWI
 
 lol