by Genghis Khan CA on Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:56 am
I believe this idea has been rejected before, although I am not opposed to it myself.
However for the moment, if you do not care about score then no-one is forcing you to keep it up. In a sense the more serious people already segregate themselves by playing private games with each other.
I suppose the friendly game with friends is harder, but I do find it more enjoyable playing with friends when there are points on the line myself, although I recognise that not all feel the same.
The way the points system is structured means that it should be easy for a new player who has fallen to cook and just figured out how to play to rise up to 1000 points and beyond quite quickly, since they are getting more points for a win than a 1000 point player.
Again, I dont mind the idea, but some of the reasons can already be worked around in the current system.

Highest score: 562
Highest place: 16590
Highest rank: Private