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NEV wrote;
your team send to my email a file and i send to one your member (propose DEL) our file with our list with our password
Thanks NEV but I propose Edge for the PM of list and password.

(Ps. Seems like I won't have the Wolfmame 1.06 hardware required, so I must duck out of this competition). Don't worry, I'll be Dukeing it out with the Italian AES Team soon enough :wink:
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:(
i want you in the contest
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ok for mail to Edge
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sorry guy
i have make a mistake in my english

1°) i send our listo to Edge and Edge give your WITHOUT Password
2°) choice a random number
3°) tomorrow in this place trade the password
4°) i and Edge open the list and write the game associated to number
5°) 10 agusut start tournament
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what Wolfmame version do you need for rest in the contest DEL ?
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Better use version earlier than 100. 99 can be good choice.
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Sorry NEV :oops: , I just don't have the right setup for recording on MAME. I really only play PCBs in the arcade.

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:( :(
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See what you get when you require MAME inputs? Some of our best players are unable to participate because of it. ^_-
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why?
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Some don't use MAME on PC.
Some don't have the hardware requirements to run it properly.
Some prefer playing on the real hardware to using emulation.

While your request of supplied inputs for proof is understandable, it also means that particular players are unable to compete because of it. A simple photo submission throws the competiton out to a much wider audience. However, this is your challenge that you guys have issued, so we will have to comply with it. Just remember that if you want the likes of DEL, Cigs and Plasmo to participate next time, be a little more open with the score proofing. ^_-
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Neverland wrote:why?
ah come on, it's not that hard to imagine why this would be the case!

Mame is comon ground for a lot of people. It's just that a lot of people here that love their shmups have grown up playing the real thing (PCB's in machines at real arcades) and still do just that (play the real deal) and don't have access to setup able to play the games in similar conditions in mame.

Mame is trying to be a substitue for the real thing, and while it in some cases succeeds in approaching the orriginal in terms of on screen stuff, it will always remain something trying to approach the real deal.
Excluding people by prohibiting playing the real deal can be a put off in this case therefore. :(
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yuor best players have all pcb release in mame? (is a joke obviously)

input is unique method to guarantee a real score of the play.

our list is ready :)
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Super Laydock wrote:
Neverland wrote:why?
ah come on, it's not that hard to imagine why this would be the case!

Mame is comon ground for a lot of people. It's just that a lot of people here that love their shmups have grown up playing the real thing (PCB's in machines at real arcades) and still do just that (play the real deal) and don't have access to setup able to play the games in similar conditions in mame.

Mame is trying to be a substitue for the real thing, and while it in some cases succeeds in approaching the orriginal in terms of on screen stuff, it will always remain something trying to approach the real deal.
Excluding people by prohibiting playing the real deal can be a put off in this case therefore. :(
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ehmm i LOVE and I LIVE for the real pcb and i have spent 90% of my resources for it

but in a contest is important guarantee a score...

how many yuor team players have this emu problem


we are in nine (dont have problem of emu e real pcb)
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Neverland wrote:yuor best players have all pcb release in mame? (is a joke obviously)
Most of our top players use PCBs, yes.
Neverland wrote:input is unique method to guarantee a real score of the play.
Even MAME inputs have their problems. A player whose PC runs a game at 40fps has a far easier time completing a game than a player who runs it at 60fps, and the input recorded does not make that distinction when the replay is played back.

The only true way to verify a score (to me) is through live observation of a play, and through direct-feed/VHS recorded video capture.
Neverland wrote:how many yuor team players have this emu problem
More than you realise. While we have a good strong team as of current, the players that we would love to have participating for us have been effectively 'frozen' out by the choice of verification. But as stated before, its your challenge you've issued, so we have to comply with the demands.
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Neverland wrote: ehmm i LOVE and I LIVE for the real pcb and i have spent 90% of my resources for it

but in a contest is important guarantee a score...
It's a friendly (at least I hope so...) match, certainly some scores could be verified by pictures and believing in peoples word/honor for them being real and achieved in the set tournament time... :? :roll:
how many yuor team players have this emu problem
Dunno exactly but there are people not having a good input machune (like a arcade stick or USB pad of their choice. Then there's DEL (you seem to want him in badly, who's not got the gear to use wolfmame as is proposed... So it IS somewhat ofa problem!
we are in nine (dont have problem of emu e real pcb)
So 1 of your 10 is having problems as well using the proposed setup!?

