[devonin]

Originally Posted by dore

Well if you didn't have the most prolific players of the song, then you wouldn't have to worry about that. It would all be personal stat-keeping rather than a comparative, thus reducing the likelihood of someone doing that.

But I've always been a proponant of the game design philosophy that says "The more things someone can elect to make their goal, the more life you will get out of the same amount of content" and while for example, I'd be just as keen to play for average if only I could see my average rank, the fact that the list is ranked and thus competitive also helps.

The more lists and stats there are, the more things could be the one that motivates someone to stay, or play more, or subscribe.