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I was just looking at the Pnickies scores.
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Ben Jos has the high of 441,000+, but some players who got
over 50K get zero points??

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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!

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My 2 cents...

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cubeman@iname.com

I think S.Krogman's galaga replay is worth more than 1,000%points.
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Then define 100% as second best score.
and top is gettable infinity(or limit 1,000%)is seemed right.

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how about.....

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weavuspert@yahoo.co.jp

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.

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churritz@cts.com

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?

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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.

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"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?

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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.

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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?

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Cheers,
Ben Jos.

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walbeehm@walbeehm.com