Re: Normalize Player Ratings (Average = 0) [Stickied ~ TFO]
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:24 am
AAFitz wrote:the rating system works perfectly how it is. the rating tells you exactly what you will get from a player. the only thing that doesnt match up is the actual label to the number, but after a few games, its not hard to figure out what the ratings mean
4.1 will be a pain in the ass every time and a 5.0 will hardly ever be. they are all a little bit of both between that. Your suggestion would actually make it harder, because there would be less degrees of criteria. right now there are 5.0 to 4.0 essentially
anyone below 4.0 is the same as 4.0 with a near guarantee to either play insane, or chat insane.
The rating system is very far from being perfect and it is high time to change it. If the only problems were the "labels" with it, then that would already mean a valid reason for the change.
You are right regarding players with 4.1 and below, but there are players with 4.7 and 4.8 ratings on the last page of the scoreboard. I am not so sure that their ratings truly represent how they play.
I think that the proposed change would not only fix the "labels", but could also influence the attitude of people ragarding rating. If part of the players who currently automatically give all 5s to everyone start to use a more varied scale, then it"s definitely worth it.