Ranking

A game can be played as Free game or a Ranked game.

Free games does not affect ranking but the outcome is stored as statistics.

Ranked games distributes Ranking points among the involved players.

NOTE: Ranked games not implemented yet.

Ranking points

 * All players start at 0 points
 * A player with 0 points is a "newbie"
 * Each game provides 1 point in summary.
 * A game with a newbie gives 1 point to the winner: +1, 0
 * A game with no newbies give 3 points to the winner and removes 1 point from the looser: +3,-1
 * (Idea) Point distribution in a 4-player game: +3,+1,-1,-2
 * A player may only play ranked games with those within some (10?) points difference or the 10 players above/below in the ranking list? (Note: A high ranked player shall NOT be able to play against newbies. See "Cheat" handling below.)


 * If you don't have any active games and don't respond to challanges you may loos a point. OR Loosing a point per month if you have not played any ranked games in the last month is simple and working.

"Cheat" handling for ranking
A high ranked players may not play games with low ranked/newbies to prevent him/her from gaining by creating multiple accounts and have very simple wins.

4-player game: If two players cooperate, then the other two may cooperate too. If 3 players cooperate, then 1 will be sad. Is this a problem? Nah, it is up to involved the players in the game if they choose to cooperate and I think the rumor will spread and no other players will play 4-player games with them. Note: Cooperation could be non-attacking & non-stealing agreements (not handled by the game but by the players themselves).