I love the group of posters we have in this thread...
Anyway, I spoke to DaP a few minutes ago and said he couldn't reply until tomorrow so asked me to make a brief explanation - don't shoot the messenger if you don't like what he says and I apologise to DaP if I miss something out or get something wrong:
Basically, he was unwilling to play a game that he knew would yield very few points if he won yet would make him lose many points if he lost just because his opponent decided he was bored with his old account. It was obvious his opponent self-rated because of his "round" rating. If the self-rate system worked properly, (i.e. if the point loss/gain was calculated based on your Self Rating, not your actual rating) then it wouldn't be a problem.
Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand.
I don't care, I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me.
Take me out to the black, tell them I ain't comin' back.
Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
There's no place I can be, since I found Serenity.
But you can't take the sky from me...[This message has been edited by DragonQ (edited 02-02-2008 @ 05:50 PM).]