Official 2006 DP MAME League Discussion Thread! It's ON!!!

[dcescott]

As much as I like fighting games, a rom must be picked that everyone has a chance to run. Some roms tend to be picky with operating systems and different mame versions.

[Jibbajaba]

OK the new game has been chosen. Please check your e-mail and READ THE WHOLE MESSAGE. Lots of new information that you NEED to know, including special rules for this game.

Anyone else who wants to play along, go over to mameleague.jibbajaba.com and download the ROM. If you are not currently part of the tournament, you can still submit a score and I will include you on the rankings list.

Chris

[dcescott]

sweeet!!!

[DragonMaster Sam]

Great pick, Jibba! Fortunately, I've had this Rom on my PC for a long time, so I've had plenty of practice. Game on!

[dcescott]

Great pick, Jibba! Fortunately, I've had this Rom on my PC for a long time, so I've had plenty of practice. Game on!
dangit!

[n8littlefield]

Great choice, but holy smoke does it take long to play through a game! How many levels are there?

[dcescott]

I beat it a looonng time ago in the arcades. I think there is about 8 or 9, but the last level is mega hard, quarter munchin difficult.

[InsaneDavid]

I just want to say the way the scoring is set up this time is excellent. It's not a huge leap from the previous MAME competition since scores beyond your matchups really didn't matter - the win / loss totals did. It's also nice to see a significant gap in earned points between 1st and 2nd. If you've ever gotten into a discussion concerning Formula 1 auto racing then you'd probably hear that as a main gripe among long time aficionados, the winner of a GP only getting like 2 points over the second place finisher.

Also this means that consistency is the key in each tourney. Someone that could finish in the top five in nearly every round would probably come out in the long run better than someone who won a tourney here, was at the bottom there, had to pull out of one tourney, and was generally all over the map.

[Dr. Morbis]

Also this means that consistency is the key in each tourney. Someone that could finish in the top five in nearly every round would probably come out in the long run better than someone who won a tourney here, was at the bottom there, had to pull out of one tourney, and was generally all over the map.
Yup, it's all about consistency. I didn't know it was single elimination. I put in a half assed effort and played only two games (85k my first game, good thing I played #2) LOL

I'm used to the old style where you can half-ass it all the way through the regular season and then go hardcore in the playoffs. Not this time!

I guess I 'll take it up a notch. 8-)

PS: please give us Easter weekend off.

[NE146]

Simpsons eh.. Well, it's anyone's game this time! :)

[InsaneDavid]

Great choice, but holy smoke does it take long to play through a game! How many levels are there?

Remember, five credits. ;)

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Oh hell yes.

The Simpsons arcade game is one of the best arcade games to ever grace us. I've played this game so many times, so I think I should be pretty good. Hell, I've gotten pretty far on 1 credit, let alone 5!

[InsaneDavid]

120 or so thus far. :/

[Jibbajaba]

Well as long as we are going to talk about it, my high score is a 160, but I think I can improve on that. When I got that score, the first level boss killed me twice.

And the scores are due tomorrow night, in case anyone is unsure.

Chris

[dcescott]

Yeah that first boss is pissing me off. I can't find a pattern yet.

[HardcoreGamer]

Pattern's easy. Almost all bosses have it. I'll discuss it after the final scores are submitted - wouldn't want anyone stealing my sekret scor idea! :P

[dcescott]

Oh I think I can figure it out by tonight. The Krusty balloon is easy and so on, it's just the first one.

[n8littlefield]

Wait a minute TOMORROW night? I've been playing thinking it was going to be tonight...arrggghhh...

I always seem to die once on the first level, usually at the boss. I'm doing just ok, score wise. I don't remember what it's been (I'm at work right now), but it think I'm just above 150.

BTW, is there any benefit to the balloon popping thing? I mean, it seems that I get health back if I win, is that it? The points don't really apply?

