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== Summary == | |||
Stack Rating measures the attitude of players when joining a game. Players with a positive stack rating join the upper hand game more often than not. On the other hand, players with a negative stack rating try and join the disadvantaged team on average. | |||
== In detail == | |||
Calculation for the stack rating is fairly simple. It is the average game imbalance once the game has ended, taken with the correct sign and multiplied by the fraction of the game you played. | |||
In clearer terms, let's say Team 1 has 200 AllegSkill "points" and Team 2 has 300. Let us assume you have never played till now: your stack rating is zero. Joining Team 1 will push it to -100 (you're anti-stacking); joining Team 2 will push it to +100 (you're stacking). If you played half the game, these values would be -50 and 50 respectively. | |||
Contributions from each games are then averaged out. For example, joining a game with +25 imbalance and a game with +75 imbalance will give you a +50 stack rating. | |||
Note that stack ratings are calculated based of the team imbalance over the '''entire course of a game'''. If team A was up by 25 skill points for the entire game, their imbalance would be +25. If team A were up 25 for half of the game, then team B were up by 25 for the remaining half, a stack rating of 0 would result. | |||
== A final reminder == | |||
Most stackers ''join'' a stack. Certain distinguished players, however, ''attract'' the stack. The former does not lead to the latter. Please play sensibly. | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:58, 19 February 2009
Summary
Stack Rating measures the attitude of players when joining a game. Players with a positive stack rating join the upper hand game more often than not. On the other hand, players with a negative stack rating try and join the disadvantaged team on average.
In detail
Calculation for the stack rating is fairly simple. It is the average game imbalance once the game has ended, taken with the correct sign and multiplied by the fraction of the game you played.
In clearer terms, let's say Team 1 has 200 AllegSkill "points" and Team 2 has 300. Let us assume you have never played till now: your stack rating is zero. Joining Team 1 will push it to -100 (you're anti-stacking); joining Team 2 will push it to +100 (you're stacking). If you played half the game, these values would be -50 and 50 respectively.
Contributions from each games are then averaged out. For example, joining a game with +25 imbalance and a game with +75 imbalance will give you a +50 stack rating.
Note that stack ratings are calculated based of the team imbalance over the entire course of a game. If team A was up by 25 skill points for the entire game, their imbalance would be +25. If team A were up 25 for half of the game, then team B were up by 25 for the remaining half, a stack rating of 0 would result.
A final reminder
Most stackers join a stack. Certain distinguished players, however, attract the stack. The former does not lead to the latter. Please play sensibly.
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