The New Point System

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(01-31-2013 04:24 AM)CombatEX Wrote:  Precisely. Perhaps this is a case of the vocal minority, but I haven't seen a single advocate of "fun" points and only people voicing their desire for skill-based points. In fact, many even wish to go a step further and just display hidden-rating, though I think that's a bit too far. Either way though, the point stands that "fun" points don't seem to actually be all that fun for people. Instead they are unintuitive and do not provide useful information.

Remember that people on the forums are a biased sample... we may all want skill-based points, but people out there playing for leisure, whose opinion is not well represented here, are the ones enjoying the "fun" points.


Before season 2, everyone was complaining that activity boosts your points... I am now also. +20 versus -2 for win/loss means anyone very active will rise in points faster than a good player who is not as active.

To balance this, I think people should have a hidden "multiplier" based on their hidden ranking, where higher ranking will result in a higher multiplier on score changes, both positive and negative. This would mean weaker players can steadily climb up (which seems to be the goal, since Alex keeps referencing that 50% of players have 0 points), and strong players will have to play smart to avoid dropping fast, while also able to jump up points very fast if they win consistently.