And for my next trick, I'll invade Poland!

[Farren]

There should be a "Most High Scores" high score table in the arcade. I'm so far ahead of the rest of you useless gits I could go on vacation for three years and I'd probably still have a few.

Of course, most of you probably have a life unlike me, which is a small compensation, I suppose, but can you really claim it for yourself knowing that someone on the southern tip of Africa totally PWNs you anyway?

Without further ado, here is my 12-inch list:

1. Snake Champion, with a score of 1341
2. Enemy Shooting Champion, with a score of 2920
3. Kill Kenny Champion, with a score of 63100
4. Maeda Path Champion, with a score of 9010
5. Rapid Motion Champion, with a score of 410500
6. Radial Snake Champion, with a score of 124
7. Simpsons Shooter Champion, with a score of 2130
8. Frogger Champion, with a score of 5580
9. BlackJack Champion, with a score of 8900
10. Chicken Champion, with a score of 9367
11. Karts Champion, with a score of 130800
12. Moon Patrol Champion, with a score of 13250
13. What-A-Shot Champion, with a score of 67
14. Bloody Pingu Champion, with a score of 1172
15. Just Not Cricket Champion, with a score of 18250
16. Rainman Champion, with a score of 2058
17. Slack Man Champion, with a score of 151850
18. Stuart Champion, with a score of 2690
19. Pingu Slap Champion, with a score of 688
20. Flamingo Drive Champion, with a score of 4607

[livius drusus]

/me shakes her head sadly

Beating up on little old ladies... Have you ever seen such cruelty?

[godfry n. glad]

:yawn:

I feel nothing but pity for you, Farren. That's....pathetic.

godfry

[HelenM]

17. Slack Man Champion, with a score of 151850

Better check that one ;)

Anyway, when are you going to try Candy Tetris? Or did you try it, but couldn't get on the high scores board? :D

Helen

[Farren]

Better check that one ;)

Anyway, when are you going to try Candy Tetris? Or did you try it, but couldn't get on the high scores board? :D

Helen

I must admit I did, but only once :D

[Dingfod]

I think I'll just go kill myself.

[Farren]

:yawn:

I feel nothing but pity for you, Farren. That's....pathetic.

godfry

Oh yeah? No titles, huh? :D

[godfry n. glad]

Oh yeah? No titles, huh? :D

Yup... And damned proud, too.

:D

godfry

[copiae]

18. Stuart Champion, with a score of 2690


not any more =)

[Farren]

Another one nibbling away at the fringes of my Empire. The barbarians are coming!

[Petra]

How's yer bowling?

And for that matter, especially as I know you're as partial to getting smashed as I am, how's yer J2O peeing coming along?

:wink:

[Ex-zombie]

What about Mahjong? You didn't have it on your title list. Too hard for you, is it?

[livius drusus]

What about Mahjong? You didn't have it on your title list. Too hard for you, is it?

Oh he won't take on the real pros. Will ya, Farren? Huh? Huh?

[SharonDee]

What about Mahjong?
We have Mahjong here?! :yes:

Scurrying off to find it...

[Farren]

I got within a five tiles of finishing Mahjong twice. Its a right bastard of a game. I'd rather invade Poland.

[Blake]

Within five tiles? Twice? That's quite a trick, I must say. I've never seen a three-of-a-kind-tile in Mahjong. ;)

Yeah, don't mess with the pros. Snokat tried, but I put paid to that. :glare:

[Farren]

Within five tiles? Twice? That's quite a trick, I must say. I've never seen a three-of-a-kind-tile in Mahjong. ;)

Yeah, don't mess with the pros. Snokat tried, but I put paid to that. :glare:

Nitpicker. I mean within some tiny number I can't remember. I'm going to have to take that frogger title away from you for that.

[Blake]

You can do your frog-hoppinest-best, I can do better. Then I'll go take away Zoe's vB Frogger title too, and I'll be Dual King of the Frogs.

I've got 11. You've still got 17? Hmm ... so take three of yours, outfly Cool Hand through the Asteroid belt, and I'll be done. :bump:

[Goliath]

Hah! Screw the arcade! If I could make a clone of myself right now (icky cold virus and all), I could put my foreheads together and make a biological George Foreman grill!

Beat that! :P

[Farren]

You can do your frog-hoppinest-best, I can do better. Then I'll go take away Zoe's vB Frogger title too, and I'll be Dual King of the Frogs.

I've got 11. You've still got 17? Hmm ... so take three of yours, outfly Cool Hand through the Asteroid belt, and I'll be done. :bump:

Not so fast. I done gone took my Frogger title back, you uppity whippersnapper!

[Shake]

Well, as my title says, I AM the Balloon Hunter! A high of 1484, and all of the top 10 scores (including 666)! As for the ones you've listed, I haven't even tried all of them yet.

[Blake]

Not so fast. I done gone took my Frogger title back, you uppity whippersnapper!
No Frogger for you.

[Farren]

Not so fast. I done gone took my Frogger title back, you uppity whippersnapper!
No Frogger for you.

No frogger for you, you pesky flapjack-hatted anuraphiliac.

[Farren]

Well, as my title says, I AM the Balloon Hunter! A high of 1484, and all of the top 10 scores (including 666)! As for the ones you've listed, I haven't even tried all of them yet.

