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Posted by robluvsnic - 12/5/2002 11:37:38 PM

greatmagnus you're really starting to annoy me with your incessant yet entirely useless bumping. Exactly what is the point in bumping a topic only 10 minutes after your last post?!

Can I suggest that find some other board on which to increase your postcount/karma? There are plenty of boards that have no topics or active users where you would be free to post as many bumps as you like, without running the risk of being marked for moderation. And, trust me, I will dedicate myself to marking you for moderation if you persist in posting completely pointless one or two word messages on every single topic.
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Posted by VenomFang3001 - 12/5/2002 11:41:02 PM

DS: 0 cuz I commited Pikminocide(I caused Pikmin Extinction on purpose).
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Posted by Mikepharvey - 12/6/2002 4:14:18 AM

well nath, you may want to postpone your forest navel attempt for now.

distant spring-587

i nearly quit halfway through this run because i had 4 mysterious deaths on one frog. but i carried on and had to leave a dwarf carcass i usually get. everything was good until right at the end, i threw 3 pikmin at the dwarf in a rush and managed to throw one to far with out realising, and it never got back in time when i rectified my mistake. i also didnt get a wollywog back in time.
i know i will break 600 soon, so expect me to post soon. also, i am home for xmas in 2 weeks so i will start videotaping runs from then on.

congrats to everyone on their scores.
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Posted by TomatoMan - 12/6/2002 8:48:43 AM

Wierd mysterious death on FoH last night. Anyone have this happen? It was not monster-related. I was gathering up the yellow 20. What I usually do is get at least 11 yellows on it, then get up to 20 with with whatever I've got, so that it gets picked up with 20 and more yellows than anything else, and THEN rush it with the crowd once it's started moving to put 50 on it. It seems to me that an object's destination is decided at the moment it's lifted by the pikmin, and nothing you do from that point on will change it, but if you pick it up with a big crowd, it might get lifted by 30 or 40, in which case your 11 yellows might not be the majority and it may wind up headed for the wrong onion.

Anyway, so I picked up the yellow 20, got it moving, then immediately rushed it with my crowd to get 50 on it. I got up to about 47 or so, the rest were trying to find a handhold, and then I head the little "hmmm" sound and my pikmin count dropped to 99! There was nothing else going on on the level.

I think "mysterious deaths" happen when a pikmin is affected by something spatial and it has no place to be. If the game can't place the pikmin, it just erases him. When a monster dies and falls into a space occupied by a pikmin, if the pikmin can't move to an adjacent space for some reason, he goes poof. This was the first time I ever lost a pikmin picking something up. Wierd! Anybody else ever see this?

And mike and Nathan, you guys are TAPING your DS runs, right?

TM

Posted by SuperStein - 12/6/2002 10:44:49 AM

Let me get this straigt. Nathan Ian Bowers and mikepharvey has exact same scores on everything now! And then they have the same Combined Score too :-P Crazy! Are you clones or something.. your are just too good...! Don't think I'll ever play Pikmin again*.

*Obviously just a lame excuse for everytime he has said that he will restart his Pikmining, but never gets around to actually do it. He has been caught in SSB:M Target Test's Claws. Currently standing on a total 5:36,35. For those who aren't interested, ignore it. Oh god, I've just infected the Pikmin board with super smash, will I ever receive forgiveness.. :-/
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Posted by Rouge7 - 12/6/2002 11:12:01 AM

Nice work MikeP, get crackin' on 600.

Nathan, are you sure the two bridges aren't necessary? I think it depends on your strat. I collect all of the big pellets by the pearl in one sweep and only the red 20 doesn't use the bridges. I'll have to test it, but it seemed like they got back faster. Also, I save the blue 20 in the big lake for the end and it seems like the only way it will get in on time is the bridge route. Again, untested, but if they are unecessary that could save me some time. I'm anxious to try this out (lousy working 'till 5...).

