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Streaming => Streaming Events => Topic started by: Milehighdt on March 19, 2013, 07:03:26 am
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No Hammer March Madness Tournament
A head to head single elimination tournament (if we get enough people wanting to play) open to all DK players.
Each week a draw will determine the match ups. The winners will move on to the next week. If an odd number of players advance(over 3), a random loser from that week will move on. If just 3 advance the finals will be a three way playoff.
It will be one game each with no restarts after the first board. The winner will be the player who gets the farthest into the game. If both players end on the same board, score will be the tiebreaker.
Player one (as determined by draw) will perform one simple movement on the first board directed by player two to establish a live game. When player ones game finishes player two will play his game with player one picking the simple move.
The games can be played anytime during the week but must be completed before 9pm mountain time the next Thursday. A post to this thread about when the match up will happen and the results afterward is required(we all want to watch). If you can't schedule a time with your opponent it will be 6:30 on Thursday and if you don't show up you forfeit and will be banned from any future events.(if you sign up, play!)
If a hammer is touched anytime during the game the game is considered ended at the completion of the previous board.
If you are interested post your name to this thread.
First round pairings will be announced March 28th
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Interesting. Only one game makes it so tough. You can lose em all by 2-3 easy on no hammer. :) I'll play what the heck.
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ill play, no hammer is cool...
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Count me in! I suck at no hammer but what the hell 8)
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Player one (as determined by draw) will perform one simple movement on the first board directed by player two to establish a live game. When player ones game finishes player two will play his game with player one picking the simple move.
Seriously? If anyone ever tried to stream a a replay for one of these contests they would be tarred and feathered, permanently banned from participation in any future CAG related event, and then I would personally take a shit in their pillow case.
I don't like the implications this rule brings with it. It shows distrust, and I hope to God no one in this community would ever try to pull some nonsense like streaming a recorded score for a live event.
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You can count me in on this one.
Should be fun
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Ross I'm trying to incorporate an idea that ChirsP brought up before the wildcard rematch and was discussed that heads off any potential problems.
I have one concern about the integrity of this tournament, and a solution to offer.
I don't think anyone would cheat and if they did I believe we are on the same page as to the punishment. tarred and feathered, permanently banned from participation in any future CAG related event
However there is an element that leans toward the conspiracy side of things as evident from the video of Steve's DK submission. I didn't hear you complain about having to say your name before each game in the wildcard rematch and that was also an anti cheating measure. If you decide to play it comes down to what your opponent wants to verify you are playing live. The rule also encourages interaction between the players and visiting each others stream. I've had a blast playing in the tournaments and am just trying to keep it going and have some fun, hope this clears it up.
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When is this going to start Jeff? I'm definitely interested in playing but several of us will be in Chicago for CAGDC this weekend.
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I wanted to see if people were interested before setting a hard date. Since many of you will be in Chicago this weekend how about we plan to start a week from Thursday.
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Works for me. Count me in!
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I'm in.
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Count me in.
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I don't think I've ever played a game of no hammer in my life. I'll have to practice, and I'm kinda nervous that I'll humiliate myself, but what the hay.... count me in!!! #nofear!
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Didn't mean to rain on the parade Jeff. This should be fun for everyone involved. Actually now that I think more about it, forcing both players from each pair to be present before either of them starts their game is probably the easiest way to adjudicate things.
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I will admit that I don't quite understand the procedure, but I'm in for anything no-hammer!
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I'm down if I can find some time to play
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Just seen the Chicago tournament. I was going to do one day but they don't have an option for that. Sucks! Lol. I could only do saturday
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Show up on Saturday anyway! We'd love to at least meet you! There are several other free games just outside the tournament room you can play (but they prefer you are a paying customer, so just buy a $2-3 record or something ;) ).
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Might have to go up there and talk to alpiger about all the ddg woman there. Lol. I was gonna go with a friend but she doesn't have the 55 to get in. Hell I might go look up hotel cost.
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I'll give it a go.
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Last day to sign up will be Wednesday the 27th and I'll have a live draw of the match ups on my stream Thursday. As of now the list of players is:
Danman123456
Fast Eddie
Tessler1134
Monstabonza
JCHarrist
JohnTheLawnMan
syscrusher
marinomitch13
ChrisP
lakeman421
craighiphopfish
Milehighdt
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Anybody else?
