Jaxel
Administrator
So some of you know I am writing an ELO ranking ladder... and I'm having issues understanding some of the concepts. The programming is working fine; I'm just trying to figure out WHY things are programmed the way they are...
I am following the article on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating#Mathematical_details
As you can see, the calculations use several constants. I understand what K(factor) is... but the problem is that the constants for "10" and "400" aren't really explained. Why are these numbers what they are? What do they do?
I am following the article on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating#Mathematical_details
As you can see, the calculations use several constants. I understand what K(factor) is... but the problem is that the constants for "10" and "400" aren't really explained. Why are these numbers what they are? What do they do?