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[Barra]

Hi my name is Andrew and this is my story! 

Just want to post some of my progress and goals I want to achieve this year. I have been taking some statistics and graphing progress which I think is always interesting to look at. I dont have access to machines so these are all MAME-based.

First up, the road to a DK killscreen:
KS achieved 26/8/2014 884,100
New Goal - learn bottom hammer and 1 million points!
1m Achieved 14/8/2015

New Goal - 1.1m. Not sure when I'll start practicing for this

2). Beat the Galaga MAME high score of 5,405,930
Achieved 13/04/2014 - 5,524,600
New Goal - 3 million on 5 life setting
All MAME Galaga records claimed. 5-life PB @ 19/9/2015 4,184,390.

New Goal - 8m Marathon. Current PB 5.7m

3) DK Junior 1m
PB @ 8/10/2015 - 739,400
Haven't played in a while. Will require some de-rusting

4) DK3 1m for trifecta
PB around 300k. Will grind after Junior

Archive:

3)Beat Dean's Stocker score - New PB @ 54,542 as of 25/8/2014
Bubbles - Get at least 250k by the end of the contest. Current best is 192k Finished with bubbles
Time Pilot - Break 700k. Best is ~280k. Not going to play this
Play Mario Bros. - (Maybe) I've decided against this for now
Break the WR for Mr Do's Wild Ride. Current PB is 113,689. Primary goal is to beat 132,244. Secondary goal to achieve 150,000. - Shelved for now.
Get a dang Joystick! - DONE OMG
4). Joust 1 million. PB @ 27/8/2014 272,700 - Achieved late 2014 I think


Peace!

[syscrusher]

Love it!  Get this man a badge!

[Barra]

First post updated. Goal #2 ticked off the list.

Some stats from my game for those who are interested:



Still losing too many ships for bugger all points. Some more consistency, and a larger score isnt that far away.
95% of the points came from 50% of the ships

Thanks to everyone for the support.
Now on to goal #1

[TheSunshineFund]

Love it!

2.4m on TGTS essentially is rather large sir.

[Barra]

Thanks. Technically its a 6-ship score as I was using ships 5 and 6. But still, 2 ships did basically nothing.
TGTS is something I might start playing soon. Id love to push it up over 3mil and possibly even get close to the arcade record of 4.5mil

[Barra]

PB hype DK top 100
1st post updated

I have a week off (well no lectures at least) so should be streaming often.

[Josephjo]

477,000  Nice Andrew! You're leaving me well behind.

[Barra]

Catch up Jojo!!

More PB hype. 504,600 (14-1) with 449k first man
Also cracked 100k on Joust. PB sitting at 111,250
First post updated

[stella_blue]

More PB hype. 504,600 (14-1) with 449k first man

Hey Andrew,

Congratulations on your latest DK personal best.

Have you ever submitted a score for the HSL?  I can't find your name on the list.

[Barra]

Thanks
No I havent 
Im playing quite regularly and so dont want to keep bothering the scorekeepers
Will definitely submit eventually, though.

[Barra]

New Joust PB: 169,400
Hype!

[Barra]

Joust PB @ 224,800
Getting the hang of things now. The blue guys giving me a bit of trouble though.

[marinomitch13]

Keep being persistent and you'll start figuring out little methods/tricks to make what seems hard now a lot easier.  The blue guys will eventually be quite simple to deal with on the whole.

[Barra]

Goal #3 done
http://www.twitch.tv/retroup/c/4194811
This score can still be beaten. I have been super close to scores around 54,470-54,480.
Maybe this will make Dean play some now? 

Played a LOT of DK over the weekend with minimal success. Going to have a week off and play other stuff.
Also a lot of real life things going on so might not be streaming as much.

[VON]

Goal #3 done

Congrats Andrew!  I know you've wanted that one for awhile -- must feel good.