Explanations

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Explanations

The Eagle points are now calculated as follows:
1. The value of each game is calculated by adding the contribution of each players’ points from their position in the EAGLE table at the time the game was finished. This method was derived from the method created by Karl Georg Øhrn in his original EAGLE calculation. The contribution for each player depends on his or her position in the EAGLES table. These are displayed against each player and are calculated as per the formula below.

Eagle contribution = 0.5 + (601-P)/400 (rounded to 2 decimals, note 0.005 rounds up)

Where 0 < P <= 602
Eagle contribution = 0.5, where P > 602

P=Eagle table position when the calculation done.

Anarchies contribute zero

• Positions 1,2,3 will contribute 2.0
• Positions 4,5,6,7 will contribute 1.99
• Positions 48,49,50,51 will contribute 1.88
• Positions 99,100 will contribute 1.75
• Positions 199,200 will contribute 1.25
• Positions 400-403 will contribute 1.00
• Positions 500-503 will contribute 0.75
Each player adds a minimum of 0.5 points to the game. Seven unregistered players therefore add 3.5 points, and such a game is worth 3.5 points without anarchies.
2. If there is a solo victory, the winner gets all the points (up to a maximum of nearly 14). If there is a draw, the game points are shared equally with 0.005 rounded up.
3. The players who are not in the draw or the solo victory get points as follows:
Anarchy: 0.00 points
Eliminated players: 0.01 points
Survived players: 0.10 + 0.01*number of centres in the Autumn turn of the game.

This is not much. The important thing is that a solo victory is rewarded richly, and a draw is many times better than, for example, 2nd place and 16 centres. How many centres you have when you are in a draw, doesn’t matter. It is a little better to survive than to be eliminated.
4. Only the 10 last games count. If a player has finished more than 10 games, only his last 10 games count. This way the rating tracks the player`s current form. The players can spend as long time as they want to reach 10 games.
To sum up: Each game has a minimum value of 3.50 points (since every player adds at least 0.5 points to the game). Players that are among the 600 or so highest rated on the Eagle Rating when the game finishes, add something extra to this. Anarchies contribute zero. The solo-winner gets all the points and several players share the points if there is a draw. All the losers get something, unless they anarchy. Survivors get a bit more than eliminations.
A database is kept for all games and the Eagle table counts your last 10 finished games. It is not possible to get more than 140 points. Tim Sweeney has the record with 69.79 Eagle points. Players who haven’t finished any games in the last two years are removed from the list every month. Players keep their points if they return after 2 or more years of absence, but they will have to start over again after more than 7 year with absence.
When I speak about “Game Points” elsewhere, I then mean the points given to all 7 players in a game.
The Eagle table is used for all standard games on Dip2000, not for any of the variants.
If two players have the same amount of points, the player with the fewest finished games is placed higher. If they have also played the same number of games, the player who finished his game most recently is placed higher.
The table has 7 columns:
“Ranking” shows each players’ rank.
“Name”
“Points” shows each players Eagle points (maximum 10 last games).
“Date of last finished game” is included, since players are removed from the list if they haven’t played for 2 years (checked every month).
“Games” show how many finished games each player has played. If a player has finished more than 10 games, it is shown as “10+”.
“Points to defend” is a column where a score is included only for those who have finished more than 10 games. It shows how many points they got 10 games ago, so that they know how many points they lose when they finish their next game. Example: If a player got 0.12 points 10 games ago, and gets 0.22 now, he will lose the 0.12 points but he gets 0.22 points so he will add 0.10 points to his Eagle points.
“New Eagles” shows the number of Eagle points that the player will contribute to a game..
Eagle points were created by Karl Georg Øhrn (Ørn is Norwegian for Eagle). All historical requests should be sent to karlgo22AThotmail.com (He lives in Oslo).
Jim O’Neil is running the calculations now. Any current comments can be sent to me at jimoneilATblueyonder.co.uk. (with the AT replaced with @ in both cases)
I will post a new table the first week each month (normally the 1st or 2nd day of the new month). The player at the top of the rankings at the New Year-update will be awarded the title “King of the Mountain.” There is also a medal to the player with the Most Valuable Victory last year, a medal for getting most points in one year (Runner of the Year), a medal for being the Rookie of the Year (most valuable first game) and medals for first to tenth place in major tournaments at the site. Each month one player is also rewarded "Player of the Month". The player with most gained points in a given month gets the title. If 2 or more players get the same, the title is shared among them. Each New Year I add another page at “Past Years”.
I also run a rating called “Hall of Fame”. The Hall of Fame-rating rates the best players all time (players that have got awards or been among the top 100 players each year). The rating is on a separate page and the rating is explained in more detail there (link at the top of this page).
I am a loyal servant in the Stats Department. The Stats Department does accept bribes but this will have no influence on your request. However all suggestions for improvements are always welcomed. You can also send questions for other types of stats, etc., and we will try to answer any question as fast as possible.