@suzianne saidI'm no longer provisional, and my profile does not list me as a rated player. I have posted a query to Russ and await with baited breath the answer, ex cathedra.
Except that RHP's definition of "rated player" is one who has completed 20 games and can now have their games rated, i.e. they are no longer 'provisional', they are now 'rated'.
On HandyAndy's page, he has 6 icons. They are, from left to right: "First move", "Won a game", "1 rated game complete", "3 rated games complete", "Halfway - 10 rated games complete", and finally, ...[text shortened]... get. Once a player subs, then his consecutive years playing is noted by the ribbon icons, instead.
@moonbus said"Once a player subs, then his consecutive years playing is noted by the ribbon icons, instead."
I'm no longer provisional, and my profile does not list me as a rated player. I have posted a query to Russ and await with baited breath the answer, ex cathedra.
You have a subscription.
@handyandy saidand fishbreath will chase away the fish...
You wait with bated breath. Baited breath is for catching fish.
@suzianne saidAndy and I are both subs; his profile shows a ribbon with icons, incl. rated player; mine does not. Why the difference?
"Once a player subs, then his consecutive years playing is noted by the ribbon icons, instead."
You have a subscription.
@moonbus saidIt's because I'm better looking than you.
Andy and I are both subs; his profile shows a ribbon with icons, incl. rated player; mine does not. Why the difference?
Seriously, I let my RHP subscription lapse when I decided to take a hiatus from active chess.
@moonbus saidIt takes a certain character to carry off a ribbon.
Andy and I are both subs; his profile shows a ribbon with icons, incl. rated player; mine does not. Why the difference?