And when will you be streaming Jeff?
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Last day to sign up will be Wednesday the 27th and I'll have a live draw of the match ups on my stream Thursday. As of now the list of players is:
Danman123456
Fast Eddie
Tessler1134
Monstabonza
JCHarrist
JohnTheLawnMan
syscrusher
marinomitch13
ChrisP
lakeman421
craighiphopfish
Milehighdt
I count 12 so far. If you don't get a full field of 16, might I suggest a single preliminary game to determine which players secure a first round bye?
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I will start streaming about 6:30pm mountain time on the 28th with the draw. As it stands right now with 12 players we will have 6 matches the first week, 3 matches the next week and a three way final to get our winner. See you all tomorrow
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*byte overflow post*
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So how exactly will this work? Little confused. Is there a set time I need to play? Need to know as a lot of stuff is coming up for me the next few weeks with work/school/etc. :)
Thanks
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I agree Ross. I think this was only mentioned as it was brought up in the WCR as a "what if" scenerio. I agree if your that much of a LOSER to CHEAT like that and get caught you're pretty much done. I can't believe anyone would do such a thing but money does indeed make people do crazy things. Still is this a scheduled thing? It mentions you have a week to play so how do you do that? I guess I can practice a bit but there should be some requirement that "This is my OFFICIAL game" and need to announce that somehow somewhere. Otherwise you could just keep trying and then when you get a good game say that is the one? :)
Player one (as determined by draw) will perform one simple movement on the first board directed by player two to establish a live game. When player ones game finishes player two will play his game with player one picking the simple move.
Seriously? If anyone ever tried to stream a a replay for one of these contests they would be tarred and feathered, permanently banned from participation in any future CAG related event, and then I would personally take a shit in their pillow case.
I don't like the implications this rule brings with it. It shows distrust, and I hope to God no one in this community would ever try to pull some nonsense like streaming a recorded score for a live event.
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Dan, you and your opponent will agree on a time that each of you will play and your opponent must be watching when you start your "official" game.
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The draw is happening in a few minutes on Jeff's channel:
http://www.twitch.tv/milehighdt (http://www.twitch.tv/milehighdt)
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OK the draw has been made and the matchups are:
John vs. Monstabonza
Mitch vs. Chris
Ben vs. Craig
Fast Eddie vs. Dan
Milehighdt vs. Eric
Jeff H vs Robbie
Thanks to everyone who signed up and as an added incentive I added a $50 prize for the winner.
If anyone is unclear as to the rules let me know and I'll try to clarify.
Good luck to all.
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I'm available to play on pretty much any night at any time except on Friday.
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Ok then I'm busy for a couple of days with Easter but should be right for tomorrow or Monday my time in aus so that would be tomorrow or Sunday for you I think. Otherwise I should be good any time after that.
Nick
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Chris, I'm pretty busy this weekend, and I have some tough work days I think until about wednesday...would shooting for thursday work? Maybe mid-afternoon, about 5?
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OK, so like a week from right now? That sounds good.
Get practicin' son!
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ill have free time at weekend but not sure when yet...anytime monday is good for me, can do evenings rest of next week but im in GMT time zone so im probably 7/8 hour ahead of you Dan?
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Pretty much anytime this weekend works for me.
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I'm out of town this weekend. I'll be able to stream this week in the late evening. Next weekend will work the best. Let me know Ben!
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GMT? Hmm Im East Coast so with the time change should only be like 4 hours diff I believe. I want to get at least a little practice in. Maybe a few games. With Easter not sure but i should be free this weekend. If not next week after 8pm my time works.
I'll get more info tomorrow :D
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I'm out of town this weekend. I'll be able to stream this week in the late evening. Next weekend will work the best. Let me know Ben!
Cool. The deadline is Thursday, but I'll be around every night next week. We'll figure it out when you get back.
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Great I get Jeff in the 1st round....I give myself a 1% chance to beat him...
Hey let me play John "Tron" Salter instead...he is not very good :)
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Lets plan on Wednesday Ben (if that works). That will give me a few games to practice...not that it will help me! I'll hit you up on Facebook Monday evening.
