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Polcar
9 May 2007, 07:22
If you decide to leave a ranked lobby it says you will lose points, does this effect you much or should you stay once you are in.

Wormetti
9 May 2007, 14:32
Ideally it shouldn't reduce your trueskill if you quit before anyone has joined or after all your worms are gone but trueskill is complex, I don't know how they calculate it.

Stoners01
10 May 2007, 14:09
You need a PHD in rocket science to understand it completely, but the gist of it is that there is an expected outcome for each game, which is effectively based on the skillpoints / rank of the people in the game. If you play a bunch of putzers you are expected to win and a win won't improve your ranking much, but a loss will shoot you down the table. System tries to match people on their skill levels of course.
Its all documented at the URL below, although makes for heavy reading:
http://research.microsoft.com/mlp/trueskill/Details.aspx
PS - Wormetti - is that you in the top 100?

Wormetti
10 May 2007, 14:34
Wormetti is also my gamertag, so if my name is there then it's me. I haven't played/checked for a while.

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