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Rating Explanation and Rules
    The HOT graphic is displayed when a player acheives 5 straight wins in Team Spades or Pinochle. For Gin, 4 straight wins are required. For Singles Spades, 2 straight wins are required.
 
    The COLD graphic is displayed when a player accumulates 3 straight losses in Team Spades or Pinochle. For Gin, 4 straight losses are required. For Singles Spades, 5 straight losses are required.
 
Days Idle    This field indicates how many 24 hour periods have passed since a game was played.
 
Current and Highest Rating    These fields are self explanatory by showing the players current rating and the highest rating they have ever acheived.
 
Average Opponent Rating    Each time a rated game is completed, your opponents current ratings are averaged and calculated into the previous opponent rating.
 
Streaks    These fields indicate the players longest win streak, longest losing streak and current streak.
 
Lifetime Statistics    These 4 fields indicate cummulative lifetime statistics for the player. Win percentage is calculate by dividing total games into total wins and multiplying the results by 100.
 
Incompletes    Current and Lifetime incompletes are tracked in the final 2 fields. Once a player accumulates 10 current incompletes, their current incompletes are reset to zero and they receive a 100 point deduction to their rating as a penalty. 1 Current incomplete is removed from a players record each time they accumulate 25 games in a row without an incomplete.


1. All players start with a base rating of 1500.

2. A game will only be rated if all seats are filled with human players at the time game is launched.

3. All completed games will update the ratings of the players that started the game, regardless of who completes the game (including bots).

4. If you start a rated game and are not at the table and seated when game completes, you will receive an incomplete.

5. If you accumulate 10 incompletes, you will receive a 100 point penalty on your rating and your current incompletes will be reset to zero.

6. If you complete 25 rated games in a row without an incomplete, our system will remove 1 incomplete from your "Current Incompletes" count. Lifetime Incompletes will not be altered.

RATINGS

The rating formula works on a sliding scale and awards/penalizes players anywhere from 1 to 30 points (3-90 points in singles spades format) based on the quality of their opponent(s). A player who defeats a higher rated player will advance faster than they will by defeating players rated lower.

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