Vocelli Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 (edited) Week 23 Dragonfire CLARIFICATION: No use of CHEATS, emulation advantages, bugs, cart frying or other variables that gives you an unfair advantage in this HSC. Please assume you have to follow the game difficulty and mode for the playing week/s. There cannot be any game enhancements or favorite settings to play in the 2600 HSC, unless you are given authorization to do so by your humble yet strict MODERATOR! Vocelli Dragonfire Released By: Imagic Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: Game 1 Post your scores right here in this thread, and we will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone else. The deadline for posting scores is Midnight (EST) the evening of July 18, 2021 Bonus: BONUS: BEAT THE LEADERS! For Players who are NOT in the Top 24 (25th Place and lower) (Standings after the Paddle Weeks) Get +10 Bonus Points for finishing in the Top 24 this week! Get +5 More for finishing Top 8! +15 Bonus Points Total Possible For Players in 9 – 24th Place (Standings after the Paddle weeks) Get +10 Bonus Points for finishing Top 8 this week Get an extra +5 for finishing Top 3 +15 Bonus Points Total Possible For Players in the Top 8 Get +10 Bonus Points for Finishing Top 3 Get a Bonus +5 for finishing FIRST! +15 Bonus Points Total Possible Dragonfire Scores 300590 - BotBird (+50) (+15) 23580 - ZilchSr (+49) (+10) 17490 - Nads (+48) (+15) 16820 - Kermit (+47) 14290 - Evandro (+46)(+10) 13620 - Keilbaca (+45)(+10) 13030 - Vocelli (+44) 12490 - LaurenTyler (+1) (+43)(+10) 11600 - McCallister (+42) (+10) 11420 - MoisesTuseto (+41) 11330 - GBAG (+40) 10360 - ClassicGamer (+39)(+10) 9250 - JasonAtari (+38) 9080 - ToileTunes (+37) 9070 - TheActivisionary (+36) 8570 - AtariSphinx (+35) 8340 - IsaiahAustin (+1) (+34) 8150 - MrTrust (+33) 7970 - Mchetzel (+32) 7880 - DrMooCowz (+31) 7530 - FakeCortex (+30) 7420 - Krytol (+29) (+10) 7230 - DomBradley (+28) 7190 - OyamaFamily (+27) 7180 - JasonHRB (+26) 6870 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+25) 6670 - RGC (+24) 6120 - Atarian7 (+23) 6090 - Maloff (+22) 4020 - 5x7 (+21) 3920 - AGB (+20) 3810 - Atari_Warlord (+19) 3740 - RoadRunner (+18) 3560 - RaymanC (+17) 1830 - RogerPoco (+16) Overall Standings Possible GOLD MEDAL Bracket Players 1398 Kermit 1336 ZilchSr 1306 AtariSphinx 1193 GBAG 1148 JasonHRB 1076 JasonAtari 1069 Toiletunes 1056 Vocelli Possible SILVER MEDAL Bracket Players 1028 RogerPoco 1025 IsaiahAustin 996 Evandro 963 OyamaFamily 932 TheActivisionary 906 Maloff 902 DomBradley 880 RaymanC Possible BRONZE MEDAL Bracket Players 843 FakeCortex 831 Dr Moocowz 829 Mchetzel 799 LaurenTyler 799 MoisesTuseto 796 MrTrust 774 Keilbaca 692 5x7 Possible PAPER MEDAL Bracket Players 675 Atari_Warlord 654 RGC 653 JacobZu7Zu7 645 GType 617 RetroBreakout 579 Atarian7 547 McCallister 527 ClassicGamer On the Outside Looking in: 521 Nads 500 AGB 460 Roadrunner 403 CwieLand 288 Nester 278 Jblenkle 237 Nebulus 232 SpaceyInvader 216 HankReardon 215 AtariWarlord 212 Krytol 171 Capitain Classic 171 SneakyTurtleEgg 138 SBAZ 130 MangiaBoy 120 ZeroPageHomebrewJames 109 Karokoenig 96 RedMiller 86 SkippyBCoyote 84 ZeroPageHomebrewTanya 80 Deteacher 78 JeremiahK 58 CaptainKiwi 55 PixelStuff 52 BotBird 48 ThomasJentsch 46 ChuckDHead 37 Lord Innit 31 NamcoPlayer Season 11 will have: ~ LAST WEEK!!! Beat the leader week This Season will last 24 weeks and have 28+ Games. The Season will end at the end of July. The TOP 32 will qualify for the Medal Bracket Challenge which will include a special Paper Medal Bracket Knockout Tourney. Edited July 19, 2021 by Vocelli 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 OK, I've finished stretching, and here's my first score: 10,530. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Austin Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Cosmic Ark: 11050 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Back for more... 13,360! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchSr Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Is there a leeching prohibition on this title this week? Pretty much any score over 16K-18K will have at the very least significant unintentional leeching involved, and anything over 20K-22K will certainly have intentional leeching, and a lot of it. Im okay with either, I just figured it would be good to know what will be allowed, and play accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 4 hours ago, ZilchSr said: Is there a leeching prohibition on this title this week? Pretty much any score over 16K-18K will have at the very least significant unintentional leeching involved, and anything over 20K-22K will certainly have intentional leeching, and a lot of it. Im okay with either, I just figured it would be good to know what will be allowed, and play accordingly. This game is new to me, but when trying it out tonight, I'm under the impression that the intentional leeching is accomplished by purposely not picking up the beasties in the earlier rounds so you can continuously blast away the meteors before the game speeds up. Is this the leeching method you're referring to? If so, count me as a "No" vote. This would be a very tedious way to run up your score and clearly is not how the game was intended to be played. There appears to be no limit to the amount of points that can be accumulated in this manner since firing a shot costs one fuel unit, but you get it back when blasting a meteor. As long as you're good enough to never waste a fuel unit by firing an unneeded shot, there is no limit to the amount of points that can be accumulated. I would argue that it doesn't take much skill to avoid wasting shots, and even if you do waste a shot periodically, you'd have to miss dozens of times before needing to worry about running out of fuel. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 8 hours ago, ZilchSr said: Is there a leeching prohibition on this title this week? Pretty much any score over 16K-18K will have at the very least significant unintentional leeching involved, and anything over 20K-22K will certainly have intentional leeching, and a lot of it. Im okay with either, I just figured it would be good to know what will be allowed, and play accordingly. Yeah probably should just pick another game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 Let me think about what to do. I will let everyone know later on this afternoon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) Ok..... decision is made. Cosmic Ark will NOT be played for Week 23. Nads convinced me to change the game (which I rarely ever do). Sticking with this seasons featured company.... The Game is now Dragonfire. I am also giving both LaurenTyler and IsaiahAustin +1 Bonus point for posting scores early. Thanks for understanding... Enjoy! Edited July 10, 2021 by Vocelli 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botbird208 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 I am so so happy it is dragonfire haha I missed it earlier this season and hopefully I can make a new record. I was about to suggest that we play cosmic ark game 4, since that game is so difficult that it makes it so that you can’t get past the 2nd or 3rd planet, which makes it so that you kinda have to leech, however you won’t be able to play it for hours because you’ll die so quickly. Just putting that thought out there in case we can’t do dragonfire for the 2nd time in the same season. But if we are doing dragonfire I am beyond excited! