Re: [pbmserv-dev] Solitaire game scoring

[Cameron Browne <cameronb@optusnet.com.au>]

> How about a compromise?   average of the last N games?
>
>
> if totalplayed is < N, use your algorithm
>
>                    (totalplayed * oldrating) + currentscore
>     newrating = ----------------------------------------------
>                               totalplayed + 1
>
>
> Once  totalplayed >= N, then it becomes a rolling average of the last
> N games played
>
>                    ((N-1) * oldrating) + currentscore
>     newrating = ----------------------------------------------
>                               N

Yep that's a good suggestion. An obvious choice for N is 20, the magic 
number at which players become established.

I presume nobody will mind if I clobber the old score table :)

Cameron