Aw crikey! :D

[BigBlue2]

13. What-A-Shot Champion, with a score of 67
It's 81 now, with a 73 thrown in for good measure.

'Bout bloody time I won another title, it's been a while between drinks.

[Blake]

I coulda sworn I posted this before, but I can't find it. Oh well.

8. Frogger Champion, with a score of 5580
9. BlackJack Champion, with a score of 8900
Scratch these. Time to update that post, Farren. ;)

[Farren]

I coulda sworn I posted this before, but I can't find it. Oh well.

8. Frogger Champion, with a score of 5580
9. BlackJack Champion, with a score of 8900
Scratch these. Time to update that post, Farren. ;)

I hereby dub thee official Evil Arch Nemesis

[Shake]

Well, as my title says, I AM the Balloon Hunter! A high of 1484, and all of the top 10 scores (including 666)! As for the ones you've listed, I haven't even tried all of them yet.

Aw crikey! :D
Exactly!

[Petra]

20. Flamingo Drive Champion, with a score of 4607

And you can scratch that one, too. :wink:

:woohoo:

[Farren]

20. Flamingo Drive Champion, with a score of 4607

And you can scratch that one, too. :wink:

:woohoo:

You evil, evil, cow. That was one I thought I'd never, ever, ever lose. Now I am pissed.

Well done and mooooooooo.

[Petra]

:beaugest:

[Farren]

I coulda sworn I posted this before, but I can't find it. Oh well.

8. Frogger Champion, with a score of 5580
9. BlackJack Champion, with a score of 8900
Scratch these. Time to update that post, Farren. ;)

Blackjack is mine, you villainous flapjack. Tommorrow, Frogger.

[Blake]

:yawn: Neither, actually. And I had to do the Blackjack twice on account of the first time, when I hit 10200, I'd disconnected and the "submit" wouldn't take.

I should have plenty of time this weekend ... next stop, Karts. :D

-- the official EAN

[Farren]

I never realised how hard it was at the top.

[Petra]

It's okay, Farren. :comfort:


You won't be there for long. :giggle:


:titanic:

[Farren]

It's okay, Farren. :comfort:


You won't be there for long. :giggle:


:titanic:

OK, OK...

you can be on top :yup: :wink:

[Petra]

You cheeky monkey!

:copafeel:

[JoeP]

Isn't this the smilie you require: :sex: ?

[Farren]

Isn't this the smilie you require: :sex: ?

A chiropractor wearing a shawl? Why didn't I think of that?

[Blake]

I never realised how hard it was at the top.
I don't know ... the air smells good up here. You never mentioned that.

Farren: 13

Bloody Pingu
Chicken
Enemy Shooting
Just Not Cricket
Karts
Kill Kenny
Maeda Path
Pingu Slap
Radial Snake
Rainman
Rapid Motion
Simpsons Shooter
Snake

Blake: 13

Alchemy
Alien Clones
Asteroids
Blackjack
Bombjack
Chopper Challenge
Curveball
Frogger
Mahjong
Moon Patrol
Space Hunter
Spy Hunter
TIE Fighter Shooter

Well done, HelenM, peer, BigBlue2 and lunachick. The arcade is safe for democracy once again. :D (Thank god I won't have to follow through on my Karts threat ....)

[Farren]

Remember, my rampage took four days and but for the odd game of frogger and Blackjack, since then I haven't played. You have been warned...

[beyelzu]

Remember, my rampage took four days and but for the odd game of frogger and Blackjack, since then I haven't played. You have been warned...
and you should be warned, I will catch you.

[Farren]

You'll catch all sorts of nasty STDs before you catch me

[Farren]

Farren: 14

Blackjack
Bloody Pingu
Chicken
Enemy Shooting
Just Not Cricket
Karts
Kill Kenny
Maeda Path
Pingu Slap
Radial Snake
Rainman
Rapid Motion
Simpsons Shooter
Snake

Blake: 12

Alchemy
Alien Clones
Asteroids
Bombjack
Chopper Challenge
Curveball
Frogger
Mahjong
Moon Patrol
Space Hunter
Spy Hunter
TIE Fighter Shooter



So easy.

[beyelzu]

You'll catch all sorts of nasty STDs before you catch me
you only say that because I am a dick


fucking bigot

:D

[beyelzu]

damn farren just lost a spot

no simpson's shooter for him.

[Farren]

Sorry Beyelzu, Blake

You can try and try but you just won't topple the master. Now lick my boots, you annoying little things that hop in the grass.

Farren 15

Snake Champion, with a score of 1341
Enemy Shooting Champion, with a score of 2920
Kill Kenny Champion, with a score of 63100
Maeda Path Champion, with a score of 9010
Rapid Motion Champion, with a score of 410500
Radial Snake Champion, with a score of 124
Simpsons Shooter Champion, with a score of 2565
BlackJack Champion, with a score of 10200
Chicken Champion, with a score of 374296314
Karts Champion, with a score of 130800
Pop-Up Killer Champion, with a score of 314
Bloody Pingu Champion, with a score of 1172
Just Not Cricket Champion, with a score of 18250
Rainman Champion, with a score of 2058
Pingu Slap Champion, with a score of 688

[Shake]

Try 14 now, Farren ...

-Shake
new Snake champion, with a score of 1646!!!

Nyah nyah! :yup:

[Farren]

Listen up, you panty-wearing, quiche-eating surrender monkeys. I'm the champion of champions, mmkay? That is all. You may lick my boots now.

