A question on the definition of points leeching

I have a question on how far we take this points leeching concern.

I notice - well JoustGod informed me actually since I currently have all messages turned off at MARP - that my scores for WiseGuy/YamYam have just been trimmed for leeching.

Did I deliberately die on a certain level that is worth a large number of points? Yes.

Did I gain any extra lives doing this? No.

Did I then have to go on a complete the remainder of the game? Yes.

Ok, literally speaking I did die more than once on the same level trying to get the most points out of this game. However, I did take the risk of having to complete the remainder of the game on my last remaining life - ie: no room for future errors for the remaining levels.

The question is, for a limited level limited life game like this where the only way to improve the final score once you can complete all 38 levels at full speed without losing lives is to find ways of maximising points per life by deliberately losing lives on the screen in question where I "wasted" all my lives.

I'm not worried about the loss of score - I still hold 1st place on both these games - but what I am worried about is the precedent this is setting for other games. Are we next going to ban using up all remaining lives at the end of Black Tiger and clones to maximise the scores on those. If we are, I will be less than impressed because I think anyone who can complete the game on hardest difficulty deserves to be allowed to maximise their score at the end of the game.

Blatent and outright leeching on games like GNG, NZ Story etc deserve to be banned, but I think there is a significant difference between that and trying to maximise the final points for a game with an ending so long as the ending is reached.

I'm happy to accept whatever the majority decides, it's just that if we take away the ability to find points here and there and these games that have endings then we will lose something of the essence of MARP as well. What essence? Watching a true master of a game wringing every last possible point out of their game.

I will now shrink back into the background and await people's responses.

BeeJay (Retired but considering a come-back sometime in the future)

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