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

[Kitsune Sniper]

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

I said these INP files wouldn't work on anything but 0.105. :P So the playthrough won't work in 0.95!

I used the same inp file I sent you to record my playthrough to AVI and nothing went wrong. I'll try to upload it to Rapidshare or someplace similar and post a link here by tomorrow morning.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Blah. Since YouTube and Rapidshare won't accept my video no matter what, I decided to torrent it.

Get the torrent here (http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3468780). It will be slow, the file is 105MB and I've got a maximum of 8kb upload. 37 minutes long, encoded with XviD (DivX should decode it just fine).

Oh, this round's game is going to get me eliminated. I SUCK AT IT. LOL Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

[Jibbajaba]

Blah. Since YouTube and Rapidshare won't accept my video no matter what, I decided to torrent it.

Get the torrent here (http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3468780). It will be slow, the file is 105MB and I've got a maximum of 8kb upload. 37 minutes long, encoded with XviD (DivX should decode it just fine).

Oh, this round's game is going to get me eliminated. I SUCK AT IT. LOL Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

Am am downloading the file now, and I'll keep it going as a seed when I am done.

And practice. Get better at Lady Bug and you'll be fine.

Chris

[Dr. Morbis]

Okay, I see what you were saying and it should be left the way it is. My problem is that I was thinking more about the big picture of getting the most points overall and not caring about winning individual tournaments. I can see now that your intent in creating this is competing more to win the little tournaments over short stretches of time to keep people interested, with the overall points sort of tying everything together.

But I still think it would/will be odd when someone who is technically "out" gets more points than the "official" tournament winner. In fact, I'll be submitting a score for every round of the tourney's I'm eliminated from in an effort to try and make this happen :P

[InsaneDavid]

Bah, you guys are going to clobber me in this round, score has been submitted. LOL I picked up about about 20k more than I had a couple nights ago but it's still nothing great. :/

[Kitsune Sniper]

Bah, you guys are going to clobber me in this round, score has been submitted. LOL I picked up about about 20k more than I had a couple nights ago but it's still nothing great. :/

I didn't make it past 24k.

Bye to all.

[n8littlefield]

Yeah - my score is really weak too. I gave it the old college try though. Problem is, I really didn't work that hard in college either.

I'll admit, I slacked off because I really didn't like Ladybug, the controls were just ticking my off every step of the way.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Yeah - my score is really weak too. I gave it the old college try though. Probably is, I really didn't work that hard in college either.

I'll admit, I slacked off because I really didn't like Ladybug, the controls were just ticking my off every step of the way.

What ticked me off were the enemies. You know how in Pacman, you have enough leeway in the corners to escape the ghosts? Well, not here. If one of their pixels even -touches- you, you die. So that isn't any fun.

Oh and the fact that there are RARELY any red items on the playfield and you have to be one step away from them, otherwise they turn blue again. Bah. Not my kind of game.

[InsaneDavid]

What ticked me off were the enemies. You know how in Pacman, you have enough leeway in the corners to escape the ghosts? Well, not here. If one of their pixels even -touches- you, you die. So that isn't any fun.

Yeah, it is pretty touchy but you have to minipulate the barriers to keep one step ahead.


Oh and the fact that there are RARELY any red items on the playfield and you have to be one step away from them, otherwise they turn blue again. Bah. Not my kind of game.

You have to set up the barriers and park yourself, waiting for the change.

[dcescott]

I sucked too, but it was a great game I thought. I played this back in the day. But that didn't help any. I am going to buy a better controller. I kept turning too fast and got stuck and died. I did get the free guy a couple of times, but it wasn't enought to rake in an awesome score.
Touchy game though. Mr. Do is the same way, also made by Universal.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Well, I played it a dozen or so more times tonight, but couldn't get a better score then what I got last night playing it. No big deal, I think its a pretty good score. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Once the submissions are in, I'll tell you how I played the game, and if it worked well compaired to what everyone else did. I figured out something pretty quick and ran with it, and it worked, for the most part.