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Austin Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Dragonfire: 2860 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 @JasonHRB... we did not do Dragonfire earlier this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchSr Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) 16 hours ago, kermit73 said: This game is new to me, but when trying it out tonight, I'm under the impression that the intentional leeching is accomplished by purposely not picking up the beasties in the earlier rounds so you can continuously blast away the meteors before the game speeds up. Is this the leeching method you're referring to? If so, count me as a "No" vote. This would be a very tedious way to run up your score and clearly is not how the game was intended to be played. There appears to be no limit to the amount of points that can be accumulated in this manner since firing a shot costs one fuel unit, but you get it back when blasting a meteor. As long as you're good enough to never waste a fuel unit by firing an unneeded shot, there is no limit to the amount of points that can be accumulated. I would argue that it doesn't take much skill to avoid wasting shots, and even if you do waste a shot periodically, you'd have to miss dozens of times before needing to worry about running out of fuel. Exactly. I know this game has been played in the HSC in the past, and the result in that HSC has had some pretty long-lasting negative manifestations both here and elsewhere, bleeding through to other high score communities outside of AtartiAge, unfortunately. I think Vocelli made the right decision by switching to Dragonfire, even though I suck at it LOL Edited July 11, 2021 by ZilchSr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 3,820 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 12,490 (Don't know why it says 'Dragon Treasure' as I clearly clicked on Dragonfire.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 yeah for cosmic ark you could have done game 2 or would that be leeching too, anyway 4,320 forgot to snap it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 13 hours ago, Botbird208 said: I am so so happy it is dragonfire haha I missed it earlier this season and hopefully I can make a new record. I was about to suggest that we play cosmic ark game 4, since that game is so difficult that it makes it so that you can’t get past the 2nd or 3rd planet, which makes it so that you kinda have to leech, however you won’t be able to play it for hours because you’ll die so quickly. Just putting that thought out there in case we can’t do dragonfire for the 2nd time in the same season. But if we are doing dragonfire I am beyond excited! Actually I have your video in my LIKED videos in my YouTube. It is a superb run!! Would love to see top that! Go for it and Good luck!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botbird208 Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) I now remember why I stopped playing Atari 5ish years ago... because every damn controller I bought broke! On this game I made it to about 60k after losing 2 lives, but then the upper left position on my star fighter stopped working, and the left position became super spotty. This caused me to lose 3 lives on the bridge because my little man stopped moving and 2 lives in the lair because instead of going up and left, my little man just went up. Super annoying having to take apart the joystick after every game, only for it to break halfway through the next one. I’ll figure it out eventually though. 91680 Edited July 11, 2021 by Botbird208 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Dragonfire 7190 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Austin Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 (Final Updated Score) Dragonfire: 8340 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 7/11/2021 at 10:48 AM, Botbird208 said: I now remember why I stopped playing Atari 5ish years ago... because every damn controller I bought broke! On this game I made it to about 60k after losing 2 lives, but then the upper left position on my star fighter stopped working, and the left position became super spotty. This caused me to lose 3 lives on the bridge because my little man stopped moving and 2 lives in the lair because instead of going up and left, my little man just went up. Super annoying having to take apart the joystick after every game, only for it to break halfway through the next one. I’ll figure it out eventually though. 91680 Try using a Genesis controller. May not be an actual joystick, but they're still durable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 DragonFire 3,740 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 On 7/10/2021 at 10:26 PM, Lauren Tyler said: 12,490 (Don't know why it says 'Dragon Treasure' as I clearly clicked on Dragonfire.) Yeah , my saved screenshot reads Dragon Treasure too. Dragon Treasure was the Zellers release of this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 On 7/11/2021 at 10:48 AM, Botbird208 said: I now remember why I stopped playing Atari 5ish years ago... because every damn controller I bought broke! On this game I made it to about 60k after losing 2 lives, but then the upper left position on my star fighter stopped working, and the left position became super spotty. This caused me to lose 3 lives on the bridge because my little man stopped moving and 2 lives in the lair because instead of going up and left, my little man just went up. Super annoying having to take apart the joystick after every game, only for it to break halfway through the next one. I’ll figure it out eventually though. 91680 All right, what is your strategy for this game? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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