Simming

Simming is a term in Platform Racing 2 and Platform Racing 3 that refers to controversial methods of obtaining experience points and prizes.
==Platform Racing 2==
Simming in PR2 usually refers to receiving as much EXP/guild points as possible in the shortest amount of time.
It normally involves 4 players wearing EXP Hats and is done on dedicated maps. Typically these levels include:
*Arrow blocks that automate their movements.
*Move blocks to have players start finishing the level after 2 minutes pass (when EXP gained stops increasing).
*Mines to remove hats and give them to other users.
Happy Hours have also been used in the game's later years, either through random ones or by purchasing them in the Vault of Magics.
===Macroing===
Macroing is a form of simming where players use a program to join and finish levels for them, allowing them to be away from the game while gaining EXP.
As macroing requires a third party program, it was formerly considered an unfair advantage over other players and was a bannable offense for up to a month.
Due to the declining number of members, macroing was allowed starting in January 2018.
===Jiggmin's Stance===
Jiggmin didn't mind the idea of simming early in PR2's life, however he became more against it after noticing most people claiming they were "hacked" had actually shared their passwords for simming."Simming". Jiggmin. May 2, 2010.
As a result he began adding drawbacks: 
*First in May 2010 by halving EXP earned by people playing on the same IP Address.
*This continued in 2012 with a controversial cap that prevented accounts above rank 50 from gaining EXP before it was removed a week later."Jiggmin on pr2 on New years". Kongregate. January 1, 2012."PR2 Rank 50". Jiggmin. January 6, 2012.
* A captcha was added in 2013 during Motley Monday where players who earned more than 25,000 EXP in a day were required to periodically click a picture of a cat. If a dog was clicked, EXP couldn't be earned for hours."Cat Captchas". Jiggmin. July 31, 2013.
*He then lastly introduced a "sim detector", which gave zero EXP to those it caught simming."Platform Racing 2: Game.php" - GitHub
Most of these restrictions were removed in early 2018, as noted above with macroing, in favor of providing bonuses for people actually playing the game.
==Platform Racing 3==
Due to added anti-simming measures, simming for EXP is far less prevalent in PR3.
Instead it's usually done under the assumption of receiving body parts and hats quicker.
While the levels themselves were popular (especially in the first half of 2011) they were ineffective in reality. Jiggmin included a mechanic that ties a prize's chance of appearing to each player's average time for their last roughly 10 matches."Simming For Body Parts (Why it doesn't work)". Sparkworkz. April 2011. If a group's times are below 2 minutes, prizes won't show up for them at all.
To further combat sim maps, Jiggmin later removed prizes from being announced at the beginning of matches and made hats that were random prizes in all levels instead exclusive to the Level of the Day.
==References==
Category:Platform Racing 2 Articles
Category:Platform Racing 3 Articles