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    After reading your previous post I feel compelled to also add my two cents.

    Actually, I think that Jacob's work with the HSC has been great.
    The competition is well organised and above all is both fair AND fun.
    I understand your perspective of competitor. However, it seems to me that Jacob's decisions are made for making the competition more fun and not for personal profit or for attacking the leader, as you suggested by comparing him to CParsley. This comparison is inadequate to my mind.
    You should bear in mind that the “C” of HSC stands for "Club" and not “Competition”. This is a big difference as a high score club should be inclusive and inviting. We have to be thankful that somebody is taking the administrative load of organising the competition within the club. For me the tournament is supposed to be fun and a personal challenge. My goal is not to win, but to participate and try to do my best in the limited amount of time I have to play.
    In my eyes, if your suggestions would be followed, we would have only 2 or 3 people competing at the end. It is nice and fun to have a surprise and open up the competition.
    I agree with you that any game of the competition should not be worth 2 or 3 times more than any other or that deadlines are changed.
    However, I think HSC should be more a "Mario Kart" than "Twin Galaxies” type of tournament. Everyone should have the chance to shine and to dream that they can win. We can also take part in the extra challenges as well and I am pretty sure that you will (as usual) shine :) No-one doubts that you are one of the best Intellivision players on this side of the galaxy!!!
    In terms of the Stampede game, the Activision patch challenge seems to be a good idea as at the time people were all striving to get one of those. Moreover this challenge pushes us all to make a bit of an extra effort, to go beyond our limits.
    Have a great day!
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    NEW to the group, first post, only have had INTV for a few months, never played this game. I didn't think I'd like it BUT...it's fantastic!!!! Control takes getting used to for INTV newbie. I'm proud to come in last:

     

     

    Welcome. Glad to hear that you are trying out the INTV. The INTV has some pretty cool games to discover and the HSC is a great way to get to know them.

     

    Good luck and read you around!

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    Oh and if you need a tip: Try to keep as many additional lives as possible. If you reach the 85k with about 40-50 extra fishes you have a good chance to break the 100k. But be modest in that score area. If you want to kill the shark: FORGET IT! Its so damn fast and chases you, you will die every single time you try. Just try your luck with small fishes and low scores. Even if you manage to get about 100-200 points with every single fish left at this stage its HUGE.

     

    Completely agree! We have to become very humble and perseverant after the 90K. Thanks for the tips.

     

    By the way, great Mission X score Ignorama! Congratulations my friend!

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    yes we do have great gamers here!!! :) I think if they can get scores like that I can... but no!!!! lol

     

    Fun trying though.

     

    One of the advantages of the HSC is that we do not share scores but also strategies. There are great players here like Lid or Ignorama that are also very kind and give tips.

     

    So far I recommend you to perfect your shark-tail bitting technique. It is a matter of timing, get the tempo right (the tempo gets faster as your score advances).

     

    Killing the Shark gives you not only big points but extra lives. Accumulate these extra lives for later stages.

     

    By the way, use the Dart option (press number buttons) to escape from tight spots and avoid being cornered at the edge of the screen. Cheers. O

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    91,350

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    Great score Lid! I accidentally discovered i can bite the shark & it was giving me more points every time. I definitely took a beating getting the hang of it but yeah killing the shark is where it's at :)

     

    it got SUPER tough around 80-90k

     

     

    Well done! Amazing improvement!

     

    I agree, the game gets extremely though at around the 90k. I arrived to this score with more than 20 lives and lost them all in a sigh... I guess we need to change our strategy as the shark's tail is almost impossible to eat. Any ideas?

     

    Liduario's score of more than 100K is incredible! Super! Do you have any tips Lid? :waving:

  23. Posted · Edited by Oscar G.

     

    Ah Carnival :D ... that be the moderators addition to the poll ;) I feel its a worthwhile shooter when you play beyond its shortcomings. Music being one of them, but you can shut it off with the controller I believe?

     

     

    No, actually to shut the music off in Carnival you simply need to shoot at the music note box on the far right of the screen. You need to use a bullet for this purpose...

     

    ... Actually, you could accidentally shoot at the box again and then you will have wasted 3 precious bullets if you want to turn the music off a second time :P

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