Switch to Unrated with NO PENALTY!

[quinns]

This offer ends this Sunday, February 11, at 12:00 Apolyton Time.

If you wish to change your status in any CTP PBEM Rated game that you are participating in, from RATED to UNRATED, please post here to this thread your intent to do so, stating the Game Name(s) in which you wish to change status to UNRATED. YOU WILL NOT BE PENALIZED FOR THIS SWITCH DURING THIS AMNESTY PERIOD. (Note that only the player that is switching status may post the change notice -- no proxies please.)

Quinns
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[TheBirdMan]

Monkey 2. Unrated please.


DC keeps rated for me even I am at the buttom. It's a challange I can't refuse.

Conquers (also replacement). I stay rated. I know I can do better than what I took over

[Fraze]

Don't rate me in DC pleease. That leave me rated in 2 games, Eagles at war and Midway.

One more would be nice if there are any vacancies or new games.

Quinns, how did this come about ?

Seems a bit of a cop out. Execpt that I started DC over a year ago before the rating system came about.
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[quinns]

Fraze, that's a very good question. The reason for this one time amnesty was because many people were unaware of the severity of joining hopeless games as substitutes and remaining "rated" while doing so.

The severe drop in TheBirdMan's rating due to the triple Dutcheese effect, caused many people to become quite alarmed with their rating and "rated" status in basically "lost" games. I think that this drastic drop was good, in a way, so that people could really see how ratings are truly affected by being in a bad position in a rated game.

I thought the only fair way to remedy this "I didn't know it would be so bad!!" syndrome was to offer this one time amnesty to ALL players for one week.

Fraze is now unrated in Dutcheese.

Please see comments from a different thread below regarding this:

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quinns
Prince
California, USA
Oct 2000

posted February 06, 2001 16:57


Birdman changed to Unrated in Monkey_2.

Please note that this "Unrated Amnesty" offer will never be made again. This is a one time only deal. (I sound
like a used car salesman! )

Solver
CtP/AC PBEM Ladder
Administrator
Latvia, Riga
Sep 2000

posted February 07, 2001 06:03


Quinns, never promise thing like that! You might never know what happens again . But, I really hope we will
not have need in the amnesties too often.

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Solver - http://www.aok.20m.com
quinns
Prince
California, USA
Oct 2000

posted February 07, 2001 13:14


I had to say that Solver, and we "must" follow that in the future. Otherwise the rule becomes a joke. They will
say, "Oh, I see how it works, you give an AMNESTY when your friends are doing poorly in a game, let them get
out unpunished, then re-enforce it when it is convenient for you ... THAT'S NOT FAIR!".

No, we must mean it when we state this "No more amnesties" rule. It is important in maintaining the integrity
of the system.

Quinns

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[Solver]

Quinns,
we might again be getting some Christmas amnesties and others, but I hope this will not happen again for at least 6 months. Good idea, though.
And, I think we really need to start another PBEM game to rate. I just have the feeling that here are some players yet wishing to play in more rated games. What about that?

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Solver - http://www.aok.20m.com

[quinns]

Alright Solver. Sounds good. I would just try to avoid any more amnesties in the future (without a very good reason anyway!)

Sure, new rated games are fine with me, but personally I'm booked solid now (6 is about my max).

Quinns