Ranking system is BROKEN

[shinuito]

@BadukAlpha

I thought in the previous updates, OGS ranked games are only allowed if the 2 players have a difference in ranks less than 9?

I think it was the opposite, after a previous update this restriction was removed.

@dexonsmith

2. Allow all players to play ranked games with any opponent

The existing system disallows ranked games with an opponent whose rank difference is more than 9 stones away. This is particularly frustrating for beginners, who are currently dropped in at ~12kyu but a strength of ~25kyu. Even outside of that, it seems like an arbitrary restriction.

I think we’re a good bit on from that proposal now (allowing players to choose their entry level, and removing rank restrictions) that it could be interesting to see if there has been any positive or negative effects generally of those proposals.