Well that's your opinion, Rudy, and you are entitled to it. Fact remains that Aurcade's primary source of scores comes from live events. A small majority come from scores set at authorized arcades and which are witnessed either during or after the fact by authorized individuals.
The base of scores is smaller than that of the TG database...I seriously doubt that cheating is rampant with the scores accepted by Aurcade thus far. And besides Aurcade has its own basis for score acceptance just as TG does. Keep in mind that this "disgrace" you cite of accepting photographs is exactly how Atari behaved in the late 1970's and to some extent how Walter accepted scores in the early 1980's.
There is nothing "disgraceful" about it. Aurcade is a different platform and answers to its own validation methods...not those of TG, Guinness or any other entity. If you disagree with their score validation methods, that's fine, but calling it a "disgrace" is unfair and unnecessary.
Robert T Mruczek
Former Twin Galaxies chief referee
Star Wars classic arcade marathon champion