Ahlyis, I like the honeywisp idea. There are few things more frustrating than having a great start to a run spoiled by grass that doesn't give nectar. I'll give that a try too.
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Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 12/6/2002 12:01:37 PM

Mike, you are good. I congratulate you. Notice I'm not using exclamation points, however. That's because I'm not particularly enthused. Impressed as hell, but it's quite the bittersweet impression. Rest assured, I'll be hitting the old DS tonight with tape running and with a craving for blood. I'm going for the jugular. Move over, Betty, Nathan's stepping up to the stove with a spicy new recipe! I shall wring the life juices out of the Pik Pik carrots and lap up their sweetness! There's your friggin' exclamation point!

Rouge, you'd have to prove me wrong on that bridge thing. You could be right, however. I've never actually sat there with a stopwatch to compare times. What I do know is that even if the bridges improve the speed of some pellets, they only improve the speed by the tiniest bit. I guess my real argument is that (a) the bridges never helped me improve on the level and (b) the effort of building them (even if you do so with just one or two Pikmin) is not cost effective. That's just my take on it, though.

I really want to be playing Forest Navel. I know that I can break 600 on DS without straining myself too much...the real challenge is getting 462 on FN. But I guess Mike would rather keep our insane battle going until we set a truly ungodly score. It's still rather amazing that we reached Ferret's mark - both with original strats.

Tomato, I've never had mysterious deaths on a pellet. That is very strange, you're right. But I have had many mysterious deaths while fighting an enemy. You can lose Pikmin before the enemy even dies. This is another solid refutation of the previously held notion that M.D.'s are caused by falling corpses crushing Pikmin.

Okay, this has nothing to do with anything but I have to ask it. Why is spent the past tense of spend but the past tense of expend is expended? English is stupid. I love it, but it's stupid.

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Posted by TomatoMan - 12/6/2002 12:33:35 PM

Nathan: Okay, this has nothing to do with anything but I have to ask it. Why is spent the past tense of spend but the past tense of expend is expended? English is stupid. I love it, but it's stupid.

English is stupid, and beautiful. Here's a good one: what verb is "wrought" the past tense of? As in, put this in the present: "My sword was wrought of hammered iron." Hint: it's not "made". No peeking in the dictionary, anybody.

TM

Posted by SuperStein - 12/6/2002 12:55:43 PM

A longshot from the far away Norwegian: to wrate :-P
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Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 12/6/2002 1:17:35 PM

Wrought is the past tense of work. And no, I didn't peek in the dictionary...three years of working at an English major was enough to pick up plenty of these ornamental tidbits. And remember people, you can speak well but you can't speak good...regardless (not irregardless) of what anyone says. English is a beautiful language and its vastness of vocabulary and idiosyncratic details are part of what makes it so beautiful. But it's still stupid. So there!

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Posted by Grenade Guzzler - 12/6/2002 2:46:03 PM

Mais alors! Nous allons parler français pour le reste? Alors que l'anglais est si stupide...

Or maybe not...
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Posted by SuperStein - 12/6/2002 2:47:35 PM

How the.. whaaaaat! I can't believe it. To work! Ough! I've got to work more with my English (lousy pun intended).
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Posted by TomatoMan - 12/6/2002 3:07:39 PM

Geez, Nathan. You knew that right off the bat? I had to ask my grandfather, couldn't find it anywhere!

And remember, "The Tough Coughs as he Ploughs Through the Dough." Any non-native English speaker who can read that aloud correctly has reached a very respectable level of mastery.

In related news, Pikmin is hard.

TM

Posted by SuperStein - 12/7/2002 12:45:44 PM

I can do it! *feels proud* Well, I think I can.. none here at my house knows what's rigt or wrong when it comes to pronounce Englsih correctly!
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Posted by Xel23 - 12/7/2002 1:56:38 PM

I just wanted to remind all of you that my Challenge Mode Guide and I still hang around here.
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Posted by TomatoMan - 12/7/2002 4:36:49 PM

I just wanted to remind all of you that I still suck at FoH. I've been working on a new route that I was sure would do it for me, but it just won't gel. :P

TM

Posted by greatmagnus - 12/7/2002 8:02:53 PM

400 Forest of Hope! *Does the cabbage patch*
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Posted by VenomFang3001 - 12/7/2002 8:43:12 PM

000 FoH! ANother Pikminocide!
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Posted by Ahlyis - 12/8/2002 4:22:34 PM

C'mon guys. Where's that 600 we've all been promised?!?!

