This my first post.
If you allow me, I'd like to share a few thoughts about [<100] rate players, like myself & about my brother [<-400] ... and probably all the 99% of players (according to the statistics I've seen) who are not here, because new players tried this game, and ran away quickly.

You guys are all pros. Really.
And the rating system seems to be a real thing, because it's true: I can not beat a 300+ player in 1v1.

The problems are:
1.
I can mostly beat the AI NPC (the computer), which is rated 450.
-> That means in theory I'm stronger than 500...

Usually there are no games for <200 players.

Players with 5-800+ rating create / join games called "noob..." and take away all the fun of beginners or players who are not "on the top".
So they quit for good.

If I dye in a team, or do not provide enough air, etc, -> I get very strong negative chat sentences, why I'm such a noob?

Yes, I know I can create a game myself, limit the max rate to 200, and wait for new players to join, but as I've already explaned:

• you guys have made all of them quit already.

So we are only a few left, who still try to play, but our rating is low.

Conclusion / Solution ?:

I do not know exactly, how to solve these problems, but these are the facts. So I'm not playing this game more than a few times a year,
and mostly against the AI opponent, which is not so good, because it's either too strong, or too weak randomly, or depending on the map I choose.

Maybe:

• Pushing the point system by adding +10000 to everyone would allow to feel the beginners not "being a zero" or even less?
• Adding extra points even if you loose, (but provided enough eco, showing you have mastered the game on a minimal level, so these players can play against each other next time.
• And prohibiting somehow top players to feel "great" by smashing beginners.
• Auto creating a few games which beginners can join.
• Creating and showing a secondary point system, independent from the existing one. (starting from 10K or 100K, always incrementing, even if you play non-rated games.)

A little background:

I'm 50 year old, my brother is 44, so we are not 17 any more, our reflexes are slower, we forget more things, etc.
We play this game since 25-30? years. I don't even remember, but we have always LOVED it!
I have played only with 5 different games during the last 5 years. My brother even less, because we are very selective.

Yes, I've seen all the videos and blogs how to play "better", but I do not want to be a top player, race against You all, kill everyone else, simply want to enjoy this.

Would you think about to make this possible?

This my first post.
If you allow me, I'd like to share a few thoughts about [<100] rate players, like myself & about my brother [<-400] ... and probably all the 99% of players (according to the statistics I've seen) who are not here, because new players tried this game, and ran away quickly.

You guys are all pros. Really.
And the rating system seems to be a real thing, because it's true: I can not beat a 300+ player in 1v1.

The problems are:
1.
I can mostly beat the AI NPC (the computer), which is rated 450.
-> That means in theory I'm stronger than 500...

Usually there are no games for <200 players.

Players with 5-800+ rating create / join games called "noob..." and take away all the fun of beginners or players who are not "on the top".
So they quit for good.

If I dye in a team, or do not provide enough air, etc, -> I get very strong negative chat sentences, why I'm such a noob?

Yes, I know I can create a game myself, limit the max rate to 200, and wait for new players to join, but as I've already explaned:

• you guys have made all of them quit already.

So we are only a few left, who still try to play, but our rating is low.

Conclusion / Solution ?:

I do not know exactly, how to solve these problems, but these are the facts. So I'm not playing this game more than a few times a year,
and mostly against the AI opponent, which is not so good, because it's either too strong, or too weak randomly, or depending on the map I choose.

Maybe:

• Pushing the point system by adding +10000 to everyone would allow to feel the beginners not "being a zero" or even less?
• Adding extra points even if you loose, (but provided enough eco, showing you have mastered the game on a minimal level, so these players can play against each other next time.
• And prohibiting somehow top players to feel "great" by smashing beginners.
• Auto creating a few games which beginners can join.
• Creating and showing a secondary point system, independent from the existing one. (starting from 10K or 100K, always incrementing, even if you play non-rated games.)

A little background:

I'm 50 year old, my brother is 44, so we are not 17 any more, our reflexes are slower, we forget more things, etc.
We play this game since 25-30? years. I don't even remember, but we have always LOVED it!
I have played only with 5 different games during the last 5 years. My brother even less, because we are very selective.

Yes, I've seen all the videos and blogs how to play "better", but I do not want to be a top player, race against You all, kill everyone else, simply want to enjoy this.

Would you think about to make this possible?