Author Topic: A Carcassonne League? (Read 83994 times)

danisthirty · « **Reply #225 on:** August 19, 2014, 05:19:49 AM »

Goody Bags are now in the post! Please let me know when you receive yours so I know that nothing has gone missing.

jungleboy · « **Reply #226 on:** August 19, 2014, 06:38:20 AM »

Thanks Dan! I'll just go ahead and assume that you included The Cathars in my goody bag so that you won't have to send me another package after the WC

MrNumbers · « **Reply #227 on:** August 19, 2014, 06:45:58 AM »

Quote from: jungleboy on August 19, 2014, 06:38:20 AM

I'll just go ahead and assume that you included The Cathars in my goody bag so that you won't have to send me another package after the WC

What a confidence! See you in semi-finals!

danisthirty · « **Reply #228 on:** August 19, 2014, 06:54:28 AM »

Postage isn't cheap you know! Don't underestimate the financial motivation behind the person who may have to send it if he doesn't win...

jungleboy · « **Reply #229 on:** August 19, 2014, 08:53:18 AM »

Actually with Jere and MrNumbers in my half of the draw I am not very confident at all, so I thought I should start talking a bit of trash now before I get eliminated!

Jéré · « **Reply #230 on:** March 03, 2015, 09:08:41 AM »

I calculated the final ELO rating for this league:

1299 Danisthirty
1294 MrNumbers
1226 Jungleboy
1187 Rosco
1173 jvnoledawg
1172 Quevy
1167 Carking
1082 rfielder

I wanted to do this for the current league (T&B 2015) but since everything has to be in chronological order I needed to start from the beginning.

Also, every games count so that's why you see a ghost reappearing (jvnoledawg).

What is ELO rating?? Have a look here:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system

rfielder · « **Reply #231 on:** March 03, 2015, 09:15:20 AM »

Quote from: Jéré on March 03, 2015, 09:08:41 AM

I calculated the final ELO rating for this league:

I am not clear - does this include the T&B games? If so, would the numbers be skewed since I did not participate?

Also, monwil did participate in the previous competition, but I don't see anything for her.

danisthirty · « **Reply #232 on:** March 03, 2015, 09:16:41 AM »

I think this is literally just for the original league that the 7/ 8 of us took part in last May/ June/ July...

Jéré · « **Reply #233 on:** March 03, 2015, 09:26:21 AM »

Yes, it's just the very first league. It does not include the World Cup nor the current T&B league yet. Give me some time, it's actually quite a bit of work especially for this league as the chronological order wasn't so clear with Rosco playing all his remaining games at the end.

danisthirty · « **Reply #234 on:** March 03, 2015, 09:32:01 AM »

Quote from: Jéré on March 03, 2015, 09:26:21 AM

Yes, it's just the very first league. It does not include the World Cup nor the current T&B league yet. Give me some time, it's actually quite a bit of work especially for this league as the chronological order wasn't so clear with Rosco playing all his remaining games at the end.

Good luck Jere! I had a read through the link you posted and despite thinking I had a reasonable background in maths I was scared off almost immediately! Tracking ELO seems like a worthwhile thing to do though if you're happy to do so?

I've never really recorded the results chronologically as I'd never really seen the point. You can probably get some idea of the order of the games by reading through the threads where the results were posted but you might find that some weren't posted there for whatever reason.

Merit for your efforts!

Jéré · « **Reply #235 on:** March 03, 2015, 09:57:02 AM »

Yes that's what I did, I've read the whole thread (13 pages) to figure out the order.

Well, I'm not crazy enough to do all the calculations by hand. I found a spreadsheet online I could use with all formulas already included.

Just some technical details: starting rating of 1200 was used for everyone and the K factor is 30.

jungleboy · « **Reply #236 on:** March 03, 2015, 01:01:14 PM »

Great job Jéré, merit for you!

danisthirty · « **Reply #237 on:** March 04, 2015, 04:48:54 AM »

Quote from: Jéré on March 03, 2015, 09:57:02 AM

Just some technical details: starting rating of 1200 was used for everyone and the K factor is 30.

Starting rating I can understand but what is the K Factor?

Jéré · « **Reply #238 on:** March 04, 2015, 04:55:05 AM »

Maximum points you can win or loose for a single match.

edit: I completed the calculations for the world cup and will publish later today.

MrNumbers · « **Reply #239 on:** March 04, 2015, 04:55:23 AM »

Quote from: danisthirty on March 04, 2015, 04:48:54 AM

Quote from: Jéré on March 03, 2015, 09:57:02 AM
Just some technical details: starting rating of 1200 was used for everyone and the K factor is 30.

Starting rating I can understand but what is the K Factor?

Same article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system#The_K-factor_used_by_the_USCF