12 firefoxes with 2 hammers

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http://www.twitch.tv/f_symbols/c/1948844

[marinomitch13]

BOOM, baby!

[ChrisP]

10,300 is a freaking monster rivet.

Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen a (L4+) rivet that big. You can get that on L1, but on L6 is insane.

BTW, is that by any chance a Logitech webcam?

[hchien]

Nice job!

Chris, I've had 11,800 L5+ rivets on a few occasions.  I'm sure I've/others have had higher.  I can upload videos when I get home from work.

[f_symbols]

I'm using a Microsoft live camera pro, the metal one.  I'm wondering if its a hardware issue on my end; I've recorded without streaming and had similar issues with sound.  Should I change my recording bit rate or something?  Maybe I should record at 720 instead of 1080 or maybe my stream settings should be different, different resolution or bit rate for output? Definitely looking for help to get my stream functioning properly.  Thanks in advance for any help!

Howdy Hank!

[Simpsons99]

10,300 is a freaking monster rivet.

Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen a (L4+) rivet that big. You can get that on L1, but on L6 is insane.

BTW, is that by any chance a Logitech webcam?

I've had a 10,900 recently.

[stella_blue]

I've had some huge rivets on Levels 1 and 2 (skill: 4%, luck: 96%), but I've never really paid much attention to my best rivet scores on Levels 4 and beyond.  Normally, I'm content if I manage to scrape together 7 or 8k points.  All too often, I feel fortunate just to survive the stage.

[LMDAVE]

Yeah, I've had some high rivets before post L4. If you take the chance on the middle prize and don't get left spawners , you can profit well.

Had a 13,200 L3 rivet the other night. Thought is was 14k because I started in the 64k's and ended in the 78k's, but the replay showed 64,900 - 78,100

[mikegmi2]

I'm using a Microsoft live camera pro, the metal one.  I'm wondering if its a hardware issue on my end; I've recorded without streaming and had similar issues with sound.  Should I change my recording bit rate or something?  Maybe I should record at 720 instead of 1080 or maybe my stream settings should be different, different resolution or bit rate for output? Definitely looking for help to get my stream functioning properly.  Thanks in advance for any help!

Howdy Hank!

Looks/sounds like you need to adjust your audio delay.  Anywhere from 100ms-500ms is sometimes necessary to sync up your video/audio.

Also, i've found my streams are better when I stream at a lower quality...this is a game that was made in 1981 after all...so there aren't any sweet graphics you'll be missing out on with a lower quality video setting. = )

[danman123456]

That's pretty cool Mitch. Here recently I was playing and got at least 7 (and I really do think it was EIGHT firefoxes) on a LVL 5+ Rivet board with the bottom hammer. Was insane as I barely got the hammer with all of them on the 2nd girder. When I smashed them they just re-appeared on the same lvl 2 Girder. Really wish I had highlighted it :<

[marinomitch13]

It was actually Ethan who posted this vid 

[danman123456]

Yeah I noticed it after I typed it but don't know how to edit the message. Cool Ethan!

[marinomitch13]

Click on the paper and pencil in the bottom right of your post.

[ChrisP]

Chris, I've had 11,800 L5+ rivets on a few occasions. 

Now that I'd like to see!

[hchien]

OK, I had to dig deep into my archives.  Both these videos are in my very early days of playing DK (as you can see I was still playing in MAME).  In fact, the first one happened the day BEFORE my first killscreen.  I had no idea what I was in for!  I found it interesting that I died twice before L4 and a 3rd death early on and still played the game out.  Anyhow I'd probably do things a bit differently now but here are 2 L5+ 11,800 rivets.  Both of these are during different real games (ie not save states).  Nothing special, as they are both 100% luck!

11800 rivets

Point for discussion (it's been discussed before): if you have all the fireballs isolated on the left side after the first hammer, is it better to grab the top hammer or not?  That is debatable.  However, one thing that I'm pretty sure everyone would agree on is if you are going to grab the 2nd hammer, clear the top right rivet first, then leech at the top until roughly 1000 bonus time (you can actually go down to about 800 if you want to push it), then grab the 2nd hammer and smash as many fireballs as you can, then as your hammer is about to expire clear the last rivet (2nd from the top on the right).  This way you can get your leeching points and if you release any fireballs on the right, it won't matter as you would finish the board anyway.