Can the TrueSkill ranking system identify cheaters?
No. The only thing the TrueSkill ranking system can do is to track the plausibility of game outcomes. If you happen to play a lot of games whose outcomes are not very plausible, then this could raise concerns about you. But it could also mean that you are a very adaptive player whose skill is growing faster than the TrueSkill ranking system anticipated. And the last thing you want to be called then is a cheater! Q: Can you please extend the rank calculator to more than 8 players? We are running a league and we would like to use TrueSkill to rank players on results based on player matches between our members. Some Xbox 360 games allow more than 8 players in non-ranked matches. A: No, we have currently no plans to extend the rank calculator to more than 8 players; the user interface becomes significantly more difficult and would need a complete re-design to cope with this much information. We may revise this decision and we will let you know. However, if you only want to rank 2 team game
