Agreed, BeeJay. The current situation for handling clones is a much better solution than the past in spite of the fact that it cost me points also. But, it appears that you and I weren't the only ones affected...so at some point it evens out to some degree (not entirely evenly, I understand, but at least it's a more sensible approach).(posted 9677 days ago)Seperating clones and "originals" is fine by me with the current system allowing 100 pts. for the original and 100 for the remaining clones. If the original was tougher or easier than the subsequent clones, then so be it. MARP players will eventually ferret out the game that they prefer to run a score up on, whether it be the original or clone.
Hopefully, this will indeed lead to more diverse score submissions as you pointed out with the observation that:
"I for one look forward to moving onto other games instead of having to battle over 4- 5 different galaxians versions because they all affect my final score."
It definitely takes a lot of playing time to constantly defend scores (as well as becomes a tedious task)in the instance that you happen to be playing a game that has a bunch of clones. You can't blame anyone for trying to submit as many scores on the clones as possible because that's the way the system of scoring was originally set up and you just simply try to maximize any opportunity that exists in the ever vicious world of the MARP Leaderboard! ;) Hmmm...opportunity...think I'll join the little Battle Lane party soon (cheesy move, for sure, but this is the kind of situation I'm talking about).
JoustGod