That pecdai listing for the Lords demo disc helps explain how the Adols got their Clear ranking so high.
We should write up a short "noob guide" and sticky it. It can consist of Vestcoat's post here, but speaking in general terms.
Then, when noobs invariably fail to read it, we post a link.
Vestcoat wrote one up years ago and reposts it every once in a while.
It should be updated to address the new levels of n00b "collectardness", like "Don't post your introduction in the Turbo Sales section" or "Don't spam posts to raise your post count high enough to sneak into raffles with posts declaring how you're just trying to get your post count high enough to enter raffles".