just wanted to let you know we posted a few very small things:

- we feature the TOP PROMOTER now on the Member Homepage (the person responsible for successfully inviting the most members to chess.com over the last 30 days) [thanks BenKester!]

- you can now sort members by Member Points (check here) [doh! matt is beating me!!]

- new controls over what stuff shows up at the top of Chess.com homepage

- some internal administrative tools, small bug fixes, etc

- we updated php, apc, and a bunch of server stuff 

oh, and one more thing: a ratings distribution graph and some stats on players with more than 10 finished games on the echess players page.

Hey, first on the members point list! If only that were my chess rating! haha. Of course all the credit goes to Erik though, he does all the hard stuff! I am just the behind the scenes guy.

oh really MattHelfst?

erik wrote: oh, and one more thing: a ratings distribution graph and some stats on players with more than 10 finished games on the echess players page.

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This is fantastic! It gives the ratings a lot more meaning (to me anyway).

on the PLAYERS page of echess

That's an awesome feature, makes me feel better about my rating. Interesting how it's almost a perfect bell curve. Does this indicate starting rating should be 1300?

I can't locate it in any of our menu. (that can sort into points)

Margreet wrote: erik wrote: on the PLAYERS page of echess

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I'm probably looking some very obvious link, but where is the PLAYERS page of echess? I have been looking under Members, can't find it there. Can't find anything that's called Players or something similar.

 

Also when live chess started I could not find a link/button anywhere, not even under "play chess online".

 

Can someone with better eyesight direct me please?

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 Go to My Home -> Online chess

On the right under Play Chess is a players link

erik wrote: oh, and one more thing: a ratings distribution graph and some stats on players with more than 10 finished games on the echess players page.

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How often is the graph and these stats recalculated?

Loomis wrote: erik wrote: oh, and one more thing: a ratings distribution graph and some stats on players with more than 10 finished games on the echess players page.

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How often is the graph and these stats recalculated?

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 daily

erik wrote: oh, and one more thing: a ratings distribution graph and some stats on players with more than 10 finished games on the echess players page.

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 erik, shouldn't the top of the curve(or average) be at 1500, but i guess that will go closer to 1500 with time?

why should it be at 1500?

erik wrote: oh, and one more thing: a ratings distribution graph and some stats on players with more than 10 finished games on the echess players page.

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 Erik, I don't like the ratings distribution chart... I'm with ALL the 1500 crowd!!! Please change it to make me feel unique!!

Reservesmonkey wrote: That's an awesome feature, makes me feel better about my rating. Interesting how it's almost a perfect bell curve. Does this indicate starting rating should be 1300?

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 I don't think a beginner should be rated as an average player. They should definitely not be at 1500.

I am 26th out of 60,000 people in member points, and I don't really feel like I do all that much here. I guess that is why it still feels like a close knit community even though there are so many people here.

erik wrote: why should it be at 1500?

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 i know when i played in the USCF they adjusted their ratings at least once while  i  was  a  member(4  yrs.)  to bring the average rating(or top of the curve) to 1500(aka middle of the road). PS: i do like the chart but it's usually your basic bell curve(or close).

all things are bell curves :) its the law of large numbers.

tonightonly7 wrote: Reservesmonkey wrote: That's an awesome feature, makes me feel better about my rating. Interesting how it's almost a perfect bell curve. Does this indicate starting rating should be 1300?

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 I don't think a beginner should be rated as an average player. They should definitely not be at 1500.

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 why not, we're all going to get where we're going(ratings-wise)? how does one know if a newbie to the site is a beginner or a GM, unless we'd give the option to select our own starting rating? if you start everyone newbie at 1500 the ratings(chart) would be more balanced & representive for the entire community(site members playing [turn-based or other] chess).

I have to say that 1500 is not an average rating. It is just 1500 and nothing more :).