Also I should add a disclaimer that there are some absolutely atrocious games included in these rankings
I’m kinda thinking of trialling a system next year, whereby as a host you can specify whether you want your game to be a “ranked” game or an “unranked” game.
If you want it to be ranked, it will need to be checked by at least one experienced player who volunteers (unless the host is a trusted host). Obviously it will then count towards the rankings.
If the host wants it to be unranked then they will not need their game checking, can be bastard etc (still warn people if your game is bastard tho), can try out new things and hopefully people won’t take it as seriously or get so mad over it. Obviously then the host can choose whether or not they want to award post game honours, rather than it being mandatory. Just generally, unranked = a lot more freedom for hosts
Thoughts?