Player Rankings

The player ranking for our group is finally complete! I will probably update the current standings after every session, together with the session results.

There may be some problems with the way the ranking is constructed, due to a lack of an established system to calculate long-term performance in Chinese Official mahjong (COMJ). Since we are more or less casual players, there is also no real need to have a complicated system.

I have opted to use table points as an overall indicator of performance, rather than contest points (the points earned within the game). This is because each game of COMJ is self-contained, having only 16 hands, with seat rotation every round. Players also aim for a specific table rank to earn the corresponding table points, which necessitates some form of strategy for each game, dependent on who the players are. That means table points are more important than contest points because earning the most table points (i.e. 4 table points) is the most important goal. Having a large positive score but not taking the top position at the table is not helpful in the long run.

Although the players may not play the same number of games, I have decided against averaging the table point totals by the number of games played by each player. This is because I view the current standings as a combined measure of performance and experience. This is akin to the way masterpoints are awarded for contract bridge duplicates.

However, this is not set in stone, and the way the player ranking is calculated may change.

Current Standings (current as of 10 Jul 2007)

Player Name	Table Points	Contest Points	Games Played
EP	21	+856	9
JT	17.5	+460	7
AJ	11	-41	6
KP	9	+125	4
WJ	3	-742	5
AW	1.5	-556	4
EL	0	-102	1