Weekly 5-Map Tournament - Gravity - closing 25 Nov 2012

[SmileyCoder]

LOL!
I just real carefully re-played #3 and managed to beat Wheatmidge's time...unfortunately, Smiley was playing at the same time.
Great score.

Sorry!

Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Downwards Gravity 2	Upwards Gravity 2	Right Gravity 28	No Gravity 16	Left Gravity 34	Total Score	Total Time
1	TheSmileyCoder	12035	11792	11739	11884	12176	59626	22:46
2	Wheatmidge	11987	11821	11590	11904	12121	59423	24:12
3	Helper	12072	11606	11642	11496	12043	58859	27:33
4	ctuna	11816	11559	11307	11476	11925	58083	33:55
5	Atomicfrog	11647	11020	11294	10770	11418	56149	42:07
6	inept_celt	11431	9762	10399	10346	11241	53179	74:53
7	rob3k	11670	10166	10380		11447	43663
8	Ronini	11506	10124	9913		11154	42697
9	Amram	11852	11399				23251
10	Sushiman118	8311			10057		18368
11	mopa42	11897					11897

Scores recorded at 2012-11-22 16:45:48 forum time.

[Helper]

Sorry!

Not a problem - until I learn how to play with Experimentals, I'll never win one of these. Something about 'Magic Mirrors' is eluding me.
:)

[SmileyCoder]

The key to magic mirrors is off course the correct placement, but also do use the frame key "n" to sometimes step through the game frame by frame, as this allows you to control the beam without creeper slipping through the cracks.

I hope that wheatmidge will make a renewed appearance. His/her scores this week is very impressive, and I must admit to feeling threatened!

[SmileyCoder]

So, I am off for the weekend. If wheatmidge can rake up a few hundred more points he might take the lead this week. (Thats a challenge for you!)

[ctuna]

The key to magic mirrors is off course the correct placement, but also do use the frame key "n" to sometimes step through the game frame by frame, as this allows you to control the beam without creeper slipping through the cracks.

I've struggled with mirror placement - it seems to take many more mirrors than it "should" to give me any satisfactory results. Also, I've tried the frame key, without seeing much benefit. Thanks to several helpful hints in the past, I've been able to improve, but obviously there's room for more. I wouldn't mind a short example of either, if anyone has the time.

[Wheatmidge]

Sorry!

Not a problem - until I learn how to play with Experimentals, I'll never win one of these. Something about 'Magic Mirrors' is eluding me.
:)

For my time on No Gravity I didn't use a dark beam. So mirrors weren't an issue.

[Helper]

Whoa Nellie!
That picture is just flat amazing...
I might have to give it another go.

Thanks for posting.

[SmileyCoder]

Congratulations to Wheatmidge who managed to squeze past me!
Results Per Player


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Rank	Name	Downwards Gravity 2	Upwards Gravity 2	Right Gravity 28	No Gravity 16	Left Gravity 34	Total Score	Total Time
1	Wheatmidge	12039	11821	11767	11904	12121	59652	22:35
2	TheSmileyCoder	12047	11792	11739	11884	12176	59638	22:26
3	Helper	12072	11606	11677	11609	12043	59007	27:12
4	mopa42	11897	11494	11644	11498	12000	58533	30:35
5	ctuna	11996	11559	11307	11476	11925	58263	32:41
6	Atomicfrog	11918	11020	11337	10770	11418	56463	41:38
7	inept_celt	11461	10173	10399	10346	11241	53620	71:52
8	UoADeadeye	11374	10556	10287	10013	10752	52982	76:58
9	Ronini	11506	10124	9913	9988	11154	52685	77:11
10	rob3k	11670	10166	10380		11447	43663
11	Amram	11852	11399				23251
12	Sushiman118	8311			10057		18368

Scores recorded at 2012-11-26 01:46:52 forum time.

[Helper]

Congratulations to you both.

A 9 second overall time win for you and a 14 point game win for him. Has to be one of the closest ever.

@Wheatmidge - I tried to duplicate the screen capture you posted (No Gravity) and can't begin to get there. Now that the game is over, would you mind posting a couple more - say at about 00:15 and 00:30?

Looking forward to your game selection this week.

[SmileyCoder]

I will take my revenge in this life or the next! muhahah evil laugh and all that.

Yup, looking forward to the next batch.

[rob3k]

Congratulations to you both.

A 9 second overall time win for you and a 14 point game win for him. Has to be one of the closest ever.

@Wheatmidge - I tried to duplicate the screen capture you posted (No Gravity) and can't begin to get there. Now that the game is over, would you mind posting a couple more - say at about 00:15 and 00:30?

Looking forward to your game selection this week.

I'd love to see those as well. Truth be told, I didn't get very close to beating this map no matter what I tried over a dozen or so attempts.

[Ronini]

Congratulations to you both.

A 9 second overall time win for you and a 14 point game win for him. Has to be one of the closest ever.

@Wheatmidge - I tried to duplicate the screen capture you posted (No Gravity) and can't begin to get there. Now that the game is over, would you mind posting a couple more - say at about 00:15 and 00:30?

Looking forward to your game selection this week.

I'd love to see those as well. Truth be told, I didn't get very close to beating this map no matter what I tried over a dozen or so attempts.

I had the same problem, until I realised I could build experimentals on this one (thanks to your mirror discussion ^^). Still took me three more tries, but I finally managed to beat it.

[rob3k]

Congratulations to you both.

A 9 second overall time win for you and a 14 point game win for him. Has to be one of the closest ever.

@Wheatmidge - I tried to duplicate the screen capture you posted (No Gravity) and can't begin to get there. Now that the game is over, would you mind posting a couple more - say at about 00:15 and 00:30?

Looking forward to your game selection this week.

I'd love to see those as well. Truth be told, I didn't get very close to beating this map no matter what I tried over a dozen or so attempts.

I had the same problem, until I realised I could build experimentals on this one (thanks to your mirror discussion ^^). Still took me three more tries, but I finally managed to beat it.

I kept getting overrun even with the dark beam. Couldn't get enough reactors up to keep it running. I only played around with mirrors on one of the attempts, so I guess that was where I blew it.

What did you use to keep the creeper and drones at bay while building up to the dark beam? I used shields and some blasters and experimented with anywhere from 0 to 5 or 6 repulsors.

[Ronini]

What did you use to keep the creeper and drones at bay while building up to the dark beam? I used shields and some blasters and experimented with anywhere from 0 to 5 or 6 repulsors.

There most certainly are better ways:
I started with digging for the green and white crystal (those close together), moved the ship back to dig for the other green one and the technytes. Built four blaster, reactors and the dark beam and some mirrors. I let the beam fire upwards, then turn it to the left, then down and then to the left again, so it would cut through the creeper right above the three holes. Gradually kept on building more reactors, but slowly. Kept the dark beam running all the time so it would go on and off, but keep firing for longer spells as I added more reactors. The blaster took care of the creeper above the beam, keeping it at bay. Dug for the ore deposit, built a miner and a maker. By then the beam was firing continously. Then proceeded from there.

[Helper]

This is the start to my version. At about 2:09 I was able to start the DB full time. 4-5 Blasters will keep the Drones and Creeper at bay.