There is no point in aiming to top the monthly leaderboard.
1) It's useless. 2) It's no fun. 3) Bragging rights aren't worth the waste of time. 4) Rating and commenting hundreds of games just to grow your e-peen is a waste of time. 5) The AP addicts who do that have nothing better to do. 6) Are you really that bored? 7) You can get to the list without using the standard rate and comment spam method, but you won't likely top the board. 8) The list is glitched.
1) It's useless. 2) It's no fun. 3) Bragging rights aren't worth the waste of time. 4) Rating and commenting hundreds of games just to grow your e-peen is a waste of time. 5) The AP addicts who do that have nothing better to do. 6) Are you really that bored? 7) You can get to the list without using the standard rate and comment spam method, but you won't likely top the board. 8) The list is glitched.
I agree with all of this, AND just remember that even if you actually do all of the above to get points and then some, you still may not catch-up with the folks on the leader board. They can earn unlimited points just like you, and they have a major head-start.
Just have fun playing games and discussing topics you find interesting on the board, and you'll earn plenty of points (and uh, ahem, "respect".
Maybe it is unlimited, maybe its not. One of the most horrible things that will happen to the AP spammers is when AG 3.0 comes, if the AP is reseted, they'll go boom.