Curious about leaderboards, why they nearly have stopped working

[twiigss]

So I know all about the hard work the dev is doing on the mall. I appreciate every effort he has put into The Coin Game. But there is a story I have about the leaderboards.

So a little while back I noticed on one of the games I was frequently playing, I had seen that I was moving up in rank on the leaderboards for this one game. One day when I went to play to further improve my rank, no matter how many tickets I earn from playing, I still win tickets, but it's not reflected on the game.

It doesn't matter what the game is. I could play Megadrop or Skee Ball. I'll get tickets and be able to put them into the ticket counting machine, but there's never an update to the leaderboards. However.... I just found something new....

On the leaderboards is Most Tickets Won All Time VO1. I am able to see how many tickets I've won, and the leaderboard for Most Tickets Won All Time, does update. But if I go to play, say OctoSwirl, I can win tickets and receive them, but the OctoSwirl leaderboard never updates.

I was just curious about leaderboards. Do the game specific leaderboards still work or not?

[nexuscitadel]

Yeah, personally speaking, the cheaters kinda poisoned the well on the leaderboards anyway. If they're not working, if I had the call, that's what we'd call a WNF bug, mark it closed.

That said, it might also be a good excuse to purge the ol' leaderboards. Maybe set up seasonal ones instead? Cheaters could brute force their way to the top once, but having to do it every few months would turn most away.

[twiigss]

Originally posted by klr1108:

In all honesty, I don't think that any of the leader boards are working except for the cheaters. I've played quite a few hours and yet I'm no where near the top of any leader board. As we all know, this is a game in progress. I, for one, don't want to interrupt Dev/Kev with useless nonsense. I'd rather see more content. I suggest that you turn off the leader boards because all they are at this point is an aggravation. Enjoy the game without having to be #1

I'm not looking to take anyone off of any projects. I just happened to notice that one day leaderboards worked, next day, no longer working. Cheaters are inevitable. You'll never stop it, so I just ignore it. I think for me I just happened to notice that there was a leaderboard for the various arcade games.

I remember back on Xbox 360 there was a game that had old arcade games like Atari and Colecovision, Intellivision etc. and that one had leaderboards as well, when the game was still new and the servers were still up.

But it's not about having to be number 1, it was just nice to see how I was progressing. If leaderboards no longer function like how they were, it's not a problem. Just was curious about it, that's all :)

[MemesNBeer]

Originally posted by twiigss:

Originally posted by klr1108:

In all honesty, I don't think that any of the leader boards are working except for the cheaters. I've played quite a few hours and yet I'm no where near the top of any leader board. As we all know, this is a game in progress. I, for one, don't want to interrupt Dev/Kev with useless nonsense. I'd rather see more content. I suggest that you turn off the leader boards because all they are at this point is an aggravation. Enjoy the game without having to be #1

I'm not looking to take anyone off of any projects. I just happened to notice that one day leaderboards worked, next day, no longer working. Cheaters are inevitable. You'll never stop it, so I just ignore it. I think for me I just happened to notice that there was a leaderboard for the various arcade games.

I remember back on Xbox 360 there was a game that had old arcade games like Atari and Colecovision, Intellivision etc. and that one had leaderboards as well, when the game was still new and the servers were still up.

I played that on xbox it was fun! It was called Game Room

[twiigss]

Originally posted by MemesNBeer:

Originally posted by twiigss:

I'm not looking to take anyone off of any projects. I just happened to notice that one day leaderboards worked, next day, no longer working. Cheaters are inevitable. You'll never stop it, so I just ignore it. I think for me I just happened to notice that there was a leaderboard for the various arcade games.

I remember back on Xbox 360 there was a game that had old arcade games like Atari and Colecovision, Intellivision etc. and that one had leaderboards as well, when the game was still new and the servers were still up.

I played that on xbox it was fun! It was called Game Room

Yea, it still works, I have it, but you can't buy any new games, and the leaderboards, the replays, co-op are all gone,