@Dima: if you are something around 3000 ratings, you are just at worst level for playing 2p games, you lose much and gain little when you win against noobies, instead if you are around 6000 (few people are there actually!) then you risk almost nothing, something like 5 or 6 points per game. Don't ask me the exact formula because I can't remember it. The modification of the rating adjustement for 2p games was introduced long time ago, because it was impossible for the highests to play against the lowers without losing a lot of ratings. Now it works better, but things are not really equal for everybody. Not a real problem for me, especially now that I can play 2p games in "casual" mode, just for the fun of it.
Yes, I think in general one can get rewarded more by playing games with many players, 8 or 9. But it's still debatable, because it depends if you are good or not in 8p, 9p games. Also your rating can float much in that department, you can win 3 in a row or lose 20 in a row... Personally I think I've built most of my rating on games with 4 or 5 players, mostly Capitals and Domination. Everybody says that 2p games are "mostly based on luck", but I remember a guy called Sekretar, long time ago, who was very talented in 2p games and built his own rating on those games.
No, it is not hard to drop, you just need to get some unlucky streaks, for example, 2 years or so ago, I went down badly, and I struggled to reclimb to my average. I think the D12 rating system works well, better than other rating system in other Risk sites. Perhaps 2p games still need some fix, I had a proposal in mind some years ago how to modified it, but then I held it because I had some doubts it would be a real improvement. Then Sekretar is the proof that one can also get to the top by playing only 2p games if he plays very accurately, perhaps none of us is good enough in that department.
Just my thoughts. Someone other could have different points of view, and different personal experiences.
@@Dima: if you are something around 3000 ratings, you are just at worst level for playing 2p games, you lose much and gain little when you win against noobies, instead if you are around 6000 (few people are there actually!) then you risk almost nothing, something like 5 or 6 points per game. Don't ask me the exact formula because I can't remember it. The modification of the rating adjustement for 2p games was introduced long time ago, because it was impossible for the highests to play against the lowers without losing a lot of ratings. Now it works better, but things are not really equal for everybody. Not a real problem for me, especially now that I can play 2p games in "casual" mode, just for the fun of it.
Yes, I think in general one can get rewarded more by playing games with many players, 8 or 9. But it's still debatable, because it depends if you are good or not in 8p, 9p games. Also your rating can float much in that department, you can win 3 in a row or lose 20 in a row... Personally I think I've built most of my rating on games with 4 or 5 players, mostly Capitals and Domination. Everybody says that 2p games are "mostly based on luck", but I remember a guy called Sekretar, long time ago, who was very talented in 2p games and built his own rating on those games.
No, it is not hard to drop, you just need to get some unlucky streaks, for example, 2 years or so ago, I went down badly, and I struggled to reclimb to my average. I think the D12 rating system works well, better than other rating system in other Risk sites. Perhaps 2p games still need some fix, I had a proposal in mind some years ago how to modified it, but then I held it because I had some doubts it would be a real improvement. Then Sekretar is the proof that one can also get to the top by playing only 2p games if he plays very accurately, perhaps none of us is good enough in that department.
Just my thoughts. Someone other could have different points of view, and different personal experiences.
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