Digital Press MAME High Score League - SIGN UP ENDS TONIGHT!

[Jibbajaba]

SIGN UP WILL BE CUT OFF AT MIDNIGHT (PST) THURSDAY!!! The competition will begin on Friday Night!!!

Hey DPers!

It's been 4 long months since I last hosted a contest. My last contest called on your vast gaming intellect, but this one is going to be all about your skill with a joystick!

The tournament will use multiple arcade games, so proficiency with one or two games will be of no help. It will be league style play, with a regular season followed by playoffs.

Prizes? There is a wealth of meseta to be had here, but I know that some of you have no interest in such things. There is also a cache of DP schwag from the DP SHOP to be had here. Clocks, hats, magents, stickers... I may even try to convince Joe to let me create custom trophies for the winners to have in their item inventories.

I promise that this will be a lot of fun, so PLEASE sign up. The sooner I get enough people on board, the sooner we can get started.

I will provide MAME ROMs for all of the games. I will set up a web site from which they will all be downloadable.

I will list all of the people who have signed up here in this post. Please POST IN THIS THREAD if you want to sign up. PLEEEAASSE don't PM me to sign up.

ALL OF THE DETAILS WILL BE EXPLAINED FULLY ONCE THE SIGNUP PROCESS IS OVER.

Thanks!

Chris

EDIT: PRELIMINARY PRIZE PACKAGES More may be added to the prize packages later, but what you see here is now set in stone. Sign up now to get a chance at these AWESOME pirize packages!!!

First Place:
1000 Meseta
DP Wall Clock
DP Trivia Card Game
DP Magent
DP Sticker
Extra gaming goodies

Second Place
500 Meseta
DP Cap of Penultimate Wisdom
DP Magnet
DP Sticker
Extra gaming goodies

Third Place
250 Meseta
DP Magnet
DP Sticker
Extra gaming goodies

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Players:
Richter Belmount
Quintracker
Mr.FoodMonster
TheSmirk
Nesmaster
Dragonmaster Sam
Flack
Needle
Gamemaster_ca_2003
DDCecil
Slip81
pacmanhat
Dr. Morbis
InsaneDavid
Sothy
Shoes23
robotriot
Cryomancer
Cmosfm
kamino
NE146
fergojisan
TripppsK
downfall
Jed
Lord007
Scooterb23
SMB2
Cirrus
hydr0x
Crush Crawfish
Lady Jaye
ddockery
kraboomba
xaqar
AdamG
Soulblazer
Pantechnicon

[Richter Belmount]

im in

[Jibbajaba]

im in , but i hope you will pick games that practically everyone has :D

Some games will be extremely popular. Others may be games that are obscure enough that few have ever played them. I would imagine that I will have to offer ROMs for any of the games that are in the competition. It may end up being a MAME only contest. I havent ironed out the details yet. I'm just trying to wrangle up enough players!

Chris

[Richter Belmount]

consider some contra = )

[Gapporin]

Are you trying to muscle into my territory, BOY!?

I keed, I keed. Naturally, I'm in.

[Jibbajaba]

Are you trying to muscle into my territory, BOY!?

I keed, I keed. Naturally, I'm in.

Far from it. I was actually hoping to enlist your assistance in choosing the games, but not if you are going to be a participant. :)

Chris

[Quintracker]

Count me in.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

I'm also in.

[TheSmirk]

I'll give it a go, count me in!

[Nesmaster]

Count me in also :D :-P

[DragonMaster Sam]

Count me in as well.

[Flack]

I'm in!

[Needle]

Count me in! I'm a sucker for high score contests, and I thrive on being competitive. Let's do this thing!

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

I am in this as Well. Good Luck Everyone this will be fun.

[DDCecil]

I'm in! :D

[slip81]

I want in too

[pacmanhat]

Do I need an actual MAME cab for this, or is a PC version doable? If the latter is fine, count me in.

[Jibbajaba]

Do I need an actual MAME cab for this, or is a PC version doable? If the latter is fine, count me in.

No dude, you don't need a MAME cab. You know a MAME cab is just a computer inside a wooden cabinet, right?

Anyway, you are added to the list!!!

Chris

[Dr. Morbis]

I'm in... :-P

[InsaneDavid]

I'm in...

