ALAKTORN wrote on 07/22/12 at 08:18:31:

Blackyboi wrote on 07/23/12 at 15:49:45:


Fixed it for you.

Just copy paste the line from the first post onto the sign up page for the website and your good to go.

Your theories that custom music gives an unfair advantage due to it influencing your 'brain patterns'  is complete bs.  I understand textures and things like that, but music hacks really are harmless.  I know that a line has to be drawn somewhere at what is and is not allowed and it would be much simpler to just say anything beyond loading the game in the disk drive is hacking, but the fact is the majority of the people who make these rules don't even play the game themselves anymore.

Whether or not you make this a rule, I know that I and many others will continue to not care about the rule and will continue playing with custom music.  It'd be a shame for so many players' legitimate times to not be counted by the PP.

MKchouy93 wrote on 07/23/12 at 20:49:25:


That's too bad, because that decision was made in 2010.  Too bad you missed the boat on that one.

MrL1193 wrote on 07/23/12 at 21:04:29:


How completely biased and one sided that shit is.  To claim that just because the kid had talent, we should not invalidate his past records, might be the biggest crock of shit I've ever seen, and you have no right whatsoever to make that decision either.  If Cole wants to ruin the legitimacy of his WR history website, than so be it, that's his call.  But the players page should not recognize that Jorge ever even had a WR before.  To the player's page, it should be treated as if he never even existed.  I find this to be even more incredibly one-sided because when mander was caught the same way (on one particular time only, exact same as Jorge) everyone unanimously declared that all of his past WRs are removed.  I agree with such a stance!  But for Jorge we are treating him specially and being nice to him?  ...just because of what you claim his "talents" are.  I'm sure mander also has very legitimate natural talents as well, but Jorge gets a free pass because a few of you are buddies with him?  If you ever want to fix this community this NONSENSE  where certain people are treated superiorly compared to others and there are double standards all over the place needs to be halted immediately.

MVT, it's not my decision. Jorge's times are already off the site, and he will probably be taken down from the Past Champions page by an admin at some point. There will be no record left of him on the Players' Page, as you said, because that's the official site policy. But that's all I have any influence over. People will still be able to decide for themselves whether or not to believe individual runs he's made in the past, and I have no control over that. If Cole, NMeade, Sword, Aruba, and others in the community still want to keep some record of his old times and still believe that he was the best player in the world, that's their choice, not mine.

Chouy, if you can keep up your motivation regardless of music, that's great for you. But you have to understand, not everyone thinks like you. Now, I personally do not usually have a strong negative reaction to music, because I can just tune it out if necessary. But I do appreciate good music, and I know from experience how an awesome soundtrack can bring life to an otherwise boring stage that I wouldn't look twice at otherwise. For example, when I was a little kid, some of my favorite tracks in MK64 were Luigi Raceway, Mario Raceway, Royal Raceway, and Wario Stadium, due in no small part to the music, which I loved. And it affected my (not very serious) Time Trials, too; I spent significantly more time on these courses than on others just because I enjoyed the music. So I know just how much good music can motivate a person to play. It might not be the case for you, but I know it is for a lot of other people. And at the end of the day, how are we supposed to determine whether or not a person is deriving any benefit from custom music? And why would they refuse to quit using custom music if the music doesn't matter to them?

Also, regarding Zane's textures, Sorozone specifically pointed out that the texture he used made the pipe tricks easier because the white pipe contrasted more with the green grass. It's also quite easy to see how it is possible to specifically craft textures to give an advantage (such as adding markers for pulling off the BC3 SC's, which some players have actually done). They definitely tend to have more of an effect than custom music, and can completely change the way you look at a track--for better or for worse.

Okay, let's pretend for a moment that you're right. Let's pretend that custom music makes no difference whatsoever. In that case, you have two options:

1. Turn off custom music, race normally, feel exactly the same way as before, keep everyone happy.
2. Raise a big stink, create a divide in the community over something that is of absolutely no consequence.

Now, is this or is this not an accurate description of what you (according to your own argument) are doing?

Mick wrote on 07/24/12 at 02:39:30:

^this, this, this

the effect of the hack doesn’t even mean shit, hacking is banned, if you don’t like it, go fuck yourself

we should discount all of Chouy’s WRs, if he has any

The game must remain the same for everybody, otherwise competition has just no sense. There is no gradation in hacking, no "tiny hack", lol.
Modifying the game is cheating, end of story.

Mick wrote on 07/24/12 at 02:39:30:


^ Completely agree with this.

Timothy wrote on 07/24/12 at 06:11:29:


It seems you're a bit sensitive. So, I'm going to write an angelic post ^__^:

Alright, my post wasn't really serious. You should try to explain why it's supidity; I'm interested to see your reasons  

Timothy wrote on 07/24/12 at 06:55:19:


Thank you, you proved what I said. (It's not my POV by the way, just the facts).  

Timothy wrote on 07/24/12 at 06:55:19:


Alright. But, can you try to explain, by yourself, why Mick,MrL and Rom are wrong and that their reasons are stupid or you're just going to say " Hey guys! I don't play this game anymore, so I don't give a shit and that's my opinion (#which is subjective for now, by the way)" ?