The top 100 is just a reference page, it blows my mind how many people take it personally. It does make me chuckle how many times I hear people refer to their top 10 games (and it is 4 months old).. I agree 100%, the weighing of the statistics is completely off for this ever to represent an accurate picture. The biggest offender is time followed by the availability and cost of the game... How can TZ with 1372 votes on a game almost 3 decades old sit behind JP with 466 votes and a life span of 8 months? Easy answer, social dynamics. Everyone who buys one feels compelled to give it the highest ratings I am guilty as well.. Like it or not when you spend 8-10K on a Pin human nature is to justify it, not only to our spouses (who has mastered this and if you have, start a "how-to" thread) but to the Pinside community as well.

Not that any of this matters, I built my life around numbers and find this stuff fascinating.

It would be cool to adjust the weighing by:
1. Age:
New - this would tell you what was the hot sellers of the year
1-10 - this would tell you which one of those "new games" were actually good and not being justified purchases
10-20 - this would be interesting to see as WPC ages
20-30 - the shift of the old school pinheads who loved EM to ESS and SS (that would show something)
30 plus - really, 30 years old and we still talk about them, this deserves more than a list!!!!

2. availability
This would have to be an extrapolation of (Production run) (Year's produced) (attrition value)

3. ***Waiting period before they can be weighed against the list (like the hall of fame, there is always a waiting period since the most recent players will always win, it's about being remembered later not now. even if it was only 1 year, it would make a huge difference (maybe have them but highlight them as rookies)

just some thoughts while I am locked up through another week...

Cheers

John

I agree with you