Good, DL. I agree on all points, esp. on why a RR system is.
I just want to add something on
userID=1930, who's not the first case I notice on this site.
Joined: 16 Feb 2012, Last visited: Sun 25 Mar
in 39 days he completed 35 games (3 of them with a Resign) + 11 not completed (=CD-Resign). Now, EITHER
- He left the site for some reason: he didn't like Diplomacy although he was able to win/draw 6 games, he got measles and he's stuck in bed...
OR
- He was tired of RR restrictions and opened a new account and who knows how many games he's playing and how he's behaving now.
Both ways are good reasons to put more restrictions on new accounts.
You can't CD a game every 3 days for 40 days, you can't miss 90 phases in 35 games* and carry on just opening a new account that in a couple of days will let you join an infinite number of games.
I'm all for some more restricrions to new accounts. Just find a fair set that doesn't discourage honest newcomers. Discuss?
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*@ sqrg: how would you compute the "chance of NOT missing a phase"?... -157%? LOL
@ Gumers: I'd agree but unfortunately the point is that they already auto-ban themselves. They don't even try to recover their bad rating: they just open a basically-without-limitations new account.