Richard,
Could you please make it more obvious that newly registering players should assign themselves appropriate ratings?
I know someone reported here that at least one player declined to do so becuase he 'wanted to earn' his rating. I suppose there may always be a few players who do that, regardless of the fact that they are, whether they intend to or not, giving disinformation.
But I've recently spoken with two new players (one of whom is a friend whom I encouraged to sign up here) who said they simply didn't realize they had the opportunity to set their initial ratings. I think Rating Tournaments will better serve their audience if more ratings are at least somewhat accurate.
