Chris Psaros
7/4/16
986,600
https://www.twitch.tv/chrisp_kreme/v/76311335
I'm now in the "almost" club with Estel and Dan Dock. 
ABOUT THIS REPLAY (
): Hoping you do stats, because I want to see just how bad those springs were. Had 1M pace locked in all the way until the beginning of I think level 18, then started slipping, then total freakout choke near the end, lo. I was not expecting this game, and was not psychologically prepared for it. If I'd just cashed in my spare guy on 21-5, rather than blowing the guy by suddenly deciding to try to group on 20-1 when it was way too late to make that decision, I would have gotten 1M. Once I'd made that terrible mistake, and got to L21 knowing that I'd need a 61K level to get 1M (61K still too rich for my blood at this juncture), the goal shifted to just beating 960K to ensure 5th place for the tournament and I gave up on double-hammering to avoid any possible bottom fireball fkstickery.
First death was the worst death of all time (thanks a lot for showing up and putting me off, Allen.) 
Oh well, this means I get to keep playing DK. Yay(?)
I watched the end of this while I was streaming some IGBY games, and I lit'd it very much. Congratulations on the new PB, sir! Your score has been verified and updated on the
HSL! Continue to go good.
Hoping you do stats
lol
Something to keep in mind when looking at the stats sheet: when calculating pace, I only add in 700 points for each remaining life. Basically, potential killscreen points. I think that's a good balance between no points, the Pauline-esque "5k, then average your past deaths", and assuming that one will be able to sac lives.
When looking at the 1M-potential of this game, I dug into the data archives to get some comparisons. I have consolidated data on about 253 games. I actually have maybe a dozen more but they're buried in an external hard drive and aren't killscreens or 1M+. Of those 253, 106 are 1M+ or close-call KSs (e.g., Ben Falls' 999,200 and Dave McCrary's 998,600). Here's how your game compared:
For games that completed all L5+ barrel boards, the lowest barrel average for a 1M+ game was 9,943 for Tanner's 1,004,100. Your final average was 10,404, comparable to Barra's 10,396 in his 1,014,600 game. Your barrel average through level 20 (after which you stopped taking bottom hammers) was 10,517, comparable to Jon Mckinnell's 10,516 in his 1,019,800 game.
For games that completed all L5+ pie boards, the lowest pie average for a 1M+ game was 6,947 in Corey Chambers' 1,019,500 game. Your average was 7,759 which is equal to Robbie's pie average in his first 1.1M game of 1,113,400. 7,700-7,800 would be an expected pie average.
For games that completed all L5+ spring boards, the lowest spring average for a 1M+ game was 5,565 for Shawn Robinson's 1,022,700. Your spring average was 5,835...comparable to Mick Winzeler's 5,841 in his 1,000,300 game. In general I would say your springs are getting better (5,688 for your 925k game, 5,212 for your 911k game...but 5,947 for your 903,700 game that is older than both of those) but still lag behind the overall expected average of 6,000-6,100. That's costing you around 5k.
For games that completed all L5+ rivet boards, the lowest rivet average for a 1M+ game was 6,106 for Thomas Bauer's 1,023,700 game. Your rivet average was 6,647...higher than Robbie achieved in a 1.07 and 1.08 score, but also lower than Allen's 6,729 average in his recent 871,900 game. 7,100-7,200 would be an expected rivet average.
The lowest Start for a 1M+ game in the style you're playing was 103,700 for Martin Laing's 1,026,800...but he had 21,500 in death points. Your Start was 103,400. The fewest death points for a 1M+ game in the style you're playing was 5,100 for Serphy's 1,010,500 game...but he had a 108,400 start and higher pie and spring averages. You had 8,500 death points.
My analysis of this game is that, score-wise, your barrels and pies were exactly where you'd want them to be for a basic 1M+ score. Your rivet average was about 500 points lower than I would expect to see in any given game but, as we know, those boards are often out of our control. Your springs are your nemesis. I think the biggest issue was, as you said, that you were not mentally prepared for or planning on this game. All the pieces are there (I'm sure you know that anyway), it's just a matter of being ready to put them into play (and tightening up on your springs ftttt).
