Changes: Game high scores

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The Game high scores is a feature present in almost all Nitrome games. It shows the 100 highest scores in the game, with the score and the name of the one who posted the score.

System

Please note this system is not completely the same for all games. Minor changes are applicable depending on the game.

To submit a highscore, the player usually has to either die in the game or beat a level. Once the menu pops up, the player must select the "submit" button, which will switch menus to where they are shown their score and must type in a name (maximum of ten letters long). They are able to pick from the twenty-six letters of the Roman alphabet.

Once they have picked their name, they can submit it. If the score is higher than the 100th score on the list, it will be put up on the list. If it is lower than the 100th score, it is put up, but not visible by any.

Downfalls

The Nitrome game highscores are not perfect, though, and some problems can and do occur while using them.

The highscores do not have much of defense, making it possible to hack them and put up an impossible score.

Some players type vulgar language as their submitted name, as there is no filter.

Occasionally many players will reach the maximum score possible in a game, and the high score list will will fill up with people obtaining perfect scores.

Glitch

Pressing the back button fast enough will take the player back farther then the 100th score.

Nitrome.com addition

Nitrome plans to update the game high scores for Nitrome.com 2.5, but what they plan to do is currently unknown.^{[citation needed]}

Games that lack highscores

Although most Nitrome games have highscores, icon games, distributable games, and Flightless lack highscores.

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 ==System==
+''Please note this system is not completely the same for all games. Minor changes are applicable depending on the game.''
-To submit a highscore, the player has to die in a game or pick to submit their score, depending on the game. Once they are ready to submit their score, they are shown their score and are given the choice to give themselves an up to a 10 letter name. They are able to pick from the 26 letters of the English Alphabet, and only those 26, symbols like apostrophe ('), full colon (:), bent brackets (( & )), etc. cannot be used.
+To submit a highscore, the player usually has to either die in the game or beat a level. Once the [[Level-ending menu|menu]] pops up, the player must select the "submit" button, which will switch menus to where they are shown their score and must type in a name (maximum of ten letters long). They are able to pick from the twenty-six letters of the Roman alphabet.
-Once they have picked their name, they can submit it. If the score is higher than the 100th score on the list, it will be put up on the list. If it is lower than the 100th score, it is put up, but not visible by any.[[File:FinalNinjaZero-menumber14closeup.PNG|thumb|left|The [[Final Ninja Zero]] highscores.]]
+Once they have picked their name, they can submit it. If the score is higher than the 100th score on the list, it will be put up on the list. If it is lower than the 100th score, it is put up, but not visible by any.
 ===Downfalls===
+The Nitrome game highscores are not perfect, though, and some problems can and do occur while using them.
-[[File:High Scores bord glitch.png|thumb|right|The Glitch in action]]
-One of the problems with the Nitrome game highscores is that they do not have a lot of defense, and because of this, it is possible to hack them and put up an impossible score.
+*The highscores do not have much of defense, making it possible to hack them and put up an impossible score.
-Another problem is that sometimes players may have a highscore, submit it to the highscore list and use a vulgar word as their name. Some games have a maximum score the player can get, [[Toxic II]] for example, which makes competition pointless as eventually the boards will be filled up with players who have the maximum score.
+*Some players type vulgar language as their submitted name, as there is no filter.
-==[[Glitch]]==
-Pressing the back button fast enough will take the player back farther then the 100th score.
+*Occasionally many players will reach the maximum score possible in a game, and the high score list will will fill up with people obtaining perfect scores.
-==[[Nitrome.com 2.0#Nitrome 2.1|Nitrome 2.1 Update]]==
-Nitrome plans to update the Game High Scores for Nitrome 2.1. What they plan to do is currently unknown.{{cn}}
+==[[Glitch]]==
+Pressing the back button fast enough will take the player back farther then the 100th score.
+<gallery>
+High Scores bord glitch.png|The Glitch in action
+</gallery>
+==[[Nitrome.com]] addition==
+Nitrome plans to update the game high scores for Nitrome.com 2.5, but what they plan to do is currently unknown.{{cn}}
+==Games that lack highscores==
+Although most Nitrome games have highscores, [[:Category:Icon games|icon games]], [[distributable games]], and [[Flightless]] lack highscores.
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