Unrated participants should not be shown in the official standings for Div. 2

Revision ru2, by phyzzmat, 2019-08-18 22:18:57

In many rounds, nearly half of the top-10 (or even more) is occupied by unrated newly-registered accounts. For instance, three out of five winners of Div. 2 today were unrated before the round. Since the potential rating of such people is much higher than the maximum Div. 2 threshold, I believe it would be fair to exclude unrated accounts from the official standings table.

One can be 90+% sure that these accounts are not first accounts, but smurfs.

All in all, I think it would be much more interesting to see real Div. 2 participants, who improved enough to achieve high results, among winners in the standings table and round announcements, instead of one-day accounts created by masters and grandmasters.

What is your opinion on this issue?

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ru2 Russian phyzzmat 2019-08-18 22:18:57 87
en2 English phyzzmat 2019-08-18 22:17:40 87
en1 English phyzzmat 2019-08-18 22:16:20 747 Initial revision for English translation
ru1 Russian phyzzmat 2019-08-18 22:12:48 747 Первая редакция (опубликовано)