new to fs and still learning about how it works

do breaks over 50 during a match increase your ranking by more points than if you won a scrappy match with no high breaks????

Don't think it does as I would go with the view that it takes just as much tactical skill to win a tactical game then break building skill to win a game in one visit if you can understand that.

Breaks don't count towards ranking. The only thing that counts towards your ranking is the result and the two players' ranks.

I think that the score is factored into how it works, so technically big breaks help increase ranking quicker.

http://www.funkysnooker.com/help/rankings

Nothing there about breaks. It is simply the rankings of the two players involved and the reulst (Not the score) that determines the ranking change.

cheers guys - now i know to play all you virtuosos and keep it tight - lol

Yup rank is the only factor (both yours and your opponents) taken into account. Otherwise, to balance it out, if you lost by a big margain, you would lose more points.

The higher ranked opponent, the more rank you win, and the less rank you lose, it's just you've got to beat them