Re: [pbmserv-dev] Those wacky provisionals

[Marc Lanctot <marc.lanctot@mail.mcgill.ca>]

The point was that it's a bug that should be fixed.

Marc



Martin Moller Pedersen wrote:

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>-> I just noticed that jon.dann has a provisional Quoridor rating of 2119 
>-> after playing one game.  Since the highest established rating is 1790, and 
>-> the second highest provisional is 1824, I am wondering how this 
>-> occurred.  I thought a provisional couldn't be more than 200 above the 
>-> player he beat.  This suggests that the rating system can be cleverly abused.
>
>How can it cleverly be abused ?
>If a provisional player has a very high rating but has only played a singled game
>and he then plays and lose a game against a established player, then the
>established player doesn't got more than a few points.
>
>/Martin
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