Re: Minigolf scores

Hey Daniel

Thanks for the kind words :)

I guess it's about time i tried to explaing the scoring :)

1. the formula for generating the points are like this :

(top, median) = @scores[0, nr_of_players / 2]
points = max(5, 100 * (1 - 0.5 * (score - top) / (median - top))) 

max is a function that returnes the largest of the two numbers.

2. the rating is a weighted avg, where the contest with lots of players 
count more than a contest with fewer players.

the weighting formula is as easy as sqrt(nr_of_players)
so the formula would be like this :

rating = sum(score * weight) / sum(weight)

ton is responsible for all these formulas, just to set the record straight 
:)

Regards
Terje


Daniel Tuijnman wrote:

> Hi Terje,
> 
> First off my compliments for the great site and great competition.
> I can hardly wait for the next hole...
> 
> I have two questions about the score, which have been puzzling me for
> some time - just out of curiousity.
> 
> 1) How do you determine the scores per hole? I see that it is a
>    linear scale, and it even adjusts itself during the contest.
> 2) What's the difference between "Average points" and "Rating"
>    in the playerlist?
> 
> Greetings,
> Daniel
>