do we get ratings from vote chess?

another way of asking this is:is vote chess rated?

No ( im an idiot if ive missed this in my year and half of playing vote chess : /) as it wouldnt so much reflect your rating as your groups. But as you should know the group your in gets rated and in the leaderboard is here http://www.chess.com/groups/votechess_leaderboard.html

thanks for the responce, but i'm not in a group... therefore not familiar at all with the way that all works.

You can't play vote chess if you're not in a group.

When you are in a group, and you join a vote chess match, you can discuss each move between you and your team, before voting on the best move, everyone in the match gets one vote and the move that gets the most votes ,after a certain time limit, is made. If your team wins the game then they get 'points' which move them up the leaderboard, but each individual player doesnt get rated.

that's not what i meant. thought the vote groups where temporary, what i saw on the leaderboard was permanent teams..?

oh.. id forgot about the non-group matches, yes the games like males vs females, knight vs bishop etc arent permanent groups, but you dont get rated, theyre just for fun

How many points do you get for your group for a win?  a draw?  If they lose on time?