Game Times

[sohn]

The top scores for games are impossible for someone to get without hacking. I understand the times like 1 minute on the earlier maps but some of the times are in the range of 30 seconds on the higher maps. I suggest that there be a minimum time to submit a score or if not that then two sections one for anyone whos score is insane like under 3 minutes on most maps and then the other for us normal people (not hackers or those who are really addicted).

[J]

You can report hacked scores here: http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=17076.0
Please keep in mind that there are players who are really good at this game (check out the video AlterOld posted last week, a paster.healer map starting with a 'J'), especially maps with inhibitors or only one emitter can sometimes be beaten very fast.
Blocking impossible scores on the client side has been discussed but will not be implemented.

[Altwing]

I find this sort of thread very humiliating to contemplate as my goal is to crack the All-time top-250.  Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don't.  I found a neglected Prospector world and got into the top 50 once, but otherwise it's still a happy day to get into the top 100.  Admittedly I've only had CW3 a week or two, but I thought that by now I'd be a total ace.  Instead I'm still just figuring out the game, and it's all I can do to pull off a victory on the large Prospector maps.  :)

I once did so crappy that I accidentally earned an achievement because one of my orbitals went up into space (because it was over-run) and I sprayed AC on creeper everywhere.  But hey, I'm having fun, and I earned the 49er badge, so I'm making progress Prospecting. 

[warren]

The people with the really good scores, they are often those who have been playing CW1 and TD games for years. If you really want a good time fast, the game, when it comes down to it, is an energy management game. Do experiments: Keep the energy between empty and full perpetually; how long can you go without building weapons; what is the cost to energy ratio each of collectors and reactors; what is the creeper destroyed to energy ratio of each of the weapons.

Play for speed on some of the maps in colonial space that have many times below 1:30. They require the discovery, usually, of only about six steps that are optimally efficient.

And abuse the pause button.