Re: LF: Hiscore page?
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Re: LF: Hiscore page?
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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