There is an assumption of some kind of fairness in the game and application of personal ethics, well, most of the time, we are all human :)
If I see someone who month after month:
- CONSISTENTLY does not make a reasonably high solo in the early part part of the game, if fact sometimes doesn't even start a solo until their team's solutions have been shared,
- then CONSISTENTLY gets a high evolver score, suggesting that they have spent some time working the evo - i.e. their team's top solos.
- then in the last day(s) of the puzzle their solo score CONSISTENTLY sprints up in the top 10-15 position.
What is a reasonable assumption?
This only works for them when the group the person is in has enough good players to always have a top soloist.
Being concerned about 'what other people are doing' doesn't mean that those individuals are not trying to learn and improve what they are doing.
It does mean they are concerned enough about solution diversity, fairness and all the other players in the game, (especially new players who cotton on and then give up too early because they don't want any part of it) to put up with the name calling and the endless bullying to try to do something about it.
As far as groups go - the groups are totally unbalanced in size and winning because you are in a bigger group doesn't mean much, but that is another conversation.
Not only from evo's but also from saved solutions of someone else. I forgot to include that.
This has gone on too long; has been complained about for too long. It should be corrected. A solution is not a solo if a guide is used.
I think such a move would be good. Personally I doubt it is nearly as big a deal as some fear….but something has to be done just to put the matter to bed. This is obvious…please ensure that this only applies to shares.
This has gone on too long; has been complained about for too long. It should be corrected. A solution is not a solo if a guide is used.
I agree with this. If another person's save is loaded as a guide, throw the resulting track into evo. Please continue to allow us to load our own solutions as guide, as this is useful for seeing what has changed or what is different between two tracks. The devs may not see this as a priority for the science, but arguments over whether someone has done this keep cropping up and are harmful to the community. This would help to assure people that there is a level playing field for solos, which is important to keep the competitive game fun.
by shares I mean shares from other players only.
There is an assumption of some kind of fairness in the game and application of personal ethics, well, most of the time, we are all human :)
If I see someone who month after month:
- CONSISTENTLY does not make a reasonably high solo in the early part part of the game, if fact sometimes doesn't even start a solo until their team's solutions have been shared,
- then CONSISTENTLY gets a high evolver score, suggesting that they have spent some time working the evo - i.e. their team's top solos.
- then in the last day(s) of the puzzle their solo score CONSISTENTLY sprints up in the top 10-15 position.
What is a reasonable assumption?
This only works for them when the group the person is in has enough good players to always have a top soloist.
Being concerned about 'what other people are doing' doesn't mean that those individuals are not trying to learn and improve what they are doing.
It does mean they are concerned enough about solution diversity, fairness and all the other players in the game, (especially new players who cotton on and then give up too early because they don't want any part of it) to put up with the name calling and the endless bullying to try to do something about it.
As far as groups go - the groups are totally unbalanced in size and winning because you are in a bigger group doesn't mean much, but that is another conversation.
I'm naive enough even though I've been here since the beginning to wonder how anyone can make an "-exact- copy" (your words) without loading the source solution either as a guide, or as load it as an an evo and then using script to record enough information about the solution to be able to reproduce it as a new solo.
I think the latter option is forbidden, and eliminating the ability to use a solution as a guide will remove the other temptation.
If someone can simply look at a picture of a solution and copy it -exactly- without any chicanery or assistance, then they deserve their score, and there is nothing that can be done to about it.
