Author: blass uri
Date: 06:46:06 06/30/99
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On June 30, 1999 at 08:52:59, Peter McKenzie wrote: >On June 30, 1999 at 08:27:30, blass uri wrote: > >>I think that there should be competitions when everyone must agree to play >>everyone. >> >>Rating of players should be based *only* on the results of these competitions. >> >>players who refuse to compete for a long time should have no rating. >>players who win a competition(except the winner of the strongest competition) >>can play next time in a competition of better rated players when players who >>lose will play next time in a competition of worse players. > >I don't like this idea, and fortunately it has zero chance of happening: > >People pay good money to play on ICC, having your rating calculated is a valued >part of the service provided. The rules you suggest would obviously make it >much less convenient for the majority of people to play rated games, therefore >they would be less likely to shell out their subscription money. Hmm, I wonder >if the nice folks at ICC want to drastically decrease their income? It is possible to have 2 rating systems. The reason for my idea is that I find that the rating is misleading if people can avoid playing specific opponents. Uri
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