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Author Re: Ratings experts: Please explain
George John

2005-04-07, 6:08 pm

Mike Nolan wrote:

Mike,

[SNIP]
quote:

> I haven't checked with George John on this, but I assume the ratings
> calculator knows to add in the bonus factor for a quad. (I'm not

sure
quote:

> when the formula was changed so that the bonus factor applies to

quads.)

For any event with 3 rounds, the calculator will compute a bonus as if
it were a four round event. I believe the formula went online in early
2001.

The most recent version of the calculator can be found at
http://www.georgejohn.bcentralhost....a/perfrate.html

Best regards,

George John

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