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How some people can achieve such ridiculous scores?
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<blockquote data-quote="Zombie Aladdin" data-source="post: 145805" data-attributes="member: 4242"><p>It really depends on the individual doing the hack. Hacked leaderboard scores are always done to call attention to themselves (or to troll the other people trying to compete normally), but their attitude and intelligence will determine what they will try for. For those who want a lot of attention quickly but don't mind that their scores have a good chance of getting erased, they'll go for the most popular leaderboards in a game. For those who prefer a slower attention-hogging approach, they'll pick something not quite as popular so it stays on longer. The smartest ones will create a record that's just <em>slightly</em> better than the best one so no one suspects it's fake. These are the hardest ones to catch, but they risk getting their record legitimately beaten, and they must check up on it every now and then.</p><p></p><p>As I don't really look at the leaderboards, this <em>Victory</em> score may be a third type: One who just hacks to get to the top of every leaderboard. These guys just put up a fake record and never look back, so as long as they're caught, they're no longer a problem. The idea is that someone who puts in that large amount of hacked records prefers to leav an impact via sheer quantity and has most likely moved on to another game to screw up the leaderboards for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zombie Aladdin, post: 145805, member: 4242"] It really depends on the individual doing the hack. Hacked leaderboard scores are always done to call attention to themselves (or to troll the other people trying to compete normally), but their attitude and intelligence will determine what they will try for. For those who want a lot of attention quickly but don't mind that their scores have a good chance of getting erased, they'll go for the most popular leaderboards in a game. For those who prefer a slower attention-hogging approach, they'll pick something not quite as popular so it stays on longer. The smartest ones will create a record that's just [i]slightly[/i] better than the best one so no one suspects it's fake. These are the hardest ones to catch, but they risk getting their record legitimately beaten, and they must check up on it every now and then. As I don't really look at the leaderboards, this [i]Victory[/i] score may be a third type: One who just hacks to get to the top of every leaderboard. These guys just put up a fake record and never look back, so as long as they're caught, they're no longer a problem. The idea is that someone who puts in that large amount of hacked records prefers to leav an impact via sheer quantity and has most likely moved on to another game to screw up the leaderboards for. [/QUOTE]
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