Additional arguments for Eggmanland Score that I didnt immediatly think of
My initial clear time was 53:59:xx
This netted me around 250K time bonus, which means that a fast finish is going to earn somewhere in the region of a lot and a shitload of time bonus points. Farming 8 rings per 3 seconds or so, so over 30 seconds thats 80 rings, or 8000 points.
I am pretty sure the 30 seconds you waste gathering those additional rings will not net you more points than you lose from time bonus, unless if rack up 9999 rings (assuming the ring counter tracks that high), in which case you should seriously go outside or something, this is an increase of
almost a million, taking approximatly 1245 seconds (~63 minutes).
Again, factor in that the lifeless individual doing this is almost certainly going to die between this point and the end and the point is moot.
My stance on the matter is, for one, have an Eggmanland score chart, the level is made of absolute win and for me, marks the high point for "Most Difficult Score Attack in a Sonic Game".
The ruling I would suggest would state that repeatedly picking up lines of rings from the conveyor more would invalidate your stat, with a possible addendum stating that a stat isnt invalidated if a player is knocked into rings after being hit by a laser (this results in -12 rings and a negative effect on the ending score EDIT: Only when you have under 50 rings, anything more and you lose half your rings instead), mike can do some fine tuning on that one. >_>
Other edit: Something like "Intentionally collecting lines of rings multiple times while on the conveyor belt invalidates your score"!?