[NE146]

Submitted! With 15 minutes to spare more or less.

I'm gonna admit, I've never ever been a Ladybug fan. But once I figured the game out I guess I can see it's charm. It's almost Pinball-like with the score multipliers. The lighting of the letters and the multiplier colors give the game a depth for scoring I never really realized.

Anyway, my strategy was to go straight to the three BLUE (make sure they're blue) hearts first. That instantly makes everything worth 5x their value. Then.. go park at the letters and wait for the red! You gotta be fucking alert.. once it turns red snag it and you'll get 4000 points right there each and every time. If you mess up and get yellow you get a mere 1500 pts. That's about it! Avoid the enemies and use the walls to keep them away.. You gotta get used to the standard "maneuvers" which is usually if a guys behind you you just make a right angle turn... and some other stuff. Anyway.. interesting game. I never really gave it a second look back in the day. But I do have an appreciation for it now.. I'm wanting to try the Colecovision version.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Thats a pretty good strategy. I wish I had known that only the blue Hearts were the ones giving the multiplier, I just went for anything that was blue, and was NOT in the word 'Extra'. I figured if I go around and get all of the ones that were blue, get myself the 5X and then go for the EXTRA letters, I would be getting a decent score, and end up getting the extra life as well. Now I'm going to have to try your strategy and see how well I can do.

[dcescott]

Dangit! I didn't know that about the blue hearts! I was getting the yellow ones. I blame my daughter and other priorities for not paying attention. Funny thing is, Dr. Morbis and NE are playing the spoiler right? Oh boy, I can't wait to see the scores!

[n8littlefield]

Wow. I just tried that strategy and more than tripled my score the first time I tried it! I know I'm out - but that made the game feel much more strategic and fun.

[s1lence]

I knew about the blue hearts and all the stuff, I just have never been good at Lady Bug. I know my score isnt in the running but I turned one in anyway to compare.

[HardcoreGamer]

At first, I:

-went 3 blue hearts
-filled "Extra"
-tried to continue filling "Extra"

That garnered me about 67k, max.

Then, I:

-went 3 blue hearts
-went after red letters

Got me almost 90k.

[dcescott]

I am a dumbass, my score proves it so. I could have broken 100k if I did the blue hearts thing. I made it to the top 8, there's always next tournament.

You know I keep forgetting I'm not winning any money. I just like winning or beating others. Never on the receiving end. :D

[HardcoreGamer]

That's the thing - it took me a few plays and watching the demo to see how the whole Lady Bug system worked. It's a ton of strategy if you really want to think on it.

[Jibbajaba]

Scores and whatnot have been updated on the site.

http://mameleague.jibbajaba.com

Be on the lookout for a new game sometime tonight.

Chris

[dcescott]

dangit! 5th place. Oh well. If I would have known...
coulda
woulda
shoulda

[Kitsune Sniper]

Scores and whatnot have been updated on the site.

http://mameleague.jibbajaba.com

Be on the lookout for a new game sometime tonight.

Chris

Er, why is NE146 still in first place? He was eliminated in round two, wasn't he? And his cumulative score in rounds one and two was 155, so it's definitely not 271.

Unless I'm missing something here. :hmm:

[Jibbajaba]

Scores and whatnot have been updated on the site.

http://mameleague.jibbajaba.com

Be on the lookout for a new game sometime tonight.

Chris

Er, why is NE146 still in first place? He was eliminated in round two, wasn't he? And his cumulative score in rounds one and two was 155, so it's definitely not 271.

Unless I'm missing something here. :hmm:

He submitted a score ov just over 100k for Lady Bug. His screenshot and INP for the game are in the Gallery section. Setting Hardcore's score equal to 100 gives NE146 about a 116. I wasn't sure if I should set HC's score at 100 or NE146's. I figured that since NE is out of the tourney, it doesn't make much sense to set his score at 100. Thoughts? Maybe I should change that.

