Quote Originally Posted by jasmin-jade View Post
Boosting among friends
quiting on a loss
pulling the internet plug
cowardice (elites too scared to play regular players in case they lose rank)
disappointment when you lose your presious rank
Clone and secret accounts for cowards to scared to risk their stats on a game

what good do win/loss stats bring to the game

nothing
I don't know about all those instances but I can certainly attest to the ones above. Heck I used to play a lot of Backgammon at Yahoo but it became painful. You'd think these people were actually getting paid to win. So what their ranking would go down a few points? Well they cared enough to use any amount of chicanery for than not to happen.


Sad.