Hello, I just joined OGS today, and I am a little confused about something. When I go to my profile, it says that I am about 9kyu (which is correct). However, when you look at my name, where there should be a rank, it shows a question mark. I thought that maybe this is because OGS thinks I haven’t played enough ranked games yet, but below my name it still shows that I am about 1369, which is the alternative ranking system. What’s going on here? Thanks.
Even unranked players technically have a rank - everyone starts at 1150 +/- 350 (~12k).
This provides an interesting way to sandbag without sandbagging - just make an account, and never play a ranked game!
Your rating is 1303 ± 165. After you play more games, the uncertainty (165) will become low enough so that your rank appears next to your profile name.
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This happens below 160 uncertainty, so very likely after 1 or 2 more ranked games
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thank you
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