InsaneDavid x1

[Sothy]

ill give it a shot.

[shoes23]

Sign me up too!

[Cryomancer]

Sure, is there a prize for last palce then? Heh.

[Jibbajaba]

Sure, is there a prize for last palce then? Heh.

Are you signing up then?

You should.

You'll be sorry if you don't.

Chris

[robotriot]

I'm taking the last place here :D I'm in ^^

[The_EniGma]

Count me in :)

[Cryomancer]

Sure, is there a prize for last palce then? Heh.

Are you signing up then?

You should.

You'll be sorry if you don't.

Chris

I'm in, I'm in.

[Cmosfm]

Oh sure, why not.

I'M IN!

:D

[Kamino]

well if i don't bother to sign up, jibba's gonna cut my balls off.
Thus, I'm in.

[NE146]

I'm in.

How would you insure though no one cheats? Honor system?

[Kamino]

I'm in.

How would you insure though no one cheats? Honor system?
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
I'm interested as to how you'll know this one too. Although, if the prizes are dp-forum related, and not physical items in the 3d world, then the cheaters are only gaining egoshot anyway....

[Jibbajaba]

I'm in.

How would you insure though no one cheats? Honor system?

Yes, unfortunately I have to rely on people's honor here. I am going to require screenshots, but all that does is make sure someone doesnt just make up a score out of the blue. I basically have to trust that the good people of this community show the proper respect for their fellow competitors as well as the work that I am putting into this. As it stands now, I am paying for the prizes out of my own pocket, and cheating in order to win them is tantamount to stealing from me as far as I am concerned.

Chris

[Jibbajaba]

I'm in.

How would you insure though no one cheats? Honor system?
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
I'm interested as to how you'll know this one too. Although, if the prizes are dp-forum related, and not physical items in the 3d world, then the cheaters are only gaining egoshot anyway....

Read the original post. The prizes are physical in nature.

Chris

[Cmosfm]

I'm in.

How would you insure though no one cheats? Honor system?

Yes, unfortunately I have to rely on people's honor here. I am going to require screenshots, but all that does is make sure someone doesnt just make up a score out of the blue. I basically have to trust that the good people of this community show the proper respect for their fellow competitors as well as the work that I am putting into this. As it stands now, I am paying for the prizes out of my own pocket, and cheating in order to win them is tantamount to stealing from me as far as I am concerned.

Chris

That's the only thing that bothers me, I really think this should have been limited to members who have been here for X amount of time.

I believe most DP members are pretty honest here, so lets hope the honest people are are playing here. :)

[fergojisan]

+1, what the hell.

I'm going to give Cryomancer and RobotRiot a run for their money. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I AM STINKY!!! LOL

[Kamino]

I'm in.

How would you insure though no one cheats? Honor system?
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
I'm interested as to how you'll know this one too. Although, if the prizes are dp-forum related, and not physical items in the 3d world, then the cheaters are only gaining egoshot anyway....

Read the original post. The prizes are physical in nature.

Chris
Oops. I got confused. AGAIN.
*casts lv. 14 un-confuse on self*
*spell backfires*
*falls into a pit*

[Jibbajaba]

I'm in.

How would you insure though no one cheats? Honor system?

Yes, unfortunately I have to rely on people's honor here. I am going to require screenshots, but all that does is make sure someone doesnt just make up a score out of the blue. I basically have to trust that the good people of this community show the proper respect for their fellow competitors as well as the work that I am putting into this. As it stands now, I am paying for the prizes out of my own pocket, and cheating in order to win them is tantamount to stealing from me as far as I am concerned.

Chris

That's the only thing that bothers me, I really think this should have been limited to members who have been here for X amount of time.

That is a possibility that I had not considered. If enough of the DP regulars sign up, then that would be doable, but I hate to discriminate against members just because of their post count or level of n00bness.

Chris

[TripppsK]

I'll give it a shot, count me in.

[downfall]

Hey, sure. I'm up for it.

[NE146]

Well.. if it's Mame, maybe we can all decide on a standard version to use, then we can all record .INP files! That'll ensure the whole game gets recorded and could be read back by others to verify (if it ever gets to that). We can then just zip up our .INP's, & post them here. :)

Anyway, if someone does real good it's always fun to watch them play. And in this type of online environment that's probably the best way to do it with this particular emulator.