The scores posted on the Lady Bug page are only those people who are still in the tournament. I got around 16 people submitting scores for this round, which is GREAT! I am going to update the site later with seperate lists of scores from people who submitted scores who are no longer in the tournament.

Chris

[dcescott]

waitaminute!
That means I advance! I got 4th place with the remaining players!
Is that right?
EDIT: Well I can't open the Lady Bug page right now to check.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Scores and whatnot have been updated on the site.

http://mameleague.jibbajaba.com

Be on the lookout for a new game sometime tonight.

Chris

Er, why is NE146 still in first place? He was eliminated in round two, wasn't he? And his cumulative score in rounds one and two was 155, so it's definitely not 271.

Unless I'm missing something here. :hmm:

He submitted a score ov just over 100k for Lady Bug. His screenshot and INP for the game are in the Gallery section. Setting Hardcore's score equal to 100 gives NE146 about a 116. I wasn't sure if I should set HC's score at 100 or NE146's. I figured that since NE is out of the tourney, it doesn't make much sense to set his score at 100. Thoughts? Maybe I should change that.

The scores posted on the Lady Bug page are only those people who are still in the tournament. I got around 16 people submitting scores for this round, which is GREAT! I am going to update the site later with seperate lists of scores from people who submitted scores who are no longer in the tournament.

Chris

Well, see, then you should make two lists: Overall best scores (eliminated and non-eliminated).

Not to hate on NE146, but I think having his scores count in the overall ranking is kinda unfair, since he's already eliminated.

Maybe a "Special Mention"?

[Jibbajaba]

waitaminute!
That means I advance! I got 4th place with the remaining players!
Is that right?
EDIT: Well I can't open the Lady Bug page right now to check.

Nooo... You got 5th place among the remaining players. The top four out of the 8 listed on the Lady Bug page advance to Round 4.

Chris

[InsaneDavid]

One thing I meant to ask earlier. Since it's possible to run up high scores and spoil the world rankings even when elminated from a specific tourney :evil: in addition to the meseta do the top three finishers (or the winner) in each tournament earn bonus points or something to factor into their world rankings? It's all good the way it's set up and I understand the way you have it set up now but I think that considering how a player will have to fight to win a tournament that there should be some addition to their ranking for winning. What I mean is it's almost like you're not being rewarded in the world ranking for being the best in a tournament. So you could in theory win EVERY tournament and still be far down the world rankings.

If there were like 30 bonus normalized points for winning a tournament or like 20, 10, and 5 for the top three, then this would be offsetted a little without lumping the rankings one way or another.

Sorry again about the large inp.

[Kitsune Sniper]

waitaminute!
That means I advance! I got 4th place with the remaining players!
Is that right?
EDIT: Well I can't open the Lady Bug page right now to check.

Nooo... You got 5th place among the remaining players. The top four out of the 8 listed on the Lady Bug page advance to Round 4.

Chris


... I passed to the next round? x_X

[dcescott]

I Beg the differ. Keep it together, someone out there can play the spoiler. Since the world rankings are for everyone, reflecting your skills for invitationals and so on. That'll screw me too on a tournament one day, so be it!
The scores are for all, but for those in a tourn, they count in that tourn. Ex: I placed 5th, but someone got 2nd who was eliminated last round. That means I placed 4th on the tourn. The 2nd place in that round gets the points overall for rankings, but gets no meseta or anything for the tourn.
Kinda like a party crasher.

[dcescott]

I just saw your post, oh well..

[Jibbajaba]

Now you guys are confusing me. Keep discussing it and I'll catch on.

I thought about it, and I am going to re-calculate the normalized scores for Lady Bug based on NE146's score instead of HC's. If the top score overall isn't set to 100, the system doesn't work properly.

If anyone else has an opinion about this bonus points for winning tournaments business, then let's hear it. I understand David's point, and would like to hear more opinions on the matter.

