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Offline Monstabonza

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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2013, 02:16:49 pm »
Thanks for all the replies.

I was allways wondering how the inp replay worked on mame, so ive pretty much got the answer for that as well.
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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2013, 05:28:05 pm »
When you climb up the ladder and stand to the left of it you wait for a short spring to come out then it's all timing.
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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2013, 05:48:31 pm »
It must be just dumb luck with me, I never take any notice of the springs and just run for it, don't think I've ever died  :o

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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2013, 12:54:19 pm »
I seem to keep getting whacked while running left from the 1st safe spot.
I've just been practising with a save state and when I see a short spring on the far left I take a quick step - pause - run for it!

It seems to work, but I'd like to do it PROPERLY, so at least I can then TRY and do the next bit better.

Is there a nice s - l - o - w -e - d down video of the theory behind never getting whacked while running from safe spot to safe spot?
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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #19 on: October 24, 2013, 01:11:54 pm »
There are no "safe spots" on the Elevator stage. It's all about yelling "YOLO" as loud as possible to finish the level.
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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #20 on: October 24, 2013, 02:30:58 pm »
I know others handle it differently.

What I do is as soon as I come up the ladder, I take a double-step to the left and wait. Look for the spring coming out to hit to the left side of the 1st yellow block (right on Kong's right foot), thats your spring, now you want to hit left as soon as that same spring makes contact in front of you, so as it is coming, get ready, and push left as soon as it hits the ground, you have to time it right. And just run to the safe spot.
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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #21 on: October 25, 2013, 05:26:13 am »
There are no "safe spots" on the Elevator stage. It's all about yelling "YOLO" as loud as possible to finish the level.

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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #22 on: October 25, 2013, 05:38:10 am »
There are no "safe spots" on the Elevator stage. It's all about yelling "YOLO" as loud as possible to finish the level.

You know, when I first started this thread my method was basically YOLO! LOL
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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #23 on: October 26, 2013, 06:07:47 pm »
But you can die 4 times so wouldn't yolo Really be you only live 4 times? Lol
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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #24 on: November 01, 2013, 11:56:59 am »
Anyone done any videos explaining this?
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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #25 on: November 01, 2013, 12:12:36 pm »
I could stream and show you just let me know when you are online or something
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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #26 on: November 02, 2013, 05:44:01 am »
Thanks for that Shane, but me being in a different time zone might make that difficult.

A slowed down vid might be better, to get my slow brain to understand what is going on  ;D
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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #27 on: November 02, 2013, 06:05:28 am »
hey Vic,

it sounds like you are doing it right...if your still getting whacked you are probably not running left early enough, its deceptive how soon you can run without going face first into the oncoming spring, you dont want to wait till its bouncing over you before running...

the normal method is to climb the ladder and take a step left, then take another step when you see a short spring (one that bounces nearer the LEFT) then make your dash as its bouncing in front of you, use save state to get a feel for how early you can run without risking face planting the oncoming spring...

you can download some marp high score inps to see how its done, F10 to fast forward and shift+P to advance one frame at a time, this is probably better than a slow video...

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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #28 on: November 06, 2013, 01:03:06 pm »
This part of the game nearly made me stop playing DK.

I use to do the two step left at top of ladder and wait for the far left spring, but started to find when playing longer games I was struggling to see it with tunnel vision setting in.

I now go up the top ladder and stay still, then when a spring lands fully to the left of the middle yellow piece (look at the black dot in the middle) I run left as the same spring reaches the zenith of its bounce. I find this means less wait time for that far left spring and easier to spot.

To get up the final ladder I watched this video and practiced 100's of times (and still muck it up):

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Re: Elevator Stage, how do you get from safe spot to safe spot?
« Reply #29 on: November 20, 2013, 01:14:09 pm »
As a DK n00b I pretty much always just ran for it from safe spot 1 to 2.  This approach for getting to two is great and hasn't failed me yet.  Thanks for the info everyone.
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