Fargo Rate Manipulation Pro Tips

[Coos Cues]

If you're a 600 fargo and want to get up to 610 without having higher rated players in your league to play you need to win about 100 games in a row against the available field.

If on the other hand you need to quickly get down to a 590 for an upcoming capped event all you have to do is hang the nine ball about a dozen times playing 400 players in league play. You can get there in a matter of hours.

Your welcome!

 

[realtor1618]

If you're a 600 fargo and want to get up to 610 without having higher rated players in your league to play you need to win about 100 games in a row against the available field.

If on the other hand you need to quickly get down to a 590 for an upcoming capped event all you have to do is hang the nine ball about a dozen times playing 400 players in league play. You can get there in a matter of hours.

Your welcome!

Not sure it would be that easy. A persons robustness has a lot to do with how fast they would go up and down. But, your example is a way people could do it if they chose to. No system is perfect. If people want to cheat, and that is exactly what they would be doing, they’re gonna find a way to cheat.

 

[CajunPopeye]

If you're a 600 fargo and want to get up to 610 without having higher rated players in your league to play you need to win about 100 games in a row against the available field.

If on the other hand you need to quickly get down to a 590 for an upcoming capped event all you have to do is hang the nine ball about a dozen times playing 400 players in league play. You can get there in a matter of hours.

Your welcome!

Why cheat? Does it make you feel better knowing you've done it?

 

[Coos Cues]

Why cheat? Does it make you feel better knowing you've done it?

If I'm entering the western BCA regional and 600 and up are required to play in the elite with players in the high 600s they have no chance of defeating and am sitting at 604 you're damned straight I'm getting down to 599 before entering if there's time. Turns out not much time is actually needed. And yes it makes me feel considerably better whatever you like to call it. I lost 9 games in league and dropped to 595. My robustness is over 3K. Ended up not entering singles anyways but the exercise was an eye opener. I'm just reporting what's possible, don't shoot the messenger.

 

[slide13]

It's refreshing to see a sandbagger call themselves out, doesn't happen very often.

 

[iusedtoberich]

If I'm entering the western BCA regional and 600 and up are required to play in the elite with players in the high 600s they have no chance of defeating and am sitting at 604 you're damned straight I'm getting down to 599 before entering if there's time. Turns out not much time is actually needed. And yes it makes me feel considerably better whatever you like to call it. I lost 9 games in league and dropped to 595. My robustness is over 3K. Ended up not entering singles anyways but the exercise was an eye opener. I'm just reporting what's possible, don't shoot the messenger.

Had you not played a tournament in a year? That’s the only way I could see it moving 9 points with only 9 bad games.

 

[skip100]

Intentionally losing makes your handicap go down. Shocking.

 

[Frosty]

Why cheat? Does it make you feel better knowing you've done it?

Simple,
I have a regular game with a guy who is to my estimate, a 725-750 rated player surmised by comparing his game to other players I have games with, that have a legit rating. His on the book rating is 596. He plays in a league 1 night a week and dumps, plays in cheap entry local tournaments and dumps, all to keep that rating below 600.

He travels regularly out of town to play in capped tournaments all over, Vegas, Alabama, just got back from Canada yesterday, played me today, and is flying out tomorrow to Indiana. There’s a whole group of people that do it, constantly staring at each other at the same capped tournaments all over. He told me today it’s gotten to where they play each other in action in off hours at the events. It’s the new hustle, he does quite well.