globeron Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinphaltimus Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I hit 29k last night after 4 tries and ready for bed. I may have a shot at this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I really like games with demos. I tend to leave them running as background stimulation while I do other things or to watch game mechanics. TI Invaders, Munch Man, and Car Wars are part of a handful of TI console games with real demos which I enjoy just letting run, especially since in the case of the two former they will set the high score based upon demo scores. I also like to see how high the demo can get its score. Last night I decided to leave TI Invaders running over-night to see how high its demo high score would go. I am disappointed to find that after 12 hours its high score is only 1003. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 The thread title should reflect which game is in play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinphaltimus Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 The thread title should reflect which game is in play. Good idea, I'd even add the last day of competition date so anyone browsing the forums might see their favorite game with a week left and enter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Good idea, I'd even add the last day of competition date so anyone browsing the forums might see their favorite game with a week left and enter. Yes. Maybe just something like "High Score Competition - Alpiner, December 2016". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinphaltimus Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Yes. Maybe just something like "High Score Competition - Alpiner, December 2016". Precisely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Done ... please post further messages for the competition in the respective thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 I'm throwing my hat in the ring this month. Are you shaking in your boots yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) Done ... please post further messages for the competition in the respective thread. What I meant was for this present thread to have its title changed (about once a month). I'll ask Albert about it. Edited December 6, 2016 by sometimes99er 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 That would be less helpful, because we still have to search for the past games. If we had threads with their own title, we could more easily find them. It would suffice if the current gaming thread would be pinned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 That would be less helpful, because we still have to search for the past games. If we had threads with their own title, we could more easily find them. It would suffice if the current gaming thread would be pinned. Well, nobody said that a past game could not be up for grabs one more time. I think your scheme could very well have us searching even more (not one thread but multiple threads with no naming conventions yet suggested). One could make a list of past games in post #1. With your scheme there would be confusion about what to post in one or the other pinned thread. Eg. the price, suggestions for next game and the winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) Well, but could it really help to see the current month's game in the title? Wouldn't I just find it in one of the most recent posts? The scheme I'd propose would be "High Score Competition <month> <year>: <title>", tagged with "Competition". When you search the forum for "Competition", this should give us a nice list of past competitions. It took me 15 minutes to browse through the complete competition thread with 40 pages to find out what games we already had. It's OK to pick a game a second time, but better on purpose, not by accident. Edited December 6, 2016 by mizapf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) Well, but could it really help to see the current month's game in the title? I hope so. Wouldn't I just find it in one of the most recent posts? You could. And nothing prevents you from continuing to find the current game be looking in the most recent posts (or threads as it would be). The scheme I'd propose would be "High Score Competition <month> <year>: <title>", tagged with "Competition". When you search the forum for "Competition", this should give us a nice list of past competitions. There has been other threads with the word "competition" and nothing prevents future unrelated threads with that word. "High Score Competition" seems like a better choice. It took me 15 minutes to browse through the complete competition thread with 40 pages to find out what games we already had. It's OK to pick a game a second time, but better on purpose, not by accident. Okay. Would you then suggest that we open new threads for all the old games ? Edited December 6, 2016 by sometimes99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinphaltimus Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) What about updating the original first thread with a link to the current game thread? Then we get an index of all past games starting from now and if someone wants to go through and do that for all already past games then all the better. And by "do that" I mean just add links in the original first topic to what ever page the next finished game from the past is on. Edited December 6, 2016 by Sinphaltimus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 What about updating the original first thread with a link to the current game thread? Then we get an index of all past games starting from now and if someone wants to go through and do that for all already past games then all the better. And by "do that" I mean just add links in the original first topic to what ever page the next finished game from the past is on. There's already a list there, but it's missing a lot. I would move it to the top, and reverse the order. And link to posts (and threads). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 How about identifying the month and year, title of game (with a link to the game thread/post), and winner. Put that in the first entry for this thread and we've got a permanent, searchable list. . .then we have the best of all worlds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 ... it extracts the points and there is a way to publish it in a high-score list to a central website or list for every month?) Sorted with the highest number and possibility for someone to enter his name? Nice idea about some sort of database. The photo or screenshot is perhaps a way to make sure that one does not accidentally record a score of eg. 111190 instead of 11190. Se 1) in post #1 in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 New score 39099 (moved the thread to here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/259666-high-score-competition-dec-16-alpiner/?p=3645518) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) New score 39099 (moved the thread to here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/259666-high-score-competition-dec-16-alpiner/?p=3645518) Phew. This has unfortunately become a bit confusing. And it seems silly to start a poll on how to continue. It used to be one thread and now it's multithreaded. I'm not saying it's bad, but some level of double-posting could be ... Who won, is the topic pinned or unpinned, should the topic be closed, where do you discuss the game, and where does the scores have to go ... One standpoint is that it's all very easy. No sweat. Let the good vibes roll. - The other is ... I'll take this discussion off site. Edited December 7, 2016 by sometimes99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I agree, we should go back to this forum, even there are so many pages it is better (maybe a summary of games played on page 1) http://atariage.com/forums/topic/259666-high-score-competition-dec-16-alpiner/page-2?do=findComment&comment=3648661 (if I am correct?) I still have the high score (56268) and I will think about the next game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I agree, we should go back to this forum... Glad to see this thread going back in business. I suck compared to you guys at games, but I still enjoy watching you guys go at it. Having everything in one pinned thread sure made life easier. BTW - Where in the heck is Opry99er who started this thread? It appears he's been AWOL since early September of last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Glad to see this thread going back in business. I suck compared to you guys at games, but I still enjoy watching you guys go at it. Having everything in one pinned thread sure made life easier. BTW - Where in the heck is Opry99er who started this thread? It appears he's been AWOL since early September of last year. Last I heard his TI died and he was a bit depressed about it and kinda lost interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Last I heard his TI died and he was a bit depressed about it and kinda lost interest At the risk of sounding nosy, would have to be more than that. There are enough of us here who would gladly send him equipment that it is highly impossible for a dead TI to be the end of the world. Thus stipulated, I hope things get better for him and he makes his way back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Yea I don't know the whole story. Just something I heard somewhere, I think maybe Facebook I'm friends with him on there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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