AllegSkill Online

Post by **Tigereye** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:26 am

AllegSkill has been enabled.
Here's what's changed:

When logging in, your rank is now calculated from your Mu and your Sigma. Consult the wiki for more information.
If your rank is below 5 but your sigma is low enough for the system to be confident in your skill, your rank will be forced to a (5). The current sigma threshold is 6.25, although that may change after further analysis of the system.

If you have questions about how Mu/Sigma work, be sure to consult the wiki first!

EDIT BY TB: Some additional links to make it all easy to find:
Changeover period (i.e. NOW) FAQ
Allegskill FAQ
Allegskill

--TE

Shizoku · Post by **Shizoku** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:38 am

Where did it pull the command numbers from? I don't think I've commed that many games even since the old system has been around.

CrazyFingers · Post by **CrazyFingers** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:43 am

So what if your sigma is below 1? You are even more experienced or less?

Broodwich · Post by **Broodwich** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:45 am

read the wiki

Psychosis · Post by **Psychosis** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:52 am

my rank is entirely too high, why is this?

CrazyFingers · Post by **CrazyFingers** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:52 am

I just read and reread it. It said that the sigma starts at 25/3 and stabilizes at 1 with 1 having the most certainty. But how can you have a sigma lower than 1 if it stabilizes there? Uber reliability?

juckto · Post by **juckto** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:00 am

QUOTE \gamma = \frac{25}{300} is the dynamics variable, which prevents sigma from ever reaching zero, which in turn determines how quickly mu can in/decrease once sigma has stabilised. If we discover that sigma-stabilised ratings are moving too slowly to reflect genuine changes in skill, we will increase gamma.[/quote]
http://www.freeallegiance.org/FAW/index.ph...der%27s_ranking

Probably should be on the Sigma page too. Actually I didn't realise we were still using the Sigma and Mu pages.

QUOTE my rank is entirely too high, why is this?[/quote]
Because you are just that awesome.

Other links TE should have posted:

Changeover period (i.e. NOW) FAQ
Allegskill FAQ
Allegskill

Post by **Papsmear** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:01 am

First time in my Allegiance playing career that I have been ranked higher then KevK, he is so much better than me it's laughable

spideycw · Post by **spideycw** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:09 am

Does then mean you can now use auto balance and we will never run into that situation where no team could be joined except by newbieS?

Post by **Tigereye** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:12 am

spideycw wrote:QUOTE (spideycw @ Jan 18 2009, 11:09 PM) Does then mean you can now use auto balance and we will never run into that situation where no team could be joined except by newbieS?

Nothing ingame has been changed except for the numbers displayed in the "Rank" column.

The AutoBalance feature works the same way as before.

--TE