Weekly Top 100 - 8/01/12

[onealexleft]

(08-02-2012 07:24 AM)swimj Wrote:  

(08-02-2012 06:40 AM)onealexleft Wrote:  

(08-02-2012 06:26 AM)Harti Wrote:  I wonder, though, why Josuecuervo is so far to the bottom (52nd). Something can't be right about that list but it's probably also based on how many games you played. Which is quite a bunch in my case (130 pre-reset and 140 post-reset). This, again, would encourage grinding a bit. Should be tweaked maybe.

You're rating only changes when you actively play. He was moving up, but stopped due to inactivity. He hasn't played a 1v1 in a couple weeks due to the 2v2's he's playing.

Not to delve too deeply into the secrecy...but are ratings on an absolute or relative scale? In real terms, if someone at the top were to just stop playing/take a break, would they stay put (rating more dependent on w/l pct) or take a slide (rating more dependent on # of wins)? It's probably more complex than that but could you give any estimate?

ratings are relative to the player base. So if you go inactive, no you're raw rating won't change, but that 'meaning' of that rating may change over time as the player base matures and players get better. What was once considered a great rating may become 'average'.