Chriis

[dcescott]

Keep it correct to the top score normalized scoring method. That's very fair. Since it's open to everyone, in the tournament or not, NE's score should be the top one. If 523 people submit (that would suck for Chris), then they all get normalized. It will thin out the points a bit, but it's the way it goes.
A seperate tournament scoring system isn't a good thing because people not in the tourn are still plying for their rankings. I don't like it personally, but I'd rather abide by the rules than start trying to complex the fun.
Bonuses? sure, anything goes. Nothing concrete, let it be a surprise. Twin galaxies does the bounty thing. Although that's for real $.

[InsaneDavid]

It's not separate.

All I'm saying is it's so hard to win a tournament, you have to battle and do well round after round - if you do horrible in a round, you go home (from the tournament), you don't advance. Yeah, you can still play and build your world ranking, but you are OUT of that tournament. I'm not saying you should get penalized for being eliminated, but on the contrary you should get rewarded on the world rankings if you win. Not something huge, just a few points, because after all - you will be a tournament champion.

Like I said, possibly something like...

+20 1st
+10 2nd
+5 3rd

...maybe more for larger tournaments, maybe less over all, maybe only for the tournament champion. Those are to be added to the world ranking points (ie the normalized score). I'm not trying to say "if you're out, you're OUT" and that's not what I meant a couple weeks ago either, I think I was unclear about it then.

Not some huge amount that throws the scales in favor of the people still in the tournament rotation, but if you win a tournament that should effect the global rankings somewhat.

If you are a tournament champion it should effect the world ranking because you have won, you beat the competition through multiple rounds, and there should be something that effects your world ranking for that. That could be a few additional normalized / world ranking points.

That doesn't elminate the chance of a competition spoiler but it shouldn't because if you can still turn the big scores, by all means, run right up the back to the top.

[dcescott]

Like I said, possibly something like...

+20 1st
+10 2nd
+5 3rd

Maybe.
Keep it the same I'm thinking. If you get knocked out the next round (it's impossible judging by your mad skillz) and play the following round and get the top score, you should get 100 points, no bonus. Because the 2nd placer who beat you the round before will have the lower score. He will win the tournament depending if he beats the other guy anyways and he'll get his prize.

I hate Nascar but it's along that line. Those rednecks go neck n neck even though they don't win a race at all. Some of those goons just place 2-6th and stay up in the rankings.
It is based on a season, however we are dealing with world rankings that affect the championship tourney.

NE's score should be 100 normalized and our scores should be under that.

[InsaneDavid]

If you get knocked out the next round (it's impossible judging by your mad skillz)

Yeah right, as with last year I hang in there by the skin of my teeth. The only reason I finished third in the championships last year was because I had a lucky path in the final bracket of my division where I was playing people along the lines of my skill level. If you dig back through the thread for the 17th you'll see that the gold and silver final scores were close then a LONG way back the bronze and 4th place scores were close. I say just hanging in this year in terms of the world rankings, I need to keep myself in the top five or so of that tournament to tournament - that's my competition goal.


I hate Nascar but it's along that line. Those rednecks go neck n neck even though they don't win a race at all. Some of those goons just place 2-6th and stay up in the rankings.

I agree, and in Formula-1 only the top 10 (used to be top 6) finshers get points but the difference between 1st and 2nd is minimal. Should hear David Hobbs talk about that sometime, it's so damn hard to win a Grand Prix and yet all you earn is 2 points over the next finisher. That's one of the things I've liked about the scoring with the competition this year, there's a true gap between 1st and 2nd earned points. All sports are about consistancy and wildcards though. You can throw strike after strike in bowling but leave a few opens and your skill on the other side of the coin is worthless.

[dcescott]

Oh I fully agree. The difference between the 1st and 2nd place on each round here is significant enough unlike the 2 points method. I'm also trying to save time on Jibba's behalf, lobbying to keep it just one list of scores. It does however keep you 1. playing 2. Playing your best. Mind you sometimes all you need is to place 5th to get 1st in a seasonal type competition. The you get into magic numbers like baseball...

