Rating Players

Ratings help QuiteEven build teams with similar overall strength. They are relative to the other players in your team, so consistency matters more than finding a universally “correct” number.

Who can do this? Team owners and administrators can view and edit player ratings. Regular members cannot change ratings.

Understand the rating scale

The player editor uses a scale from 1000 to 1800 in steps of 25. A missing rating is treated as 1200.

Use these descriptions as a starting point:

  • 1000 — Developing: Currently below the team average.
  • 1200 — Typical: Average for this team and the default starting value.
  • 1350 — Dependable: Above average for this roster.
  • 1500 — Very strong: Often influences the result.
  • 1700–1800 — Exceptional: Among the strongest players on this roster.

These are not permanent labels. If most players improve together, their relative order may stay the same even though the team as a whole has become stronger.

Rate a player

  1. Open your team and go to Members.
  2. Find the player and select the pencil-shaped Edit member button.
  3. Choose the player's Preferred Position.
  4. Under Position ratings, enable every position or format the player genuinely plays.
  5. Move each rating slider to the appropriate value.
  6. Select Save.

What happens next? The new values are used the next time teams are generated. Teams that have already been generated do not rearrange themselves when a member rating changes.

Preferred and additional positions

A preferred position is the player's usual role. It is always enabled in the rating editor and cannot be removed.

Enable an additional position only when the player can realistically play it. Give it its own rating rather than copying the preferred-position rating automatically. For example, a hockey player might be rated 1400 as a Forward and 1150 as Defense.

For hockey, QuiteEven may place a flexible player in an enabled alternative position when that produces a fairer lineup. It still favors preferred positions when moving the player would not improve the balance.

For badminton competitions, Singles and Doubles are the ratings that affect matches. Rate both formats even when one is played less often.

A practical calibration method

Use this checklist when rating a new roster:

  1. Pick several steady, middle-of-the-roster players and set them near 1200.
  2. Compare each remaining player with those reference players in the same position or format.
  3. Use differences of 25–50 points for small, noticeable gaps.
  4. Reserve gaps of 150 points or more for clear, repeatable differences in performance.
  5. Review the full list. Players who perform at a similar level should have similar ratings.
  6. Generate teams and observe several sessions before making broad adjustments.

Consider performance that helps a team win: decision-making, consistency, positioning, defense, and teamwork—not only goals or points scored.

Keep ratings useful

  • Rate players against the same team standard, not against unrelated leagues or clubs.
  • Avoid changing a rating after one unusually good or bad performance.
  • Review ratings periodically and make small changes when possible.
  • Rate each position separately when a player's ability differs by role.
  • Update ratings before generating teams for an event.

Tip: Automatic result-based changes are designed to refine a reasonable starting point over time. They do not replace a fair initial assessment.

Warning: Guests use a neutral default rating for team generation and do not have a permanent player profile. Their results never change a member's saved guest rating.

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