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Gears of War 2's ranking system explained
Joystiq [Xbox] — Filed under: News, Gears of War 2After hearing about gamers' anger and general confusion surrounding Gears of War 2's online ranking system, team Epic has come to the rescue by explaining how the whole ranking thing works. According to Gears community manager SixOkay, the Gears 2 ranking system strictly uses Microsoft's TrueSkill which is was created using chess' ELO rating system. This means that ranks aren't calculated strictly by points or kills, instead a rank is determined by your wins and losses AND whether or not you were favored to win the match. Also, the five different ...

Epic explains Gears 2's ranking system
Joystiq — Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action Don't understand the Gears of War 2 rank system? Trust us, you are totally not alone. To alleviate some confusion, Gears 2 Community Manager SixOkay (guessing that's a pseudonym) has outlined how the game's ...

Epic explains Gears of War 2's abstract ranking system
Destructoid — Ever wondered what exactly those little symbols next to peoples' names are in Gears of War 2 lobbies? Well, you have probably worked out that they are rank icons, but the fact that you've played loads of matches and it hasn't changed is probably bothering you. It seems to have bothered a few people, which is why Epic has had to explain it. The little symbol by your name is based upon your TrueSkill rating. TrueSkill assesses your wins and your losses and then decided how adept a player you are. What it also does is use statistical history to predict who should win and who should lose a ...

Epic Explains 'Gears of War 2' Ranking System
G4 TV - TheFeed — For those of you wondering what the ranks next to a player's name in Gears of War 2 multiplayer mean, Epic is here to explain everything. Turns out, the system is much smaller than the ranking systems in Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4. There are 5 ranks (see picture), which are determined by Microsoft's TrueSkill system. There are two hard and fast rules: Rank is only affected by Public Xbox LIVE matchmaking games. It is not affected by Horde or Private games. Quitting games early will lower your rank. The actual ranking is based on a player's expectations in a game ...

Gaming Gibs for 11/20/2008
Gaming Nexus — by: Charles Husemann NEWS - Here are a few things I missed watching bears play hockey: Bungie advises against installing Halo 3 to your hard drive MTV digs up the most popular Xbox 360 DLC by title, free stuff surprising at the top of a lot of lists Capcom wins Dead Rising lawsuit, Romero to eye Left 4 Dead next Google Lively to be much less lively after 12/31 Apple once again pins it's hope on video games, FAIL sensor pegged People using smartphones more for ...