- I agree with not having to buy rank, and everyone being automatically ranked according to their performance without having to purchase anything. As a new user, I was very turned off by the whole concept. Rather than encouraging me to play more, it soured the experience.
- I don't support anything that would allow someone to misrepresent the facts (i.e. display anything less than actual rank), which is something that I already don't like about the current system in that people simply don't buy the higher rank thereby misrepresenting themselves. If I really care, I look at the number of games they've played and can quickly figure out that their not a private!
- I don't mind the ability to hide rank. But, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that that was worse, since everyone might simply assume that you're highly ranked and would go after you anyway (if that was what they were predisposed to doing to highly ranked players)
Something that might help would be to include a "Hide all ranks" option in game creation, such that highly ranked people could create their own games in a way that nobody stood out as being high/low/hidden. Wouldn't really help for joining other people's games. But, might be a decent compromise.
Edit: Sorry, didn't see that Hoodlum essentially proposed exactly that. I agree; support blank rank games.
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[li]I agree with not having to buy rank, and everyone being automatically ranked according to their performance without having to purchase anything. As a new user, I was very turned off by the whole concept. Rather than encouraging me to play more, it soured the experience.[/li]
[li]I don't support anything that would allow someone to misrepresent the facts (i.e. display anything less than actual rank), which is something that I already don't like about the current system in that people simply don't buy the higher rank thereby misrepresenting themselves. If I really care, I look at the number of games they've played and can quickly figure out that their not a private![/li]
[li]I don't mind the ability to hide rank. But, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that that was worse, since everyone might simply assume that you're highly ranked and would go after you anyway (if that was what they were predisposed to doing to highly ranked players)[/li]
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Something that might help would be to include a "Hide all ranks" option in game creation, such that highly ranked people could create their own games in a way that nobody stood out as being high/low/hidden. Wouldn't really help for joining other people's games. But, might be a decent compromise.
Edit: Sorry, didn't see that Hoodlum essentially proposed exactly that. I agree; support blank rank games.