[Kitsune Sniper]

Wait a minute TOMORROW night? I've been playing thinking it was going to be tonight...arrggghhh...

I always seem to die once on the first level, usually at the boss. I'm doing just ok, score wise. I don't remember what it's been (I'm at work right now), but it think I'm just above 150.

BTW, is there any benefit to the balloon popping thing? I mean, it seems that I get health back if I win, is that it? The points don't really apply?

Yep, I thought at first that the bonus stages would influence the final score, but I noticed they don't really -do- anything scorewise. It seems that the only bonus you get is a little more energy than normal.

I did fairly well this time around. And I still have two more days... :evil:

Edit so the thread won't be bumped:
Jibba, I sent my high score a few minutes ago. I sent that and an INP file for the heck of it, but I sent them it inside a zip file, so let me know if you got them - I've heard GMail likes to remove zip files at times.

Thanks!

[dcescott]

I sent my sad score in tonight. I am going to a ball game tomorrow night to see the Rangers get pounded again by the Tigers.
Dickey gave up 6 HR's in one outing. He's a knuckle baller, except for today, he was only capable of throwing where the bat was gonna be.
I would like to play some more, but it's pissing me off.

[Jibbajaba]

And the scores are due tomorrow night, in case anyone is unsure.

Lots of people are turning in scores today. As I posted this morning, the scores are due TOMORROW NIGHT!!!! I posted that in here, since there was a typo (which has been corrected) on the league page. Anyone who has already turned in a score may turn in a second score and I will ignore the first. Or you can stick with what you already gave me.

Thanks

Chris

[InsaneDavid]

I'll stick with my submitted score, not going to do any better. :/ Also I was having some connection problems the day before last so I wanted to get it in the first chance I could.

What's funny is my best score came from a game where the balloon boss was kicking my ass. The phone rang while I was playing that part so I was trying to answer it without putting the controller down or pausing (which would be cheating). LOL

[n8littlefield]

Yeah - I'm sticking with the score I submitted too - I just don't have the patience. I got to almost the same area every time only to miss my score by like 5 or 10.

[scooterb23]

I'll stick with the score I sent in as well, I have to work from 2-11 tonight, I have Cinciclassic tomorrow, and I've grown to hate this game.

:angry:

I did better than I expected to, but probably not good enough to boost my ranking very much.

[dcescott]

I feel like we all pussed out. I also am not going to play it again for a while, unlike Time Pilot. That one was better.
I did the same.

[n8littlefield]

If it had been a 2 credit limit or something, I probably wouldn't have pussed out. The 5 credits just took to long for a quick game. Fun game, but I think the 100+ electric quarters I fed it over the past few days will be the end of my Simpsons career for awhile!

[scooterb23]

I thought 5 credits was a pretty fair amount. I didn't find the game too long, there are enough cheap deaths and questionable hit collision moments to balance it out.

PROTIP: If you are low on life, even if you are using a perfect pattern, they will find a way to kill you. Even if you are standing behind the Krusty Balloon when it claps. >_<

[dcescott]

yeah, it cheats!
I tried several times to keep the mallet for the balloon. They kill me before I get to the stationary rabbit, just before I pickup Snowball II.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I thought 5 credits was a pretty fair amount. I didn't find the game too long, there are enough cheap deaths and questionable hit collision moments to balance it out.

PROTIP: If you are low on life, even if you are using a perfect pattern, they will find a way to kill you. Even if you are standing behind the Krusty Balloon when it claps. >_<

Oh hell. The only three big problems I've always had with the game are:

The Krusty Balloon - For some reason, I tried to hit it and Homer WOULDN'T SCORE A PUNCH! I was right next to it, in the middle, jumping kicks... and nothing worked! Christ, did that boss battle piss me off. To think, that same boss battle pissed me off EIGHT (nine?) YEARS AGO... and I spent like three or four quarters back then trying to beat it. Oh yeah, the fact that it bounces up and falls down on you and there's little chance to evade it pisses me off too!

