Please hear me out before denying this, I'm not asking for free score deletion without restrictions or anything.
I think a feature to let players delete their own scores is long overdue. There are multiple reasons for this, but the most obvious one would be replacing old scores for higher pp yield - for example deleting a HDHR SS and getting a DT score instead or something.
I think it would make sense to give us the ability to delete a limited number of scores per month, as long as these scores fulfill certain criteria.
The first factor should, in my opinion, be the age of the score. It makes little sense to force people to hold onto age-old scores if they don't want to keep them. Super old scores rarely if ever reflect current skill anyway. I believe that you should be free to delete scores older than, say, 2 or 3 years. I also think that this time limit should be lowered by a certain amount for every of the following properties the score has:
I really hope you are willing to consider this. Thanks.
I think a feature to let players delete their own scores is long overdue. There are multiple reasons for this, but the most obvious one would be replacing old scores for higher pp yield - for example deleting a HDHR SS and getting a DT score instead or something.
I think it would make sense to give us the ability to delete a limited number of scores per month, as long as these scores fulfill certain criteria.
The first factor should, in my opinion, be the age of the score. It makes little sense to force people to hold onto age-old scores if they don't want to keep them. Super old scores rarely if ever reflect current skill anyway. I believe that you should be free to delete scores older than, say, 2 or 3 years. I also think that this time limit should be lowered by a certain amount for every of the following properties the score has:
- A low (letter) rank on the map - I have seen several newcomers quit after getting a few C and D ranks in multiplayer that they just couldn't get rid of; this would make the system more forgiving. Most of the following criteria are related to this, actually.
- Maps way out of the player's skill range - Since we now have a decent star system and skill estimation, why force people to keep scores that are just way out of their usual skill range? This should go both ways - don't force top players to keep scores on [Easy] diffs, and don't force newbies to keep that random score on a low-drain [Insane] that they somehow mashed through.
- Low pp scores - If it's not in your top 50 or even 100 pp scores it doesn't represent your current skill, so why force us to keep these scores? The lower the pp value compared to your average, the earlier you should be able to delete the score.
- Scores with difficulty reduction mods - Remember that stupid No Fail score on Big Black you got when you just started the game? Would be nice to be able to delete that, right?
- Converted maps in special modes - Let's face it, conversions are terrible. Unless you are playing CtB, but even that mode has some super-shitty conversions.
I really hope you are willing to consider this. Thanks.