Gil's Robotron Build

[Gilrock]

I haven't posted much here but I have been playing this cabinet almost every day.  I've even had to deal with a couple arcade injuries...lol.  I was having irritation in my left hand and had to change the way I grip the joystick.  It took a bit to get used to but now I don't seem to have any issues.  I developed a muscle irritation in my left quad from standing too much so I finally ordered a stool.  And at one point I strained a shoulder muscle lifting weights and it made playing the arcade painful for a couple weeks.

I'm playing difficulty 5, 25K per man, 3 man start.  I've gotten over 100 waves about 5 times now.  My best game I did about 140 waves and hit 3.5 million.  Usually once I hit 100 waves I lose focus cause I start thinking about how long I want to play.  I still don't feel like I can marathon it because I'm not consistent enough.  I just seem to get into a nice zone every so often.  I usually get mad if I don't at least hit a million.  Yesterday I hit 950K and failed and got mad and played again and hit 2.2 mil around wave 80 but I was up against a deadline to leave the house so I got sloppy.

Anyways just checking in.  I usually jump on and read some posts but don't reply much.

[Zeosstud]

That progress is fantastic, thanks for sharing your build with us all, it is truly a thing of beauty..

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[Gilrock]

Well since ZapCon got cancelled I'm not going to be able to show Opt how much I've improved so posting a screenshot of yesterday.  This is my best game so far.  It doesn't happen all the time like it does when he plays but I got into a zone where I felt like I could just keep going.  At first I just wanted to hit 100 waves....then I started thinking I could beat my best of 3.62 million....and after hitting that I was going pretty smooth so I shot for 5 million and got it.  Problem is once I have a goal in mind it seems like I get sloppy when I get close to the goal and start cutting it close on men.  There were many times I got down to 5 men then I'd build it back up to 8 so just a couple bad waves in a row could have wiped me out.  Now I just need to get where I can play like this more consistently.

Difficulty 5, 25K per man, 3 man start:

[opt2not]

 

Nice job! you're on your way to 10 million!
Yeah I totally understand what you mean about getting in the zone and about resting on your lorals after you hit a goal your set on. Keep up the progress, you'll hit 10 million very soon.   

[Mike A]

Very nice.

[Arroyo]

[yotsuya]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn....

[nexusmtz]

Nice score! Another year of improving like that, and we might be saying "Long live the !"

JK. It's a club  - that I will never be a member of.