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> Then the fact that all his records were referee verified instead of video verified. The referee is serving a sentence for child rape. While that's deplorable, it does not logically follow that a child molester is necessarily an unreliable referee.
It demonstrates poor exercise of judgment, which would render them partially unreliable. Then there's the question of whether they're your "peers".
One thing that has maybe not been considered is that the Atari 2600 is susceptible to what's known in the online Atari community as 'frying', whereby cycling the power off and then back on very quickly while the console is running can lead to weird changes in the program state. Not saying this is what occurred, but it could be a possibility, depending on the code...
TwinGalaxies had quite the extensive writeup on Todd's various cheating [1]. There was a staggering amount of evidence, including TAS (Tool Assisted Speedruns) proving that Todd's time is physically impossible . That blew up in a 274-page thread, but ultimately I believe it took Robert T Mruczek's writeup to finally ban Todd.[1] Not surprising as Mcruzek is part of the "old guard". I think this reflected very poorly…
I think it's at the very least equally likely that the PR beating they were taking as a result of the Apollo video led them to make the decision rather than Robert's guidance.
> Beyond the software analysis evidence, which speaks directly to Todd Rogers’s Dragster 5.51 score time I didn't understand this sentence: it means that, looking at the code and calculating all possibilities of gear changing moments, it would be impossible to achieve 5.51 ? If so, why would any other evidence be necessary ? Or, if it wasn't such analysis (and I think that this one would be definitive), why wasn't th…
Which was enough to muddy the waters for a bit.
Here's a good video summary about Todd Rogers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e-H4sEHB54
For those who can't watch. Some games were scored in increments of 5 and he somehow got a score finishing with an 8. Many scores were ridiculous like 650000 for a game that goes in increments of 100 and the second highest video verified score was in the 90k range. Then the fact that all his records were referee verified instead of video verified. The referee is serving a sentence for child rape. Then there is the lie…
Reference: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:0kQ1V1Z...
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Yes, the analysis proves 5.51 is impossible, and it's been confirmed that 5.57 is the best possible time through the use of an emulator with preprogrammed inputs, meaning that it plays the game perfectly. Todd Roger's response is that the analysis failed to consider the "human element" and how the console would respond to that.
> Yes, the analysis proves 5.51 is impossible, and it's been confirmed that 5.57 is the best possible time through the use of an emulator with preprogrammed inputs, meaning that it plays the game perfectly. An emulator with preprogrammed inputs doesn't mean it plays perfectly. It just means that it plays reproducibly. Whether or not it plays perfectly depends on the preprogrammed inputs. How did they choose the input…
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I would argue that it does. Being a child molester shows a horrifically bad sense of judgement and a flagrant disregard for the law.
So, here's a thought experiment: consider "Carl H". Carl H ran the site computerscienceforeveryone.com. He was an incredibly passionate individual who spent his time creating free video tutorials on C programming. Along with these videos, he created supplementary materials, quizzes, and engaged with anyone who had questions. He even provided live one-on-one instruction to people over Skype, all for free. By all accou…
In the latter case, his inability to make fair decisions in life is directly relevant to his qualification for a job that involves making fair decisions affecting other people.
Unfortunately I don't think this thought experiment is very relevant.