@gyshan and 420
Yes gyshan, 420 has higher rank than you
420, nope no demoted. I think I have to explain myself better since most people is still not understanding the ranking change.
Forget your rank name, just remember the level number. Until yesterday, the highest rank was #14. Just check this list:
www.dogfightplay.com/index.php/forum/4-announcements/14-ranks
Count from bottom to top... the top one is the #14 = Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
Now, new system... instead of 14, there are 31 ranks. So you can move up to 31 now, but the problem is that new "names" are hard to come by. So the names had to be changed to accomodate for the new numbers. If you go and check the new rank list and count #14... where do you land?
www.dogfightplay.com/index.php/forum/4-a.../1158-new-ranks#1158
II Air Commodore = #14.
The rank # hasn't changed, it's just the naming it's different. So the highest level people had before was #14 (now it's called II Air Commodore), but you are still on the same rank #14.
On top of that, I kept track of your points. So eventhough you were rank #14 and you could not go higher because there was nothing higher than that, I was storing your progress internally. What happened then?
When the new system come to life, I've got all your points, calculated whether with the points you had you would have moved up a rank to #15 and then moved you up one level (and reduced those points). Still more points? maybe you made it to #16... so moved you up to #16 and reduced the points. Still more points? hey... so keep repeating. In your particular case you had so many points that you were actually promoted from rank #14 to #20 (the current top player in the game, nobody is more than #20 right now). Now go to the list again:
www.dogfightplay.com/index.php/forum/4-a.../1158-new-ranks#1158
Count 20 ranks and where do you land? II Major General.
I hope that explained why you are actually being promoted (not demoted) 6 ranks and why your points seemed "lost", they were just exchanged by ranks. You went from rank #14 to #20 with all the collected points you had. The rank "name" it's just different because I needed to expand it to 31.