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Jeff Wolfe vs. Eric Tessler will be happening Monday at 7pm mountain on www.twitch.tv/milehighdt (http://www.twitch.tv/milehighdt) to start and hopefully much much latter on www.twitch.tv/tessler1134 (http://www.twitch.tv/tessler1134) but more likely Eric's game will start about 7:10
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Robbie and I played our match tonight and both games ended on 7-6. Robbie wins the tiebreaker with a score of 197,700 to my 190.700.
Good game Robbie!
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Good job Jeff. We both had terrible starts and great last men!
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Aw. I wanted to watch all of these live!
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Lets plan on Wednesday Ben (if that works). That will give me a few games to practice...not that it will help me! I'll hit you up on Facebook Monday evening.
Works for me!
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GMT? Hmm Im East Coast so with the time change should only be like 4 hours diff I believe. I want to get at least a little practice in. Maybe a few games. With Easter not sure but i should be free this weekend. If not next week after 8pm my time works.
I'll get more info tomorrow :D
8pm weekdays will be a bit late for me Dan as that will be 1am here and i have work in morning, my clock goes forward 1h tonight... i can do (eastern time) 5pm - 8pm today, 9am - 7pm monday and 2pm - 6pm tues to thursday...not sure about sunday yet...early side of those range are better for me but can play late if i need to...
hows that?
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Hey Jeff is there a bracket set up for future rounds? Or do you redraw names each round?
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Robbie, I'll be doing a draw Thursday night with the matchups for the next round. If we had gotten 16 or 32 players I would of gone with a bracket approach but I think this way works.
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Ha going to be interesting. I can play tomorrow (Easter) in the afternoon. I can try and do 7pm monday otherwise gonna be tight :). If its ok worse case I'll just announce on twitch and facebook and record the game tomorrow sir.
Dan
GMT? Hmm Im East Coast so with the time change should only be like 4 hours diff I believe. I want to get at least a little practice in. Maybe a few games. With Easter not sure but i should be free this weekend. If not next week after 8pm my time works.
I'll get more info tomorrow :D
8pm weekdays will be a bit late for me Dan as that will be 1am here and i have work in morning, my clock goes forward 1h tonight... i can do (eastern time) 5pm - 8pm today, 9am - 7pm monday and 2pm - 6pm tues to thursday...not sure about sunday yet...early side of those range are better for me but can play late if i need to...
hows that?
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Mitch, I am okay with 5 PM Thursday if you are.
And I assume you mean 5 PM Eastern time (which would be 2 PM my time).
And if I'm understanding correctly, it looks like you're player 1.
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Good luck Jeff...and more luck to myself :) 8)
I hope my machine holds up :)
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So that is 4pm my time, correct? Sounds good!
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Oh that's right, you're Central (zone switches at Lake Michigan...)
OK, 4 PM your time is perfect.
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Dan ill be home around 5pm eastern tonight and ill be up late, i can play 6 - 10pm, although probably under the influence...
or i can do 8pm sharp monday...
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Ok great I'll be able to play around 7pm. I'm on now too we can do this now as well if your free otherwise gotta Eat and watch a movie here in a little bit.
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right thats me home m8 , just gonna eat something...want to kick of at 8pm?
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Sure 8pm it is! I'll just practice a little.
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playing in 50 mins, 8pm eastern: http://www.twitch.tv/fast_eddie1 (http://www.twitch.tv/fast_eddie1)
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well game over, neither of us had a great game but i scraped though with 79,300, forgot to note Dans score...
good game Dan...
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HAHA no it was horrible. I screwed up so bad on 1-1. Got to impatient and let them squeeze me at the bottom. I know better then that but haven't played NH in so long. Good luck sir!!
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Ben, can you play tommorow (4/2/13) at around 8:00 mountain time? ~Craig
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Result update: Jeff Wolfe's game ended at 4-6 and I got to 6-6 so I luckily win :)
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Ben, can you play tommorow (4/2/13) at around 8:00 mountain time? ~Craig
Done and done! That would be 9:00 CDT for me, I believe.
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perfect.
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Chris, work has gotten in the way of our 4pm start (my time). Any chance I can start at 6pm (my time)?
