Quote Originally Posted by Naunet View Post
The arbitrary "top X# people" cut offs by definition aren't something you can really work toward. Did #21 work less hard than #20? Most likely not. You could work your butt off and still end up below the cut off because there were many other people also working their butts off. Kinda like the axiom of someone always has to come in last in a competition - doesn't necessarily mean they're bad or that they didn't work.
Well yes. For someone to win, someone else has to lose. Very true. BUT.. at least you could try again? It would give you incentive to keep playing.... or possibly crush your dreams and make you never want to play again.. but .. maybe not?

It's highly unlikely my personal ideas are the best solution, but in the end my suggestion is : Make the rewards available but make them difficult to attain.