hidden skill rating

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(11-06-2013 09:16 AM)TheGoldenGriffin Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 09:08 AM).Memories. Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 09:03 AM)Cor13:4 Wrote:  Chess for example, uses the Elo rating system and people's Elo scores never degrade.

There has been a lot of issues with this, though, that lead to players not playing just to protect their rating.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_...27s_rating

You mean like if they're satisfied with their high rating and they don't want it to drop so they'll not play as much so it won't change?

Exactly. (Disclaimer, I don't play chess, so I don't know a ton about it.)

Say I play a Grandmaster and win mostly by luck (I understand this is hard in chess). My ELO goes way up. So, now I have a higher ELO than I should. Therefore, I stop playing so that I maintain that high ELO to enter tournaments, brag, or whatever.