This. People seem to think that once CoH2.org has a ladder it's all fine and dandy, and you get abused like shit if you think otherwise. Not only is the interface unfriendly, the ladder itself is out of the way. People just don't get that hosting a ladder on a 3rd party as your sole ladder is a bad idea, and even worse, some people think developers should outsource everything to this ambiguous entity called "The Community".
The ladder is a good stop-gap for people who know it exists and for people willing to go and look it up every time they want to see themselves and willing to jump through hoops to find other people's stats, but for everyone else? Not so much.
The CoH2.org ladders are only to fill the gap Valve left when they did not finish the ladders when they promised Relic/Sega or THQ they would. This may be out of the way of the game and not everyone knows it's there but it's a temporary fix for a problem people complained about. Anyone posting on this forum should be well aware of it. Let's hope for all those non-english speaking players and people who do not use CoH2.org the ladders come soon because they are important to a lot of players who need a ladder to evaluate their skill. I think beating good players and doing well in tournaments is a better skill gauge as many people can get to the top spamming games when there are many players that can beat them lower in the ranks. It rewards activity and staying active (Due to decay) and that isn't skill it's activity.
The ladders are important to keeping player base though. People want to be able to see there name above the next guys. It all comes down to E-Peen./