If someone has a high score I personally love watching their gameplay and seeing their techniques. :D

Dunno if you want it to be mandatory or not though.. it's really up to you. I'd imagine it would require some kind of tutorial for those who have no idea about it etc. And the hassles of getting everyone's Mame in synch. Stuff like that.

[The_EniGma]

Is this going to be like the mame club that we select which game we'd like to play? Or is it just randomly picked by you

Oh btw, if you need extra rom hosting just drop me a PM, i got soem to kill for this month :)

[Jibbajaba]

Well.. if it's Mame, maybe we can all decide on a standard version to use, then we can all record .INP files! That'll ensure the whole game gets recorded and could be read back by others to verify (if it ever gets to that). We can then just zip up our .INP's, & post them here. :)

Anyway, if someone does real good it's always fun to watch them play. And in this type of online environment that's probably the best way to do it with this particular emulator.

If someone has a high score I personally love watching their gameplay and seeing their techniques. :D

Dunno if you want it to be mandatory or not though.. it's really up to you. I'd imagine it would require some kind of tutorial for those who have no idea about it etc. And the hassles of getting everyone's Mame in synch. Stuff like that.

Well it's either we do something like that, or some people who signed up are not going to be able to play. I don't like having to do something like that, but I am not going to spend time and money on this just to have people cheat.

I want to hear people's opinions on this. Either I have to get with a couple of the other DP regulars and make some decisions concerning the people who signed up, or you all record your gameplay (which I think would be a major hassle since I am assuming that people are going to play many games trying to get the best score possible.) I swear, this thing could use it's own forum... Maybe I'll start a Yahoo! group or something for it.

Chris

[Jibbajaba]

Is this going to be like the mame club that we select which game we'd like to play? Or is it just randomly picked by you

Oh btw, if you need extra rom hosting just drop me a PM, i got soem to kill for this month :)

No, the games will be pre-determined by me, and not everyone will play the same game. Players who are pitted against eachother will play the same game, but not all pairs or players will be playing the same game at the same time.

Chris

[Kamino]

Well.. if it's Mame, maybe we can all decide on a standard version to use, then we can all record .INP files! That'll ensure the whole game gets recorded and could be read back by others to verify (if it ever gets to that). We can then just zip up our .INP's, & post them here. :)

Anyway, if someone does real good it's always fun to watch them play. And in this type of online environment that's probably the best way to do it with this particular emulator.

If someone has a high score I personally love watching their gameplay and seeing their techniques. :D

Dunno if you want it to be mandatory or not though.. it's really up to you. I'd imagine it would require some kind of tutorial for those who have no idea about it etc. And the hassles of getting everyone's Mame in synch. Stuff like that.

Well it's either we do something like that, or some people who signed up are not going to be able to play. I don't like having to do something like that, but I am not going to spend time and money on this just to have people cheat.

I want to hear people's opinions on this. Either I have to get with a couple of the other DP regulars and make some decisions concerning the people who signed up, or you all record your gameplay (which I think would be a major hassle since I am assuming that people are going to play many games trying to get the best score possible.) I swear, this thing could use it's own forum... Maybe I'll start a Yahoo! group or something for it.

Chris
Man, I'd hate to put you thru watching all the inp files. If it comes down to that, i'd be willing to drop out of competition and basically act as a 'judge', i.e. sit and watch these damn vids of game play for any suspected cheating.
You'd be better off with just booting out the damn kids that you suspect would cheat.
Those of us that actually have money n stuff don't need to cheat. At least those of us who are real men....most of my "real men don't" statements make me look like a crackpot, but I'm pretty sure we can all agree on this one.

[Cmosfm]

Well.. if it's Mame, maybe we can all decide on a standard version to use, then we can all record .INP files! That'll ensure the whole game gets recorded and could be read back by others to verify (if it ever gets to that). We can then just zip up our .INP's, & post them here. :)

Anyway, if someone does real good it's always fun to watch them play. And in this type of online environment that's probably the best way to do it with this particular emulator.

