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Nov 29, 2015 at 2:37:41 PM
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Originally posted by: bearcat-doug
 
Originally posted by: guillavoie

I'd like to point a few tricks to score :

Like Twarwick said, when you throw a javelin at 80 degrees with enough power you will hit a UFO, which gives 3000 points. So if you already have a nice throw by your 3rd try, go for the UFO.

In the Triple jump, each jumps count for points, so don't miss one.

When you get 3 successful attempts at high jump, you get an extra 3000 points.

And the most important : Skeet Shooting, if you hit all targets without shooting blank, you will get a UFO coming on the screen. Hit it with your left aim and a crow will appear. UFO is worth 3000 points, and the crow is worth 5000 points per hit. A conservative approach is to hit the crow once with each aim. But, you can hit it twice with each aim, triggering a fast double hits at the right time. With this method, you can get as high as 28,100 points for each attempts (there's even a pattern that makes it 28,200).

There's an archery bonus too where a cat appears and you can shoot an apple off of its head for bonus points. I've only seen it appear after getting a bullseye, but I think you have to get it with one of your last 2 or 3 arrows.
 

Indeed, it seems to get triggered by a late bullseye, but I never undertood fully how to do it on purpose. The apple gives 1000 points and you get an additional 3 arrows if you hit it.
 

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Nov 29, 2015 at 2:53:17 PM
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Originally posted by: guillavoie

Indeed, it seems to get triggered by a late bullseye, but I never undertood fully how to do it on purpose. The apple gives 1000 points and you get an additional 3 arrows if you hit it.
 

I couldn't find any info on how to make the cat appear on purpose either. I think you need to get a bullseye with one of your final three arrows, but I'm not 100% sure if it happens every time or if it's random.

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Edited: 11/29/2015 at 02:54 PM by bearcat-doug

Nov 29, 2015 at 2:56:44 PM
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Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: BriGuy82

The long jump kills me too and I can't figure out why. Every other event I can break the record pretty handily except for that one. I can barely squeek past 8 meters...



The javelin throw got me last time. I still have a rough time getting past the low 90s for whatever reason.


The javelin and the triple jump are my 2 best. I just got a 101m on the javelin my last run, and the triple jump I can average over 21m with almost every attempt.

Nov 29, 2015 at 2:58:15 PM
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GameFAQs says the cat appears if your only bullseye is your 7th arrow.  I haven't tried it myself to confirm.

Nov 29, 2015 at 2:58:43 PM
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Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: guillavoie

Indeed, it seems to get triggered by a late bullseye, but I never undertood fully how to do it on purpose. The apple gives 1000 points and you get an additional 3 arrows if you hit it.
 

I couldn't find any info on how to make the cat appear on purpose either. I think you need to get a bullseye with one of your final three arrows, but I'm not 100% sure if it happens every time or if it's random.
Its definitely triggered by getting a bullseye on the second to last shot, but I bet the bullseye has to be a specific angle or something because it doesn't happen everytime for me.



Nov 29, 2015 at 3:22:07 PM
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Originally posted by: erizisto

GameFAQs says the cat appears if your only bullseye is your 7th arrow.  I haven't tried it myself to confirm.

It has to be the 7th arrow, but like Briguy said, it doesn't always appear, and I personally never understood what's triggerring it at 100 %

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Edited: 11/29/2015 at 03:22 PM by guillavoie

Nov 29, 2015 at 4:05:16 PM
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Nov 29, 2015 at 4:32:46 PM
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Score updated, broke 800k. This run should have easily been around 950k. I'm actually ashamed of how bad I am at skeet shooting. My last round I didn't get one friggin ufo attempt. Reggie Miller held up the choke sign after I was done.


Edited: 11/29/2015 at 04:34 PM by BriGuy82

Nov 29, 2015 at 4:59:58 PM
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Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Score updated, broke 800k. This run should have easily been around 950k. I'm actually ashamed of how bad I am at skeet shooting. My last round I didn't get one friggin ufo attempt. Reggie Miller held up the choke sign after I was done.
Nice game.  At least if you miss out on the skeet shooting bonus points, it doesn't keep you from moving forward.  I'm horrible at the high jump, which of course is instant game over.

Nov 29, 2015 at 5:22:45 PM
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Nov 29, 2015 at 5:25:20 PM
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Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Score updated, broke 800k. This run should have easily been around 950k. I'm actually ashamed of how bad I am at skeet shooting. My last round I didn't get one friggin ufo attempt. Reggie Miller held up the choke sign after I was done.