[Shake]

Ooh! I think I got to him! :yup:

[Farren]

When you get to 14 champion's titles (or better, my all time high of 20), you'll get to me :D

[beyelzu]

Listen up, you panty-wearing, quiche-eating surrender monkeys. I'm the champion of champions, mmkay? That is all. You may lick my boots now.:knight:
This is so what brought hitler down, it is just a matter of time before your empire collapses under the weight of your own hubris. :D


When you get to 14 champion's titles (or better, my all time high of 20)
your empire is already crumbling. soon you will speak of your glory days back when you had any championships at all.


aint it a bitch when multiple people band together to bring the champion down.

[Farren]

Hubris is gives me the fanaticism required to stay on top.

And you missed a spot. The toe area is scuffed and dirty.

[Farren]

What's driving me nuts is lunachick's appropriation of the Flamingo Drive high score. It took me somewhere between 5 and 7 hours of continuous play to get that score. I never thought anyone would beat it. Dammit. What a cow.

[livius drusus]

Damn. Are you sure you're employed?

[Farren]

Damn. Are you sure you're employed?

That's not normal, believe me. I had two hours of sleep and a very crap day doing support the next day. Those pingu games are just so. damn. addictive.

[livius drusus]

They are; it's true. Yeti 6 is out, you know. It hasn't been converted for vB Arcade yet, but we'll upload it as soon as it is. We'll try to make sure it's a Friday.

[Petra]

What's driving me nuts is lunachick's appropriation of the Flamingo Drive high score. It took me somewhere between 5 and 7 hours of continuous play to get that score. I never thought anyone would beat it. Dammit. What a cow.

Heh. :bcow:





Where's the smokin' cow? :cool:

[Petra]

They are; it's true. Yeti 6 is out, you know. It hasn't been converted for vB Arcade yet, but we'll upload it as soon as it is. Wicked! Thanks. :)
We'll try to make sure it's a Friday.Good idea.
:gamefreak

[Petra]

Hey, Farren, when you're playing Flamingo Drive, do you often find yourself saying, "that fucking bird!"?

:glare:

[Farren]

Hey, Farren, when you're playing Flamingo Drive, do you often find yourself saying, "that fucking bird!"?

:glare:

Yeah plenty. If you mean the bastard vulture.

[beyelzu]

Hubris is gives me the fanaticism required to stay on top.

And you missed a spot. The toe area is scuffed and dirty.
I just beat your simpson's shooter score again. and this time I have a perfect score.

the shooter repeats the same pattern over and over so 3000 is a perfect score

:muahaha:

[Farren]

You can have it. I just took Snake, Stuart and Frogger back, which makes me, uh, Champion of Champions.

:ovation:

EGO WARNING: LAMERZ* WILL BE HUMILIATED IN TEH ARCADE. IF YOU ARE TEH LAMER BRING YOUR MOMMY ALONG SO DON'T HAVE TO RUN SO FAR WHEN YOU HAVE TO RUN CRYING TO HER.

SIGNED
TEH PWNERSHIP

*Lamer (Lay-mer; n): 1. Anyone who's nick starts with "B". 2. Shake. 3. New Zealanders with an unnatural affinity for sheep. 4. Anyone who isn't me,

p.s. I have a 12 inch hubris.

[Petra]

You cleaned me up in the Flamango Drive Challenge, Farren. Played my worst game evah. Just kept headbutting obstacles and going backwards. And that fucking bird!

*sigh*

I lose.

[Farren]

You cleaned me up in the Flamango Drive Challenge, Farren. Played my worst game evah. Just kept headbutting obstacles and going backwards. And that fucking bird!

*sigh*

I lose.

Well if its any consolation I forgot you have to click the take the challenge link to actually play the challenge. So the first time round, I went into the game thinking it would automatically pick up the challenge (it doesn't - you must click the take the challenge link and play) - and on my first shot I smacked the pingu into the giraffe right in front of me. Then I exited and saw it was still telling me I have an outstanding challenge. Hehehe.

You still have the high score, though. Grrr

[Farren]

BTW Is a Flamango a horny flamingo?

[Petra]

You still have the high score, though. Grrr

Yes. Yes, I do, don't I?



:cool:

[Petra]

BTW Is a Flamango a horny flamingo?

Isn't a Flamango some kind of flambe'ed fruit dessert, with ice cream?

/me hungry

[beyelzu]

does anyone have any advice on the yeti games I cant seem to get a decent score on any of them.


pretty please.

[beyelzu]

You can have it. I just took Snake, Stuart and Frogger back, which makes me, uh, Champion of Champions.

:ovation:

EGO WARNING: LAMERZ* WILL BE HUMILIATED IN TEH ARCADE. IF YOU ARE TEH LAMER BRING YOUR MOMMY ALONG SO DON'T HAVE TO RUN SO FAR WHEN YOU HAVE TO RUN CRYING TO HER.

SIGNED
TEH PWNERSHIP

*Lamer (Lay-mer; n): 1. Anyone who's nick starts with "B". 2. Shake. 3. New Zealanders with an unnatural affinity for sheep. 4. Anyone who isn't me,

p.s. I have a 12 inch hubris.


stuart says peer has the high score still.

[Petra]

does anyone have any advice on the yeti games I cant seem to get a decent score on any of them.


pretty please.


