Game 6 of 13 April 2008:

FelixK gamely pointed out that I'd forgotten that he ended up as
junk, so 0 pts rather than 1 pt. So, revised corrected result and
table:

AndrewM......Won, Survived,Flag planted...6 pts
StaniaM......Won, Survived, MVP...........6 pts
JosepA.......Won, Survived................5 pts

BobR.........Lost, Survived...............1 pt
StuartF......Lost, Survived...............1 pt
FelixK.......Lost, Junked by board-laser..0 pt

So the updated league table looks as below: AndrewM re-regains
topspot from StuartF; JosepA regains third spot from BobR. StaniaM
enters the league in 4th place ... thus demonstrating that the
formula allows a new player to shoot up into contention, but probably
not to take topspot in one go.

>
> > PLAYER.......Points....Played..Prev Rating...New Rating
> >
> > 1) AndrewM.......20........4........3.500........4.000
> >
> > 2) StuartF.......21........5........4.000........3.500
>
> > 3) JosepA........16........4........2.780........3.200
> >
> > 4) StaniaM........6........1........N/A..........3.000
>
> > 5) MartialC.......8........2........1.000........2.667
> >
> > 6) BobR..........18........6........2.833........2.571
>
> > 7) TomasP.........5........1........N/A..........2.500
>
> > 8) GeorgeY........5........1........2.500........2.500
> >
> > 9) NeilP..........5........1........2.500........2.500
> >
> > 10)AttilaW........6........2........2.500.........2.000
> >
> > 11)DaveB..........6........3........1.500.........1.500
> >
> > 12)FelixK.........4........2........2.000.........1.333
> >
> > 13)KeithD.........2........1........1.000.........1.000
> >
> > 14)HenningS.......1.........1........N/A..........0.500
> >
> > 15)RichardB........1........1........0.500........0.500
>
> > 16)AllanM..........1........2........0.333.........0.333
> >
> > 17)RobertF.........0........1........0.000.........0.000
> >
> > 18)MichaelY........0........1........0.000.........0.000
> >
> > 19)MichalK.........0........1........0.000.........0.000

The league formula makes it nicely volatile. E.g if AllanM, lying
16th, played and scored 6 points as Stania just did, his rating would
go up from 0.333 to 2.333, raising him to 10th, perhaps 8th if some
others lost and slipped down; do it a second time, and he'd rise to
3.250 and probably 3rd spot ...

For those who are interested in such things, the formula is:
cumulated points divided by games played+1. If a tie, league-position
goes to the most recent having a result.

MVP is fairly new. Most Valuable Player. It is an extra point for the
player who inflicts most damage on the opposition, minus damage
inflicted on friendlies.

> Bob.