05 Jun 15
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Originally posted by padger1) it makes nonsense out of the entire rating system, because all I would have to do is always resign before check mate, and my rating would never go down ever again. We'd all be rated over 3000.
What is wrong with my original idea
If they do re-enlist at least they will have to pay a new subscription to do serious damage
2) It doesn't even solve the problem you intended for it to solve! Anyone can lose hundreds of games on purpose; as long as they play every loss to mate, they still can tank their rating and come crush players of your strength in banded tournaments.
05 Jun 15
Originally posted by BigDoggProblemSo
1) it makes nonsense out of the entire rating system, because all I would have to do is always resign before check mate, and my rating would never go down ever again. We'd all be rated over 3000.
2) It doesn't even solve the problem you intended for it to solve! Anyone can lose hundreds of games on purpose; as long as they play every loss to mate, they still can tank their rating and come crush players of your strength in banded tournaments.
sometimes a player has a serious illness or accident; sometimes a player may be called off to a military posting or a civilian posting in a foreign location where internet access is unavailable for a time. in those instances, it's possible for an otherwise steady player to go through a major time out period. this happened to marko krale - second in all time moves - although i have no idea what his personal circumstances were that disrupted his play (it doesn't matter, when you think about it, right?). he actually bombed one time with more than a thousand time outs. it only happened once. would anyone challenge his record of steady play? let's just drop this one in the bin and move on.
05 Jun 15
Originally posted by coquetteFine! Come in here with your compassion and human decency and ruin our little slag thread. See if I care.
sometimes a player has a serious illness or accident; sometimes a player may be called off to a military posting or a civilian posting in a foreign location where internet access is unavailable for a time. in those instances, it's possible for an otherwise steady player to go through a major time out period. this happened to marko krale - second in all time ...[text shortened]... uld anyone challenge his record of steady play? let's just drop this one in the bin and move on.
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06 Jun 15
Originally posted by coquetteexactly ,so why should he lose all the rating points he had earned to some complete accident
sometimes a player has a serious illness or accident; sometimes a player may be called off to a military posting or a civilian posting in a foreign location where internet access is unavailable for a time. in those instances, it's possible for an otherwise steady player to go through a major time out period. this happened to marko krale - second in all time ...[text shortened]... uld anyone challenge his record of steady play? let's just drop this one in the bin and move on.