Do you have any suggestions for how the ranking system could be fixed?

the map ranking system suffers from a lot of problems

but the biggest one is the core idea behind modding

"to rank a map, it needs modding"

modding = fixing mistakes if a map is bad, it has a lot of mistakes, thus it's easy to mod. it gets lots of modding and ranked quickly if a map is good, it's really hard to mod it, there's really nothing to mod in it. so it gets no mod and dies in the graveyard in theory modding is supposed to improve map quality before ranking them

in reality the modding system leads to only shitty maps getting ranked and good maps being buried fixing this is easy. kill the modding system. create a new system where players who can get at least B rank on a map are allowed to vote like/dislike on it. (players who can't get at least a B on the map aren't allowed to vote for it) make a sorting that allows you to sort unranked maps by their amount of likes/dislikes rate, and create a ranking team that simply goes over those maps periodically and checks each one for quality standards. If the map has things that need to be fixed, the ranking team itself will be responsive to mod it until it's good for rank. If it has nothing that needs to be fixed, they will just rank it, without needing external modding from random people. with a system like this, the main focus for mappers will shift from "create a short map that will be easy to mod" to "create a fun map that a lot of people will like and spread to their friends to get attention fast". As a result, mapping standards will go up (skyrocket up compared to now), good maps will get ranked A LOT faster, and no shit maps will get ranked at all because nobody will want to play them. win-win-win. wow I'm a genius. too bad more than half of the BATs are stuck-ups who only care about position/status and want a colorful name and write stuff like "don't ask me to check your map" (why the fuck are you even a BAT then) and won't agree to a system that takes away their power to rank their friends' shitty maps while ignoring maps that a lot of people actually want to see ranked simply because it's a chore for them.