Why do the people who care so much about rank - Fight for rank?

[fear tetsuo]

to me, ranks are important. they like tell you someones skill and how good they are. rank 1[i will get] shows that the person is extremly good, the best at the game.

Rank doesnt show how good you are(in most cases). Take omnislasher(mcbeth) for example: he never faught anyone who had a high rank. He faught like 200 noobs per day to stay at #1 rank. HE would never fight anyone who could beat him, and if he did by accident then he would leave the game.So him being #1 didnt show how good he was only how much time he spent playing the the game. If you are known for being good and have a good rank then then i guess rank would show how good u r. Just take a look at the old top scores, u will see that tarkan and nferno are the highest rank players in almost all of the scores. So in their cases, rank shows how good they are at the game. Well thats just what i think about rank.