The zombies on the discount cemetary - While most other enemies in the game either hit you from far away or took about a third of a second for their attacks to actually score a hit, these guys hit from the first frame. And if you're close enough, they keep hitting you and hitting you until your lifebar is completely drained. TOTAL CHEATING TACTIC.

The Marge Simpson cloud heads in the dream level - get close enough and they'll smack you, regardless of where you're hitting them. Bloody cheap tactic...

Of course there's also Mr. Burns, but that's another story altogether.

[dcescott]

I didn't get to the dreamland. The bear got me. There is skill when you can figure out the ai's cheating methods. I have some skills, some, not a lot!

[InsaneDavid]

Ack, double post.

[InsaneDavid]

I thought 5 credits was a pretty fair amount. I didn't find the game too long, there are enough cheap deaths and questionable hit collision moments to balance it out.

Yes, the collision detection does suck. However the enemies can register a hit pretty much anytime they're in your general area. :roll: The only beat 'em up I've played that was completely devoid of cheap collision was TMNT: Turtles in Time. (arcade version)

[Kitsune Sniper]

I didn't get to the dreamland. The bear got me. There is skill when you can figure out the ai's cheating methods. I have some skills, some, not a lot!

Dude, the bear's not that difficult - it's the random falling rocks that are hard to evade! Of course, you can use that to your advantage, by leading the bear in their path... LOL

[dcescott]

Yeah, that's if I get that far, and the rocks broke my pattern, dang rocks. I was leaning on the pissed off excuse for the early submission.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Christ, you got to dreamland? I popped in a few quarters once I stopped at 5 and got my score just to keep going for the fun of it, and I had put in 2 more before I had gotten to dreamland. I'm glad we can submit a second score!

[n8littlefield]

If people made to dreamland I think I'll be out next round...oh well, maybe next tourney!

[dcescott]

I didn't read the new rules, we can submit a 2nd score? Is that right?

[InsaneDavid]

I didn't read the new rules, we can submit a 2nd score? Is that right?

It was due to confusion concerning the date the scores were due (yesterday vs. today). If you had submitted a score thinking the due date was yesterday then Jibbajaba said that due to the confusion you can submit a replacement score for this round alone.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Christ, you got to dreamland? I popped in a few quarters once I stopped at 5 and got my score just to keep going for the fun of it, and I had put in 2 more before I had gotten to dreamland. I'm glad we can submit a second score!

Must... not... spoil... final outcome...

[Jibbajaba]

I didn't read the new rules, we can submit a 2nd score? Is that right?

It was due to confusion concerning the date the scores were due (yesterday vs. today). If you had submitted a score thinking the due date was yesterday then Jibbajaba said that due to the confusion you can submit a replacement score for this round alone.

Exactly.

Chris

[dcescott]

It might be a late one. I'll give it another shot.

[Kitsune Sniper]

A word of advice to those of you who are thinking of giving up:

Don't do it. Don't give up.

Keep going. Don't think you won't be able to improve your score. You guys still have enough time for at least ONE more playthrough! If I had given up when I read about the score some folks got on Time Pilot during the last round, I wouldn't have made it here. Just because your score isn't super high doesn't mean you won't make it. You probably will, for all we know!

Just keep going, and don't let others discourage you. I certainly don't mean to do so. I know how frustrating it is to feel bad about others being better than you or getting better scores (see last round, again). Keep trying!

[dcescott]

It's gonna look funny when the scores show up and all of the folks who can make it all the way on 5 credits will be generally the same. The cemetary zombies though will make a difference.

[fergojisan]

Well dang. I've was offline for 5 f'ing days (thanks Comcast), then I got really sick. I totally forgot that I was eliminated in the first round. And I thought the scores were due yesterday. Oh well, I fucked up. But if it's cool to keep sending in scores, I'll do that. I'm off to bed now, good luck everyone!

