How Important Are Rankings now?

I remember when being like the top 20 on your server was something...and the rankings met something to some people and others really didn't care. I've recently gone back to not caring as I watch all the "top legit such and such" threads on that other forum sorta die out except some of the lulzy that somehow survive. With leechers and on-rank hackers...do you think the Nexon ranks are completely useless? People are getting like top 20 rank in a month or two when it took some people a year or two to get there.

Maybe they have always been useless....>_> not many people on MS have gamer pride anyways these days.