Knuckle Cracker

This weeks theme will be another tv-show which I am a huge fan of. Doctor Who I just finished watching the 6th season of the latest show revival on Netflix

I do believe all maps are doable, and none of them are "expert" maps. If you want a challenge, go for Riversong on Small/Medium or Small/High.

Last week was another great week in terms of intense competition, the victory did not come easy. Alot of very impressive times by all players.
Theme:
Doctor Who



   
   
   
   
   
   

Map Name:	Size:	Complexity:
Donna       Noble	Large	Medium
Rose Tyler	Large	Low
Martha	Small	High
TARDIS	Medium	High
Rory	Small	Medium

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)

Looks good.
Time to rock and roll!

Scores late tuesday places Helper in a solid lead:
Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Donna       Noble	Rose Tyler	Martha	TARDIS	Rory	Total Score	Total Time
1	Helper	11284	11623	12111		12319	47337
2	franke99	10753	11226			12120	34099
3	dt42	11020				12154	23174
4	UoADeadeye	10064				11548	21612
5	TheSmileyCoder	11852					11852
6	Wheatmidge	11384					11384
7	ctuna	11071					11071

Scores recorded at 2012-10-09 14:19:21 forum time.

"solid lead", but not for long.
I just wanted to get scores in all 5 games in case the submitted maps queue builds up again.
It's been crazy the last couple of weeks.

I can see already that I have to take another run at #1.

Quote from: Helper on October 09, 2012, 04:04:32 PMI can see already that I have to take another run at #1.

And 5 :)

Good fun. I rather enjoyed being in 2nd place for a while. An early start will do that.  :)

Quote from: SmileyCoder on October 09, 2012, 04:09:39 PM
And 5 :)

Shucks!
I was thinking I could break 4:00 on a second go...but 3:17 is a mite quick.
I took a minute off of #1 (but have to find another 2.5 minutes).  :o

franke99 - good to see you make a run at it.

Oh, Look! It's time to replay every single mission. :)

Scores early wednesday:
Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Donna       Noble	Rose Tyler	Martha	TARDIS	Rory	Total Score	Total Time
1	Helper	11405	11623	12111	10677	12368	58184	37:25
2	dt42	11384	11614	12085	10405	12154	57642	41:40
3	franke99	10753	11226	11931	9955	12120	55985	56:02
4	mopa42	11870	11915	12211		12361	48357
5	ctuna	11071		12012		12321	35404
6	TheSmileyCoder	11852			10660	12430	34942
7	Zaggy	10913	11388	11499			33800
8	UoADeadeye	10064				11819	21883
9	Wheatmidge	11384					11384

Scores recorded at 2012-10-10 01:18:23 forum time.

Just when I think I have perfect scores mopa comes in and wrecks them!!!

ok, three levels in a row with left building. I didn't think they were that common. Did you search them out on purpose?

I didn't deliberately go for left building. I tried to find a variety of maps, i.e. at least 1 with fields, 1 with a big cavern, and some with non-standard gravity (I find those funny). I wanted to open up for maps of different strategies.


Results from early Thursday:
Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Donna       Noble	Rose Tyler	Martha	TARDIS	Rory	Total Score	Total Time
1	mopa42	11870	11915	12211	10835	12361	59192	29:40
2	Helper	11433	11830	12270	10677	12368	58578	34:34
3	Wheatmidge	11384	11825	12194	10634	12307	58344	35:38
4	dt42	11452	11729	12085	10405	12154	57825	40:16
5	Zaggy	11196	11388	12035	10737	12198	57554	41:27
6	franke99	10984	11226	11931	9955	12120	56216	53:49
7	TheSmileyCoder	11852		12301	10660	12430	47243
8	ctuna	11071	11630	12012		12321	47034
9	UoADeadeye	10064	10642	11563		11819	44088
10	inept_celt				9556	11848	21404

Scores recorded at 2012-10-11 01:14:30 forum time.

We got us a barn-burner going on this week!

Whats a barnburner?
Results as of late Thursday:
Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Donna       Noble	Rose Tyler	Martha	TARDIS	Rory	Total Score	Total Time
1	TheSmileyCoder	11852	11919	12301	10975	12430	59477	27:36
2	mopa42	11870	11915	12211	10835	12361	59192	29:40
3	Helper	11433	11830	12270	10819	12368	58720	33:24
4	Wheatmidge	11384	11825	12194	10634	12307	58344	35:38
5	dt42	11452	11729	12085	10405	12154	57825	40:16
6	Zaggy	11196	11388	12035	10737	12198	57554	41:27
7	ctuna	11071	11630	12012	10346	12321	57380	44:12
8	franke99	10984	11226	11931	9955	12120	56216	53:49
9	inept_celt		11149	11602	9556	11848	44155
10	UoADeadeye	10064	10642	11563		11819	44088

Scores recorded at 2012-10-11 13:06:22 forum time.

"Whats a barnburner?"

A real horse race, a dog fight, a fur ball...anything indicating a real competition.
:)

Whoa guys, the times you have been putting up the last few weeks are of an astounding quality. I'd love to join you but sadly I have no time. Good to see that these CW2 games are still alive and kicking.

They are amazing times.  Every time I think I have a chance to catch up to one of them, someone posts a time that is minutes better.  So, I keep trying...

I wish I could be more competitive, but my times are just not very close.

Quote from: Tiuipuv on October 12, 2012, 07:10:00 PM
I wish I could be more competitive, but my times are just not very close.

