[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Ranking system - invitation to discussion

[Jules Bean <jmlb2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 10:15:28AM +0100, Arkadiusz Danilecki wrote:
> Hi there!
>       First a little explanation; i can't decide if letter about ranking
> system belongs to freeciv@ or freeciv-dev@ list. You could set FUT to
> freeciv@ if You want to.
> 
>       After one day of poll on freeciv website you can see that
> siginificant majority of players _want_ ranking system of some kind. Most
> of them have probably some ideas how this ranking system should look.
> It should be also obvious that the best, most fair ranking system could be
> made only via discussion between many people. My idea for ranking system
> could be consideraded as one of many starting points to discussion.

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Bear in mind that the ranking problem has been exhaustively discussed by many 
groups.  For a reasonable computer-oriented summary, try:

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20000209/kreimeier_01.htm


> This is just  an idea; I hope we will start discussion so in 1.12.0 (:->)
> there will be ranking of some kind.

A ranking system can be almost totally external to the game.

Jules

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