MAME Tournament Discussion Thread

[Gapporin]

Grr. Sorry about the download troubles, guys. My once usually-reliable webservice went down and I had to scramble to find another one that would host my files.

Even though the .zip archive that I posted was working for me, I re-downloaded it from PlayAgain. Let me know if works better.

Also, when downloading the file, don't click on the link directly. Instead, right-click and select "Save Target To...". That seems to work instead.

[Lady Jaye]

Yeah, my score would have been more impressive had I not accidently deleted my 60,000 point game. Instead, I had to settle for a puny 35,000 point score.

Oh well, live and learn as they say.

[AB Positive]

Can someone explain how the two-game thing is going to work out for me? I'm kind of confused by this. Also, no one has opponents, at least not yet.

I may have missed it, but if someone could clear this up for me, I'd be very appreciative.

-AG

[Gapporin]

Basically, we will be playing two games at a time per week. You have the entire week to play both games and submit your scores. The deadline is Sunday night.

As for opponents, Jibbajaba is the one who sets the match-ups together.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Wow, the only person who got a higher score then me in my bracket happened to be my opponent. Figures =P
8th overall isnt bad though.

[robotriot]

Winzip says the Mikie ROM is corrupted (it's about 74kb here) ...

[Mr.FoodMonster]

I already have a working Mikie rom, if someone wants to host it I could email it to them.

I also played it, and have NO IDEA what I'm supposed to do...

[Gapporin]

Winzip says the Mikie ROM is corrupted (it's about 74kb here) ...

Yeah, it ended up being much smaller, like hydr0x said. The actual size of the file is 75.2k.

But that's strange that it says it's corrupted. I just tried downloading it now, and it works fine. Try putting in your roms folder without decompressing it and see if it works.

[Lady Jaye]

For some info on how to play: http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?...M&game_id=8696

[robotriot]

Yeah, it ended up being much smaller, like hydr0x said. The actual size of the file is 75.2k.

But that's strange that it says it's corrupted. I just tried downloading it now, and it works fine. Try putting in your roms folder without decompressing it and see if it works.

Well, Firefox can't determine the total filesize from the server, that's probably what the problem is - and if Winzip finds the file is corrupted, Mame won't be able to work with it either ;)

Oh yea, and are INP files mandatory now or not? I'm confused :P

[NE146]

Just download the rom again!

Here. I'll post it. Try this one.

http://www.users.uswest.net/~userid946/mikie.zip

(hopefully it's good.. I didn't check) :P

[robotriot]

I downloaded it 5 times, with erasing cache in the meantime, didn't work :P Your file works though, thanks ^^

[DragonMaster Sam]

Ok, I'm a bit confused here. Which game are we playing? Jibbajaba sent people the Q*Bert ROM, and Gapporin is supplying another ROM. So which game do we play?

[Lady Jaye]

Both. Jibbajaba and Gapporin, as co-referrees and co-organizers of the tournament, each provide one game per week, so that we get to play quite a few games in the tournament without it lasting forever.

Anyway, we have till Sunday evening to send the high score info for BOTH Q*Bert and Mikie.

And no, no need to send an .inp file, I believe a screenshot is enough.

[Queen Of The Felines]

We're playing BOTH games this week.

Are we supposed to use those INP file thingies again or just screenshots this time?

Kristine

[Jibbajaba]

OK people I guess things still arent clear.

1: Gapporin and I will EACH pick a game each week, and you have 6 and a half days to play both games. You will need to send in a high score for each game by Sunday night. Your e-mail should have the scores for both games.

2: INP files were only required for Knights of the Round because of the ease of cheating. Unless we specifically say otherwise for a certain game, only a screenshot is required from now on.

3: ALWAYS INCLUDE YOUR DP USERNAME IN YOUR E-MAILS!!!

4: Please refrain from postin in the stickied league thread. That thread is meant for Gapporin and I to post the games, and for me to post the results.

5: I will post the matchups when I get a chance.

Hopefully things are clearer now. I will send out a mass e-mail for Gapporin's game when he gets his file-hosting woes straightened out.

Chris

[DragonMaster Sam]

Ok, I got it now. Makes things easier to understand for me.

[Gapporin]

I switched out the Mikie download in the main stickied thread to NE146's link. Hopefully in the meantime, I can figure out what's wrong on my end. Thanks, NE146!

That also means you can send out the e-mail now, Jibbajaba.

[InsaneDavid]

This week's "Heartbreak of the Week" goes to InsaneDavid, who chalked up a score of 88,100 but was not able to pull a win out of it.

Damnit, that's what I get for submitting my score like four days early.

[InsaneDavid]

Q*bert sounds like C*rap without the proper audio sample...

http://www.mameworld.net/samples/wav/qbert.zip

Download that and put it in the /Samples folder inside Mame32, then load Mame32 and audit all games again.

Jibbajaba, you may want to post that link on the "17th Annual Digital Press MAME League World Championships" thread.