I have a question mark at the end of my elo. What does that mean?
you have not played enough games for your elo to be determined, once you play more in that category you will be able to get a confirmed elo
https://lichess.org/faq#provisional
You need to play like 15 games in a short time frame to let the algorithm find your average level.
#1, #2
Lichess uses the Glicko-2 system, not the Elo system.
@IamNOTamod said [^](/forum/redirect/post/ErMwSukL)
> #1, #2
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> Lichess uses the Glicko-2 system, not the Elo system.
I'm not really sure what that means but thanks for your input
Everyone says "Elo" but that's just one rating system, and it's not used here. #5 was pointing that out so that folks might refer to things more accurately.
Perhpas confirmed rating is closer to the truth? From what I can gather nobody seems to think that there's any rating standard that can be considered perfect. I could be wrong about that, though.
OP just means by "confirmed" that the question marks shall go away.
And yeah, all OP needs to do is play more games, ideally against similar rated opponents.
@scarpentus said [^](/forum/redirect/post/z7uCnyGW)
> Everyone says "Elo" but that's just one rating system, and it's not used here. #5 was pointing that out so that folks might refer to things more accurately.
That's right. Elo is what FIDE is using.
Also many players say ELO. Elo is not an abbrev. but a SURNAME. Yeah that's right. Arpad Elo
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