The last 24 hours of MARP and KoA....

This is incredible. I'm beginning to understand the "MARP is dying" crowd's reasons for believing that. Everyone picks on every little problem they can find and beats it to death. The messages posted on this board in the last 24-48 hours are like a bunch of kids fighting over their toys. "You did this." "Yeah, but you did this." Geez, get over it people!

As far as I'm concerned, there have to be rules for a site like this, and someone has to enforce them. If not, just like in the rest of real life, someone is going to take whatever advantage they can to stretch them to an absolute. I've always been amazed at the number of people who will cheat in a competition where THERE ARE NO PRIZES.

I also agree that there should be some type of notification process when a score is DQ'd. If you're someone like BBH (or anyone else in the top 30 or so), you have a zillion recordings submitted and keeping track of ones that might have been DQ'd is pretty tough.

And, the incredible bickering that has taken place about the KoA tournament is, to be blunt, pretty pathetic. Everyone has a different interpretation of the situation and takes complete and total offense to anyone else's opinions. As far as I'm concerned, Chris is running it, so final judgment should probably be his. He's damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't.

There, now that I've probably aggravated nearly everybody, this message does actually have a point. My suggestion, because round 2 has caused so much turmoil and animosity is to allow everyone from round 2 (except me, because I'm the only one who didn't submit a recording in time because I was too damn busy at my job!) back in for round 3. Make the rules absolute, just like they're supposed to be, and if a recording doesn't play back or is recorded on the wrong version, it's DQ'd or allowed up to the point it plays back, just like in MARP. Make absolutely no exceptions for rounds 3 and up and live and learn.

I love MAME and I love the MARP site. I think that it's so cool that we can play all of those games we played as kids, plus 2000 more, and actually see other people play them better than we'd ever dream. Obviously, competition brings out the best and the worst of people, and it certainly shows in this community.

That's just my opinion. I could be wrong. Flame away....

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