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

[InsaneDavid]

I totally forgot about the large drop bonuses that could be obtained on the stages that long chains set up. ^^; Just the same I'd never get near those scores. On the other hand I was trying to get as many 50k few second completion bonuses as possible but as the scores show there's no way those can compete with the mass drop bonuses.

[dcescott]

7.6 mil? 3.5 mil? I OWN this game, I'm not that good!! I got a mere 2.8 mil!

[Jibbajaba]

I did this at work, so I can't update the site until later, but here's the scores, in a much less readable format. The format is [Player RawScore NormScore]. If your name does not appear on any list, it means that I don't have a score for you.

First, here's the puzzle bobble scores. Looks like you either had this game figured out or you didn't:

jcheatle 3552610 100
Ze_ro 2996740 84
Scooterb 2901560 82
Mr. Foodmonster 2897490 82
dcescott 2851790 80
Vectorman0 570080 16
InsaneDavid 260880 7
Kitsune Sniper 260120 7
Dragonmaster Sam 206030 6
HardcoreGamer 193730 5
Gapporin 186330 5
S1lence 169750 5
Fergojisan 155870 4
The_4th_Survivor 124720 4
keiblerfan69 79730 2

Here are the players that were still in the tournament. Top 2 players will face off in the final round, which starts tomorrow.

Mr. Foodmonster 2897490 82
InsaneDavid 260880 7
Kitsune Sniper 260120 7
HardcoreGamer 193730 5


So we have InsaneDavid and Mr. Foodmonster in the finals. Kitsune Sniper has won third place.

Here are the adjusted Lady Bug scores, in case anyone cares:

NE146 100,590 100
HardcoreGamer 86350 86
Ze_ro 81560 81
jcheatle 61,370 61
InsaneDavid 56,640 56
Mr. Foodmonster 51870 52
dojosky 34,400 34
S1lence 32,300 32
Kitsune Sniper 29090 29
Dr. Morbis 27,550 27
dcescott 27,480 27
n8littlefield 25100 25
The_4th_Survivor 24230 24
Dragonmaster Sam 14,640 15
Scooterb 14420 14
DDCecil 9740 10


Finally, here are the current world rankings. Ze_ro has displaced NE146 at the top of the heap.

Rank Player Points
1 Ze_ro 286
2 Ne146 255
3 Mr. Foodmonster 245
4 jcheatle 240
5 dcescott 201
6 HardcoreGamer 193
7 InsaneDavid 184
8 Scooterb 169
9 Kitsune Sniper 160
10 The_4th_Survivor 140
11 n8littlefield 117
12 DDCecil 110
13 S1lence 100
14 Dragonmaster Sam 95
15 Dr. Morbis 93
16 neuropolitique 81
17 Vectorman0 63
18 dojosky 55
19 Acidic_Pain 53
20 Fergojisan 50
21 Pantechnicon 23
22 blissfulnoise 22
23 Gapporin 21
24 mgriff 21
25 hep038 17
26 Mayhem 17
27 njiska 16
28 keiblerfan69 15
29 Slip81 6
30 ahamilton0953 0
31 Lady Jaye 0
32 Oobgarm 0


Again, I will update the site later on, and that will include posting any INP file that I received.

Sign-ups for the next tournament will also start today, in a seperate thread.

Chris

[Kitsune Sniper]

Ugh, I can't believe it. I should've sent in my other score. Oh well.

[HardcoreGamer]

I will take the next tournament head-on as long as I don't hit another Puzzle Bobble. :( That game hates me.

[dcescott]

5th place, better than I thought!!

[Mr.FoodMonster]

It is my duty to beat David at whatever is thrown at us. And I'm 3rd in the world rankings now, that makes me happy.

[InsaneDavid]

Ugh, I can't believe it. I should've sent in my other score. Oh well.

I can... told you a good reason why I was able to come out third overall last year was due to luck. Congratulations on third for this tounament though! :)


It is my duty to beat David at whatever is thrown at us. And I'm 3rd in the world rankings now, that makes me happy.