Interesting score greatmagnus. You now have 400 on FoH when you posted 501 on FoH earlier. Interesting...
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Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 12/9/2002 3:11:21 AM

I have regained my crown, though I fear the throne is a transient place with Mike around:

Distant Spring - 589 (on tape)

This was the first run with the tiny tweak I've done to my strategy. I used a different nectar patch early in the run so that the one closest to the blue onion is available at the end when I pull down all my blues. This made things much easier, but the difference in speed caused a misfiling of a red five-pellet that I usually catch up with before the blues take it home. My only other misfiling was a yellow one-pellet and I had only two mysterious deaths.

I didn't play all weekend as I promised. I was intent on doing so but got side-tracked by that evil entity known as Super Monkey Ball 2. I don't own the game, my buddy Dave (JimiThingR) does. When I read Mike's 587 post I called Dave and told him Friday was going to be Pikmin night. I brought over my VCR, Game Cube and Pikmin and we were going to play at the same time and both tape our runs (he's working on Final Trial). But the extra television set he has didn't work. It's an old set with a Nintendo 64 logo on it that he got for free from his job (Babbages). Apparently it was modded, however. You can only run input into it through an S-video jack and we didn't have S-video at our disposal. Also, the coaxial plug was disabled so I wouldn't have been able to tape my runs anyhow. We decided to play SMB2 and got hooked finding alternate ways to beat levels. That game is evil.

Tonight (it's 4:00 a.m. Sunday night/Monday morning) was the first I played Pikmin in about a week and a half. I threw together a couple of aborted runs and then decided to finish a crappy one just for fun. Well, the crappy one ended up being a 582 somehow. I mean it's a really crappy run, too. That inspired me and I tried again. My next run was the 589. The great part about it was that I realized a couple of things I can do to easily put me over 600. For example, I don't think attacking the Puffy Blowhog in the water is worth it because I always have to re-file the pellets and the battle takes too long for the time allotted. I am going to start ignoring the P.B. and grabbing the blue 20-pellet instead. That will put my achievable score at 599. There are a few other things that can be modified and/or scrapped to make my run more efficient as well. If I can manage to have a little more time left at the end of my run, I have a trick up my sleeve for a finale that will put me over 600. I'm not sure how it's all going to go down for sure but if I start playing the level again I'll have my 600 soon. Unfortunately, it's finals week at university so I won't (or shouldn't) be doing too much Cubing.

That's all for now. I think I'll try to get some sleep.

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Posted by Mikepharvey - 12/9/2002 6:21:44 AM

congratulations nath on your score, but i have now finally achieved my goal of over 600

Distant springs-609
Total Score-2207

this followed runs of 594,596 and 598 which i made silly mistakes on and should all have been 600+.
i had 3 mds, a yellow 5 misfiled which i am sure i threw 3 yellows on. i also had 609 as the score as the 10 came up on the counter. i was too nervous of deaths to do anything else so i just waited for the end.

im sorry tm, but my video is at home so i cant tape my runs until next week.
i will send a photo to stein in the near future.
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Posted by TomatoMan - 12/9/2002 8:06:24 AM

Excellent job guys!
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Posted by blackmage 200 - 12/9/2002 11:12:12 AM

wow...
last time i visited this topic it was topic 2 posts 501-1000
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Posted by SuperStein - 12/9/2002 11:41:20 AM

Mike! Mail me that pic ASAP! I'll host it up so everyone can see yourfaboulous achievement! w000t! First EVER score over 600 is achieved Congrats Mike!

And BTW, I played FN again, got 370 first try.. :-P
Well, that was the beginning of my restart of pikmining.. gotta follow it up though!

Mike.. E-mail.. NOW!
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Posted by SuperStein - 12/9/2002 11:42:48 AM

Oh.. and Nathan are you reading now or what? ;-)
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Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 12/9/2002 12:24:12 PM

Hmmmm.

