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Christine Bagley-Jones wrote on Wed, Jan 11, 2006 04:05 PM UTC:
well if you don't play games Michael, your rating will drop :)
looks like mine will be dropping too he he. (i'm kinda a little shocked
by that)
not that i really care but, i must be bored, but doesn't that mean, if
you have two players that have a 'true' rating (played many rated games)
of 1500, and one of them is inactive for a bit, therefore rating drops, now
if these players play, it will be a game between 2 players where one is
higher rated than the other, where in reality, it should be a game between
equals ... wouldn't that distort ratings after outcome?
another thing, fair amount of games played are more in the spirit of
TESTING OUT A VARIANT, more than anything else. i agree with those that
said that only 'tournament games' should be rated, unless people agree
otherwise beforehand.
as far as 1500 vs 3000, and 1500 rises 750 points if wins, surely that is
too much. i agree that 3000 player should not drop 'heavily'
finally (yawn), are we going to see people less likely to put up a
challenge because of fear of someone much less rated accepting?
will this lead to 'behind the scenes' arranging of games? 
if a vote was taken, would more people want ratings than not?
sorry for length, just adding food for thought.

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