by chris_in_seattle on Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:20 pm
very simply just have a point "floor," say 200 points. Once you get there you can't lose anymore points. Of course, the winner wouldn't get any points for beating someone with 200 points, so the system would still be "gameable," that is, if your down to 200 points just play to lose if your starting position sucks.
So once at 200 points you have to win a game within the next 5 or maybe 10 games or your done.
A player with 200 points versus 5 opponents with an average score of 1000 would receive 500 points, so this limits the player's "denominator effect," to 500 points on average.