Hardwood Rating FAQ
Q: How do the ratings work?
The basic idea is that the better place
you get, the better it will be for your rating. And it's also
important how you and the other players are rated before the
game starts. You will earn more for besting a High rated player
and conversely lose more to a lower rated player if you finish
below them.
If all players are of equal rating
you will more or less go up in rating if you are in 1st or 2nd
and your rating will go down if you are in 3rd or 4th. The
points you receive in the game are not used in calculating your
rating just what place you earned in the game. (1st, 2nd. etc.)
Since most everyone players team
(partner) games you are rated as a team loss or win. If you are
on the losing team you will be compared to the members of the
other team as losing to each the reverse is true if your team
wins. In that case you would be rated as if you won against the
individuals of the other team.
Q: What are the requirements to play a
rated game? Why don't I get a rating!?
You 1st need to be in a rated room.
Next, you have to have at least 3 human players from the start
of the game.
Also, you have to play a game that's
not using the shortest setting. For example you can play a 25
point standard game nor a 100 point spot heart game. They are
just too short to show how good of a player you are and almost
entirely luck.
If you aren't there from the very
beginning of the game you won't be rated.
Q: Why did I just go down in rating? It
looks like I should of went up!
If you have a higher rating than
another player you are expected to win against that lower rated
player. This may cause you to either not go up in rating or
possibly down in rating.
So as a general rule, you better get
1st place or on the winning team if you have a really high
ranking when playing a game against very low ranked players.
Q: Why did I just lose 150 points on my
rating!
When you start out as a new player, you
are in a provisional state. This is a very unstable time, it
will fluctuate a lot until you get out of provisional status.
It's just a placement phase, a way to quickly place you belong
in the rating system, so don't worry if you drop 115 points, you
might go up 150 next game.
Q: What happens when someone quits or
disappears in a
rated game?
I1.
To be considered a missing player the player has to have been
the original player in that seat and made at least one move, cut
deck, bid, or played a card.
2. Other players will always be rated against a missing player.
3. A Quitting player will always be rated if their seat lost.
4. A missing player in a winning seat (1st or 2nd in a 4 player
individual game, 1st in 3 way) will be rated IF they played more
then 3/4this of the game (based on number of hands dealt), and
they were disconnected or kicked. A player that chooses to QUIT
the game will NEVER receive a win, only a loss.
The rest of the players will play the
replacement player and will receive credit as if you we're still
playing.
Don't quit a game, it's really
upsetting to the remaining players.
Here's a mini FAQ for how Incompletes
in online games work:
1.
If a player
is kicked out of a game, for whatever reason, do they get an
‘incomplete’ for that game?
a.
Yes
b.
In essence, in rated games,
if the player who starts the game isn’t in the seat when the
last card of the game is played, they get an incomplete.
The exception: HW server updates or
crashes do NOT count as incomplete
2.
If you are
kicked from a game, do you automatically LOSE points?
a.
Not necessarily.
If you have played at least ¾ of the hands, you’ll still
get the points if your seat wins, or you’ll lose points if you
lose. You will, however, receive an ‘incomplete’ each time you
are kicked.
b.
If you were kicked before
playing 75% of the game, it will count as an incomplete, and you
will NOT get points if the seat wins (but you WILL lose points
if the seat loses).
3.
If a player
is disconnected, and cannot get back before the game ends, is
that an ‘incomplete’?
a.
Yes
4.
If a player
is disconnected, and a sub joins in their spot, will the sub get
an ‘incomplete’ when the player returns?
a.
No
5.
If you are disconnected
and can’t get back to finish the game, do you always lose
points?
a.
Not necessarily.
If you have played at least ¾ of the hands, you’ll still
get the points if your seat wins, or you’ll lose points if you
lose.
b.
If you were disconnected
before playing 75% of the game, it will count as an incomplete,
and you will NOT get points if the seat wins (but you WILL lose
points if the seat loses).
6.
If a player
leaves on the last hand – even if they are winning and the
outcome is not in doubt – will they get an ‘incomplete’ -- &
will they get points for ‘winning’?
a.
Yes, they will get an
‘incomplete’.
b.
They will NOT get points
for winning (or 2nd), and if the seat finishes in a
losing spot, they WILL lose points. You need
to be IN the seat when the game ends to gain any points.
7.
If Hardwood’s
servers are being reset or if the system crashes while you are
playing a game, will that game count as an ‘incomplete’?
a.
No
INCOMPLETES FOR TOURNEY
PLAYERS:
1.
In tourney
games, if a player is late, and a sub is put in the player’s
spot (and leaves when the player arrives), does the sub receive
an ‘incomplete’ for that game?
a.
Yes, if the game is rated.
The player who STARTS a rated game is the one who will
get an ‘incomplete’ if they are not there when the game ends.
b.
If the game is a rated one,
the player’s rating will also be negatively affected if the team
loses – and will gain NO points if the team wins.
SUGGESTED SOLUTION:
Do not start games with subs in the place of late
players. Wait the full time for the player
to arrive (and DQ if not there), then put a sub in the spot, so
that the sub plays the entire game.
2.
In tourney
games, if a game is started (cards have been cut and/or bids
passed or made) and a TD discovers the wrong player is in a
seat, what happens if that player leaves and the correct player
takes the spot?
a.
The player who ‘leaves’
gets a ‘quit’ on their record, if the game is ‘rated’.
b.
The player who leaves also
will get negative points if the team loses (and will get no
points if the team wins)
SUGGESTED SOLUTION:
Ask all players to vote to ‘abandon game’, then reset it.
Abandoned games are not counted as ‘quits’ and have no
negative effect on the players’ ratings.
3.
If a tourney
game is started with the wrong settings, do players get a ‘quit’
if they all leave the game and reset it?
a.
You don’t get a ‘quit’ if
ALL players leave, but it is still a better practice to
“abandon” games rather than quit -- that way all players can be
sure it ended.
Q: How does the rating get calculated?
Okay, I see you like the icky math
stuff so here's a link to it...
How
the rating calculations work click here |
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