Leagues and league score
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[hide]League score
The league score of a player is the sum of her score for each game mode.
Each player starts the game with a league score of 3000 points (1000 points for each game mode). After each ranked match
in career a certain amount of score points is exchanged between the opponents. The amount of exchanged score points depends on the result, the score difference between the opponents and the K-factor used in the score range of the players. The score system is a better estimate than the victory ratio, because it rewards victories against strong opponents more than victories against weak opponents.
The elo rating system[1] is used for the calculation of exchanged score points:
Score ranges and K factor
- For scores less or equal to 1000 points, K factor = 50
- For scores between 1001 and 1200 points, K factor = 45
- For scores between 1201 and 1400 points, K factor = 40
- For scores between 1401 and 1600 points, K factor = 35
- For scores between 1601 and 1800 points, K factor = 30
- For scores between 1801 and 2000 points, K factor = 25
- For scores greater than 2000, K factor = 20
If both players are in different score ranges, the average K-factor is used.
Examples
If a player with a score of 1623 points (K factor = 30) wins a match against an opponent with 1447 points (K factor = 35) he wins 8 points.
If a player with a score of 1625 points (K factor = 30) wins a match against an opponent with 1493 points (K factor = 35) he loses 3 points.
If a player with a score of 1100 points (K factor = 45) wins a match against an opponent with 1101 points (K factor = 45) he loses 22 points.
| K factor = 20 | K factor = 30 | K factor = 40 | K factor = 50 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score difference | Victory | Draw | Defeat | Victory | Draw | Defeat | Victory | Draw | Defeat | Victory | Draw | Defeat |
| 500 | 19 | 4 | -1 | 28 | 7 | -2 | 38 | 9 | -2 | 47 | 11 | -3 |
| 400 | 18 | 4 | -2 | 27 | 6 | -3 | 36 | 8 | -4 | 45 | 10 | -5 |
| 300 | 17 | 3 | -3 | 25 | 5 | -5 | 34 | 7 | -6 | 42 | 9 | -8 |
| 250 | 16 | 3 | -4 | 24 | 5 | -6 | 32 | 6 | -8 | 40 | 8 | -10 |
| 200 | 15 | 3 | -5 | 23 | 4 | -7 | 30 | 5 | -10 | 38 | 6 | -12 |
| 150 | 14 | 2 | -6 | 21 | 3 | -9 | 28 | 4 | -12 | 35 | 5 | -15 |
| 100 | 13 | 1 | -7 | 19 | 2 | -11 | 26 | 3 | -14 | 32 | 4 | -18 |
| 50 | 11 | 1 | -9 | 17 | 1 | -13 | 23 | 1 | -17 | 29 | 2 | -21 |
| 0 | 10 | 0 | -10 | 15 | 0 | -15 | 20 | 0 | -20 | 25 | 0 | -25 |
| -100 | 7 | -1 | -13 | 11 | -2 | -19 | 14 | -3 | -26 | 18 | -4 | -32 |
| -200 | 5 | -3 | -15 | 7 | -4 | -23 | 10 | -5 | -30 | 12 | -6 | -38 |
| -300 | 3 | -3 | -17 | 5 | -5 | -25 | 6 | -7 | -34 | 8 | -9 | -42 |
| -400 | 2 | -4 | -18 | 3 | -6 | -27 | 4 | -8 | -36 | 5 | -10 | -45 |
| -500 | 1 | -4 | -19 | 2 | -7 | -28 | 2 | -9 | -38 | 3 | -11 | -47 |
League promotion and demotion
The player league is based on the league score points, each player starts at the Silver league. The best league currently available is the Grandmaster league.
- When your league score is ≥ your current league promotion score, you get promoted to the higher league.
- When your league score is < your current league demotion score, you get demoted to the lower league.
| League | Demotion score | Promotion score | K-factor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | none | 1000 | 50 |
| Silver | 950 | 1100 | 45 |
| Gold | 1050 | 1250 | 40 |
| Platinum | 1200 | 1450 | 35 |
| Diamond | 1400 | 1800 | 30 |
| Master | 1750 | 2100 | 25 |
| Grandmaster | 2050 | none | 20 |
Examples
Promotion:
You are in Gold league with a 1245 league score and win a match, earning 10 league score points.