That was spike let's fault  

As a Miami fan I enjoyed watching Reggie do that to NY.  

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Nov 29, 2015 at 5:35:37 PM
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Nov 29, 2015 at 9:30:52 PM
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Some nice scores posted guys! I played a full game Yesterday and didn't rolled the score so I thought it wasn't worth a picture

Briguy, you got a nice time for your 100m and a great 22m triple jump!

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Nov 29, 2015 at 9:58:16 PM
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Originally posted by: guillavoie

Some nice scores posted guys! I played a full game Yesterday and didn't rolled the score so I thought it wasn't worth a picture

Briguy, you got a nice time for your 100m and a great 22m triple jump!


Thanks Guil!

This game was really fun, but holy shit is my hand hurting. I really wanted to break 900k but I couldn't even play one more time. I still expect Doug to top my score... I left way to much meat on the bone! 

Nov 29, 2015 at 10:09:32 PM
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Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Originally posted by: guillavoie

Some nice scores posted guys! I played a full game Yesterday and didn't rolled the score so I thought it wasn't worth a picture

Briguy, you got a nice time for your 100m and a great 22m triple jump!


Thanks Guil!

This game was really fun, but holy shit is my hand hurting. I really wanted to break 900k but I couldn't even play one more time. I still expect Doug to top my score... I left way to much meat on the bone! 

Yeah, that game can be quite hurtful on hands. I have a button mashing technique that is, IMO, less painful. I firmly place the controller on my knee in a vertical position, and I wipe the button with my index finger's nail. I'm not sure if anybody are comfortable in doing this, but I can play intensive amount of time this way without hurting my hand (as long as there's no problem with the nail).




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Nov 29, 2015 at 10:23:11 PM
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Originally posted by: guillavoie

Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Originally posted by: guillavoie

Some nice scores posted guys! I played a full game Yesterday and didn't rolled the score so I thought it wasn't worth a picture

Briguy, you got a nice time for your 100m and a great 22m triple jump!


Thanks Guil!

This game was really fun, but holy shit is my hand hurting. I really wanted to break 900k but I couldn't even play one more time. I still expect Doug to top my score... I left way to much meat on the bone! 

Yeah, that game can be quite hurtful on hands. I have a button mashing technique that is, IMO, less painful. I firmly place the controller on my knee in a vertical position, and I wipe the button with my index finger's nail. I'm not sure if anybody are comfortable in doing this, but I can play intensive amount of time this way without hurting my hand (as long as there's no problem with the nail).


 
Yeah, I do almost the same thing except with the side of my index finger. I don't use my thumb at all for button mashing. The only problem is the amount of friction I have going with that... I was literally creating blisters on every single attempt. So I had to resort to putting a band-aid on my finger. Using your nail is really smart, theres such little friction. 



Nov 29, 2015 at 10:27:45 PM
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I'd really like to the what the world record holders technique is for pressing the buttons that fast.

Nov 29, 2015 at 10:59:11 PM
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Originally posted by: BriGuy82

This game was really fun, but holy shit is my hand hurting. I really wanted to break 900k but I couldn't even play one more time. I still expect Doug to top my score... I left way to much meat on the bone! 
 

I figured that you had one more run left in you so I started watching football after I posted my last score and totally lost track of time. I'm pretty sure that you had me beat this week anyway. Great job!

 

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Nov 30, 2015 at 10:29:44 AM
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Just checked the scoreboard and I guess it's good I didn't try any harder!

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Nov 30, 2015 at 11:14:16 AM
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Originally posted by: arnpoly

Just checked the scoreboard and I guess it's good I didn't try any harder!

Hopefully your thumbs are in better shape than ours turned out!

 

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Nov 30, 2015 at 11:23:01 AM
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Originally posted by: bearcat-doug
 
Originally posted by: arnpoly

Just checked the scoreboard and I guess it's good I didn't try any harder!

Hopefully your thumbs are in better shape than ours turned out!

 

Yeah they feel great!  No blisters, no cracked nails, no pain, etc.    I only played for 45 minutes so that's why!
 

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Nov 30, 2015 at 11:50:33 AM
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Originally posted by: arnpoly

Yeah they feel great!  No blisters, no cracked nails, no pain, etc. I only played for 45 minutes so that's why!
 

You even got 4th place out of it, so you might be the wisest of us all!

 

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