i have never invited higher players, they invite me at gt, and i do play them, but the fibs rating is there, and it makes it easy not to refuse anyone, and when there are open invites in any game, and the player is much lower than me, i don't take the invite, cause i feel it's just as unfair to them. i enjoy playing the gammons, but don't like losing 50 points, it's too hard to get them back, and yes there is skill involved, but the dice play a bigger part. i'm still going to play, i was just trying to give my opinion on the rating system. i've been playing backgammon since the early 60s, i really like the game, and the ratings and best players list, is what makes this site and gt the ones that make most of us play here, i said most not all.