-_-

[DragonMaster Sam]

I got as far as the boss in the Moe's Tavern level. I think I did pretty well, and should at least have one of the top scores. And since we have a "replacement score", I'll give it another shot.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Well, I played again, and did incredibly well. I got lucky many, many times. I got to the start of the third stage and hadn't used one credit yet!

But, there were a couple places I got screwed over pretty bad and they made up for that pretty quickly.

The hammer on the balloon boss didn't help me. In fact, it screwed me up more by not being able to do what I had done on previous games. Oh well, I'm still looking really forword to see how good I did!

[Dr. Morbis]

Man, 5 credits is way too many. It would take all night to play 5 games.

Anyway, I gotta say that I don't understand the point rules now if eliminated people can still submit score and they still count. Here are the questions/problems:

-Do eliminated people's scores count for the overall tour standings? If so, elimination is moot (unless you really like meseta)

-What happens if/when people who are eliminated end up with more overall points in the tournament? ie: say I sucked on round 1, scoring like a 15, but then I kicked ass on all the other games and got more points far and away than the "official" tourney winner. What have I lost, just the meseta?

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that if people CAN be eliminated, and at the same time CAN still play all rounds for points, then the individual tournaments are moot (again, this is unless you really like meseta).

Either you have eliminated people not play after elimination, or you don't have elimination at all: everyone plays all 5 rounds of a tourney and the highest score wins. I think the solution would be the latter.

However, I may be confusing the rules (as I already have confused submission times for both of the first two rounds x_x ) So if that is the case, can you clear this up for me?

Thanks.

PS: if anyone scores lower than me in the Simpsons, I will be truly shocked...

[Jibbajaba]

Man, 5 credits is way too many. It would take all night to play 5 games.

Anyway, I gotta say that I don't understand the point rules now if eliminated people can still submit score and they still count. Here are the questions/problems:

-Do eliminated people's scores count for the overall tour standings? If so, elimination is moot (unless you really like meseta)

-What happens if/when people who are eliminated end up with more overall points in the tournament? ie: say I sucked on round 1, scoring like a 15, but then I kicked ass on all the other games and got more points far and away than the "official" tourney winner. What have I lost, just the meseta?

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that if people CAN be eliminated, and at the same time CAN still play all rounds for points, then the individual tournaments are moot (again, this is unless you really like meseta).

Either you have eliminated people not play after elimination, or you don't have elimination at all: everyone plays all 5 rounds of a tourney and the highest score wins. I think the solution would be the latter.

However, I may be confusing the rules (as I already have confused submission times for both of the first two rounds x_x ) So if that is the case, can you clear this up for me?

Thanks.

PS: if anyone scores lower than me in the Simpsons, I will be truly shocked...

Sorry that 5 credits was too many. It wasn't for most of us (including myself).

Eliminated peoples scores ONLY count towards the rankings. They are out of this tournament.

I see what you are saying, but it isn't like there is prize money involved here. You are saying that if someone gets eliminated, then all they have lost is meseta. Well by the same token, if you are still in the tournament then all you are playing for is meseta. I don't agree with that logic.

I assume that people are being competitive and are playing to win. If you are out of the tournament, then you have lost. I assume that the people playing who are still in the tournament are playing because they want to win. Not win meseta, but WIN. I guess what I don't understand about your logic is that you somehow place a much greater importance on being ranked highly than on winning tournaments. But what's the difference? Somehow there is more glory in being ranked #3 overall than there is in winning the competitions?

I am allowing people who have been eliminated to still play and have their scores count for something in order to keep people interested. Otherwise most people would just walk away, and we wouldn't have a league at all.

And I understand you logic about people doing crappy in the first round but then scoring off the charts later on, thus skewing the rankings , but do you REALLY think that this is going to be the case?

I am more than happy to hear everyone's opinion on this. This is a new league format that I am trying in an effort to keep players WANTING to play through the weeks and at the same time having a short term "cookie" that everyone can play for.

