First of all... I'd like to say hi to the MARP... and mention that it's a pleasure to be with all of you. :)(posted 9359 days ago)And now... I'd like to make my comments on the situation.
From observations of watching several games, I've determined that autofire would be very hard to detect, as many people have said before. Even if you did use it in some games, you can only fire a couple shots at a time. Ya wanna good example? Try galaxian. Autofire would only give out one shot at a time... wouldn't work too well I imagine.
Second... I'd like to talk about the speed of games. Personally, it would be virtually impossible to see if someone is playing too slow in a game. Perhaps our only hope is to have a `speed tracker` implemented into mame, so we saw what speed was used at any time. Also we need to hope for a `DIP Switch` tracker, so we can all see exactly what DIP switches were used. Hopefully, we'll have a chance to see what configuration was used before the recording begins, and any changes to the configuration any time during gameplay. Until any of those things get implemented(IF they get implemented), then the only thing I see right now is an `honor system`.
Third... I would like to agree with JoustGod that any inp that doesn't playback correctly should be removed. However, I would like to mention that this should happen only if the version claimed to be used in the recording was used to play it back. Example: If I used mame 34 beta 1 in a recording, and someone comes back saying that the recording doesn't playback, he has to mention that he used mame 34 beta 1. Perhaps we should also have a requirement that at least two people have to say this instead of one to disqualify a recording. Perhaps it would be a better idea that we should have a system where if someone said that this recording doesn't playback, it goes to an unbiased "Referee" to verify this claim. If that person says it doesn't playback, then the recording is disqualified, and would be removed from the high scores list.
These are just a couple thoughts of mine, and a couple suggestions if you wanna take them. Again... nice to be with all of you, and thank you for reading this post. :)