Curse

roflcopter ownage · Feb 10, 2008, 06:40 AM // 06:40

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Originally Posted by Kha

It's synching. Pretty sad. I've gone up against people in the 100 ranks. Many go untouched while their friends harrass anyone not part of their little clique. Got KDed 12 times in one race, while no one else got TOUCHED. I also got body blocked numerous times while the main guy is left to speed ahead. Of course there are legit winners who deserve the spot in the top 100, but if you think all of them do then you obviously haven't played the mini-game enough to see just how desperate people are to win.

This has been reported last year numerous times and this year numerous times, but it seems ANet doesn't care since it's just a mini-game with a mini-pet for a reward. Not like this is serious PvP or anything...

Do you know how hard it would be to get 6 people, let alone 2, in a single race together. Then that person has to get lucky and get super and echo, and then that person has to know what the do with teh super and echo as well as the otehr speed boosts

Syncing is useless, and tryign to do it would be a waste of time. The people that try to sync are the ones that don't know how to get a high score

Kashrlyyk · Feb 10, 2008, 07:09 AM // 07:09

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Originally Posted by roflcopter ownage

Do you know how hard it would be to get 6 people, let alone 2, in a single race together. ....

E.g. 1 am in the morning in a Korean district. I wouldn´t say that that is hard. Just need to know when most players would normally sleep.

Martin Alvito · Feb 10, 2008, 07:14 AM // 07:14

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Originally Posted by Kashrlyyk

E.g. 1 am in the morning in a Korean district. I wouldn´t say that that is hard. Just need to know when most players would normally sleep.

1) You'd need an army of people.
2) You'd spend 5/6 of your time repaying the favor.

By comparison, I get lagged out or otherwise screwed on about half of my runs (if we're talking trying to post 480+) before I have the possibility of achieving the combo. If you get the combo, the other players are irrelevant.

By my math, playing it straight up is three times as efficient. (1/2 success vs. 1/6 success) I'm not saying that it couldn't be done in principle, but that if you're doing it, you're bad at GW. Further, if you see someone with a ton of times in the top 100, they're clearly not syncing.

Martin Alvito · Feb 10, 2008, 07:23 AM // 07:23

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Originally Posted by Kha

I've gone up against people in the 100 ranks. Many go untouched while their friends harrass anyone not part of their little clique.

Go read Robert Axelrod's The Evolution of Cooperation. There's no organized order to this norm of behavior; it simply came about over time without discussion or formal agreement. I don't socialize with the majority of the top 100 players, and I typically only chat with the ones I do socialize with during event weekends. I imagine this is true for most of us; it's not as though this is an organized clique, club or what have you.

However, since we've had so many weekends of rollerbeetle at this point, everyone knows who has repeatedly appeared on the top 100 time and again. It's in no regular top 100 player's best interest to screw over other top 100 players when they get a run; that only leads to tit-for-tat. Plus, there's the karma/superstition factor: if I shut down this run, will the ultimate result be someone else doing the same unto me?

Upshot: you observe people independently converging on a cooperative strategy rather than trying to shaft one another. Doesn't mean that there's a conspiracy or anything organized; it simply means that everyone involved is smart enough to see where their interests lie.

UnKn0wN415 · Feb 10, 2008, 09:04 AM // 09:04

I stopped trying to get to top 100, even if I manage to get atleast #90 I bet I would get taken off my Yuri...

got my best time today 470...

ill just play for some easy token...

Rexion · Feb 10, 2008, 01:53 PM // 13:53

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Originally Posted by Killed u man

If it is ALL about "timing", than it is abusing an exploit, seeing how it is documented NOWHERE that you go faster/slower when using certain skills at certain spots...
I know for a FACT...*edit*blah blah blah

my response...
i know for a fact that you are just getting upset over a mini-game that will go POOF in 2 days.

why do people care? if you really wanna get the dumb "prize", which has nothing to do with real life, then spend your life farming money to buy one.

