@CheeseBerry said in map-based rating:
someone wants to game the system by hosting a clone of Gap that's not tagged correctly, he doesn't gain anything.
If a player has a lower rating in global than he does "gap" maps, he gets to play the game with a lower rating than he actually should have if he chooses a different version. This is understandably a big problem.
@CheeseBerry said in map-based rating:
You only need to worry about the dozen or so most commonly played maps and their derivatives, to cover >90% of games played
This might be fine for setons but the map usage will shift away from the "most played" versions as more and more people figure out how to game the system.
Alternatively, you can upload a similar map to the main version with a different name and some minor changes and continue to play the map without the system or statistics.
I do think showing a game count (showing what percentage of your total games played are on this map) is a good universal addition seperate from any map based repeat-penalty systems. But again, people on Gap and astro will probably circumvent it.