<h2>About the ratings</h2>
- <p>The rating system is a modified Glicko 1 variant, adjusted for teams
- (with some ideas from Microsoft's TrueSkill system) and non-binary results.
- For those not familiar with these ratings, the most important parts are:</p>
+ <p>The rating system in use is called <em>FoosRank</em>, and is specially
+ designed for this system. It is a Bayesian rating system, inspired by
+ Glicko 1 but re-worked out from scratch with a statistically sound model
+ of non-binary results, and adjusted for teams (with some ideas from
+ Microsoft's TrueSkill system). For those not familiar with Bayesian
+ ratings, the most important parts are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Your rating is a <em>statistical estimation</em> of your true skill.