MandM81 said:
But improving combos with a gain of 30k points in CF is something that requires some form of validation
..really, that's what it comes down to?
okay, so i don't know who you think you are, but you, dear sir, are in no position to ask for any form of validation from anyone who you don't like to see in the HoF, especially since i, MG and cut have been highly accomplished players for years.
you haven't updated the FC solution in years, and never have i demanded any sort of validation from you at all. in fact, no one has. yet you go out and want people to give an account of their improvements because you're so caught up in the entire "is the ipg good or bad"-discussion that you think we, as players, are unable to reach any improvements without using gamebreaking methods. there have been a lot of offences thrown around over the course of this discussion, but the blunt disregard for and discrespect towards our abilities as players expressed by your statement shows me that there is no agreement to be found.
over the course of this discussion, let's see people's reactions to the ipg: i, sfn42, cut, MG, Sajiki, Jona, RibShark and, to an extend, raymancool_bis have all expressed acceptance towards the use of ipg.
on the other hand, you and Adsolution were the only ones to denounce the use of ipg. granted, Xenon is not a big fan of the method either, but he at least
>stated< that he has mixed feelings towards banning the use of the ipg or adding another column to the hall of fame.
as you can see, this has never been a discussion between the german "gaming culture" (as you like to call it) and the rpc. there were quite a few rpc members that don't see any problems in the usage of the ipg. yet, i never wanted a public vote since i was hoping we could come to terms and find a solution everyone can agree on (or at least one that doesn't involve marking players as if they used underhanded methods in order to further boost their scores).
your response, however, starts expressing doubts towards the validity of our scores as if we were some low-level cheaters busting into the hall of fame, taking over first place.
i am not willing to continue this argument if it means we'll have to deal with insults of this magnitude. here is a final comprimise i have to offer, insipred by
rolesfamily:
We'll leave the HoF as it is, but agree to immediately release every newfound glitch we come across. since those require mostly luck to be found, i believe it is unhealthy for the competition to hide them from the community. i do admit it was not right to hide the use of the ipg from the members of RPC at first, but i want to express once more that i never had any bad intentions in doing so.
ever since MG's discovery we had to run the HoF mostly based on trust, so I see no reason to not continue doing this. personally, i have no problem with revealing any further ipgs or other glitches right away if i happen to find any. i hope all the other competitors in the HoF have an equal sportsmanship, if we manage to agree on this.
after all, if we aren't able to take each other's word for granted, we are soon going to have heated discussions about every single HoF entry we face. we can still get rid of any sudden obscure entries that fail to make a decent point about their scores. after 10 years of playing R3 and using the HoF, i think we should be able to distinguish cheaters from honest players.
this puts everyone on equal footing from a combo making standpoint. you can then choose to either adapt to the changes the game offers or not. after all, players always needed to adapt to what the game had offered. some people did adapt to the razoff glitch, the lums glitch, the snowboard-launch or whatever comes to mind, others chose not to. it's everyone's free decission to play the game in whatever way pleases him or her. sure, we did decide to exclude MG's discovery from the HoF, but the main arguments were that, first of all, it makes scoring completely redundant, and second of all, it is exclusive to PC.
anyone, feel free to comment on this proposal as much as you like, but please refrain from insulting me any further. if we can't come to an agreement this way, there's always the possibility of having a public vote or leaving the issue unresolved. i am done arguing, though.