Posts from Rating system for online games in Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

to IronAxe:
You see, if a player simply doesn't show up for the tournament and doesn't play any matches, their rating will remain the same according to the existing formulas. However, if they register but don't show up, their rating will be lowered. This means people will stop saying things like, "Just sign me up, I'll beat you all. We'll play then..." It's simply disrespectful to those who are waiting for their opponent at the scheduled time, and disrespectful to the organizer, etc. But if we make the penalty for not showing up more severe and make sure everyone is aware of it, I think people won't just throw words to the wind... they'll think twice next time.

Maybe that formula is super-duper, but I don't have time to mess with it.

I don't understand you. Award 1 point for showing up and losing. Award 0 points for not showing up. If a player registers but doesn't show up at all, they will receive ZERO points for all matches against everyone. Calculate what that will be in total :) It will be ZERO, which corresponds to the LAST PLACE. And we calculate the rating based on the place. Why introduce even more of something into the formula to make it even more complicated if the player already gets punished enough for not showing up???

I see that Leia is very interested in the online rating, so I think he wouldn't mind taking a look at what's there. What do you think he would say about it???

It's not some super-duper formula. It's been tested in hundreds of games, and hundreds of people have ratings based on it. I'm sorry, but if you personally can't figure it out and don't have time to mess around with it, what's the point in discussing what you're going to come up with on your own?
PS. Optimal, if it's not too much trouble, could you please resend the files I sent to Leia? I've already lost them, and I searched for them for a long time for you. I see that Leia is very interested in the online rating, so I think he wouldn't mind taking a look at what's in them. What do you think he'd say about it?

But if a person doesn't show up, as you say, they'll get a rating of 0, meaning their rating will remain the same... But if you introduce that coefficient k, the rating will decrease in case of absence.
If a player thinks: "Well, I'll skip it, and who cares, the rating will stay the same anyway," then in this case, the person won't sign up if they know they'll miss a few games – it won't be in their interest.

I think the most interesting thing I posted was in the post about the formula for calculating. In principle, I don't understand the mathematical operation symbol "^" and the number 6000. Otherwise, my formula is somewhat similar to this one in a slightly simplified version.
P.S. Perhaps people play VGAplanet often, but not Heroes 4. There are few players, and not many tournaments, so a dynamic calculation is not needed.

But if someone signed up with good intentions, but life didn't allow them to participate in the tournament – they didn't have enough real time?

In this regard, your approach isn't very good. And if you offend even one such person with your good intentions because of the carelessness of others, will that be right from a purely human point of view??? Start thinking from this perspective, and not from the perspective of how to punish the careless even more. Ok?

In this regard, let him warn the organizer and everyone else. It's not a big deal... Just don't say, "I'll beat you all like..." - they'll punish you...

It's a different matter that this might discourage a newcomer from participating in the tournament (I just thought about this, by the way...), i.e., there are already few people playing in the 4-player mode... Yes, there's something to think about...

Situation: I say I'm going to crush everyone, and they respond with posts. Then I withdraw from the tournament, warning the organizer. And who will get extra negative points? The one who hoped until the very end to play at least one match with someone at the tournament?

Well, think about it – there's still time ;)

Yes, yes... Iron, you are right.
Okay. I've even come up with a way to automate your formula.
I think that if there are already few players, and there will be 80% fewer, so that the number will be less than 11, then there's no need to overthink the number 6000. But regarding the ^ sign, which is in X^3? It's unlikely to be a root (or a cubic root, although unlikely:)

Yes, it's the square root of three or the cube root. I'm pretty sure!

So, what will you achieve by considering such a situation? I would immediately deduct 100 rating points for that :D, but a normal person would probably let it slide because they know they're not the only one playing – they can find a couple of others if needed.

And if it's not a secret, what's the deadline? You can think about it for a long time :D?

P.S. I received the email, but it seems like there's not much there... Iron, approximately how many lines are there, or better yet, what's the size in terms of capacity, do you remember?
Never mind, I'll take a look later, I won't do it right now, please excuse me...

Isn't the cube root calculated like that? I don't remember exactly, but it seems like it's done differently, although of course, maybe...

Iron, I don't have any of that...:(, no formulas...
Optimal, did you really send everything?

Well, how would you penalize me with "-100"?

And there's a guy who said he would crush everyone – he's not removed until the very end, hoping to beat someone, but it doesn't work out (in reality, his grandmother is sick). This guy will drop in the ranking on your system, unlike the cunning one who will "withdraw" from the Tournament in time.

Well, that's up to you, plus how good your ideas are and how often they come to you. :)

I don't remember the capacity. There were several ranking lists (and I was on them too :). Description of the rating calculation system. Description of the rules of the VGAPlanets game. Description of a walkthrough of one game in which I was a substitute. So, there should have been several files.

P.S. It's strange, I received everything, but in parts. I'll probably check it out on Monday...

There are a lot of files in the archive. I sent it to you, right?
Check Rating_Polici_New or the old one.