Add a new statistic: Yearly score:
For each player, in addition to calculating is all time score, calculate also is yearly score.
The way to calculate it would be:
- On the 1st of January, set the "year score" to 1,000.
- Each game, update the year score the same way as the normal score, by comparing player's year score with oponent's year score and modifying both of them following the formula.
This would not replace the current score. It would be in addition to it.
The best player of the year would get a medal. Something like "highest score of 2009". Medals would be given to second and third positions.
This will improve the following aspects of the site:
- Some high ranked player might not play as often as they did before, but they still appear in the scoreboard. By using this alternative scoreboard players could know who are the best among the active ones.
- The medals would add a competitive side that would motivate players to continue playing. Maybe you cannot become the best ever player, but you can become the best player of the year, and that's worth having.
