so it dawned on me on the other discussion last week that a big reason why we have padders/hackers/cheaters is because of the fact they are recognized on global leaderboards as well as given high decay ranks (ranks above brigadier general). if we didn't have leaderboards and decay ranks, we would have no idea these sort of people exist, would we? would there be any motivation for these guys to cheat and pad if there was no recognition of their work?
so why not get rid of them? it much more highlights and gives attention to the padders/cheaters than it does to people who play the right way. i mean supreme commander became synonymous with supreme padder. i don't really check the leaderboards much, but everyone knows the top ranked players these days are not legit players.
of course we should still have persistent stat tracking. it is fun to have it, look up stats, compare with friends, set personal goals, etc. but it's my feeling that the leaderboard and decay ranks have become a total joke and does more harm than good. should they be done away with?
again, doing away with leaderboard doesn't mean getting rid of stat tracking. please be clear about it when you are making your point. also, please make sure you understand what decay ranks are; they differ from the normal ranks.
so why not get rid of them? it much more highlights and gives attention to the padders/cheaters than it does to people who play the right way. i mean supreme commander became synonymous with supreme padder. i don't really check the leaderboards much, but everyone knows the top ranked players these days are not legit players.
of course we should still have persistent stat tracking. it is fun to have it, look up stats, compare with friends, set personal goals, etc. but it's my feeling that the leaderboard and decay ranks have become a total joke and does more harm than good. should they be done away with?
again, doing away with leaderboard doesn't mean getting rid of stat tracking. please be clear about it when you are making your point. also, please make sure you understand what decay ranks are; they differ from the normal ranks.
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