Allegiance Ranking System

mrc7463 · Post by **mrc7463** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:05 am

I think that the hours played, stats, and such have been compiling since the new ranking system came into effect in 2007 I believe. If you think this ranking system is broken you should have experienced the old. It was terrible. Everyone was an infalted vet.

Mastametz · Post by **Mastametz** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:12 am

I was in the top 10 on the leaderboard before I was banned. But that was clearly accurate in my case.

DonKarnage · Post by **DonKarnage** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:18 pm

Main problem is the first games where a newbie can get lucky or unlucky. They really don't know what they're doing most of the time, yet the games have such a huge impact on their later rank.
I got a high rank because I was just joining the team that looked likely to win, if I did the opposite, I'd be stuck down at a 6 instead of 16.

Another possible improvement to the system could take into account the average ranking of the teams throughout the game, and to account for things like an early stacked game, or a handful of game changers jumping into the fight at a point where there's a very delicate balance that can be shifted in favor of whoever was blessed to get players who know exactly what they're doing.

Command win/losses is important too, if the two commanders are unbalanced, that should also have a significant effect on how the rank changes due to a win or loss.

Broodwich · Post by **Broodwich** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:28 pm

i think i usually leave aa on. The community likes stacking, theys gonna stack. Its less hassle for me and easier for people to join and grow the game.

Duckwarrior · Post by **Duckwarrior** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:37 pm

Broodwich wrote:QUOTE (Broodwich @ Feb 22 2012, 10:28 PM) i think i usually leave aa on. The community likes stacking, theys gonna stack. Its less hassle for me and easier for people to join and grow the game.

Yes, but you don't play. People like you are the reason that Allegiance is in the state that it is.

Now log in to Steam so that we can improve our formidable L4D ranks.

Broodwich · Post by **Broodwich** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:47 pm

i'll never join you!

Bard · Post by **Bard** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:09 am

Is it just me or does RoyBrown remind anyone else of BJBaxtard?

Mastametz · Post by **Mastametz** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:10 am

Bard wrote:QUOTE (Bard @ Feb 22 2012, 06:09 PM) Is it just me or does RoyBrown remind anyone else of BJBastard

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Adaven · Post by **Adaven** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:46 am

Hmmm.... perhaps we could consider bundling a dataset and donating it to a data mining community like: UCI Machine Learning Repository.

1) More minds working on the problem. Someone might get lucky and come up with the perfect system for us.
2) Free publicity with a niche group that might yield us some players / contributors.

I'm almost kicking myself for not thinking of this when I was selecting my master's thesis topic.

Broodwich · Post by **Broodwich** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:47 am

i like your thinking