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High Score Competition #44 - '99: The Last War (Son of Phoenix)

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gaffner:


--- Quote from: syph007 on May 26, 2010, 10:09:36 am ---
I agree, wasnt looking to start another one.  It was just an idea as it felt like the same people always win, and I figured some of the players were more pro than most.   I'll just have to try harder.

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And as I mentioned on the other thread, I'm sure that those who win are open to suggestions from others on what to play next... If I won on a regular basis, I'd want to bring my game to other people's home court...

Ginsu Victim:

Several times people have chosen games because other people were requesting them. After winning the Ghouls 'n' Ghosts comp, I chose Ms Pac-man w/Speed chip because DeLuSioNal29 wanted it and no one would pick it.

jasonbar:

I already thought this competition was for amateurs...?

While I do have several wins under my belt in this series, there have been many many games where I've tried hard & come nowhere even close to having a score worth posting.  I tend to be competitive and, when I like a game, I'll really spend time on it.  (Strangely, that's most of the usage that my MAME cab gets these days--the biweekly contents...)  I'm sure that none of my best scores on even my best games comes close to anything that would be posted on Twin Galaxies, & I really have little/no interest in competing at that level.

I'm tempted to play Metal Slug & post a score in that thread--as in all these threads, I'm totally clueless as to what a good score even is, but if I post a high score, I might ruffle some feathers...I like keeping feathers all pressed down & neat & orderly.

 :cheers:

Thanks,
-Jason

Ginsu Victim:


--- Quote from: jasonbar on May 26, 2010, 12:37:51 pm ---I already thought this competition was for amateurs...?
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It is.


--- Quote ---I'm tempted to play Metal Slug & post a score in that thread
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Bah....don't encourage it. One competition running at a time is plenty.

jasonbar:

GV-

I think very simply & leap before I look.  A thread for Metal Slug appears & I say "Ooooh, shiny!  I want to play that too!"  I love the Metal Slug series & will gladly pick it should I win this series in the future.  I just love playing games and, if there were 2 competitions going, I'd want to be a part of both of them.  But I agree that 1 competition is plenty--I don't think that the distinction of "pros" & "amateurs" is feasible on BYOAC.

If the concern is that only a few people are picking the games and not the general forum public, then start chiming in, folks.  I always considered the honor of picking & sharing a funky or obscure or beloved game to be the reward of winning this competition, since there's no real monetary or material reward (except when isucamper offers up Ridley Scott movies!).  In my trips through the MAME alphabet, I've jotted down a short list of games that I'm eager to share, and it's so much more fun to share in the form of a competition, where people really play & explore & fight for points, rather than just posting a thread to "Main" & saying "Play these games--I like them."


Meandering ramble over.

Thanks,
-Jason

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