Players with no rating - temporary rating

Players with no previous tournament activity would not have a Euro-rating. For the purposes of seeding players in this tournament (see tournament rules), a temporary rating is assigned. This temporary rating does NOT affect the starting rating in the calculation of the Euro-rating.

The temporary rating for each player, is based in part on his own evaluation of his skill level, as well as on a number of guidelines. The guidelines consist of the total number of games the player has played, rules knowledge, and a general evaluation.

A player wins approximately 2 games in 3 if playing against a player that is one level lower. This ratio increases, if playing against a player more than one level lower. The average start-rating is 1.500 points (skill level 3) and each skill level up adds 125 points and each level down subtracts 125 points.

The guidelines to assist finding the correct initial rating consists of three parts:

• Total number of games played: Estimate the total number of games you have played ever.

• Rules knowledge: Some guidelines to evaluate your rules knowledge and general ASL experience level

• General evaluation: Some guidelines that should help you compare yourself with other players.

Skill level 1: Start Rating = 1.750 – The best of the best:

Total number of games played: 250+

Rules knowledge: Very few or no rules-sections that the player does not know or has tried, even when counting the more exotic ones (airdrops, caves, night, DYO, seaborne assault, Campaign Games)

General evaluation: In an international tournament, you would expect to end in the top 15%, and you consider yourself better than most players you know. You have attended a few tournaments, which contained several players of other nationalities than you, or large national tournaments of 40+ players.

Skill level 2: Start Rating = 1.625 – Very good players

Total number of games played: 150+

Rules knowledge: Very few or no rules-sections that the player does not know or has tried, even when counting the more exotic ones (airdrops, caves, night, DYO, seaborne assault, Campaign Games)

General evaluation: You would be considered a very good player by most other people. If you have not attended an international tournament, you are probably one of the best players you know – maybe even the best. If you have attended international tournaments, you tend to do very well, but is generally not in the top 15%.

Skill level 3: Start Rating = 1.500 – Average players

Total number of games played: 50-250(+)

Rules knowledge: You know most rule sections pretty well, especially chapters A-D. You may or may not be familiar with the more exotic parts of the rulebook (airdrops, caves, night, DYO, seaborne assault, Campaign Games)

General evaluation: You would consider yourself somewhere in the middle of the field. You may be quite experienced, but is not an exceptional player. A lot of people never rise above this level. It is also possible that you are a relative newcomer to the game, but then you learn rather quickly

Skill level 4: Start Rating = 1.375 – The not so hot (yet)

Total number of games played: 20-75

Rules knowledge: You are beginning to get a pretty good grasp of the rules in chapter A (infantry), have tried a lot of different terrain, and know at least the basics of moving tanks and firing guns.

General evaluation: Some people never rise beyond this level, but most do. Most likely, you are a relative newcomer to the game, but is beginning to be able to put things in perspective. You still lose more than you win, and you feel pretty sure that you cannot beat the top players unless you are extremely lucky.

Skill level 5: Start Rating = 1.250 – Beginners

Total number of games played: 0-40

Rules knowledge: Limited rules knowledge

General evaluation: You are a beginner

 Keep in mind that these are only guidelines. It is certainly possible for a very bright player to be at skill level 2 while having only completed 100 games, but this would be the exception from the rule. Alternately, it is just as possible for at player whom has played in excess of 1.000 games to be in category 4, but that would be quite rare.

If you are in doubt which category to choose, choose the category closest to skill level 3. The distribution of players on a worldwide basis should be something like: