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NA 2012 Contest Overture: Super Mario Bros. Contest ends Sunday, 22/01/12 at 10 PM NA Time

Jan 18, 2012 at 2:21:01 AM
2Legit28Bit (170)
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Does playing it in hard mode count?

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Jan 18, 2012 at 2:29:23 AM
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Originally posted by: 2Legit28Bit

Does playing it in hard mode count?


You mean, once you beat the game and all goombas are changed into buzzy beatles?

If so, then the answer is no

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Jan 18, 2012 at 8:50:00 AM
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Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: Crabmaster2000

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

@ Crabmaster2000 - I personally don't have a problem with submit a caputred video instead of a picture as long as the entire TV screen or computer monitor is visible as well as your user name.

@Philbracy - You can re-submit your score as many times as you would like before the end of the week. The only stipulation is that you re-use your orginal score submission post to submit new scores. It's easier for me to tally up everyone's score at the end of the week if they only have one post with a score instead of like five or more.



I meant captured right onto the computer so you wouldnt see any tv monitors or have my username visible. I could upload the video to my youtube channel which is run under my username though, would that be ok?



Would you be able to take a picture of your computer monitor with the video uploaded to youtube with your username in the picture?

That might work. Thanks!


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Jan 19, 2012 at 3:26:30 AM
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562,300
 
 
 
Great (and appropriate) choice for the first contest of the year. I love this game and consider it the best 2-D Mario game. I have never played focused on points before so this is a fun twist, the 50 points/second bonus really turns the whole game into a crazy optimization battle. 
 
I hope I can top this score but I start to get really nervous once I get to World 5, especially levels with edges where I have to take my time.
 
EDIT for new score.

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Edited: 01/21/2012 at 03:11 AM by Krunch

Jan 20, 2012 at 4:34:23 PM
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i got a new (personal) high score. pics in first post. missed the top by 600 points. that just means ill have to go again.

Jan 21, 2012 at 2:29:53 PM
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I keep dying doing stupid stuff. Pissing me off

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Jan 21, 2012 at 4:04:29 PM
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so is turtle hop legal?

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Jan 21, 2012 at 4:17:14 PM
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Originally posted by: Robin M

so is turtle hop legal?




Yes my good man!


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Jan 21, 2012 at 4:28:47 PM
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it's on then tonight. look out megan, old man is comin'

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Jan 21, 2012 at 4:29:15 PM
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jeremy pm sent via ebay about mario 64

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Jan 22, 2012 at 1:13:14 AM
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Ugh, just sent my power to Amsterdam this morning! I cant compete on this one y'all. You just got lucky

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Jan 22, 2012 at 1:42:38 AM
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This is probably one of my favorite games of all time. With out a doubt had more of an impact on me then any other. A played this game a bunch when I was a kid. Also, the Super Mario DX GBC game happened to be the first handheld game I ever purchased. That game was great for highscores, since it had a highscore challenge. It added things like yoshi eggs and red coins, but its all good, it was fun. Shortly after I bought that GBC game in around 2001ish I begain working on speed runs. I was never as good as people on youtube or anything, but I did manage to get under six mintues on a few runs, from start to finish. So I got this score earlier in the week, trying a high score no death run was not something I had ever tried so it was really refreshing. I'm not sure if my score will hold up, but either way it was alot of fun.

1,032,200


 



Edited: 01/22/2012 at 01:44 AM by NintendoTwizer

Jan 22, 2012 at 1:44:46 AM
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This sounds like a really fun challenge.  Never tried to do the turtle-hop trick for points before.  Decent effort here, though hundreds of thousands more are possible.

1,162,150

Just about beat the game.  Oh well.
 


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Jan 22, 2012 at 2:00:30 AM
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Nice score Mr. Votava!

Also, What did your DK score end up to after the kill screen? I sadly missed the New Years eve attempt while I was working on a house project.

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Jan 22, 2012 at 9:03:36 AM
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Thanks. The DK kill screen was just shy of 2.9 million. I've had higher scores before, but this time I was avoiding hammers in favor of speed.

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Jan 22, 2012 at 9:38:04 AM
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Wow, the new post layout is actually managing to annoy me because I can't find the image link option. Going to try and insert this manually.

56,900

(Because I really suck at Super Mario Bros)




Edited: 01/22/2012 at 09:39 AM by That Old Au Guy

Jan 22, 2012 at 11:06:55 AM
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wow you guys broke a million! nice going! well then, i am offically calling it quits for this round at just shy of 850k. pic attached to first post. thanks for the challenge! so is the next game RC ProAM or Lifeforce? this thread and the other one say something different...

Jan 22, 2012 at 11:18:30 AM
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Benihana-364250

Not great, but I tried....

P.S., yes the new reply format is nice, but inserting picture was confusing...

I will see if I can get it fixed. For now, copy and paste image to get it into the reply...


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Jan 22, 2012 at 1:31:28 PM
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Um. Guys, do you know who Tom Votava is? Tom have you introduced yourself yet? Welcome! Lets just say I'm glad I didn't spend hours practicing now.

I havent been following that close, but I believe Tom is the best NES player in the world today. Probably better at this point then even Thor and I when we were in our prime to be quite honest. (Although he has yet to play the ultimate challenge in Tetris ;p )

Click his link to get a glimpse.

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Jan 22, 2012 at 1:50:58 PM
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Originally posted by: rdrunner

Thanks. The DK kill screen was just shy of 2.9 million. I've had higher scores before, but this time I was avoiding hammers in favor of speed.


Makes sense for sure.  I've always felt that grabbing the hammers increased your odds of death on the barrel board, because DK just starts spewing more barrels.  

To answer Robin, yes, I've been hoping Tom would join for quite a while.  Dain and a few others around here, including me are big fans.  I've PMd him asking for advice on an occasion or two over at Twin Galaxies.

 


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Jan 22, 2012 at 4:12:58 PM
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No Warps/ No Death    1,844,700

I was able to utilize the turtle trick on multiple levels. 3-1, 4-2, 6-2, 7-1 and 8-2. After this run, I felt like 2 million was very possible but I couldn't quite get there.

 

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Edited: 01/22/2012 at 04:29 PM by 2Legit28Bit

Jan 22, 2012 at 4:18:45 PM
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Just sign up for a free sight like ImageShack, upload your pictures, then it will provide a link.

I've never had much luck with the code here at NA for imbedding images. It always took forever, and why waste our server space with pictures.

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Jan 22, 2012 at 4:23:27 PM
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Updated my score, though I doubt it will count since my name obscures the stage and time counter. I mean, it will be hard to figure out what stage I was on.

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Jan 22, 2012 at 4:48:46 PM
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I want to see that 1.8 million on video. make it happen, because that is pro and needs to be witnessed sir

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Jan 22, 2012 at 5:06:50 PM
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Yeah, i'd watch that too, if I could fast forward through the turtle humping.

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