I guess I just don't see your point. If you are just in it to stay on top of the rankings, then the system works jst fine for you. If you are in it for meseta or for the glory of winning tournaments, then the system works just fine in that case as well. Maybe if you can give me an example of what it is about the way we have this now that sucks?

Chris

[InsaneDavid]

I think that what Dr. Morbis was saying is that getting dropped out of the carryover bracket has no real consequence since you can still play, submit scores, and possibly still have a shot at besting the overall total for each tournament.

If anything the elmination should be dropped all together except in the case of special tournaments (where points could only be awarded to say, the top 3-5 finishers) - keep the scoring normalization as it is, just remove the unconsequencial eliminations. Running it like an auto racing season and the special tourneys / invitationals like tennis or golf via round elmination is still the best way to go however. That's just me though. If the elmination stuff was removed (since it's really not much of anything right now - but I see how it was originally until you opened it up for everyone to be able to continue to submit) that would solve anyone's problems.

[Jibbajaba]

I think that what Dr. Morbis was saying is that getting dropped out of the carryover bracket has no real consequence since you can still play, submit scores, and possibly still have a shot at besting the overall total for each tournament.

If anything the elmination should be dropped all together except in the case of special tournaments (where points could only be awarded to say, the top 3-5 finishers) - keep the scoring normalization as it is, just remove the unconsequencial eliminations. Running it like an auto racing season and the special tourneys / invitationals like tennis or golf via round elmination is still the best way to go however. That's just me though. If the elmination stuff was removed (since it's really not much of anything right now - but I see how it was originally until you opened it up for everyone to be able to continue to submit) that would solve anyone's problems.

I guess I just don't see how there are any problems. But if I change it, then there will be. People are going to get bored and leave. And this way, anyone new who wants to join up can do it before the start of any tournament.

Remember back to last year. A lot of people were getting damned tired of the MAME league because it was this one long drawn out thing just to get to the final championship. This way it is broken off into little things so that it doesn't seem so monotonous.

The bottom line is that this is all for fun. Playing to win the Tournaments is for fun, and playing to win the championship or just be on top of the rankings is just for fun.

I still don't see any reason why anything should be changed. If you are playing to get and stay on top of the rankings, you can do it now. If you are playing because you want to win tournaments and meseta, you can do it now. Any change to the format would eliminate one of those possibilities, and thus make the league less fun for some people. I don't see in what way changing the league would make it more fun for anyone.

But my ears are still open to hear anyones opinion on the matter.

Chris

[NE146]

Leave it as is. Simple :P

[Ze_ro]

-Do eliminated people's scores count for the overall tour standings? If so, elimination is moot (unless you really like meseta)

-What happens if/when people who are eliminated end up with more overall points in the tournament? ie: say I sucked on round 1, scoring like a 15, but then I kicked ass on all the other games and got more points far and away than the "official" tourney winner. What have I lost, just the meseta?

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that if people CAN be eliminated, and at the same time CAN still play all rounds for points, then the individual tournaments are moot (again, this is unless you really like meseta).

Either you have eliminated people not play after elimination, or you don't have elimination at all: everyone plays all 5 rounds of a tourney and the highest score wins. I think the solution would be the latter.
I think you're reading too much into things here... meseta doesn't really mean anything... the real point here is to enjoy the game and try your best. Going against the best DP has to offer is a good way to challenge yourself to new heights (lord knows I never would have gotten > 300k on Time Pilot any other way).

A better way to look at things is that there are kind of two goals here... If I can't manage to win the "proper" tournament, then I can at least give it a go and try and show off some skill anyways. Nothing is really moot here in my opinion. My Simpsons score isn't too good, and it's entirely possible I'll be eliminated this round... but that's fine, I still plan on giving you guys a run for your money for the rest of the tournament!

