How NOT to select players with the question mark rank?

[espoojaram]

Yes, it’s similar to the proposal we ended up settling on when we discussed it recently:

@paisley

I think all this is shaping up to be a pretty good set of improvements to the status quo, if I understand the suggestions:

1. Show “?” players ranks as “?” everywhere, so they aren’t discouraged by incorrect notions about their rank falling, or who “should” be their strength peers.
2. Allow ranked matches between any rank, so that new players can immediately start playing whoever they think is appropriate. (A form of “self-identifying” strength, I suppose.)
3. Some kind of “beginner room” system to show beginners the ropes. Either a new system, or bolted onto the existing groups system or whatever, which would probably be easier to implement.