To me if you are that good, your consistency should show it. I am placing 9th in world rankings. I've been there since the first round. I still say keep one normalized score column and let the rounded numbers fall where they fall. The final four can place 1st, 3rd, 5th and 28th. They are still the last 4 in the tournament and two more get eliminated. Just the 28th place guy doesn't get his share of points, because he blew it on the round. I'm weird I know, but one list of scores is good enough imo.

[Jibbajaba]

Ive been thinking about it this afternoon, and I agree with what David is saying. I've been thinking about doing something like this, and after reading Dr. Morbis' comments earlier in the week, and now reading what David has to say about it, my decision has been made. First I will explain why.

Dr. Morbis made the comment that if you don't care about meseta, then you don't really give a hoot if you win a tournament or not. Think about that. You can get lazy for a round, get kicked out of the tournament, and not really care. That's not fair to the people that try hard every week.

InsaneDavid made the comment that it's hard to win a tournament. Damn right. It takes consistency. You have to perform every week, or you are out.

This has to be rewarded. There has to be something besides meseta that eliminated players are ineligible for. So here is my decision:

In this tournament, there was a possible total of 500 points to be had. That is to say that if you were the top scorer in every round, you would have 500 points at the end of the tournament. So I have decided that there will be a bonus of 10% of the total possible points for every tournament to the winner. Therefore, the winner of this tournament will have 50 points added to his ranking total. If it were a 6 round tournament, then it would be 60 points. (4 rounds, 40 points. Blah blah blah.) 50 points is not going to rocket someone into the top spot, but it is a healthy bonus. Second and third place finishers will get 5% and 2% respectively, so in this tournament that translates into bonuses of 25 and 10 points.

I think that this bonus system will also motivate eliminated players to still submit scores as well, because failure to do so will not leave you even farther behind in the rankings.

Anyone disagree? Let's hear some opinions. This modification of the rules must be set in stone before this tournament ends.

Chris

[InsaneDavid]

In this tournament, there was a possible total of 500 points to be had. That is to say that if you were the top scorer in every round, you would have 500 points at the end of the tournament. So I have decided that there will be a bonus of 10% of the total possible points for every tournament to the winner. Therefore, the winner of this tournament will have 50 points added to his ranking total. If it were a 6 round tournament, then it would be 60 points. (4 rounds, 40 points. Blah blah blah.) 50 points is not going to rocket someone into the top spot, but it is a healthy bonus. Second and third place finishers will get 5% and 2% respectively, so in this tournament that translates into bonuses of 25 and 10 points.

I think that this bonus system will also motivate eliminated players to still submit scores as well, because failure to do so will not leave you even farther behind in the rankings.

Sounds good to me, using percentages allows the bonus to automatically scale with the size of each tournament. :)

[dcescott]

As much fuss I was posting I am fine with that! I just want a way where others can get back into it, tournament or not. That includes me.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Yeah right, as with last year I hang in there by the skin of my teeth. The only reason I finished third in the championships last year was because I had a lucky path in the final bracket of my division where I was playing people along the lines of my skill level. If you dig back through the thread for the 17th you'll see that the gold and silver final scores were close then a LONG way back the bronze and 4th place scores were close. I say just hanging in this year in terms of the world rankings, I need to keep myself in the top five or so of that tournament to tournament - that's my competition goal.
Yeah, the top two blew us out of the water, and you were pretty close to me, but still enough to own me. I just HATED that game, my least favorite out of the whole tourny. Oh well, thats how the cookie crumbles.

My goal? To beat you. I'll be damned if I get one spot behind you again, and dont get into the top 3 because if it. If I end up 29th, and you end up 30th, I'll still be happy. LOL (Looks at the current world rankings) AH! I'm one behind you! Its a curse! Well, I wish you good luck on the next round.

[Kitsune Sniper]

*sees new game*

DO NOT WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT

I can't run those games! My CPU/video cards suck ;_;

[dcescott]

what? no way!
I don't know how well I will do on mame, but right behind me is my 2 slot mvs neo geo with Bust a Move in it. Nice choice, I wish I would have made it to the next round tournament wise.

