scully Posted:

You missed my point. The only point in this would be for the comedy.

The only thing that makes the top of any of the leader boards accessible is players quitting or mbumive game changes. This peen would not in any way make the top spots more accessible for new players unless it was a huge negative number. -2.0” would impact 2 characters. -10.0” would only impact the top 23 characters.

Well, by “new players” I really meant ‘non-you’ players. You’ve been at the top of that leaderboard for a long long time. And the gap between 1st and 2nd is pretty big. Lets face it, most likely one of the reasons many player’s aren’t trying to top any leaderboards, is they can’t. Hypothetically, I could play this game hours a day, every day, and I still could not top the   leaderboard, or the E-Peen leaderboard, and it would not be because I was not trying as hard as others, or because I’m not as good a player as others. (again, hypothetically Log in to see images! Its because its IMPOSSIBLE to get some of the E-Peens. In other words, I would need a time machine to bet you, scully.

The leaders on the leaderboards are too far ahead of everyone. I think the gap should be smaller to give people the illusion that they could top it. IMO, any game that is set up so ‘new’ players simply can’t win no matter how much time they put in over an extended period of time, is flawed. I am guessing its also one of the reasons people aren’t trying as hard as they could be. Why bother trying if you can’t? Now, I’m not saying I want to top any leaderboards today or tomorrow, but I would like to at least THINK that if I played this game for a year or two I could. That it’s possible. ATM, I don’t think I could. ‘Course, that could be because of my lack of understanding.

(Additionally, this post sounds too serous as I’m reading it over. Its not mean to be. I’m not planning on personally putting in hours a day at this game for years on end one way or another. I’m really just writing this to understand the leaderboard system better and to see if it something I should be ‘shooting for’ or if I should just forget it now, and not bother.)