Hi mate, thanks for linking this, I appreciate it. This confirms my concerns are valid then - by this calculation logic it makes no sense that the players I have mentioned have lost so little rating in the time they have been away. The calculated amount is way higher. Not trying to be sore about it, it just seems unfair if I am going to lose points for not playing as per the calculation mentioned, when they are not going to.

Hello,
Can someone please help clarify the points tax and why it affects only some players and not others? I am specifically referencing those players who have not played in a LONG time, and have not lost many points. 
An example: I lose points if I don't play a game after 7 days. This loss per day is in line with my rating, so given my rating it's maybe 4-5 points a day. Fair, fine. However, player "Cameroon" on the toplist has not played or logged in in 7 MONTHS and has lost a grand total of... 30 points. How can that be? Shouldn't it be 1-2 points per day after the first week? Player "StoughtonsSon01" has not played or logged in in 5 weeks and has lost a total of 15 points. Same idea. Do subscribers get special privileges whereby they are exempt from the points tax?
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Hi mate, I have been playing this game for 13 years and I don't share your concern. I find the weight control has been the same the entire time - that's why muscle memory has allowed me to control my shots so well. I do know what you mean about the power gauge jumping sometimes, and frankly that's not the game's fault but your wifi lagging. Yes it is frustrating when it happens, but I don't believe the game is causing it. Try playing around with different wifi connections and see if that helps.

Also I believe it may be a little worse if you play the game on your phone but I feel like that's true of any game, where the stability will be better with a locked-in power source and/or connection.

FOD didn't pay their bills... lol

Good suggestions. I made a request in the curling forum weeks ago about implementing an historical head-to-head tracker. Say where you can see in the past how many games all-time you have won and lost against a specific player. I know this would take up a lot of memory, so maybe not tracking each game's respective score but just the result of the game. So if I am playing "player1_" I can see that over the years I have played 4 matches against this player, and overall am 3-1 against him. It could show the dates too, depending on how much memory this would take. 

Not sure if this is feasible, but is a neat idea for seeing alltime records against friends on here. 

Hey,

Yes I do. When ends are set, such as a 4-end game, only the game result counts. This is due to the Elo system making it more difficult for points to change hands the higher the overall score is. So since 4 ends were set, a result of 4-0 will be awarded to the winner. To avoid this, you can set ends as "any" ; this makes it more interesting because 4 ends are not guaranteed and you will have to agree to 4 with your opponent and hope they do not "run" when they get ahead.

As for the result being 4-6, I have noticed in the information page the scores are doubled (2x) what the actual score in the game was. I have no idea why. So since your score was a 2-3 loss, the score shows 4-6. But points wise, it is AS IF the final score was 4-0.

Hope this helps.

Many people on here have never curled a day in their life. They see this game as being more tactical and do not understand real curling strategy. And get mad when their strategy can't work because of hits.

I think it is just delayed. The server is down right now and when this happens game results are delayed. I am not sure if it would not record a result at all, but just check again tomorrow when the server is back up and it should be there.

I like the idea of making this a feature for only subscribers. But make it inclusive so subscribers can see match results with all opponents, not just matches with other subscribers. So it's like in a match between a subscriber and non-subscriber, the subscriber can see previous head-to-head against their non-subscriber opponent, but their non-subscriber opponent cannot see that same head-to-head. Putting this in might even get me to subscribe again... :)

Yes exactly I know it is not currently in the game. But question is WHY is it not possible. Not good enough programmers on here?

Hello,

I have suggestion for adding to players "Info". Is it possible to add a feature to search up a player in info and see historical records of games against this one player? Say I am Player1 and I want to see my historical record against Player2 (e.g. I am 6-4 - 6 wins 4 losses - lifetime over 10 games against Player2). Even if it only shows like the past 10 games against the other player. I think it would be cool for players to be reminded of past games and see records of one player against another over the years.

Let me know if this is possible, moderators and developers. Thank you.

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You know it's odd but I am noticing the same thing. Maybe I am just playing bad... not sure. Lol

Glad to hear you are doing alright Jock. We are fortunate to have you back! Stay healthy and rest up.
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Best of luck Jock. Take care.

Hi, there are two ways to go about rating calculations. Ever since the rating system switched a few years ago it's different (better in my opinion) than it was.

Option #1: As you see in your match history it is always recorded as one game, with the result being a win or loss (+ or -) with the number of ends (2, 4, 6, 8, 10) AS LONG AS the original number of ends was set. This does not apply for the *ANY* amount of set ends feature. For the rating calculator, enter the game as a one-end match, with the final score being as shown in the info. So, if I am rated 400 playing another 400-rated player, and I win a 6-end game 7-4, I enter the result as +6 (win, followed by number of ends) for me and 0 for the opponent. My rating increases to 422, and the opponent drops to 378.

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Newfoundland is correct, as is your experiment. Max weight is very inconsistent because in real life, one cannot consistently throw max weight push takeouts and expect to hit the target repeatedly. It's very much a gamble. 

Throwing takeouts at speeds in the yellow/orange zone of the speed meter are excellent to master because they are consistent and do not change. Same with even upper green area. The weight is high enough to remove plenty of rocks, but low enough to be controlled. 

^I swear...

I love takeouts. Unless absolutely necessary, never use max weight. Condition your trigger finger to release in between green draw and red max, so like in the yellow area. From there you will need to learn the curl on the ice to approximate how much you need. 

For a normal takeout that's 90% weight (I like those), the broom should be just off the edge of the outside of the rock in order to achieve an inside roll. For a nose hit, go a little further out. 

If you have questions challenge me sometime, I'll help you.

@ TheRake

I know full well takeouts are part of a curling game. I'm differentiating between real and online curling - or maybe I should have specified that. 
In online curling, ice conditions do not change. In online curling, your max power is found by holding and not releasing the mouse.
In real curling, ice conditions change. In real curling, your max power is a fast slide with you can still have control of. 
Either way, you control the weight you throw and where the rock is going to go. It doesn't matter what rock of the end it is.

It's better to win by skill and not use max weight takeouts, since anyone is capable of holding a mouse and not releasing it. Any takeout on any shot will do what you want it to do if you can coordinate your weight release and sweeping. 

Literally transporting lol all over his info and game history. Can we get some mods on this...