"The Leaderboard"
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:53 am
The Leaderboard...
The source of so much interest, competition, envy, deceit, controversy, enthusiasm, etc..
Personally, quite a while back it became apparent to me that I would be forced to campaign against recordings on the site which I felt were not acheived in a legitimate fashion, and I did not want to subject myself to any allegations that I could have ulterior motives relating to the leaderboard affecting my judgement. I therefore made the decision to remove myself from inclusion in the leaderboard display. I had no idea at the time that I might be Regualtion Coordinator one day, but now that I am the decision seems even more appropriate.
Since then I have been forced to ponder whether the leaderboard is a positive force at MARP overall, or a negative one. I know several members who would argue that MARP would be better off without it. Honestly, I feel that they would probably be in the minority...that most members want to have a leaderboard in some form. I have also queried Zwaxy himself, who has stated that while he is willing to implement reasonable changes, he would prefer to see the leaderboard survive in one form or another.
The only question remaining then, is what form?
Just to throw out a few personal opinions to start:
I like the formula by which the scores under first place are allotted point based on their percentage of the top score, scaled down by their placement also. That seems very sensible to me.
My main concern however, is that it gives points (however few) to so many contestants that there is an incentive for members to upload recordings of little or no interest to the community, just for the sake of leaderboard points. (In violation of MARP Rule #2)
Some members have suggested that only confirmed scores should count toward leaderboard points.
Is the leaderboard best left as it is, or is there a way we can decide as a community to improve upon it?
All ideas are welcome.
Let the discussion begin.
The source of so much interest, competition, envy, deceit, controversy, enthusiasm, etc..
Personally, quite a while back it became apparent to me that I would be forced to campaign against recordings on the site which I felt were not acheived in a legitimate fashion, and I did not want to subject myself to any allegations that I could have ulterior motives relating to the leaderboard affecting my judgement. I therefore made the decision to remove myself from inclusion in the leaderboard display. I had no idea at the time that I might be Regualtion Coordinator one day, but now that I am the decision seems even more appropriate.
Since then I have been forced to ponder whether the leaderboard is a positive force at MARP overall, or a negative one. I know several members who would argue that MARP would be better off without it. Honestly, I feel that they would probably be in the minority...that most members want to have a leaderboard in some form. I have also queried Zwaxy himself, who has stated that while he is willing to implement reasonable changes, he would prefer to see the leaderboard survive in one form or another.
The only question remaining then, is what form?
Just to throw out a few personal opinions to start:
I like the formula by which the scores under first place are allotted point based on their percentage of the top score, scaled down by their placement also. That seems very sensible to me.
My main concern however, is that it gives points (however few) to so many contestants that there is an incentive for members to upload recordings of little or no interest to the community, just for the sake of leaderboard points. (In violation of MARP Rule #2)
I personally would like to see some sort of incentive to submit using a secure version of MAME, as we had with the alphaMAME blocking policy temporarily last year.l) Submit only games that you feel are worthy of the notice of other MARPers, owing either to personal effort, or display of skill.
Some members have suggested that only confirmed scores should count toward leaderboard points.
Is the leaderboard best left as it is, or is there a way we can decide as a community to improve upon it?
All ideas are welcome.
Let the discussion begin.