[theartsyone]

I didn't know that WW had rank numbers in the past, but its shame still don't now because without them the place is like free-for-all. I agree that WW is gambling and basically Vegas disguised as a skill-gaming site. A huge problem with WW, to me, is the only thing they give me is a statement that they match opponents fairly and I'm just to believe it. Obviously players don't question this claim when they win games, it's when they start losing that they wonder have then been scammed all along--The answer to that is YES!

The majority (if not all) other skill gaming sites have some kind of number or grade that players can readily see/access which gives credibility to a "fair-matching" system. WW has nothing like that in place so there is NO credibility to their matching system--What does it matter what "Division" you're placed in when you have no idea what skill level comprises that Division. Better still, you don't even know what the range of skill level is; Division 1 could be comprised of novices and players with more than 1000 games under their belt. And let's not forget about the slew of cheating...When you enter any tournament on WW you're believing that whatever WW does to match you with another opponent, is fair because they said so and that is it. A business can make all kinds of claims and promises, but if they really want their customers to believe in these promises/claims they have earn it with more that just a statement. A good example is the CarFax commercial--a couple is ready to purchase a used car and asks the sales associate to let them see the CarFax. The sales associate says he has something even better, a promise from the owner that the car is good. The couple assumes the sales associate is kidding but this sales guy asserts, "But it's a promise..." That's exactly the way I feel about WW's fair-matching system, it's just a bogus promise.