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Cheats and hacks are destroying the credibility of N-Gage Arena rankings

2 replies · 2,462 views · Started 19 January 2009

As you may have noticed, the top rankings on many N-Gage games contain ridiculous scores that no one could have possibly achieved by fair means. Wondering how they do it? Arena player fmuk has a very plausible theory, and a rant that Nokia ought to listen to if they expect people to take Arena rankings seriously.

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Why they dont just make game saves to upload to server or disable uploadin' incredible big numbers?

I gotta agree. I used to take part a lot in the multiplayer (ie : Score uploading parts) of Last Gen's N-Gage and it was still kinda fun. Heck thats how I got Player of the Month over on N-Gage.
This gen I dont even bother because really, there's no point with all these "hacked savegames" ruining the scoreboard.