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Rank discrimination
Posted by
phatcat
6 Nov 2003 7:48am
Why don't players with higher ranking play those players with lower rankings?
I have tried to play games with players with rankings of 1600 and up and they never accept a game.
Rank discrimination
Posted by
10 Nov 2003 1:46am
The reason is very simple. A higher ranked player has more to lose than a lower ranked player. I think it's unfortunate but that's the way they set it up. I play lower ranked players but only unrated games. I tried playing rated games but get a beating if I lose. Then its a long way to climb up again.
Rank discrimination
Posted by
(VIP) 10 Nov 2003 10:39pm
The ranking system is almost irrelevant. For one thing people play non-ranked games against weaker opponents which makes it very difficult to move up. More significantly, a lot of the money players lose non-money games on purpose to fool prospective opponents into believing they are not as good as they really are.
Money games and non-money games should be ranked separately and non-ranked games should not be allowed.
gammonking
Posted by
G_Unit666
(VIP) 26 Nov 2003 9:37pm
i'll destroy you all
rank,yank,wank
Posted by
jdoe555
(VIP) 27 Feb 2004 12:28am
wins/games means more.
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