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Tournaments Ratings vs Normal Ratings - Berserk Mode

We will not see HIGH ratings, 2700, 2800+, because berserk mode on tournaments. I think its necessary create tournaments rating or berserk rating to strong players feel free to use berserk mode without reduce your normal rating.
I am not interested in seeing those sort of ratings, If you are a regular on this site its easy to know the players who could be so high. It's better for me watching the talented players having fun with beserk than achieving a number which is only an indication of anything meaningful as opposed to something relevant on its own. For some, achieving such a high rating means only playing fellow high rated, as they have nothing to gain playing normal rated players. I vote for beserk and fluctuating ratings!

I don't think that berserking is responsible for the lack of ultra-high rated players, and berserking is an option freely up to the individual who must balance risk with reward, it's not a different variant.

I like the idea of a beserk rating. Because when you play you want to play against someone who is about equal in strength. If one side often berserks thats not the case. Even if beserking is not influencing the normal rating anymore its still a risk since you risk to lose (=not gain tournament points) games which you might have won with more time.

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