TOURNAMENT TROUBLES!

Actually, in general, what is the difference between official and unofficial tournaments in terms of their structure? Is it only that one is organized by the administration, and the other by ordinary users? And that only official tournaments award rating points, while unofficial ones don't? That's not really about the structure. It seems kind of silly... Both types of tournaments have the same structure, for example, in terms of gameplay... So, ratings should be awarded for all tournaments, otherwise, it's just some kind of discrimination... Personally, I feel bad for the unofficial tournaments... What makes them worse?! I don't understand why the administration is so strongly opposed to awarding ratings for unofficial tournaments... IMHO. And, by the way, I will participate in unofficial tournaments as well, because, as Alex R said, I play for fun and for the