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

[Lyman Hurd <lhurd@yahoo.com>]

I think that to clarify the time limit was meant to
indicate the time between moves not game completion! 
I also thought that anyone with an active game was by
default not inactive.

Not that I really care about ratings :-).  My #1
feature I would like to see is adding all games to the
web interface and having a "default" interface for
text-based games.  That way I could figure out the
games that were my move in one screen snapshot. 
Unfortunately I am way underwater and learning PHP
just has not risen to the top of my list!

Cheers,

Lyman

--- John Williams <williams@tni.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
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