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Suggestion for the point system
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:54 am
by Jhyn
Hello everybody,
Just a small suggestion concerning the point system. I noticed that the 2/1.5/0.75 system is actually very close from a 3/2/1 system (3 points for the first victory, 2 points for the second, 1 point for a loss). It would favor the winner very slightly more, but the real goal is to get rid of those ugly 0.25 point. I for one think it would look much better.
A less serious suggestion is that I would love an integer komi to get possible jigo in the league - since it is not an elimination system jigos would be perfectly ok and would add a bit a spice to the league, I feel.
Re: Suggestion for the point system
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:49 am
by daal
I agree that it would look nicer if there were only whole and half points, but the reason it is the way it is atm has to do with how the website calculates the points, which is involves checking the result of a first game and reducing the point value for a second win by a percentage (25% atm).
Re: Suggestion for the point system
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:13 am
by usagi
daal wrote:I agree that it would look nicer if there were only whole and half points, but the reason it is the way it is atm has to do with how the website calculates the points, which is involves checking the result of a first game and reducing the point value for a second win by a percentage (25% atm).
Well, purely on the notion that it is a good idea to do so, can't the website just multiply everything by two? Or four, to get whole numbers?
Re: Suggestion for the point system
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 8:55 am
by daal
yeah, but would that look much better?
Re: Suggestion for the point system
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:24 pm
by usagi
daal wrote:yeah, but would that look much better?
Personally? Maybe. But you said so yourself, no?
daal wrote:I agree that it would look nicer if there were only whole and half points, but the reason it is the way it is atm has to do with how the website calculates the points, which is involves checking the result of a first game and reducing the point value for a second win by a percentage (25% atm).
Re: Suggestion for the point system
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 4:25 am
by daal
Math is not my long suit, but here goes:
The current system produces in a one sided contest 3.5 pts for the winner and 1.5 for the loser of both games. A 3-2-1 system as proposed by Jhyn would produce 5 pts for the winner and 2 for the loser, thus creating a slightly larger discrepancy. 2 1/2:1 as opposed to 2 1/3:1. The ratio of the old system, which was not possible to duplicate on the new site was 2:1, so the proposed change would further shift the balance towards the stronger player. To avoid this, it would be possible to simply multiply the current system, but to get rid of any partial points, it would need to be multiplied by 4, which imo would not look any better than it does now.