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Jul 5, 2016 at 9:06:36 AM

Ferris Bueller (231)

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Next year, do breaks over holidays. I lost four days because of family over the fourth.

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My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at the Let's Play Gaming Expo last night. I guess it's pretty serious.

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Jul 5, 2016 at 9:37:54 AM

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Originally posted by: JamesRobot

Whoa, the weirdest thing just happened. I just got done posting my score for this week's contest...

144,900

I realize my score posting was a little unorthodox but can I get participation please?

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Jul 5, 2016 at 10:45:34 AM

arnpoly (110)

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Just read about the secret bonus! Hahahaha, I never knew that either!

I'm pleased with second place for only playing twice. If I had known about the bonus I'm pretty sure I would have won.

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Jul 5, 2016 at 3:25:59 PM

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Give the poor JamesRobot lad his participation points, pretty pretty please with sugar on top?

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Jul 5, 2016 at 7:36:42 PM

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Originally posted by: JamesRobot

Originally posted by: JamesRobot

Whoa, the weirdest thing just happened. I just got done posting my score for this week's contest...

144,900

I realize my score posting was a little unorthodox but can I get participation please?

Yeah, I didn't see it with all that other stuff going on...I'll add you to the scoreboard. I'm going back to sleep now...

Edited: 07/05/2016 at 07:37 PM by bertsampson

Jul 6, 2016 at 10:41:15 AM

skinnygrinny (68)

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Originally posted by: ToxieRules

Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Toxie trying to turn this into the NBA, where the regular season doesn't matter

Ha. True. But all that really matters is that tourney trophy.

So what's the point in killing yourself to keep up with bert when less than half of his total (and 16 points over the bare minimum for someone qualifying for participation each week) is going to be just as good at the end of the day?

Exactly, regardless if I even come in average of 4th/5th for the rest of the contests I will still probably only end up being in the exact same spot I am in now.

This is why wins should hold some type of extra incentive. Even if you cannot move up in the overall leaderboard. Everyone should still have a want to win each week.

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Jul 6, 2016 at 10:43:13 AM

skinnygrinny (68)

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Originally posted by: arnpoly

Just read about the secret bonus! Hahahaha, I never knew that either!

I'm pleased with second place for only playing twice. If I had known about the bonus I'm pretty sure I would have won.

Idk arnpoly if I beat the sun I'm over 1 million

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Jul 6, 2016 at 10:54:23 AM

arnpoly (110)

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Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

Idk arnpoly if I beat the sun I'm over 1 million

And if I had gotten the special bonuses I would have been pushing 1.1M!

Jul 6, 2016 at 12:13:47 PM

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Originally posted by: arnpoly

Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

Idk arnpoly if I beat the sun I'm over 1 million

And if I had gotten the special bonuses I would have been pushing 1.1M!

I'll post one million later this week let's see what you got

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Jul 6, 2016 at 2:18:51 PM

arnpoly (110)

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Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

Originally posted by: arnpoly

Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

Idk arnpoly if I beat the sun I'm over 1 million

And if I had gotten the special bonuses I would have been pushing 1.1M!

I'll post one million later this week let's see what you got

Last time I got called out I had to change my avatar for 6 months, so I'm not so sure I wanna do this!

I might give it a try though. I've been spending all of my time on trying to figure out Ikari Warriors but I might sneak some time in.

Jul 6, 2016 at 2:49:36 PM

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Originally posted by: arnpoly

Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

Originally posted by: arnpoly

Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

Idk arnpoly if I beat the sun I'm over 1 million

And if I had gotten the special bonuses I would have been pushing 1.1M!

I'll post one million later this week let's see what you got

All good arnpoly! Considering your a dad, blogger and still put up a great score. Well, impressive.

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Jul 6, 2016 at 10:51:42 PM

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Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

Originally posted by: bertsampson

Originally posted by: Brock Landers

30,000

Basically they only reason I got 3rd is because no-one seemed to pick up on that (Gui pointed it out in the 2012 contest)

Nice, I got the 20,000 on most of them, but 30,000 would have been a nice bump to the score.

And the shooter icon just got real! Don't slack off now Bert!! Or skinny goes back to back shooter champ!!! Woooooo bring it Bertie!

I would have gotten 1 mill. But I only played once on Saturday and once Sunday. I got to the sun on my Sunday run.

Heeheeeee I got all but one 30,000 bonus stages

Really? Need I remind you skinny, that you only got that icon because I couldn't get it both in the first half and the second half of 2015.

I guarantee I will be the 3 times shooter genre champ! Bring it on skinny!

Jul 7, 2016 at 12:38:41 AM

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Originally posted by: bertsampson

Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

And the shooter icon just got real! Don't slack off now Bert!! Or skinny goes back to back shooter champ!!! Woooooo bring it Bertie!

I would have gotten 1 mill. But I only played once on Saturday and once Sunday. I got to the sun on my Sunday run.

Heeheeeee I got all but one 30,000 bonus stages

Just so you know bert. I never forget that icon is a second place prize. It was a demoralizing way to fail. But it did make me better! I have been right on your heels all year and the next two shooters are more of an equal playing field (maybe). If the were both traditional horizontal or vertical I'd give you the edge.

Woooooooooweeeeeeee! It's gonna be good folks! Skinny will finally get the respect he deserves and bring the shooter crown home to the Kobra kaiiiii!!!!

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Jul 7, 2016 at 1:20:23 AM

skinnygrinny (68)

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Originally posted by: arnpoly

Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

Idk arnpoly if I beat the sun I'm over 1 million

And if I had gotten the special bonuses I would have been pushing 1.1M!

I should have gotten 30k more but I wanted to leave you a shot

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Edited: 07/07/2016 at 01:20 AM by skinnygrinny

Jul 7, 2016 at 6:56:04 AM

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Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

Originally posted by: bertsampson

Yeah, actually...I've never played either of the two remaining shooters.

Jul 7, 2016 at 10:24:26 AM

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Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

Originally posted by: arnpoly

Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

Idk arnpoly if I beat the sun I'm over 1 million

And if I had gotten the special bonuses I would have been pushing 1.1M!

I should have gotten 30k more but I wanted to leave you a shot

1,037,050 ... well done!

I might have some time on Saturday to give this another try.

Jul 11, 2016 at 10:30:43 AM

arnpoly (110)

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Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

I should have gotten 30k more but I wanted to leave you a shot

Looks like you beat me fair and square, skinny!

I missed two of the special bonuses, but if I had only missed one like you did I still would have come up just a tad bit short. I'd say we are pretty evenly matched but you definitely won.

For fun I kept going and died at the Jupiter boss on the 2nd loop. 1.4M is pretty good.

Jul 11, 2016 at 12:51:36 PM

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Originally posted by: arnpoly

Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

I should have gotten 30k more but I wanted to leave you a shot

I would say we're equal at this one arnpoly nice work putting up another score! I think the only thing that separates one of us scoring more is one or two of the combo scores from the group enemies.

That and I noticed sometimes at the end of a stage an enemy might spawn more than other times.

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