LOL A battle to the last. I need those bonus points to help repair the Puzzle Bobble damage. LOL *throws down the gauntlet*

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Alright, I'm getting fussy. Gimme a game to beat David at! :D

[Jibbajaba]

Alright, I'm getting fussy. Gimme a game to beat David at! :D

Patience, my boy. The game will come later today.

Chris

[InsaneDavid]

Alright, I'm getting fussy. Gimme a game to beat David at! :D

Patience, my boy. The game will come later today.

Yeah, patience, you'll get schooled soon enough. ROFL

Oh man, I'm in for it this round.

[Jibbajaba]

Game was posted and e-mail sent at 11:57PM my time. :P

Chris

[Mr.FoodMonster]

City Bomber. Nice, one of the better games from the last tourny. I know I got a pretty decent score, I just have to play through it and remember what the trick was.

[dcescott]

Cool game, never played it. aka low score!

[Jibbajaba]

I would again encourage you guys to record INP files of this one. If someone does really well then I would love to check it out. I am unfortunately not that great at it. This would be a cool cab to have though I think.

Speaking on INP files, I will post the INP files from puzzbob on the site hopefully today.

Chris

[InsaneDavid]

Damn those corners! :angry:

[InsaneDavid]

Bah.. I hate this game. :grrr: I mean, I like the visual design and everything just... dddaaahh..

[DragonMaster Sam]

Ah yes, CityBomber. The game that eliminated me from last year's tournament.

[InsaneDavid]

You know, I couldn't remember playing this last year - so I dug up last year's results and it seems it was the round that Dr. Morbis and I had a bye. LOL

I submitted last night because I had enough of this game. It's cool but SO unforgiving and after my high score performance (having it all come apart at the beginning of the final stage) I kept getting hung up at the earlier parts of stage 2. That was enough frustration for me. Good game though, it's like Road Fighter (another unforgiving game) on steroids (http://klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9335).

I don't want to give away my score but if it was last year I would have taken second place in the round. ;)

[jcheatle]

Is level 4 the final stage? Because I'm finding that to be darn near impossible. I can get about 3/5 of the way through (to the fire part) but by then I've got no time left. Ah well. Considering I'd never played it before, I think I had an admirable score.

I totally agree that it's a fun but unforgiving game. I half lucked into my score then spent 3 hours either resetting it in the first or second round... or coming up 10-20K short. Ugh.

I'd like it known also that if I beat Foodmonster's score, I'm going to curse my lack of time to play Simpsons... as I would have won the whole thing. :) Either way, congrats to whoever wins between David and Foodmonster and I'm looking forward to the next tourney.

[InsaneDavid]

Is level 4 the final stage?

Nope. :)

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Is level 4 the final stage?

Nope. :)
Crap.

Well, I hope I've gotten enough points. Hell, I dont want to wait. David, if you want to share your score right now, please feel free.

489860

Although, I've gotten to the same spot where I ended the game there with 150K less points, so I'm going to hope that you didn't know the best ways to rake in the points.

If you've won, congrats.

(And I'll get you the next tourny. heheheh)

[jcheatle]

Is level 4 the final stage?

Nope. :)

Crap as well. I didn't think it would be the last (who makes a 4 stage game really? It obviously had to be 5). I'm interested to see somebody's INP of how they did it. I just couldn't figure out how to take the sharp turns in 4 (or the beginning of 2). And yeah, Foodmonster beat me (I had 402K), so I don't feel so bad now. :)

[InsaneDavid]

Is level 4 the final stage?

Nope. :)
Crap.

Well, I hope I've gotten enough points. Hell, I dont want to wait. David, if you want to share your score right now, please feel free.

489860

I have been slain - 448,985.

