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September Contest!!

#1

Dave

Dave

I just uploaded 3 new games:

Pac-man
Ms. Pac-Man
PokerWheel

Whomever gets the HIGHEST COMBINED SCORE of the three games wins the contest! What's the prize?

I think I'll do a game again. So the winner gets to choose a game from Amazon.com and I'll ship it merrily to their door. Any platform, any game - as long as the BASE PRICE is not more than $60.

Game ends on September 30 and I will announce the winner pretty much right away. Have fun!


#2

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Already beat your Poker Wheel score, Dave :D


#3

Dave

Dave

Bah! I'm trying to add a 4th game that is different but it's being difficult. Once I get it in it will add to the contest.


#4

Hylian

Hylian

The Poker Wheel game has a pattern to it. I am still trying to figure it out exactly but you can count the seconds on the spin to get a basic idea of what card you will get.


I am not for sure yet but it seems that you should click stop roughly every 3 seconds and you should get a card that you need. I am still trying to see if it is dumb luck or not but doing this method I was got two straights and 2 rows were only off by one card for a straight.


#5

phil

phil

I was ONE card away from a royal flush, which would have given me the high score. I even got the right kind of card, just not the right suit!


#6



lafftaff

NO! I'm terrible at Pac-Man! I demand a Go-Fish card game instead.


#7

Dave

Dave

New game added to the contest!


Attack of the Fan Girls!

It's a weird Japanese style tower defense.

So add it to your list!


#8

Piotyr

Piotyr

New game added to the contest!


Attack of the Fan Girls!

It's a weird Japanese style tower defense.

So add it to your list!
Yay, new game!


#9

Dave

Dave

New game added to the contest!


Attack of the Fan Girls!

It's a weird Japanese style tower defense.

So add it to your list!
Yay, new game![/QUOTE]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!


#10

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

New Game gets crazy right around level 14. Your GOING to eat some damage there, no matter what when over 15 people come rushing at once.

Still took the trophy from Piotyr though!


#11

Ross

Ross

I had it for a bit, until Hylian came along :(


#12

Hylian

Hylian

It probably won't last long but as of now I have the high score :D


#13



Kitty Sinatra

This explains Shawnacy's obsession to best me at Pacman.

It doesn't really explain my obsession to best him, though as I only just noticed this


#14

Shawn

Shawn

I think it only indirectly fuels my obsession. Pacman has always been one of my favorite games.

I do have to ask Dave specifics about the contest though. How does Pokerwheel apply to the contest if points are what matter?


#15

Piotyr

Piotyr

Bah, the fangirls crashed at the end of level 18.


#16

Dave

Dave

Bah, the fangirls crashed at the end of level 18.
It did? Damn! Now I'm going to have to play it again to duplicate the issue.


#17

Piotyr

Piotyr

Bah, the fangirls crashed at the end of level 18.
It did? Damn! Now I'm going to have to play it again to duplicate the issue.[/QUOTE]

In fairness, I'm switching windows a TON, because I'm doing data backups at work between levels, but after level 18, when I switched back, it hung and caused Firefox to crash.

EDIT: Let me see if I can duplicate it. If I try the same formation of "towers", I should hopefully get the same result.

EDIT 2: Yeah, it happened again. The second half of level 18 is a bunch of black-haired things that make the game go all funky. When I buy new towers during that level, it hangs the game.


#18

Piotyr

Piotyr

OK, after doing some testing, here's what I've discovered. From Level 18 on, if I try to purchase towers while there is a bunch of stuff on screen, the game crashes (bunch of stuff being all my towers + 3/4 of the road filled with mobs). If I just let the game play and purchase towers between levels, the game chugs, but it makes it through.


#19

Hylian

Hylian

The only time I have had the game freeze is on level 18 and that's only if I try to buy any towers during a battle.


#20

Dave

Dave

Damn. That's not good.

Okay, it looks like I go home and go on a playable game hunt for the contest. Thanks for testing guys.


#21

Hylian

Hylian

How the heck did you guys get past level 18? I had the level plastered with towers and I still can't get past it.



#22

Piotyr

Piotyr

How the heck did you guys get past level 18? I had the level plastered with towers and I still can't get past it.

You do know you can buy more than one type of tower, right?


