High score challenge rules discussion.

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Adam James wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:16 pm A further interesting point about the problem with Manic Miner is that I don't think it's in-built scoring system can be correlated to skill, even when trying to respect the current rules of this high-score competition. If two people just try to get to the end with no exploits, and both succeeded, the one who made more mistakes is likely to have the higher score - they will have lost more lives and been forced to restart more levels, thereby collecting more point-scoring things on the way.
I just make lots of mistakes along the way and never get anywhere NEAR final screens! ](*,)

So these discussions are just thought experiments for me! :D
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richardtoohey wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:58 pm I just make lots of mistakes along the way and never get anywhere NEAR final screens! ](*,)

So these discussions are just thought experiments for me! :D
Haha, I know what you mean:)

So long as you save your best incompetence for the Kong level however, making lots of mistakes could serve you very well:)
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