Knuckle Cracker

I recently found this show (re-runs) and started watching it. All of the characters remind me of actual people I've worked with in the past - the guys as well as the gals.

I briefly opened each game to make sure it was playable and hope that they turn out to be fun also.

Last week was a real barn-burner and am looking forward to this week.



   
   
   
   
   
   

Map Name:	Size:	Complexity:
Dr. Beverly Hofstadter	Small	Medium
Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler	Medium	Low
Dr. Leslie Winkle	Medium	Medium
Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz	Medium	High
Penny (from Nebraska)	Large	High

A few useful links:
All Tournaments (http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=7410.0)
Code Map Scoreboard (http://knucklecracker.com/creeperworld2/viewscores.php)
Tournament Score Tool (http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=7477.0)

Theme:
"Big Bang Theory" (Wimmens)

rawr, the game is on!

First blood - but lots of room for improvement.

Penny was easy (but we knew that already).

I will update this post as the week goes on to show the recap.
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Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Dr. Beverly Hofstadter	Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler	Dr. Leslie Winkle	Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz	Penny (from Nebraska)	Total Score	Total Time
1	TheSmileyCoder	12152	11658	12436	11815	11983	60044	28:42
2	mopa42	12147	11620	12456	11321	12275	59819	30:35
3	Helper	12124	11547	12378	11419	12038	59506	32:47
4	dt42	11957	11411	12270	11240	12090	58968	36:46
5	franke99	11913	11068	11869	9606	11215	55671	68:04
6	UoADeadeye	11803	11080	11473	9600	10322	54278	81:28
7	ctuna	12172	11439	12346		11563	47520
8	inept_celt	11738	11026	11973		10994	45731
9	J	11811	11383	12211	9844		45249
10	MiquelFire	10390	10568				20958
11	Wheatmidge	12081					12081

Scores recorded at 2012-10-07 06:54:44 forum time.

Step up your game. I will be pretty much out for the rest of the week, I have a free online Access webinar to host tomorrow, and then I have a busy weekend.

Quote from: SmileyCoder on October 03, 2012, 04:32:15 PM
Step up your game.

I've got to take another run at all of them - especially #4!
I think I'm playing way too cautiously and just need to jump in there and kick some tookus.

Don't want to be rude or anything...but I am glad to get some breathing room for the next couple of days. :)

Yeah, I'd love to watch Smiley play map #4.  But I love the theme...

Quote from: deety42 on October 04, 2012, 10:32:17 PM
Yeah, I'd love to watch Smiley play map #4.  But I love the theme...

There you go. A bit slower then my record, but when I play for time I might save/load a bit more and that would just be boring to watch. The video is accelerated 500%. The music is crap I know, but its the only stuff I actually have rights to to share :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkjsrDwwWaQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkjsrDwwWaQ)

Wow!  Thanks.  That was mind-boggling. The best I could do was destroy the first emitter on the left at 7 minutes.  You were mostly done by then.  Time to go study that video more closely.  I don't use shields nearly that much...

I would say shields are essential when you first open a chamber, and when fighting emitters in fields. They help you "hold" your position.

A primer on how to use Shields. I only had them up top to hold while I built up my energy/weapons.
Great display - thanks.

Great game going this week.
11 Players
43 Scores
4 different players with "Best Time" in a game.

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Dr. Beverly Hofstadter	Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler	Dr. Leslie Winkle	Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz	Penny (from Nebraska)	Total Score	Total Time
1	TheSmileyCoder	12152	11658	12436	11815	11983	60044	28:42
2	Helper	12163	11620	12470	11419	12175	59847	30:18
3	mopa42	12147	11620	12456	11321	12275	59819	30:35
4	dt42	11957	11411	12437	11240	12090	59135	35:33
5	franke99	11913	11068	11869	9606	11215	55671	68:04
6	inept_celt	11738	11026	12036	9496	10994	55290	71:58
7	UoADeadeye	11803	11080	11473	9600	10322	54278	81:28
8	ctuna	12172	11439	12346		11563	47520
9	J	11811	11383	12211	9844		45249
10	MiquelFire	10390	10568				20958
11	Wheatmidge	12081					12081

Scores recorded at 2012-10-07 21:14:21 forum time.

I believe this is the final scores for last week:
Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Dr. Beverly Hofstadter	Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler	Dr. Leslie Winkle	Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz	Penny (from Nebraska)	Total Score	Total Time
1	TheSmileyCoder	12152	11658	12436	11815	11983	60044	28:42
2	Helper	12163	11620	12470	11419	12175	59847	30:18
3	mopa42	12147	11620	12456	11321	12275	59819	30:35
4	dt42	11957	11411	12437	11240	12090	59135	35:33
5	franke99	11913	11068	11869	9606	11215	55671	68:04
6	inept_celt	11738	11026	12036	9496	10994	55290	71:58
7	UoADeadeye	11803	11080	11473	9600	10322	54278	81:28
8	ctuna	12172	11439	12346		11563	47520
9	J	11811	11383	12211	9844		45249
10	MiquelFire	10390	10568				20958
11	Wheatmidge	12081					12081

Best scores in Bold.
Scores recorded at 2012-10-08 02:17:19 forum time.

SC - thanks the update post.

This was quite a week with some great competition and very close scores. The best score in several games changed hands frequently - except in Mission #4 (an amazing example of Shields & Fields in the YouTube video).

Passing the ball back to TheSmileyCoder to create the current game.

Well done all!

I was getting quite scared sunday, as I saw several of your total scores rapidly moving towards mine. I was worried this morning as I got up that some of you would have passed my overnight.

Yes, interesting week once again. I have a theme in mind for next week "Doctor Who", now I just need time to sit down and look at the maps so I can select some interesting ones.

Quote from: SmileyCoder on October 08, 2012, 06:14:18 AM
I have a theme in mind for next week "Doctor Who",

Hmmm...I'm trying to think of the screen name of the of the female lead in that movie.
;)

Ooops!
I was thinking of "Doctor No" - an old James Bond movie.
Shouldn't be typing before my second cup of coffee.

Quote from: SmileyCoder on October 08, 2012, 06:14:18 AM
I was getting quite scared sunday, as I saw several of your total scores rapidly moving towards mine.

This game is so interesting. I'll give one a go and 'think' I did pretty well, then someone will post a score with half the time.
Always fun to go back and start again knowing what is 'possible', so I did a fresh start on all of them. I managed to improve my scores in all of them, but "Bernadette" was just a bridge too far.

Well played and I'm looking forward to this week.

Quote from: Helper on October 08, 2012, 10:52:54 AMI'll give one a go and 'think' I did pretty well, then someone will post a score with half the time.

Hehe, I know that feeling.