Is this the first time (since new rating system) that ALL the top 20 have had a rate of 2k4+?
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Rating inflation
Are there any statistics on whether there is significant rating inflation and, if so, how much it is?
less than 2 years ago first place wasn't even 24xx so its ~300+ points
ELO inflation typically means increase of average rating/account. That's also what I am interested with respect to this
Average rating per account shouldnt really go up though, I think the higher ratings are a result of a greater activity and bigger pool of players resulting in more points being exchanged. It could be the case that Im thinking totally wrong about this though.
That is what I am wondering as well. One typical reasons for rating inflation would be a lot of new accounts are created, loose ELO, than players delete the account and start over, getting back to 1600 ELO and thus feeding the system. Similar effect can come through smurf accounts.
On the other hand, on voobly ELO-points are removed from the pool via decay and players deleting accounts with more than 1600 ELO.
I believe one of the reasons for the higher ELO numbers at the top is that the skill gap between top 20 in the world and lower rated players is increasing (probably due to decreasing average relative skill of lower rated players).
On top of that, (also due to the higher activity) the k-factor is way too high (atm it is 32, which is the number of points at stake). I think it should be reduced to 16 or even 8 - at the moment, volatility is just way to high, where a good day can easily let you gain lots of points
3. If you create a new acc you win or lose way more points as usual (i think twice as much or so), which should help players to find their real rating more quickly. But if someone is smurfing vs ppl with accs that have already games on them, then it creates a **** ton of points from nothing. The 16xx get overrated, then the 18xx etc. until everyone is overrated.
3. If you create a new acc you win or lose way more points as usual (i think twice as much or so), which should help players to find their real rating more quickly. But if someone is smurfing vs ppl with accs that have already games on them, then it creates a **** ton of points from nothing. The 16xx get overrated, then the 18xx etc. until everyone is overrated.
Or the level of the players just increased . When I see players like LB10, dobbs, klavskis, scogo, derpina, buddy, darknoob and me.. all came from hd in the last 1,5 years
Prob no clue though you also from hd but can edit you out np. I thought you had a clan tag with hd before like AoEHD or so.Not sure if you have no clue or want to insult me