[InsaneDavid]

Yeah, the top two blew us out of the water, and you were pretty close to me, but still enough to own me. I just HATED that game, my least favorite out of the whole tourny. Oh well, thats how the cookie crumbles.

My goal? To beat you. I'll be damned if I get one spot behind you again, and dont get into the top 3 because if it. If I end up 29th, and you end up 30th, I'll still be happy. LOL (Looks at the current world rankings) AH! I'm one behind you! Its a curse! Well, I wish you good luck on the next round.

ROFL I think we all hated that damn game.

As for round four..hmm... a game I'm either very good at or very bad at.

[dcescott]

Easy question:
When we lose the game, can we continue? Our score is erased anyways, or do we start all over again?

[Jibbajaba]

Easy question:
When we lose the game, can we continue? Our score is erased anyways, or do we start all over again?

Just to play it safe, I would just start all over again.

Chris

[Dr. Morbis]

I can't say I didn't see all that commotion coming with an eliminated player getting the highest score LOL

Phewww...

Anyway, would it be possible to show ALL scores submitted for each game listed on the site? Maybe put eliminated players in italics or something. Especially if/when you are normalizing points based on an eliminated player's score.

[dcescott]

That's a good thing. I own the arcade version and if you continue, the bonuses get higher for a quick round. Just being honest.

[Jibbajaba]

I can't say I didn't see all that commotion coming with an eliminated player getting the highest score LOL

Phewww...

Anyway, would it be possible to show ALL scores submitted for each game listed on the site? Maybe put eliminated players in italics or something. Especially if/when you are normalizing points based on an eliminated player's score.

Yes, I already mentioned that I would list the eliminated players' scores. I just havent gotten around to updating the site yet.

Chris

[jcheatle]

Ah man... stupid no time to play Simpsons... if I would have made it to round 3, I would've had the second highest among the remaining players at 61K. Oh well.

But Puzzle bobble... now *there's* a pick I can get behind! Heh, I played that every damn day for about a year on my friend's Neo Candy machine before I moved. Of course, I'm sure somebody will have some crazy score that blows me away, but at least it's one up my alley. I cringe when I think about a fighting game coming up eventually... :(

As for the points and whatever, I don't know that there's any good way to do it specifically. I'm behind the bonuses, it just sort of sucks that when somebody obliterates the field, you can fall so far behind. But then, I guess that's where the consistency comes into play (or getting better so you don't get blown away).

Regardless, here's hoping Puzzle Bobble will get me caught up a little bit and closer to the top of the standings.

[NE146]

Well you guys don't have to worry about the consistency.. I'm bowing out of this round.. and probably the next couple of rounds as well :) The packing and moving across the country thing is really rolling into high gear. I'll probably follow the scores somewhat while I'm at work, but with my apartment now being a whirlwind with me packing up the final remants of my possesions into boxes and shutting off my services, I dont think I'll be playing for a while. LOL

I'll be back however! Come mid May :D

[Mr.FoodMonster]

I've always been a fan of this game, but never amazingly good at it. I'd always throw in a few coins at the arcade, so score was never really a factor for me.

The first couple games I didn't do too well, getting to only stage 5 and 6 ish, but I just had an EXCELLENT game where I got quite far. I dont know if I'll be abel to get a better score, but I'm going to be trying.

[Jibbajaba]

Scores for Puzzle Bobble are due tomorrow night, but I will be out of town on business until sometime Sunday (I don't know when.) Due to the Easter holiday though, the next round isn't scheduled to start until Tuesday.

Why am I telling you this? Some people get very anxious about seeing the scores posted immediately. This will not be happening tomorrow. The scores will be posted sometime Sunday evening, and the site sill be updated at that time with re-calculated scores for Lady Bug, and posted scores for eliminated players.

Scores are still due tomorrow night though. Any score not received by then will be invalid.

