I don't know about anyone else, but I get tired of hearing and reading about the ratings. Having said that, I just had to post my feelings on this issue I encountered after the latest ratings update.
My friend and I recently played in a charity event, "Support the Troops". This was the only event that either of us played in since the last ratings update. My friend who has played much longer and in more overall tournaments that I, has sat out most of the year working on his doctorate.
Before this event, he was rated at 899 and I at 858. For this tournament, he shot rounds of 936 & 965 (Total of 103 points above his rating) and I shot an 878 & an 864 (Total of 26 points above my rating).
When this last ratings came out on Dec 12th, my rating jumped up 2 whole points while his rating skyrocketed up 1 whole point! How does this happen???
To clarify, I'm not complaining about my rating. I'm totally confused about his rating only going up 1 point after shooting 103 total points above his previous rating!
His last tournament prior to this one was Ledgestone in Aug of 2016, while I had many in this past year. His rating was based on 11 rounds while mine was based on 43 rounds. I know this comes into play in the calculations, but not sure how or why it would affect the rating that much.
I don't have anything against Chuck Kennedy or anyone else at the PDGA, but how long are we going to struggle along with a ratings system that only 1 person on the entire planet understands? I believe this is one of the top things holding our sport back.
As much as people want to say players join the PDGA to support our sport, ratings is the real reason players join the PDGA. If they don't understand the ratings or they don't seem fair, then players will stop joining.
Isn't it time to do away with the current system and come up with a system that makes sense and is easy to understand? I don't have the answer and don't like throwing questions out there without giving a suggestion on how to fix it, but this issue just seems ridiculous to me. Rant over...
My friend and I recently played in a charity event, "Support the Troops". This was the only event that either of us played in since the last ratings update. My friend who has played much longer and in more overall tournaments that I, has sat out most of the year working on his doctorate.
Before this event, he was rated at 899 and I at 858. For this tournament, he shot rounds of 936 & 965 (Total of 103 points above his rating) and I shot an 878 & an 864 (Total of 26 points above my rating).
When this last ratings came out on Dec 12th, my rating jumped up 2 whole points while his rating skyrocketed up 1 whole point! How does this happen???
To clarify, I'm not complaining about my rating. I'm totally confused about his rating only going up 1 point after shooting 103 total points above his previous rating!
His last tournament prior to this one was Ledgestone in Aug of 2016, while I had many in this past year. His rating was based on 11 rounds while mine was based on 43 rounds. I know this comes into play in the calculations, but not sure how or why it would affect the rating that much.
I don't have anything against Chuck Kennedy or anyone else at the PDGA, but how long are we going to struggle along with a ratings system that only 1 person on the entire planet understands? I believe this is one of the top things holding our sport back.
As much as people want to say players join the PDGA to support our sport, ratings is the real reason players join the PDGA. If they don't understand the ratings or they don't seem fair, then players will stop joining.
Isn't it time to do away with the current system and come up with a system that makes sense and is easy to understand? I don't have the answer and don't like throwing questions out there without giving a suggestion on how to fix it, but this issue just seems ridiculous to me. Rant over...