Re: [werewolf] Werewolf standings

[Mark Hartwell <hartwell@copper.net>]

> > it's just ratings, but it's one way to keep track
> > ...hartwell
> >    

> If it's math, it must be hartwell.
>  

grrr ... i forgot, python can't add and divide and do all that math stuff


> > i wouldn't mind bonusing players who manage to stay alive, or bonusing 
> > them for the nunmber of turns they stayed alive


> I would.  We don't want standings to influence how the game is played.  This would cause people to work harder at staying alive versus winning for the team.
>  
you've got my "simple" plan (a game with N players, W players on the 
winning team and L players on the loosing team(s) the winners get 10*N/W 
added to their rating while the loosers get 10*N/L subtracted from their 
standings.)

it's zero sum, if you don't take into account new players.

one twist would be to award living winners a little more ...

another twist would be to take into account the standings (using the 
chess formula) based on the teams' average standings.