If someone has a high score I personally love watching their gameplay and seeing their techniques. :D

Dunno if you want it to be mandatory or not though.. it's really up to you. I'd imagine it would require some kind of tutorial for those who have no idea about it etc. And the hassles of getting everyone's Mame in synch. Stuff like that.

Well it's either we do something like that, or some people who signed up are not going to be able to play. I don't like having to do something like that, but I am not going to spend time and money on this just to have people cheat.

I want to hear people's opinions on this. Either I have to get with a couple of the other DP regulars and make some decisions concerning the people who signed up, or you all record your gameplay (which I think would be a major hassle since I am assuming that people are going to play many games trying to get the best score possible.) I swear, this thing could use it's own forum... Maybe I'll start a Yahoo! group or something for it.

Chris
Man, I'd hate to put you thru watching all the inp files. If it comes down to that, i'd be willing to drop out of competition and basically act as a 'judge', i.e. sit and watch these damn vids of game play for any suspected cheating.
You'd be better off with just booting out the damn kids that you suspect would cheat.
Those of us that actually have money n stuff don't need to cheat. At least those of us who are real men....most of my "real men don't" statements make me look like a crackpot, but I'm pretty sure we can all agree on this one.

I personally don't know the first THING about INP files anyways, as a matter of fact, this is the very first time I've heard of them. LOL

I say boot the newer/low post count members...I'm sure we'll get enough regular DP members to play. :)

[Jibbajaba]

Well.. if it's Mame, maybe we can all decide on a standard version to use, then we can all record .INP files! That'll ensure the whole game gets recorded and could be read back by others to verify (if it ever gets to that). We can then just zip up our .INP's, & post them here. :)

Anyway, if someone does real good it's always fun to watch them play. And in this type of online environment that's probably the best way to do it with this particular emulator.

If someone has a high score I personally love watching their gameplay and seeing their techniques. :D

Dunno if you want it to be mandatory or not though.. it's really up to you. I'd imagine it would require some kind of tutorial for those who have no idea about it etc. And the hassles of getting everyone's Mame in synch. Stuff like that.

Well it's either we do something like that, or some people who signed up are not going to be able to play. I don't like having to do something like that, but I am not going to spend time and money on this just to have people cheat.

I want to hear people's opinions on this. Either I have to get with a couple of the other DP regulars and make some decisions concerning the people who signed up, or you all record your gameplay (which I think would be a major hassle since I am assuming that people are going to play many games trying to get the best score possible.) I swear, this thing could use it's own forum... Maybe I'll start a Yahoo! group or something for it.

Chris
Man, I'd hate to put you thru watching all the inp files. If it comes down to that, i'd be willing to drop out of competition and basically act as a 'judge', i.e. sit and watch these damn vids of game play for any suspected cheating.
You'd be better off with just booting out the damn kids that you suspect would cheat.
Those of us that actually have money n stuff don't need to cheat. At least those of us who are real men....most of my "real men don't" statements make me look like a crackpot, but I'm pretty sure we can all agree on this one.

I personally don't know the first THING about INP files anyways, as a matter of fact, this is the very first time I've heard of them. LOL

I say boot the newer/low post count members...I'm sure we'll get enough regular DP members to play. :)

This is probably what I'll do, but I want to get a couple of people to help me decide who to excuse from the league. I'll keep everyone posted on what happens.

Honestly, it isnt just cheating that worries me. This thing is not going to work properly if people flake out. I need players who not only will not cheat, but will play through the whole thing. If I get a bunch of flakes who don't submit scores and end up dropping out, then the system won't work.

Chris

[Cmosfm]

Well.. if it's Mame, maybe we can all decide on a standard version to use, then we can all record .INP files! That'll ensure the whole game gets recorded and could be read back by others to verify (if it ever gets to that). We can then just zip up our .INP's, & post them here. :)

Anyway, if someone does real good it's always fun to watch them play. And in this type of online environment that's probably the best way to do it with this particular emulator.

If someone has a high score I personally love watching their gameplay and seeing their techniques. :D

Dunno if you want it to be mandatory or not though.. it's really up to you. I'd imagine it would require some kind of tutorial for those who have no idea about it etc. And the hassles of getting everyone's Mame in synch. Stuff like that.

