Stig, ok so you didn't suggest block voting. For that incorrect assumption I apologise. However, you were one of its biggest supporters, and tried to vote Pacman in, with the promise of "more votes coming from us today". So Pacman didn't get in... shame.(posted 9537 days ago)So anyone who doesn't agree with you is accusing you of cheating for block voting? This is why the random game selection method was chosen, so that block voting would be discouraged. Block voting IS cheating if the final votes select the game(s), since you can manipulate the games to suit your choosing if your voting is done properly. Moot point, as it won't happen now anymore.
As for respecting the MAMEdev team's rules for releasing sourcecode, surely as members of the MAMEdev team people who are responsible in part for sorting out the TGMAME can decide to sort the rules. Rules cannot be 100% fixed in all circumstances, as they can only be a guideline, and if they are wrong they must change. In the case of TG, the source issue MUST and should be an exception and members of the MAMEdev team can submit to have the rules changed accordingly. What if a copy of the sourcecode was kept with Nicola Salmoria or something. Then he can best judge how it should be treated.
A version of MAME which saves hiscores when you record/cheat is really only of any use on someone's personal HD, since .inp files would show the cheat for what it is. That version of MAME only really serves to allow you to cheat yourself, as you know that's not a genuine hiscore and wouldn't achieve the same in a real arcade. Personally I wouldn't see anything wrong with saving hiscores when recording a .inp file, since my personal bests were all made during recorded games, so my only record is the .inp file, which is not always compatible with a new MAME version.
There's no overall disrespect on MARP for the MAME license; I'm sure we just feel that there can be exceptions to any rule, and TG is the best case for one so far. I'm sure if a PGP-style encryption was made for the .inp files that the sourcecode could well be released anyway.
Crash.