I always wondered how great it would be to walk in SnapDragon's shoes. Well, it's a great feeling but one forgets that trodding upon such hallowed ground makes you a target. My reign is temporarily vanquished. The italics are there for a reason. All of my Distant Spring runs that ended up in the 580s showed massive room for improvement. I always find a way to work the kinks out. Believe me, I can and will beat Mike's new score. The question is, how much higher will he make the climb for me?

Mike, congratulations. You have earned the right to borrow my crown. Hehe, I'm not trying to belittle your accomplishment....it's probably the most fantastic Pikmin C.M. feat yet. But sooner or later you're going to either have to return the crown or share it. I'd prefer the latter. I know that you are good enough and persistent enough to match or break any score out there so I think a tie would make both our lives better. Still, the pressure is what keeps us pushing the limits and doing the impossible. There has got to be some score ceiling for this level, though. I guess it's up to the two of us to find it.

Poor Ferret! I've got his previously god-like score beaten by 7 and Mike is up on him by 27! This is freakish. I haven't seen Ferret online or on AIM for a long time. I wonder how he'd react to this senseless onslaught.

Well, I have difficult exams tomorrow and Wednesday so I'll have to get Pikmin runs in when I get a chance. I still can't figure out how Mike finds the time to get that stupid blue 20-pellet in. It's the difference between him and me right now. Grrrrrrr!

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Posted by TomatoMan - 12/9/2002 12:28:14 PM

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm having a ball watching this Mike-Nathan competition. (It's about all I can do from down here, like watching two F-16s go at it up in the sky. :)

TM

Posted by SuperStein - 12/9/2002 1:48:04 PM

I personally love it! The scores will keep pushing upwards too, perhaps we'll se 650 one day? Well.. I can't say anything else than keep up the good work! And Mike! C'mon! Mail me that pic! Since I'm over here in europe I'm going to bed soon.. in like 2 hours.. so do this double quick! I can't wait too see it. And it should be up and verified before the next Top 15!
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Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 12/9/2002 3:47:45 PM

Distant Spring - 593 (not on tape)

This was my first 600 run. Unfortunately, it was terrible. I had seven mysterious deaths - far more than my average of two. I also had a misfiled yellow one-pellet. That's it, though. I'm looking at a maximum of 603 with my current strategy so I need to make some adjustments if I want to get back in the hunt with Mike.

This time I reverted back to not flowering my army of 88 blues at the end. For some reason I have more success with unflowered blues because they don't carry the red and yellow pellets as quickly so I can catch up with them after having taken care of other business. Eventually I'm going to have to flower them, however.

I wasn't taping my run because I knew that I would probably land in the 590's before the 600's. It was nice to play without that tape running...it makes me feel naked before the spectators. I can also hit pause to gather my thoughts if necessary, a luxury that isn't affordable when taping.

Still have plenty of studying to do all day today and tomorrow, but I just wanted to show you all that I'm not going away.
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Posted by Ahlyis - 12/9/2002 4:01:11 PM

Why not flower most of the 88, but leave about 20 unflowered. then put those 20 on the red and yellow pellets while using your flowers everywhere else?
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Posted by Xel23 - 12/9/2002 7:19:11 PM

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Posted by robluvsnic - 12/9/2002 8:25:04 PM

Mike, there's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said. Amazing. Astounding. Brilliant. Dynamite. Fantastic. Killer. Magnificent. Stunning. Well done. There's no superlative left...

...which leaves us in an awkward situation, because I know that Nathan's not going to lie down and take this onslaught. I'm absolutely certain that the DS challenge hasn't finished yet. But what words are we to use when the score gets pushed beyond all limits of comprehension?

Fellow Pikminers, we are fortunate indeed to have this incredible competition going on before our eyes.
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Posted by Mikepharvey - 12/10/2002 5:19:30 AM

a big thanks to everyone on their kind words, it means a lot and makes the effort worthwhile.

stein, if i had the pic i would send it you straight away, but my friend in my corridor who has the digital camera has gone away for the weekend and i couldnt find him yesterday. i will hopefully find him today and email you the pic tonight (i am english so my clock is only one hour behind yours)

I will resume playing distant spring next week at home with the video running, i finished my 609 with 10 on the countdown so i expect to improve my score, maybe an extra wollywog or puffy bulbear. i am currently attempting the 9 days no deaths challenge, did first 4 days with ease last night so will do more tonight.

