Knuckle Cracker

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) (http://knucklecracker.com/wiki/doku.php?id=cw2:weekly_5_map_tournament)
Code Map Scoreboard (http://knucklecracker.com/creeperworld2/viewscores.php)
Tournament Score Tool (http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=7477.0)

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.

H



   
   
   
   
   
   

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

Great choices!

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.

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.

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.

@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.

H

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Quote from: MadMurphy on March 28, 2013, 12:47:47 PM
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.
:) :)

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.

Lots of action overnight. Here's the latest:

15 players with 52 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	Cinth	11339	11763	10681			33783
10	UoADeadeye	11365	11230	10712			33307
11	dt42	11621	12036				23657
12	MadMurphy	11577			11057		22634
13	ea3401				12316		12316
14	Gu250	11760					11760
15	empty	10962					10962

Scores recorded at 2013-03-29 04:07:04 forum time.

Ran out of idea for getting those few extra seconds to beat your score on AG, Helper..  5 different runs (slightly different methods) have all produced the exact same score lol.

I'll settle with knowing that my time is pretty fast for that board :)  (I'm sure someone out there can beat it though :p)

Quote from: Cinth on March 29, 2013, 06:59:40 PM
Ran out of idea ...

Maybe my screeny can help a little bit. Try packet speed upgrade.

Did ya check the scores lol.  I was 12 points off Helper's score.  You busted my time by ~4 sec though, nice job there.

I'll give it another go for sure ;)

Yeah, I used both batches of tech for PS upgrades.  I do see something I didn't do in your SS though.

Edit: Within 50 points and a few seconds :)

Oh! I just cut 20 seconds off to be on the safe side.  :)

Quote from: ea3401 on March 30, 2013, 04:01:49 AM
Oh! I just cut 20 seconds off to be on the safe side.  :)

Now that was just mean .... TBH, I'm not entirely sure HOW I posted my time... just sorta clicked (lol).

The standings as of Saturday.

15 players with 58 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	11782	12007	11647	10754	10538	56728	51:12
4	Gu250	11760	11929	11199	11231	10422	56541	51:36
5	Hunter Seeker	11534	11974	11446	10698	10717	56369	50:45
6	inept_celt	11588	11719	11248	10063	9291	53909	80:01
7	MizInIA	11293	11856	10827	9572	8736	52284	97:29
8	dhc	11251	11456	10867	9316	9266	52156	96:53
9	ctuna	11781	12193		11290	11163	46427
10	dt42	11621	12036	11558			35215
11	Cinth	11923	11888	10914			34725
12	UoADeadeye	11365	11230	10712			33307
13	ea3401	11973			12316		24289
14	MadMurphy	11577			11057		22634
15	empty	10962					10962

Scores recorded at 2013-03-30 07:57:29 forum time.

Quote from: ea3401 on March 30, 2013, 04:01:49 AM
Oh! I just cut 20 seconds off to be on the safe side.  :)

.8 sec and 50 points off your time/score.  All in all, I can live with that.  That was a fun back and forth. 

Posting current results.
If anyone is around at midnight (tonight) forum time, please post the final scoreboard.

H

16 players with 64 scores

NOTE: Those 16 players include our good friend "M.T." - he does show up from time to time.
:)

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	ctuna	11862	12193	11661	11290	11163	58169	38:19
3	Atomicfrog	11802	12250	11593	11363	11146	58154	37:56
4	asmussen	11782	12007	11647	10754	10538	56728	51:12
5	Gu250	11760	11929	11199	11231	10422	56541	51:36
6	Hunter Seeker	11534	11974	11446	10698	10717	56369	50:45
7	inept_celt	11588	11719	11248	10063	9291	53909	80:01
8	Cinth	11925	11888	10914	9896	8879	53502	85:21
9	MizInIA	11293	11856	10827	9572	8736	52284	97:29
10	dhc	11251	11456	10867	9316	9266	52156	96:53
11	Tiuipuv	11706	12195	11609			35510
12	dt42	11621	12036	11558			35215
13	UoADeadeye	11365	11230	10712			33307
14	ea3401	11973			12316		24289
15	MadMurphy	11577			11057		22634
16	empty	10962					10962

Scores recorded at 2013-03-31 16:35:38 forum time.

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	ctuna	11862	12193	11661	11290	11163	58169	38:19
3	Atomicfrog	11802	12250	11593	11363	11146	58154	37:56
4	asmussen	11782	12007	11647	10754	10538	56728	51:12
5	Gu250	11760	11929	11199	11231	10422	56541	51:36
6	Hunter Seeker	11534	11974	11446	10698	10717	56369	50:45
7	inept_celt	11588	11719	11248	10063	9291	53909	80:01
8	Cinth	11925	11888	10914	9896	8879	53502	85:21
9	MizInIA	11293	11856	10827	9572	8736	52284	97:29
10	dhc	11251	11456	10867	9316	9266	52156	96:53
11	Tiuipuv	11706	12195	11609			35510
12	dt42	11621	12036	11558			35215
13	UoADeadeye	11365	11230	10712			33307
14	ea3401	11973			12316		24289
15	MadMurphy	11577			11057		22634
16	Archie Goodwin		11628				11628
17	Inky	11256					11256
18	Fritz Brenner			11103			11103
19	empty	10962					10962

Scores recorded at 2013-04-01 00:10:27 forum time.

Shawn - thanks for the assist.

I see that some new players tried to get in the game, but got too late a start. Maybe next time.

Charlie Tuna is in the hot seat for the new game. Have some fun.

H

Whoo hooo! My score lasted and netted me a silver :) (for one board). 

I wonder if ea noticed I bested his time on AG :)