Post by S3rios on Oct 5, 2016 21:36:22 GMT -5
First, let me start off by saying what I mean by "hacked" levels. I mean levels like Belic or Fexity that are hacked but still feesable to complete, and not levels like silent clubstep.
I pose this question because I often see people asking to rate levels like Belic and Fexity, but then say that robtop needs to unrate downbase because it's hacked. Personally, I lean towards the "sometimes" option. It depends on a lot of different factors. I'm personally fine with things like CC and ICDX being rated even though they're hacked, and more recently things like landect and BoF. If the level is decorated and put together well, I don't really care. However, there are some ratings that I disagree with. For example, downbase used to be updated all the time, and spectra always maintained he was legit even though it was obvious he was hacking. That to me warrants the level being unrated, because he's abusing the fact that it's rated to spike the difficulty and pretty much do anything he wants. Another example of a level that I disagreed with (and is now unrated and deleted) was "Theory of Darkness." This level had a 1.6 style to it which was cool, but it was essentially just a bunch of broken gameplay and near impossible ship sections. One of the ball parts was so broken that it was pretty much impossible to get past it in normal mode. If a level is so lazy that the gameplay is broken and near impossible, then I think it's worth unrating it.
Overall, I'm kinda indifferent to the topic. I'm not the guy who's screaming for robtop to rate Belic, but I'm also not the guy who complains when obviously hacked levels get rated (with a few exceptions). Anyways, I'd love to know your thoughts.
I pose this question because I often see people asking to rate levels like Belic and Fexity, but then say that robtop needs to unrate downbase because it's hacked. Personally, I lean towards the "sometimes" option. It depends on a lot of different factors. I'm personally fine with things like CC and ICDX being rated even though they're hacked, and more recently things like landect and BoF. If the level is decorated and put together well, I don't really care. However, there are some ratings that I disagree with. For example, downbase used to be updated all the time, and spectra always maintained he was legit even though it was obvious he was hacking. That to me warrants the level being unrated, because he's abusing the fact that it's rated to spike the difficulty and pretty much do anything he wants. Another example of a level that I disagreed with (and is now unrated and deleted) was "Theory of Darkness." This level had a 1.6 style to it which was cool, but it was essentially just a bunch of broken gameplay and near impossible ship sections. One of the ball parts was so broken that it was pretty much impossible to get past it in normal mode. If a level is so lazy that the gameplay is broken and near impossible, then I think it's worth unrating it.
Overall, I'm kinda indifferent to the topic. I'm not the guy who's screaming for robtop to rate Belic, but I'm also not the guy who complains when obviously hacked levels get rated (with a few exceptions). Anyways, I'd love to know your thoughts.
