This is unbelievably sad, and has been a bit of a firestorm in the TrackMania community recently. Wirtual faced a lot of backlash for making accusations against riolu (who is quite possibly the...
This is unbelievably sad, and has been a bit of a firestorm in the TrackMania community recently. Wirtual faced a lot of backlash for making accusations against riolu (who is quite possibly the most well-known TM player in the world), though the backlash has now flipped targets given that it's pretty indisputable that riolu cheated many of his records.
I wouldn't normally link on Tildes a summary of community conflict, but I do think this video is very informative for the way that it covers the methods through which the cheating was investigated and, therefore, the certainty we have at the accusations' truth.
Here's another video about the scandal (that is better than its clickbaity thumbnail makes it look). There's some overlap with Wirtual's video, but this one also gives some additional insights...
Here's another video about the scandal (that is better than its clickbaity thumbnail makes it look). There's some overlap with Wirtual's video, but this one also gives some additional insights (e.g. how TrackMania's built-in replay validation is flawed). In particular, it does a good job of detailing how much technicality and grind can go into mastering a single track. He focuses on A01, which is the simplest track in the game, and grinds it himself for hours. Correspondingly, the previous WR holder for A01 (who has now admitted to cheating his time), grinded for better times on that single track for hundreds -- if not thousands -- of hours.
This is unbelievably sad, and has been a bit of a firestorm in the TrackMania community recently. Wirtual faced a lot of backlash for making accusations against riolu (who is quite possibly the most well-known TM player in the world), though the backlash has now flipped targets given that it's pretty indisputable that riolu cheated many of his records.
I wouldn't normally link on Tildes a summary of community conflict, but I do think this video is very informative for the way that it covers the methods through which the cheating was investigated and, therefore, the certainty we have at the accusations' truth.
Here's another video about the scandal (that is better than its clickbaity thumbnail makes it look). There's some overlap with Wirtual's video, but this one also gives some additional insights (e.g. how TrackMania's built-in replay validation is flawed). In particular, it does a good job of detailing how much technicality and grind can go into mastering a single track. He focuses on A01, which is the simplest track in the game, and grinds it himself for hours. Correspondingly, the previous WR holder for A01 (who has now admitted to cheating his time), grinded for better times on that single track for hundreds -- if not thousands -- of hours.