Today, the IDB is pleased to announce a revolutionary new rating system, that is based not on your statistics but primarily on your prowess in two player fights.
TheOnlySaneOne has announced a tournament that will launch the system. The Tournament is in 4 weeks. But today we want to give people a chance to understand how the system works.
We launch a true rating system that, after an initial seeding based on scores against four selected 1-p opponents, will adjust based on your performance in idb tournaments and in individual matches against other idb rated opponents.
We are giving all entrants a month to get seeded properly. If you enter the tournament, your rating will be based off the initial seeding. If you do not enter the tournament, you may have even more than a month to get seeded.
Your initial rating is 1000. You can gain or lose points against two player opponents based on your result. The bigger the upset victory, the bigger your gain, capped at 32 points for a great result, and negative 32 points for losing a shocking upset. The formula is similar to (but doesnt exactly match) the ratings systems you see in tournament chess play.
Initially, your rating can start even higher than 1000 though. For the next month, we will look at your total wins against the following opponents
your initial rating though is at least 1000
for each win over MAGNUS THE TORCH (upto 100 wins) you start with 2 extra points on your rating
for each win over ryushu (upto 100 wins) you start with 3 extra points
for each win over the snowager (upto 100 wins) you start with 4 extra points
for each win over the mootix warrior (upto 100 wins) you get 5 extra points
This makes your maximum initial rating 2400. Ratings are considered provisional until you have 10 rated 2 player fights. Thank you and good luck!
edited: a number of people wisely alerted me that sabre-x is non-trivial to get, so we have replaced sabre-x with magnus the torch. my mistake.