I got about 2/3rds through level 5 (which is the last level, you drive up into a big plane and escape at the end). I would have done better but there are an assload of trees early on and when braking hard to attempt to pick up the one and only sawblade upgrade at the start of the stage (which I overran and missed just the same) I ran right into one... then another... then the reduced speed / jump (from losing my upgrades) began to kick my ass in the field part in the center. The game wasted some time when it couldn't decide where to drop me as well. LOL *left* "hmm.. no.." *right* "..okay!" Then again all those problems came from me not backing off at the start of the stage. :/

Things are going to be VERY close in this round and the inp's are going to be interesting.

[Jibbajaba]

Site updated.

Scores from City Bomber posted, rankings updated to reflect City Bomber scores, and INPs from Puzzle Bobble and City Bomber posted in the gallery.

Don't forget, tonight is the deadline for signing up for the shmups challenge.

Chris

EDIT: The rankings sheet now includes the bonuses for the top three finishers. It didn't when I first posted it a few mins ago.

Chris

[Mr.FoodMonster]

YEAH!

Sweet. Nice score David. Atleast you can know that you got further in the game then I. I just could not get past the end of the 4th level with all the pathways and the such. The best way to get points is by getting the front saws and cutting down the bushes on the road. They give you just as many points as destroying a helicopter or truck, 10K. I dont know if you were aware of that, but if you werent, I'm glad because with a score like that and that bit of info, you would've beat me.

I'm looking forword to the next tourny!

(are we going to keep discussion in this thread, or make a new one for every tourny?)

[Jibbajaba]

I'm looking forword to the next tourny!

(are we going to keep discussion in this thread, or make a new one for every tourny?)

No we will just keep using this thread. There's no reason in my mind to keep creating new ones. It's bad enough that I will have to make a new sign-up thread for each tournament.

And congrats on the win.

Chris

[InsaneDavid]

The best way to get points is by getting the front saws and cutting down the bushes on the road. They give you just as many points as destroying a helicopter or truck, 10K.

I realized that the second day I was playing, before that I would actually slow down to knock out the trucks before realizing that I'd get more points for just driving by them and grabbing a higher bonus at the end. After that I began to watch the score counter closely to figure out if there were any more score bottlenecks I was falling into. As for the helicopters, I got rid of them since they were more of a nuisance than anything. LOL

Eventually I figured that if I could get through the stages as fast as possible then I could more than likely grab higher / more end of stage bonuses than anyone else. Not to mention the extra points to be had within the later stages. I too figured that the fire part of stage 4 would stop a lot of people - it's an outright pain in the ass. Well after getting to stage 5 and seeing all the possible points and getting as far as I did even with the screwups at the start, I figured that's where I'd gain my lead. (I'm also pretty sure there's some kind of multiplier once you complete the 5th stage) However all my games after that usually peaked around stage 2 due to stupid mistakes early on. To me, going for a high score, there's no sense in continuing on after crashing out that early - far too much time is lost trying to rebuild your arsenal.

[DragonMaster Sam]

Jibba, did you post scores only for the contenders, or everybody who played City Bomber? I sent in my score, but I don't see it on there.

[Jibbajaba]

Jibba, did you post scores only for the contenders, or everybody who played City Bomber? I sent in my score, but I don't see it on there.

I just double checked, and I don't have a score for you in my inbox. Possible that you sent it to the wrong addy?

Chris

EDIT: Yup I just checked and you sent it to one of my other e-mail addys. So I have it. I'll add it to the rest of them tonight. Please make sure in the future that you send it to mameleague@gmail.com. Thanks.

[DragonMaster Sam]

Guess I must've had a flashback of last year's tourney for me to send it to the wrong address. Ah well.

[Jibbajaba]

OK folks, e-mails sent out to the people on the mailing list. I sent PMs to the people not on the list, but this is the only time that I will do it. If you fail to add yourself to the list and therefore aren't notified of the next round's game and therefore don't submit a score because you "didn't know", that's your bad.

So the first round of the shmups challenge has begun. A couple of notes about this tournament:

1. I have 37 players signed up for this one. The top 16 will go on to round 2. If you get eliminated in the first round but are having a good time, then please keep playing along and submitting scores and I will add them to your cumulative totals. Same as the last tourney.