P.s. Am I supposed to go first? It doesn't matter to me, but just wondering.
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30 min. 'til go time.
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OK, 6 PM your time is fine with me.
And you are first. Glad to hear it doesn't matter to you, because I definitely want to go second. ;D
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Results so far, correct me if I'm wrong (winner in bold):
Sat 3/30: Jeff Harrist (JCHarrist) vs. Robbie Lakeman (lakeman421)
Sun 3/31: Jonathan McKinnell (Fast Eddie) vs. Daniel Desjardins (danman123456)
Mon 4/1: Jeff Wolfe (Milehighdt) vs. Eric Tessler (tessler1134)
Tue 4/2: Ben Falls (syscrusher) vs. Craig Ziegler (craighiphopfish)
Thu 4/4: Mitchell Elliott (marinomitch) vs. Chris Psaros (ChrisP)
Thu 4/4: John Salter (JohntheLawnMan) vs. Nick Shiels (Monstabonza)
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I'm right to start any time in the next few hours and same Time tomorrow.
Im not sure what time it is where John is though. I'm in Australia on the east coast. If that doesn't work let me know, I work from 6am till 4 pm so any other time than that I could play. Just let me know.
Nick
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For the record: according to the forum stats, John hasn't checked the forum since March 24th, meaning that he doesn't know who he's playing (and might have forgotten that this was happening.)
EDIT: I Facebook-walled him!
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Sorry forgot to check back on this.
Monstabonza, If my calculations are correct, we can do this at 12:00am my time tomorrow. 20 hours from the time of this post.
Let me know if that's correct.
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Sun 3/31: Jonathan McKinnell (Fast Eddie) vs. Daniel Desjardins (danman123456)
i suppose i should clarify since thats the third different way my name has appeared on the forum recently...
my proper name is Jonathon, but i have been 'officially' using John for some years now, although im not really sure why since i actually prefer Jon...anyway my mates mostly call me Johnny, and im also cool with being refered to by my forum name...
i trust that clears that up :)
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Sounds good that should be about 9 hours from now.
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Okay, I suck.
Last man died lvl 2-3 - 24,100k.
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Sorry mate I got caught at work. A machine went down. I will probably be another hour
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Heading home now 15 min ill be good to go
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im ready to go mate.
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Ok we just had our match.
I somehow pulled a rabbit out of the hat and scored 69,600 lvl 4-4
john got 21,800 I believe.
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90 minutes, beezys!
http://www.twitch.tv/marinomitch13 (http://www.twitch.tv/marinomitch13)
http://www.twitch.tv/chrisp_kreme/ (http://www.twitch.tv/chrisp_kreme/)
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Dude, Chris, I am stuck away from home with no car. I'm gonna have to push the time back later! Sorry. I won't be home until maybe as late as 10pm my time :/ I can still go first if you are willing to wait, but with the time crunch, you may have to go first. I have never even practiced this variation, if that helps with your anxiety of going first ;) , so I don't think I'll be all that good. Sorry for the late notice. I had to scramble to get some internet so I could let you know, as soon as I realized work wasn't gonna allow me to make it at 6pm.
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OK. As the Dalai Lama says, "if there's a solution to a problem, don't worry about it. If there's no solution to a problem, don't worry about it."
My concern is that Jeff said these games have to be finished by 9PM mountain time.
So I'm thinking I'll just go at 4PM anyway and then we'll figure out what to do afterwards.
EDIT: ROLLING!
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152,500, 6.6
Dang, I just checked my recording and my mic came unplugged at the end!
My precious post-game commentary... lost forever...
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Haha! i just played a game (I'm stuck at an arcade, you see, until my wife can pick me up. Also, no way to stream here...) without knowing you'd already played, and I got 153,700, died out on 6-6. I had 3 barrel deaths (doh!). Not bad for my first try ever! You may get lucky here if I am unable to compete ;) .
Edit: There is some hope that I may be able to make it home in time.
2nd Edit: Oh wait, I thought through the times wrong.... guess I won't make it in time. I guess I'll have to forfeit. Bummer that I'm now banned from all future contests... O well. If I get a killscreen am I able to get allowed back in to these competitions?! :P #prostitutingmydkskills
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Jeff was saying in the chat that he could do the draw tonight as an either/or.
