Custom Map #8020: THE TRICK. By: RB

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Author: RB
Size: 125x125

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Not hard just takes a while some minor shortcuts are kinda hidden in game. Someone will probably find a major one though.

[BilboGCL]

Hey, this is really a nice map with a lot of different ways to victory!
I really wonder what you meant with minor shortcuts ;)
Thanks for the map!

Greetings from The Shire!

[marvinitfox]

I thought i was doing so well with my 8-ish minute run, and someone poster a 2.5 minute run? wow
share your trick please?

[Helper]

I thought i was doing so well with my 8-ish minute run, and someone poster a 2.5 minute run? wow
share your trick please?

LOL! That "someone" has been finding unfindable ways to beat maps for as far back as I can remember. I haven't started this one yet, but it's always a treat to figure out how he did it.
Some early evening fun coming up.
H

[teknotiss]

I thought i was doing so well with my 8-ish minute run, and someone poster a 2.5 minute run? wow
share your trick please?

LOL! That "someone" has been finding unfindable ways to beat maps for as far back as I can remember. I haven't started this one yet, but it's always a treat to figure out how he did it.
Some early evening fun coming up.
H

i imagine there is some singularity and a guppy action going into Alter Olds score...

this is a great map RB, cheers dude!

some stiff competition for 2nd/3rd/4th and 5th places too!  ;) 8)

[Johnny Haywire]

I thought i was doing so well with my 8-ish minute run, and someone poster a 2.5 minute run? wow
share your trick please?

How about under 1-minute?  :o

I am SO not used to beating Alter Old's time... nor am I going to assume this will last ;D

Ok, so I hate pausing. Almost as much as I hate using the solution I came up with. Alter Old is going to kill me at some point, I know. I'm getting a new alarm system and 3 doberman pinschers just in case. And I don't expect my score to be #1 for long. If you beat my time after reading my spoiler, please at least have the kindness to let me know that my clue led you to a better strategy.

Spoiler

I did not use a singularity

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This solution took me at least 40 minutes of trying different things... All for a 1-minute map. As much as I hate that kind of effort-to-result ratio... in some weird way it feels kinda good.

Thanks for the map, RB!  ;D

[Alter Old]

Ок, I have incidentally read through this topic. Johnny Haywire, you big well done! It was necessary to recollect already forgotten technics.
Now I pay more attention to CSM maps when there is time. Nonetheless...

[Johnny Haywire]

Ок, I have incidentally read through this topic. Johnny Haywire, you big well done! It was necessary to recollect already forgotten technics.
Now I pay more attention to CSM maps when there is time. Nonetheless...

Wow. I mean "Wow" on so many levels.

First and foremost, I expected you to be able to figure out a way to beat my score. But... wow, 24 seconds?  :o :o Amazing. Simply amazing, good sir!

Secondly, I'm humbled and honored at the same time. Thank you so much for the honorable mention  ;D

You have a savant-like ability to see solutions that would elude even most Mensans. Grats on the high score!

I figured you were busy inventing some sort of cutting-edge hydrogen cell or maybe even working on a quantum drive or maybe a molecular transporter device... and that's why my high score had lasted so long. By the way, if you ever do finish such an invention, please let me know!  ;) 

Thanks for taking the time to post this amazing score... and thanks again to RB for the map!  ;D