Ranking System For Players?

XtrackterX

Hello, I have been registered on this forum for a while, but I seemed to have forgot my password to my old account. Anyway I have a huge problem that I can't seem to find a way to make. There are 10 ranks but there could be 100 players. We found people that wanted to start us of and they went against each other and now we have a list of #1 - #10 of who's ranked. Now say #1 was beat by a player that wasn't even ranked, see we don't want to dropped his rank fully, we want him to be moved down the rankings, but not completely off. Replacing his rank fully and making the old #1 player wouldn't be fair in any way. I have many ideas how to fix this, I can code anything I just need a little help on the idea of how to do it. One of the ways I decided with one of the other producers of the website was to make a points system and that #1 would have the most points and that #10 would have close to 0. (Players not ranked would have 0 and maybe even negative points if they lose). So basically if a non ranked player was to beat #1 he would take most of #1's points and now #1 would still be ranked but he would no longer be #1. Now, I have a strong problem with this system, what happens if there's a tie? Who decides who is first? There is a lot of problems in this system I have decided to make but I can't figure out a convenient way to make it all work.

traq

XtrackterX;11000178 wrote:
Hello, I have been registered on this forum for a while, but I seemed to have forgot my password to my old account.

hm. if only there were a "I forgot my Password" feature on this forum...

XtrackterX;11000178 wrote:
Anyway I have a huge problem that I can't seem to find a way to make. There are 10 ranks but there could be 100 players. We found people that wanted to start us of and they went against each other and now we have a list of #1 - #10 of who's ranked. Now say #1 was beat by a player that wasn't even ranked, see we don't want to dropped his rank fully, we want him to be moved down the rankings, but not completely off. Replacing his rank fully and making the old #1 player wouldn't be fair in any way. I have many ideas how to fix this, I can code anything I just need a little help on the idea of how to do it.

so, your "many ideas" don't include any "good" ideas?

XtrackterX;11000178 wrote:
One of the ways I decided with one of the other producers of the website was to make a points system and that #1 would have the most points and that #10 would have close to 0. (Players not ranked would have 0 and maybe even negative points if they lose). So basically if a non ranked player was to beat #1 he would take most of #1's points and now #1 would still be ranked but he would no longer be #1.

why would #10 need to have 0 points? Couldn't he just be the tenth-highest scoring player?

XtrackterX;11000178 wrote:
Now, I have a strong problem with this system, what happens if there's a tie? Who decides who is first?

rock paper scissors tournament.

XtrackterX;11000178 wrote:
There is a lot of problems in this system I have decided to make but I can't figure out a convenient way to make it all work.

well, ...good luck 🙂

XtrackterX

Hmm I bet out of all your 200 posts they have all had this ignorant non helping replies. If you going to criticize my ideas then reply with some of your own. Now, if anyone can actually help instead of trying to raise their post count can you please reply.

Weedpacket

I have an idea.

Learn how to use paragraphs.

XtrackterX wrote:
I can code anything I just need a little help on the idea of how to do it.

Break it down into simple steps - the simpler the better.

The details are important: the computer isn't going to be able to guess at what you want to do, so you have to be prepared to tell it every piffling little one of them. Keep the manual for the language you're aiming at writing it in handy, so that you can keep referring to it to see what has already been built into it and it so already knows (the less you have to tell it, the better).

Programming is a branch of mathematics: a program is a mathematical proof.

XtrackterX wrote:
Now, I have a strong problem with this system, what happens if there's a tie? Who decides who is first?

Well, how do other sports manage it? In a tennis tournament, the top-seeded player (generally the highest-ranked player in the tournament) could end up going home after their first match, losing to a complete unknown. To break ties, a playoff game is held.

traq

XtrackterX;11000250 wrote:
Hmm I bet out of all your 200 posts they have all had this ignorant non helping replies. If you going to criticize my ideas then reply with some of your own. Now, if anyone can actually help instead of trying to raise their post count can you please reply.

http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/search.php?do=finduser&u=207967

Also, what are you asking for, if not a critique?

traq;11000246 wrote:
why would #10 need to have 0 points? Couldn't he just be the tenth-highest scoring player?

That was my idea, right there.

I know it was a little hard to pick out, but it was a lot easier to find than your question.

As Weedpacket [20,816 posts] says, the computer won't be able to guess what you want - and I won't, either.

Also:

XtrackterX;11000250 wrote:
I have many ideas how to fix this, I can code anything...

gives the impression that you don't really need (or want) a lot of suggestions or detailed examples.