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NintendoAge 2012 Weekly Contest Presents: Contra Contest ends Sunday, 4/15/12 at 10 PM NA time

Apr 14, 2012 at 5:31:11 PM
guillavoie (125)
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We'll reveal the next block of games as soon as possible next week. The contest is off next week, so you'll have reasonable time to get your hands on carts. We try to pick a very common and popular game for the first week to help out as well.

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Apr 15, 2012 at 4:24:53 PM
Luigi_Master (29)
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Hey folks, I couldn't take a picture of my score, so I made a YouTube Video instead. Is that okay?





Score: 726,600 / 30 = 24,200

Also, greatly appreciated would be how to embed videos.  Thanks!

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Edited: 04/15/2012 at 04:44 PM by Luigi_Master

Apr 15, 2012 at 6:26:31 PM
TWarwick07 (85)
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I got lucky when i took my picture i got the score first try . by the time the flash went off i didnt have a chance to get a second picture if i had missed it

Apr 15, 2012 at 6:36:30 PM
Krunch (146)
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641,600/22

29,164

Don't think I will be able to top this score...I was going to spend most of my day playing but things got sidetracked.

Pic is attached.

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Apr 15, 2012 at 6:47:05 PM
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660100/16 = 41256

This could have been way better for me had I not died so much.

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Apr 15, 2012 at 8:37:28 PM
guillavoie (125)
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20703  (703,900 \ 34)



I just realized that my girlfriend is in Mexico with my camera, so I can't take a picture now. A buddy of mine will be at my place later, and I think he can take picture with his phone so I'll upload it then.

Edit: Okay, I finally managed to take my picture. I had to screw around with an old camcorder, sorry for the delay.

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Edited: 04/16/2012 at 01:36 AM by guillavoie

Apr 15, 2012 at 10:12:44 PM
bimmy_lee (78)
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I will get the scores posted once guillavoie has uploaded his picture.

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My NES collection count: 757 games (16 to go for a full set)

Latest Purchase(s): Snow Brothers

"Wait...Bimmy and Jimmy??  How'd they make a mistake like this!?  Bimmy isn't even a real name!"

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Apr 15, 2012 at 10:15:02 PM
Benihana (154)
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To bad I was out of town for the past 6 weeks prior to this game...
"I could have been a contender"
O'well, made my presence known as a spoiler with Contra.
Look forward to next blocks games!

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Apr 15, 2012 at 11:10:53 PM
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This was tough as shit for me. Granted I just gave it a few tries today, but I had no idea how to go about deciding what to kill and what not to.

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Apr 15, 2012 at 11:33:14 PM
Luigi_Master (29)
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It's not so much about being choosy about what to kill and not. The primary objective is to stay alive, and kill anything that would jeopardize it. On the flip side, every few thousand points you get an extra life, so it balances out.

I lost a life as I was beating Red Falcon, those stupid scorpion things flew at me just as he was detonating.

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Apr 16, 2012 at 12:21:18 AM
Benihana (154)
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I must have played this game hundreds of times over the past week (I was off all week) and it only takes me 20 min's to no death. I found out many things while playing this game and actually tracking scores the whole week. You should see the scratch papers
No Deathing is Key, but not necessarily with as little kills as possible.
Point racking did not help either, I tried many times, and upping points just to get the extra lives is not beneficial once you get over 39 lives or so. After that, even though the math says it is beneficial, the score just did not divide low enough to make a difference.
I ended up no deathing it with normal to minimal kills...get that last extra life on level 8 right before you get to the heart...That is what I did many times and found my scores to be within 100 points of each other...I had many games where I bettered/worsed my score by 10-20 points alone.
I think I played to much

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Apr 16, 2012 at 4:01:32 PM
guillavoie (125)
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As long as you had fun Benihana, you did not played too much of Contra

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Apr 19, 2012 at 9:54:27 AM
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Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

I will get the scores posted once guillavoie has uploaded his picture.

Hopefully everything is okay with Kevin, he hasn't logged in since after he posted this Sunday night.


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Apr 19, 2012 at 11:32:36 PM
Luigi_Master (29)
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What happened with me? I posted a video, which shows a lot of info clearly. I suppose they don't count?

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Apr 19, 2012 at 11:35:52 PM
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Originally posted by: Luigi_Master

What happened with me? I posted a video, which shows a lot of info clearly. I suppose they don't count?
Your post is still up on the top of this page. What happened?



Apr 20, 2012 at 12:31:01 AM
guillavoie (125)
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Originally posted by: Luigi_Master

What happened with me? I posted a video, which shows a lot of info clearly. I suppose they don't count?


They count.
The thing is that Bimmy has not logged since Sunday. He said to me that he was really busy with work these days, so my guess is that he's overwhelmed right now.

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Apr 20, 2012 at 1:36:10 AM
Luigi_Master (29)
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Oh, that Kevin. I thought people meant me. I should stop thinking about myself.

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Apr 21, 2012 at 6:14:54 AM
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CONTRA RESULTS

1st: 19,044 – Benihana +10 points
2nd: 20,703 – guillavoie +8 points
3rd: 24,200 – Luigi_Master +6 points
4th: 25,011 – Lincoln +4 points
5th: 29,164 – Krunch +2 points

PARTICIPATION

31,439 – bearcat-doug +1 point
39,882 – TWarwick07 +1 point
41,256 – 2Legit28Bit +1 point

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My NES collection count: 757 games (16 to go for a full set)

Latest Purchase(s): Snow Brothers

"Wait...Bimmy and Jimmy??  How'd they make a mistake like this!?  Bimmy isn't even a real name!"

Beware the Bimmy Marsh!

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Apr 21, 2012 at 6:16:27 AM
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Hey everyone.

I'm still around, it's just that life has been very busy for me lately and I haven't had a lot of time for NA. However, I am still monitoring the contests, even if I don't log in here. I will get the leaderboard updated by the end of the weekend. Block 3 starts this Sunday night

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My NES collection count: 757 games (16 to go for a full set)

Latest Purchase(s): Snow Brothers

"Wait...Bimmy and Jimmy??  How'd they make a mistake like this!?  Bimmy isn't even a real name!"

Beware the Bimmy Marsh!

Proud owner of post #2000, #2900, and #3800 in Inner Circle HQ thread


Apr 22, 2012 at 8:41:46 PM
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Has there been any word on the next set of games yet??

Apr 22, 2012 at 9:01:25 PM
bimmy_lee (78)
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I will have the next block of games announced within the hour.

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My NES collection count: 757 games (16 to go for a full set)

Latest Purchase(s): Snow Brothers

"Wait...Bimmy and Jimmy??  How'd they make a mistake like this!?  Bimmy isn't even a real name!"

Beware the Bimmy Marsh!

Proud owner of post #2000, #2900, and #3800 in Inner Circle HQ thread


Apr 22, 2012 at 9:01:50 PM
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EDIT : /\ What he said

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Edited: 04/22/2012 at 09:03 PM by Benihana

Apr 22, 2012 at 10:17:17 PM
bimmy_lee (78)
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I didn't mention this in the results posts, but congratulations to guillavoie for winning block 2 and becoming the second participant in the tournament at the end of the year.

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My NES collection count: 757 games (16 to go for a full set)

Latest Purchase(s): Snow Brothers

"Wait...Bimmy and Jimmy??  How'd they make a mistake like this!?  Bimmy isn't even a real name!"

Beware the Bimmy Marsh!

Proud owner of post #2000, #2900, and #3800 in Inner Circle HQ thread


Apr 23, 2012 at 2:06:29 AM
Luigi_Master (29)
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Third place?


WHOOHOO!

Fuckin' sweet!

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