change the "rating points transfer statement"

[dave0]

Originally filed by dave0000 on 2007-01-20T21:33:45

People are confused by the ratings point transfer statement. It was
suggested to me that it be changed to something like:

"Team A loses 3 ratings pts. Team B gains 3 ratings pts"

[dave0]

Updated by dave0000 on 2007-02-02T02:40:17

Owner -> Greg L

Original ticket set owner to greg.linton

[dave0]

Updated by greg.linton on 2007-02-22T04:29:07

Ok. I think i've made the changes as requested. I've attached screen shots of what
happens in a non-tie situation and a tie situation
If you are all happy with the changes I've made, then I'll commit them back to the trunk.

[dave0]

Updated by greg.linton on 2007-02-22T04:34:12

Original ticket set status to Started (we converted to open)

[dave0]

Updated by dave0000 on 2007-02-22T04:42:25

Yep, looks good, except for one thing... s/loose/lose/

[dave0]

Updated by greg.linton on 2007-02-22T04:48:13

Hey, I never claimed to know how to spell.

One last thing:
Is there any case where the teams would tie, but points would still be transfered?
I've seen a couple of them in there, but can't figure out why that would be or how to
handle it. In fact, I don't think LR does either because I remember seeing a negative
Rating Points value.
Any thoughts?

[dave0]

Updated by trawna.com on 2007-02-22T04:55:53

Also, s/transfered/transferred/ I think transfered is acceptable, but transferred is
more correct.

[dave0]

Updated by dave0000 on 2007-02-22T05:07:42

I think it is possible in rare cases for a team to lose points even in the case of a
tie. For example, if a high-rated team ties a very low-rated team, the low-rated
team might gain a point or two from the higher-rated one.

I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not, as it's likely to confuse people.
Instead, we might want to just change save_elo_rating() to set rating_points for the
game to zero in the event of a tie.

[dave0]

Updated by dave0000 on 2010-05-22T01:21:57

Original ticket set status to Fixed (we converted to closed)
Title changed from 'change the "rating points transfer statement"' to 'change the "rating points transfer statement"'