Why not be more flexible and trust people on their word and have just pics allowed too!?
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Icarus wrote: But as stated before, its your challenge you've issued, so we have to comply with the demands.
Though I am not agreeing with the situation (not that anyone will care about that though... ;)) you do have a point there! Either accepting the challenge on the proposed rules or denying because of them is the actual choice I guess!? :)
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Why don't you assign a random 3-letter scoring name to every participant before the comp, then you can use photographic evidence and you will be assured that the score is from the time of the competition.
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CIT wrote:Why don't you assign a random 3-letter scoring name to every participant before the comp, then you can use photographic evidence and you will be assured that the score is from the time of the competition.

:idea: :idea: :idea:

sound like THE idea tackling the problem. :D


Give me AAA and I am in! :twisted: ;)
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Icarus wrote:
Even MAME inputs have their problems. A player whose PC runs a game at 40fps has a far easier time completing a game than a player who runs it at 60fps, and the input recorded does not make that distinction when the replay is played back.
Mame allows you to display FPS. ;)

And come on: older WolfMAME doesn't require enormous specifications.
I think every PC since 2001 can properly run it. ;)


Guys we just ask you to use the easiest way to prove our score.
As Gemant says:

No Input No party! :D
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BR1 wrote:
Icarus wrote:
Even MAME inputs have their problems. A player whose PC runs a game at 40fps has a far easier time completing a game than a player who runs it at 60fps, and the input recorded does not make that distinction when the replay is played back.
Guys we just ask you to use the easiest way to prove our score.
You don't ask us to use the easiest way to prove our score, you "dictate" "us" the ONLY way to prove a score!!! :roll:
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Why don't you assign a random 3-letter scoring name to every participant before the comp, then you can use photographic evidence and you will be assured that the score is from the time of the competition.
this actually is the best idea in the whole thread :!: :!: :!:
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One of my PCs isn't too fast, and I do struggle to run modern shooters on WolfMAME/MAMEPlus!(but normal MAME versions seem to run well) this does make playing games a lot harder, and other people will sure have this problem too..

Remember that we haven't even decided on all themembers yet, let alone the games we are choosing ;)
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Super Laydock wrote:
we are in nine (dont have problem of emu e real pcb)
So 1 of your 10 is having problems as well using the proposed setup!?
No, he's on holyday! :lol:
Why not be more flexible and trust people on their word and have just pics allowed too!?
'Cause we wanna make a fair competition: Input files cannot be questioned. ;)
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ok but if I alter the settings can make a photo with a great score

this is only reason we want use emu and inp

want to take an example of randorama....nobody have in hands care its scores.... in italy this type of people is named of "GRANDE SPARA MINCHIATE" (great lieser in english) similar to Sirkaken (type of name dont remember a name fortunately)

ok if you dont want play with emu i announcement have make 540.000.000 to dodopanchi (lol) and make this with one eye blind :)

oh yeah i win! (not imp no photo...is real no? (hope you catch my joke))
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BR1 wrote:Mame allows you to display FPS. ;)
Displays the FPS of the machine playing back the replay, not the FPS of the machine that recorded the replay itself. There is a big difference. ^_-
BR1 wrote:And come on: older WolfMAME doesn't require enormous specifications.
I think every PC since 2001 can properly run it. ;)
Don't forget that people don't always require the fastest PC on the market to do their business. Those who mainly play on consoles and PCBs only have a basic system to surf and work from, unless their work requires powerful hardware. PC-centric gamers (FPS, RPGs, more recent PC games etc) will have faster systems.
Neverland wrote:want to take an example of randorama....nobody have in hands care its scores.... in italy this type of people is named of "GRANDE SPARA MINCHIATE" (great lieser in english) similar to Sirkaken (type of name dont remember a name fortunately)
Don't let SiK catch you saying something slanderous like that.
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Icarus wrote:Displays the FPS of the machine playing back the replay, not the FPS of the machine that recorded the replay itself. There is a big difference. ^_-
WolfMAME displays also the recording speed ;).