2. Prizes. For this tournament I am going to award 10,000, 5,000, and 2,000 respectively. Point bonuses will stay the same at 50, 25, and 10 since we will again have 5 rounds.

InsaneDavid just finished up a FAQ on getting MAME running for newbs, and I will be posting it on the league site tonight.

Got questions? Got answers. Just post em here.

Chris

[Juganawt]

Soooooo... Xevious is the first game in the Shmup challenge. Just sodding typical that we start off with a game I don't like LOL . It's not a bad game, just the music drives me mad! That, and the fact that I suck at it :D

I'm struggling to make a dent in this game, I keep dying at the level 1 boss... and barely even taking out the pre-set high score.

Looks like you guys don't have any competition from me in the first round.


EDIT: scratch that, I just got a hi score :D a very good one indeed.I dunno how I managed to do it, but I just had a miracle run.

Not only did I beat the high score, but I obliterated the #1 hi-score for MAME Xevious on Twin Galaxies.

Looks like you guys DO have competition after all.

[TheSmirk]

Me likey some Xevious :D figures that my main PC died, so I'll be laptopping this one, gotta find that USB controller :/

[InsaneDavid]

Daahh.. I hate this game. Even with the secrets I know of it'll still be a battle get get up into the top 16. :/ And yes it is a bad game, for one reason alone - player's ship speed. It's like playing Gradius without ever beefing up your speed. Oh well, a challenge is a challenge. :)

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Well, I'm not going to win this tourny. I am 100% terrible at this game. I've played more then a dozen times and I cant even break the pre-set high score. Its a shame too, I love me some SHMUPS, but I guess I'm used to fast paced ones full of... I dunno.... action? Ah well, I'll still be submitting scores. Maybe I can hang on to the top spot even with my inevitable failing at this game.

Good luck to everyone this time around, you wont have me to look out for :P

[Kitsune Sniper]

Daahh.. I hate this game. Even with the secrets I know of it'll still be a battle get get up into the top 16. :/ And yes it is a bad game, for one reason alone - player's ship speed. It's like playing Gradius without ever beefing up your speed. Oh well, a challenge is a challenge. :)

I was about to ask that - you don't get ANY powerups? No speed or weapon upgrades? I played it for a little while, but that kinda got to me.

[Juganawt]

Daahh.. I hate this game. Even with the secrets I know of it'll still be a battle get get up into the top 16. :/ And yes it is a bad game, for one reason alone - player's ship speed. It's like playing Gradius without ever beefing up your speed. Oh well, a challenge is a challenge. :)

I was about to ask that - you don't get ANY powerups? No speed or weapon upgrades? I played it for a little while, but that kinda got to me.

The closest you get is when you destroy a citadel, or find the hidden flags in the game. Destroying a citadel gives you loadsa points, and finding a hidden flag gives you an extra life and 5000 points.

And my score is pretty damn high on this now I know what I'm doing. I think I pretty much got this game in the bag.

Here's a pic of one of my earlier runs... I won't say how many points I've got in my most recent ones, but it's a fair bit higher than this one.

Just thought I'd size up my competitors.

http://www.cwgsy.net/private/juganawt/XeviousHiScore.png

[InsaneDavid]

The closest you get is when you destroy a citadel, or find the hidden flags in the game. Destroying a citadel gives you loadsa points, and finding a hidden flag gives you an extra life and 5000 points.

Yup, the Sol Citadels give you what, 2000 for exposure and 2000 for destruction? And the flags are a nice little cross reference to one of my favorite Namco games, New Rally-X.

[Sosage]

Daahh.. I hate this game. Even with the secrets I know of it'll still be a battle get get up into the top 16. :/ And yes it is a bad game, for one reason alone - player's ship speed. It's like playing Gradius without ever beefing up your speed. Oh well, a challenge is a challenge. :)

It isn't too bad imo. If the ship speed were any faster then the game would be way too easy. Ground targets would require less prioritization and the A.I. offensive would be a breeze to dance around.

