We do not accept any payments ourselves. Rated play Only Gold Members can play rated games. They are the only VOG players who have ratings and can play rated games. VOG1 taught us that unless players have to pay per nickname to play rated games, rating system abuse will be rampant. Requiring a fee for access to rated play is a proven practice used in real world by different federations.
Some federations even collect fees for each game, which is counted over player's rating.
Allowing only Gold Members to play rated games in VOG2 we will ensure that VOG rating pools are valid and abuse free . Any rating abuse is punished by immediate and permanent loss of access to VOG server for the abusive nickname. Ratings system was further enhanced over VOG1. We now keep record of player's all times high and low ratings once player gets established rating. We also keep track of the longest winning and losing streaks and display current player's streak record.