Yep! This especially irks me as I am one of the five on the overall leaderboards. I won't name names but competition has gotten quite a bit tougher when players can simply press a button and unlock awards instantly... However, I still prefer Plus+ to Openfeint for the quality of games, which keeps me trying despite having a disadvantage.
I don't mind naming them, users BimBamm and docmorelli among others near the top of the leaderboard are definitely cheaters. Just compare many of their awards to their scores on the leaderboards. Having legitimately earned over 30,000 points it is kind of annoying to see these cheaters above me, but in the end it is just a game and I can still record my awards honestly. And I obviously prefer Plus+, but I agree that they need to continue evolving rather than just sitting contently.
I've been sitting at around 28000 points for a while now; it's hard to play as competitively when I know the awards mean little-to-nothing if players can press their "auto-win" buttons now. Anyways, nice to see you two on Toucharcade. I've made it to the top 5 a couple times, and one of you two always knocked me out.
I like 'em both, but I prefer Plus+ for the simple fact every game has achievements. I don't know which I hate more though, an Open Feint supported game without achievements, or the jack asses that make all achievements worth 1 point.
I prefer OpenFeint over Plus+ simple because it's much more easier to implement into applications. And that some of my favorite games are becoming OpenFeint integrated. But that's not the only reason, - OpenFeint has been extremely supportive of their community in that if i wanted a game to be removed from "My Games" I could simply send them an email and they'd gladly remove it. (this is also being released as a standalone feature in an update - Aside from that OpenFeint just released "OpenFeint X" which basically describes it's self as "Build Free-To-Play Virtual Goods Based Games" in other words, it's leaning towards becoming the Zynga of the iphone world. - OpenFeint supports a wider variety of features. Like Forums, Chat, Twitter and Facebook integration. I mean yes there are games that are complete crap that are OpenFeint integrated but would you rather have your application judged by a bunch of bias people? I mean it's pretty obvious that Plus+ only accepts those applications that have a decent amount of graphics, etc. Besides such games as: - Minigore - Hook Champ - B-boy Beats - Commodore 64 - BATTLE BEARS: Zombies!
Plus+ is a piece of garbage !! for one reason if you not logged before start your game, your high score is never saving in the leaderboard is available for all games !! you need to stay connected with plus+ during the game for save your scoring !! :/
