-100 +49 is for the chickens
-100 +100 the average joe
-50 +200 workout setting
-10 +1000 this person only fears GOD.
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I just figured the programmers spent more time than I did thinking about what the ideal default settings should be and I thus defer to their authority on the matter. One less thing to think about.
I think everyone should only play people higher than them - so that they can learn best.
Seriously though, it is good to play higher rated players. Not always possible of course, in which case a game is better than no game.
It may be easier if you knew the percentages so I'll give them here... and of course that's all that ratings are in the first place... they give the expected score of one rating when playing another rating.
200 points is reasonable, if you're the lower rated one you should win about 1 out of every 4 games (or draw two games and lose two games). 400 points is unreasonable IMO because when you lose, you'll lose so badly you won't know why or when you went wrong.
50 points -- 57%
100 points -- 64%
150 ------- 70%
200 ------- 76%
250 ------- 81%
300 ------- 85%
350 ------- 89%
400 ------- 92%
450 ------- 94%
500 ------- 96%
I suggest : opponent's minimum rating -100
, maximum +400
It's more like universal if you want good simple setting.
If you want to increase your winning percentage, min -400, max +100
If you want tough game, min -50, max +200
If you want to be thrashed every single game, min -10, max 2900
These are just to throw you few ideas about setting. Try experimenting.