sku_u Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Sku_u i really hope you are joking! 9992! ive got no chance in hell of beating that! oh well it is only for fun! I wish I was. I was doing really well until I got to 9000 then I looked at the score and psyched myself out. I still managed to get 992 more points, but it would have been nice to get 8 points higher to see the score flip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Wow sku, and to think you only needed 8+10 to beat Big Player, I really need practice, my best so far has been 2548 Was getting in the 1500's last night, so I've improved a little bit. Maybe after I play a little more tonight i can post a more respectable score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Wow sku, and to think you only needed 8+10 to beat Big Player, I think I'll be taking a break from Circus Atari for a while after that score. That last game was better than any I'd done before, but very frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Beat my old score guess what? HermChase i have now drawn with you for 5th place! now time to work on that 9993 points score im after..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 A few of you knew this was coming. 9? Do I have that right? Incidentally, since you get a single point every time a character bounces, the absolute minimum score you can get on a complete game is 5 points, even if you miss the guy on the first jump every time. Okay, here's the 9 story. Ed Siegler, his brother Joe and I were going to take a break from the Austin Gaming Expo last summer. So we go up to Joe's hotel room to play some 2600 games. I'm not sure if it was the first game we played or not, but my first game of Circus Atari, I scored 9 points. And I was trying! The fact that you score 5 points just for pushing the button five times did not escape the notice of the Siegler brothers. So for the rest of the weekend, I was known as "9". Any combination of numbers was somehow numerlogically worked out to make 9 and then yell it out. ("Look, 887. Add the eights, subtract the seven, you get NINE.") It's funny that the first game in the high score club is Circus Atari. Did Ed have anything to do with that? BP (aka 9) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEMoz Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 I used to be able to clock this more than once in the same game (I think I got about 32,000) when I was a young un. Drove my mother round the bend! I can't do anywhere near as well on an emulator though, but I think I might sign up and have a shot if I've got time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 ...my first game of Circus Atari, I scored 9 points. My wife wanted to have a go last night so I turned the paddle over to her. She got 12, and yes she was trying. -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Sorry about this and all but i just got a new score which is also my PB! 6273 that either puts me in 3rd or 4th depending whether or not Sku_u's score is accepted! if im posting too much as always pm me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEMoz Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 OK, for my first go I've managed 3,030. Need to shake off more rust. Might I suggest that points are given out to more players at the end of the week? 3, 2 and 1 between 20 players might get discouraging for some. The medals thing is cool, but something like Formula 1 scoring might be better, and give more encouragement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Don't worry about the mistake that Ze_ro hass made with my score because i have sent him a PM! the mistake is 4096 instead of 4069! (not that it matters now anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermChase Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 5060 here. Slowly moving up...But, not to a rollover anytime soon, I'm guessing. 6th place doesn't warrant a bandwidth wasting screenshot. Also, I agree with the "points for everyone" idea. That way, 1st 2nd and 3rd can have their glory, but a strong competitor who just can't ace one game can still be seen. ------ Chase Hermsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEMoz Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Also, I agree with the "points for everyone" idea. That way, 1st 2nd and 3rd can have their glory, but a strong competitor who just can't ace one game can still be seen. ------ Chase Hermsen Yeah. If you had, for instance (ripped from somewhere else I play games competitions) the following: 1st Place - 12 Points 2nd Place - 10 Points 3rd - 8 pts 4th - 7 pts 5th - 6 pts 6th - 5 pts 7th - 4 pts 8th - 3 pts 9th - 2 pts 10th - 1 point That way you're not going to have the majority of people stuck on zero all the time. There's nothing more discouraging than being on zero forever! You could keep the medals for the top 3, but a bigger points spread would surely be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEMoz Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Have you any idea how difficult it is to play this game with a three year old grabbing at your arm? Still, despite that I improved to 4220. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamerz Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Not a good start for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermChase Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Just had a pretty good game. 5902 Hint to all: Don't. Think. Ever. Once I start thinking, I end up missing. ------- Chase Hermsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InanimateCarbonRod Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Up to 5638 here. I think I will have a stroke before week's end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobafett07728 Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Here's todays improvement, however slight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuddy Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Y'know, if I didn't itch so much, this would be a HELL of a lot easier! >_<;; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 Might I suggest that points are given out to more players at the end of the week? 3, 2 and 1 between 20 players might get discouraging for some. Yeah, I've been thinking about this too... I wasn't sure at first how many people would join in, so I figured the top three would be a good place to start. One thing that I had mostly decided to do was to keep track of people's scores, and use the actual scores themselves (Or perhaps percentile scores like TwinGalaxies uses, or something statistical involving the number of standard deviations away from the mean or something) as tie-breakers when people have the same number of points... so even if there ended up being 20 people with zero points, there would still be a ranking based on their performance. I'm unfamiliar with Formula 1 scoring though... is it anything like Mario Kart? --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 I am still struggling. I will eventually submit a score but it won't be anything that competes with 1,2, or 3. Maybe next weeks game will be better. (com'on maibock, pick a good one ) As for this week, I see myself submitting a score around two thousand, but that has only happened once so far. I suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEMoz Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 I'm unfamiliar with Formula 1 scoring though... is it anything like Mario Kart? --Zero I'm unfamiliar with Mario Kart scoring! Anyway, it's basically like the score chart I posted above, but with 10 points for first place, eight for second, then six for third, five, four, three, two and one. Depends how many places you want, I like the other version where the top 10 score points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamemaster_ca_2003 Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 my best stands at 241 now still that is pretty bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermChase Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Wow. I thought of the Mario Kart thing too, Ze_ro. Get out of my head! --------- Chase Hermsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuddy Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Maybe next weeks game will be better. (com'on maibock, pick a good one ) Whatever you do, don't pick Splatform or he'll pwn me =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedijeff Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 After playing for almost 2 hours tonight I was finally able to beat my previous high score and I rolled it over. My new high is 11,111. I guess it's time to find a blank tape and hook up the vcr. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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