Originally posted by: ookii_risu
Originally posted by: Vectrex280996
I have a tip: The game does not allow more than 9 lives, so if you manage to get them, die over and over again at a spot with a well-placed atom (with 2 or 3 dinosaurs nearby). It may be troublesome because the game has a minor Gradius syndrome, but you can pull off some solid scores with it.
I'll be updating my first score with one used with the "Atomic dinosaur" technique
Yeah, that was the "infinite loop" type of situation I was mentioning before. Usually this isn't allowed, but I haven't heard anything to the contrary yet. I haven't been doing it and won't be doing it.
It's too late in the week to make it forbidden, plus it wasn't mentioned until late this week, which is typically too late for a rules change as well. The next time the game is played, this infinite loop will be made forbidden, but since we discovered it so late in the week, I'm not going to throw out any scores. If I were to make it forbidden right now, I would have to throw out every score in excess of 200,000 because I don't know if the loop was used or not and I don't want to throw out nearly every score that was achieved this week. Since I didn't make it forbidden because I didn't know about it until just the other day when it was too late to make a rules change, it isn't considered cheating. We learn new things about games all the time, and when we do, we alter the rules the next time the game is played. If we catch certain glitches or unfair point racking strategies early enough in the week, we will change the rules to make them forbidden.
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And what I mean by it isn't considered cheating is that it didn't break any of the rules I set forth this week. Yes, it can be considered an unfair point racking strategy, but if it isn't forbidden, then everyone can use it. Sure, not everyone is going to want to use it because they want to take the time to play the game and see how far they can get and achieve their score that way. But be warned that since this loop is now common knowledge, people will be using it. Again, if this loop had been brought to my knowledge beforehand, I would have made it forbidden.
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