Knuckle Cracker

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I actually owned a '55 Chevy.
Candy Apple red and immaculate.
I had hopes of it being a chick magnet...but it turned out to be a ticket magnet.

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:
Top 5 Cars of All Time

Map Name:	Size:	Complexity:	Picture
1932 Ford V8	Small	High	(http://i49.tinypic.com/1gro8p.jpg)
1959 Austin Mini	Small	Low	(http://i50.tinypic.com/34j6vr9.jpg)
1955 Chevrolet	Medium	Medium	(http://i45.tinypic.com/n6erfl.jpg)
1938 Volkswagen Beetle	Small	Medium	(http://i48.tinypic.com/29nuv47.jpg)
1964  Porsche  911	Large	High	(http://i47.tinypic.com/28wf80.jpg)

Added some images - hope you don't mind. -G.

No 'Stang?

@G -
Pictures would be outstanding, but they aren't displaying in Firefox and IE 9 has the famous empty block with a red 'x' in it.

@deety -
A lot of debate on that, but my girlfriend at the time had brand new '66 Mustang (her name was NOT Sally) and she dumped me for a civilian. I then started dating a contortionist in a Mini Cooper...but this is a family forum, so details cannot be discussed. To make a short story long, no stangs allowed.
:)

ROFL...thanks for the smile. 

Quote from: Helper on January 21, 2013, 02:59:21 PM
@G -
Pictures would be outstanding, but they aren't displaying in Firefox and IE 9 has the famous empty block with a red 'x' in it.

OK, I did it "the proper" way and the images show up everywhere I tested, which indeed they did not before I made some changes. If it isn't working, I'll just delete them :)

Outstanding - working with both browsers.
Ahh...the memories.

An excellent first day of competition!
Four different Gold Medalists.

32 scores, 8 players.

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	1932 Ford V8	1959 Austin Mini	1955 Chevrolet	1938 Volkswagen Beetle	1964  Porsche  911	Total Score	Total Time
1	Helper	11512	11542	11355	11791	11177	57377	32:16
2	asmussen	11280	11617	11064	12169	10888	57018	35:51
3	Atomicfrog	11111	11466	11362	11658	11385	56982	34:46
4	Gu250	10694	11483	9215	11622	10588	53602	54:51
5	inept_celt	10318	11362	9823	11560	9447	52510	78:16
6	ea3401		11607	11744			23351
7	dt42	11279	11508				22787
8	Ronini	10197	11217				21414

Scores recorded at 2013-01-22 05:13:08 forum time.

Update & a bump.
Lots of changes overnight - excellent new scores posted.

36 scores, 10 players.

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	1932 Ford V8	1959 Austin Mini	1955 Chevrolet	1938 Volkswagen Beetle	1964  Porsche  911	Total Score	Total Time
1	asmussen	11280	11617	11405	12169	11564	58035	27:16
2	dt42	11279	11508	11307	11892	11455	57441	30:06
3	Helper	11512	11542	11355	11791	11177	57377	32:16
4	Atomicfrog	11111	11466	11362	11658	11385	56982	34:46
5	Gu250	10694	11567	9215	11622	10588	53686	54:19
6	inept_celt	10475	11437	10117	11560	9897	53486	67:13
7	ea3401		11607	11744			23351
8	Ronini	10197	11217				21414
9	iqbal		10202				10202
10	fakepass		10187				10187

Scores recorded at 2013-01-23 05:04:48 forum time.

All:
FYI - Grauniad has created a Wiki entry for tracking the Players and Scores for this on-going tournament:

I've just finished updating it, but this isn't something I've done before. Please check it out.

http://knucklecracker.com/wiki/doku.php?id=cw2:weekly_5_map_tournament&#player_standings

Now that I look at it, that Player standings chard could possibly do with a new column for competitions where the palyer did not get a medal. What caught my eye and made me pause was when I saw that the total was larger than the sum of the first three columns.

Edit: But if we are going to discuss this more, we should move this since it's off-topic.

Lots more action and the scores are really tightening up.

44 scores, 13 players.

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	1932 Ford V8	1959 Austin Mini	1955 Chevrolet	1938 Volkswagen Beetle	1964  Porsche  911	Total Score	Total Time
1	Helper	11512	11542	11637	12207	11646	58544	23:27
2	asmussen	11341	11617	11405	12169	11564	58096	26:49
3	dt42	11373	11539	11307	11903	11455	57577	28:31
4	Atomicfrog	11111	11466	11362	11658	11385	56982	34:46
5	Gu250	11041	11567	10860	11917	10737	56122	42:10
6	inept_celt	10475	11453	10452	11755	10463	54598	55:12
7	Ronini	10197	11342		11600	9981	43120
8	ea3401		11607	11868	12268		35743
9	Blue Dwarf	10540	11419				21959
10	ctuna			11100		10666	21766
11	Loyal		11097				11097
12	iqbal		10202				10202
13	fakepass		10187				10187

Scores recorded at 2013-01-25 05:29:17 forum time.

