K5 Round 2 - Maniac Square [Prototype] (Elimination)

BBH · Post by **BBH** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:21 pm

(forums were down for a couple hours which prevented the posting of this. We're looking into moving the K5 webpage to a different domain so that games can be announced there even if the forums are down.)

Game - Maniac Square [Prototype] (maniacsp)
Target Score - Top 24 move on to the next round
Duration of Round - September 9th 2006 00:00 GMT - September 15th 2006 23:59 GMT

It's a puzzle game. Yep.

Note that we are using the Prototype version of this game, not the regular finished version of the game. Why? The finished version seemed to be a lot easier to complete, but it has a horrible scoring system that makes tie scores pretty common. The prototype version has a much better scoring system... but seeing how it's a prototype, I don't know if they balanced the difficulty all that well, as the later levels of this game appear to be quite difficult. But maybe that's because I suck at puzzle games. :P Let's see if anyone can complete all 30 levels!

MARP is still being flaky, so we'll still be accepting recordings through either MARP or this thread, as usual.

SCOREBOARD:

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01. Metrackle               271,730
02. Abbe                    192,420
03. sikraiken               180,030
04. destructor@HotTeam.pl   165,900
05. Nanni                   145,350
06. JYD@jvrm.net            142,720
07. zylquin                 139,130
08. gastrainga              127,470
09. TRB_MetroidTeam         126,300
10. Phil Lamat              117,720
11. RAX@AIVA                117,650
12. TJT                     117,000
13. saru3000                115,900
14. Gerhard Schindler       114,600
15. Sampras@AIVA            114,480
16. The Pro                 114,340
17. MORENO@TeamBrazil       114,110
18. Jason Dyer              112,810
19. LeClaqueurFou@jvrm.net  112,690
20. BDF                     112,630
21. Udirnel                 112,280
22. mahlemiut               110,470
23. pat33999                109,080
24. IB_Angelo__             107,680
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25. Marco Marocco           103,220
26. Kaczor                   99,960
27. RJM                      93,650
28. JLr-DF                   52,260
29. Ace13                    No Score
29. GEMANT@AIVA              No Score
29. John Cunningham          No Score
29. ZB                       No Score

NotMan · Post by **NotMan** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:39 pm

Sample Junk Replay.

Wolf 106
Score: 126,660

NotMan

destructor · Post by **destructor** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:17 am

Puzzle = fucked game. Metrackle and Abbe are puzzle-masters.

BBH · Post by **BBH** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:19 am

destructor wrote:Puzzle = fucked game. Metrackle and Abbe are puzzle-masters.

well, would you rather have faced them on this game in the head-to-head rounds? :)

Marco Marocco · Post by **Marco Marocco** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:59 am

1st inp - 54840

Udirnel · Post by **Udirnel** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:00 am

Haven't played this game before. Looking at the top ten scoring inside it, from 5 to 10 you find SAB-AND-IJA-ASQ-UER-OSA, that in spanish means "sicky vermin", probably related to the top 4, but i don't know the meaning of GOJ.

In the regular version those 7 last names are changed, so GOJ wasn't publicly offended

Udirnel

BBH · Post by **BBH** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:52 am

Udirnel wrote:Haven't played this game before. Looking at the top ten scoring inside it, from 5 to 10 you find SAB-AND-IJA-ASQ-UER-OSA, that in spanish means "sicky vermin", probably related to the top 4, but i don't know the meaning of GOJ.

In the regular version those 7 last names are changed, so GOJ wasn't publicly offended

haha, that's a pretty cool little fun fact. I still like "BIG COT TON PAN TSU" better though.

Abbe · Post by **Abbe** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:31 pm

destructor wrote:Puzzle = fucked game. Metrackle and Abbe are puzzle-masters.

Well, thinking that way, every other kind of game is fucked for me, with you being the master. (Not to mention that you took first place the last time you crowned me puzzle-master.)

Anyway, I feel lucky having a puzzle game this week, giving me a chance to stay in the tournament. Life is upside down and playing-time will be more or less none after today.

Good luck, everyone!

The TJT · Post by **The TJT** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:55 pm

Might be a nice game

Will start playing on Monday.
Later, TT

destructor · Post by **destructor** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:16 pm

One thing is excellent in this game - sound. But game is crap. Too fast on later levels.

Udirnel · Post by **Udirnel** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:59 pm

61960

Is a start. Poor but a start.

Udirnel

JLr-DF · Post by **JLr-DF** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:54 pm

52260
Wolfmame .101
I don´t know play Tetris games, but I wil try

.

Marco Marocco · Post by **Marco Marocco** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:02 pm

69990
after level 9 hard

saru3000 · Post by **saru3000** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:05 pm

This is definitely not my type of game, but I'm getting a little better at it (which is a pleasant surprise). I just hope I can improve enough to advance.

BBH · Post by **BBH** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:48 pm

JLr: uh, can you please check the date on your PC clock? Thanks.