What are people’s ideas on this?

As I see it, the E-Peen for Cred, Flezz, and maybe Most Forums are good, because it convinces people to give up the top spot and let other people circulate in. I just topped the Flezz leaderboard today, but over the last couple days, other people who reached the top tubmailed me and told me that they’d back down so I could place. I myself similarly decided to stock up on consumables rather than keep grinding. If there was no reward, the person at top would probably stay there.

On the other hand…putting cheese at the end of the maze has been bad for the Popularity and Forum leaderboards, with all kinds of spam and breaking on the forums. Log in to see images!