And how would removing the ability of people to rank the newest pinball machines help drive traffic and participation to Pinside, which is the entire point of the ratings system?

It wouldn't.

If Pinsiders ran pinside it would be tits up in a month!

It is one of many things that drives people here, via google searches. Locking out the hottest new releases in the name of the impossible fantasy of somehow "perfecting the top 100" would be an inane decision from that standpoint, counterintuitive to the goal which is to bring in revenue.

It keeps people up at night and it's absolutely insane.

Nobody cares.

Except everybody apparently! There are more
Of these “top 100 is an outrage!!!” Threads than there are “is the bubble bursting!?” Threads!

It drives traffic to the site, and it drives activity on the site (as these monthly threads can attest to).

It boggles my mind that you folks think you can have an "accurate" or "better" opinion. You can't - it's literally impossible. I know it's been a long time but they taught us subjective vs. objective in the 5th grade I believe. Go check your notes.

What you need to do is create The Trogdor 100 and post it for all to see.

It will be perfect in every way, will be completely unbiased, and I guarantee that you will find zero problems with it or how it was formulated.

And miss out on these monthly "The top 100 is a crime against humanity" threads!??!

What are you trying to do, kill Pinside?!