--Zero

[dcescott]

yeah I'd leave it alone.
Play by the rules and stick to it.
It's understandable about the 3 hour PST to EST. Although I just look at it as rules and abide, I didn't mind the 11pm deadline for timepilot. Tournaments are set, and schedules need to be firm. That's all a part of a competition. If you can't make it, tough, it's not like you are losing money. It's all about fun and comparing scores. Although I haven't really heard true trash talking yet.

[Jibbajaba]

Wow. 13 people didn't submit a score this week, including 2 people who had advanced to the next round. Seems like a lot of people quit once they realize that they aren't already the best player. Hopefully we can get some new blood in the next tournament.

But three people who had been eliminated last round DID submit a score, so that's good!

The site will be updated within the next half hour to show the scores from The Simpsons, as well as our first rankings sheet! Remember, a new game starts today as well!

Chris

EDIT: Site updated with scores and rankings. Also, Kitsune Sniper submitted an INP file with his score, so check it out on the "Gallery" page.

[dcescott]

I wonder why they didn't submit? It's not that difficult to press F12 or Command G (I'n on a mac)

[dcescott]

Man I barely made it!!
#8 baby!

[njiska]

I wonder why they didn't submit? It's not that difficult to press F12 or Command G (I'n on a mac)

For me it's a lack of time. I've been pulling so many 10 hour days with little time off in between that i'm losing track of time. Work and life come first and this has been a bad spell for at least one of those.

[dcescott]

Oh I agree.
I enjoy mame anyways so this is just fun for me. Famliy/work/sidework comes first too. My daughter is 4, enough said. I do work 40+ a week but for some reason I don't require too much sleep. I am usually fine with 6 hours a night. Even if I get in bed, I don't sleep until around midnight, so I stay up and play a little bit on the computer or my xbox or arcade or whatever.

[Kitsune Sniper]

... O_O How the hell did I get first place?! X_x

Also, you might want to point out that the INP file I submitted is for use on MAME 0.105 - the latest official version! It will likely NOT work on earlier builds. I used the Win32 command line version, and I have no clue if it'll work on other ports (*nix, Mac, etc.) The romset was the same, the only difference was that two of the rom files had different names.

I'm gonna try to find out if there's a way to convert the playback to an AVI file and upload it somewhere. Kay?

[n8littlefield]

Holy poop in a pocketbook - I made it to the next round! I don't think I ever want to play the Simpsons again LOL but I made it!

[dcescott]

I dont think macmame has a recording thingy in it. I poked around a little and came up with nothing.

[DragonMaster Sam]

Jibba, I submitted my score on Thursday night. Didn't you get it?

Edit: Wait, nevermind. I realized that I wasn't in the Top 16.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I dont think macmame has a recording thingy in it. I poked around a little and came up with nothing.

The feature was in until the later 0.37betas, and was removed since.

I remember seeing some sort of recording proggie around my hard drive. I'll try to find it.

[dcescott]

I use .67 the last classic mode and the latest for OSX. Mac user eh?
I was at the grand opening today at Southlake, TX. Got a free t shirt (oh boy!) and will be selling my wife's copy, still sealed in the box on ebay by tonight, heehee. Lots of people there today. Cool store.

[s1lence]

Wow, I didnt know that Mame was up to 105 already, 104 just came out. I was one that got the boot but still submitted a score. I'll continue to do so as well, as its a great excuse to use my DOA4 stick on my PC.

[Pantechnicon]

D'oh and Ay Caramba! :frustrated: I thought the score deadline was tonight!

Oh, well...My score was only 169 so I still wouldn't have made the cut.

Actually I've got a question about the Simpsons game: In between rounds 1 and 2 I'd do the bonus round and win every time, yet the 64 points I kept getting were never added to my main game score. Is this because I was only 1 player or was something just not set up right? For the record I didn't fool with settings at all. Just curious if anyone had the same issue or is it much ado about nothing?

[dcescott]

points were for how many enemies you layed the beat down on and they'd disapear, one point per beaten guy or beaten boss. The bonus stage gives you a good amount of health before starting the 2nd level. I was looking too for those 64 points.

