Funny GO graph

On January 05 2009 03:58 micronesia wrote:
Well this is a very lacking OP but I do want to point out that the same exact thing happened to me haha.

For those who are confused: go is a board game (see my much previous blog) and kgs has rankings. If you lose to someone, and then win vs good players, that first guy you lost to receives credit for being better than you after you beat the good players.... so rank can jump around a lot.

On January 05 2009 05:35 nAi.PrOtOsS wrote:
Yea I just felt like saying that...So I did...

On January 05 2009 05:39 fusionsdf wrote:


thats not a very good idea on these forums

for the OP: A description of what this means would make the OP better
not everyone can read swedish

and thanks to micro for the explanation, I hope the rest of you stop derailing this thread
(I thought this topic would be about G.O. lol)

On January 05 2009 03:58 micronesia wrote:
Well this is a very lacking OP but I do want to point out that the same exact thing happened to me haha.

For those who are confused: go is a board game (see my much previous blog) and kgs has rankings. If you lose to someone, and then win vs good players, that first guy you lost to receives credit for being better than you after you beat the good players.... so rank can jump around a lot.

On January 05 2009 07:28 Mastermind wrote:

that sounds like a terrible system.

On January 05 2009 07:31 Lemonwalrus wrote:
So as you grow as a player all of your past opponents ratings will be skewed because the computer thinks you are and have always been and will always be the same skill level?

Or is it just your first opponent?

Edit: And doesn't that mean that one single game could potentially change the stats of thousands of users?

On January 05 2009 08:05 Azrael1111 wrote:
Elo is simple, you start at 2000 points, whenever you beat someone you are given points based on the difference between your points, more points if the person you beat was higher and less if they were lower.

On January 05 2009 08:08 micronesia wrote:

But I think it also keeps track of your history. If you win against someone on day one who had a 2000 elo, and then he wins straight to 2300, I think you benefit slightly.