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  2. Glicko rating system - Wikipedia

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    The Glicko rating system and Glicko-2 rating system are methods of assessing a player's strength in zero-sum two-player games. The Glicko rating system was invented by Mark Glickman in 1995 as an improvement on the Elo rating system and initially intended for the primary use as a chess rating system .

  3. Elo rating system - Wikipedia

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    An Elo-based ranking of National Hockey League players has been developed. [61] The hockey-Elo metric evaluates a player's overall two-way play: scoring AND defense in both even strength and power-play/penalty-kill situations. Rugbyleagueratings.com uses the Elo rating system to rank international and club rugby league teams.

  4. Elo hell - Wikipedia

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    Elo hell (also known as MMR hell) is a video gaming term used in MOBAs and other multiplayer online games with competitive modes. [1] It refers to portions of the matchmaking ranking spectrum where individual matches are of poor quality, and are often determined by factors such as poor team coordination which are perceived to be outside the individual player's control.

  5. Every Pokémon Generation, Ranked From Worst To Best - AOL

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    Pokemon Generations key art. The Pokémon series is over 25 years old, having first launched on the Game Boy in 1996 with Pokémon Red and Green — which was eventually turned into Red and Blue ...

  6. Pokémon Sword and Shield - Wikipedia

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    Pokémon games feature a system where Pokemon from past games are able to be transferred into newer installments; when it was announced that Sword and Shield would exclude many pre-existing Pokémon from being usable in the games, it triggered a backlash from fans who called it "Dexit" as a nod to Brexit and resulted in an extensive controversy.

  7. Skill-based matchmaking - Wikipedia

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    In 2006, Microsoft researchers proposed a skill-based rating system using Bayesian inference and deployed it on the Xbox Live network, then one of the largest deployments of a Bayesian inference algorithm. [2] The researchers were displeased with the ranking system in the beta of Halo 2 (2004). [3] By the time Halo 2 launched, it was using ...

  8. Counter-Strike in esports - Wikipedia

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    The top 16 teams (or a number 1.5 times that of the main tournament, whichever is higher) in the chosen Valve rankings are invited, with up to half of the final tournament's roster being filled by these invites and the rest of the teams entering a closed qualifier alongside open qualifiers and Tier 2 tournament winners from the past 6 months if ...

  9. Pokémon competitive play - Wikipedia

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    Competitive play in Pokémon generally involves player versus player battles that take place using the Pokémon video games.Players construct a team of Pokémon as defined by a specific set of rules and battle as they would in the game until all Pokémon on a player's team have fainted or when a player resigns.