I def rolled my eyes at the announcement of Xevious, just because I find the multitasking between the bomb target and whatever is flying at me in the air slightly disorienting. Especially when stuff starts really coming at you (God do I hate those black blobs). Jibba is obviously trying to seperate the men from the boys early in this contest with this game (I think I might end up a boy come Wednesday ;P). /obligatory complaining about game choices in tournament. ;)

[Juganawt]

I'm loving this game now!

I just tried to play it with official Twin Galaxies settings, and I got a new world record right off the bat!

I'm submitting it to TG to put me in my rightful place at the number 1 top spot on MAME Xevious.

[InsaneDavid]

I'm loving this game now!

I just tried to play it with official Twin Galaxies settings, and I got a new world record right off the bat!

I'm submitting it to TG to put me in my rightful place at the number 1 top spot on MAME Xevious.

Just make sure for the competition you restore / leave the DIP switches at the STOCK NORMAL DEFAULT SETTINGS.

[Juganawt]

I'm loving this game now!

I just tried to play it with official Twin Galaxies settings, and I got a new world record right off the bat!

I'm submitting it to TG to put me in my rightful place at the number 1 top spot on MAME Xevious.

Just make sure for the competition you restore / leave the DIP switches at the STOCK NORMAL DEFAULT SETTINGS.

Already done, back to practicing for the tournie now :D

[Jibbajaba]

I liked this game because you are challenged by the sow-moving ship and the fact that you have to both shoot airborne enemies, and bomb the ground. I also think that this game gets dogged because the home console ports are not very good.

Next game will be more fast paced and whatnot. Don't worry, I cover all of the bases.

Chris

[InsaneDavid]

I also think that this game gets dogged because the home console ports are not very good.

Agreed, most (if not all) got rid of the difficulty rampup that constantly mixed up the gameplay of the arcade version.

[smork]

Gotta give this another run tonight -- violated one of my prime rules last night, don't drink and play shmups...

My score was gruesome.

I'm not sure i've even played Xevious since I last played it in an arcade in the 80s...

[Mayhem]

OK folks, e-mails sent out to the people on the mailing list. I sent PMs to the people not on the list, but this is the only time that I will do it. If you fail to add yourself to the list and therefore aren't notified of the next round's game and therefore don't submit a score because you "didn't know", that's your bad.

How do you add yourself to the list btw? I sent an email to the address, but... well no reply, so I dunno if it worked!

Jug's score is very good. Better than even anything we got at YakYak when playing the game for the Lleague there (so yes I have a slight advantage having suffered this game already for a week in the past) and there are some VERY good players aside from me taking part.

[Jibbajaba]

OK folks, e-mails sent out to the people on the mailing list. I sent PMs to the people not on the list, but this is the only time that I will do it. If you fail to add yourself to the list and therefore aren't notified of the next round's game and therefore don't submit a score because you "didn't know", that's your bad.

How do you add yourself to the list btw? I sent an email to the address, but... well no reply, so I dunno if it worked!

Jug's score is very good. Better than even anything we got at YakYak when playing the game for the Lleague there (so yes I have a slight advantage having suffered this game already for a week in the past) and there are some VERY good players aside from me taking part.

You are on the list.

Chris

[Jibbajaba]

OK guys, I have put up a phpBB deal over on my site for general MAME league discussion. This way we won't be confined to a single thread. Check it out:

www.jibbajaba.com/forum

Chris

[smork]

Hey, I've been having a bit of a problem running this under MAME (using the provided version). The first time I loaded everything it worked great and I played for some time, but the second time everything ran at about 2x speed. I tried toggling the f10 key (I believe that's the right one) but it puts everything about 10x speed.

I'm running this under XP x64 edition on a laptop with a AMD Turion chip... Ideas? Or is it an OS issue?

I deleted and reloaded MAME to no effect....

[xredmenacex]

I can't believe all the complaining. I think Xevious is a great game! Who needs power-ups? ...Oh snap, looking at that score above it looks like maybe I do. :)

I always thought the NES port was pretty decent. Especially at a time when most arcade ports were not very good. You folks really don't think so?

