DrStraw wrote:Why bother? Ratings are relative anyway. The same handicaps will be generated. No need to go to a lot of extra work.
DrStraw's signature wrote:Still officially AGA 5d but I play so irregularly these days that I am probably only 3d or 4d over the board (but hopefully still 5d in terms of knowledge, theory and the ability to contribute).
UnclMartin wrote:When the drop in ratings was reported, the super admins checked the anchors and found one of them had stopped playing. The anchors have been adjusted, effective December 26.
UnclMartin wrote:When the drop in ratings was reported, the super admins checked the anchors and found one of them had stopped playing. The anchors have been adjusted, effective December 26.
Why wasn't the adjustment done so that drop in ratings got corrected? Just askin...
I do not know. Maybe there is a problem with another anchor? Maybe one of you should send some specific examples via email to the admins.
UnclMartin wrote:When the drop in ratings was reported, the super admins checked the anchors and found one of them had stopped playing. The anchors have been adjusted, effective December 26.
Who was that anchor (nickname)?
I do not know, since managing anchors is a super-admin function. Even if I did know, I would not be allowed to say.
Shawn Ligocki wrote:Counter-example: I did not play any KGS games in November, but my rank magically jumped from 13k to 8k! Of course, then I played a few games and quickly dropped back to 10k But there was definitely some sort of odd drift there, maybe that was anchoring? Our just the players I beat getting better?
The rank system keeps track of a degree of certainty about your rank. You had a new account with few ranked games in October, so the degree of certainty might have been low. When you did not play in November, your rank may have drifted up due to an issue in the rank system: When the degree of certainty is low, often because one stops playing ranked games, a bug causes the rank to drift toward 2 dan.
UnclMartin wrote:The rank system keeps track of a degree of certainty about your rank. You had a new account with few ranked games in October, so the degree of certainty might have been low. When you did not play in November, your rank may have drifted up due to an issue in the rank system: When the degree of certainty is low, often because one stops playing ranked games, a bug causes the rank to drift toward 2 dan.
UnclMartin wrote:The rank system keeps track of a degree of certainty about your rank. You had a new account with few ranked games in October, so the degree of certainty might have been low. When you did not play in November, your rank may have drifted up due to an issue in the rank system: When the degree of certainty is low, often because one stops playing ranked games, a bug causes the rank to drift toward 2 dan.
UnclMartin wrote:When the drop in ratings was reported, the super admins checked the anchors and found one of them had stopped playing. The anchors have been adjusted, effective December 26.
Who was that anchor (nickname)?
I do not know, since managing anchors is a super-admin function. Even if I did know, I would not be allowed to say.
I am "rs220675" at KGS and I stopped (completely) playing on 11/30/2013. Would just be "cool" if I caused all the tempral rank mess .
Of course, then I played a few games and quickly dropped back to 10k
But there was definitely some sort of odd drift there, maybe that was anchoring? Our just the players I beat getting better?
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