Upchuck makes a good point. Google likes 10,500 more than 2000 or whatever the "real" number is. I'm not even talking about deleting accounts, really. This is about ACTIVE players who acquire a ridiculous provisional rating and then stop playing. ie, they don't defend their titles. That irks me, but that's all it is, just an annoyance. Without naming names, all you have to do is compare prov to est ratings with # of games played for certain ppl and you'll see what I mean..