Hey everyone, an update on this.
We have identified 3 quick improvements we will be making very soon:
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Algos will not play matches where it is possible to gain 0 Elo
– Self explanitory. These matches are bad for many reasons -
Matching logic adjustment
– Currently, we seek a match the ‘most stagnent’ algo who has not been matched in a while, which makes sense at first glance
– The problem is that top algos naturally play fewer matches for a number of reasons (Far from new, ‘bursted’ algos, fewer algos around their level)
– These algos will always look for ‘up and coming’ algos and fight them ASAP, and gain less Elo for beating these newcomers before the newcomers have a chance to gain Elo.
– This system is causing other biases in the system and make certain matches more likely than others
– For now, we will choose random algos instead of the most stagnent algo -
Bugfix
– There is an issue where matches are being made faster than they are being played, due to us making more matches than we were expecting. This is causes a few issues, like many algos being unavailable for matches.
– This is a major reason top algos are playing against ‘crashbots’ with literally negative Elo, all algos between them in Elo are scheduled for matched.
These changes will be made within the week, ideally. Larger changes will come later.