Practice, Grasshopper. Just practice. :cool:

[beyelzu]

does anyone have any advice on the yeti games I cant seem to get a decent score on any of them.


pretty please.



Practice, Grasshopper. Just practice. :cool:
the problem with practice is

1) you are already much better than I am

2)you keep playing flamingo drive

which brings me to

3)it seems unlikely that I will catch you.


on the other hand, I am a naturally talented guy and I will catch you yet.
:chase:

[Petra]

Well, rest assured that most of my attempts at Flamingo Drive, score WELL below my high score.
I just don't register those scores on the high score thingy.

So chill, man. Fire up a blunt, sit back, and enjoy the hazards of pingu golf in Tanzania. It's a Leisure Safari.

:cool:

[Farren]

On Flamingo Drive

1) Learn the angles for hitting a giraffe in the mouth. It can be useful because in some places the giraffe always toss the pingu in a certain range, ensuring that if you want to bounce it off a certain snake (usually the next one on from the giraffe) to get the pingu over an elephant or something, you can do this more easily in some cases.

2.) However, you'll only occasionally actually need to take the above route

3.) On your opening shot, try get the angle just below 1/4 of the way up, then whack with between 85%-100% force. This will hit the pingu under the giraffe, bounce a few times, hit the snake, go over the elephant and the tree and (if you're lucky) roll under the next two giraffes, bounce of the next snake over the one after it, hit the next snake and go over the next tree. It very rarely gets over two trees. Usually you'll land up in the area between the first and second tree.

4.) If you hit the pingu at 45 degrees or less it won't fly high enough to get caught by the ($%$^$) vulture and slow down (unless it comes down and bounces on a snake), so 45 degree shots are good for getting over a tree or elephant.

5) Look on the bar at the bottom. If there's a long open space then a snake then an obstacle (elephant or tree), you need to let the angle go between 1/5 and 1/4 of the way up (17 degrees) then hit with all your might. This will make the pingu do a low bounce rather than a slide (which slows it down), hit the snake and clear the obstacle.

BTW I see you're right about Stuart. Strange, I must have been confusing it with one of the other titles I won back.

[Farren]

BTW Is a Flamango a horny flamingo?

Isn't a Flamango some kind of flambe'ed fruit dessert, with ice cream?

* lunachick hungry

Aaarg, now you've made me want a Frulato (frozen fruit and milkshake drink).

[Shake]

You can have it. I just took Snake, Stuart and Frogger back, which makes me, uh, Champion of Champions.

:ovation:

EGO WARNING: LAMERZ* WILL BE HUMILIATED IN TEH ARCADE. IF YOU ARE TEH LAMER BRING YOUR MOMMY ALONG SO DON'T HAVE TO RUN SO FAR WHEN YOU HAVE TO RUN CRYING TO HER.

SIGNED
TEH PWNERSHIP

*Lamer (Lay-mer; n): 1. Anyone who's nick starts with "B". 2. Shake. 3. New Zealanders with an unnatural affinity for sheep. 4. Anyone who isn't me,

p.s. I have a 12 inch hubris.
[Stan Marsh]
You bastard!
[/Stan Marsh]
:fuming:

Although, you'll notice, I've taken roughly half the time to reach the same scores. Conclusion: Farren's a slug.

[Farren]

SluG pwnz YOU


[Stan Marsh]
You bastard!
[/Stan Marsh]
:fuming:


Hey! I saved Kenny's ass! If you don't believe me check out Kill Kenny in the arcade.

[Farren]

I see Blake's been very busy.

I can imagine him, playing Frogger game after Frogger game, swearing profusely every time the game arbitrarily kills him as he jumps in the leftmost slot (that game is soooo buggy) until at last, after a sleepless night, trembling from all the caffeine, he inches past me: "Yes!!!!",

But I'll take it back, tomorrow, of course.

[Blake]

Heh. Interesting that there's no trail of lower scores littering the high score table from me, then. ;) "Anything you can do, I can do better!..."

Oh, and that's the first time I've played Maeda Path since gametesting it for the administration.

Blake: 13; Farren: 14

Blake continues to probe for other soft spots in Farren's vulnerable underbelly ...

[Farren]

Grrr. You can thank Shake, Beyelzu and Lunachick for narrowing the gap for you, EAN. But I have read a little Sun Tzu. Attack your enemy's weaknesses, not their strengths.

So I'm probably going to steal a title in one of the under-exploited games from some little old lady to buff up my score in the next few days. Like a shadow, I shall always move just as you leap at me.

Oh except for Blackjack, of course. I'll always take blackjack back. I have a patented blackjack winning formula.

muhahahahasnickersnickersnicker

[Blake]

If our petty :nap: chooses to multiply his sins of aggression against the smaller arcade principalities, he is only revealing his growing agony at being confronted by freedom-loving peoples with strong leadership.

There is so much territory in the Arcade that is still virgin to me ... I will follow you anywhere. One day you will cry on St. Helena.

[Ex-zombie]

Blake,
Check this out:

Ex-zombie is the new Mahjong champion!

That's right. I finally wrested Mahjong from your grasp. :winner:

[Farren]

Blake,
Check this out:

Ex-zombie is the new Mahjong champion!

That's right. I finally wrested Mahjong from your grasp. :winner:

At last, someone targets Blake. Woohoo!

So I guess that's a two point lead for the Master of the Known Universe now.

