You're probably just adjusting the settings for the seeks that you see on the graph. A while back Erik got annoyed that so many folks only wanted to play above their rating that he changed the whole system. You can read about it here:
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/livechess/new-logic-for-auto-pairing-and-seek-graph
And here:
https://support.chess.com/customer/portal/articles/1622811-how-are-seeks-matched-in-live-chess-
Hey!
When I put on settings that 'take challenges' rank min 1300, why it dosent work? I mean when I start 'new 30 min game', opponent is still rank 1070 or something. I would like to play tougher opponents..:)
I have put save settings, i'd logged out and in...whats next?