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− | + | WarLight uses an ELO rating system, similar to what is used in Chess. | |
− | + | ==How Ranks and Ratings are calculated== | |
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+ | More specifically, WarLight uses Bayesian Elo Rating, which has several advantages over other ELO rating systems: | ||
* Beating the same opponent multiple times gives you more rating than beating them once. In most ELO systems, only a win or loss is considered for each opponent. | * Beating the same opponent multiple times gives you more rating than beating them once. In most ELO systems, only a win or loss is considered for each opponent. | ||
+ | * This system allows giving an advantage to players that pick first, as described above. | ||
* Bayeselo behaves correctly when opponents' ratings are far apart | * Bayeselo behaves correctly when opponents' ratings are far apart | ||
* Ratings are calculated based on final ratings, not just what the rating was when the game took place. | * Ratings are calculated based on final ratings, not just what the rating was when the game took place. | ||
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* Run Bayeselo.exe. You’ll be left at a prompt that says | * Run Bayeselo.exe. You’ll be left at a prompt that says | ||
ResultSet> | ResultSet> | ||
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* Copy the entire contents of BayeseloLog.txt to your clipboard, and paste it into the Bayeselo application. (Note: To paste into a console app on windows, you can right-click on the titlebar, select Edit then Paste) | * Copy the entire contents of BayeseloLog.txt to your clipboard, and paste it into the Bayeselo application. (Note: To paste into a console app on windows, you can right-click on the titlebar, select Edit then Paste) | ||
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+ | BayeseloLog can be obtained separately for each ladder. Here are the links: | ||
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+ | * [[1v1 ladder]]: http://warlightdata.s3.amazonaws.com/Data/BayeseloLog0.txt | ||
+ | * [[2v2 ladder]]: http://warlightdata.s3.amazonaws.com/Data/BayeseloLog1.txt | ||
+ | * [[Seasonal Ladder|Seasonal ladder]]: | ||
+ | ** Visit [http://warlight.net/Ladder.aspx?Ladder=Seasonal this page] to get the list of seasons | ||
+ | ** Click the season you want the log for | ||
+ | ** Check your URL, and you'll see it ends with ID= and a number. For example, Season I is ID=4000 | ||
+ | ** Enter that number into this URL: http://warlightdata.s3.amazonaws.com/Data/BayeseloLog4000.txt | ||
This will produce rankings like the following: | This will produce rankings like the following: | ||
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− | + | http://blog.warlight.net/Images/addresult.png | |
By changing these, you can simulate new wins/losses or change existing games to see how they would affect the results. | By changing these, you can simulate new wins/losses or change existing games to see how they would affect the results. |