Chris

[Kitsune Sniper]

I give up. I HATE THIS GAME. *fumes*

I'm definitely out this time.

[InsaneDavid]

I finally decided to just submit my score, not going to do any better.

200k+ for me.

[dcescott]

I finally decided to just submit my score, not going to do any better.

200k+ for me.

I find that very hard to believe! I think your score is much higher than that!

[Mr.FoodMonster]

I finally decided to just submit my score, not going to do any better.

200k+ for me.

I find that very hard to believe! I think your score is much higher than that!
I can only hope that it's that low.

[dcescott]

You guys are gonna hate me, but I think I was beaten anyways. There was a few errors I made that screwed me out of a bigger bonus in a couple of rounds. But I am satisfied with my score.

[Kitsune Sniper]

The absolute best score I ever made while playing was ... I'll say so later. But... in a fit of rage, I pressed ESC and didn't save a snapshot when I lost the game. I do have a screenshot of my score, but since it's not a 'game over' screenie, I didn't think it counted. Besides, it's too late to submit the score anyway. I already sent in my second highest score.

Now, why do I hate this game? Simple - the way the game gives you different colors at random. Apparently it doesn't like me getting far, because it keeps spitting colors I CAN'T USE or throw anywhere, so I lose within three or four rounds. The only way you can get far enough is through sheer luck. Puzzles like Tetris gave you enough leeway to keep going if you toughed it out, but this? This game seems to give you bad bubbles -on purpose-.

In short, I suck at this game, the only way I can make it far enough is through sheer luck - and that, my friends, is something I loathe in video games. They're supposed to be based around skill, not around random events. Blah.

[HardcoreGamer]

I know how you feel. I like this game, but it doesn't like me.

Best I could pull was 194k. :(

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Alright, I'm guessing most people have submitted, and seeing as how we aren't going to be able to view the official results until sometime sunday, I'll post my score.

2,897,490

Hehehehe

[InsaneDavid]

I finally decided to just submit my score, not going to do any better.

200k+ for me.

I find that very hard to believe! I think your score is much higher than that!
I can only hope that it's that low.

Sorry to dissapoint you all, I've never been very good at the Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move games. However, the previous round standings came to...

1st - HardcoreGamer
2nd - InsaneDavid
3rd - Mr. Foodmonster
4th - Kitsune Sniper

...so if in this round HardcoreGamer only rolled about 194k, and if Kitsune Sniper is in fact out this time - although he says that every round LOL - then I believe it would be you and I, Mr. Foodmonster, in the final round of this tournament. :)

[keiblerfan69]

Well once again I forgot about this but this was the score I got on my first run through on the day R. 5 started:

79,730

[Kitsune Sniper]

Sorry to dissapoint you all, I've never been very good at the Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move games. However, the previous round standings came to...

1st - HardcoreGamer
2nd - InsaneDavid
3rd - Mr. Foodmonster
4th - Kitsune Sniper

...so if in this round HardcoreGamer only rolled about 194k, and if Kitsune Sniper is in fact out this time - although he says that every round LOL - then I believe it would be you and I, Mr. Foodmonster, in the final round of this tournament. :)

Oh shut up. :P

My submitted score was 260,120.

My HIGHEST score was 355,810.

[InsaneDavid]

Since it be ten minutes past the deadline now, I figured I'd just post up my actual score here and you can all have a good laugh... LOL

260,880 :/

[InsaneDavid]

My submitted score was 260,120.

My HIGHEST score was 355,810.

Wahahahaa... ROFL

I beat you by 760 points then.. LOL .. ROFL

[dcescott]

Alright, I'm guessing most people have submitted, and seeing as how we aren't going to be able to view the official results until sometime sunday, I'll post my score.

2,897,490

Hehehehe

You beat me by 5k. No kidding. I knew I would be beat, I had a couple of hiccups and lost some points on my bonuses. 5 FRIGGIN K!!!

