You're right in that separating originals and clones doesn't really make the scoring any fairer. However, what I think will happen is what Chad said which is that in many games everyone will play the easiest clone (read as turbo or fast-fire) and no one will challenge the original. This is a serious fault if you want TGTS recordings posted. People will then need figure out which is the best version for each game and then none of the other versions would be played. Case by case exceptions to determine the preferred "scoring" version is not the answer either as the maintenance becomes a nightmare.(posted 9673 days ago)I suppose I'm a traditionalist, and believe that an original game is considered an original for a variety of reasons notably for the purpose of tracking records and historical significance. Perhaps it's a programmer's original work and wants players to remember it as such. That said, emphasis should be given to the original. You do that by ignoring all the clones (not realistic) or minimzing the importance (scoring and otherwise) of the clones. The extra 100 pts. distributed amongst the clones would let those that have invested time and effort into playing clones, be rewarded for their efforts. At the same time it would be quite clear that the original is the prefered version for leaderboard points.