Result chart (above post) updated.

Heading into the home stretch, the big question is whether Shawn will hold on to that Gold Medal in the Austin Mini game.

[EDIT to correct name.]

Shawn, not Sean. I think he will.

Quote from: ea3401 on January 25, 2013, 05:52:12 AM
Shawn, not Sean. I think he will.

Got it - thanks.

I am a long time player but new to the boards. Do I need to do something to play the tournament other than go to the Code section of the game and paste the map name in and select the correct size and difficulty? I promise not to knock anyone from their perch. I am more of a methodical player than an efficiency player.

@MizInIA,
Welcome! Always good to have a Hawkeye hanging around :-)
You describe the process correctly - just make sure that you have your user name typed into the box when you record the score.

If you have finished any other games with your name displayed in the scoring table, then you probably already know this.

Post back for clarification.

Awesome. I am going to give these maps a whirl over the weekend. This will be my first attempt at the Code section of the game. I just never understood that part until I started reading through the forums.

Good stuff!
Keep in mind that each week's game closes at Midnight (2400 Hours) "Forum time", every Sunday.

Image attached to clarify submitting score so your "Player Name" is displayed in the results.

Saturday morning results. The number of participants continues to grow - good stuff!

50 scores, 14 players.
Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	1932 Ford V8	1959 Austin Mini	1955 Chevrolet	1938 Volkswagen Beetle	1964  Porsche  911	Total Score	Total Time
1	Helper	11512	11542	11637	12207	11646	58544	23:27
2	asmussen	11341	11617	11633	12169	11564	58324	25:06
3	dt42	11373	11539	11453	11919	11455	57739	27:22
4	Atomicfrog	11111	11466	11362	11658	11385	56982	34:46
5	Gu250	11041	11567	10860	11917	10737	56122	42:10
6	inept_celt	10475	11453	10452	11755	10463	54598	55:12
7	Ronini	10197	11342	9521	11600	9981	52641	75:26
8	MizInIA	9846	9730	9872	10831		40279
9	ea3401		11607	11868	12268		35743
10	Blue Dwarf	10540	11419	11314			33273
11	ctuna			11126		10666	21792
12	Loyal		11097				11097
13	iqbal		10202				10202
14	fakepass		10187				10187

Scores recorded at 2013-01-26 05:14:22 forum time.

@MizInIA,
Congratulations on finishing the entire series.
Nicely done.

55 scores, 15 players.
Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	1932 Ford V8	1959 Austin Mini	1955 Chevrolet	1938 Volkswagen Beetle	1964  Porsche  911	Total Score	Total Time
1	Helper	11512	11542	11637	12207	11646	58544	23:27
2	asmussen	11341	11617	11633	12169	11564	58324	25:06
3	dt42	11373	11539	11453	11919	11455	57739	27:22
4	Atomicfrog	11111	11466	11362	11658	11385	56982	34:46
5	Gu250	11041	11567	10860	11917	10737	56122	42:10
6	inept_celt	10475	11453	10452	11755	10463	54598	55:12
7	Ronini	10197	11342	9521	11600	9981	52641	75:26
8	MizInIA	9846	9730	9872	10831	9061	49340	92:02
9	ea3401		11607	11868	12268		35743
10	mopa42	11445	11601	11526			34572
11	Blue Dwarf	10540	11419	11314			33273
12	ctuna	11458		11126		10666	33250
13	Loyal		11097				11097
14	iqbal		10202				10202
15	fakepass		10187				10187

Scores recorded at 2013-01-26 18:26:15 forum time.

One of our busiest games in quite a while.

61 scores, 16 players.

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	1932 Ford V8	1959 Austin Mini	1955 Chevrolet	1938 Volkswagen Beetle	1964  Porsche  911	Total Score	Total Time
1	Helper	11537	11542	11692	12207	11646	58624	22:52
2	asmussen	11341	11617	11702	12169	11564	58393	24:36
3	dt42	11373	11539	11453	11919	11455	57739	27:22
4	Atomicfrog	11111	11466	11362	11658	11385	56982	34:46
5	ctuna	11458	11583	11126	12070	10666	56903	37:05
6	Gu250	11041	11567	10860	11917	10737	56122	42:10
7	inept_celt	10475	11453	10452	11755	10463	54598	55:12
8	Ronini	10197	11342	9521	11600	9981	52641	75:26
9	MizInIA	9846	9730	9872	10831	9061	49340	92:02
10	ea3401	11594	11607	11868	12268		47337
11	mopa42	11445	11601	11526			34572
12	Blue Dwarf	10540	11419	11314			33273
13	samefaen	11215	11362	10625			33202
14	Loyal		11097				11097
15	iqbal		10202				10202
16	fakepass		10187				10187

Scores recorded at 2013-01-27 21:00:43 forum time.

