With all due respect to BeeJay and Brian MacLean, two excellent players, I will argue this point on behalf of those of us who do like the leaderboard.(posted 9283 days ago)If you don't want to participate, don't participate. Dave Kaupp still exists at MARP, but does not show up on the leaderboard. Just ask Zwaxy to hide your name from it if this is how you feel about its current state. You can still upload your quality recordings, and you don't have to complain about the structure.
The whole point of the TG debate is whether or not to raise the skill level required to post scores on a game. I fail to understand why this debate irks you--it should be doing the contrary. I never disagreed that a marathon takes skill, but I do thikn that there is a time and a place for such gaming, and that time and place is not MARP.
If you don't want the leaderboard, fine, hide yourselves off it, and you don't have to participate or be annoyed by beta rushers. The majority of MARPers do want the leaderboard, and besides, you reach a point on the LB where the higher you rise, the more attention you garner, and the bigger a target your scores are, so beta rushing becomes less and less practical unless you've shut off your e-mail.
I was wrong to bring up charges of elitism last year; I was new to the site and did not fully understand the dynamics of how the old and new players were mixing. But the argument of quality over quantity is irrelevant here. As it stands, the best rise to the top, and the best scores do not go unnoticed. Hisa-Chan is not even top 50, yet has three congratulatory messages (at least) on the msg board.
I guess what I am saying is "What is your point?" People can still make a leaderboard rush and take time to admire good recordings. Saying you don't want to record for a site because all anyone concerned about is LB points is a biased statement and in err--people notice the good scores at MARP, they talk about them every night on IRC and on the msg. board. Meanwhile, a player with ~900 .inps can't make the top 10.
I've reconsidered my position over the year, BeeJay, and you'll notice my average has gone from around 20pts/game to 62pts/game. So I ask you, before you call out for the foundations of MARP to be rebuilt yet again, to reconsider yours.
Sincerely, Q.T.Quazar
MARP Rules Coordinator
addendum: I do, however, agree with Taz's comment that the Interesting page is not beig used to its potential. This is a problem with MARP's hierarchy, however, and requires another person with code access to maintain it.