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Post by hcmffm on Nov 1, 2024 17:38:22 GMT -5
... It was only a suggestion from my side regarding the spoon. But for me personally it would feel strange if I just had to hand it over to someone in my own household. So my suggestion is that ALL players participating on MY Vectrex can not win the spoon. However, it is up to you as the judge to say if we should be counted when looking for who is second to last. (That means these players: Fruktodlaren, Len, Moyu, Måns and Anna) There are two ways to go about that as I see it. A. We are all invisible when counting places. B. We are counted when looking for who is second to last, but if one of us ARE second to last, you pick the next one up. I am sorry that who will be winning the spoon yet again becomes a controversy thanks to me. I remember we had this discussion before in one way or another. No problem, Tony. I just looked up how wooden spoon had been determined last year and found that rule "B" had been applied, see here. I thought a bit about it and found that this rule is better than rule B: With rule A a player might think that he/she's second last and wins the wooden spoon while he/she actually doesn't because last ranked person is immune to the spoon (hmm, even rhymes). So rule B is the way to go in VW XIV. In the ranking above it would be Toph who would win the wooden spoon. |
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Post by Vorkosigan on Nov 1, 2024 17:41:11 GMT -5
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Post by hcmffm on Nov 1, 2024 17:44:10 GMT -5
hcmffm think you missed malbans Marine fox score? 👍 Chris submitted the score for "Marin aFox", so it doesn't count. Seriously, thanks for the hint; I've just fixed that. |
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Post by Vorkosigan on Nov 1, 2024 17:54:49 GMT -5
New Player: Zuko aka my wife Anja (gamer since C64 and Gameboy). When Toph was playing Clean Sweep Zuko took the Vectrex controller for the first time and reached a decent score. She gave some of the other games a try and these are her results: Clean Sweep:23240 Bedlam:5700 EDIH: 4875 Marine Fox: 21704 Pole Position: 42320 Release: 13340 Vectrexagon: 30:70 High Score Gallery: drive.google.com/drive/folders/17FLWxr4hyit8xxmxqhpHiMlgTGmuAPJ0 |
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Post by hcmffm on Nov 1, 2024 18:03:32 GMT -5
New Player: Zuko aka my wife Anja (gamer since C64 and Gameboy). When Toph was playing Clean Sweep Zuko took the Vectrex controller for the first time and reached a decent score. She gave some of the other games a try and these are her results: Tss, tss, tss, those gaming families... ...are just great! A pity that Brett ( playvectrex) and his family isn't around this year. |
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Post by hcmffm on Nov 1, 2024 18:06:55 GMT -5
Some gambling both for Vector War and the IPYVD. Drawing Spyro took almost more time than playing games. Vectrexagon: 97:34 Star Castle: 11520 Rip Off: 2770 EDIH: 8690     |
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Post by mozie on Nov 1, 2024 18:18:19 GMT -5
Finally broke 100k on thrust, trying to escape level 12 with the orb took a looonnnnggg time almkst 3 hours its truly a horrible experience  but once you get to the invisible levels as stated,they are not as bad as I had thought as you can hold the Button down to display the level when required (albeit with no thrust power!)  Thrust 100300. I must admit I am starting to enjoy the game more |
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Post by D-Type on Nov 1, 2024 18:37:46 GMT -5
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Post by nexus6 on Nov 1, 2024 19:22:10 GMT -5
Release: 39054 Vectrexagon: 162:30 Thrust: 26850 |
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Post by hcmffm on Nov 1, 2024 19:41:43 GMT -5
Tried out Malbans hints in Release! and got a higher score right away: Release!: 19331  |
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Post by fmml on Nov 1, 2024 19:56:54 GMT -5
As I dont know if I will have playtime tomorrow I want to thank Helmut and VectorX for this years VW. Thank you also to all developers. A special shoutout to Mountaingoat. I hope you will reappear some day. Thank you to all players for keeping the Vectrex alive! Maybe see you tomorrow otherwise next year! My scores of todays Play Your Vectrex Day: Rip Off 5640 Pole Position 77000 Marine Fox 29860     |
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Post by jgkspsx on Nov 1, 2024 20:04:20 GMT -5
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Post by Malban on Nov 1, 2024 20:10:34 GMT -5
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Post by kiwasabi on Nov 1, 2024 20:18:09 GMT -5
Only one shark can be in each column at a time. So you can ride behind a shark and grab all the dots in his column. Try to time going for the dots on the edge for when all the sharks have already spawned. Hang out in the middle until they've all spawned, then react accordingly. On later levels this is difficult as there are so many sharks and they are very fast. But its still possible to time your movements to coincide with their spawn timing. The item that looks like brackets is the power item because it's invincibility for 10 seconds. The shark fin item slows down all the sharks for about 10 seconds. $ refills your bonus meter. >> is fast forward and makes you go 1.5 times the normal speed. And the <> one removes one row or column of the dots. This game is brutal but can be fun and rewarding when the stars finally align and you get farther into the levels. |
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Post by VectorX on Nov 1, 2024 20:26:57 GMT -5
As I dont know if I will have playtime tomorrow I want to thank Helmut and VectorX for this years VW. You're welcome, but other than hosting and offering some tips and insights I don't really do that much. Maybe next year I can finally reenter the hectic fold of playing again! |
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but once you get to the invisible levels as stated,they are not as bad as I had thought as you can hold the Button down to display the level when required (albeit with no thrust power!) 
