David Neaves :
Also, how come everyone I can play is rated higher than me? First, I was level one, playing ones and twos, and beating the crap out of everyone. Then, suddenly I leveled up to like three, and everyone was a five or a six. Now, I'm a six, I think, but this new rating thing, I'm five twenty six, and everyone on the board I can play is a four hundred, except two, lower five hundreds than me. How does this work?
With the new ranking system you are challenging a player for his spot in the rankings, so you are ranked 526 and lets say the guy you challenge is ranked 500 and you beat him, you will then go up to ranking spot 500 whilst your level and other attributes remain the same. The game will then generate new opponents with lower rankings than you and the cycle continues.