EAB/Lemon Super League 2009: Round 1 - Superfrog

[Graham Humphrey]

EAB/Lemon Super League 2009: Round 1 - Superfrog



Starts: 00:01 January 18
Finishes: 23:59 February 7

Rules

Post screenshots of your scores in this thread, and write your score underneath. You can enter as many times as you like within the round's time frame.

No cheating of any kind (including score leeching) - this includes save states. If you suspect a contestant of cheating then don't post it in public (anyone who does so will have their posts edited or deleted) - please PM me, Biscuit or mihcael and we will investigate it. If we find anyone guilty of cheating then they will be banned for the entire season.

Please only post your score on either the EAB or Lemon forums. The one you post on first will be your "team" for the whole season. However you are welcome to discuss the compo, game etc. on the other forum if you wish.

Play on Normal difficulty, 3 lives.

Remember, anyone can join in at any time. Have fun and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Downloads

- Disk 1, Disk 2, Disk 3, Disk 4
- WHDLoad-installed

Extras

- Full rules and FAQ
- Lemon thread

Final Scores - EAB, Lemon

1. Parpala - 74,782,100
2. TheCyberDruid - 33,694,550
3. mailman - 32,051,300
4. mipe - 31,624,000
5. xpect - 22,149,850
6. john4p - 22,102,400
7. rexsu - 21,510,850
8. Elth - 12,816,050
9. jPV - 11,465,250
10. Biscuit - 10,660,900
11. Graham Humphrey - 10,324,300
12. motorhead - 5,156,750
13. cane - 3,050,750
14. Chain - 2,411,500
15. Simon Humphrey - 1,007,850
16. Predseda - 701,350
17. mihcael - 349,500
18. LinesMachine - 171,300
19. ppill - 155,400

[turrican3]

Here we go again ! thank you graham

[Graham Humphrey]

Thanks. Glad we've started again now, and looking forward to this one - I'd rather play Arcade Pool though

[ElB]

Post screenshots of your times in this thread

Times?

[john4p]

I guess he copied the text from last round (Stunt Car Racer)...

Congrats for winning the Knockout!


edit: How about adding this rule: let's all abstain from playing this lame, unfair gambling game after each level? I mean - come on - the bonus "2x score" is just too much! One can get insane scores by pure luck.

[Graham Humphrey]

Well spotted - I was drunk

As for the gambling thing - well it's part of the game, I don't really have a problem with it.

[TCD]

So Superfrog made it



519.800

It's fun playing it again
Btw : I took the 'conservative' road and didn't gamble. Most of the time you don't get as many points as if you just collect.

[AmigaFriend]

Great! Superfrog. I was afraid I had to play that dreaded Arcade Pool

Nice to start again.

[john4p]

Quick reminder: "Savestate training" is not allowed anymore (it's a too big advantage over real Amiga-users who can't do it).

[mihcael]

Never was allowed! (it may of been omitted from the rules at one stage i think? )

[Graham Humphrey]

I'm not sure it was ever omitted from the rules but maybe it wasn't totally clear

It's been in there for a while now. Of course I expect no-one in this compo ever indulged in such a practice...

[TCD]

john is just very cautious now...
There are a few 'unfair' spots in Superfrog, so a bit of legal training is required to get to the later levels

[cane]

Whooa, I love Superfrog. My first attempt, just to get things going:



697350

[Graham Humphrey]

919,250

[mailman]

The first picture is my previous highscore table with my brother's highest score and mine. The second picture is my today's play. In winter's world I had over 4 millions points. Then I gambled and my score got doubled. There is also final battle screen and my new entry to the highscore table (my personal best):

9,320,300

Quick advice to others: playing in Normal and with 3 lives in the first levels it is not worthy to try gamble. You can easily get nothing while collecting the bonus point for each 200k gives you extra life. When you have a lot of extra lives, try gamble and maybe you get lucky with double score.

[TCD]

9 million? Wow that an awesome score mailman Well with the double score gamble at the right time, but still a great score

[john4p]

Told ya - it's all about the "2x"-bonus (which sucks).

Maybe the scoring system stops at 9,999,999, so that probably 5 people will "win" this round...

[mailman]

Without double bonus you can finish the game having around 5 mln points.

[Graham Humphrey]

Originally Posted by john4p

Maybe the scoring system stops at 9,999,999

You wish

(For some reason ImageShack wouldn't upload this file...)

10,324,300

[TCD]

Graham, you crossed the 10 million border Guess you had a 'double up' at a very good point Damn, now I really must try harder to at least get one point... Great score there mate

[Graham Humphrey]

Thanks... that kept me busy for a while let me tell you

[TCD]

I can imagine that To be honest I thought my half million score wasn't so bad... Well it's like always in this competition : It's harder than you can imagine

[mailman]

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

10,324,300

Wow! This is great score! Congratulations!

