I would like to request that a Player's ELO rating be concealed while he is in a game. I have had more than one player tell me that the reason they targeted one player over another was because they choose the player showing the higher ELO. No doubt numerous others chose the same way, but kept their reason a secret.
Either way, I don't like it. Let the table administrator decide what skill level(s) he wants playing at table creation, then once the game starts, let's forget about who's got which ELO and focus on playing properly.
Either way, I don't like it. Let the table administrator decide what skill level(s) he wants playing at table creation, then once the game starts, let's forget about who's got which ELO and focus on playing properly.
You'll notice on here that most of the highest prestige players get there by playing 2 player games...and game control is the primary reason for it. It prevents intentional ganging up on a strong player as well as unintentional ganging up where a 3rd player makes mistakes that benefit player x over player y. I understand not wanting others to make decisions based on other player's Elo's during a game, but I don't see a practical way to hide Elo that doesn't hurt the site significantly, I think the best you could do is make it less convenient to see another person's Elo. Right now if hidden during a game you can still see it before a game starts or during the game you can go to the player page and see the Elo. Hiding Elo from the player page with a game in progress could work for real time games but it is impractical for turn-based games.
