I'm very big on offline tournaments, but these people are arguing the
possibility of cheating as a reason not to participate in them.
Since GPLRank depends on uploading an easily editable textfile with your
times, is cheating a problem there? I realize this is an insulting question
but I am curious.
rms
We just go by pure sportsmanship. A very, very big majority of GPL drivers
are Gentlemen, so we trust each other. There is just no need to cheat to
99.999999% of the people.
This is not N3 with punks, lamers and kids who need attention.
--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.WeRace.net
-- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
Gpl community is 99% Gentelmans about 18-60 yeras old most of 25+ ( not like
NFS 12-16 )
So noone here wants to cheat other Gentelmans. Besides it would be cheating
yourself cause Gpl Rank is to check how fast you are also for yourself.
Gpl rank -44,45
Richie ( Piotr O. )
Icq 7510765
http://gpl.pulse.pdi.net
http://oj.gad.pl
> I'm very big on offline tournaments, but these people are arguing the
> possibility of cheating as a reason not to participate in them.
> Since GPLRank depends on uploading an easily editable textfile with your
> times, is cheating a problem there? I realize this is an insulting
question
> but I am curious.
> rms
> We just go by pure sportsmanship. A very, very big majority of GPL drivers
> are Gentlemen, so we trust each other. There is just no need to cheat to
> 99.999999% of the people.
> This is not N3 with punks, lamers and kids who need attention.
> --
> -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
> -- May the Downforce be with you...
> -- http://www.WeRace.net
> -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
> how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
BTW, if anyone knows how to get rid of that particular time for that track,
please tell me how. I`ve tried to delete that particular record, and, sure
enough, it disappears from the Best Laps screen, but the record on the track
still satnds, it doesn`t disappear. I would like to know 2 things:
1-Will the track record affect the data for GPLRank, or does it uses only the
Best Laps info?
2-If it does affect the data, how can I get rid of it?
Thanks in advance.
Daniel Fris
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> I'm very big on offline tournaments, but these people are arguing the
> possibility of cheating as a reason not to participate in them.
> Since GPLRank depends on uploading an easily editable textfile with your
> times, is cheating a problem there? I realize this is an insulting
question
> but I am curious.
> rms
> BTW, if anyone knows how to get rid of that particular time for that track,
> please tell me how. I`ve tried to delete that particular record, and, sure
> enough, it disappears from the Best Laps screen, but the record on the track
> still satnds
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Olav K. Malmin
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> > BTW, if anyone knows how to get rid of that particular time for that track,
> > please tell me how. I`ve tried to delete that particular record, and, sure
> > enough, it disappears from the Best Laps screen, but the record on the track
> > still satnds
> I would think that if you have deleted the time from your player.ini
> file it will not affect your GPL Rank handicap, since the trackrecord
> is located somewhere else.
--
Olav K. Malmin
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>We just go by pure sportsmanship. A very, very big majority of GPL drivers
>are Gentlemen, so we trust each other. There is just no need to cheat to
>99.999999% of the people.
>This is not N3 with punks, lamers and kids who need attention.
JoH
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--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.WeRace.net
-- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
...
Nope. Uses "best laps".
Best laps are in your player.ini; look at the file; 2 numbers are
used; the time (in seconds) when the record was done, and the 2nd is
the time in seconds.
The track records are stored in the track directories
(tracks\zandvort\record.ini). You can 'up' the time quite a bit, then
set a regular time, or delete the file or line altogether.
These files never make it to GPLRank, so have no influence on the
rank.
Ruud van Gaal
MarketGraph / MachTech: http://www.marketgraph.nl
Art: http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery
>> I'm very big on offline tournaments, but these people are arguing the
>> possibility of cheating as a reason not to participate in them.
>> Since GPLRank depends on uploading an easily editable textfile with your
>> times, is cheating a problem there? I realize this is an insulting
>question
>> but I am curious.
>Gpl community is 99% Gentelmans about 18-60 yeras old most of 25+ ( not
>like
>NFS 12-16 )
>So noone here wants to cheat other Gentelmans. Besides it would be
>cheating
>yourself cause Gpl Rank is to check how fast you are also for yourself.
On 8 Jul 2000 02:20:42 GMT,
><snip>
>>Since GPLRank depends on uploading an easily editable textfile with
>>your times, is cheating a problem there? I realize this is an
>>insulting question but I am curious.
><snip>
>To be honest, yes people could cheat in GPLRank. But as far as I know
>it doesn't happen, for several reasons:
>1) Grand Prix Legends being (regrettably) the minority interest it is,
>a lot of its players are familiar with each other's standard (eg
>through this very NG). If my handicap suddenly jumped up by 50 points,
>I don't think it would be long before someone queried it.
>2) GPLRank has moderators. They scan through times, and would notice if
>anyone posted a vast jump (eg 9:00 to 7:55 at the Ring). They could
>then email the person in question to get an answer. Which is one reason
>why I always keep a replay file of my best lap at each track.
>3) GPL, not being a short-attention-span, pick-up-and-play arcade game,
>isn't played (to any significant degree, anyway) by the sort of
>attention-seeking obnoxious 12-year-old who is likely to cheat.
>Apologies to all genuine 12-year-old GPL drivers (I know there are
>some). I'm talking about the sort of people who post messagez with lotz
>of wordz ending in zedz and use things like " way2g0 d00d" or
>"14m3r l33t" and actually think people will care...
>4) This sounds trite, I know, but the main protection against cheating
>is the honour of the players. I mean, during the course of a
>particularly frantic Novice race at Monza, I did a lap where I bounced
>off most of the barriers, and ended up with a 1:27-something. But
>that's nearly 2 seconds beyond my real capability (1:29 dead), so I
>couldn't have justified posting it. Instead, I restored my player.ini
>to what it was, and felt much happier. There's no satisfaction in
>winning by cheating - I'd love to have a negative handicap, but only if
>I can do it properly.
>--
>David. (GPLRank handicap: +30.02)
>"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
>really."
>(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)
<snip>
<snip>
To be honest, yes people could cheat in GPLRank. But as far as I know
it doesn't happen, for several reasons:
1) Grand Prix Legends being (regrettably) the minority interest it is,
a lot of its players are familiar with each other's standard (eg
through this very NG). If my handicap suddenly jumped up by 50 points,
I don't think it would be long before someone queried it.
2) GPLRank has moderators. They scan through times, and would notice if
anyone posted a vast jump (eg 9:00 to 7:55 at the Ring). They could
then email the person in question to get an answer. Which is one reason
why I always keep a replay file of my best lap at each track.
3) GPL, not being a short-attention-span, pick-up-and-play arcade game,
isn't played (to any significant degree, anyway) by the sort of
attention-seeking obnoxious 12-year-old who is likely to cheat.
Apologies to all genuine 12-year-old GPL drivers (I know there are
some). I'm talking about the sort of people who post messagez with lotz
of wordz ending in zedz and use things like " way2g0 d00d" or
"14m3r l33t" and actually think people will care...
4) This sounds trite, I know, but the main protection against cheating
is the honour of the players. I mean, during the course of a
particularly frantic Novice race at Monza, I did a lap where I bounced
off most of the barriers, and ended up with a 1:27-something. But
that's nearly 2 seconds beyond my real capability (1:29 dead), so I
couldn't have justified posting it. Instead, I restored my player.ini
to what it was, and felt much happier. There's no satisfaction in
winning by cheating - I'd love to have a negative handicap, but only if
I can do it properly.
--
David. (GPLRank handicap: +30.02)
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)
<snip>
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