How can a player lose points when they do not play a game? I had 400 points in Backgammon...today I have 398...and have not played any games! What gives?
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The 24 hour rating decrease is to stop players sitting at the top of a list with the most points even if they stop playing the game for a while (in my opinion) this is a good feature to avoid people complaining about being unable to get the #1 spot on many different games.
Rating reduction Overall ratings are decreased each day by an amount depending on the current rating. The following formula is used: Rn = ( Ro * Ro ) / 125000 Rn is the new rating. Ro the old (previous day) rating. Rating Amount subtracted below 353- 1 354-500- 2 501-612- 3 613-707- 4 708-790- 5 791-866- 6 867-935- 7 936-1000- 8 So players with higher rating will see their rating decrease quicker. A 500 rating will reach zero in approximately 1.5 years without playing.