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Old Feb 11th, 2009, 11:32:02 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Fat Seven Deadly Sins View Post
After looking at the data, it looks like the biggest issue is that CRE takes Deviation into account on a massive scale due to the fact that CRE is meant to be an average of how good a player is, and Deviation specifically means that the system can't pin down exactly how good the player is. I foresee that the main issue will be that it's a double edged sword in that while it makes it less necessary to have a bunch of alts, it also makes it easier for new alts to climb the ladder due to the rating being based less on deviation.

That's just my take on it, though. There's probably something in there I missed that makes it moot.
You probably overlooked this part of X-Act's formula:

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GLIXARE Rating = 0, if RD > 100
So, new users will have a rating of 0, until they get their deviation low enough to rate them reasonably.
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