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Game Courier Ratings. Calculates ratings for players from Game Courier logs. Experimental.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Originally I wrote, in part: 'For a player's rating to rise or fall while sitting on his (or her) laurels seems terrible to me.' However, in the 4 hours that have since then passed I have reversed my hasty opinion (obviously biased by years under the USCF Rating system). Anyway, since we are talking about a player's playing strength in relation to other player's playing strenghts,[an ever changing field of relative values] then in that light a static [or frozen rating] just isn't realistic... and is not a valid number for comparison. So, by further thought I have crossed the fence to Fergus's side of the ratings camp. I still don't like the idea of fun-games and experimental games getting thrown into the equation, but I guess we have to start somewhere. So, in closing, thank you Fergus for all the effort you are putting into this. I am sure it will turn out well and be valued over time.