No system is awesome yet. The ELO is pretty terrible, and the QI system is at it's core flawed.

You pointed out some problems with the QI system, I've pointed out problems with the ELO system. We've come to the conclusion they both aren't great. I could go back and forth with you on each of those points but it sounds exhausting for both of us really.

Let's pick the least shitty one out of the two until someone has a better idea, and let's do it by starting at the TOP because that's where ranks matter the most.

Look at our current top 10:

Mojo, Kindercat, Zaeby, Pedart, Prey3r, Otsosi, BigClitor, BigPrick, Testoviron, Vpizdy

3 of those members haven't even played this month (and rather intriguingly enough, they all left within like 10 minutes of each other), some haven't played anything other than jousting.

Think with your heart on this one for just one moment and ask yourself: Do you want to keep the system that hosts these players to be your top 10? Wouldn't you be a little more content knowing the likes of Kristis, TIcux, Tripstone, Dargon, ETC held top positions instead? Both of us having a custom belt, you and I should know how very very very few real reasons there are to play a bunch of matches in-game now. Rank use to be one of them. Slowly going from 50 to 40 was mildly encouraging. Getting a new belt isn't going to happen in the next 2 years.