Re: LF: Hiscore page?


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Re: LF: Hiscore page?




So you don't hack the polaroid, you hack the scanned image file...

On Sat, 31 May 1997, John Shaft wrote:

> 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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