On Fri, 9 May 2008 14:09:33 -0700 (PDT), help bot
wrote:


Apparently as the result of some fairly recent
ratings deflation, a lot of folks are now on their
rating floors. What can be done about this? Is
it merely superficial, allowing such players to
"save face" when in fact their /real/ ratings are
tracked and used for calculating all ratings
changes?

I asked this question myself some time ago, and was told that the
floor IS the real rating -- there is no unpublished rating which
reflects "real" strength and is used for calculating the results of
others.