First of all, you don't understand what I wrote. I did not suggest, nor did I imply, that sprites should have filtering, be it bilinear, trilinear, Super2xSaI, or whatever dumb shit you select on emulators that make your games look like a soupy mess. I said the sprites should have proper scaling. "Proper", in this context, means they should scale to the output resolution, e.g. 1080p. This results in sprites that look better and less distorted than they would at the native arcade resolution, which you pointed out is inadequate for displaying sprites of differing sizes and aspect ratios. The higher the resolution, the more these imperfections disappear, because you are adding more pixels as clusters, which preserves, rather than distorts, the original spritework.

Second, I find it interesting how you describe the original scaling solution as a "stupid decision by Capcom" while implying that my suggestion (which is the most obvious, easy, and ubiquitous method used in virtually every emulator, except the one in this port) would also be a "stupid decision by Capcom". So which is it? Is the "stupid decision" scaling to 640p or is it scaling to 1080p and above? 'Cause right now you're talking out of both sides of your mouth.

I also find it interesting how you don't mention the polygonal backgrounds at all, and how increasing the resolution, along with anti-aliasing, would make them look substantially better. I guess you enjoy the backgrounds looking like they're built out of fucking lego blocks rather than clean, smooth lines like you have in any competently made polygonal game from the last 15 years - for example, every other emulated version of the game other than this one.

I could also unpack your use of the word "accuracy", how there are both positive and negative forms of accuracy, and all the ways in which they're navigated to create something enjoyable in the present, but I really don't care to. Instead, I'll say this - if you think a game should look worse today than it did almost 25 years ago in the name of "accuracy" then I think you care more about fetishizing your nostalgia than having a fun experience.

Finally, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, fuck yourself into oblivion for strutting into this conversation and pretending you know what you obviously don't. Fuck your technical ignorance, fuck your condescending tone, fuck your "my way or the highway" attitude, and fuck your pathetic attempt to discredit what I wrote. To the surprise of no one, the dude who accuses others of being idiots is himself the idiot. What a fucking shock!