Hello there,(posted 8958 days ago)I have very simple propositions to make to the ranking problem About the bogus or unconfirmed inps, there is no question about it, they should be ignored. It may be tough for a player who didn't cheat, but you can't give any points until it is confirmed. You don't give Ben Johnson the WR if he is on drugs, do you? Instead there should be a penalty for someone that uses cheats, like ban him from the game.
If you like the percentage system, that is fine. But you can't have too many positions, or too less. I think the top 10 would be best. With that system you award someone that has made a super performance in 1st place compared to the second. e.g 1st place 100 points, second 70 points.
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! The first position gets the Gold Metal, the second the Silver and the Third the bronze. So, the player with the most gold’s, silvers and bronzes wins. First priorities are the gold’s of course. If you have the most gold’s, then you get TOP 1 EVEN if you have less silver or bronze. That makes sense because if you have more gold’s, the others will have the silvers.!!!
As for removing the clones, I disagree. Some clones are different than the main game, and what if I have the hi score and my main set becomes a clone in the next version of mame? 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.
I hope these make a lot of sense to you Grendal74