[Petra]

Blake,
Check this out:

Ex-zombie is the new Mahjong champion!

That's right. I finally wrested Mahjong from your grasp. :winner:

Man, I can't figure how the Mahjong scores work. I've got it out many times, yet only score low. How the heck does it work?

[viscousmemories]

If you figure it out, let me know. I've only cleared it a couple times (got stuck with FOUR once) but yeah, low score. :( I think it's all about the time...

[Zoe]

If you figure it out, let me know. I've only cleared it a couple times (got stuck with FOUR once) but yeah, low score. :( I think it's all about the time...

I don't think time has anything to do with it, as I've got it out quicker than Blakes [old] high score before, and still scored low. Bloody thing. It's one of the few games I can play and not have the sound cut into the music I'm listening to.


Edit: oops. Zoe was here. I'd better get changed. :blush:

[Farren]

I haven't even completed it but there is a time counter so maybe that affects score?

What I have figured out is that whenever you remove to pieces, the following considerations apply

1) If, by removing, you make two new tiles available that weren't previously, its the best possible scenario. Its possible to remove and diminish the number of remove-able tiles.

2) If, by removing, you make only one new tile available its a questionable decision -especially if there are removals outstanding that conform to rule(1).

3) If, by removing, you make no new tiles available its a highly dubious decision

4) Watch out for removing tiles that match more than one available tile or match another tile that will soon become available that's more handy to remove

5) All "Cherry" tiles with a squiggle instead of a western style number match all similar "Cherry" tiles for the purposes of matching

6) All "Cherry" tiles with a number instead of an oriental squiggle match all similar "Cherry" tiles

7) Ditto for "Grass/Reed" tiles

8) The center tile covers 4 potentially remove-able tiles, so removing that one tile makes 4 avalable

9) the left and right middle 3 tiles similarly obscure 4 tiles so clearing them makes more overall tiles available for removal.

[Petra]

LOL! No wonder you haven't got it out, yet, Farren. :tongueout:

[Farren]

LOL! No wonder you haven't got it out, yet, Farren. :tongueout:

I just did after posting that, but I'm curious. Why do you say that? Am I missing something?

[Petra]

LOL! No wonder you haven't got it out, yet, Farren. :tongueout:

I just did after posting that, but I'm curious. Why do you say that? Am I missing something?

No, I was being facetious. You spent all that time writing out the strategy that I imagined you sitting there, eyeing each piece carefully, and not quite making it to actually remove a piece. I was just being cheeky. :)

[Farren]

LOL! No wonder you haven't got it out, yet, Farren. :tongueout:

I just did after posting that, but I'm curious. Why do you say that? Am I missing something?

No, I was being facetious. You spent all that time writing out the strategy that I imagined you sitting there, eyeing each piece carefully, and not quite making it to actually remove a piece. I was just being cheeky. :)

And you call me a cheeky bugger. :D

BTW, I approach each and every game in the arcade in the same manner. I believe Blake does, too. This is why, I think, he latched onto Frogger, like I did. The game is so buggy by level 3 or 4 you cannot continue to the next level. But you earn points every time you go up or down on the screen (as opposed to sideways).

These two facts mean the best strategy is to jump up, then down cntinuously on the road as much as possible rather than racing for home - and on the level where you can no longer advance, accumulate as many points as possible simply by advancing and retreating as often as possible (up/down repreatedly on your keyboard)

Similarly Beyelzu figured out, as I did, that there is a time limit to the Simpsons and the targets appear in the same order, meaning that if you memorize the order, then shoot every possible target within the set, inviolable time limit, you will achieve the perfect possible score and be undefeatable (Unless the game records a tie as a win), thus remaining champion for all tme. Bastard. Ancient Art of War, indeed. We have some Sun Tzu's here on this board.

The secret behind dominance is recognising these hidden characteristics, the "wiring under the board" (to appropriate Terence McKenna's line about reality and Shamans) in each game.

[beyelzu]

LOL! No wonder you haven't got it out, yet, Farren. :tongueout:

I just did after posting that, but I'm curious. Why do you say that? Am I missing something?

No, I was being facetious. You spent all that time writing out the strategy that I imagined you sitting there, eyeing each piece carefully, and not quite making it to actually remove a piece. I was just being cheeky. :)

And you call me a cheeky bugger. :D

BTW, I approach each and every game in the arcade in the same manner. I believe Blake does, too. This is why, I think, he latched onto Frogger, like I did. The game is so buggy by level 3 or 4 you cannot continue to the next level. But you earn points every time you go up or down on the screen (as opposed to sideways).

These two facts mean the best strategy is to jump up, then down cntinuously on the road as much as possible rather than racing for home - and on the level where you can no longer advance, accumulate as many points as possible simply by advancing and retreating as often as possible (up/down repreatedly on your keyboard)

Similarly Beyelzu figured out, as I did, that there is a time limit to the Simpsons and the targets appear in the same order, meaning that if you memorize the order, then shoot every possible target within the set, inviolable time limit, you will achieve the perfect possible score and be undefeatable (Unless the game records a tie as a win), thus remaining champion for all tme. Bastard. Ancient Art of War, indeed. We have some Sun Tzu's here on this board.

The secret behind dominance is recognising these hidden characteristics, the "wiring under the board" (to appropriate Terence McKenna's line about reality and Shamans) in each game.

