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ZeroK-RTS / Zero-K-Infrastructure

Website, lobby launcher and server, steam deployment, .NET based tools and other vital parts of Zero-K infrastructure
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Expunge ELO references #1924

Closed GoogleFrog closed 6 years ago

GoogleFrog commented 6 years ago

When the site says "ELO" it should say something like "Rating". This ticket can be delayed until WHR is known to be used long-term.

DeinFreund commented 6 years ago

ZK Elo wasn't really Elo either. WHR when displayed as a single number still works with the standard Elo win chance prediction formula. The only difference is in how this number is calculated behind the scenes.

Thus Elo is a lot more descriptive than Rating. Calling it WHR will be cryptic to most rating system experts even, because of its rare occurence.

sprunk commented 6 years ago

To the user it shouldn't matter what specific rating system we use. People might also not be aware that "Elo" refers to a rating system.

DeinFreund commented 6 years ago

There needs to be some reference on what the numbers mean besides higher = better. Otherwise we could also make the numbers less prominent.

sprunk commented 6 years ago

I think it's fine if a wikipage says that we use what is basically a modified Elo, if someone wants to know what the numbers mean.

GoogleFrog commented 6 years ago

A generic word like rating or skill is better than ELO or WHR.

Licho1 commented 6 years ago

Yeah could be called skill or rating even if its elo formular for win.

GoogleFrog commented 6 years ago

I don't think that one line change has changed all references to ELO.