Nath, if we find the limit to distant springs i hope we both reach it, as if you did not keep improving your scores then i would have had no motivation to go for bigger scores and would never have reached 600. cheers for that.

And just one thing, can i ask ahylis, nath or someone elso to do a scoreboard soon, as i would like to see my name on top before nath beats me. If i get the pic tonight hopefuly stein will post the link pretty quickly.

once again thanks everyone.
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Posted by SuperStein - 12/10/2002 7:31:34 AM

Cheers my fellow european! :-D
The link will be up as soon as i get the pic!
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Posted by Ahlyis - 12/10/2002 10:46:19 AM

Challenge Mode High Scores as of 12-10-2002

Impact Site:
1. 278 (TomatoMan, SuperStein, cocoapuffs999, Mikepharvey, Rogue7, Nathan Ian Bowers, *Ahlyis)

Other Top Scores:
8. 273 (Snapdragon, JimiThingR, Ferret5317, spenser, Cork)
13. 271 (Grenade Guzzler)
14. 270 (Xel23)
15. 263 (GasMan)
16. 253 (jakemrjr)
17. 246 (Lewellyn)
18. 212 (robluvsnic)

Forest of Hope:
1. 569 (Snapdragon, SuperStein, Nathan Ian Bowers, cocoapuffs999, Rogue7, Mikepharvey, Ahlyis, *JimiThingR, *GrenadeGuzzler)

Other Top Scores:
10. 568 (topotheclass)
11. 559 (TomatoMan)
12. 544 (spenser)
13. 528 (redpichead)
14. 524 (Xel23)
15. 521 (Dragorn)
16. 490 (Lewellyn)
17. 469 (Ferret5317)
18. 450 (jakemrjr)
19. 444 (robluvsnic)

Forest Navel:
1. 452 (Nathan Ian Bowers, Mikepharvey)

Other Top Scores:
3. 447 (*Rogue7)
4. 439 (Snapdragon)
5. 418 (cocoapuffs999)
6. 397 (redpichead, Ferret5317)
8. 395 (Ahlyis)
9. 390 (JimiThingR, SuperStein)
11. 389 (Xel23)
12. 388 (Grenade Guzzler)
13. 377 (Nai)
14. 349 (jakemrjr)
15. 345 (TomatoMan)
16. 332 (smoky progg)
17. 331 (robluvsnic)
18. 303 (AdvanceGamer)

Distant Spring:
1. 609 (*Mikepharvey)
2. 593 (*Nathan Ian Bowers)
3. 582 (Ferret5317)
4. 533 (cocoapuffs999)
5. 520 (Rogue7)
6. 516 (Snapdragon)
7. 507 (redpichead)
8. 501 (JimiThingR)
9. 489 (Grenade Guzzler)
10. 482 (Nai)
11. 449 (TomatoMan, Ahlyis)
13. 443 (topotheclass)
14. 441 (Xel23)
15. 439 (jakemrjr)
16. 437 (robluvsnic)
17. 399 (Souja246)
18. 386 (SuperStein)
19. 298 (ShadowNinjaGuy)

Final Trial:
1. 299 (Snapdragon, Ahlyis, SuperStein, Rogue7, Mikepharvey, cocoapuffs999, Nathan Ian Bowers)

Other Top Scores:
8. 281 (redpichead)
9. 279 (Grenade Guzzler)
10. 278 (jakemrjr)
11. 267 (Ferret5317)
12. 266 (Lewellyn)
13. 251 (JimiThingR)
14. 248 (Xel23)
15. 242 (Secrano)
16. 241 (TomatoMan)
17. 220 (robluvsnic)
18. 218 (Kingfisher)
19. 214 (TrentEaston)

Top Ten Combined Totals:
1) 2207 (Mikepharvey)
2) 2191 (Nathan Ian Bowers)
3) 2113 (Rogue7)
4) 2097 (Cocoapuffs999)
5) 2096 (SnapDragon)
6) 1996 (Grenade Guzzler)
7) 1990 (Ahlyis)
8) 1988 (Ferret5317)
9) 1984 (JimiThingr)
10) 1922 (SuperStein)
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Posted by Ahlyis - 12/10/2002 10:55:50 AM

I'm starting to focus on FN. I've made a large map for planning and have copies of a smaller version for actually making notes on.

