...apart from saying that they're going to reset it every once in a while. Which basically equates to faking a "hill-climbing experience" and trying to side-step the issue of the fact that many people's actual skill level WILL plateau after a short while. I somewhat believe (based on Halo 2 and Reach experience) that arbitrary CSR resets will only come across as frustrating - wiping out your 'progress' - and replacing it with cheap re-acquisition of what you already had.

Making the 50s all extra-flamey reinforces the notion of it as an end-goal: something to be achieved (that you should achieve) and then you stop. Halo 3 suffered from this; high-end player bleed-out.

I'm still curious how this system is actually going to work. All they've shown is badges so far. Trueskill-based? ELO? Glicko? Custom?