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Nesruler's 2011 Contest Presents: Trog Contest ends Sunday, 3/6/11 at 10 PM NA time, 9 PM Central time

Feb 27, 2011 at 11:03:48 PM

bimmy_lee (78)

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Hey everyone! This week's contest is going to be Trog. Here are the rules:

1 life only
1 player only
Play on Expert
No point racking/harvesting
Participation: 500,000

The contest ends Sunday, 3/6/11 at 10 PM NA time, 9 PM central time. Your user name must be in the picture for your score to be valid. The entire TV screen, or computer monitor if you are playing on an emulator, MUST be in the picture for the score to be valid. No partial screenshots will be considered or accepted. Good luck everyone and have fun!

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Edited: 03/01/2011 at 02:41 PM by bimmy_lee

Feb 28, 2011 at 12:06:26 AM

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I think I'll be able to participate this time

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Feb 28, 2011 at 9:30:03 AM

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"The contest ends Sunday, 2/20/11" Do you mean 3/20/2011 or just next sunday?

I may give this one a go.

Feb 28, 2011 at 9:32:02 AM

Stan (81)

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Here's a game I haven't really played that much. I'll need to dig way far back in my collection to pull it out. Just so we're clear, can you explain what point racking is?

Feb 28, 2011 at 3:23:52 PM

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This game is actually pretty easy. Something I was thinking of last time, too, I don't know if this would be a good idea, but I was thinking it would be nice if people who participate are required to turn in a high score at least ONCE during the week before the Sunday the end results are due. So maybe before Saturday they should put in one score or something, that way maybe it will keep competition higher. I don't know, I guess it doesn't matter. Anyway, please explain the point racking thing listed above.

Feb 28, 2011 at 3:29:59 PM

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This was one of my favorites as a kid. I just remember the controls not being as responsive as I would have liked (or maybe I sucked?) because I kept going off the edges and into the water. You really have to mash on the directional pad to get that damn dinosaur to change direction.

I'll see if I have any spare time this week to dust it off. Doubtful, but you never know.

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Feb 28, 2011 at 3:36:06 PM

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I didn't notice that, you must have just sucked! I didn't realize you could go off the board until I did it by accident. At first I thought the Exit appeared in the direction you were facing after getting the last eggs, but it doesn't.

Mar 1, 2011 at 2:21:52 AM

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Originally posted by: DuarteDF

"The contest ends Sunday, 2/20/11" Do you mean 3/20/2011 or just next sunday?

I may give this one a go.

Hahaha, oops, I meant 3/6/11. I just copied and pasted the text from another contest post of mine instead of typing everything out again. I was going off 5 hours of sleep when I typed that

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Mar 1, 2011 at 11:23:25 AM

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Bimmy, what's the point stacking thing you're talking about?

Mar 1, 2011 at 12:38:21 PM

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Originally posted by: Stan

Bimmy, what's the point stacking thing you're talking about?

Since there is no timer in this game, you could just walk around one of the stages and fight cavemen until you racked up a huge score, hence the term point racking I used. I threw that rule in there to get us to play the game rather than just sit around all day killing cavemen on the first stage to achieve our scores.

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Mar 1, 2011 at 1:22:07 PM

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Cool, maybe make that more specific in the rules, if I didn't know what you meant since you explained it I might have milked that trick without realizing I was doing something wrong. Honestly, this game is total cake in certain regards. It seems to be boiling down to who wants to play it long enough.

Mar 1, 2011 at 2:40:42 PM

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No problem. I can change the wording a bit to make it more specific, like point harvesting. Point racking/harvesting rules are generally put into games that don't have timers since someone could just stay in one spot and repeatedly kill respawning enemies to run up a score. However, we generally allow point racking/harvesting in games with timers since you only have so much time to complete a stage/level before the timer reaches zero and you lose a life. If point racking/harvesting isn't allowed in a game, it will be stated in the rule. Although sometimes we may have to amend rules mid-contest to discourage point racking/harvesting if we discover that it could be a problem.

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Mar 1, 2011 at 3:53:13 PM

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Wait, by one life to we mean one SET of three lives (meaning up to one continue), or do we mean just one single life? I hope the former because I just got a rocking score with three lives.

Mar 1, 2011 at 3:56:48 PM

Stan (81)

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I meant the latter, anyway just ANSWER MY QUESTION.

Mar 1, 2011 at 4:42:09 PM

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One life = one life. You die once, any method, trog eats you, fall of the edge, etc, and that's it.

Mar 1, 2011 at 7:01:33 PM

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Cool, doesn't matter, I went over my first score anyway with one life. It's quite beatable, I wasn't paying attention as I looked at something and hit the creek. I'm going to try more later this week. I'll post a picture later. Score is only 3 million +, very beatable. I got that in only like three levels, however. One thing I can't figure out is the level bonus. It says there is a time limit you have to beat to get it, but I don't see a timer anywhere unless the screen on my TV is cutting it off. What exactly determines whether or not you get the level bonus?

Mar 1, 2011 at 7:09:27 PM

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Nevermind, figured it out. The bonus is only given on the initial level you start on expert (level four), it doesn't exist after that. You get it provided you don't lose a life, which doesn't matter for this competition anyway.

Mar 1, 2011 at 7:40:40 PM

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By starting on Expert, you get the 400,000 point bonus only once. After that, you get 25,000 for beating each stage, except the bonus stages.

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Latest Purchase(s): Snow Brothers

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Mar 1, 2011 at 11:17:40 PM

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This pussy score below in this post doesn't even come CLOSE to my new one, see next page!

Edited: 03/06/2011 at 06:35 PM by Stan

Mar 1, 2011 at 11:19:47 PM

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Oh, and I DID lose a life. Easy way to tell if someone has cheated is if they get to about that score and have FOUR lives remaining. You get an extra one after so many points, so as soon as I lost that one I took a picture when my dino respawned (before I moved him at all).

Mar 3, 2011 at 12:15:13 AM

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Updated!

3,109,450

Edited: 03/06/2011 at 09:58 PM by NintendoTwizer

Mar 3, 2011 at 1:04:11 AM

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Not bad! It's a pretty easy game. You rack up points best if you get a chance to nab a pineapple on a level. That can at least double potential points for a round.

Mar 5, 2011 at 1:31:51 PM

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7,366,225

Edited: 03/06/2011 at 09:41 PM by Mog

Mar 5, 2011 at 1:33:06 PM

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This game is actually pretty fun

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Mar 5, 2011 at 10:36:41 PM

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Hahhaah, Mog, you FOOL! I've been holding this one, waiting to unleash the terror. I expected you to go just a bit over my first one so I could reveal my power. A slow poison that eats away at your nervous system, devouring your ability to play. Are you ready for DOUBLE your current score? TAKE THIS!

8,749,185

The pain has been unleashed! I will not stop here though! Next score DOUBLE that!

Edited: 03/05/2011 at 10:38 PM by Stan