I think I would handle this by assuming 100 ELO is 1 stone handicap. The data on CGOS would eventually tell me if this should be adjusted. Or I would probably just make it self adjusting.
- Don David Doshay wrote: > I agree that a lengthy discussion right now is probably not needed, > but I want to toss in a thought: > > Every now and again, perhaps every 3 months, turn off ELO rating > and instead start using a variant of the "3 games in a row" method > for a fixed period of time, perhaps 2 weeks. > > Many players at clubs do this: after N games in a row won or lost > between a specific pair of players, change the handicap by one. > > On cgos it would not have to be the exact same player, but rather > just another player with a "similar" ELO rating. Eventually we should > find a rough correspondence, or a curve, between ELO difference > and handicap, and that could be used as the starting point in the > next handicap session. > > I think this is in line the "tournament" purpose of cgos. > > Cheers, > David > > > > On 28, Oct 2007, at 2:37 PM, Don Dailey wrote: > >> Jason House wrote: >>> gtp has specific support for handicap games. If we do handicap, I'd >>> prefer to see the server use those specialized commands. >>> >> Of course that's better, but I'm talking about a quick and dirty >> solution. I may never implement handicap games since it's tricky with >> ELO ratings. >> >> We talked about this at one time and it was a very complicated issue. >> Do we award compensation for handicap stones, etc. Also there is an >> issue of how to figure this into the ELO rating formula. >> >> I don't want to get into another round of discussing this right now. >> I might implement this in a later server version but probably not any >> time soon. > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