Your new league score is now 1255, you reached the Gold league promotion score, so you are promoted to the Platinum league.
Demotion:
You are in Gold league with a 1051 league score and get defeated in a match, loosing 5 league score points.
Your new league score is now 1046, you drop below the Gold league demotion score, so you are demoted to the Silver league.
Interpreting score differences
If a player looses a match against an opponent that has 191 league score points less, then he needs 3 victories against the same opponent to regain the lost league score points. For any known victory-defeat-draw ratio (in the previous example it is +75% -25% =0%) one could calculate the expected score difference after many games between the two opponents with the following formula (Deduction of the formula):
Observations:
- The formula doesn't consider changes due to matches against other players.
- There is no dependency of the K-factor, every league behaves the same.
- If a player could choose its opponent there would be someone to maximize the expected score difference. A player with 2300 league score points would prefer playing against an opponent with a league score of 2000 and a victory-defeat-draw ratio of +90% -10% =0% (Expected score: 2382) instead of playing against an opponent with a league score of 2200 and a victory-defeat-draw ratio of +50% -40% =10% (Expected score: 2237).
- If a player plays only a few games the score difference might not reflect the current victory-defeat-draw ratio between him and other players, but either a past victory-defeat-draw ratio or a run of good luck.
- Reaching the expected score difference from a victory-defeat-draw ratio of +99% -1% =0% (Expected score difference: 798,3) or even +100% -0% =0% (Expected score difference: ∞) is limited by the K-factor. With a difference of 637 league score points in Grandmaster there is not a single league score point reward for a victory of the better player anymore.
- If 3 players share approximately the same amount of league score points over a long time one would expect a victory-defeat-draw ratio like +50% -50% =0% or +40% -40% =20% between them. However in Gladiabots there is no transitive relation between the victory-defeat-draw ratio of different players due to possible rock-paper-scissors effects when using different strategies. Here is an example of 3 players sharing approximately the same amount of league score points but with very different victory-defeat-draw ratios between them.
- The resource strategy of player A outperforms the defensive strategy of player B by +70% -20% =10%.
- The defensive strategy of player B outperforms the aggressive strategy of player C by +65% -15% =20%.
- The offensive strategy of player C outperforms the resource strategy of player A by +60% -10% =30%.
- The resource strategy of player A outperforms the defensive strategy of player B by +70% -20% =10%
Examples
| Draws: 0% | Draws: 10% | Draws: 20% | Draws: 30% | Draws: 40% | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victories | Ratio | Difference | Ratio | Difference | Ratio | Difference | Ratio | Difference | Ratio | Difference |
| 50% | +50% -50% =0% |
0.0 | +50% -40% =10% |
36.7 | +50% -30% =20% |
78.5 | +50% -20% =30% |
128.1 | +50% -10% =40% |
190.8 |
| 55% | +55% -45% =0% |
34.9 | +55% -35% =10% |
74.3 | +55% -25% =20% |
120.4 | +55% -15% =30% |
177.5 | +55% -5% =40% |
254.7 |
| 60% | +60% -40% =0% |
70.4 | +60% -30% =10% |
113.6 | +60% -20% =20% |
166.0 | +60% -10% =30% |
234.5 | +60% -0% =40% |
338.0 |
| 65% | +65% -35% =0% |
107.5 | +65% -25% =10% |
156.0 | +65% -15% =20% |
217.6 | +65% -5% =30% |
305.4 | ||
| 70% | +70% -30% =0% |
147.2 | +70% -20% =10% |
203.3 | +70% -10% =20% |
279.6 | +70% -0% =30% |
405.7 | ||
| 75% | +75% -25% =0% |
190.8 | +75% -15% =10% |
258.5 | +75% -5% =20% |
361.2 | ||||
| 80% | +80% -20% =0% |
240.8 | +80% -10% =10% |
327.8 | +80% -0% =20% |
492.2 | ||||
| 85% | +85% -15% =0% |
301.3 | +85% -5% =10% |
426.8 | ||||||
| 90% | +90% -10% =0% |
381.7 | +90% -0% =10% |
627.3 | ||||||
| 95% | +95% -5% =0% |
511.5 | ||||||||
| 99% | +99% -1% =0% |
798.3 | ||||||||
