a question for you - is this legal???
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 1998 12:30 pm
Someone (don't know if he wanted me to say who he is) just
emailed me:
<p>
> I have to question Neil Chapmans Pacman recordings. He's a
> fantastic player and his Ms.Pacman recording is incredible.
> But the four Pacman files he recently uploaded are actually
> the same file, not only has he used the same Pacman file for
> Pacplus but also submitted them both for the speedup cheat
> versions. Giving him 40 points for one game! Is that legal?
<p>
And I don't know the answer. Since I've always made the rules
up as I went along, guided by what you guys shouted at me, I
thought I'd put this out there, too.
<p>
My own feelings on this are that if he's good enough at pacman
that he doesn't need to use the cheat then he should be allowed
to submit a normal pacman recording as a pacman-fast recording
too - he's at a disadvantage doing so, but that doesn't seem to
matter. And... since I'm stupid enough to allow 2 identical
games with just different graphics, then I don't see how I can
disallow identical recordings for them... I guess at the end of
the day if the recording scores the points he claims then the job's
a good'un.
<p>
Non? Whatcha reckon?
--
zwaxy@bigfoot.com
emailed me:
<p>
> I have to question Neil Chapmans Pacman recordings. He's a
> fantastic player and his Ms.Pacman recording is incredible.
> But the four Pacman files he recently uploaded are actually
> the same file, not only has he used the same Pacman file for
> Pacplus but also submitted them both for the speedup cheat
> versions. Giving him 40 points for one game! Is that legal?
<p>
And I don't know the answer. Since I've always made the rules
up as I went along, guided by what you guys shouted at me, I
thought I'd put this out there, too.
<p>
My own feelings on this are that if he's good enough at pacman
that he doesn't need to use the cheat then he should be allowed
to submit a normal pacman recording as a pacman-fast recording
too - he's at a disadvantage doing so, but that doesn't seem to
matter. And... since I'm stupid enough to allow 2 identical
games with just different graphics, then I don't see how I can
disallow identical recordings for them... I guess at the end of
the day if the recording scores the points he claims then the job's
a good'un.
<p>
Non? Whatcha reckon?
--
zwaxy@bigfoot.com