I've got a preliminary plan laid out which actually requires a very different set of pellets from the breadbug than either Nathan's or Rogue's stated patterns. I actually need either 2 red 5 pellets or one red and one blue. Yellow screws me up because I end up with 35 yellows WITHOUT anything from the breadbug! And I get almost no extra red. So I have to get them from the breadbug and the two multicolor pellet posies. Of those 17 potential Pikmin, I need 12 red and 5 blue to end up with a 35, 33, 32 distribution. And I need the even distribution. In fact, I would prefer even fewer yellows and a higher blue/red count. but it can't be with this pattern.

I haven't given it a shot yet though, so I may post tomorrow saying to ignore my whole ramble here. :-)

But it should work well enough to get me into the 400's. Probably not to 442 or higher, but we'll see.
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Posted by robluvsnic - 12/10/2002 7:52:24 PM

Having followed both Ahlyis's and Nathan's suggestions, and having made a further change to my strat, I am proud to announce that I have made a slight improvement:

FN -- 335

Okay, so it's not an achievement that's likely to draw attention away from the fight between the Masters of the (Pikmin) Universe that's currently underway over in the Distant Spring, but I'm glad to have finally broken through what seemed an impenetrable barrier. I decided to alter my second run so that I picked up the blue and yellow 5s on the way to the BLL area, rather than leaving them until the end.

I think I might be able to break 350 with this strat. If I manage to do that, I might just leave it at that and be content -- I just don't have the time needed to constantly improve my scores. In the hour or so I had available to play last night, I managed two runs through FN and at least 10 resets (because that stupid #$@%&%@ breadbug kept dropping two yellows!!!). I don't think one can expect to improve to much when one can only manage two runs every three or four days...
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Posted by Mikepharvey - 12/11/2002 5:03:18 AM

thanks ahylis. still cant find my friend, i hope he hasnt finished term early. i will continue the search today.

congrats rob on your fn score, keep plugging away.

done day 5 of 9 day no deaths challenge. so close to doing day 6 but right at the end, a damn fiery blowhog killed some pikmin i put on the part in the water.
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Posted by Ahlyis - 12/11/2002 10:25:08 AM

Well, the pattern I mentioned above has come to fruition. I tweaked it some last night and got lucky with the breadbug dropping a red and blue fairly often. so now I can announce...

FN - 403
Combined Total - 1998 - just 2 short of 'elitedom', but at least I'm back ahead of Grenade! :-)

My pattern can be easily tweaked to yield 2 more, but that's about it. I have every Pikmin busy on every run. I'll need to find a more efficient method of doing things. That or I'll have to copy someone else's pattern.

But at least I've managed to break the 400 barrier now, and with a 100% original pattern. :-)
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Posted by SuperStein - 12/11/2002 2:28:32 PM

I've got to bring up my scores. I'm totally outta practice.. I'm sucking away at FN right now..
Hunt that guy down Mike!
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Posted by Grenade Guzzler - 12/11/2002 3:37:55 PM

Sorry Ahlyis, but you're going to have a little competition here.

Distant Spring: 492
Combined Total: 1999

I would have reached 2000 right away if a stupid wollywog hadn't squished 7 blues in one attack. I couldn't whistle to them since the frog landed right on Olimar and I couldn't whistle... darn
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Posted by Ahlyis - 12/11/2002 3:58:57 PM

It's on then. :-)

But it might take me a while to really get going. Not sure I can play tonight. Tomorrow my brother is bringing his PC over for some network gaming. Friday... well, maybe. Maybe tonight too. Have to wait and see :-)
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Posted by TomatoMan - 12/11/2002 4:10:44 PM

INCHES.

Forest of Hope - 562

Finally, though, I have a pattern that works. I thought I had 567 on that run - might have misfiled a 10. Two deaths. More to the point, it was the first time I've ever gotten everything in (albeit just barely). I'm sure I'll be able to use this pattern to get the elusive-for-me 569.