Farren also looks for games that can either be won quickly or abused, so do I actually. I like alchemy but it would take to long to get the high score. I like tetris, but liv has high scores that would take forever to get, so in a quest for dominance, one must have priorites. Damn, farren, you are as competitive as I am and so is blake just not as vocal I think.

I appreciate the compliment farren. If only I had gotten to the arcade sooner, I could have started out as a challenge. But what the hell, I am picking my spots and am trying to accumulate a little territory of my own.

Plus I am in a pretty good position as king maker between you and blake.

[Ex-zombie]

Blake,
Check this out:

Ex-zombie is the new Mahjong champion!

That's right. I finally wrested Mahjong from your grasp. :winner:

At last, someone targets Blake. Woohoo!

So I guess that's a two point lead for the Master of the Known Universe now.

Well Luna chick I will offer you the few tricks that I know for Mahjong. I keep the screen on the lowest resolution, it is easier to see the matches that way. I pull the matches from the edges rather than the middle. I hope that helps.

[pescifish]

Does anyone know how the hell Mahjong is scored? I had figured it was most matches in shortest time, but if one looks at the top scores, it's obvious there is some other magical high scoring factor other than speed.

Some people solved the game in incredibly short times and still have less points than the highest scorers. Are some tiles higher scoring than others? Should we try to match certain tiles first? Or maybe certain areas?

[Blake]

I'm convinced there's nothing more to scoring Mahjong than speed. The times listed in the high score tables are hopelessly wonky and bear no relation to reality. The only times I've scored high have been when I come in under 5 minutes, judging by the personal counter that pops up viewable only to the player.

And damn you, Ex-zombie, you faithless whore, for attacking my flank when I'm fighting tyranny. :D Just kidding. He wasn't targeting me, Farren, you Death Star you; he was just obsessed with one of the most difficult games on the board. I know the feeling. I notice you can't seem to place there. ;)

Farren's dead right, it's all about the "wiring under the board." Frogger never goes past level 3, as long as I've played it, and you only get points for advancing, not for retreating. If you've *really* found wiring under the board for Blackjack, Farren, I must say I'm quite bitter. I've only been able to play it for the game of chance it supposedly is, winning as much as possible and accepting philosophically the unbeatable hands.

Sorry, Zoe, for leaving your challenges hanging; as you no doubt know, I've been pretty single-mindedly trying to make the arcade safe for democracy. Yes, I'm quite competitive, but not *that* competitive; otherwise I'd be blazing through the place wholesale, instead of just trying to pick off Farren's titles. :)

[Farren]

Blake, the method I have for Blackjack only statistically increases your chances and you can still screw up but it generally makes you go higher and higher (you can have medium length runs of bad luck but over a certain number of hands there'll be a net gain). Here it is:

1) Always bet max at the beginning of a hand. Since you don't know what your hand's going to be anyway there's no point in betting different amounts on different turns. In fact that way you risk betting high on failures and low on wins.

2) Always hold on 15 or higher. The chance you'll get better is worse than the chance you'll screw up. In any event the system must get 17 or above before stopping so even if it gets 15 or 16 it always takes another card, with the attendant chance of screwing up.

3) Always double your bet on 10 or 11. There are a lot of 10's and royals in the pack so the chances are reasonable you'll hit 20 or 21 on the next card. Even if you do get something sad like 12 or 13, the limitation that the house can't settle under 17 means if they draw 15 or 16 they still have to keep going and often bust anyway.

4) Only insure against dealer blackjacks if you have a strong hand (like a 10 or 11 and you're about to double, or 18 or above). Always insure if you have a strong hand.

5) This one you probably do anyway. Always restart if you fall below your initial 2000.

6) Don't deviate from the above rules (or any modified rules you've adopted). If you have a short run of bad luck, say "aah screw it this isn't working" and change, half the time you find yourself losing when the dealer's run of bad luck should be starting.

[Blake]

Very interesting, Farren; thanks for sharing! That's essentially how I've been playing, but with slightly less discipline than you've insisted on.

All right, in return, I will share what I think are the most important points of Mahjong. First off, one mustn't feel bad for not being able to finish. It's a flat fact that many configurations of Mahjong are simply impossible to play to the end. (I once faced a game with all four matching tiles showing on the top two tiers.) Along with the tips Farren's mentioned above, one should remember that all tiles come in sets of four. If you can remove all four at once, you're safe from screwing up the game any worse than it already is. Memory is key. The more tiles you can remember, staring at the board before you begin, the better off you'll be. Similarly, if you remember you've already removed one pair, and see the matching pair free for removal, do not hesitate.

I have a shitty memory. If someone comes along with an excellent one, we're all screwed.

[pescifish]

[Mahjong] (I once faced a game with all four matching tiles showing on the top two tiers.)
That seems to happen more often than random chance, I think. 3 out of 4 on that center two tiers happens quite often. I refuse to even start those games. :glare: :hmph:

[Blake]

Up until my last post, it had only happened to me twice. In the course of attempting to re-wrest the title from Ex-zombie (which I believe will require a time of less than 3 1/2 minutes), I think it's happened to me three more times. Yeah, maybe the game tries to be sly & deliberately fuck you over; those times, it just falls a bit short because it's too obvious. Of course, no starting those. :)

Anyway, in territory further afield ... I finally AM Blake the Snake.