[Graham Humphrey]

Thanks mailman! If someone beats it I will cry

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

If someone beats it I will cry

Okay guys, you heard it : Don't make Graham cry If someone beats this score he has to be really good and lucky, so I think your score is really great (and that on the first day *grrr* )

[john4p]

It's all about time. The one who plays this the most often will have the most chances to get extremely lucky.

I wouldn't be too surprised if rexsu, xpect, ElB or TF pop up with 20M, 40M or 80M...

[TCD]

Now I see why you mentioned the double score feature john. Well since I won't find the time to play this game very often guess I won't be one of the lucky ones On my first test run I tried the gamble feature and with 8 coins I got whooping 20000 points from them... At least we see some wicked scores this time

[AmigaFriend]

Great score Graham!

I've not made a run yet, because I got a terrible cold this Saturday and my eyes start crying with anything with more than 4 colours and moving faster than 10 fps. Back to Workbench games i think

[TCD]

Get well soon xpect I would recommend that you try some Solitaire till it gets better Since you are ill that means you have more time to play Superfrog...

[john4p]

He could also set his screen to black/white and set frameskip in WinUAE to "5" and play monochrome Superfrog with 10fps.

Get well soon!

[AmigaFriend]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Get well soon xpect

Thanks TCD!

Originally Posted by john4p

He could also set his screen to black/white and set frameskip in WinUAE to "5" and play monochrome Superfrog with 10fps.

Get well soon!

Thanks john4p! And great idea by the way, maybe later give it a try.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by john4p

He could also set his screen to black/white and set frameskip in WinUAE to "5" and play monochrome Superfrog with 10fps.

Ouch Guess if he doesn't feel too good right now, this won't help... *need to play Superfrog with a frameskip of 5 tonight *

[rexsu]

Originally Posted by john4p

Congrats for winning the Knockout!

Thank you.
It was a difficult competition because the high-level was spectacular; the scores of Xpect, Mailman, ELB and Turrican3 were very high.
The victory is therefore beautiful and i'm really very happy
Thank you to Graham for the organization (as well as Biscuit and Mihcael for the lemoners) and all those who encouraged me; especially the cheering team rexsu (TCD and Blade002)

To answer on my last score Turrican, i had the same number of lives (i was distracted by a phone call...), i was looking primarily others hidden bonuses and destroy everyone in the shoot'em up; i was much more aggressive in these 2 levels.
If i had played Saturday i could beat your score of 2008, i am sure.
But with the latest that you have posted, i don't think or i haven't found all in this game.
They are truly amazing, 74 lives... it's really impressive, bravo!

I wouldn't be too surprised if rexsu, xpect, ElB or TF pop up with 20M, 40M or 80M...Are you sure?

Are you sure?
Look at my first giant score: 78,750

[Graham Humphrey]

You'll get better, I won't get complacent just yet

[john4p]

Originally Posted by rexsu

Look at my first giant score: 78,750

That's normal. Those spikes are nasty.
Once you start playing cautiously your score will soon be a couple of millions...

That's another problem of this game (although I really enjoy it) besides the "double score bonus":
spikes are everywhere and kill you instantly while you can take 4 hits from enemies without dying and there's plenty of "lucozade" to replenish your energy.

It's all about avoiding the spikes (and lava and icewater later on) which constantly interrupts the flow of the game.

Also the castle imho should be world 4 because it's harder than the circus- and pyramid-worlds (yesterday I went game over twice in the castle-world because I didn't concentrate enough (and was unnecessarily greedy)).

[TCD]

Yup, the 'instant death' spikes are the only real problem in this game. At some spots you need to know where they are or you aren't able to react fast enough. Still need to find out about all these spots in the castle world

[Graham Humphrey]

I agree regarding the spikes, there are far too many leaps of faith, it's ridiculous. Also I don't like that it's hard to tell which enemies can be killed and which can't, for a lot of them it's not obvious without actually trying it.

And on a different note, 13 people entered by day three is rather good going...

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

I agree regarding the spikes, there are far too many leaps of faith, it's ridiculous. Also I don't like that it's hard to tell which enemies can be killed and which can't, for a lot of them it's not obvious without actually trying it.

Says the one with over 10M points... (sorry you were asking for it )
You're right Graham This explains why rexsu only got 78K and will surely increase his score a lot during the round

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

And on a different note, 13 people entered by day three is rather good going...

Looks like this will be a good year for the league (and a hard one too )

[Graham Humphrey]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Says the one with over 10M points... (sorry you were asking for it )

Yeah I was

Doesn't mean I can't have a good old moan though

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

Doesn't mean I can't have a good old moan though

Of course you can Feel free to moan your heart out mate
Really must try it again, but fear I won't have enough time until friday This game is actually a bit addictive