#23

Hylian

Hylian

How the heck did you guys get past level 18? I had the level plastered with towers and I still can't get past it.

You do know you can buy more than one type of tower, right?[/QUOTE]


I know I can buy more types but they don't seem to help. I have tried different combination of all 3 of the different towers and I still can't get passed it.


#24

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

You need the level 3s for the really slow ones. When they pop up in huge numbers, you need to sell some of your old towers and buy the level 3s.


#25

Rovewin

Rovewin

I beat the game using almost exclusively lvl 3 towers. I had eight or nine regular ones and did not sell a single tower during the game. Start off by placing a lvl 3 in the middle so it can hit them in the middle and at the end and then place some lvl 1s around it.



Add a few more lvl 1s and then add the lvl 3s in that middle area followed by the starting area then on all the corners and eventually one away from all the corners etc. You may have to do some during the round building but that should let you beat it. Although I am still trying to figure out how to do it perfectly.


#26

Piotyr

Piotyr

Yeah, I've managed to get them all except one single blue hair in level 10, and no matter how I change things up, I just can't get that second blue-hair in level 10.


#27

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Damn it. I suck at pretty much all the games. What happened to me? I was an 8-bit king back in the day. Everyone has 1,000,000 for a score, and I have 16.

I hate you all.


#28

Dave

Dave

Remember, only 1 week remains for the September contest!

The winner will be the person who has the COMBINED high score for the following 4 games:

Pac-man
Ms. Pac-Man
PokerWheel
Attack of the Fan Girls

Because the Poker Wheel score is fricking low I'm multiplying it by 1000. So if you get 12 you'll get 12,000 points instead.

Winner gets the game of their choice from Amazon.com.


#29

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

I really wish I didn't suck so much at Pac-Man/Ms. Pac-Man.


#30

Shawn

Shawn

I still don't understand how you are including the score for Pokerwheel.


#31

Dave

Dave

I still don't understand how you are including the score for Pokerwheel.
Because I said I was going to before I found out the scoring system for it sucked ass.


#32

General Specific

General Specific

I'm still pissed that I doubled the breakout high score yesterday, but the server crashed as it was trying to upload my high score and so it was lost. :fist shake:


#33

Dave

Dave

Today and tomorrow are the last days for the contest. Get your Pacman or Ms. Pacman on!


#34

Shawn

Shawn

Today and tomorrow are the last days for the contest. Get your Pacman or Ms. Pacman on!
No no! Don't encourage them.


#35

Dave

Dave

Today and tomorrow are the last days for the contest. Get your Pacman or Ms. Pacman on!
No no! Don't encourage them.[/QUOTE]

Doubt they'll catch you, you PacMONSTER!!


#36



Kitty Sinatra

Now that's some encouragement. 'Cept I don't have time. Going out boozing before work.


#37

Dave

Dave

Ms. Pacman:

Shawnacy - 75750
Piotyr - 68980

Pacman:

Shawnacy - 116550
Piotyr - 84390

Attack of the Fan Girls:

Shawnacy - 74880
Piotyr - 74420

Poker Wheel:

Shawnacy - 15000
Piotyr - 18000

Totals:

Shawnacy - 282,180 points
Piotyr - 245,790 points

SHAWNACY WINS!!

And I've come to the conclusion that the arcade contests are not as popular or competitive as I thought they would be. Damn it.

Shawnacy, send me a PM with your info and which game you want from Amazon.com and I'll send it your way.


#38

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Well when you have such heavy hitters like Shawnacy and Pio, it kinda takes the wind out of your sails on attempting to compete. :eek:rly:


#39

Dave

Dave

Yeah, these two guys really, REALLY liked to play these games.

---------- Post added at 09:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:34 AM ----------

But now Shawnacy has a copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum winging his way right now.


#40

Piotyr

Piotyr

...and I have...a mention of playing too many games, and am officially the arcade villian. ;)


#41

Dave

Dave

...and I have...a mention of playing too many games, and am officially the arcade villian. ;)
You're not the villain, just my nemesis!

Another time, Piotyr! :boxing:


#42

Shawn

Shawn

I played Ms Pacman on my atari way too much as a kid.

And plenty of work time wasted on Tower Defense games.

Thanks again, Dave. It's really great of you to offer prizes for these contests.


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