Some people have had points fined, but more commonly it's because they have points invested in anonymous games.

I see, why do points get fined?

That's what I thought, figle, but I am in several anon games and mine points all add up.

I just checked mine as well, and it appears that my points are all in order.

re fines: Cheating.
re Jim: Hmm, strange. In that case perhaps it was a bug when it happened in the past, and if so are they points invested in the world game variant?
ie I'm no longer sure.

Actually when I look at jimgov's profile his points don't line up for me.

Oh...they all line up for me. Maybe I see the "reality" and others only see what I am playing minus anon games?

So maybe only anonymously invested points only line up when you view your own profile...
Also how could someone cheat at webDip? Because I thought that multiple accounts got you banned.

jim: That would follow wouldn't it
KK: Multi's will do, but more minor offences such as certain degree's of meta-gaming will lead to a fine and not a ban.

That was poorly worded, but jimgov beat me to it anyways.

Yes, points involved in anonymous games don't show in your points in play to others, but do for yourself.

I have two thoughts on this though. First, sometimes people show up with negative points. I've never heard this explained. Second, since most people can subtract the available points from the total points they can tell how many points are really in play. So I'm not sure what the point is in trying to hide the anonymous points. In fact is just helps since you don't have to look through their non-anonymous games to figure out how many points they have in anonymous games.

If we really want to hide how many points someone has in anonymous games, we should switch to the total points being the master number that is stored and displayed and then in the profile display only the points in play and not the available points. Only the person themselves should need to know how many points they have available.

If I was to join a game I really wanted to make disappear its not too hard just to create a game with a password and not tell anyone else what the pot value is.
I'm definitely in favour of changing the standard rating from being based on free points to total points.

That actually sounds like a good idea, free points mean nothing to anybody other than the user to whom they are free. Total points are what really matter.