EloReputation

A system for allowing players to hand out reputation points to each other.

This project, its API, documentation, etc. is/are in active development, and thus no stability is guaranteed. Refer to the LICENSE for more information.

Installation

Our releases follow the Semantic Versioning standard, and can be found here.

1. Download the latest release from the releases page.
   Note: The latest release is not necessarily the one that EdgeGamers is using. We pull the latest build from main, which is typically ahead of the latest release.
2. Extract the contents of the downloaded archive to your server's addons/counterstrikesharp/plugins/EloReputation directory.
3. Configure the plugin/EloReputation/EloReputation.json file. Of importance is the DatabaseConnectionString field. This field should be set to the connection string of your MySQL database. The plugin will not work without this.
   Example: "DatabaseConnectionString": "server=localhost;database=eloreputation;user=root;password=;port=3306;"

Features

Reputation System

As of this writing, there is one reputation system, which keeps track of who has given reputation to whom. Additional support of reputation systems is planned, but not guaranteed.

• Harmonic Reputation System
  • All players start with a reputation of 0.
  • When a player does css_up on a target, that player's reputation increases by \sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{1}{i}, where n is the number of times the player has commended the target.
  • Similarly, when a player does css_down on a target, that player's reputation decreases by \sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{1}{i}, where n is the number of times the player has condemned the target.
  • Thus, the stats tracked are who has given (distinct positive/negative) reputation to whom.
• Simple Reputation System
  • All players start with a reputation of 0.
  • A player doing css_up on another player will increase the target player's reputation by 1.
  • A player doing css_down on another player will decrease the target player's reputation by 1.
  • Thus, the stats tracked are each individual player's reputation.
• ELO Reputation System
  • All players start with some default ELO value.
  • A player doing css_up on another player will increase the target player's ELO by some amount.
  • A player doing css_down on another player will decrease the target player's ELO by some amount.
  • The amount by which the ELO changes is determined with the ELO Expected Score formula.
    
  • Thus, the stats tracked are each individual player's ELO.

Commands

<> denotes a required argument, [] denotes an optional argument.

• css_up <player> -
• css_down <player>
• css_reputation [player]
• css_top

Configurable Cooldowns

To discourage abuse, and encourage thoughtful reputation distribution, there are two cooldowns in place. Refer to the

Map Cooldown resets on map change.

• On map change, all players are given a number of reputation points depending on the config.

Periodic Cooldown increments every 5 minutes.

• When a player first joins, they are alloted a number of reputation points depending on the config.
• When a player does css_up or css_down, they are deducted one reputation point.
• Every 5 minutes, all players are given a reputation point, up to the maximum allowed by the config.

Consequently, you can set both short-burst and long-term cooldowns.

Example Configuration

{
  "DatabaseConnectionString": "server=localhost;database",
  "DatabaseTablePrefix": "eloreputation_",
  "EloGrantedPerMap": {
    "": 1,
    "@css/generic": 2,
    "@css/chat": 3,
    "@css/voice": 3,
    "@css/ban": 4,
    "@css/root": 99
  },
  "MaxPeriodicElo" {
    "": 1,
    "@css/generic": 1,
    "@css/chat": 1,
    "@css/voice": 2,
    "@css/ban": 2,
    "@css/root": 5
  }
}