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mikemate 23-Jan-19, 19:44	Rating Floor How many players on your team are generally at or near their rating floor? Often a player is on the rating floor due to many timeouts. Sometimes a player is on their rating floor because they had a long winning streak, and even avoiding resigning some lost games to achieve a new high rating on Gameknot. On Kings of the Castle we have two players on their rating floor and they are at a disadvantage for team play. Their average ratings are actually higher than they should be. Do you know how the rating floor drops?
goldentweety 23-Jan-19, 20:47	My rating for dropped I was sick for a while and I could not hold on to my 2400 rating I dropped to my floor. After 90 days my floor was readjusted
mikemate 23-Jan-19, 20:49	Okay, but the readjust was because your rating did not exceed 30 points during a 90 day period?
mikemate 23-Jan-19, 22:22	Your rating floor was 2200 and your rating did not exceed 2230 for a 90 day period? That was because you were inactive? For an active player it is very hard to stay within that 30 points which automatically drops the rating floor. That is the dilemma for the two players on my team.
king_0_nothing 30-Jan-19, 19:54	Rating floor: to calculate one's rating floor, subtract 200 from the player's highest rating, and then round down to the nearest hundred. If the player's rating falls below their rating floor, it will be reset to be equal to the rating floor (i.e. it can never fall below the floor). Rating floor has no effect during the first 20 rated games (i.e. during the provisional rating period). The rating floor is automatically reduced by 100 points when player's rating stays within 30 points of their rating floor for 90 days. Goldentweety's rating didn't exceed 2230 from the 1st of June to the 23rd of November. That was more than enough time for his floor to drop. It is a harsh system, but large rating swings are uncommon. They might want to take some time away from Gameknot to allow their floor to readjust.
mikemate 30-Jan-19, 19:59	I told one to not play rated games and no team games. So far he is okay after about 80 days. The other player and I have a language barrier but I may contact his son. It is a very harsh system. A player has a hot streak and does not resign any lost games and even slow plays them, all in an effort to achieve his/her all time high rating … and then pay the price with the floor.
mikemate 30-Jan-19, 20:07	jljusto JJ, Has he gone past 90 days below 1530? I think so but his floor has not dropped. Correct? Should I contact Gameknot?
mikemate 30-Jan-19, 20:16	Sigh, forget it. He may never understand. I gauge his true strength is mid to high 1400's.
5imon 30-Jan-19, 23:41	mikemate He was above 1530 on Dec 3, so it's only been 59 days. He's been as high as 1700 in the past, so it's hard to imagine his true strength is only mid to high 1400s. He's obviously capable when playing his best.
mikemate 31-Jan-19, 00:15	If a player has 40 games and winning 20 but losing 20 the rating should stay about the same. However, if that player moved quickly in his winning games and very slowly in his losing games you may see the "spike" in rating as did jljusto (twice). If his true playing strength is over 1500 he wouldn't always be on his floor. The rating floor has the affect of keeping the player's average ratings artificially higher than actual strength.
king_0_nothing 01-Feb-19, 11:37	It looks like his magic number is March 3rd. He would need to keep is rating below 1530 until that date for his floor to drop. I doubt gameknot will make any special considerations for this, but you can always try.
king_0_nothing 01-Feb-19, 11:39	If it helps with communication, you could send what you want to say to me and I can ask my wife to translate for you. It would be a different dialect but probably better than google.
mikemate 12-Mar-19, 06:15	jljusto has a 1400 rating floor now.
mikemate 03-May-19, 10:48	JJ, the other player is from Poland.

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