Start a game competition thread/forum?

[Ummon]

Did a brief search and came up with nothing of note, though I would guess this has been asked before? What about having a weekly or monthly game competition at BYOAC?

[NickG]

That sounds fun, but everybody does not have the same game(s) so you would probably have to pick a browser based or small freeware game.  In that case, Monthly or quarterly seems a bit better than weekly.  Worldwide All time high scores lists, the likes of which you can find at Twin Galaxies, may be the best for arcade style gaming, though.

[ahofle]

There is also MARP:
http://marp.retrogames.com/

They have contests and 'bounties' from time to time.

I agree a friendly BYOAC competition would be cool though.

[ArtsNFartsNCrafts]

I'd be down.  Getting smashed by someone else at Donkey Kong gives me something to work towards, hahaha....(current personal best:  91,300)

[TelcoLou]

Heh. I've been feeling pretty cocky as of late; playing Zoo Keeper and thought I had gotten pretty good .. until I checked out the Twin Galaxies site .. 239,000 points puts me at 21 on the list 

[TOK]

Its a cool idea. Twin Galaxies does a for-fun version with their MAME Decathlon. I would prefer a single game for a week or two over their 10 game format because there always winds up being a game or two in their selections that I couldn't bring myself to play over and over to get competitive.

[rackoon]

Im in!

[Ummon]

Heh. I've been feeling pretty cocky as of late; playing Zoo Keeper and thought I had gotten pretty good .. until I checked out the Twin Galaxies site .. 239,000 points puts me at 21 on the list 

Oh. My top is 399,*** - but average maybe 150k. I know about TG and MARP. Too serious. And I'm not that great a player.

Its a cool idea. Twin Galaxies does a for-fun version with their MAME Decathlon. I would prefer a single game for a week or two over their 10 game format because there always winds up being a game or two in their selections that I couldn't bring myself to play over and over to get competitive.

I'm first trying to see if Saint would support it, then how much interest there is here. I have some basic ideas on set-up:

- three levels of experience (you choose which one you think you're in - but maybe some score guidelines if needed).

- game selection: a) the winners of the previous round decide on the next game; b) the first twenty posters are tallied; c) something else?

- game type: I would suggest MAME, Daphne, and VP. If popular enough, consoles could maybe get their own.

I think simple might be better - no prizes or yearly tallies - but it would depend on the public.

[Ummon]

I had this link lingering around unnoticed. Neat way to do VP. Maybe this could be linked here, and then we could cocentrate on Mame and Daphne.