Kevin Pacey wrote on Thu, Apr 26, 2018 09:56 AM UTC:
Hi Fergus
Note I did put a late, second, edit to my previous post, mentioning the small distinction that we're talking about specific userid's rather than specific players. I made this distinction since it's possible (and evident in some cases already on GC's ratings list) that people can have more than one userid, hence more than one Game Courier rating. While presumably it would be tough to prevent this if desired, starting a new rating from scratch at least does not guarentee a player he will get a higher one after many games (a long time ago, it may be worth noting, the Chess Federation of Canada allowed a given player to at least once effectively destroy his existing rating and begin again from scratch, perhaps for a $ price).
Hi Fergus
Note I did put a late, second, edit to my previous post, mentioning the small distinction that we're talking about specific userid's rather than specific players. I made this distinction since it's possible (and evident in some cases already on GC's ratings list) that people can have more than one userid, hence more than one Game Courier rating. While presumably it would be tough to prevent this if desired, starting a new rating from scratch at least does not guarentee a player he will get a higher one after many games (a long time ago, it may be worth noting, the Chess Federation of Canada allowed a given player to at least once effectively destroy his existing rating and begin again from scratch, perhaps for a $ price).