Moop, I feel like global rank really does mean nothing if you just sit in the aikido ranked lobby and farm all day. That doesn't mean you're good at all competitive mods like a global rank SHOULD mean. Your idea of mod rank only raising /in the ranked public servers/ is a great one, and it gives way for more competition in a more proper way (imho). Matchmaking is not only a fair measure of skill, but it makes fighting more interesting as you won't be fighting that one really good guy every time you get a chance to play.

I'm assuming matchmaking would also function on a bracket basis, so newer members/lower elo members can get a chance to fight players at their own level and improve until they get to higher ranks and brackets. It's kinda like a training program that never ends.