goodbye, ratings!

Removal of Ratings in Beta
According to Jeska Linden, the rating was been removed in Beta grid and will soon be removed in the main grid. I don't have strong feelings about this. In some of the contests I entered the ratings were considered. I didn't thought that was fair. If I am in a contest with someone older (in SL) than me, it wouldn't be odd if that person had higher ratings than me.
A few years ago, the rating only costed 1L$. Now we pay 25L$ for each rating and there aren't rating parties...

(Btw, do you like my new portfolio pic? Be honest, please.)