Response to Rest In Peace, MARP

Considering how things are looking now, I agree, Ben Jos. It's sad to see players of this calibre (spell check? :) ) fighting over something as petty as games. However, there are some people who are not fully aware of the fact they are breaking the rules. Let's look at all the different fights, and let's resolve them as fast as we can (or at least get all the perspectives):

SMB and Tommi. I'm sure his intentions were pure, but QT snapped on him very quickly (this is not meant to be offensive to QT, so please don't take it that way. I'm just saying it like I see it on the message, ok? Nothing against ya, ol' buddy :) ). Now, I can see why Tommi should have taken this with the editors over the rules, but with his request for a public vote, he's giving more people a chance to throw in their opinion, even though we've done this before. What this all boils down to is SMB itself, and why we play it. There shouldn't directly be a vote for how many ticks to use, but what to play for: Finish the game, or points. I'm sure that all of us could do both, but there might be players out there that are not familiar with it. There you have it, all the perspectives in the SMB fight.

T5: I don't see why there is a fight over this. Let's get the facts for this:

1. Moon Patrol and Metal Slug are two different games. Moon Patrol is totally side scrolling, has no bosses, and loops; Metal Slug has hostages, bosses, vertical scrolling, etc.

2. Elevator Action is seen as a shooter, as well as Moon Patrol and Metal Slug. I don't see why there is a problem. Read the above reasoning, but add this: Elevator Action is pretty much ONLY vertical scrolling.

OK, that's taken care of, I believe.

KoA: Very touchy subject for me, since I've been trying to back Chris Parsley up in this tourny. On a quick side note, Chris, please understand that I am not trying to be mean to you, I'm just stating what I see again. No hard feelings, ok? :) ANYWAY, here's what I'm seeing:

1. Chris did not check with the editors for any tools to monitor the games' inps.

2. Chris did not check to see if Arabian plays back on WinTG.

3. Vaz has snapped at Chris for wanting TGMame. According to Chris, this tourny is pretty much for World Records with TG, and Chris said something about talking with Walter Day about records and KoA. Using TGMame would make sure the inps are valid (refer to #1 for more on this). There has been complaints before with TGMame and something about Nicola Salmoria, so I don't think we should revive this topic.

So, in conclusion, these are the fights that are taking place. Everyone who is involved, if I haven't directed an apology to you already, then I do it right now. Sometimes my opinion is very apparent, and I'm trying to hide it; other times, I stayed as neutral as possible. But please, this can not be the death of MARP. I mean, come on, I've only been here since May, and this isn't enough time to become famous! *joking around, of course :) * Please, everyone, have a little more respect for each other (man, this sounds cheesy....), and maybe we can pick up MARP's heartbeat.

Sincerely,

J.D. "The Head of ER for MARP *joking*" Lowe

P.S. Yes, BenJos, too much bitching. Does this qualify as that? :)

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