on 'deserving' your rating

[ftangredi]

 A number of people who have had good tournaments recently have questioned here whether they 'deserve' their rating.

A rating is not Platonic. Your ideal rating is not floating in the heavens somewhere.

The ratings are self-defining. They are based on their own set of criteria. Your rating at any given point is defined only by those criteria and are

Comments

[sr_orangepants]

I'm going to have to take a page out of the ididjonassalk playbook here. I amend what I said in my recent AC post slightly. I should be rated 14 points higher than I currently am. ;)

[ftangredi]

Why? You don't deserve it!

[sr_orangepants]

In case you missed it...

My current rating: 1631
Your current rating: 1644

Do the math. :)

[ftangredi]

Okay, in that case.

I DON'T DESERVE IT!

Here's the math:

[jigsawn]

ftangredi:

Total games played: 2167
Tournaments played: 215
Division one firsts: 23 (and that's not including winning the A division at BAT which qualified him for Premier the following year)

sr_orangepants

Total games played: 335
Tournaments played: 33
Division one firsts: zero

No, winning lower divisions doesn't count. Thanks for playing.

Simpler Math

[sr_orangepants]

Tolerance for good-natured ribbing: Zero? Dude, don't get your boxers in a bunch.

Re: Simpler Math

[ftangredi]

Dude, don't make my journal the occasion to speculate on the condition of anyone's boxers! I don't wanna know!

Re: Simpler Math

[crosstables]

Uhm, yeah. wtf?

Re: Here's the math:

[anendlessnight]

Dude, this was slightly over the top. You weren't even the one being teased lol.

Re: Here's the math:

[jigsawn]

You go after my boy, Frankie, I go after you. :)

For it to be "good-natured ribbing" there has to be some element of humor in it. I looked back, and I still see absolutely nothing funny in what sr_orangepants wrote. Maybe I need to learn how to take a joke, or maybe he needs to learn how to tell one.

Making Peace

[ftangredi]

For the record, I accepted Jason's comments in the bantering spirit in which they were intended.

However, since David THOUGHT I was being attacked in a mean-spirited way, I heartily appreciate his coming to my defense.

Sometimes what happens is that people establish a certain joking relationship in person and, when they try to carry it online, other people misunderstand. It's happened before, and it will happen again.

Re: Here's the math:

[anendlessnight]

Or maybe you're missing a large part of the story and running with it anyway?