I'm having trouble wrapping my head around how exactly this discussion of hoarding came about.


Correct me if I'm wrong, but not submitting a WR to the leaderboards until a satisfactory time is achieved was done quite often in MKWii, and was even encouraged by some to prevent hassle for the WR recorders -- so that they wouldn't have to record minuscule improvements.

An example of this would be my 1'47"566 and 1'47"200 times.  I had no intent to stop playing after improving to 1'47"566, so why submit the time?  I continued the TT session, and less than an hour later, improved to 1'47"200.  And no, that time was not submitted either, because I knew I'd improve shortly thereafter, which I did early this morning:


Improved to 1'47"016 (WR for a few hours) -> http://imgur.com/sITh6hO

Then improved to 1'46"883 (WR for less than an hour) -> http://imgur.com/jTmqoqL

And then improved to 1'46"733 (current WR) -> http://imgur.com/ntLro4T  . . .which I planned to submit this evening if I couldn't manage to improve it.


It makes absolutely zero sense to me how any of that can be construed as "hoarding" and especially how it can spark a discussion of whether or not the aforementioned times should even be counted 


(On the contrary, MK8 WRs can't be "counted" as one pleases [or] determined by bias.  The correct word in this instance would be SR; Site Record)

Blake wrote on 06/11/14 at 15:04:38:

To prevent the miniscule improvement thing you can quickly mention in your posts here if you're done or not on a specific track, I've repeated that several times but no one besides Shaun/Cole/Ray fucking cares so it makes it more annoying to plan ahead especially with all those Japanese players that are not contactable on the other side.

ALAKTORN wrote on 06/11/14 at 15:11:13:


I said there was no point in submitting a time that I'd beat soon.  Mentioned nothing about time efficiency (even though snapping a photo of the result and clicking "Retry" takes less than 5 seconds. . .)

^I’m not sure what you’re trying to say

when I got the WR I tried multiple times to upload it, but it kept giving me an error

I then turned off the WU to not turn it on again since, and I won’t turn it on JUST to upload the WR, I will next time I play

…are you stupid? connection problems are rare

rRRd: •Alex94• improved again to 1:20.251

As far as I am concerned, a WR becomes official and legitimate once it is shown through a Miiverse screenshot, whether the ghost itself is sent to the charts or not is irrelevant at this point of time, the time exists and is publicly shown to the world. But expect the disrespect of the community if you're purposefully hoarding.

Now when Miiverse screenshots will be able to be manipulated and faked eventually, ghosts and/or videos will become mandatory. I also expect video proof requirements coming for Site Records in the future regardless of what happens, for the sake of examplifying trustworthiness and fair competitiviness from our community.

1:58.798 Ed

40.754 / 39.096 / 38.948

if only i had been .003 faster

huge cut   lap 3 made the run

I definitely won't be trying to improve this for a while. Time to focus on other tracks.

Why's that a big deal if in the end he posts the times anyway?

rDKJ - 2:04.807 (42.818/41.229/40.760)

Morton/SC/CS/PG
[7-3-0] {1-1-1}

The ending is absolutely disgusting (you'll see when you look at my ghost lol), so there's no way I'm stopping with this

EDIT - 2:04.719 (42.875/41.171/40.673)

Same combo, coinstrat and shroomstrat

Still a weak run, but thankfully I got a "better" ending this time lol
Done for the night

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAABnUYn2IyzCqg

BDD - 1:52.118 by つられうさぎ

Bowser / Sports Coupe / Slick / Super Glider

38.362 / 37.007 / 36.749

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rRRy - 1:56.244 by JαK

Morton / Mach 8 / Cyber Slick / MKTV Parafoil

39.998 / 38.157 / 38.089

Marc474R wrote on 06/11/14 at 18:40:03:


The discussion that originated wasn't about hoarding times (we know the times in question), but rather, about possibly or willingly hoarding strats