[InsaneDavid]

I'm running this under XP x64 edition on a laptop with a AMD Turion chip... Ideas? Or is it an OS issue?

I deleted and reloaded MAME to no effect....

Bring MAME32 up. Select "Options" then "Reset to default..." Usually I'd say to go into the "Default Game Options..." and check the frame skipping under the Advanced tab. Usually something there has been messed with. Automatic should be UNchecked and "Draw every frame" selected. Other options should be...

Use DirectDraw
Switch Resolutions to fit
Switch Color Depths to fit

Everything else UNchecked.

Resolutions should all be Auto, Stretch using hardware should be checked with 4:3 aspect ratio as the default.

[Jibbajaba]

Heads up, kids! Just under 6 hours until scores are due.

Also, don't forget to check out the new MAME league forums! (http://www.jibbajaba.com/forum)

Chris

[jcheatle]

Jesus H, Juganawt... I mean, I knew my score was bad... but let's just say I'm taking a reverse Puzzle Bobble on this one. There goes all my karma from that. :(

I played this quite a bit, but I think my complete lack of skill re: shmups doomed me to failure. I barely broke the default high score, and I'd bet money most everybody passed me also. Oh well... do my best on the others and try to stay as high as possible in the world rankings I guess.

We're going to have a puzzle tournament, right? Right? (Please... LOL)

[InsaneDavid]

Jesus H, Juganawt... I mean, I knew my score was bad... but let's just say I'm taking a reverse Puzzle Bobble on this one. There goes all my karma from that. :(

That Puzzle Bobble debacle still knocked me about 100 down from the lead in the world rankings. LOL


I played this quite a bit, but I think my complete lack of skill re: shmups doomed me to failure. I barely broke the default high score, and I'd bet money most everybody passed me also. Oh well... do my best on the others and try to stay as high as possible in the world rankings I guess.

I dunno, my score blows and there was a lot of groaning in the thread, this could be a round of a couple huge scores and then a tight filing of subpar ones at the bottom. I'm clawing at 100k right now if anyone cares, not feeling well though so I may submit in a few minutes.

[smork]

Bring MAME32 up. Select "Options" then "Reset to default..." Usually I'd say to go into the "Default Game Options..." and check the frame skipping under the Advanced tab. Usually something there has been messed with. Automatic should be UNchecked and "Draw every frame" selected. Other options should be...

Use DirectDraw
Switch Resolutions to fit
Switch Color Depths to fit

Everything else UNchecked.

Resolutions should all be Auto, Stretch using hardware should be checked with 4:3 aspect ratio as the default.

OK, did all that, still running shitty. But, I did get it to work eventually -- there was a default option to use some sort of timing (it had an acronym, but I am at work and don't have it in front of me). When I unchecked that, it ran at normal speed...

Unfortunately I don't have enough time to post a decent score now :( With that crappy 2x speed I could only manage about 30k...

Thanks for the help!

[InsaneDavid]

OK, did all that, still running shitty. But, I did get it to work eventually -- there was a default option to use some sort of timing (it had an acronym, but I am at work and don't have it in front of me). When I unchecked that, it ran at normal speed...

Unfortunately I don't have enough time to post a decent score now :( With that crappy 2x speed I could only manage about 30k...

Hmm, that's strange, "Use RDTSC Timing System" under the Miscellaneous tab should be checked normally. However, you said you were using a 64bit class of processor and RDTSC (Read Time-Stamp Counter) accesses the CPU cycle counter for game timing. So it makes perfect sense that it was throwing off your game speed. Since the default setting is to have it turned on, that's why a reinstall didn't fix anything.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Blargh, I haven't even had time to play the game, so I'm going to have to bow out of this round. Sorry.

[InsaneDavid]

Wow... with so many people ducking out or having low scores... this is my chance to fix the Puzzle Bobble gap... two hours to go.. time to play. :)

[smork]

Hmm, that's strange, "Use RDTSC Timing System" under the Miscellaneous tab should be checked normally. However, you said you were using a 64bit class of processor and RDTSC (Read Time-Stamp Counter) accesses the CPU cycle counter for game timing. So it makes perfect sense that it was throwing off your game speed. Since the default setting is to have it turned on, that's why a reinstall didn't fix anything.

