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How is the match ratings calculated? Is it done manually or is it automated - and if the latter, is this something you'll be revealing (somewhat similar to the algorithms that Google uses for its search engines)?
Congrats Phil on a revolutionary idea.
Cheers,
The Gaffer
The ratings are completely automated. The method is fairly simple right now - it just looks at the number of goals and how close the game was. I can refine this over the course of time.
I'm definitely going to check this out.
Hey...I think you should sign-up for the mailing list, so I can let you know if it's available. :)
Dave
What about adding a second score, a user score, for each game? Particularly as you build a fan base, your readers can vote on the strength of the games they've seen by the same scale. That way your readers will get the objectively derived score, and the user score, both of which could be useful, but tell you something different. Anyway, best of luck with the continued development of your site!
The purist in me is shocked that I would agree that something like this is good...after all, I have been telling my American naysayers that some of the best games of football I have watched over the years have been 0-0 or 1-0 games (ie to an american LOW SCORING)
BUT
with 3 kids and coaching games on the weekends...the trouble and strife gives me the evils sometimes when I disappear for the Saturday or Sunday afternoon to watch 3 games and there she is outside in 100 degree weather, 8 months pregnant and mowing the grass....nahhh just kidding...it was only 98 in the shade
The problem is that if very few people vote, the ratings are not very useful - mostly colored by whether your team won or not! It would be hard to give an 8 or 9 to a game where your team lost a two goal lead in the final minutes.
But a human element would be great to help differenciate between boring or enthralling low-scoring games.
Any chance of expanding this idea to La Liga and Serie A also? This way, football fans can look across all of the major leagues on telly and pick and choose which would be the best matches to watch.
Cheers,
The Gaffer