I don’t care that much about the ratings but yo me they should at least be timeless and independent of what came out this year. Going back and rerating anything doesn’t make sense IMO.

I’ve played so much MM I don’t really want to own one, and am a bit tired of it but it’s still deserving of a #1 spot despite my wanting to play and own other games. Everything was just done right on it. Most other pins I can find some things to nitpick about.

That's exactly the point though -- if you continually rerate machines based on what came out this year, or next year.. etc.. and you consider technology improvements to make games "better", games would be derated just becuase LCD's or deep code are 'the thing' now. That doesn't make sense to me - MM still has great dots, even if LCD's are the "thing" now. It shouldn't lose rating points because technology has changed. The code isn't deep like today's games, but it's still really good. 90's WMS games shouldn't lose rating points over time - if a game is truely better as it stands by itself, then it should knock the 90's games down the list just by getting top ratings, not thru derating older games.

But that's just my take on the system. I can see your point, and a rating system that works like you see it as well. It's just kind of two different takes on it.