by PLAYER57832 on Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:40 pm
This is already true????
As of now, most of the older players have basically given up on the rating system and just give everyone all 5's or don't rate at all. So, you won't get much useful information.
The issue with your suggestion is that ratings are given across ALL games, so you might give someone a 1 once, but then wind up giving them 4's or 5's later and the original record is completely lost.
This is similar to an idea I had, to rate each game individually, then averaging for the person's overall contribution to the other person's rating.
(so if you gave someone a 3, then a 4, then a 5, it would count as 1 rating of "4" toward their overall rating, just the same as if you rated them 4 once or 50 times with an average of 4).
If this were done, it might be possible to keep info on individual games, at least for a time.
The reason for not having ALL the ratings averaged individually is that some people play the same folks over and over. Allowing "buddies" to rate gives a skewed number (beyond current skews).
OR, are you wanting ratings per map? The problem with that is most ratings have little or nothing to do with strategy. In fact, there was a LOT of controversy over the whole "game play" rating bit because the truth is people's strategy varies a LOT, particularly people who play a range of games. Too often, it seems those who want to rate a lot on "strategy" are really just "jerks in disguise".. people who want everyone to play a specific way and get angry when others do not. I am NOT saying you are one. It's just that it did happen that way, does happen that way a lot.