I'm currently a league director here in Austin and we report directly through Fargo's League Management System so my players' FargoRatings are updated regularly. My league has about 80 players.
I think the best way to describe this is, robustness is key. Players with high robustness will act like stones in a stream. They won't move but everyone around them will. My robustness is reaching 1k now and players with Robustness under 200 will change dramatically after playing me.
Also, starter ratings are important. Players are given a starter rating which is a somewhat arbitrary process but if it's incredibly inaccurate, their FargoRating will change quickly. For me, my starter rating was 625 which was pretty close but a little low. As a result, my FargoRating has been as high as 705 but never lower than 625 and has been hovering around 650. Had I started higher or lower, my changes would have likely been more dramatic.
Some of my league players were given starter ratings that were completely wrong and that's impacted their overall score. As a league director, FargoRate gives some background data so you can investigate how players are actually trending. That gives me an opportunity to make an adjustment which really is only applicable when their robustness is low. Once they're established, the system completely takes over and their play determines any changes.
That said, I find the FargoRate team to be very responsive and diligent. They're working around the clock to insure the data is correct and applied in the best possible fashion. There's a lot of data and a lot of the scoring mechanisms are still done on paper so I would imagine they get a lot of data-entry work but as we progress as an industry, hopefully, this process will become more automated.
I think the best way to describe this is, robustness is key. Players with high robustness will act like stones in a stream. They won't move but everyone around them will. My robustness is reaching 1k now and players with Robustness under 200 will change dramatically after playing me.
Also, starter ratings are important. Players are given a starter rating which is a somewhat arbitrary process but if it's incredibly inaccurate, their FargoRating will change quickly. For me, my starter rating was 625 which was pretty close but a little low. As a result, my FargoRating has been as high as 705 but never lower than 625 and has been hovering around 650. Had I started higher or lower, my changes would have likely been more dramatic.
Some of my league players were given starter ratings that were completely wrong and that's impacted their overall score. As a league director, FargoRate gives some background data so you can investigate how players are actually trending. That gives me an opportunity to make an adjustment which really is only applicable when their robustness is low. Once they're established, the system completely takes over and their play determines any changes.
That said, I find the FargoRate team to be very responsive and diligent. They're working around the clock to insure the data is correct and applied in the best possible fashion. There's a lot of data and a lot of the scoring mechanisms are still done on paper so I would imagine they get a lot of data-entry work but as we progress as an industry, hopefully, this process will become more automated.
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