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Bag Tags / Re: What tag you got? 2012
« on: July 08, 2012, 10:20:00 PM »
I've got #26.
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Tournaments / Re: Mighty MO - June 16th
« on: July 05, 2012, 04:23:29 PM »
If you'd like to have some fun looking at an older ratings calculator...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvpFzNKtC7ILdE9COC15dVJTWFNFNmlGYm5EeWIxZGc
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvpFzNKtC7ILdE9COC15dVJTWFNFNmlGYm5EeWIxZGc
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Tournaments / Re: Mighty MO - June 16th
« on: July 05, 2012, 09:09:35 AM »
While weather and pin placements can affect what an individual shoots, the only thing that affects a round rating is how you shoot against the people you are playing against.
Take the same people (with the same ratings) on the same course with the same weather conditions. Everyone shoots 10 strokes worse on 1 day than the other. So even through the scores are significantly different, the ratings will be similar (not the same though, as the number of strokes somehow factor into Chuck's rating system by breaking down to an average number of strokes per hole).
Tank, you are correct; I use previous round ratings to estimate when people ask me about a rating, but the formula itself does not factor any of these things in.
Player rating. Score. Those are the ONLY 2 things used in the PDGA's formula.
Take the same people (with the same ratings) on the same course with the same weather conditions. Everyone shoots 10 strokes worse on 1 day than the other. So even through the scores are significantly different, the ratings will be similar (not the same though, as the number of strokes somehow factor into Chuck's rating system by breaking down to an average number of strokes per hole).
Tank, you are correct; I use previous round ratings to estimate when people ask me about a rating, but the formula itself does not factor any of these things in.
Player rating. Score. Those are the ONLY 2 things used in the PDGA's formula.
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Tournaments / Re: Mighty MO - June 16th
« on: July 03, 2012, 10:40:19 AM »
Ratings are only affected by how you shoot in relation to the rest of the field on a given day. Nothing about any previous rounds played on that course affects the ratings, nor par does not factor into it.
Here's my simple breakdown of ratings for people. If you'd like more information, look up information on a multi-player zero sum game.
Propagators are the people that set the ratings. They are people with a rating over 799. Each player over 799 has a bucket of points (determined by their rating). Those players also have a score they shot on that course. In what I think is a linear fashion, players give points to those who scored lower than them, and receive points from those who scored higher than them. These points come out of a person's bucket. So no points leave the game, but no points are added. In the end, these points are used to determine round ratings. So as you can see, ratings are simply based on how you played against the competition that day.
Here's my simple breakdown of ratings for people. If you'd like more information, look up information on a multi-player zero sum game.
Propagators are the people that set the ratings. They are people with a rating over 799. Each player over 799 has a bucket of points (determined by their rating). Those players also have a score they shot on that course. In what I think is a linear fashion, players give points to those who scored lower than them, and receive points from those who scored higher than them. These points come out of a person's bucket. So no points leave the game, but no points are added. In the end, these points are used to determine round ratings. So as you can see, ratings are simply based on how you played against the competition that day.
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Rosedale / Rosedale League - July 4th
« on: July 02, 2012, 05:39:59 PM »
Will there be a league this holiday? Scott said he was going to be out of town.
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General Banter / Re: DG'er Magazine question...
« on: July 02, 2012, 05:38:13 PM »
I noticed the same thing...
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Tournaments / Re: 2012 Mid America Open - July 7th-8th
« on: July 02, 2012, 08:10:07 AM »
I'll be at Justus Drugstore.
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General Banter / Re: Position Available With a Disc Golf Course
« on: June 30, 2012, 09:34:34 AM »
This happens to me almost on a weekly basis. That's what I got for engineering Microsoft products.
I have this xkcd comic at my desk. Google is generally how I start a problem that I don't understand, and no one in the company can help.
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General Banter / Re: Position Available With a Disc Golf Course
« on: June 28, 2012, 02:30:10 PM »
Was this Matt's old job? He told me he got a faculty position now.
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General Banter / Re: 90 days of disc golf - bigger and badder
« on: June 18, 2012, 12:22:50 AM »
Minna also finished 4th out of 18 in the advanced women division.
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Tournaments / Re: 2013 AM Worlds in Emporia!
« on: June 14, 2012, 04:51:21 PM »
You need 500 for an invite.
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General Banter / Re: Fox Hill-NKC WORK DAY, 6-16-12!!!!
« on: June 14, 2012, 01:04:12 PM »
Courses don't put themselves in the ground. It seems there's always more people around to play them then to help get them ready to play.
Thanks John for all the work you do for KC's disc golf scene.
Thanks John for all the work you do for KC's disc golf scene.
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Cliff Drive / Re: Thursday Round?
« on: June 14, 2012, 11:59:04 AM »
I need to go spay for poison ivy at a place my church is helping fix up, so I won't be able to make WW at 6.
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