i reakon you should be able to get rid of newbie status after 50 games like on snooker because i feel 100 is too much


any ideas?

Edited at 14:26 Thu 22/03/07 (GMT)

Nobody likes being a newbie, nobody likes playing a newbie and getting less points.

I always thought it was strange that the player that isn't the newbie has a reduced change in score when it could be the other way around, so if a newbie gets beat their drop in points is reduced. This would help the newbie more than the current system which seems to punish the non-newbie for playing newbies, just my opinion

have to agree the newbie status should be reduced to 50 games because for all we know it could be a pro on another account.

Well i'm gonna stir things up here because i think 100 games alone is not enough.

I would like to see a time limit in place (say 6 months) as well as games played.

This would go quite a way to reduce creation of multiple accounts, especially on forums, and wouldn't make much difference at all to a genuine newbie.

Also, the newbie rank adjustment works both ways, and whe you think about it logically, actually protects you in the event of a newbie being an experienced player.

yeah suppose thats a good idea nice one spinner

eh not to be bad but you wouldn't have the problem if you didn't delete every time you got to 90.. or 10.

nah i wasnt saying it for me
to be fair dont mind newbie myself but all round

Oooh i reckon a time limit is a good idea, but it just depends on the games played, just as you said.

i don't get it what do you mean by a time limit

By a time limit i mean someone would stay as a newbie for the first 6 months regardless of how many games they have played.

ohhhh.... i c now thx spinner i think 6 months is a bit to long though

Time limit is a mental idea.

If I register and play a 1,000 games in 5 months i'm still a newbie. If someone else registers and plays 10 games in 7 months they aren't a newbie?

How long you are a newbie is fine as it is IMO, I am not particularly keen on how the score changes work though.

well i think it should be newbie for only 1 month 2 at the max but 5 way to much

i agree 1 month would be suitable i have bin a member for 2 month and it seem s like ages so 1 month would be enough

Newbie status is too help inexperienced players. Why put a time limit on it when a match limit is available?

Remember newbie status is not just something that affects rank etc.

Having a time limit would prevent people signing up, rattling through a few games, then spamming the forum.

There has been a lot of discussion over the years about the newbie/rank thing. Another option is for newbies to be limited to friendlies only.

They can then still interact with other members, enter tournaments, and people who reset usually do so just to try to get a good or perfect win percentage, so it wouldn't affect them either.

It would also be a nice moment for the newbie to move on from friendlies to "real" competition.

I'm fed up of being called a multi-user while being a newbie - I came from snooker and I'm in the top 10 there I just wanted a change. Can't people understand this?

i cant beleive if u play a newbie there rankings well better than u u use more points cause uve been on funkypool longer it sucks when there better than u

i reckon it should stay at 100 games...

other suggestion....

today i reset my scores and now i started at 675.00 newbie... i reckon if u reset score it shouldnt have u as newbie....

well i been registered for nearlly a year and it gone quick it only feels like i made it the other day