Equation for Strength of Tournament discussion

[gefishy]

Im thinking the formula would be something like:

For our stats:

- Get the AVG % of all the players ITM %
- Take the total # of players (Not just opted in, the total #)
- What place did you finish at

Lets assume the ITM % is 30% and there are 35 players and you got 8th place

A quick idea for the formula would be:

Players * ITM% * Your Place = Your Strength (Lowest is better)

35 * 30 * 8 = 84 Strength Of Tournament

ITM% = 40% how would that change it

35 * 40 * 8 = 112 Strength of Tournament

If you are saying that lower is better, this scenario doesn't work. If 40% are ITM the tournament should be stronger not weaker. You show a 40% ITM tournament with a 112 Strenght of Tournament and a 30% ITM with a 84 making that appear stronger. Maybe you meant to say that higher is better?

So ya, if you muck up and take 25th place.. lets see

30 * 30% * 25th = 225 Strength of Tournament

I'm not sure why the place that you finish should affect the strength of tournament. The strength of tournament should be something that is set at the start of the tournament (when all players have entered) and then it shouldn't change. Your final placement should only affect your contribution to the Strength of Tournament for the next tournament. Am I missing something?

[gefishy]

Despite my criticism, I think this equation is the right idea. Keep the equation simple:

What if we make the strength of tournament a simple equation similar to that used to determine ITM for individual players. Lets expand the equation to include all players take (total number of tournaments ITM/total number of tournaments entered) Now you have a % of total ITM for all players. You can either express the strength of tournament like this:

Tournament ID XXXX Strength of Tournament: XX% (that ITM number) - This is probably the easiest way to do it (higher % = stronger tournament)

Or you can determine some sort of a numerical value to assign current % levels:

20-30% = strength level of 5
30-40% = strength level of 10

but I think that simply confuses things.

The best part about using total ITM to determine Strength of Tournament is that this number can also be used in an equation to determine ranks of players!

Make sense?