permanent rating floors (reprise)

Originally posted by padger
I do not agree that it should be permanent it could reduce but at slow rate.As I have already said I once had a purple patch that got me up to 1500 but I could not live with that rating .I would have to leave the site
If the reason is for a floor is for tournaments it would be much better to have all tournaments as banded then if you exceed the rating that you applied for then you would go up to the next band .no brainer

You wouldn't have lived with a 1500+ rating; it would have been 1400.

The reason is more than just a floor for tournaments; it's to keep mass timeouts/resignations from producing underrated players.

I'm also not quite clear on how your so-called 'no brainer' idea actually stops sandbagging in banded tourneys.

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
You wouldn't have lived with a 1500+ rating; it would have been 1400.

The reason is more than just a floor for tournaments; it's to keep mass timeouts/resignations from producing underrated players.

I'm also not quite clear on how your so-called 'no brainer' idea actually stops sandbagging in banded tourneys.

I couldn't have lived with 1400 either
They wouldn't be able to sand bag because if they won all their games their rating would go up and they would be promoted up to the next level on the next round

Originally posted by padger
I couldn't have lived with 1400 either
They wouldn't be able to sand bag because if they won all their games their rating would go up and they would be promoted up to the next level on the next round

You mean that people change tournaments from one round to the next? That would be chaotic, would it not?

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
You mean that people change tournaments from one round to the next? That would be chaotic, would it not?

It would take a bit of organizing but it would stop the sand bagging

Originally posted by padger
It would take a bit of organizing but it would stop the sand bagging

Perhaps, but at too high a cost, IMO. Better to have some sandbagging than a confusing tourney structure.

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Perhaps, but at too high a cost, IMO. Better to have some sandbagging than a confusing tourney structure.

It would not be that difficult
Every tournament would be in bands and in groups of say 10
1000-1200
1201-1400
1401-1600
1601-1800
and so on
Once this was set up it would just follow one after another
You could still have the odd special tourny

Originally posted by padger
It would not be that difficult
Every tournament would be in bands and in groups of say 10
1000-1200
1201-1400
1401-1600
1601-1800
and so on
Once this was set up it would just follow one after another
You could still have the odd special tourny

Nor do I like the idea of forcing EVERY tournament to be designed in the same way. And I also like the idea of allowing wider bands [say 1600 and up for one section, and below 1600 for another. I like having more options in general, not less. I find your proposal constricting.

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Nor do I like the idea of forcing EVERY tournament to be designed in the same way. And I also like the idea of allowing wider bands [say 1600 and up for one section, and below 1600 for another. I like having more options in general, not less. I find your proposal constricting.

Fair enough but it would stop the sand baggers you must see that