Blake 13, Farren 13--

--democracy resurgent. :bouncy:

[Farren]

Up until my last post, it had only happened to me twice. In the course of attempting to re-wrest the title from Ex-zombie (which I believe will require a time of less than 3 1/2 minutes), I think it's happened to me three more times. Yeah, maybe the game tries to be sly & deliberately fuck you over; those times, it just falls a bit short because it's too obvious. Of course, no starting those. :)

Anyway, in territory further afield ... I finally AM Blake the Snake.

Blake 13, Farren 13--

--democracy resurgent. :bouncy:

Ga. I give up. I'm off for a holiday with the family on the balmy shores of St Helena, but I will return....

[Blake]

No, you're only off to Elba. I took back Mahjong. ;) Under 2:30 is the new magic time, folks!

WOOHOO

Blake, ex-Nemesis--Original and Recrowned Champion :D

[beyelzu]

No, you're only off to Elba. I took back Mahjong. ;) Under 2:30 is the new magic time, folks!

WOOHOO

Blake, ex-Nemesis--Original and Recrowned Champion :D

great scott, what's this

did beyelzu sneak in under the radar and take away snake from blake, why yes he did.

so it's what 12 to 13 between you and farren?

[Farren]

No, you're only off to Elba. I took back Mahjong. ;) Under 2:30 is the new magic time, folks!

WOOHOO

Blake, ex-Nemesis--Original and Recrowned Champion :D

great scott, what's this

did beyelzu sneak in under the radar and take away snake from blake, why yes he did.

so it's what 12 to 13 between you and farren?

:D

Somewhere in the world, Blake is wearing a cross-eyed Cartman face.

[beyelzu]

No, you're only off to Elba. I took back Mahjong. ;) Under 2:30 is the new magic time, folks!

WOOHOO

Blake, ex-Nemesis--Original and Recrowned Champion :D

great scott, what's this

did beyelzu sneak in under the radar and take away snake from blake, why yes he did.

so it's what 12 to 13 between you and farren?

:D

Somewhere in the world, Blake is wearing a cross-eyed Cartman face.


yep,

see I dont just pick on you, farren.

I pick on whoever is in the lead.

and expanding my territory of course, I have like 3 but I am growing.

:yup:

[Farren]

see I dont just pick on you, farren.

I pick on whoever is in the lead.

and expanding my territory of course, I have like 3 but I am growing.

:yup:

Yeah I was kind of relying on that. I knew as soon as Blake was the fox the hounds would be on him. Such sweet justice.

[beyelzu]

well, I just got championship number 4

[beyelzu]

well, I just got championship number 4
and now its 5

[Blake]

Your Snake win didn't bother me, beyz; that just put me tied with Farren, which was dandy. It was Ex-zombie's successful Mahjong obsession that twisted up my panties. :) I'll have it back, oh yes I will.

However, I've finally faced up to the fact that my arcade obsession just isn't as important as, say ... food money. So I'll just be trying to regain Mahjong in the evenings. Happy triumphing!

[Ex-zombie]

Your Snake win didn't bother me, beyz; that just put me tied with Farren, which was dandy. It was Ex-zombie's successful Mahjong obsession that twisted up my panties. :) I'll have it back, oh yes I will.

However, I've finally faced up to the fact that my arcade obsession just isn't as important as, say ... food money. So I'll just be trying to regain Mahjong in the evenings. Happy triumphing!

I did not eat.
I did not sleep.
Until I took back Mahjong!

You will never regain the title. You just don't have what it takes!
:D

[beyelzu]

what is the new territory count, godless dave took alien clones, I took snake, ex-zombie took mahjong all from blake,

so is it farren 12 blake 11

right now?

[Farren]

If I wasn't so busy myself (read, actually having to do a little bit of work) you'd all be in deep, deep trouble. I know when the time comes, it will be such a sweet, sweet vindication when I demonstrate just how gigantic my penis really is and how astoundingly far I can piss, like the last time I rallied from 13 back up to 17 to the amazed gasps of my puny rivals. Muhahaha.

[beyelzu]

If I wasn't so busy myself (read, actually having to do a little bit of work) you'd all be in deep, deep trouble. I know when the time comes, it will be such a sweet, sweet vindication when I demonstrate just how gigantic my penis really is and how astoundingl far I can piss, like the last time I rallied from 13 back up to 17 to the amazed gasps of my puny rivals. Muhahaha.
what is going to amaze people even more is when I take my 6 and get up to 17 for arcade champion.

fuck you, you little napoleon(is that redundant?) I am going for genghis he had more territory. :D

[Farren]

If I wasn't so busy myself (read, actually having to do a little bit of work) you'd all be in deep, deep trouble. I know when the time comes, it will be such a sweet, sweet vindication when I demonstrate just how gigantic my penis really is and how astoundingl far I can piss, like the last time I rallied from 13 back up to 17 to the amazed gasps of my puny rivals. Muhahaha.
what is going to amaze people even more is when I take my 6 and get up to 17 for arcade champion.

fuck you, you little napoleon(is that redundant?) I am going for genghis he had more territory. :D

No, fuck YOU, you little Napoleon

:D

[Farren]

Bleh. After an hour of Mah Jong and Merde Path, I realise the bar has been raised significantly.

[livius drusus]

...Merde Path...

Oh man, it's funny cause it's true. :LMAO:

[Goliath]

/me looks again at the thread title.