As in, he'll do the draw for you/me as if we are one person, and when you play your game, that will decide which of us it is.
But now you've burned off your beginner's luck!
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I'm going to be doing the draw for the next round at 7:30 mountain
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The matchups for the next round are:
Eric vs. Fast Eddie
Robbie vs. Mitch
Nick vs. Ben
Good luck and let us all know when to tune in
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Fast Eddie - I am available this coming Monday any time after 6 pm pacific. I can also do it this Sunday if you are available.
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Starting my NH stream in 5 mins! www.twitch.tv/marinomitch13 (http://www.twitch.tv/marinomitch13)
I will begin once Chris shows up.
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I have your channel open now...
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Wow, 269,800 10-2. Mitch crushed everybody!
That was exciting on 6-6 too, down to the last man, about 5K behind, and the top right rivet still intact.
And only one out of four deaths on a rivet board!
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Sorry I wasn't able to go first, Chris. :/ I would have been completely fine doing so. Good match, regardless! Robbie's gonna be pretty tough as well, since I think he has a lot of experience on this variation.
Thanks for letting me play my game a bit late, Jeff. I literally played it as soon as I could. I couldn't believe how many viewers I had within just minute of staring my stream. This DK forum is a very powerful tool for bringing all those extra viewers out of the woodwork!
Again, it was mostly luck. I had 2 or 3 fireball jumps that could have ended my game a lot earlier. I'll have to study my tape a bit, since I know I could do a lot better... I think watching is sometmes a better teacher than playing, and this may just be one of those cases. Glad I was able to break the 7-6 curse for people! #igotyourbacks #togetherwecandefeathim
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As I said in the chat, if your DK skills are solid, you're 90% of the way there with no hammer. So it's not too much of a surprise that you were able to get that score.
No-hammer is actually best used as a training exercise for players who AREN'T that great on the rivets. It makes you learn to pay attention to certain things that you wouldn't necessarily pay attention to in regular games.
The problem with hammer-allowed rivets is that you can play on autopilot using a pattern and never learn a lot of things because you're never forced to. But with no-hammer you have to think on your feet the whole time on literally every rivet screen.
In your case though, you pretty much already have down all of those little bits and pieces that players pick up through no-hammer practice.
Having said that, there are some no-hammer specific strategies.
You already get that the whole game pretty much boils down to the fight for the two rivets on the top right. That's the most important thing. The top left ones can be a pain in the butt too though if things develop a certain way, believe me.
Ross mentioned trying a "reverse weave" approach in my chat today (I said some things in response, not knowing that my mic had popped out, so only my wall heard them). Anyway, a couple years ago when I was really focusing on no hammer I tried that, and it's definitely a viable strategy. Depending on which way things break, you can clear a lot of screens that way. It is not unequivocally better than the "up-the-left-side, over to the right" though. You run into problems with it and a lot of VERY EARLY deaths when you get bottom-spawners. I don't know, I might look into it more.
One thing that's important to develop in no-hammer is the right philosophy. You have to accept that no-hammer is extremely luck-intensive, and as a result, it's often better to say "screw it" and do super-risky things that MIGHT kill you now in order to prevent what is likely to develop into an impossible situation that will DEFINITELY kill you later.
Some examples of what I mean:
- Waiting at the top of a ladder even though there are one or more firefoxes directly above (especially important when time is running out)
- Willfully going into situations where the only way to live will be a wall-jump that works out
- "Boxing yourself in" between live firefoxes knowing that you're going to have to jump over one of them
etc.
If you take that approach, you'll have a lot of terrible games where the risks gets you killed early. However, you'll also have games that go further than a super-conservative player will ever be able to go, because without a little gambling, the firefoxes will simply take hold of that top-right area too often and time you out. So if you take risks and are having a good day and happen to get lucky several times in a row, it starts to add up. After all, you only have to get through 21 rivets!
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The next match is going to be difficult for me to set up. I am moving in a few weeks and my roommate cut the internet and cable for this month. The only internet access I have at this point is in the common area at my apartment complex which I doubt I would be able to set up an successful stream. If there is a way I can make it happen or another way I could make the matchup work I am open. Otherwise I will have to forfeit my next match.
