Help System

NAME
PK Ratings: a rating system to gauge PKers' relative rankings.

SYNOPSIS
PK another player close to your level or above
sayto the incarnation of death "I wish to view my PK rating in my score."
sayto the incarnation of death "I no longer wish to view my PK rating in my
   score."

DESCRIPTION
PK Ratings serve to objectively and quantitatively assess the skills and
abilities of players that choose to PK. Every player has a rating of 1000 by
default, and loses points by dying and gains points by winning. In order for
a PK to be tracked by the rating system, the PKed character's level must be
no lower than 74% lower than the victor's level, and the fight must have
occurred in a Neutral or Chaotic Player Killing room. The system is
zero-sum, meaning that for every point gained by the victor, the loser loses
one. For combatants with ratings between 950-1050, 3 rating points will be
exchanged between victor and loser, provided the loser has any to lose. For
combatants outside of this range, the following algorithm will be used:

   For every 50 point difference between the killer & victim's pk ranking,
   .3+(previous # of iterations) points will be added to the killer and
   subtracted from the victim, along with a fuzzy 1-2 points if the killer
   killed someone with more points.
  
The "+-" is + if the victor had a lower rating than the loser, and vice
versa. To enable the display of a character's PK rating in their score, they
may sayto the incarnation of death "I wish to view my PK rating in my
score.", and say they wish to have it removed in order to do so. With the PK
rating visible in score, the incarnation of death will also illustrate how
many PK rating points have been gained and lost with every PK gained and
suffered, along with the running total.

SEE ALSO
General Combat And PK, PK, Reputation