Actually looking back at RBI Baseball from a previous contest, I see the rule was written the same as it is here and I see that several people tanked and lost by 10 but they were all ranked at the bottom.

Again, I am fine with being dead last this week but in the future I think that rule needs to say something like "Largest margin of victory wins" instead of "Greatest differential between your score and the computer wins. A positive score takes preference over a negative score." It's probably ambiguous either way.

No problemo, my friend.  I didn't realize you had made a ruling on it earlier in the week.  I will let it stand since you had already verified and validated the score

I won't lie, when I read the rules, I saw this very ambiguity too, but thought that no one would consider that a big negative score would really make it to the top. What's funny, is that it may be actually rare to lose by a huge ass score, cause the computer might just start to play like shit when the score is too much at his advantage, is it the case?

As you suggest it, we'll try to avoid such ambiguity in the rules for the future

Scoreboard all updated. I'm pretty sure I got it right.

The most it's possible to lose by is 13 because the game ends anytime the CPU is winning by 10, so if you are down by 9 and give up a grand slam, all 4 runs count and the game ends right there. With positive/winning scores it's possible to go much higher than a differential of 13 because the CPU bats last and always gets a chance to bat before the game is over, so the player can run up the score as high as possible in their batting half of the inning. In part because that's how these baseball games work is also how I though my "strategy" was okay since -13 is the worst possible score. But in reality this was my attempt at taking a shot toward the top because I could not get there by actually trying to win a game. I only had the time for 3-4 attempts this week due to my life being what it is now. Also I just don't "get" how to play sports games well so it was worth the shot in trying to game the rules. I admit I am a little embarrassed at misinterpreting the rules but at least I wasn't the only one, and I thought it was kind of fun to lose in the most extreme way!

I was definitely sweating it out up to the deadline. I honestly expected him to post an 18-0 score at 10:59.

Okay everyone, it's time to do another random prize drawing!  The game up for grabs this time around is Shooting Range for the NES.  The game has been cleaned and tested on my front loading NES and works perfectly.  There are a couple of initials written on the front of the cart and the back label has a small tear, but other than that, the game is great!  The game even responds well to the Zapper.  Just remember that this game is best played on a tube TV.  The winner will not be disappointed in this game   Here is a picture of the cart:



Here's how the drawing will work.  Everyone who submitted a score this week has been given a number at random.  I will use a random number generator to determine the winner.  The only two people exempt from the drawing this week are EgasKrad and Red since they have already won a random prize this year.  Here is everyone's number:

1 - arnpoly
2 - gutsman004
3 - TWarwick07
4 - cdbblw
5 - Caleb47
6 - bertsampson
7 - zobber
8 - floydfan38
9 - UncleTusk
10 - dra600n
11 - bearcat-doug
12 - skinnygrinny
13 - mattbep
14 - Balloon_Kid

I will announce the winner shortly.  Good luck to everyone

And we have a winner!!  Here is the winning number:



The winning number is 12, which means skinnygrinny is our big winner!  Congratulations on winning Shooting Range!

I beat it last week. It's pretty tough,but then again I wasn't using even close to the lineup I use now so maybe I'd smoke them if I played them with the roster I use.I actually started playing again once I saw that you had a good run going,but I couldn't do any better than a 13 run win.

Allright!! Thanks for all your time and effort. All of you have made this very enjoyable. Trying to post my best score is something I look forward to every week.

Yeah, it would probably be pretty easy for you now.  I breezed through it last night.  My current team is very different from the one I started with as well.

Not gonna lie, I have a serious issue with the highest scores being played on an emulator without video proof.

Not gonna lie, that's why I won't submit scores if I don't own the game (e.g., this one). When I emulate, I can't help but save state. It's a compulsive thing, whether or not I fall back to them, they're there, and it's tempting.

There's also no excuse for not recording either. File -> log avi. Do a predetermined key press set by Bimmy and continue on with the game. I wouldn't be surprised if a score or 2 was posted this week, especially when there's been the slip up of using save states in the "can an beat every nes game". I don't buy it, and that's why I'll probably stop playing the weekly competitions.

Hate to see you go man! I'd play every game on cart if I could but I just don't have the expendable income to buy every cart. I have recorded videos of runs in the past and I want to do more and post them Youtube,especially for Mega Man games. Also why I created that "thoughts on speed running" thread.

Same here. The cheapest copy I saw on ebay was $49 and that's a bit much to spend on a game that I may not play beyond the week of the contest. I think flash carts allow the use of save states too, so unless the person has their console in the picture, it would look like they were playing on an actual cart based on the screenshot alone.