When I first got into pinball, I did use the top 100 to make a list of games I was interested in buying. If a game was on Pinball Arcade (virtual) and in the top 100, that was a double bonus. Now, I could care less about the top 100. Experience outweighs the list every time. Absent of that experience, the list is at least something. That being said, lots of collectors use it to pump their own collections. I have seen multiple owners threads that ask the owners to submit ratings. But when you think about it, maybe the purchase of the game was because they loved it so much.