This will be my last post of the night.
If someone else is around at midnight (forum time), please post if there are any changes.
Thank you.

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	1932 Ford V8	1959 Austin Mini	1955 Chevrolet	1938 Volkswagen Beetle	1964  Porsche  911	Total Score	Total Time
1	Helper	11537	11542	11692	12207	11646	58624	22:52
2	asmussen	11341	11617	11702	12169	11564	58393	24:36
3	dt42	11373	11539	11453	11919	11455	57739	27:22
4	Atomicfrog	11111	11466	11362	11658	11385	56982	34:46
5	ctuna	11458	11583	11126	12070	10666	56903	37:05
6	Gu250	11041	11567	10860	11917	10737	56122	42:10
7	inept_celt	10475	11453	10452	11755	10463	54598	55:12
8	Ronini	10197	11342	9521	11600	9981	52641	75:26
9	MizInIA	9846	9730	9872	10831	9061	49340	92:02
10	ea3401	11594	11607	11868	12268		47337
11	mopa42	11445	11601	11526			34572
12	Blue Dwarf	10540	11419	11314			33273
13	samefaen	11215	11362	10625			33202
14	Loyal		11097				11097
15	iqbal		10202				10202
16	fakepass		10187				10187

Scores recorded at 2013-01-27 21:00:43 forum time.

If I understand the rules correctly, I think this means that the next tournament is for dt42 to pick.

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	1932 Ford V8	1959 Austin Mini	1955 Chevrolet	1938 Volkswagen Beetle	1964  Porsche  911	Total Score	Total Time
1	Helper	11537	11542	11692	12207	11646	58624	22:52
2	asmussen	11404	11617	11702	12169	11564	58456	24:09
3	dt42	11373	11539	11453	11919	11455	57739	27:22
4	Atomicfrog	11111	11466	11362	11658	11385	56982	34:46
5	ctuna	11458	11583	11126	12070	10666	56903	37:05
6	Gu250	11041	11567	10860	11917	10737	56122	42:10
7	inept_celt	10475	11453	10452	11755	10463	54598	55:12
8	Ronini	10197	11342	9521	11600	9981	52641	75:26
9	MizInIA	9846	9730	9872	10831	9061	49340	92:02
10	ea3401	11594	11607	11868	12268		47337
11	mopa42	11445	11601	11526			34572
12	Blue Dwarf	10540	11419	11314			33273
13	samefaen	11215	11362	10625			33202
14	Loyal		11097				11097
15	iqbal		10202				10202
16	fakepass		10187				10187

Scores recorded at 2013-01-28 00:21:47 forum time.

Looks like I missed the deadline (my scores for maps 4 and 5 do not count).

@mopa42 - I manually adjusted the results and updated the wiki. I was going to ping you yesterday as a friendly reminder that you were hanging fire - my bad.

@asmussen - The Bronze finisher only sets the game if the Gold and Silver were the same for two consecutive weeks. You've got the honors, so give us some Creeper to crush.  :)

NOTE: from the original thread:
"- When the tournament has been won by the same player as last week the runner up (#2) will pick the next theme to ensure themes & maps will be picked by different people.
- When this runner up already picked last weeks theme (same top 2 twice), the number three will pick the theme + maps
- When this number three already picked last weeks theme (same top 3 three times), the winner will pick the theme + maps again"

Link to the CW Wiki:
http://knucklecracker.com/wiki/doku.php?id=cw2:weekly_5_map_tournament&#the_weekly_5-map_tournament

I wasn't quite sure how to interpret that rule, because last week was a situation that didn't really seem to be anticipated by the rules. The rule goes:

- When this runner up already picked last weeks theme (same top 2 twice), the number three will pick the theme + maps

It says the part about the runner up already picked last weeks theme, and then the part in parenthesis clarifies how this would happen. Last week, because I picked the theme for Wheatmidge without actually being the winner of the previous tournament, I wasn't sure which part of the rule would apply. I'm ok with doing it though. I'll post something in a little while.

Quote from: asmussen on January 28, 2013, 11:35:36 AM
I wasn't quite sure how to interpret that rule, ...

Concur - a bit of a grey area.
I think the intention is to prevent the same person from doing two weeks in a row.

If deety is already working up a new game, I'd say the first one to post it should go for it. It would probably be a good idea for all of us to have one ready to go - and be able to throw it out there as soon as the result come in.

We had a lot of players this past week and it would be great to keep them active in the new one.

EDIT:
The next map in the submission queue isn't due for release for about 9 hours, so a new game will give us something to do until then.

I just assumed I had no chance, so didn't even check till now.  Please, go ahead and pick a new one.  And, Helper, I made it to within 1 second of you one of last week's games.  :)   I am inching upwards very slowly...

Quote from: deety42 on January 28, 2013, 01:19:46 PM
And, Helper, I made it to within 1 second of you one of last week's games.  :)   I am inching upwards very slowly...

Outstanding! and  8)