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cgkdisc · Nov 19 2009, 11:33 AM

Dave and I talked more about the World Rankings process than ratings, especially now that the Players Cup is on hiatus for a few years. The other issue is currently the Memorial gets more weight than other NTs. We talked about ways to incorporate the NT events in a different way than specifically highlighting just the Memorial even though it's usually the biggest field and in a different time of the year than the other major events used in the rankings. I am testing some options along those lines and we'll use something a little different for NTs other than just using the Memorial for the 2010 World Rankings.

Regarding ratings, Gentry, Roger and I have been looking at ways to improve the process of producing SSAs for each round. Rather than use the scores of every propagator who plays a round, we're looking at only using the propagators that have the lowest std deviations and a rating based on more rounds IF we have enough of these "premium props" playing. We're doing some tests to figure out what those criteria might be.

Nov 19 2009, 11:33 AM	#1914
cgkdisc PDGA Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota Posts: 6,220	Dave and I talked more about the World Rankings process than ratings, especially now that the Players Cup is on hiatus for a few years. The other issue is currently the Memorial gets more weight than other NTs. We talked about ways to incorporate the NT events in a different way than specifically highlighting just the Memorial even though it's usually the biggest field and in a different time of the year than the other major events used in the rankings. I am testing some options along those lines and we'll use something a little different for NTs other than just using the Memorial for the 2010 World Rankings. Regarding ratings, Gentry, Roger and I have been looking at ways to improve the process of producing SSAs for each round. Rather than use the scores of every propagator who plays a round, we're looking at only using the propagators that have the lowest std deviations and a rating based on more rounds IF we have enough of these "premium props" playing. We're doing some tests to figure out what those criteria might be. __________________ Rater of the tossed arc.