No one's accusing you of cheating, Game Guru, but we ARE accusing you
of taking unfair advantage of the situation. No score that ranks in
the top 3 for a particular game should be using autofire, period,
because they disadvantage every score beneath them. Not having to
press buttons at all/as frequently gives A LOT more time to focus on
movement, as well as giving extra time to analyze the game world.
Saying that you're too lazy to press the buttons is not a valid
excuse.
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But if you need more arguments:
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1) Your scores, as stated above, impact other players who have scored
less on the same game but played without autofire.
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2) You are a Top 10 player. Using autofire is a bad example for the
new players coming to the site.
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3) You failed to label ANY of your games as using autofire, and for
this reason, it is only just recently that many of us have learned
that you were using autofire
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4) Using autofire violates the spirit/and or design of a game. Just
look at N. Kosaka's 'skill' on D-Con.
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5)Many games gain OBVIOUS advantages from autofire.
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Under current regulations at MARP, noone can force you to delete your
recordings. That is why I asked you to delete them, instead of telling
you (read the original post). I think that if you delete those
recordings where you feel you obviously gained an advantage (and you
must consider any and all vertical or side scroling shooters here)
then we can continue on at MARP with no changes to the autofire
ruling. However, if you refuse, I will personally put the autofire
matter to vote this week, and then one of the siteop gods can regulate
it.
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You are, simply put, the fastest rising player at MARP ever. I don't
think you need to skew the playfield to your advanateg, and I'msure
you can quickly make up the points lost.
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Sincerely,
Q.T.Quazar
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qan@home.com
, and German Krol, who told me a few posts back that he only had ONE autofire recording (herbiedk). Please remove your autofire recordings. It was decided a long, long time ago that they were unfair and did not accurately simulate playing an arcade game to your fullest potential. I don't think either of you needs the extra advantage.
