Player Ladder Rank

Fleet Combat Online utilizes an ELO Ranking System so that you can see where you rate compared to other players. You can challenge other players to a ranked match to improve your score. When you create a new battle, select a "one on one" match and make sure the "Ranked Match" box is checked.

This system is commonly used for chess players and it is used in many online games like WarCraft 3 and StarCraft. Basically, it works like this: every player is given an initial score of 1500. Based on your player score and your opponents, an "expectation" is calculated for the outcome of the battle. If you are both newbies you have an equal score of 1500, then you each have a 50% expectation of winning. At the end of the battle, you gain or lose points based on the expectation for that battle. The amount of points you win or lose is based on the "k factor". In FCO, the k factor is 32 for new players (less than 5 ranked matches), 16 for established players (between 5 and 10 ranked matches) and 8 for experienced players (more than 10 ranked matches).

Say you are an experienced player (k of 8) with a score of 2000. You challenge a newbie (k 32) with a score of 1500.
Your "expectation" to win is about 95%, the newb's is about 5%. If you win, you get 5% of your k factor (8) or 0.4 which rounds down to 0 (which is how much the newbie would lose). If the newb won, he would get 95% of his k factor (32) or 30 points and you would lose 30 points. If you play against someone with an equal ranking, you each win or lose the same amount of points.

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#	Name	Joined Ladder	Latest Match	# Matches	Points
1	gorgon_locke	12-28-09	03-31-10	92	1,636	4
2	jinntann	05-22-08	03-31-10	35	1,619	-4
3	Erones42	07-13-08	08-11-08	15	1,587	-10
4	adderworks	07-26-09	07-10-10	31	1,585	3
5	Dante	02-27-09	03-01-09	7	1,582	5
6	maddyman10	07-13-08	10-15-08	11	1,581	3
7	RadidDragoon	12-03-09	01-27-10	46	1,578	4
8	black jack	06-29-08	07-14-08	7	1,577	5
9	vice admiral Danforth Whitcomb	12-05-09	06-28-10	35	1,576	1
10	veryuseful	07-12-09	07-31-09	16	1,574	3
11	MMeers	08-18-08	08-30-08	14	1,567	3
12	towtow59	02-16-09	08-13-09	20	1,564	2
13	Tomaster	12-03-09	12-13-09	7	1,559	4
14	kurios	12-22-08	02-25-09	10	1,557	10
15	Athenian General	03-27-10	04-22-10	25	1,557	1
16	hijomo	11-06-08	02-07-09	12	1,556	-13
17	Comodore Sixtyfour	10-28-08	04-10-09	11	1,552	10
18	Kirbs	05-22-08	10-27-09	16	1,550	-8
19	sabit6	08-07-08	08-07-08	5	1,549	9
20	Martinski	12-29-09	01-20-10	16	1,544	2
21	ClockWorkAngel	03-07-09	03-12-09	6	1,543	6
22	the AKH	02-14-09	04-26-09	34	1,540	2
23	trudog	06-14-09	02-27-10	25	1,540	1
24	foough	05-24-09	11-19-09	10	1,539	4
25	Marco Polo	02-04-10	02-20-10	20	1,539	1
26	Avrak	04-12-09	04-12-09	5	1,537	7
27	Voydwalker	11-30-08	12-23-08	10	1,536	-6
28	Raven	08-18-09	07-01-10	31	1,535	-4
29	ssgtwraith	07-30-08	07-31-08	3	1,533	10
30	Warlord101	07-12-09	07-22-09	11	1,533	4
31	copycat042	08-03-08	08-03-08	3	1,531	10
32	Kwisatz Haderach	06-09-09	06-12-09	12	1,531	5
33	ScottWAR	08-13-08	09-28-08	10	1,530	-6
34	Ishmaeil	01-06-10	01-10-10	11	1,529	3
35	Deadly Peanut	10-31-08	11-06-08	6	1,528	-12
36	Kaliman	03-15-09	06-07-09	4	1,527	-19
37	evillittleweirdguy	07-15-10	07-22-10	5	1,527	5
38	remmon	04-16-10	04-16-10	4	1,525	5
39	Wootortle	04-08-09	04-09-09	5	1,523	16
40	Arkangel268	09-30-09	10-03-09	5	1,520	16
41	Frost	06-01-09	06-04-09	19	1,519	2
42	ern323	12-05-09	12-05-09	2	1,519	9
43	Blackwell	07-06-10	07-06-10	3	1,517	6
44	usul	05-22-09	05-22-09	1	1,516	16
45	Evildiehard	07-09-09	07-16-09	5	1,516	9
46	Chew	04-15-10	04-15-10	1	1,516	16
47	Someone1337	07-26-10	07-26-10	1	1,516	16
48	Ender	01-16-09	01-17-09	6	1,514	8
49	The Medici	04-18-10	07-28-10	100	1,513	1
50	Rhike	07-25-08	07-25-08	1	1,512	12
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