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I'd like to quote from this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TownofSalemgame/comments/7aydlk/an_examination_of_the_current_top_10/

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An Examination of the Current Top 10
So before I begin attacking BMG, disclaimer: This post is not meant to attack any of the top 10 and I will not be mentioning their skill levels as admittedly I have not played with many of them. Instead, it is merely to illustrate that none of these players achieved their elo through "hard work" without bug abusing.

First, a quote from our lovely dev shapesifter: https://imgur.com/a/TF2jX

"Players worked hard to get their elo." Let's test this theory.

Top 10 Elo


 * 1)    littlecancer1, with 2634 elo (91% winrate)
 * 2)    Flashmob, with 2601 elo (89.9% winrate)
 * 3)    Masago, with 2521 elo (93% winrate)
 * 4)    1cloudy1, with 2430 elo (78.8% winrate)
 * 5)    YetiPL, with 2426 elo (78.8% winrate)
 * 6)    shrubbuddy, with 2409 elo (74.9% winrate)
 * 7)    FrankSobotka, with 2374 elo (69.9% winrate)
 * 8)    ThaiBlack, with 2345 elo (76.8% winrate)
 * 9)    JayDrink, with 2338 elo (76% winrate)
 * 10)   Linlin23, with 2305 elo (72.7% winrate)

The highest possible winrate in ranked is probably ~65%, so exactly ZERO of these players got their winrate through "legitimate" methods. While I don't have access to a more expansive (top 100) leaderboard, I can assure you it's the same story, each and every one is gonna bug abuse to some extent. I seriously do not think it is BMG's intention to allow for players like these to artificially climb elo.

So BMG, ask yourself if any of these players "worked hard", as shapesifter put it, to gain the elo they have. Spoiler, they didn't. They grinded hundreds of games, leaving each time a loss was likely, and got there through abusing a bug in your game. Now that the bug is fixed, it is time to reset everyone to 1200 so that the playing field may be level again and the actual best players rise to the top.

TL;DR: The top players all bug abuse, none of them "worked hard" despite what a reddit dev said. There needs to be an elo reset.