I would suggest that, besides the already fine ladder turnament, you also add a few single elimination turnaments now and then (if you want to make it worth the programing/administration for you guys, you might make them silver/gold only - I will certainly by silver again if you do). The point of such turnaments would be to add a place where players can battle it out, without having to have to worry about playing tons and tons of games in order to win as is the case with the current ladder mechanics. I really like Warbarons - especially the competetive element - but running 10 games at the same time simply takes too much time for me. I wonder if other players might feel the same way?
-AngryOgre