21st April 2022, 10:01 AM
(19th April 2022, 3:03 PM)Magniloquent Wrote: Rank was special only in the very early days of PR2 when players actually had to earn their rank by playing the game. The advent of simming (+macroing, botting, etc. etc.) ended this. I agree that achieving rank 50+ is not special in 2022, but I would argue it never was special.
Rank would be special, a meaningful achievement, if it were a reflection of a player's contributions to the PR2 community, their skill & accomplishments, and their dedication to PR2. But it's not. Rank only shows one thing: the amount of time you left your computer on with PR2 idly chugging away at your sim/macro/bot.
If rank was equivalent to the amount of time spent playing the game and achieving things skill-wise, I would easily be at the top.
Good thread different whoever the **** you are, who are you btw? impressed that ur writing a longer text on a dead flash games forum than im writing on my exam