[InsaneDavid]

Actually I've got a question about the Simpsons game: In between rounds 1 and 2 I'd do the bonus round and win every time, yet the 64 points I kept getting were never added to my main game score. Is this because I was only 1 player or was something just not set up right? For the record I didn't fool with settings at all. Just curious if anyone had the same issue or is it much ado about nothing?

The bonus game effects how much energy recharge you will pick up at the start of the next round.

VERY nice work Kitsune Sniper. Again, close scores especially 2 - 8.

[dcescott]

dude, when do we get the next game?

[The_4th_Survivor]

Ack! 5th place? O_O

I do not like the 5th place! I want to be in the 4th place! LOL


Damn..... 292? Niiiiiice score, Kitsune Sniper.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Ack! 5th place? O_O

I do not like the 5th place! I want to be in the 4th place! LOL


Damn..... 292? Niiiiiice score, Kitsune Sniper.

I was ONE point away from the maximum possible score in my playthrough. I say 'my playthrough' because there are two places in the game which affect the final score. These are:

The Zombies in the Cemetary level - some of them go away if you ignore them, and you lose about two points;

The Marge heads in the Dream level - I haven't stuck around there for long but I'm guessing that they keep spawning in the same spot, so you could theoretically ramp up the score there.

Anyway... I managed to record my playthrough but I can't compress it to a more suitable format. The video is 690 megs! Argh! Stupid VirtualDub... ;_;

[Mr.FoodMonster]

You can kill the marge heads? Damn, if I had stuck around there long enough, I might have tied or even beat DDC. Oh well, I still did alright I think.

EDIT
Uh, whats with the INP? It shows you picking homer and getting your ass beat, not continuing and then it just sits at the title screen for minutes, and I stopped watching. Did you submit the wrong one or did something get screwed up?

[Jibbajaba]

You can kill the marge heads? Damn, if I had stuck around there long enough, I might have tied or even beat DDC. Oh well, I still did alright I think.

EDIT
Uh, whats with the INP? It shows you picking homer and getting your ass beat, not continuing and then it just sits at the title screen for minutes, and I stopped watching. Did you submit the wrong one or did something get screwed up?

Man I dunno. He plays through a couple of times, and then the emu just sits there in teaser mode. I am watching it in super fast motion, but nothing is happening yet, which sucks because I want to see him play.

Chris

[Kitsune Sniper]

You can kill the marge heads? Damn, if I had stuck around there long enough, I might have tied or even beat DDC. Oh well, I still did alright I think.

EDIT
Uh, whats with the INP? It shows you picking homer and getting your ass beat, not continuing and then it just sits at the title screen for minutes, and I stopped watching. Did you submit the wrong one or did something get screwed up?

Are you using MAME 0.105 or 0.95? I said it wouldn't work on anything -but- 0.105. ^^;

I'm still messing with the video, by the way. I managed to get it down to 100 megs, I'm mucking about with other options to try and get it smaller.

[Jibbajaba]

You can kill the marge heads? Damn, if I had stuck around there long enough, I might have tied or even beat DDC. Oh well, I still did alright I think.

EDIT
Uh, whats with the INP? It shows you picking homer and getting your ass beat, not continuing and then it just sits at the title screen for minutes, and I stopped watching. Did you submit the wrong one or did something get screwed up?

Are you using MAME 0.105 or 0.95? I said it wouldn't work on anything -but- 0.105. ^^;

I'm still messing with the video, by the way. I managed to get it down to 100 megs, I'm mucking about with other options to try and get it smaller.

I am trying to watch it in 0.95. Is it possible that you sent in the wrong INP file? The file that you gave me works just fine, but it doesn't show you playing a game that got you the score that you turned in. It just shows someone playing, dying real quick, and thats about it. I suspect that you either sent me the wrong file, or you accidentally overwrote your other INP file.

Chris