The New Point System

[RandyDogz]

Any system with a large spread between points won by winner/lost by loser is going to favor active players. But maybe this is the goal? I imagine league promotions/demotions are pretty rare after you've played for some time. Playing solely to get promoted is a long term goal, you need something to hold your interest in the short term. As a developer, I'd want to make the people playing my game a lot feel good about how they are doing! Activity based points encourages players to play the game, rather than sitting and thinking about the game in fear that one wrong move will drop them back to the bottom of the league. That's sorta how I was feeling under the old system. To this extreme, this could frustrate people enough to quit the game.

I think if we assume i) matchmaking system is working and most people will be around 50/50 w/l, and ii) most players are playing to win and not game the system - this system probably isn't bad. Is it a perfect reflection of skill? No, but we have the top 200 list for the hardcore players. I think it's a pretty good balance between giving feedback on how your doing vs. helping OML encouraging people to play!

Another thought, if a big concern with the new system is the inclination to give up games your loosing, maybe just make the points lost on giving up much higher than playing it out? A quick change to the popup after clicking give up can explain this.