umbro Wrote:Some good points here:
1) ELO is calculated when the game is reported using the two players current ELO scores.
2) Level of victory IS significant (as are draws), you gain more points for a greater victory.
3) ELO is a zero sum game, if one player gains points the other will lose a similar number.
4) Playing newbies would ordinarily have a positive effect on your ELO as they (presumably) have an inflated ELO by starting at 2000.
5) Nice guys finish last - you are obviously too nice a guy Ed!
umbro
I never wanted to be first? I've always been most proud of my wooden cross awards over any others. ;)
Nor, did the newbies mind gaining a gratuitous win or a draw when they had no forces left on the map? :smoke:
ELO also does not count the thousands of words of instruction, included in e-mails, written to help out those who needed to learn how to play better?
I don't count "best" as the highest ELO or the highest Win/Loss ratio.
I'm neither a ladder position whore. Nor do I play all the time to win.
I do often just stop playing those who do. I may have wanted them to bring more to "the table" and am often dissappointed when they don't. :(
Nor do I throw the lead around in a hap hazard manner. As I am often portrayed? Though, recently I am more willing to call a spade a spade when it is called for. And, screw the consequences?
:chin:
Ed
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