I must agree with everyone else and say No to this, it's a very, very bad idea. Put simply, it discourages competition. If somebody has 1st on a game, why would you want to upload a weaker recording for it, when it's probably going to end up being more of a benefit for the player in first? So we end up getting less uploads. That's not a good thing.(posted 9194 days ago)I don't see why the "beta rush" is such a big problem. Like Brian said, if there are players that can beat the scores, then they will. Besides, there's already plenty of games ignored... I mean, there are free 2nd and 3rd place slots open on shocktrj. I didn't upload that recording for leaderboard points, I uploaded it because I love the game. I'm pretty much the only ST freak on MARP (the score hasn't even been confirmed yet). But I don't think we should act like it shouldn't exist and not give points for it... what's next, a suggestion that MARP only carry the "popular" games like Pac-Man etc.?
The current leaderboard system isn't perfect, but this sure as hell ain't gonna fix it.
-B.S.G.