Groin
September 30, 2021, 8:11am
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To play with (?) Is part of OGS as everyone including you before needs to get his first ranking… Logical, no?every (?) has a rank assigned but hidden , which evolves with each game and become visible as soon as the system gets a sufficient trust in it.
tl;dr - Ratings and ranks have been tweaked a little, there should be a bit less volatility in ranks now. Ratings and ranks have been adjusted retroactively.
Main changes:
We were using fixed windows to update ranks, considering up to 15 games at a time to update your rank. When we got to the 16th game, we’d “commit” your rank and start a new block to update your ranks. We now use a sliding window, so we look at your most recent 15 games (up to 90 days), and use that to update your rank, this…
tl;dr - Expect a notable bump in your rank. The lower the rank you are, the larger the increase. This transition is planned to take effect around 2021-01-28T01:30:00Z (UTC) .
Summary of the update:
We are attempting to align our low dan ranks to be comparable to the EGF and AGA low dan ranks. Currently we are projecting that a 1d OGS rank will be about .7 stones weaker than an EGF 1d and about 0.8 stones stronger than an AGA 1d. These numbers will be re-evaluated once the dust settles, but…
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