# LaTeX Title Options (Pick Your Sass Level)

## Option 1: The Carry Problem
**"The Carry Problem: A Rating System That Finally Accounts for Your Terrible Doubles Partner"**

*Vibe:* Funny, relatable, speaks directly to the v2 innovation (effective opponent)
*Subtitle works:* "How I built a rating system that accounts for whether your partner is holding you back (or you are)"

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## Option 2: Self-Deprecating Journey
**"I Needed to Know How Bad I Actually Was: Building a Pickleball Rating System That Doesn't Lie"**

*Vibe:* Personal narrative, self-aware, honest
*Works well because:* Sets up the journey (you built this to figure out the truth about yourself)
*Subtitle option:* "And why your doubles partner isn't the problem (probably)"

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## Option 3: The Maximum Sass
**"No More Excuses: A Mathematically Rigorous Rating System for Blaming Your Partner"**

*Vibe:* Cheeky, acknowledges the real reason people care about ratings
*Subtitle:* "(Or Finally Admitting It Might Be You)"
*Best for:* Opening with humor but delivering rigor

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## Option 4: The Honest Take
**"How Bad Am I, Actually? A Rating System for People Who Need to Know"**

*Vibe:* Vulnerable, funny, direct
*Works because:* Everyone who uses a rating system wants to know this
*Subtitle:* "Plus, does my partner actually suck? (Math says...)"

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## Option 5: The Clever One
**"The Carry Problem: When Your Rating Doesn't Match Your Ego"**

*Vibe:* Self-aware sass, speaks to a real problem
*Best for:* Rec players who know exactly what you mean
*Full title with subtitle:* 
```
The Carry Problem: When Your Rating Doesn't Match Your Ego
A Mathematically Principled Rating System for Pickleball 
(That Finally Accounts for Whether Your Partner Sucks)
```

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## My Recommendation

Go with **Option 5** with this structure:

### Main Title:
**"The Carry Problem: When Your Rating Doesn't Match Your Ego"**

### Subtitle:
**"A Mathematically Principled Approach to Rating Pickleball Players (And Proving Whether Your Partner Is Holding You Back)"**

### Authors:
Split (Implementation) & Dane Sabo (System Design)

**Why this works:**
- Opens with the pain point everyone relates to (the carry)
- Funny and self-aware
- The subtitle delivers the rigor + the hook
- "The Carry Problem" is specific to pickleball (team sport aspect)
- Sets up the v2 innovation beautifully: the system DOES account for partner strength
- Sassy but not mean-spirited

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## Alternative (If You Want Maximum Cheeky):

**Main:** "No More Excuses: A Mathematician's Guide to Blaming Your Partner (With Proof)"

**Subtitle:** "Building a Rigorous Rating System for Recreational Pickleball"

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## For the Table of Contents:

Whichever title you pick, the abstract can be:

> "This paper addresses a critical gap in recreational pickleball: a rating system that distinguishes between your skill and your partner's ability to carry you. We redesign the Glicko-2 system with three key improvements: per-point expected value scoring, corrected rating distribution, and a personalized 'effective opponent' formula for doubles. The result is a mathematically principled system that is brutally honest about your actual skill level—and whether your partner really is the problem."

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## What I'll Update

Just tell me which title you want and I'll:
1. Update the LaTeX document title page
2. Update the abstract 
3. Commit the change with a clean message
4. Everything else stays the same

**My vote:** Option 5 (The Carry Problem) — it's got sass, it's specific to the sport, and it perfectly sets up why v2's effective opponent formula matters.

What's your pick? 🎾