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Robbie, I just ended my relatively sporadic winter job (and I am transitioning to my more consistent summer job of construction work), so whatever works best for you will likely be fine for me.
Chris, I think you are right on. No-hammer rivets requires that one know as many little tricks as possible to get a better edge. It also forces you to think more quickly on your feet in evaluating probabilities. Now, if only I could do that better on conveyors... ::)
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Ross mentioned trying a "reverse weave" approach in my chat today (I said some things in response, not knowing that my mic had popped out, so only my wall heard them). Anyway, a couple years ago when I was really focusing on no hammer I tried that, and it's definitely a viable strategy. Depending on which way things break, you can clear a lot of screens that way. It is not unequivocally better than the "up-the-left-side, over to the right" though. You run into problems with it and a lot of VERY EARLY deaths when you get bottom-spawners. I don't know, I might look into it more.
Not necessarily a pure reverse weave, as it's so important to clear the top right rivets you'll often just want to shoot straight up the right side and worry about the two bottom rivets later.
As Chris outlined, problems with this strategy can develop early in a board when too many fireballs spawn on the bottom. Bottom spawners are ideal when running up the left side of the board, but they can impede progress when trying to clear the right side of the board first. The bonus to come out of these bottom spawning situations is that when you manage to navigate around the offending fireballs and continue up the right side, they're still on the bottom and no longer causing problems.
The philosophy behind the approach is simple: causing fireballs to spawn on the left will make clearing the top right rivets easier.
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Hey Nick, I'm available pretty much any time except Friday nights, which is board gaming night. :) Just let me know what works best for you.
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Fast Eddie - I am available this coming Monday any time after 6 pm pacific. I can also do it this Sunday if you are available.
whats the earliest you can play on sunday Eric?
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Mitch, Mondays and Tuesdays work best for me. If I can set up a stream at a friends place I will let you know a time.
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Robbie, I'll say that any time after 5pm my time (central time) I would be able to verify your game, since I'll maybe have construction work during the day.
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Fast Eddie - 12 noon my time should be about right and any time after that :)
Eric
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Fast Eddie - 12 noon my time should be about right and any time after that :)
Eric
Hey congrats on being a moderator! Didn't even notice that!
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cool, 12 noon is good, or 1pm if youd prefer...
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Fast eddie - to clarify, you meant this Sunday (tomorrow) or next Sunday? Also let's do 1 pm.
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yeah tomorrow if thats ok, at 1pm pacific then...
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OK deal, 1 pm pacific tomorrow, Tessler1134 vs Fast Eddie!
http://www.twitch.tv/tessler1134 (http://www.twitch.tv/tessler1134)
http://www.twitch.tv/fast_eddie1 (http://www.twitch.tv/fast_eddie1)
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Fast Eddie wins, I made it to 7-6, he is on level 8 and still going with 3 lives :) I had 2 early stupid deaths on level 2 and 3 and got trapped on 2 rivet levels :) Good game Fast Eddie and good luck in the next round!
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Wow, John got to 11-6... 357,900!
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cheers Eric, GG dude...
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Wow! Great score!
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Nick and I will be playing our match somewhere around 1 A.M. Central time tonight.
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I made a costly error and grabbed the hammer. all over 2-3.
Ben played through to lvl 7-6
Congratulations and Good Game.
Nick
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Still cant find a good enough connection to play Mitch, so I will have to forfeit. Good luck to everyone else!
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Ugh, that sucks dude. Any way you can make an INP starting at a designated time (I can choose the time, so that way you can't feign that you started at a time but are just saying so after the fact) that we will be able to see is from that time and not just the best attempt of many? If so, maybe Jeff would be cool with that, and it would be proof enough for me that you played a fair attempt. I don't know how INPs all work and stuff, so maybe that's not even possible. But jeff made the rules, so it's his call.
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i believe the date/time recorded in the .wlf file is just whatever your pc is set to...
