Jaguar High Score Club - Rules, Regs, and Scoring

[Rick Dangerous]

 

Welcome to the Jaguar HSC! 

BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE JAGUAR HSC

• Rounds will last one month, starting and ending on Sundays.
• New players are welcome to join at any point!
• Only games with trackable scores will be played in the competition; Certain games that were a nuisance (like the scores appearing for only a split-second in Dino Dudes) have been left out completely.
• Season 17 begins on 2/1/2023 and will last until the end of June (06/30/2023)

 

PRIZES

 

TBD 

 

RULES FOR PLAYERS

• Deadlines are firm (the rounds end at midnight, the end of the month). However, that's not to say you shouldn't still submit a score if you miss the deadline. If you submit an entry after the round is over, you will still receive ONE participation point (the same amount of points as the lowest scoring players in any given round). For special bonus rounds, no participation points will be handed out if scores are not submitted by the deadline--these rounds are intended only for those who are constantly active in the Jaguar HSC.
• Any control method is fine. Custom Jag controllers (rotaries), Pro Controllers, and whatever else you can find are all fine. Anything goes as long as you're actually playing the game.
• Emulators ARE allowed, however, compatibility is rough at best at this point in time so it may be more trouble than it's worth (trust me!). Also, be sure to follow these basic rules if you decide to use emulation as a means of participation:A.) No save states; B.) No system-enhancing features (framerate or graphic enhancements that can boost or smooth the framerate); C.) If you find a game that runs much smoother an an emulator than original hardware, either figure out how to turn the boosting off, or use real hardware.
• Don't abuse bugs or farm points in any game. Abusing loopholes to get huge amounts of points without much work is unfair and against the rules
• Since we try to go on good faith here, screenshots are not necessary. However, it is still recommended you take a snapshot to ease any sort of doubt anyone may have. This is especially true if you manage a ridiculous, unbelievable score that the average person isn't likely to attain. I personally prefer that the highest scoring players include screenshots, and I reserve the right to disqualify a high score if things seem sketchy to me.

 

 

THE SCORING SYSTEM

For this Season , the method of scoring will be as following

Player 1 scores 56,930;
Player 2 scores 48,900;
Player 3 scores 12,029;
Player 4 scores 8,002;
Player 5 scores 534;

Player 1 receives 10 points;
Player 2 receives 8 points;
Player 3 receives 6 points;
Player 4 receives 4 point;
Player 5 receives 2 point;
Player 6 receives 1 point; etc.

 

1 point for participation-you can get this after the round is over just submit a score for that game in that thread. 
TOP scoring players this season will not receive any extra points, as opposed to other season. With how the system is setup now, everything should even itself out throughout the course of the season.  

 

Games subject to change!

GAME MODES FOR SEASONS

 

To be determined at the beginning of each round.

 

Thank you for the game recs and lets have a great and super fun season! 

Edited February 7 by Rick Dangerous

[Rick Dangerous]

I'm open to dropping everyone's worst score/game at the end of the season.

 

If there is an easy way to do it that doesn't involve me going back and having to cross reference a bunch of stuff.....lol.

 

Open to ideas on that! 

[Rick Dangerous]

We are going to retain Season 17 rules to keep things simple.  Games for this round: 

 

Atari Karts

Breakout 2000

Hyper Force

Pinball Fantasie

Soccer Kid

Supercross 3D

Iron Soldier

Pitfall The Mayan Adventure

Defender 2000
Cybermorph
Raiden
Rayman

 

Downfall+

DEGZ

Klax

Painter

Moon Patrol 

Gravitic Mines

SpideX

R-Type II
Klax

Edited November 2, 2023 by Rick Dangerous