Thats true Ug... but we have determined that those limits are not good enough.

I may play moves in all my games almost every day. even several times a day most of the time. But that does not mean that I can play 1 day games all the time. Playing 5 moves in one game does not give me the luxury of waiting 5 days for the next move. I can play 100 moves in the same game in one day, but would still only have 24 hours to make the next one, and that is not always possible.

Even the fastest players on this site can not be expected to move evry single day or even every 3 days all the time. It is not feesable. The only other solution is to play longer time limits with other fast players, hence the need for a speed rating, or play longer time limits, and take the chance that your game may last several months if you happen to find an opponent who moves only at the last minute.

the way i look at it then if there was a rating for speed and you was away from the pc for 3 days you would see your rating and wouldnt want to play yourself because your rating would be too slow ;)

Jason, it would be an average rating and would not change that drastically in a short period of time.

I am sure that you are aware of that.

If you don't have anything constructive to add, or do not wish to legitimatly answer the questions I have posed, please stay out of this discussion :)