These are ladders you download and put up against your house to climb to the roof... no really. "Ladder" has several meanings. A less tangible meaning is a chart that lists rankings of players in a competition. Below are several ladders here at pftq.com...
Castle Blood Power Rating: January 3, 2007 ~ Ladder created for the Age of Empires III custom map, Castle Blood. Automatically updated every 3 minutes. Original script by Elpea and various others; modified and converted for XML feeds by pftq. ~ Created in PHP, mySQL
Fort Wars Power Rating: December 25, 2006 ~ Ladder created for the popular Age of Empires III custom map, Fort Wars. Automatically updated every 3 minutes. Original script by Elpea and various others; modified and converted for XML feeds by pftq. ~ Created in PHP, mySQL