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Mitch I was trying to set the tournament up so that the players were the judges and I would only step in if a conflict developed. Live games that everyone could watch is the format. If Robbie can't stream at this time I think you have to accept his forfeit. I would however like to see a match between you and someone to advance to the finals but the time frame may be too short to set this up. In the original rules I said a random loser of a round would advance if an odd number of players entered the next round. This is in effect what has happened with Robbie being unable to play. The losers of round one were :Dan, JeffH, Craig, Chris, John, and Me. So a draw should be done to pick a new opponent and play before tomorrow night. I don't know how many of those listed could do this so an alternate plan may be needed. If may be best for available players from both rounds to announce their availability or have Robbie pick a replacement. Any input on this issue is welcome.
This is still a work in progress and some things will have to be changed for any future contests with this format. Finding a time to play seems to be a big problem so when the finals start I think a new approach needs to be tried since getting three players to pick a time may be asking too much.
Players in the finals will announce when they will be playing at least 24 hours before starting so everyone gets a chance to watch. The other finalists or a person or persons assigned by the finalists will need to verify the stream.
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Thanks Jeff. Just so you know, I'm not upset... I just don't like just walking to the next round when others are earning their way. O well, that's the breaks. I know that all of these issues will eventually be ironed out with time. I still plan on playing a game tomorrow night even if I don't have a competitor. If I don't have someone to play against, I will be using Ross' reverse-Weave method for all the rivets to see how it goes and how well I can utilize that particular strategy.
Let me know if you draw someone for me to play against. I'm sure most of them could pull off playing on such a short notice!
P.s. I have to go to bed early tonight, cuz I may have to work snow removal all day tomorrow (starting as early as 3am), so I may be unable to see future posts until mid afternoon! As soon as I get home I will check the forums and be prepared to stream after a quick shower if need be. Sorry if you can't quickly get a hold of me! I wasn't expecting this much snow in April!
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I would be available as a replacement. :)
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That is what I thought! ;) I'm sure others can too, so if Robbie agrees to it (meaning, he verifies that he indeed has to forfeit), I think drawing another competitor this late and having them be available is still quite feasible.
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I would be available as a replacement. :)
You were my first thought, Jeff.
My apologies for offering an opinion on a tournament I'm not even involved with (aside from viewing), but here goes:
The most straightforward approach is for Robbie's Round One opponent (Jeff H) to advance in his place.
Robbie and I played our match tonight and both games ended on 7-6. Robbie wins the tiebreaker with a score of 197,700 to my 190.700.
Obviously, Jeff is also a qualified replacement, as evidenced by the close first round match. Dual 7-6 games, decided by the tiebreaker.
Seems like a no brainer, at least to me.
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Jeff was my first choice as well but without giving others a chance to chime in to their availability to play would of seemed biased to me. I think enough time has passed without others jumping in.
Jeff is the new competitor against Mitch. Good luck guys!
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I agree with the decision since our match was so close. Good luck everyone!
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Cool beans. I can go first, Jeff. When are you available tonight? I'll be ready starting at about 8pm my time.
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Cool beans. I can go first, Jeff. When are you available tonight? I'll be ready starting at about 8pm my time.
Ok cool, I'll be watching and go right after you are done.
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Jeff, I'll actually be good to go in about 30 mins (7:30pm my time). I'll post here when I am about to start the stream!
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I'm good whenever you are, Jeff! All set up to stream!
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I'm good whenever you are, Jeff! All set up to stream!
I'll be home from work in about 45 minutes.
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Sounds good. Gonna do some practice for right now then.
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Mitch advances after making it to 8-2 to my 5-1.
GG and GL Mitch!
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The Finals are set with Ben, Fast Eddie and Mitch going for the crown.
As stated in an earlier post the finals will have different set up to deal with three players.
Players in the finals will announce when they will be playing at least 24 hours before starting so everyone gets a chance to watch. The other finalists or a person or persons assigned by the finalists will need to verify the stream. All games need to be completed by next Thursday night. Good luck
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The Good The Bad and The Ugly Standoff (Finale) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8IwIzTlXwE#)
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Yeah, baby. The Shootout at the D.K. Corral that actually happens!! ;D
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love it, whose going to crack? ;D
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Mark we had this event during the Wild Card Event.. I beat him not surprized .
