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« Thread started on: Jul 20th, 2003, 3:31pm » |
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How come that nobody of the top players in MV have been proven?
top players in X and snes have been proven why not in MV?
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Re: Question?
« Reply #1 on: Jul 20th, 2003, 4:04pm » |
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Gregory Tiaiba sent in some screenshots a long while back, but you're right ... there's been less talk about proving GBA times than the other games. One reason is that without the availability of videos (until very recently by recording GB Player racing), real proof was hard to come by. Screenshots are nice, but could still be easily faked by racing with a cheat device like GameShark.
Also, because of the lack of video, the top GBA players tend to have long strat discussions which help show their advanced knowledge of the game.
Finally, the recent migration of Japanese players to the site has added many new world-class times to the top of our charts. These players competed at sugi's Japanese site. I honor the validity of their times out of respect to sugi and the great work he did for years on his site. He accepted their times, and that's good enough for me.
This DOES NOT mean, however, that we are just accepting times blindly without any consideration of proof. As more and more players purchase GB Players, videos will begin to appear here. If I wasn't so busy, I would have already made some myself.
Hopefully some of the Japanese players will become regular visitors here, and eventually contribute some GBA videos to share the secrets of their amazing times.
I realize that I'm speaking more about proving the limitations of the game than about proving the accomplishments of individual players. But in the only significant case thus far of screenshots sent in to prove questionable GBA times, we were STILL left debating whether or not the times were real. That experience leaves me pushing less for screenshots, and spending more time talking to individuals in attempts to determine their honesty and ability.
It's less than a perfect answer, I know. But it's an honest appraisal of what's transpired regarding the GBA proof issue.
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