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<blockquote data-quote="Byte" data-source="post: 258502" data-attributes="member: 1509"><p>Perhaps we should keep the "All-Time" leaderboard, working as it is now, and introduce a new 'Seasonal' / 'Competition' leaderboard which of course starts at zero for all tables. The All-Time can then be considered deprecated (*), as the main 'competition' play will be on the new leaderboards. The leaderboard v2 routines should also send some more validation data to FS (to be decided internally, but think total play time, number of balls played, etc.) to make cheating a bit harder and to avoid cross-table posts.</p><p></p><p>I'd prefer it to be a Competition instead of a Seasonal leaderboard as it doesn't need to be necessarily wiped every season, just in case of significant changes to game play which can be decided on a table-by-table basis and at any point in time, including mid-season.</p><p></p><p>(*) For those that want to keep going by All-Time they are free to do so as the functionality in itself won't change, just the "value" of it. E.g. in Formula 1 there are many lap records set in 2004. You put a couple of chicanes on the long straits (so they become 2 short straits), ban refueling, reduce the engine size, etc. those lap records will never be broken. So a 2004 lap record doesn't mean anything. It's some relic of the past when things were totally different. But the lap record for this years' race is absolutely relevant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Byte, post: 258502, member: 1509"] Perhaps we should keep the "All-Time" leaderboard, working as it is now, and introduce a new 'Seasonal' / 'Competition' leaderboard which of course starts at zero for all tables. The All-Time can then be considered deprecated (*), as the main 'competition' play will be on the new leaderboards. The leaderboard v2 routines should also send some more validation data to FS (to be decided internally, but think total play time, number of balls played, etc.) to make cheating a bit harder and to avoid cross-table posts. I'd prefer it to be a Competition instead of a Seasonal leaderboard as it doesn't need to be necessarily wiped every season, just in case of significant changes to game play which can be decided on a table-by-table basis and at any point in time, including mid-season. (*) For those that want to keep going by All-Time they are free to do so as the functionality in itself won't change, just the "value" of it. E.g. in Formula 1 there are many lap records set in 2004. You put a couple of chicanes on the long straits (so they become 2 short straits), ban refueling, reduce the engine size, etc. those lap records will never be broken. So a 2004 lap record doesn't mean anything. It's some relic of the past when things were totally different. But the lap record for this years' race is absolutely relevant. [/QUOTE]
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