To get to the top, you have to beat the top. Simple.
well it mostly was choosed as countermeasure for exactly this
what if "THE TOP" simply not play? i can understand if they got irl stuff to do, but when you already on server and playing other games bu just ignore?
there was situations where those top players who got Rank1 in our Blid war2 ladder stoped to playing competetive
like 2-3 years ago i not remember when exactly there was Sepi on top1 and he for 2 months ignored Ragner (who was top2) requests for playing, while he was still playing on serv other games like 4s etc etc so it wasnt like he not had time or something, could have spended 20 minutes for 1v1 game.
i mean, seriously, wtf your so afraid of losing top1 or what.
and situations like those is often happening with ladder system that working on ranks like this.
elo ladder allows people to play more and climb even if top1 player afk/left the game.
i dunno how to fix situation when top1-2-3 just goes afk or ignores everyone.
drop those 10-20 ranks if they not played like 2 months? seems like very cursed solution, also who will get into their place, previous top4-5-6, it will be seeing like if they got top1 for nothing.
so i dunno, if you find good solutions for top1 afk/ignore i can change system
anyway its my experimental system its even on different page on site
old Blid ladder ranks system is still working and going