Some people are better at some games than others. As for me, I play only a very limited number of games, and I am only good at even less. My personal best on Galaga, for instance, is 350k or something, and I am proud of that, even though that score is pathetic compared to the top 3 scores.(posted 9605 days ago)Therefore, I have no problem at all with people submitting scores that are a lot lower than the top scores. They still earned it, and, like me, they probably still are proud of their achievements. A lot of recordings I have made, I have never submitted, because *I* thought they were too low (even though sometimes they would have made the top 3), and because I thought they were below *my* standard, not because they were below the standard set by the top players. I think it should be left to everybody's own discretion as to whether or not to upload a "sub-standard" score. You know, the good thing about low scores is that the zip files are very small, so they won't take up much disk space anyway.
Most of the #3 spots I hold now can be easily beaten by others, if only somebody would put their focus on them. Most people don't, because most people seem most interested in the newer games, while I am only interested in some (a very limited number at that) older games. I submitted those #3 scores, because they represent more or less the best I can do on those games at this point, so I am proud of them.
Everybody has to start somewhere, and for those interested in the leaderboard competition, I think it reduces the quality of the competition if new players are "discouraged" from competing. Some of those people could otherwise have turned out to be a major competitor. Even a great player like BBH will not always get a top score the very first time he plays a game...