TheLangendude wrote:QUOTE (TheLangendude @ Feb 3 2012, 12:19 PM) Ok, I understand that the game stats didn't count because there were four teams, I did play in that game.
I also understand that in game points don't count. Thanks for your help guys! I do have one question though, what does the information does the game use to decide the how much skill you gain/lose?
I have read the wiki links you gave me.
It's in the AllegSkill wiki article, but basically if I actually understand correctly, how much rank you gain or lose seems to be based on how "surprising" the outcome of a game is; that is, a team of newbies beating a team of vets will gain more rank than the team of vets would have gained if they beat the same team of newbies, because the former result is "surprising" to the ranking system, while the latter would be "expected". Also, if I remember right, the longer you play Allegiance, the less your rank will change, as the ranking system will become "more confident" that it has an accurate estimate of your skill level; so while you are a new player, your rank will change comparatively quickly, but once you've been playing for a bit, it will remain more stable.
Please someone correct me if I am mistaken.
Whether you gain or lose rank to begin with depends entirely on whether the team you were playing on won or lost the game, regardless of your own performance. Teamwork!
I think the most important thing about rank is always not to worry too much about rank.
It is true that while your rank remains very low people will be vary wary of, for instance, letting you command or something (but on the other hand, they'll be more understanding with you when you make mistakes and such
), but generally speaking, once you've been around for a bit, I think people will just naturally judge you more by their own estimate of your skills from seeing you play, rather than by your numbers.
