Exactly, Welcor. It's human nature, and ultimately no matter how cute you get at trying to hide the numbers, players will find them. They're like water, finding its level.
As Richard Bartle writes in his great new book, Designing Virtual Worlds - get it from Amazon.com if you haven't already! - he basically says that it makes little sense to try to hide such things from players.
And players really do love numbers and statistics, as a whole.
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