The #1 spot is occupied by someone who has been playing 1123027 hours, or since the 1870s, producing an average of 1200 babies an hour. Only 17 of these miracle babies have died.

The top 13 slots are occupied by the same user name

The top 16 slots are occupied by users with populations above 92 by several orders of magnetude.

Here's what I'd like to see:
If these are test users, clear 'em out. Send 'em to a page on your test server.
If these are regular users who've cheated, weed 'em out.
Hours played > hours since the game was released? invalid data, report not accepted.
Population > population max? Invalid data, report not accepted.
Flag in report says "test copy"? Report sent to test server list.
Duplicate report? Replace the old one.
Any value negative? Invalid data, report not accepted.

I'm happy to compete against real users, but not so much against not-real users.

Nicely Worded.

I would have to agree whole heartedly! I think that the only way for us to know who has the best game is to make it fair based only on the game as it is now being played.

I agree, too! We're very aware that the stats aren't what they should be.

As always the stats will require a good bit of massaging before they are even a little reliable. We'll start to see which exploits and oddities are emerging and try our best to correct them.

OK, I certainly understand that. However, I hope we don't have to wait for "perfect" before we get "better." Having beaten hard (once!), I'm looking to see what I can still do, and one thing is "aim for the leaderboard".

So, yes, when you get a chance, clean up the bad data so that it doesn't discourage people.

Thanks,
Michael

Where the heck is the leaderboard anyway? I can't seem to find it.

it's linked from the VV homepage

I am a newbie to the posts (and yes, I cheated in my first game) However I am ready to try without that. My question is this...my "send and receive statistics" won't work. I've tried online and offline. Is it because I am in "easy" mode? My thanks for your help.

It has to do with the servers getting really busy, sometimes mine will go thru in a couple seconds, at other times it takes several minutes.