Adam, you can change, experiment etc all you want. Without u'r genius i wouldn't be making new friends & having a good time playing the game. Thank you for all your work.
ollie

The nature of the points algorithm appears to be that lower ratings lose more when higher ratings gain less. I forgot to pay attention whether the converse is true - whether those with lower ratings also gain more when higher ratings lose less. That's probably what leads to the phenomenon you note on a game by game basis, but I _believe_ that it all evens out in the end. I wouldn't mind seeing the situation normalized so that everything equals zero on a per-game basis, either. ~ sleepwalks

I use Firefox here and see the plus and minuses fine. I love ALL the changes! Thank you so much!

What messes up the ratings is when new players come along and are actually quite good, but it's going to take them quite a while to get up to a ranking that accurately reflects their skill level. Some players may never get there because they'll never play enough. I feel like the starting rank should be a little higher than it is. Somewhere in the pink zone perhaps. The more popular this site becomes and the more players join up, the more this becomes an issue. I've been losing lots more points lately because of this dynamic -- usually later at night to newcomers who are actually at the same skill level as me, but are ranked much lower.