Re: [pbmserv-dev] ratings and "stale" players

[John Williams <williams@tni.com>]

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Cameron Browne wrote:
> >>How about this: after not having made a move in a particular game for six
> >>months your rating disappears from the displayed rating list. If you make
> >>a move again (or finish a game?) your old rating comes back.
>
> I'd make it more frequent than that - every two or three months?
> Also, I'd suggest that players who reject a game and who do not
> currently have at least one of that game running should immediately be removed.

Two or three months might work for backgammon, but certainly not for
chushogi.  I would recommend a generous amount of time before being put on
the inactive list, such as a year.

> As Lyman suggests, removed names should probably appear in a separate
> "Inactive" list appended to the bottom of the existing rankings lists
> just to avoid confusion, but need not be included in the overall
> "Established + Provisional" list.

I think that would work good.  Just add a new "Active/Inactive" status to
the "Established/Provisional" statuses.  Then just make the standings
output the "Active Established" player list first, followed by the
"Everyone" list.  Does anyone actually look at the "Provisional only"
list?

~ sharkey