Well it's either we do something like that, or some people who signed up are not going to be able to play. I don't like having to do something like that, but I am not going to spend time and money on this just to have people cheat.

I want to hear people's opinions on this. Either I have to get with a couple of the other DP regulars and make some decisions concerning the people who signed up, or you all record your gameplay (which I think would be a major hassle since I am assuming that people are going to play many games trying to get the best score possible.) I swear, this thing could use it's own forum... Maybe I'll start a Yahoo! group or something for it.

Chris
Man, I'd hate to put you thru watching all the inp files. If it comes down to that, i'd be willing to drop out of competition and basically act as a 'judge', i.e. sit and watch these damn vids of game play for any suspected cheating.
You'd be better off with just booting out the damn kids that you suspect would cheat.
Those of us that actually have money n stuff don't need to cheat. At least those of us who are real men....most of my "real men don't" statements make me look like a crackpot, but I'm pretty sure we can all agree on this one.

I personally don't know the first THING about INP files anyways, as a matter of fact, this is the very first time I've heard of them. LOL

I say boot the newer/low post count members...I'm sure we'll get enough regular DP members to play. :)

This is probably what I'll do, but I want to get a couple of people to help me decide who to excuse from the league. I'll keep everyone posted on what happens.

Honestly, it isnt just cheating that worries me. This thing is not going to work properly if people flake out. I need players who not only will not cheat, but will play through the whole thing. If I get a bunch of flakes who don't submit scores and end up dropping out, then the system won't work.

Chris

You can count on me! I have 11 hours a day at my computer at work, and buisness has been slow, I need something to do inbetween watching DVD's and posting on DP. LOL

[Jed]

Eh, what the hell. Count me in.

[InsaneDavid]

I personally don't know the first THING about INP files anyways, as a matter of fact, this is the very first time I've heard of them. LOL

Same here, heck I still use MAME v0.77 on my desktop machine and the preliminary setup on the cocktail table is using v0.76 right now. LOL



I say boot the newer/low post count members...I'm sure we'll get enough regular DP members to play. :)

This is probably what I'll do, but I want to get a couple of people to help me decide who to excuse from the league. I'll keep everyone posted on what happens.

Hopefully my post count isn't too low, does writing for Retrogaming Times Monthly (Titles of Tengen) give me any street cred? :/

[Needle]

This is probably what I'll do, but I want to get a couple of people to help me decide who to excuse from the league. I'll keep everyone posted on what happens.

Honestly, it isnt just cheating that worries me. This thing is not going to work properly if people flake out. I need players who not only will not cheat, but will play through the whole thing. If I get a bunch of flakes who don't submit scores and end up dropping out, then the system won't work.



Should those of us with low post counts start defending ourselves then? I haven't hit 200 yet, but I've been mostly lurking around these boards for two solid years. And if you need proof of my tenacity when it comes to high score contests, you only need to look this far:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58439

Not to mention I'd be more than willing to record all gameplay to authenticate it. I'm definitely one of those people who would enjoy seeing gameplay movies from others as well. I love showing off and I love watching others show off too :D

In any event, I know you didn't ask for a defense, but I gave you one anyways. So, there ya go. I ain't no cheat. ;)

[Lord007]

I'd like to participate...but I'd understand if I had to get booted because of various things (I've never used mame, on 56k, low post count, etc...).

[Jibbajaba]

This is probably what I'll do, but I want to get a couple of people to help me decide who to excuse from the league. I'll keep everyone posted on what happens.

Honestly, it isnt just cheating that worries me. This thing is not going to work properly if people flake out. I need players who not only will not cheat, but will play through the whole thing. If I get a bunch of flakes who don't submit scores and end up dropping out, then the system won't work.



Should those of us with low post counts start defending ourselves then? I haven't hit 200 yet, but I've been mostly lurking around these boards for two solid years. And if you need proof of my tenacity when it comes to high score contests, you only need to look this far:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58439

Not to mention I'd be more than willing to record all gameplay to authenticate it. I'm definitely one of those people who would enjoy seeing gameplay movies from others as well. I love showing off and I love watching others show off too :D

In any event, I know you didn't ask for a defense, but I gave you one anyways. So, there ya go. I ain't no cheat. ;)

Needle, you've been a member here longer than I have, so I can hardly tell you that you cant participate based on longevity.

