+DZ-Jay Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I'd like to congratulate Grand Elf Master Liduario and recognize him for making Christmas history. He has taken the Christmas Carol game to extreme levels. He is the first one to actually roll-over the score beyond 10K points--and this is in a game that gives you 1 point per candy and 5 per present! Check it out! That yellow score means 10K + SCORE!!! Can you believe it? When I put the color-coded score rollover logic in the game it was more wishful thinking than practical sense. I fantasized, "what if some Billy Mitchell-type guy decides to play the game in a marathon run?" However, I never really expected anybody to to do so. But Liduario has done so. CONGRATULATIONS! -dZ. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeshed Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Whoa, good job Liduario! That's some amazing game playin' right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Liduario needs to post in here so we can hand him some rep points!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Wow, that was a great idea on the score color coding! Thinking outside the box on that. I'm just soooo non-creative. I envy people that come up with that kind thing. Liduardo, way to go. Very nice score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Wow, that was a great idea on the score color coding! Thinking outside the box on that. I'm just soooo non-creative. I envy people that come up with that kind thing. Liduardo, way to go. Very nice score! Actually, it's quite by accident, necessity is the mother of invention. Originally, the board design could only display three digits, which forced me to make the game low-scoring. Then someone during beta testing went over 1k points, and caused the screen to get messed up. So, I forced a rollover back to zero, but then it kinda sucked that you lost all your points. So I came up with the color coded scheme. Later, when I changed the display to 4 digits, it was superfluous--until Liduário came along! dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntellivisionDude Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Actually, it's quite by accident, necessity is the mother of invention. Originally, the board design could only display three digits, which forced me to make the game low-scoring. Then someone during beta testing went over 1k points, and caused the screen to get messed up. So, I forced a rollover back to zero, but then it kinda sucked that you lost all your points. So I came up with the color coded scheme. Later, when I changed the display to 4 digits, it was superfluous--until Liduário came along! dZ. So what color does it turn at 20,000? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) So what color does it turn at 20,000? Here's the full table, from the manual: What can I say? Really wishful thinking! Edited December 31, 2012 by DZ-Jay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 This is great! Congratulations! How long did you play the game to get to that score? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Liduario, great job throughout this entire competition! You have been a great inspiration and made this competition really fun. If anyone truly captured the spirit of this competition, it's you! Happy New Year!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congratulations! I will never get that far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Liduario may have been the first, but WispFollower stole his thunder presents at the very last moment. That name seems awfully appropriate for a Ghost Of Christmas Presents. Presenting, the amazing 14K score that closed the championship: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Oh, I didn't see the thread until now. I would say Dz made history with the game! And competition was incredible from day one. Actually, even before it started! First I asked about a round in Hsc with a homebrew game, I already had Xmas Carol! Cparsley and Dz came with amazing ideas, an entire month of December playing Xmas Carol with an unbelievable prize. All hard work, all generosity that made history in Intellivision didn't came from me. You, guys, made all possible! You made history! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 I just do it for the kids. Once in a while it's important to bring out the 8 year-old inner-child and let him play, and there's no better time for that than Christmas. Happy New Year everyone! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Liduario may have been the first, but WispFollower stole his thunder presents at the very last moment. That name seems awfully appropriate for a Ghost Of Christmas Presents. Presenting, the amazing 14K score that closed the championship: since you posted color scheme couldnt someone just photoshop the high score? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 since you posted color scheme couldnt someone just photoshop the high score? The colors were never a secret, that picture I posted is from the game instruction manual. I don't think I want to consider that our community includes anybody who would deliberately cheat in a friendly game during Christmas time. Whoever wants to win that bad, and rob children, friends, and colleagues of the opportunity, well... let's just say he deserves a big lump of coal in his stocking, and a visit from the Evil Snowman. -dZ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stc2009 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I don't think I want to consider that our community includes anybody who would deliberately cheat in a friendly game during Christmas time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 OMG! Is that the Evil Snowman howl I hear approaching? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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