Originally posted by: bearcat-doug
Originally posted by: bimmy_lee
I understand completely that the rules for Stinger ended up not being the greatest and created a lot of controversy. When the rules were revised last Monday, the looping problem was not considered to be an issue because it was believed that no one would be looping the game 8+ times. Had we known this beforehand, one loop would have been all that was allowed.
I guess that I have to shoulder some of the blame for this since I suggested the new rule set after the potential flaws with the original set were found. I had no idea that multiple people would be able to loop the game enough times that their runs would last over several days or I would've suggested that it be limited to a single loop as well. I'm as frustrated about how things turned out as anybody, but after having time to cool off and think about it, I don't really think there was any way to expect this as being a potential issue going in.
I don't want to go in lenght about it, but if I had been around, there is good chances that the rules would have stayed the same from day 1. The problems raised against the first set of rules weren't really solid at all. You can't view lives counts? Whatever, since we're already playing on honor and any excessive score would have required some kind of verification. You can't pause during boss fight? Well, if you die during a boss fight, just grab your camera and take a picture, it doesn't matter at all to lose more lives during the process since the score won't change.
We played that game back then with the 1-life rule, and 4 players scored over 3 million in just one life (
http://vintage.nintendoage.com/fo... ). Take note that the level of competition was way lower than it is today. Now, letting people play all their lives and considering how much extra lives you can get in this game, it was quite normal to see those huge scores getting posted.
My concern here is that I verified the rules for the final round before leaving for vacation, and I knew it was a workable set of rules for a competition. If the rules had to be changed, they had to be changed in order to keep it competitive, which was the point of the 1-life rule. Allowing only one loop would have been workable, but you need to know the game very well before realizing it.
With all this said, it wouldn't be impossible that the same dudes that were able to score 100-75-50-etc. millions would have got the best scores in a one-loop only contest, so I really don't think that the final results are as outrageous as some are making it looks like.