Chris

[Jibbajaba]

Gapporin's name has been removed from the list because he has been gracious enough to assist me in the administration of the 17th annual Digital Press MAME League. As the DPML vice chair, he is no longer eligible to play.

I am mentioning this for two reasons. First so that people don;t get the wrong idea and think that he was removed for some other reason, and second to give him credit for helping me out. Hopefully I can make it worth his while.

Thanks, Jared.

Chris

[scooterb23]

I'm in.

[DragonMaster Sam]

Whatever happened to Gapporin's Friday Scoreboard?

[Jibbajaba]

Whatever happened to Gapporin's Friday Scoreboard?


Nothing. He still has it AFAIK.

He is doing this for me as an extra favor.

Chris

[Gapporin]

Whatever happened to Gapporin's Friday Scoreboard?

Wow, I have fans! :love:

Jibbajaba's (JibJab?) correct. I still am doing the Scoreboard every Friday, although it occasionally gets de-stickified and placed back into the deluge of regular posts (which, I can't blame them for doing so, because some games are obviously more popular than others).

[DragonMaster Sam]

I can't wait for the third installment of your next challenge on Friday. Just make sure it's a game that everybody has access to.

[Jibbajaba]

OK I now have 28 players, which is enough to start the league. I am going to cut off sign up at midnight PST tommorow night. The League will start Friday evening.

Chris

[Cirrus]

I'm in, too.

[hydr0x]

so, this doesn't include any online (head-to-head??) play, right?

if it's just offline play with high-score submission then count me in

does it matter which MAME version we use? haven't updated my MAME for a while

and please do me a favor, do not include any games bigger than 10MB for the zip, some are only on 56k/ISDN and we can't download some of the bigger games if required!

[Gapporin]

so, this doesn't include any online (head-to-head??) play, right?

Correct.


does it matter which MAME version we use? haven't updated my MAME for a while

Not really, but if we choose a game that is only available in the later versions, of course you'll have to update.

[Crush Crawfish]

Count me in on this! :D

[Jibbajaba]

Prize lists have been updated with meseta amounts and additional DP Schwag!!! These items will possibly be worth millions someday!

Only 15 hours left to sign up!

Chris

[The_EniGma]

I seem to be of fthe players list.. :/

[fergojisan]

Damn, I didn't consider having to update MAME to play one of the games. I always have trouble when I try updating that sucker. Oh well, I'll give it a shot. I'm really looking forward to it! \^_^/

[Lady Jaye]

Count me in!

Regarding .INP files: it's the first time I hear of this too... I'm not even sure whether it's implemented or not on MacMAME (and I'm using the latest beta version).

[ddockery]

Count me in.

[kraboomba]

I would like to try. Can I sign up?

Lance

[Jibbajaba]

.INP files are not going to be used unless Gapporin or I suspect a player of dishonesty. Screenshots will be mandatory.

Here is my attitude about cheating etc. If someone has a problem with one of the other players on the list, PM me and tell me who it is. There is no one who is currently on the list that I think has a high probability of playing in a dishonest manner. The bottom line is that the only way to make absolutely sure that no one is cheating is through the use of INP files, but that is going to make playing the games a lot less pleasurable and make this contest more of a hassle for everyone.

If anyone signed up for the league still has concerns about the possibility of cheating, you can PM me or post it here and we can discuss it.

I should also say that there will be a zero tolerance policy concerning cheating. If you are caught cheating, or if Gapporin and I have a strong suspicion and any reason to believe that you are cheating, you are out of the league.

Chris

[Jibbajaba]

I would like to try. Can I sign up?

Lance

Yup. I added you to the list.

Chris

[xaqar]

Sign me up! Sounds fun!

[AB Positive]

I love competition, count me in

-AG

[SoulBlazer]

Whew, almost missed this. I'm in! :D

Edit: How do we take screenshots, though?

[Cirrus]

Whew, almost missed this. I'm in! :D

Edit: How do we take screenshots, though?

I was wondering the same thing... the mame screen seems to take up my whole screen, and I couldn't get the screenshot program up.

I'm sure there's a simple way... you could probably just describe it whenever you post the full details of the contest.