[Kitsune Sniper]

My submitted score was 260,120.

My HIGHEST score was 355,810.

Wahahahaa... ROFL

I beat you by 760 points then.. LOL .. ROFL

Does that mean I'm finally eliminated?

[jcheatle]

Huh... looks like I might have the high score on this one... 3,552,610. I submitted a video file for that one in case anybody's interested when Jibbajabba gets the site updated.

Once again, stupid no time to play Simpsons... I'd be in the finals. Grrr. But at least I'll pick up 80-90 "normalized" points on everybody in the regular standings if they're just in 6 figures, score wise.

Good luck to those that make the finals.

[InsaneDavid]

My submitted score was 260,120.

My HIGHEST score was 355,810.

Wahahahaa... ROFL

I beat you by 760 points then.. LOL .. ROFL

Does that mean I'm finally eliminated?

I dunno if the top two tourament wise are going to advance, or the top three. I'm pretty sure the top four from last week's eight were who was left in the running for Puzzle Bobble.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Nice job with that score, jcheatle. I figured that someone would've gone beyond the 2 stages with the relatively easy million points (Stages 9 and 13, I think) as I know there are some crazy experts at this game. Is there another stage shortly after that with another 'easy million'? I only made it to 15.

[jcheatle]

Thanks, I made it to stage 15 as well, Mr. Foodmonster, but stage 2 actually has an easy million also. You just need to add about 10 bubbles (or whatever they are) to the stack hanging from the top. I did this by adding them to the right side. Then, when I got it built up and had a black one, I richocheted it to the top off the left wall and dropped the whole thing. Did it quite by accident the first time, but indeed if you had gotten that added to your score, you'd have caught pretty darn close to me. My 2nd highest was 3.4 million but those were the only two I really had up there. And like I said, I should have an INP posted with the update if you want to check it out. I got VERY lucky to advance on a couple of stages (I think it was 8, for sure).

[scooterb23]

I had a little over 2.9 million, and made it to level 12. I was way out of the overall running, but this should be a nice little bump to my ranking :)

[Mr.FoodMonster]

After you said that, I just realized that the only thing giving us a million was that there were just like, 10 bubbles on something when you knocked it down. For some reason I thought it was just those two levels were set up so that if you got the orange or blue to there you'd get a million. After I realized that, I played through (only one game) I got 7.6 million points. I managed to do it on roughly every other level when I was sure I could pull of off, and I did. Got to round 16 with 7.6 million.

You live and learn, I guess.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

1st - HardcoreGamer
2nd - InsaneDavid
3rd - Mr. Foodmonster
4th - Kitsune Sniper

Assuming this is correct from last week (I'm sure it is, I just didn't check it myself) that would mean that me and David are going at it, with HG and KS fighting for third place. And that means that technically, the two fighting for 3rd could get better scores on this game then me or David, but still only make third. So, you'd get more normalized points, but we'd be the true winners. That is if it is done like it was last tourny. He could just have the top three of us play and see who does the best. I dont know, I'm just guessing here.

[jcheatle]

After you said that, I just realized that the only thing giving us a million was that there were just like, 10 bubbles on something when you knocked it down. For some reason I thought it was just those two levels were set up so that if you got the orange or blue to there you'd get a million. After I realized that, I played through (only one game) I got 7.6 million points. I managed to do it on roughly every other level when I was sure I could pull of off, and I did. Got to round 16 with 7.6 million.

You live and learn, I guess.

Heh... that sucks, heck of a score though, even unofficially. Personally, I probably could have gotten my score a little higher but I left for the weekend so I let it ride at 3.5. I *never* would have gotten 7.6 though... at least not in a few days. Glad I didn't mention it before. LOL

But yeah, the point totals grow exponentially with the number of bubbles though I'm not sure the exact amounts. Basically when I accidentally did level 2, I screwed up my first bank shot for the black ones and then got like 12 other colors in a row before I got another black bubble. Then the light went on when it jumped from a 40 or 50K bonus to a million.