Do chess players have an advantage?

[Ja Karta]

(01-26-2013 06:13 AM)^=discipulus=^ Wrote:  I would rather outwitters to use an elo system rather than this random bs system they currently use.

As far as I can tell the underlying skill ranking system is basically analagous to ELO. What's missing? (League ranking is different, but who cares about that?)

Also: ELO is far from perfect for a few reasons even in chess, in particular it's based on a Guassian assumption that, empirically, does not hold true. It's even less applicable to a game like Outwitters though. ELO is semi-appropriate for a comeptitive environment where everyone is playing under semi-consistent conditions. People play outwitters drunk, tired, stressed, whatever. You'd definitely not want to use ELO.