I answer by points:(posted 8957 days ago)1->About the bogus or unconfirmed inps,
A>My answer is NO!The confirmers are few,some of them have already little spare time and some people like me have few INPs confirmed(I have a first place in Ninja Spirit:does someone have confirmed this?).I ALWAYS played without any cheat/autofire/slowdown,and the 75% of people in this site I think is like me.
2->But when you compete in hundreds of games, the points in individual games don't make much sense. For an overall ranking you need the TOP 3 positions only! No need to mess with points at all!
A>You are newbie,right?A time ago there was a system like giving the points only for the first 3 places(10pts 1st/3pts 2nd/1pts 3rd) .It was aborted due to:
-It is a penalty for games which have got too less people.Some INPs in the first 3 positions were/are really bad scores.
-It is a penalty for games which have got too much people(see Neo Drift Out:there is a ranking of 26 peoples!Getting the first 3 pleaces mean that you have played that game for years and years!)
If you make a 10th place you are awarded for what you have did;MAX 5 pts!And if that makes sense in the 400 place,don't make any in the first 50 surely!
You talked about Game Guru:see how many 0pts he have due to "does not playback" or DisQualified!They makes average!
3->What I propose is simple; A player can not be awarded with points more that 1 time in a game, either it is a parent of clone set.
A>So I have to give my Strider records to people who doesn't even able to finish level 4?Don't be so pathetic;ALL clones have minimum one difference regards to the parent set (graphic,sound,gameplay,patterns,even levels sometimes).Also your example of Street Fighter doesn't make much sense:sf1 is DIFFERENT from sf2;ssf2 is REALLY more easier than ssf2t and so on.If you talk about the hacks of Street Fighter 2,you are right:they have to be banned for "too easy" reason.
4->I think that there must be a limit to the number of games that are rated in the overall score. You can't expect someone to play 2000 games just to appear on the overall best
A>If you want to advance in the leaderboard you have to play a lot. Make all firsts or 10th places is up to you:)
5->Did you consider adding categories, like fighting games, strategy etc..
A>I agree,but as different boards...
PS I wrote a lot:tell me if something isn't clear...
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