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Season 10 ~ Week 4 ~ Stampede


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On the board with 1203.

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Back in in the 1983 I was somehow able to get 4263, we will see if I get anywhere near that!

 

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Before that I got a 3138 score I could send in for the patch, this Polaroid was probably from early 1983 (I took two and sent one in):

 

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And the patch from that score:

 

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7 hours ago, kiansurfs said:

Having too much fun trying to figure out the logic behind the black cows.

I can't seem to lock down the pattern either. In game 1, at first I thought they were popping up shortly after a skull, but I don't think that theory panned out. Sometimes I find myself intentionally skipping one b/c I know I can't get to it, and then a few more pop up real quick. Then I go again and grab it and the following ones don't show up. So I'm starting to think that the game punishes you for not roping them.

 

4 minutes ago, gbag said:

2,990... just missed another calf!!

Dang, so close! This reminds me- how high has everyone's stray count gotten? So far I've only broken the first 1K threshold for one extra, and I had a particularly good run and it happened before I lost any, so my top stray count is 4. Has anyone earned extra "lives" without losing one?

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So, the game rolls at 10K, but the ten-thousands digit is counted by a steer's head at the bottom of the screen, followed by a 2 (for 20K) and a 3 (for 30K) etc.  So, my question is:

 

Do we stop at 10K for rollage, or keep going, since the ten-thousands place is recorded?  Not that I'll score that high, but asking for everyone else.  :)

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11 minutes ago, Deteacher said:

So, the game rolls at 10K, but the ten-thousands digit is counted by a steer's head at the bottom of the screen, followed by a 2 (for 20K) and a 3 (for 30K) etc.  So, my question is:

 

Do we stop at 10K for rollage, or keep going, since the ten-thousands place is recorded?  Not that I'll score that high, but asking for everyone else.  :)

My vote is to keep going since it's counted. I wonder why they even roll that low, maybe it had to do with how they coded the score display. I will be very impressed if we actually have to implement a rule.

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3 hours ago, fakecortex said:

I can't seem to lock down the pattern either. In game 1, at first I thought they were popping up shortly after a skull, but I don't think that theory panned out. Sometimes I find myself intentionally skipping one b/c I know I can't get to it, and then a few more pop up real quick. Then I go again and grab it and the following ones don't show up. So I'm starting to think that the game punishes you for not roping them.

 

Dang, so close! This reminds me- how high has everyone's stray count gotten? So far I've only broken the first 1K threshold for one extra, and I had a particularly good run and it happened before I lost any, so my top stray count is 4. Has anyone earned extra "lives" without losing one?

The black cows are in the same places but if other cows are taking up the room, then they don't come. 

 

 

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49 minutes ago, classicgamer_27330 said:

The black cows are in the same places but if other cows are taking up the room, then they don't come. 

Hmm, interesting. There could be some added strategy in herding to purposefully avoid the angus. I love the points, but too many in a row and you'll pass em real quick.

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