Multiplayer exploit fixes

[Shadow Era]

I like the idea of a rating decay more. To fit with the fancy math behind the ratings calculation, the uncertainty value will increase a bit each day, meaning if you don't play then your rating will start to drop, but if you do play then you won't notice.

[sbxsat]

Rating decay is like telling Boris Becker he is no good because he stopped playing. Once a champion always a champion! BB may lose in today's setting but no one should deny BB being a champion.

Also, don't make SE into work. Some play when they have time or just when they feel like it. If you make it so that people have to keep playing everyday or risk losing their hard fought status, it's just going to alienate them because then SE becomes a job.

[Sorter]

Thanx Kyle! No more exploiters.

[Jovai]

Kyle, any chance of sanctioned SE tourneys down the road? The ranking boards will always be there, but that might allow some people to come out of the wood work who just can't play as often. Like doing something on Saturday or whatever.

[Scuta]

Awesome! This is I wanted to show some support by buying crystals. Keep up the great work Kyle and the rest of the team.

[Farithil]

That's really good news!
Now let's see who's really the best player..

[Grint]

Also, don't make SE into work. Some play when they have time or just when they feel like it. If you make it so that people have to keep playing everyday or risk losing their hard fought status, it's just going to alienate them because then SE becomes a job.

If done right, rating decay doesn't have to equate with making SE into work. Kyle said "To fit with the fancy math behind the ratings calculation, the uncertainty value will increase a bit each day, meaning if you don't play then your rating will start to drop, but if you do play then you won't notice." I'm not 100% clear on what that means, but it doesn't sound like your rating will quickly drop because you've stopped playing for a while. I'm sure that Kyle and the rest of the development team understand that while some sort of rating decay would be helpful, it needs to be balanced against the unfairness of taking away rating from good players who just can't or don't play that often.

I don't know the specifics of the math, but I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to put a limit on the decay, or make the decay change rates depending on how long it has been since you played. There are all sorts of ways they could alter those equations to try and avoid unfairness.

[Shadow Era]

I added a big exploit fix just now:

- you can now only replay finished games. Players who couldn't win a real fight could open another browser window and cause sync errors by joining the same match again

Or people could also use another account and view the other guy's hand if they were the first player... Stupid exploiters ruin all the fun.

[Hunter]

I added a big exploit fix just now:

- you can now only replay finished games. Players who couldn't win a real fight could open another browser window and cause sync errors by joining the same match again

Or people could also use another account and view the other guy's hand if they were the first player... Stupid exploiters ruin all the fun.

Keep up the good work!

[N3rd4Christ]

While rating decay sounds good I think a ranking reset is the best way to go. I also think if the rankings are gonna be left as is we should be able to have a tournament ranking section. While the current rankings could be for "casual play." I love this game so far and think that it's got a lot of potential but let us not forget it has not been out that long anyhow so gotta be patient.

Great work so far Kyle.

My ranking is dropping as we speak lol... 3 Wins and 2 Lossess and in that I went from 487 to 473... I think rating still needs some work :P