Your own ladder group
Each club or community has its own set of players and matches. Its ladder is separate from other groups on Escalera. An administrator manages the group; players can view its public site without logging in.
Record the play
The administrator adds players and records match results in the admin area. They can correct a result or change the available category selection for their ladder. Changes to the database are saved immediately.
Follow category rankings
Escalera uses Elo ratings to produce team standings. Each category has its own calculation based on the matches that apply to it. A category ranking is therefore not simply a filtered version of one overall list. The available category definitions are set centrally; each group can choose which of those categories to show.
This lets one community include players with different experience levels while giving eligible teams more than one meaningful way to follow their progress. The exact categories available depend on the current system definitions and the group’s selection.
Updated daily, shared simply
Rankings are recalculated and the public ladder is published daily. A new or corrected result appears in the rankings after the next publication, rather than immediately when it is saved. Players use a shareable URL to browse standings, results, teams, and player pages on a phone or computer.