DUPLICATE

What is duplicate?

The great thing about duplicate is that eliminates the luck involved in the classical game. There is no limit about number of players who can play the game. You can play it alone or there can be 100 players.

All players have the same board and the same rack. Their is a fixed amount of time for each round. During this time all players are trying to find their highest play. When the round ends the highest play found is placed on each board and players are getting new tiles. The points made by your play will be add to your score. The game continues until the tiles are over. The player who has the highest total score wins the game.

How to play duplicate

There is a duplicate game for each dictionary. Each duplicate game has its own channel where you can see when a new game starts and other announcements regarding the game. Join channel 3 if you are a TWL player, 4 - for SOWPODS, 5 - for LOC2000 and 6 - for ODS. To join channel 3 use: channel +3.

To join a game type djoin . The rules are simple make your highest play and click DONE button. You can make multiple plays until the time for a round ends but only your last play counts.

To see the other players involved in duplicate, click Standings button. It will show you the players sorted by scores. The TOP column in this panel shows the number of best plays found by each player.

The rating system in duplicate

Each player has a duplicate rating. To get a rating when you play duplicate you must have over 3 valid plays. If you have , your rating is calculated after the formula : 2000 * your_score / top_score. So, if you did 60% of top's score you will get 60% of top's rating. This is your rating for a specific game. Your new duplicate rating will be the average rating of your last 10 games excepting the game with the worst result.

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