05-29-2023, 11:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-29-2023, 11:19 PM by hank.)
Replying to "lordogmore":
The disparity amounts to time. Many like yourself may see a higher ELO like this for the "any match, any length, etc" match specification. It represents the ELO you've had prior to the beginning of 2023. When the expansion to multiple ELOs occurred and was implemented near the end of 2022. Good attempts were made to try to initialize the expanded ELOs using this, the only ELO available for players. In many cases, the expanded ELOs were defaulted to 1500 tho.
From around 2010 to about 2019, nine years, there we subtle shifts in how ELOs were being stored. In these nine years, many had been able to gain ELO points leveraging weaknesses in the allowances of ELO based played. One of the main ways was to use a "ramp up" policy that allowed for an opponent to have a slightly advantaged formula for experiences 400 or less. Account shifting had been happening as well as some blatant "play versus oneself" using multiple accounts, always winning on a selected account. Over the years, these subtle storage and the ramp up and multiple account play has been locked down.
Around the end of 2018, and 2019 during the boom playing times associated with the worldwide Covid lockdown, is when these ELO bloating techniques were being noticed were beginning to get locked down.
Because of the history of ELO management here, you could argue the lower ELO initiated in 2023 is more precise and accurate for players since it's more difficult to find ways to manipulate or circumvent the integrity of these skill ratings. Even tho you may not have noticed or you weren't able to see these ELOs, they were being managed along with the pre-2023 ELO. At this time, those newly expanded ELOs are now about 6 months in computation.
There are other manners that have been used by some looking only to grow their ELO. For example the practice of seeking out and playing those who didn't understand rated play, short matches with cube. Sort of an act of prey upon those who didn't know or who didn't care about ELO. Maybe call it ELO stealing if you will.
The management of ELOs is still undergoing adjustments as we monitor the system as a whole. Protecting a well earned and deserved ELO is the primary focus.
The disparity amounts to time. Many like yourself may see a higher ELO like this for the "any match, any length, etc" match specification. It represents the ELO you've had prior to the beginning of 2023. When the expansion to multiple ELOs occurred and was implemented near the end of 2022. Good attempts were made to try to initialize the expanded ELOs using this, the only ELO available for players. In many cases, the expanded ELOs were defaulted to 1500 tho.
From around 2010 to about 2019, nine years, there we subtle shifts in how ELOs were being stored. In these nine years, many had been able to gain ELO points leveraging weaknesses in the allowances of ELO based played. One of the main ways was to use a "ramp up" policy that allowed for an opponent to have a slightly advantaged formula for experiences 400 or less. Account shifting had been happening as well as some blatant "play versus oneself" using multiple accounts, always winning on a selected account. Over the years, these subtle storage and the ramp up and multiple account play has been locked down.
Around the end of 2018, and 2019 during the boom playing times associated with the worldwide Covid lockdown, is when these ELO bloating techniques were being noticed were beginning to get locked down.
Because of the history of ELO management here, you could argue the lower ELO initiated in 2023 is more precise and accurate for players since it's more difficult to find ways to manipulate or circumvent the integrity of these skill ratings. Even tho you may not have noticed or you weren't able to see these ELOs, they were being managed along with the pre-2023 ELO. At this time, those newly expanded ELOs are now about 6 months in computation.
There are other manners that have been used by some looking only to grow their ELO. For example the practice of seeking out and playing those who didn't understand rated play, short matches with cube. Sort of an act of prey upon those who didn't know or who didn't care about ELO. Maybe call it ELO stealing if you will.
The management of ELOs is still undergoing adjustments as we monitor the system as a whole. Protecting a well earned and deserved ELO is the primary focus.