Dwarf Teh Guru · Feb 10, 2008, 04:42 PM // 16:42

Whats the best time to get when reaching the spiral bridge if you're going for a top 100 spot? Looking for some super-leet-roller beetler to answer this question.

pakhavit · Feb 10, 2008, 04:47 PM // 16:47

Top 100 gonna be like 10minipet cos 1 player hold 10-20place xD

HawkofStorms · Feb 10, 2008, 06:57 PM // 18:57

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Originally Posted by Martin Alvito

By my math, playing it straight up is three times as efficient. (1/2 success vs. 1/6 success) I'm not saying that it couldn't be done in principle, but that if you're doing it, you're bad at GW. Further, if you see someone with a ton of times in the top 100, they're clearly not syncing.

Way to pull math out of your ass. 90% of all statistics on the internet are made up you know. (including that one)
The point still stands that the way most top 100 scores are achieved is through syncing. I don't care if it "doesn't make sense" to you. Having the chance to get a incrediably valuable minipet that makes you an instant millionare in game is worth the time and co-operation to some people.

Chestnut · Feb 10, 2008, 06:59 PM // 18:59

K its sunday .. can some of you pro players please give some of us some more stright foward tips?

you people with 20+ spots on the top 100 are in no danger of anyone of us getting enough spots to knock you off within 24 hours im sure.

dark eliminator · Feb 10, 2008, 07:11 PM // 19:11

ok ok...i got 460,000 high score..and i can tell that they did the following things:

-they are living near the Servers(Low Ping)
-they went to empty district and started to race with Friends who didn't KnockDown them.
-they did it over and over again, until they got twice the 8# skil + the Echo skill(skill 6#)

Acehigh · Feb 10, 2008, 07:23 PM // 19:23

I just logged into Korean 1 Rollerbeetle Arena, and Gaile Gray was there talking about the high scores. Sorry, I showed up a bit late and it's poorly edited.

Feathermoore Rep · Feb 10, 2008, 08:57 PM // 20:57

It should be quite easy to fix as they are almost guarenteed to be using a database to store this information. If they are recording all scores, and only displaying the top 100, then its just a simple solution of only taking the top 100 UNIQUE entries from the database. If they are writing the scores to the top 100 list, as they are scored, then they indeed are telling truth in that they can not remove them. However, if this is the case, what programmer/design member thought of the idea to make a top 100 list that gives prizes, and allows for multiple entries but not prizes? I'd almost want them to give out multiple prizes, even though it will make them perma-rich, however there will be more prizes in the game, which will go for a semi-lower price.

They still have the opportunity to fix this for future purposes. All they have to do is to check the list to see if the account has posted a top score, then if their score is higher than the one posted. Delete the lower entry from the database, and post the new entry in the database.

Its just a few more extra lines in the code, to check for uniqueness, its not hard, and should have been implemented the first time around. But hey, its there game. Let less than 30 people walk away with prize for the top 100.

Chestnut · Feb 10, 2008, 09:17 PM // 21:17

Did anyone happen to get out of her what the prize infact is?

Lain Akazukin · Feb 10, 2008, 09:18 PM // 21:18

No, I asked but she replied that she didn't know yet either.

Stoneys Rock · Feb 10, 2008, 09:26 PM // 21:26

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Originally Posted by dark eliminator

ok ok...i got 460,000 high score..and i can tell that they did the following things:

-they are living near the Servers(Low Ping)
-they went to empty district and started to race with Friends who didn't KnockDown them.
-they did it over and over again, until they got twice the 8# skil + the Echo skill(skill 6#)

so now I gotta move house and sync with people to get a top 100 win? :P /jokegasam

maybe I'll just play it instead. :P

Chestnut · Feb 10, 2008, 09:30 PM // 21:30

Yeah honestly, Im a really good connection here and my avrage ping in the races is 150 to 200.

>

Ekelon · Feb 10, 2008, 09:32 PM // 21:32

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Originally Posted by Chestnut

Did anyone happen to get out of her what the prize infact is?

I'm assuming since they didn't change the programming at all, it will be more miniature greased lightnings. That's the average case scenario.

WORST CASE scenario: We get more crates of fireworks.

BEST CASE scenario: We get miniature lisa's.

2nd BEST CASE scenario: We get everlasting beetle juice tonics.

Chestnut · Feb 10, 2008, 09:34 PM // 21:34

Whats a mini lisa?

Ekelon · Feb 10, 2008, 09:37 PM // 21:37

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Originally Posted by Chestnut

Whats a mini lisa?

It's Lisa the world famous racing beetle! (she's in the outpost just like "zippy" greased lightning).