RE: [Bug-gnubg] Guestimated abs. rating too high ?

[Ian Shaw]

> 
> What we really need is thousands of analysed matches to gather some
> data 
> 
> (rating, error rate per move)
> 
> we can do some statistics on. One match is simply not enough. 
> 
> We could request users on rec.games.backgammon to send (rating, error
> rate per move) from their matches on GamesGrid and FIBS. Once enough
> data has been collected we can try to find a function that fits the
> data.
> 
We know how gnubg is rated on FIBS and GG, and I assume you can get stats
for their error rates. This should give a good starting point.

My opinion is that the ratings are about 100 points too high right now.

Ian