All new players should be ranked via bot

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@Kaworu_Nagisa

I don’t recall saying that, and I had hoped that my reputation wasn’t that shoddy that one would expect me to think that.

Then I apologise for misrepresenting your viewpoint. However I do feel that since I am primarily the only person suggesting that there could be any downside to “just letting beginners pick a beginner rank” that it is hard to interpret

@Kaworu_Nagisa

It really just sounds like OGS

in any other context, given the current direction of the discussion. [Edit: my point would be you’ve given no context to this comment at all.]

@Kaworu_Nagisa

I don’t think that statement is wild and “out of left field”, as I can recall many complaints and attempts to convince OGS to allow beginners to select their rank over the years.

Indeed, I’m sure it has come up before and will continue to.

However I think @flovos point elsewhere is relevant

Glicko-2 does not require accounts to start at 12 kyu. So why do we do that?

If match making is the problem, why fiddle with the ranking system? Glicko has no restrictions for match making.

and to reiterate - why should one change the rating system (allow a new or multiple entry points) if one just wants or might be happy with a different matchmaking system for beginners?