Believe me, faster times are nothing more than experience and learning some of the basic tricks of playing CW2. There are lots of threads that discuss some of the techniques you can try. You should read through them and start your own thread if you want specific advice. The vast majority of the players I've met are willing to share ideas on how to play better/faster...and have more fun.

Really glad to see you join in. I think this is the most active series I have seen. 54 scores and 11 different players.

Good stuff!

I usually play a map through once, somewhat casually, to get a "feel" for each emitter. Then I start over and play it knowing roughly how tough each emitter is, and where the best entry point into a cave might be, and whether to include makers and beams, or if they are not necessary.

If you want, you can watch a video recording I have made from last weeks tournament.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkjsrDwwWaQ

There are also videos showing the start on some of the tougher maps. While the techniques might not be exactly the same as for tournaments, alot of it similar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAWggGasjFQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRobPuHcZ_s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWC7J841tsg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Gw8rqV0NQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tw2RZus_S4

Main points are really, don't starve your energy supplies. Starting 10 reactors at once in the beginning is a bad idea, since it will take quite long for the first of them to finish. Only start reactors you have energy to complete, and in the start focus on energy as long as you can, and only build weapons at the last moment.

Grrr. I have tried 5 times now to beat mopa's time on the first map, without luck.

There finally managed to beat mopa on map 1. And with more then just a few seconds :)

Scores posted mid saturday.
Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Donna       Noble	Rose Tyler	Martha	TARDIS	Rory	Total Score	Total Time
1	TheSmileyCoder	11988	11919	12301	10975	12430	59613	26:35
2	mopa42	11870	11915	12211	10835	12361	59192	29:40
3	Helper	11433	11830	12270	10819	12368	58720	33:24
4	dt42	11499	11729	12085	10749	12282	58344	35:58
5	Wheatmidge	11384	11825	12194	10634	12307	58344	35:38
6	ctuna	11071	11630	12012	10690	12321	57724	41:12
7	Zaggy	11196	11388	12035	10737	12198	57554	41:27
8	Tiuipuv	10657	11717	11149	10755	12075	56353	51:49
9	franke99	10984	11226	11931	9955	12120	56216	53:49
10	inept_celt	10015	11149	11602	9556	11848	54170	72:14
11	UoADeadeye	10112	10642	11563	9626	11819	53762	76:27

Scores recorded at 2012-10-13 07:08:44 forum time.



I think burning barns sounds like a weird competetion.

SmileyCoder, Why are your creeper world videos set to private?

Hi Wheatmidge. They haven't always been set to private, but I have started publishing MS access tutorials and I want to keep the Creeper world videos "clear" from my channel, as I consider the MS access tutorials more of a professional matter, where as CW is just fun and games :P

When they are private (As I understand it) it simply means you need the link to find the video, so you can't search them out, you have to get the link from where I posted it in these forums.

Dam you mopa. I had all 5 top scores this week and you and Wheatmidge just had to go and ruin it!
Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Donna       Noble	Rose Tyler	Martha	TARDIS	Rory	Total Score	Total Time
1	TheSmileyCoder	11988	11919	12301	10975	12430	59613	26:35
2	mopa42	11951	11995	12268	10835	12361	59410	28:08
3	Wheatmidge	11900	11935	12194	10937	12307	59273	28:18
4	Helper	11433	11830	12270	10819	12368	58720	33:24
5	dt42	11499	11729	12085	10749	12282	58344	35:58
6	ctuna	11296	11630	12012	10690	12321	57949	39:13
7	Zaggy	11196	11388	12035	10737	12198	57554	41:27
8	Tiuipuv	10657	11717	11149	10755	12075	56353	51:49
9	franke99	10984	11226	11931	9955	12120	56216	53:49
10	inept_celt	10015	11149	11602	9556	11848	54170	72:14
11	UoADeadeye	10156	10642	11563	9626	11819	53806	75:57

Scores recorded at 2012-10-14 06:37:27 forum time.

Back to work I guess...

I can't even get close on Mission #1 and have too many pending maps in the Map Mod queue to keep trying.

If one of you guys will post a screen grab at about the 2-3 minute mark, I'd like to give it another go tomorrow.
Thanks.

Great playing to the top three guys - good stuff.

Final scores:
Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Donna       Noble	Rose Tyler	Martha	TARDIS	Rory	Total Score	Total Time
1	TheSmileyCoder	11988	11925	12301	10975	12430	59619	26:32
2	mopa42	11951	11995	12268	10835	12361	59410	28:08
3	Wheatmidge	11900	11935	12194	10937	12307	59273	28:18
4	Helper	11522	11919	12270	10995	12368	59074	30:39
5	dt42	11499	11729	12085	10749	12282	58344	35:58
6	ctuna	11296	11630	12138	10690	12321	58075	38:17
7	Zaggy	11196	11388	12035	10737	12198	57554	41:27
8	Tiuipuv	10657	11717	11149	10755	12075	56353	51:49
9	franke99	10984	11226	11931	9955	12120	56216	53:49
10	inept_celt	10015	11200	11637	9556	11891	54299	71:13
11	UoADeadeye	10333	10642	11563	9626	11819	53983	73:57
12	Martin				10692		10692

Scores recorded at 2012-10-15 02:26:18 forum time.

I was kinda hoping for all top scores this week, but then you and mopa just had to go and trash my dreams. Well played.

Anyway, this means it's up to mopa42 to post the next weeks tournament. I am already looking forward to it.

Quote from: SmileyCoder on October 15, 2012, 03:30:08 AM
I am already looking forward to it.

I think you're not the only one...