One concern I have with the Pond rankings is that it may change the game startegy some. Right now it is played with one purpose, which is to win. Second place isnt any better than last place. Some people right now take big risk/reward ratios, its kinda like Im either gonna win big or lose big. But when ratings come into play, there will be more insentive to play more conservativly and stay in the game as long as possible even if it means reducing your actual chances of winning.

I also recently had a game where I went out third from last but it ranked me as swecond, then the person who got second was ranked third....

I also want to know what happens to an auto bid when you dont have enough points left to cover it?