Re: LF: Hiscore page?


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Re: LF: Hiscore page?



Why don't you just have people take a REAL picture (eg: Polaroid).  Those 
are very difficult to hack.  Then you could just scan it and email the 
file.


On Thu, 29 May 1997, Shawn Walker wrote:

> Hack the image...hack the binary... what's the diff?
> 
> Suppose that the binary were, say, hack-resistant, by CRC, checksum, or
> some such.  Given the likely simple format of the binary, it should still
> be rather easy to hack the file...
> 
> I think that the highscore idea is great... I just don't think it is
> workable, without a great hassle (or a lot of honesty...)
> 
> --Shawn Walker (swalker@earthling.net)
> 
> On Thu, 29 May 1997, Jake Robb wrote:
> 
> > BG McCollum wrote:
> > > 
> > > >I also think that you must take a screenshot with FCamera or something and
> > > >send it to me so I know people won't cheat!
> > > 
> > > Who's to say that a little photoshop touchup won't happen?
> > 
> > Who needs photoshop?  I can hack a bitmap image with DiskEdit!
> > 
> > I think that participants should attach a copy of the game itself to an
> > email.  If the person hosting the contest loads the games onto their
> > calc, the highscore list will show up.  This, of course, requires a game
> > with highscore support.
> > 
> > Just out of curiosity, what's everyone's best scores on FInvaders and
> > Tetris (Jimmy's version)?
> > 
> > -- 
> >     Jake Robb     Email:jake@netrus.net
> >   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >  < "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice >
> >  <  doggy' until you can find a rock."   >
> >  <  -Unknown                             >
> >   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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