buny wrote:
Flashlight is a gimmicky way of increasing difficulty.
Never said I cared that fl gave more score, sure you deserve points for memorising a map but be honest, it is free points. My suggestion was to segregate all mods by a separate ranking not just fl so don't give special treatment for fl.
Also I'm surprised how offended you are when I lightly insult fl, makes me chuckle.
You said it's "free points", as if no work whatsoever goes into getting more points out of the map by actually learning the map. You have to work pretty damn hard to get those "free" points. That's a pretty big insult to flashlight players. You didn't lightly insult it, you dismissed it altogether. If the points are so free, why doesn't everyone go and pick them up?
Also, you seem to ONLY care about the fact that it gives higher score based on what you said. That's the only thing you even addressed is that you don't like how you get more points for memorizing the map. You solution is to separate all of the mods into different categories, but there is already a button on the top40 list to exclude mod scores. It just sounds like you are whining about how you can't just play a map 5 times and have the top score, because someone put in 100 tries and a whole session into learning the map to beat you.
I used to think just like you once upon a time, about how flashlight players were so annoying and took top scores. All they did was memorize the map, and it didn't matter if I hd/hr it perfectly, I wasn't going to beat the hd/fl score. Then I actually tried to HD/FL myself, and after an hour of failing understood why they deserve a better score than I did. It takes a lot more patience, dedication, work, and focus to play that way than it does to play hd/hr. I respect the FL player now. I honestly think more people should start playing it. It helps a lot with learning to focus properly. I would not dismiss it as a legitimate mod.