mbd39 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Frozone212 said: Well I don't. If you know the game already, you have an unfair advantage Cheating gives an unfair advantage. Just being better at something isn't unfair. Even if you prohibit those already know the games, there will be some players who are better at games than others and/or have more free time to practice and will win. I guess they also have an unfair advantage. Edited February 28, 2022 by mbd39 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Also, I've been competing in NES contests for a long time. I've seen players who've never heard of a game before get really good at it and do well against experienced players. Sometimes they do this often. It happens. Already knowing a game is no guarantee that you're going to beat someone who doesn't. Here's an example of what I mean. It's an old Qbert contest thread. The top scorer had never heard of the game before that week. Second place guy was playing it since he was a kid. https://archive.nes.science/nintendoage-forums/nintendoage.com/forum/messageviewe30b.html?catid=31&threadid=163346 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 @Frozone212 If you want to be in a retro gaming competition, you are going to have to deal with people who have been playing the game for 30 years or more. Then again, I have won some weeks when I had never played the game before. It happens. Here, you can beat me. I played this game 30+ years ago and still suck at it. 29,933 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 57 minutes ago, mbd39 said: Also, I've been competing in NES contests for a long time. I've seen players who've never heard of a game before get really good at it and do well against experienced players. Sometimes they do this often. It happens. Already knowing a game is no guarantee that you're going to beat someone who doesn't. Here's an example of what I mean. It's an old Qbert contest thread. The top scorer had never heard of the game before that week. Second place guy was playing it since he was a kid. https://archive.nes.science/nintendoage-forums/nintendoage.com/forum/messageviewe30b.html?catid=31&threadid=163346 I take it that site is no longer active? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 31 minutes ago, Frozone212 said: I take it that site is no longer active? Yeah. The members moved to a different site. A company named Go Collect bought the site and then destroyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 sorry to hear that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Figured it out, I'm not making tetrises. anyway, new score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Frozone212 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 getting better this is my final score for the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 50,754 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) round 6, at least i tried Edited March 1, 2022 by Frozone212 score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fakecortex Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I knew we were gonna see some insane scores this round. Wowee. Such a great game. 69,691 started on level 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I always wanted the Tengen version for 2 players (never seemed right that the licensed version didn’t have that). Nevertheless, I came up with a pretty crazy and fun 2 player version with this cart: One player uses the controller while facing away from the tv, then their partner gives verbal directions on where to place the pieces. E.g., “B, left, left, drop.” (Or as things heat up, “stay”.) It’s as crazy as it sounds, and it’s a lot of fun! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 We did that in church for Mario kart, except you're blindfolded 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 80,539 Started at level 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 567,388 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 On 2/28/2022 at 5:20 PM, agb said: I am really enjoying this challenge. I think you have me this time but I will not quit. This will be a fun two weeks. Thanks and GL. I have a personal goal of 600k. I'll hit it one of these days. Still being terrible at level 19 speed hurts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 I got some weird cutscene where a rocket took off. Looked well drawn Score 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 3 hours ago, mbd39 said: Thanks and GL. I have a personal goal of 600k. I'll hit it one of these days. Still being terrible at level 19 speed hurts. Great score. I broke 632,000 years ago. I got 599,000 a few years ago. I’m stuck in the 300s so far this week. Good luck getting the 600,000 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 93,364 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crade Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 2/28/2022 at 6:37 PM, mbd39 said: Yeah. The members moved to a different site. A company named Go Collect bought the site and then destroyed it. In fairness, NA was kinda sharing honest info about game rarity and undermining their plans to pretend their stash of common crap is worth millions 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 new score as well as this 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fakecortex Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Getting a Tetris is still one of the most satisfying things in gaming. I also love making my way down to the bottom of the screen after being at the scary music top. It feels like a little accomplishment and a second chance haha. Tetris - 83,133 Started on level 7. Only made it to 8 this time instead of 10, but I ended up with a higher score. Thank you tetrises 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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