I never bothered to look into these threads, because I never had any interest in the score system and who was best in this or that.. Mostly because I always thought people that get their names in these lists are people that only play it safe, timid, run from fights, use picking tactics or in some way or form game the game to get their high score. So what I try to do is sabotage my own score by getting into all sorts of bad situations, dying more than I land, never use attack mode for deacking, only fly one plane as long as ENY allows it.. etc.. But I have fun, and that has been my drive all these years. I fly to have fun, if I don't have fun I log. Simple as that. And I rarely ever look into this forum because I am not really a forum guy, I just like to play the game.
But here I am, scrolling, reading random posts. And then I find my name listed as a ranked pilot?! Not just that, but as a tour top ranked Jug M pilot?!? Wtf??
How did that happen?

Same here.
Except I horrify the bbs at times.
Stiff competition is good for any game, or they just get bored and go home. It drives all games to stay alive, including sports.
I might have been that a life time ago, but that's just not my thing these years. I don't get enough time in to get on any chart anyway, so fun dictates time on.
Good for you/them