TM

Posted by TomatoMan - 12/11/2002 5:53:24 PM

FoH - 567

Two deaths. Won't be long now.

TM

Posted by robluvsnic - 12/11/2002 8:36:27 PM

Excellent work Ahlyis. I dream of one day being able to report a 400 on FN. Aaah, such sweet dreams...

And, TomatoMan, things are looking good. I won't say congratulations yet, since I'm sure your next post will announce the even better score of 569.
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Posted by greatmagnus - 12/11/2002 9:17:56 PM

Wow, I usually get around 500- 600
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Posted by greatmagnus - 12/11/2002 9:18:26 PM

X that, 400 to 500
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Posted by TomatoMan - 12/11/2002 11:14:35 PM

Ugh. Maddening. I wanted to make one last push and be done tonight, but it didn't happen. Two 567s, a 566, and a couple other 560+s. One 567 had two mystery deaths, I finished in plenty of time.

A lot has to go right to get a perfect, even if you're totally in a groove. With these longer ones (FoH is 20+ minutes), a late screw-up is a REAL bummer. :/

Ah well. I'll get it eventually.

TM

Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 12/12/2002 1:07:40 AM

Man, Distant Spring is one cruel, cruel mistress. She takes and takes but rarely gives back. Just look at what she made me suffer today (my first day not having to study for finals):

Distant Spring - 594
A measly improvement of one. A lousy run with a lot of mysterious deaths. Nothing new. The worst part of this one was that at the end when I was pulling down blues, I realized that one of my red 10 pellets hadn't started moving. It was the one all the way at the back of the level and when I got to it I found there were just 9 Pikmin on it. Ouch. I hate Pikmin. They're incorrigible. Still managed to get that tyrannical 10-pellet in but it cost me lots of time I needed to bring in some last-second stuff. This was still a new high for me, albeit a miniscule one, until:

Distant Spring - 600
Finally made it to 600, putting me two points shy of the next-to-impossible 2200 mark. Had a lot of trouble with misfiling this time. I've decided it best to not worry about misfiling Wollywog pellets when I have all blues at the end. It saves me heaps of time and effort so I can stay focused. Unfortunately, all of those 5-pellets were red or yellow. Suckage. Until:

Distant Spring - 603
Still painfully shy of Mike, but encouraging all the same. Lots of misfilings and deaths again. Sloppy and behind schedule throughout. Had a blue 5-pellet and a blue one-pellet near the onion at the end. But another new high, until:

Distant Spring - 605
Big, big OUCH! Still, deaths and misfilings. Not sure of the details on this one, but who gives a crap? You've seen this coming since you started reading this oversized post, so I may as well cut to the chase:

Distant Spring - 612
I counted the misfilings and deaths on this one: 7 points lost from misfiling, 2 Pikmin mysteriously killed. This run was even behind my schedule. I have ideas for a possible 520-535 but it all depends on deaths and misfilings. I'm not going to bother going into details because I'm in a battle royale with Mike and strategists must be secretive, a point I'm sure Mike is well aware of. Mike, I've returned your left hook with a nasty jab of my own. I expect you'll continue sparring with me. I thought about not posting this score yet so I could take advantage of your time playing the 9 Days, No Deaths challenge, but I'd rather be a good sportsman and make you aware of my breakthrough. I'm sure you can pummel this score with enough effort, but I don't plan on abandoning the level. My score will keep rising. I expect yours to as well.

JimiThingR was there to witness the feat, and I to witness one of his own Pikmin achievements. I'll let him post his milestone himself for fear of soiling his glory. Suffice to say, I think he has set an interesting record on a certain level. Hope I've built up a little suspense.

TomatoMan, I'm really happy to see that you're on the verge of finishing FoH. I know how you feel having those 567's...I had four of them before I finally finished without MD's. If anybody deserves another perfection, it's you. You and Ahlyis have single-handedly kept this thread running strong for a year now. As Rob said, I'll save my congratulations for your imminent success.

By the way, I did not tape this. I can beat this. Big time. And Mike can, too. It's a vicious level, but Mike and I are making it our...you know what. Heh.

Viva La Pikmin!

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