alanback: Alan, those are fancy words but, if it's to be viewed from that perspective, it is an absolute truth that nothingis important, including, but not limited to, our quality of life and whether we live or die.

You mention ego and sanity. Although clearly insane back in 2006, you were thevertheless being much more human, if somewhat boastful, than when you take the lofty view! Backgammon (alanback, 2006-10-18 20:20:52)

And now you are out of the top 5 as a result of a handful of cheats. It's a good job that you no longer care about your position.

I think that even with a flawed rating system it is worth protecting the validity of the ranking charts. If people are put off playing because of that lack, especially if they're put off paying to play, then it's a loss. Of course changing the BKR to use the standard backgammon formula would help prevent the cheating and fix the rating formula problem in one go.