Nice hack... i'm replacing my starts addon right now...
For anyone else using this, you'll need to add a { at the end of if ($showranks==1) (typo it seems).
Additionally, the TINYINT fields in the ranks table are limited to 127 (that means no number over 127 will properly save). If you plan to have any ranks go over 127 posts, change TINYINT to INT.
If anyone wants to see an example, check out
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?postid=34 (note: I changed the ranking icons to stars for now).
[Edited by ExtremeFactor on 06-27-2000 at 02:09 AM]