I'm not surprised there's an issue with MAME handling the 64 bit processor -- early versions of the SuSE 10 I have installed as my second OS had similar problems with clock management (system clock ran too fast, along with power management). XP x64 can emulate a 32 bit environment but I guess some things don't work so well underneath it.

Anyway, at least it's fixed now :)

[InsaneDavid]

With *looks at watch* eight minutes to go I figure you've submitted or haven't and won't have time for another run after this, so I'll show my hand.

I ended up with 122,210 and also submitted an .inp file. Granted the high score game for me is no where near as entertaining as my previous high score (117,210) as in it I didn't reveal a single flag - they all were on the other side of the screen from where I was bombing. In the lower scoring game I uncovered and grabbed three of the flags from the four locations I passed.

I JUST submitted my score, glad I put the last couple runs in tonight to see if I could best myself before submitting. :) Here's hoping for second. LOL

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Well, I got 139K, so I've got you beat. I'm surprized I ended up getting that score, I played so many times in the beginning where I couldn't break the 40K set score. I started to find a few of the towers because the bombing cursor blinks when you are over them. I never found a flag, but oh well. At the end of that game, I was getting to the second boss with 3 lives, but I just died and died and died really cheaply there, so I could've gotten more. It just took me roughly 10 games to get a good score going without dying before earning atleast 20K

Ugh, glad that game is over.

[s1lence]

Well thats three people over 100K , Im hoping the scores drop down a little so I make the cut.

[scooterb23]

I don't think it can drop far enough to get my score in...somehow I just don't think 37510 is top 16 quality :P

[TripppsK]

I don't think it can drop far enough to get my score in...somehow I just don't think 37510 is top 16 quality :P

Hooray for me I actually beat someone, sorry scooter. I just wish I had more time at home the last few days to give this one. I tried at work but there is no way of getting high scores with a keyboard.

[NE146]

Too bad I aint playing or I'd pwn all your n00b asses! :moon:




;)

[Jibbajaba]

Hey guys. Gapporin is going to run a console high score league for us, so if you guys are jonesin' for some extra play time, then sign up for his deal. It will be called "The Scoreboard" and will be located here. (http://jibbajaba.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=4)

Stay tuned for more details from the man himself!

Chris

[The_4th_Survivor]

I missed the deadline! :(



Er....

JibbaJaba?


Can I still participate in the SHMUPS tournament?


I didn't get a chance to submit my score for Xevious because of some work related issues.


Am I still in the running? Or should I just call it quits.


Please let me know. Thanks.

[Sosage]

I'm not "complaining" per say. I'll play whatever game is chosen. I just think Xevious is awkward in certain aspects or just plain sucks in others.

It looks like we're going to have a tight grouping around 100k. I could only squeeze a little bit over that. Fuck those bullet shooting black blobs.

[DragonMaster Sam]

Meh, I think that I pretty much phoned it in with Xevious. I couldn't even crack the default top score.

[whoisKeel]

Bah. I wish this wasn't held during the last 2 weeks of the semester. Didn't even get a chance to fire the game up.

[InsaneDavid]

You know, I don't care much for Xevious but I like that it was chosen. Why? Because if the game lineup, even in a special tournament like this, has a healthy amount of variety then you have to be good at ALL types of shooters to place well.

[Jibbajaba]

If you didn't submit a score for this round, then you can't stay in the tournament, but you should still play along to keep your ranking up.

I will tabulate the scores tonight and pick a new game. I am just tired right now.

Chris

[Jibbajaba]

New game posted here (http://www.jibbajaba.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12).

Scores have been posted for Xevious, as well. Rankings will be updated later.

Chris

[smork]

Sheesh, I should have posted my junk score, would have made it in the top 16 :( Oh well, I love Raiden, so I'm all over game 2!!!