Leaderboard trouble?

CarlBillen · Post by **CarlBillen** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:41 am 0

I received a 'cannot write to leaderboard' error when I played a game, and I get a "Can't read the leaderboard' error when accessing the leaderboard.

I guess you guys have to pull at the ear of some of the Microsofties Leaderboard servers I Guess

Game Rogue · Post by **Game Rogue** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:55 am 0

Same here... can't view the SG leader boards either =(

On a side note I got 12mil on my very first play through (no tutorial) =)

fuwafuwa · Post by **fuwafuwa** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:01 am 0

same here.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:04 am 0

It's been mentioned in the Bleatings SG thread a lot.

Yak & Giles are aware of it and have tried to contact Microsoft about it, as they reckon the problem is at the MS end.

Post by **RiK** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:22 am 0

They appear to be working now.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:24 am 0

Ace

mamemeister · Post by **mamemeister** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:20 pm 0

Yak, a genuine question here.

I'd not yet had the chance to download this yet but believe you're sitting with the no 1 score on the leaderboard, a score that is apparently about 20 times that of the nearest other person.

I wish to call into question whether this is a sensible move as anyone booting this up for the first time and seeing such an ouragously high score could well be put off playing anymore.

All the more since the game has been out less than a day and already a seemingly impossible score has been set by none other than the bloke that wrote it.

Dont forget a lot of people play Live games to compete for Leaderboard positions and seeing this could be very demoralising.

Interested in your opinion.

Post by **Muttley** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:25 pm 0

I can't speak for Jeff, but I'm totally bemused why anyone has any kind of issue with something so fundamentally unimportant.

It just seems really bizarre and just a touch ridiculous.

Tyma · Post by **Tyma** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:28 pm 0

At least it's not like Pacman or Guitar Hero, where the scoreboard element of the game has been compltely ruined by widely-known exploits allowing every player to post scores higher than those which are even possible, in each game.

I don't see Jeff's score are being unbeatable. I think the mere fact that it's there gives us a nice throwback to the spiritual era of score attacking games, and players like Billy Mitchell, who strive to learn every pattern for every board, in order to rinse out (I hope that becomes a common term now ^^;) the maximum possible score for each.

Jeff's score is a labour of love for his own game. If anyone else loves this game enough to strive to get anywhere near it, then Space Giraffe will have truly succeeded

mamemeister · Post by **mamemeister** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:28 pm 0

The fact that the no 1 spot has been almost made untouchable after less than a day by none other than Jeff himself wjh on his own admission I'm sure has had waaay more time to play and effectively knows the code might just put some people off.

I'm not crticising his decision just curious for his opinion, thats all.

piku · Post by **piku** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:29 pm 0

Muttley wrote:I can't speak for Jeff, but I'm totally bemused why anyone has any kind of issue with something so fundamentally unimportant.

It just seems really bizarre and just a touch ridiculous.

Especially since unless you've read this you won't even see the hiscore table or bother to look at it until you've finished playing the game. I mean, come on, who looks at the hiscore table BEFORE playing a game? It's not like the game displays a flashing box saying "Hey! Look! This score is so large you'll never bother beating it".

No, I concur... it's a load of bollocks.

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:30 pm 0

I'd have to agree with Muttley.

Of course when I play a game I want to score well and i'll generally look at the leaderboards and compare myself against my friends and fellow Yak Yakkers. But i'm not going to get upset because someone has posted an incredibly high score - it doesn't matter who they are - game developer or not.

I consider myself a competent gamer but realise that it's unlikely that i'll ever get into the top 10 on most leaderboards - partly because I lack the skill but also because I lack the time.

Of course the other objective is to continually better my own performance......

Tyma · Post by **Tyma** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:34 pm 0

I can take the #1 spot away from him right now, if I want to. Moreover, I can tell you that Jeff's score isn't actually that high, considering that he knows every single secret to the scoring system, and obviously hasn't used them all.

I imagine by this time next week, over a hundred people will have cleared lvl 100, and he'll have to fight to stay within the top 10. I just hope nobody else makes the same bizarre leap of logic that I did, and figures out how to create an infinite score.

mamemeister · Post by **mamemeister** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:37 pm 0

As I mentioned I've not actually played the game so perhaps the score is very 'do-able'. I was just curious as I've read several people feeling a little useless after seeing a score like this after such a short time.

Can I apologise now as I've been made aware this was dicussed earlier.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:47 am 0

mamemeister wrote: Can I apologise now as I've been made aware this was dicussed earlier.

No you can't.

Now go to your room! No dinner for you!