Black Friday Ads - Will Jason get a 360?

 

Here's how it's done:

 

iWinnerPoints = (Loser's ranking * WinPercent) * ((Point Ceiling - Source Rank)/ Point Ceiling)
iLoserPoints = (-30 * (Winner's rank / Loser's rank)) * ((Point ceiling -Winner rank )/ Point ceiling)

So what does this mean?

The winner gets a percentage of the other person's rank, and it is scaled asymptopically towards the ceiling score. So if you beat a 1000 point person at 5% -- at a score of zero points, you will get the full five percent. At a score of 9000 (with a ceiling of 10,000), you'll only get 1/10th of 5%, and at 9999 points, you will get maybe at best, one point to take you to the ceiling of 10000

A loser loses a _maximum_ of thirty points, but you lose more points if you lose to a lower ranked person (again the ceiling coming into play)

That and all match points are "aged", so a match that gave you 50 points today, will only give you 30 points after 30 days, 15 points after 90 days, and so on (something along those lines), so a person who doesn't play for an extended time will see their ranking dwindle, and eventually revert to 1000, the starting rank.

I adding more updates to the "new" league site this weekend: http://www.sportsgamingnation.com/standings/index.php

 

Also, I may just go to Toys 'R Us with my $10 gift card to buy the Xbox 360. There's no way I'm going to Circuit City at 5am on Black Friday only to find 100 people ahead of me in line.