Because, dude, haven't you heard?  Any time you go against the status quo or say something that might be unpopular, you're OBVIOUSLY only doing it to piss people off.  How can you not know that?  God you're an idiot.  EVERYONE knows that.

andrew... (this is not to say something against you, i just want to clear the 50hz 60hz stuff..) i think we should be happy about the fact, that we can play this game... and we also should be proud about our skills, i mean, ok, you're not the best with your 60hz times, but: you're better then (nearly) everyone else. you're a TOP with your times, and you did them in 60hz. other players (like marijn and kouider) could beat the WRs easily in 50hz, but if they take enough effort in 60hz, they also could beat them in 60hz. i don't see any problems with "strats which are better to handle in 50hz", just put enough time into it and you can also do the same stuff... it's like the DDJ SC: it is also a difficult to achieve SC, and you can't do it first try. but if you practise enough you are somedays able to do it, you just have to learn HOW you do it... and please, i think we have really enough reasons what for advantages 50hz and 60hz have... hm... ok, i have a last reason: you held a 60hz WR, which was overall WR. it was 0"3 seconds faster then 50hz. and i think it was because you practised a lot. i also held a 60hz (overall) WR, because i tried this course really, REALLY often..

and maybe the 60hz players get trolled from some 50hz players, who are better but please: you don't must listen to them, i mean, maybe you say some stuff about "50hz is cheating", but if you don't do this, the 50hz players will stop to say somethin about it...  i just wish you all see that it's just a game, a game for people who love it to achieve better and better records, where the factor shouldn't be the hz, the factor should be the skill, patience and maybe... fun. sometimes i really think that they playto say: "hahaha, i'm better then everyone in the world in MKDD!!!!" but i imagine it in that way: you sit in front of your TV, you play for hours without any PRs, get frustrated, maybe a case of anger and you stop playing, unsuccessful. and this every day, till you get somedays a PR and say: "haaa! finally a new PR..." and you try it again because you think you've a good day. then you get another unsuccessful phase and stop again.. every fucking day. but why you don't see the game as fun? just think about it. don't be frustrated about every fail try. be happy about them, because every fail try means, that your skill grows a little bit more.. you play with some smiles and maybe with more success, because you feeled happy while playing

i hope this was clearly expressed.  

@ndrew wrote on 06/05/10 at 14:49:22:

you think that? i must say... it's also really annoying that not every MT is working perfect in 50hz ( i mean that you sometimes have to smash your controller to get a new sparkle color) and then you have to restart if you fail a MT... it's of course easier to handle, but it's also harder to MT  

@ndrew wrote on 06/05/10 at 14:49:22:


i agree.

they thought it needs less effort, and then they als practised it... so they learned the specific sort of MTing and got the feeling for the slower driving (oh and i also played some 50hz, but the only thing where i think it's easier is the R-Tech... my 60hz R-Tech sucks, but in 50hz it's scary how easy it is ) ok... sry if i say "practise" so often, but slowly i really believe into the MKDD for noobs site: the 3 factors of success: practise, practise and practise...

naah... not always^^ i have really big problems with beating my times (except from RR and WC, where i use R-Tech^^) , especially in MCR i sometime think "that was a really good lap!" and then the split is shown: a 29"2xx 1 shroomer 2nd lap. D: maybe some guys aren't made for 50hz  

My unbiased opinion:
It seems like it should be set up just like SMK has it. Two totally separate charts. Everyone keeps comparing the two and explaining how different things make one easier or harder than the other. In the end, you still have two different things, so you shouldn't be trying to make them seem like they are equal with a chart labelled "Combined".

My personal opinion:
I don't play this game so I can't speak about difficult MTs and that sort of thing, but I've seen videos of MK64 in PAL and I can say that they make the game look super boring. I know I wouldn't have much fun in the game if it was slowed down. I saw that Sonic video up there and that was just ridiculous. The problem is that this site is centered around competition as much as it is fun, so being ahead of someone is sought after just as much as having fun playing the game is. I know I would have more fun playing in a faster speed, but I wouldn't complete the competition side of it.

Take those for what you will, I'm not trying to sway anyone's opinions with words from a guy who doesn't play this game.

Yeah, in SMK the gameplay is faster, but the clock is normal speed. Means, NTSC is faster, no doubt about it. The difference to MKDD is that the clock is slower in 50 Hz, to avoid that problem. So theoretically, all 50 Hz times are possible in 60 Hz as well.

My opinion is that it's just a game and you should have fun. Just don't care about that fuck Hz, one should play whatever one wants. No one should complain about it, MKDD has 3 charts so you could just look at the chart that is important for you or you go with combined.