Some people get too worked up about their ratings so they play unrated. I don't see why they don't just relax but whatever floats your boat.
What makes you think there are too many unrated games though? You can see a lot of open unrated challenges because not many people accept them. The rated ones get snapped up pretty quick.
I'm new around here... well, relatively, and I've noticed that there are a large number of people who want to play unrated games.
Why is that?
I personally use my rating as a gauge for how I'm playing at the time... for instance, where I just came from I was as high as 1269 for about 2 months but fell to just under 1200 before coming over here because, well, I was slacking.
Playing an unrated game seems to be anti-productive to me, personally. I want to keep my rating involved because I want to know how I'm doing.
Isn't this the attitude everyone should have?
I'm just baffled and wanted to hear what others think.