Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir Drkulec View Post
There is no shame in you running against Paul as rating auditor or someone running against me as president. It is a curious strategy to claim that you are not running against someone, though everyone can clearly see that you are.
If Paul was advocating a participation bonus or a manual adjustment to the ratings, then I would be running against him.

I appreciate Paul's work, and my main reason for running is a lack of urgency to address the rating deflation that will occur in 2021 when OTB returns. If we don't devise an organic solution (e.g. higher k-factors for juniors), we risk needing a manual adjustment at some point in the future.