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Comment by Festro

You may not be unaware of this but Elo ranking systems are used in a lot of online multiplayer games these days, typically referred to as 'MMR' (multiplayer matchmaking rankings).

And, at least in that context, they're not regularly referred to as 'fun' XD. It's a very good system, but when they're also used to determine who you play in the pool of players it can regarded as a method to forcing players towards a constant 50% win rate or 'forced 50'.

Personally I think Elo is a nice neat system and it's cool to see you making it accessible for other offline use cases.

parent Festro 1 year ago

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