Winky's 1v1 ELO Room

[Winky]

Hi everyone,

Just to keep you all updated, the following features have been coded into the bot since initial launch (some are already pushed to the current room, some not yet):
 

1. ELO Categories/Tiers - each with its own colour - thanks @Vipa for creating the table (found on the ELO page: https://hbanz.org/forum/elo.php)
   
2. In-game team colours to also be applied accordingly, based on the players ELO Tier
   
3. Recording match statistics - database and the upload code created and tested, and a separate page for this was also made but not yet launched
   
4. Replays will also be recorded in the match statistics table - minor fixes still to be made
   
5. Enhanced ELO page with drop-down/expandable tables for Rules, Tiers, Calculator and Replays
   
6. Limited the maximum accepted challenges a player can have to 2 (if you are currently in a game that has just started, you can accept the third one.. so I think this is enough to prevent huge queues)
   
7. AFK time reduced from 45 seconds to 30 seconds, with the warning after 20 seconds
   
8. Possession statistics recorded and calculated
   
9. Draws added at the 5 minute mark, with +0 change to either player
   

Pending updates we are working on:
 

1. Clicking on a player on ELO pages should filter to show all of the matches they have played, along with the match results and replays
   
2. Adding possession to match stats page (currently recorded but to be uploaded to the database)
   
3. Further testing to be done with draws/players leaving. There were cases of people suddenly getting -37 ELO, so need to make sure this never happens in the final version
   
4. As Jad suggested, I will reduce the ELO gradually (maybe not as much as 10 points a day but more like 1 per day) for inactivity, and reward some based on games played
   
5. ELO will be reset when all of the above has been ironed out
   
6. Chats do not show in the replays during testing, this is due to the !mute function which bypasses the global chat. I will have to remove this feature (I don't think people use it anyway) to enable us to see chats in the recordings
   

I think the ELO formula will remain the same. To me it seems fair and motivates players to score more goals than settle for a 1-0 win, especially if their rating is above the others as their gain will be small.

Thanks @jad for the feedback and suggestions. I encourage others to also feel free to suggest updates they would like to see (additional stats, bot commands, etc.). I've seen some creative bot features in other rooms that would be nice to see in ours (that are not abusable of course).

- Winkiz