Weekly history tournament - Mars exploration (Closing Jan 22)

Katra · January 17, 2011, 05:39:01 PM

This weeks topic was selected by Katra.


Map	Date	Information

1.	July 14, 1965	First successful flyby of Mars by Mariner 4
2.	November 14, 1971	Mariner 9 orbits Mars (First space probe to orbit another planet.).
3.	July 20, 1976	Viking 1 lands on Mars
4.	September 19, 1976	Viking 2 lands on Mars.
5.	January 4, 2004	Spirit rover landed on Mars.

The winner (best total score) gets to pick next weeks theme.
If we have the same winner as last week, the runner up (#2)
will pick the theme.

See here for the rules, an overview of themes and previous
tournaments and the overall ranking.

Please post your progress/total scores in this topic, to ease
calculations at the end of the week.

Michionlion · January 17, 2011, 10:46:33 PM

Technically it should be Spirit and Opportunity but whatever... I have decided to finally participate in a tournament so my scores will go in this post soon.

Here's my times and scores. May be subject to change... ;)

Map #1 Time: 10:38 Score: 8494
Map #2 Time: 2:10 Score: 9651
Map #3 Time: 10:11 Score: 8548
Map #4 Time: 7:19 Score: 8913
Map #5 Time: 15:05 Score: 7991
Total: Time: 45:23 Score: 43,597

thepenguin · January 18, 2011, 08:58:56 AM

Quote from: Michionlion on January 17, 2011, 10:46:33 PM
Technically it should be Spirit and Opportunity but whatever... I have decided to finally participate in a tournament so my scores will go in this post soon.

technically, they landed on different days

Michionlion · January 18, 2011, 09:25:38 AM

well....

Katra · January 18, 2011, 12:08:17 PM

Correct. Spirit and Opportunity landed on different days; and opposite sides of the planet. Opportunity was one of two alternate dates I didn't use. Mars Pathfinder/Sojourner rover was the other.

Wally · January 18, 2011, 12:49:24 PM

Just for the record, I can't believe I've beaten Michionlion !

Rank   Player   Score   Time   Total Missions
1   Katra   9777   1 min 22 sec   1
2   Wally   9727   1 min 41 sec   1
3   Michionlion   9651   2 min 10 sec   1

Michionlion · January 18, 2011, 01:03:35 PM

Quote from: Wally on January 18, 2011, 12:49:24 PM
Just for the record, I can't believe I've beaten Michionlion !

Rank   Player   Score   Time   Total Missions
1   Katra   9777   1 min 22 sec   1
2   Wally   9727   1 min 41 sec   1
3   Michionlion   9651   2 min 10 sec   1

Well, i'm not an expert at completing maps fast... but that was an easy one. I'll probably improve it sometime...

ctuna · January 22, 2011, 01:58:15 PM


Map	Date	Score	Time

1.	July 14, 1965	8930	7:11
2.	November 14, 1971	9779	1:21
3.	July 20, 1976	9197	5:14
4.	September 19, 1976	9111	5:51
5.	January 4, 2004	8789	8:16

TOTAL:		45806	27:53

edit= score update

Michionlion · January 23, 2011, 06:47:29 PM

a little bit late on the time posting katra?

Katra · January 24, 2011, 02:42:13 AM

Thought I'd have time to improve a score or two; but things got busy. ::)

July 14, 1965 8797 8:12
Nov 14, 1971 9777 1:22
July 20, 1976 8838 7:53
Sept 19, 1976 8990 6:44
Jan 4, 2004 8676 9:09

Total 45078

Katra · January 24, 2011, 08:04:47 PM

Tournament results


Rank	Player	Score

1.	ctuna	45806
2.	Katra	45078
3.	Michionlion	43597
4.	chretip	43383
5.	Pezzle	35412*
6.	Wally	26173*

* did not finish all maps

ctuna · January 24, 2011, 09:17:19 PM

These were fun maps for me; thanks, Katra.

Sorry the screenshots took so long. Most are, I think, self-explanatory. I got the snapshot late on map 4. I had moved OC from the large central island to bridge the upper right totem, and was shuffling back and forth using the original position of OC when the connection was made. I welcome any comments or questions.

My selected theme for next week's tournament is an unusual one, here http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=5870.0.