Icarus wrote: Don't forget that people don't always require the fastest PC on the market to do their business. Those who mainly play on consoles and PCBs only have a basic system to surf and work from, unless their work requires powerful hardware. PC-centric gamers (FPS, RPGs, more recent PC games etc) will have faster systems.

I remember I used to play MAME on a Duron 700 PC six years ago.
I think that every PC that's able to run Office can run MAME, we aren't talking about F.E.A.R., Crysis or the Unreal Engine! ;) :D
However we surely believe your teammates: if they say they have problems with Wolf we have no reason not to trust them.

Our team is talking about other solutions but I dunno if we'll find any. :(

Guys, believe me when I say I'm very sorry if somebody will be excluded because of Mame, and I can understand those who think this rule is too much tyrannical but I ask you just to put in our shoes: through the years we learned that the most important thing in a competition is the way to prove scores. This way everything can be crystal-clear: no fights, no discussions, no polemics. And this competition is meant to join our teams and play for fun: we don't wanna fight for a score AT ALL!!!

I wish I could explain our point of view properly. :oops:
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Plasmo wrote:
Why don't you assign a random 3-letter scoring name to every participant before the comp, then you can use photographic evidence and you will be assured that the score is from the time of the competition.
this actually is the best idea in the whole thread :!: :!: :!:
The problem with tha PCB is that everybody could set the rom to "very easy", play with 327435342 lives and change extends... :(

It already happened: we made many contests and we learned from our errors. :oops: :wink:
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BR1 wrote:I remember I used to play MAME on a Duron 700 PC six years ago.
I think that every PC that's able to run Office can run MAME, we aren't talking about F.E.A.R., Crysis or the Unreal Engine! ;) :D
I used to play on a P2 233MHz with about 256MB of RAM. Trust me when I say that I know what it is like to have a slowass computer attempting to run MAME. ^_-

My system has been continually upgraded and force-upgraded anyway - last one was a recent PSU death killing the Athlon XP CPU and motherboard - so there's no worry that my comp is slow. Its now an Athlon64 3200+ with 2GB of RAM, if you must know. ^_-
BR1 wrote:Our team is talking about other solutions but I dunno if we'll find any. :(
There's no worry about it. We'll manage with the current ruleset.
BR1 wrote:Guys, believe me when I say I'm very sorry if somebody will be excluded because of Mame, and I can understand those who think this rule is too much tyrannical but I ask you just to put in our shoes: through the years we learned that the most important thing in a competition is the way to prove scores. This way everything can be crystal-clear: no fights, no discussions, no polemics. And this competition is meant to join our teams and play for fun: we don't wanna fight for a score AT ALL!!!

I wish I could explain our point of view properly. :oops:
No, I understand your point of view perfectly. It is very important to have some kind of proof of play when taking part in a high level competition. However, like I've said before, we would have liked to field our strongest team but cannot due to the restrictions based on proofing the scores. And again, we'll manage to deal with it somehow. ^_-
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Neverland wrote:ok but if I alter the settings can make a photo with a great score

this is only reason we want use emu and inp

want to take an example of randorama....nobody have in hands care its scores.... in italy this type of people is named of "GRANDE SPARA MINCHIATE" (great lieser in english) similar to Sirkaken (type of name dont remember a name fortunately)

ok if you dont want play with emu i announcement have make 540.000.000 to dodopanchi (lol) and make this with one eye blind :)

oh yeah i win! (not imp no photo...is real no? (hope you catch my joke))
How dare you slander me. Just because I am capable of greater scores than some people, and I don`t have an input file to go along with it, I must be lying? I`ve read (babelfish translation from italian to english) on some of your italian forums about some of you talking about two of my scores (DDP and Progear) and some people wondering how I got the scores. I recall one person saying something like "why don`t you ask him?" Never have I been PMed, or e-mailed, or anything about anyone asking me for advice, tips, or what I did to LEGITIMATELY achieve my scores. I played many hours to achieve all my scores, and I when I do sit down with a game I take it very seriously for the time I spend on it.
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Too late. -_-;;
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