I was just looking at the Pnickies scores.

Ben Jos has the high of 441,000+, but some players who got over 50K get zero points??

It doesn't seem right to me that a player who gets over 10% of the high gets zero points. If someone got 10% of Steve Krogman's Galaga score, I'd say that was an ok score. They certainly don't deserve a big goose egg just because a lot of people play the game!

My 2 cents...

-- Mark Longridge (cubeman@iname.com), July 11, 2000

Answers

I think S.Krogman's galaga replay is worth more than 1,000%points.

Then define 100% as second best score. and top is gettable infinity(or limit 1,000%)is seemed right.

how about.....

-- Dangerous-replayer (weavuspert@yahoo.co.jp), July 11, 2000.

If you look at it like "because a lot of people play the game you deserver a goose egg" then you might be right. But if you look at it like "a lot of average players and some good players play the game and if you can't get close to the good players or above the average players you get a goose egg" sounds just fine.

-- Chad (churritz@cts.com), July 11, 2000.

The only reason that 50k gets zero points is because dozens of players can score more than 50k as you indicated. In other words, purely speaking from those numbers, not as an expert, 50k is a very mediocre score. What's the use of giving points for a score that everybody and their dog can easily get?

I know... we're starting the umpteenth reincarnation of the pros and cons discussion of the way the leaderboard works. And also the umpteenth reincarnation of the elitism discussion.

"Your" Joust is a perfect example as well. 50k on that game is a mediocre score. Even for someone like me who is no expert at all on that game. Do you really want to award mediocre scores?

I'd rather see people try a little harder before uploading a score (yes, I know, elitism) than see them collect points for scores that my dogs and cat can beat blindfoldedly.

Yes, I know. It's a bit discouraging to score over 1M on Galaga (Fast Fire) only to realise you would get only 1 or 2 points if you uploaded it. Yes, I am proud of my Galaga score, but I'd rather try to improve first before uploading a score that would get me close to zero points. Sure, it's an OK score, but it won't make any headlines, win me any medals, or enable me to quit my job and play video games for a living. ;-) Then why should I be awarded?

Cheers, Ben Jos.

-- Ben Jos Walbeehm (walbeehm@walbeehm.com), July 11, 2000.