2015-02-18, 08:12 AM
Recently I have been trying to figure out a simple way to rank players on a website. The top players will be ranked on the website from 1-10. #1 being the greatest, and #10 being the worst. The players are allowed to compete with each other and it is only a 2 player competition (1v1). A player can either win or lose but he cannot tie. Here's how the ranking system will work, for example, here is a proposed table:
#1 Player1
#2 Player2
#3 Player3
#4 Player4
#5 Player5
#6 Player6
#7 Player7
#8 Player8
#9 Player9
#10 Player10
If player5 was to play and beat player1, he would become rank #1, and player1 would become rank #2, and then the whole list would shift down a rank.
Becoming this:
However, the logic behind this would be hard to plot. I thought of different ways to do it, any the only way I could think of doing it is still not the most efficient (in my opinion). I was thinking it could be a system of points. And it might work this way:
Then whenever Player5 beats Player1, Player1 would keep his points but Player5's points would be 10-1=9.
So, then it would appear as:
This would give Player5 his new rank displaying him at the top,
however, a problem would occur after so many times of players playing. If 3 people played Player1 (Rank #2) after that, there would be 4 players that would have 9 points, complicating the entire process.
I can't think of a more simple way of doing it, but I feel like It shouldn't be as complicated as I make it out to be. Any help?
#1 Player1
#2 Player2
#3 Player3
#4 Player4
#5 Player5
#6 Player6
#7 Player7
#8 Player8
#9 Player9
#10 Player10
If player5 was to play and beat player1, he would become rank #1, and player1 would become rank #2, and then the whole list would shift down a rank.
Becoming this:
#1 Player5
#2 Player1
#3 Player2
#4 Player3
#5 Player4
#6 Player6
#7 Player7
#8 Player8
#9 Player9
#10 Player10However, the logic behind this would be hard to plot. I thought of different ways to do it, any the only way I could think of doing it is still not the most efficient (in my opinion). I was thinking it could be a system of points. And it might work this way:
RANK PLAYERS POINTS
#1 Player1 10
#2 Player2 20
#3 Player3 30
#4 Player4 40
#5 Player5 50
Then whenever Player5 beats Player1, Player1 would keep his points but Player5's points would be 10-1=9.
So, then it would appear as:
RANK PLAYERS POINTS
#1 Player5 9
#2 Player1 10
#3 Player2 20
#4 Player3 30This would give Player5 his new rank displaying him at the top,
however, a problem would occur after so many times of players playing. If 3 people played Player1 (Rank #2) after that, there would be 4 players that would have 9 points, complicating the entire process.
I can't think of a more simple way of doing it, but I feel like It shouldn't be as complicated as I make it out to be. Any help?