Thread: Open Challenge: Make a better FRC ranking algorithm
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Re: Open Challenge: Make a better FRC ranking algorithm
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Originally Posted by Donut
Point based ranking systems are very dangerous to have. Any kind of system that is based off of how much you score typically promotes "running up the score" on your opponents, and with your system it would also promote inter-alliance competition (because you would be ranked higher if the rest of your alliance scored less). This is why most high school sports leave margin of victory out of ranking systems, because it promotes the teams winning 65-0 to run the score up to 100 instead of putting in their 3rd string and having some kind of mercy.

I'd hope this wouldn't be a problem in FIRST with GP and whatnot it supports, but I could still see this brewing into an issue.
Not to mention the fact that it'd be impossible to keep track of, unless the scoring is not real-time, and the scoring items are color coded by team.
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