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SkyEnd (2392) / Roge_Tebnelok (1392) ®

"No over Drakes on WC, again both picked." ~SkyEnd




[09/12] StonyDrew broke the border to 1600 Elo points.
[09/12] kkk111 is now a part of the Top 20.
[09/12] vvd flew into the Top 20.
[07/12] zq5 just got into the range of 1700 Elo points.
[06/12] Weiming_Liu just entered the Top 10.

News

replay upload ope & change to elo formula

The replay upload has been actiavted again. The hostrelated problems are temp. fixed, hopefully they'll remain that way.

We've also changed a constant (the 400 one) in the Elo formula to 800 instead. The result of this is that whenever a higly skilled player loses against a low skilled one then the high skilled doesn't lose as many Elo points as before. The reasoning for this change can be found in the ladder threads in the official forum.

In short the change was made because it probably better reflects the random elements of Wesnoth, in contrast to the original Elo number which is based on statistical assumptions in chess, which is a full informations game, which Wesnoth is not. Granted the criticism that you can be "lucky" in chess as well, and distracted etc etc, these chances are always greater in a game witha built in random mechanic such as Wesnoth. Hence I followed Wintermutes advice and lowered win expectancy of the better skilled player.

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Other news articles:

- Admin Positions & Community Elections
- more fixes
- small site update
- more info about the host problems
- site host trouble
- feedback on the new report timer setting...
- new feature...
- nickname change
- help us debug
- hiscore & sportsmanship breakdown added