Weekly 5-Map Tournament - Nero Wolfe Characters - closing March 31, 2013

[Helper]

Weekly 5-Map Tournament - Nero Wolfe Characters - closing March 31, 2013

Continuing the theme of one of my all-time favorite detective series...introducing "The Characters".

A few useful links:
All Tournaments (wiki)
Code Map Scoreboard
Tournament Score Tool

Nero Wolfe Characters

Please take care to copy/paste the map names from here. There are extra spaces between some of the first and last names.

Have some fun (they aren't too complicated) and holler for help if you need it.

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Map Name:	Size:	Complexity:
Archie Goodwin	Small	Low
Fritz    Brenner	Small	Medium
Saul   Panzer	Medium	Medium
Inspector Cramer	Medium	High
Nero     Wolfe	Large	High

[ctuna]

Great choices!

[Helper]

GRRR!
That darn Inspector Cramer has always been frustrating.

Posting the scores as of right now and taking the rest of the night off.
Have some fun (and beat on Cramer).

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Archie Goodwin	Fritz    Brenner	Saul   Panzer	Inspector Cramer	Nero     Wolfe	Total Score	Total Time
1	Helper	11827	12167	11627	11340	11276	58237	37:37
2	asmussen	11721	12007	11647	10754		46129
3	inept_celt	11588	11341	10974			33903
4	ctuna	11781	11932				23713
5	ea3401				12172		12172

Scores recorded at 2013-03-25 20:48:46 forum time.

[Helper]

11 players with 36 scores...a slow week.

I've seen MadMurphy around a lot, but not 'dhc'. Glad you both joined in.

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Archie Goodwin	Fritz    Brenner	Saul   Panzer	Inspector Cramer	Nero     Wolfe	Total Score	Total Time
1	Helper	11827	12167	11627	11340	11276	58237	37:37
2	Atomicfrog	11802	12250	11593	11363	11146	58154	37:56
3	asmussen	11721	12007	11647	10754	10538	56667	51:36
4	inept_celt	11588	11719	11077	10063	8794	53241	87:46
5	dhc	11251	11456	10867	9316	9266	52156	96:53
6	MizInIA	11293	11856	10827	9572		43548
7	ctuna	11781	12193		11290		35264
8	ea3401				12316		12316
9	Gu250	11760					11760
10	dt42	11621					11621
11	MadMurphy	11577					11577

Scores recorded at 2013-03-27 10:44:14 forum time.

[dhc]

Thanks - happy to be here.  I've been playing the Creeper World games for a little over a year, but I'm pretty slow as you can see.  I wanted to try something new while waiting for CW3 to come out.

[Helper]

@dhc - Feel free to ask for advice/suggestions. We have players with a wide variety of skill levels and most are glad to pitch in and help if someone asks.

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[dhc]

Well, since you offered...

I know that there are some things that I can't do a whole lot about (like my old hardware).  The optimum screen size for CW on my computer is 800x640, so if I want to play full-screen I have to set the speed control to high in order for things to seem (at least somewhat) responsive.  The drawback there is that any wasted motion or hesitation is magnified.  I apparently don't pause the game enough either.

I think the biggest struggle that I have strategy-wise (besides overbuilding) is dealing with those holes in the top layer with drones spilling out (like we have in Inspector Cramer's map).  It took several tries and eventually 16+ minutes of game time to take out that first emitter.  Maybe someone can post a screenshot at the end of the week showing how its done.

[Hunter Seeker]

So I gave Inspector Cramer a few goes to get some good shots.  This is a good start for me but based on ea's time i bet there is a way to do better than this.  This should give you a good idea on how to start using shields to hold back the drones for the first minute before you get a blaster up.

[ctuna]

I started this way - barely had enough time to collect the red gem: It avoided the drones long enough to establish reactors that sustained a push into the first mitter and drone gateway. I tried the shields, but found I ended up having to build the blasters anyway, and the shields were redundant - depends on the time and energy available in the short term.

[ea3401]

I think that this is a good start on Inspector Cramer.

[dhc]

I appreciate everyone taking the time to produce these screen shots.  I originally tried digging to the red gem like ctuna but the field always shifted before I could get to it.  I think I finally ended up using the shields like Hunter Seeker did.  I wondered about attacking the emitter from the rear but I was concerned about opening up another hole for the drones when I couldn't even defend the first one.  

Very helpful - thanks again.

[Helper]

Some great advice posted. Thanks to all who contributed.

Here is today's update:

12 players with 45 scores

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Archie Goodwin	Fritz    Brenner	Saul   Panzer	Inspector Cramer	Nero     Wolfe	Total Score	Total Time
1	Helper	11827	12167	11627	11340	11276	58237	37:37
2	Atomicfrog	11802	12250	11593	11363	11146	58154	37:56
3	asmussen	11721	12007	11647	10754	10538	56667	51:36
4	Hunter Seeker	11534	11974	11446	10698	10717	56369	50:45
5	inept_celt	11588	11719	11248	10063	9291	53909	80:01
6	MizInIA	11293	11856	10827	9572	8736	52284	97:29
7	dhc	11251	11456	10867	9316	9266	52156	96:53
8	ctuna	11781	12193		11290	11163	46427
9	dt42	11621	12036				23657
10	MadMurphy	11577			11057		22634
11	ea3401				12316		12316
12	Gu250	11760					11760

Scores recorded at 2013-03-28 19:48:10 forum time.

[MadMurphy]

I just noticed I did a couple on the wrong size and complexity.

[Helper]

I just noticed I did a couple on the wrong size and complexity.

Everyone who has NOT done that before, please raise your hands.
Just think of it as practice for the real deal.
:) :)

[Cinth]

Least I can say I posted a top time for one of the boards this week ;)

Can't say the score for that run was impressive though.