Player rating for tournaments across all installments of Heroes.

HOORAY:smile03: you finally admitted it yourself! I dare to suggest that you abandon this idea! Or create two ratings... but no aging!

Let me tell you a secret - just between us - I was never a supporter of aging, as such. Initially, I considered the goal to be building a balanced calculation for the tournament rating. I proposed and continue to propose that it be taken into account in the form of a cumulative annual rating... Then - reset it. This is much closer to me because I don't like "nitpicking" :) The current rating reflects exactly such a not very flattering comparison... Cosmic races, in a word...

But my colleague is a staunch supporter of the current rating calculation method. I admit that the idea itself is not bad and can also be considered - for those who like it. Therefore, at one time, I also took on helping him develop and balance this method. That is, my opinion is neutral. I am simply, in a sense, a co-author of this calculation. No more, no less. Whether to apply it in practice or not is up to specially trained people to decide. :) So you don't need to persuade me...

You might not believe it, but I did... it was after that that I realized that this task has no solution!

Exactly. If the goal of the rating is to reflect the "Player's Strength," then the current rating does not do this under any circumstances. Simply, at the moment, of all the options that come close to assessing strength, the resulting current rating is relatively close. All other options are much further away.

By the way, maybe instead of introducing an increasing coefficient, it would be better to dynamically change the "Scale" (i.e., the maximum number of points for a tournament).

My dear, I don't understand... :)