Well, at least you folks aren't forgetting Poland... :wink:

[beyelzu]

got number seven

[Farren]

got number seven

Uh-oh. There's a disturbing trend happening right here.

[beyelzu]

got number seven

Uh-oh. There's a disturbing trend happening right here.


nothing to see here,

but I just got number 8 and took blake down to 10

[beyelzu]

got number seven

Uh-oh. There's a disturbing trend happening right here.


nothing to see here,

but I just got number 8 and took blake down to 10
and now I just got number 9

[Goliath]

DOOORRNT FORGRUGT PLUNDND~!

[Blake]

Aight, G, we won't forget Poland. :) Shame on you, Senator Kerry! (I'm kidding)

By the way, beyelzu, you miscounted; I was down to 11. 'Cause now I'm back up to 13, with Farren, and you've got 8. :D

[Petra]

Two words, Farren...

Bloody.

Pingu.


:naughty:

[Farren]

Two words, Farren...

Bloody.

Pingu.

:naughty:

Two words Luna. Bloody. Cow.

[livius drusus]

:hysteric:

[Petra]

:hysteric:

:beaugest:








:ptht:

[Shake]

Just wanted to reiterate a question I posted on the game comments, since this Yank has broken into the top 10 in Cricket (without really understanding what I'm doing).

Am I an honorary Aussie yet?

[beyelzu]

took back moon patrol and snake from blake

btw, I would have taken it the same day you took them from me blake but my cable modem crapped out the first time I scored 2200 on snake.


and went ahead and took the championships on the two new games


so currently I have 11.

[livius drusus]

Oh c'mon... Those last two can barely be considered championships. You're the only person who's even played the new games. (I clearly don't count, particularly in a shooting game.)

[beyelzu]

Oh c'mon... Those last two can barely be considered championships. You're the only person who's even played the new games. (I clearly don't count, particularly in a shooting game.)
I view it as a preemptive strike. :D


If I hadnt taken them, blake would have.


While its true that the territories were kind of backwater, with time I will grow them into mighty cities.


and finally

:nyahnyah:
:nyahnyah:

[Blake]

:yawn: currently you have 10, and I have a feeling it won't be long before you have 9. I'm graduating from Slug to Worm ....

[livius drusus]

I'm so good at Tetris it's scary.

[beyelzu]

I'm so good at Tetris it's scary.
I thought about trying to challenge you at tetris, but I decided I didnt want to dedicate every waking hour of the next year of my life.


so no tetris for me.



and


yes you are scary fucking good at tetris.

[livius drusus]

Wise choice, bey. :flex:

[Megatron]

Meh, gimme time. I am a tetris deity... I just have to be somewhere that I can play it... gimme time. :pimp:

[livius drusus]

Back off, interloper. The tetri are mine! Mine, I tell you! :muahaha:

[Farren]

I'm down to 11 and I've lost my will to fight. Having an actual job I have to go to every morning is such a disincentive to hammering away at a game for a few hours.

Liv you're gonna have to brace yourself cos one day soon someone is going to dislodge you from your tetrahedral throne. I was convinced I'd achieved the impossible in both the Pingu games Luna took from me and I wore sackcloth and sprinkled ashes in my hair, wailed and gnashed my teeth at passing strangers for several days when she achieved the impossible. Its better to accept the inevitable now so you don't become unhinged when it finally happens.

Beyelzu very well done indeed.... but Bikini Bounce? That doesn't count. Bikini Bounce is the slut everyone in town sleeps with at one time and another. Thanks to the cumulative-score-across-games bug all it takes is a lot of patience and lubricant.

[beyelzu]

Beyelzu very well done indeed.... but Bikini Bounce? That doesn't count. Bikini Bounce is the slut everyone in town sleeps with at one time and another. Thanks to the cumulative-score-across-games bug all it takes is a lot of patience and lubricant.
actually I got the score in an even shittier way.

If you just let the dude bounce up and down eventually targets pop up in his path, so I just left a window open with it running for a couple of hours.


I would be ashamed except of course, I just too goddamn proud of my cleverness. :D

[Farren]

Beyelzu very well done indeed.... but Bikini Bounce? That doesn't count. Bikini Bounce is the slut everyone in town sleeps with at one time and another. Thanks to the cumulative-score-across-games bug all it takes is a lot of patience and lubricant.
actually I got the score in an even shittier way.

If you just let the dude bounce up and down eventually targets pop up in his path, so I just left a window open with it running for a couple of hours.


I would be ashamed except of course, I just too goddamn proud of my cleverness. :D

:D

I have to admit that's ingenious.

[beyelzu]

Beyelzu very well done indeed.... but Bikini Bounce? That doesn't count. Bikini Bounce is the slut everyone in town sleeps with at one time and another. Thanks to the cumulative-score-across-games bug all it takes is a lot of patience and lubricant.
actually I got the score in an even shittier way.

If you just let the dude bounce up and down eventually targets pop up in his path, so I just left a window open with it running for a couple of hours.


I would be ashamed except of course, I just too goddamn proud of my cleverness. :D

:D

I have to admit that's ingenious.
I knew you would appreciate it.

[beyelzu]

I now have fourteen championships.

which should make me champion of the arcade.


all you losers can just give up now.

world dominiation here come.

[beyelzu]

I now have fourteen championships.

which should make me champion of the arcade.


all you losers can just give up now.

world dominiation here come.
15 championships, I am so badass.