Yeah, baby. The Shootout at the D.K. Corral that actually happens!! ;D
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Mark we had this event during the Wild Card Event.. I beat him not surprized .Yeah, baby. The Shootout at the D.K. Corral that actually happens!! ;D
No way, dude. Not the way I look at it. You guys may have had a little friendly side competition for the Wildcard Rematch, but in no way was that a D.K. Shootout that many envisioned and were eagerly anticipating, as far as I and many others are concerned!
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Well that was Allens Fault and not mine!
anyways I'm not derailing this topic or did I !
enjoying this No hammer Event so far..
Wish i could have entered.Mark we had this event during the Wild Card Event.. I beat him not surprized .Yeah, baby. The Shootout at the D.K. Corral that actually happens!! ;D
No way, dude. Not the way I look at it. You guys may have had a little friendly side competition for the Wildcard Rematch, but in no way was that a D.K. Shootout that many envisioned and were eagerly anticipating, as far as I and many others are concerned!
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ok im playing tomorrow at High Noon, pacific time...
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playing in an hour...
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I can verify the start, but I can't hang around for the whole game (tax day...ugh). Good luck!
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ready m8...
http://www.twitch.tv/fast_eddie1 (http://www.twitch.tv/fast_eddie1)
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Jon got through 8-4 and got 220,100. He was on his last man by about 35k, so that was one great last man! Good game!
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cheers i enjoyed that last man, and relieved i could set a decent target for you guys!
good luck Mitch and Ben!
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Good game, Jon! I will play my game Tuesday night at 8 P.M. CDT.
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Look out, his confidence has been amplified by drinking the blood of Donkey Kong Junior!
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30 minutes 'til go time.
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Ben got to 7-6 with around 200k, good effort man...
down to you Mitch!
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Thanks for running this, Jeff! I had fun. Good luck, fellas!
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I will be playing on Thursday at 8pm central time!
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30 minutes till I'm ready to stream my game. Can either Ben or Jon make this time to verify my start?
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yeah im still up :)
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stream is here: www.twitch.tv.com/marinomitch13 (http://www.twitch.tv/marinomitch13)
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Fast Eddie is the no hammer Champ !!
Thanks to all the players who took part and the spectators who tuned in to watch.
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Congratulations, Jon!
Thank you Jeff, for organizing the tournament. I watched as much of the action as I could.
I may actually compete during a future event. Of course, I'll have to set up my Twitch TV channel first. ::)
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Congrats, Jon!
I'm actually quite embarrassed (and pissed) by my final game, but I guess that risk comes with playing the game. Donkey Kong is in the business of embarrassing/frustrating people. In the end, it's probably just because I am so hard on my myself. Whatever, I'll get over it.
Jon definitely deserved this title after the last man he had after a quick first 3 deaths in his finals game. My game just now helps me put that in perspective. Thanks to Jeff for organizing this and thanks to everyone for participating. I'm sure this was just the tip of the iceberg! Viva la Kong!
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Congrats on the win fasteddie,
And thanks jeff for organising this, I really enjoyed the one shot format of this.
Another one would be fun.
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cheers guys!
yeah i know how you feel Mitch, could easily have been me in that position...the format is ruthless for one bad game, but i like the dynamic that added...
thanks all who played and watched and big thanks to Jeff for putting it on, really enjoyed it! :)
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Yo, Jeff Wolfe.
I think everyone enjoyed playing and watching the tournament last year and several members have expressed interest in doing it again.
Would you be willing to set things up again this year? or, would you like some help setting things up this year?
Let us know. Thanks.
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I would love to be a part of this event. I'm in!!! Kreygasm
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Yo, Jeff Wolfe.
I think everyone enjoyed playing and watching the tournament last year and several members have expressed interest in doing it again.
Would you be willing to set things up again this year? or, would you like some help setting things up this year?
Let us know. Thanks.
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Kreygasm Kreygasm Kreygasm Kreygasm Kreygasm Kreygasm Kreygasm Kreygasm Kreygasm Kreygasm
Yeah man lets do this I'm willing to help all day!
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Imma in!
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It's in the works guys. I'll post details after the open. As of now it will start mid April and have a few changes from last year. Maybe Jeff and Chris can set up a sign-up link after the open. For now someone come up with a name. No-hammer April annoyance tournament 8)
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I'll sign up! :-). Since everybody likes me! :-)
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I'll play <Allen>