Re: Re: Owls and Voles

Please forget the ranking system, just causes players to have weird
incentives.

On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 10:46 AM, elemental0125 <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Thank you Thorin for the kind words.
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> Vole_001 and Vole_002 are both up and running, and I'm looking for a
> replacement Germany in Vole_003 - the player felt that he was overcommitted
> to other games and asked to bow out right at the start. Anyone want to take
> over a pristine, 1901, Germany then TAKEOVER gvole_003 is your friend!
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> In other news, I'm working on building a ranking system based on Microsoft
> Research's TrueSkill system - it's essentially a multiplayer extension of
> the Elo system used in Chess and other 2-player games. I'm hoping that this
> will lead to some interesting ranking tables for Voles and well matched
> games in the future.
>
> Happy New Year and Happy Stabbing,
>
> Ed
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> PS - Vole_004 is looking for players!
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> --- In [email protected], "thorinmunro" <thorinmunro@...> wrote:
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> > Great stuff Ed....
> >
> > Wish you well playing with burrowing rodents! For any Owls players
> wanting a reference, Ed Rustin was one of the earliest and most active
> players in the league.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Thorin
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "elemental0125" <ed@> wrote:
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> > > With Thorin's announcement that he's taking an indefinite break from
> running the Owls games a hole is left in our hobby. For much of the last
> seven years the Owls games have formed the bedrock of the games I've
> played, from owls_08 back in 2005 all the way to the current tournament,
> and have developed a great community and some of the toughest opponents
> I've had the pleasure of playing against.
> > >
> > > Not wanting to see that community die, I've decided to step up to the
> plate and start a new series of games, in the hope of keeping the Owls
> spirt alive. The first game in the series vole_001 is already up and
> running and looks like it's going to turn out to be a great game if the
> volume of press is anything to judge by.
> > >
> > > I've just created vole_002 and, optimistically, vole_003, and I'm
> hoping that I'll see some you in them, both Owls old, and Voles new.
> > >
> > > Happy Holidays
> > >
> > > Ed
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