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Streaming => Streaming Events => Topic started by: tessler1134 on November 23, 2015, 10:46:06 pm
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Donkey Kong Online Open 2015 #4: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
Welcome to another Donkey Kong online tournament !!!!
For this contest, we have a new sub-contest...details are below!!!
IMPORTANT NOTE: For anyone who is submitting a score for one of the top prizes or bounties, you must submit a valid stream as per the rules below. I will not accept pictures, photos, witnesses or anything else like that to take the place of a valid stream. It is your responsibility to make sure your stream is working properly and is available for me to review. Thank you for understanding.
Start Time: Dec 25, 2015 12:00 AM Pacific Time
End Time: Jan 3, 2016 11:59 PM Pacific time (10 days)
Entry Fee: FREE!
Allen Off: Clash for the Card
That's right!! Allen Staal vs Brian Allen!!! The winner will get $100, plus a brand new trading card!!! This contest goes for the duration of the main contest and the winner is the person with the highest score (ties go to the first person who submitted the score). Good Luck to both Allen's!!!! Thanks to Wes Copeland for this contest!!!
NOTE: If only one of the players competes, then that player is declared the winner.
NOTE: The winner will not be eligible for the prize money of places 1-6 in the main tournament. Both players are welcome to go for bounties.
Prizes
1st: $300
2nd: $250
3rd: $200
4th: $150
5th: $100
6th: $50
- NOTE: The following players cannot win any prize money for this contest (however they are still eligible to win bounties and the world record pot):
- Dean Saglio
- Robbie Lakeman
- Wes Copeland
Bounties
- $100 to the first player to reach the kill screen (22-1) on their first life
- $200 to the first player to achieve 1,000,000 points on their first jump man
- $50 to the first player to achieve 800,000 points on their first jump man
- $50 for the first person to claim their first kill screen who has not had a kill screen before
- $50 to the first player to claim a kill screen (if they have already achieved a kill screen before)
- $50 to the first player to beat the 1-1 World Record bounty of 13,600
- $50 to the player to beat the most boards in a row on their first life
- $50 to the player to beat the most boards in a row on their last life
- Mystery bounty #1
- Mystery bounty #2
- Mystery bounty #3
- Bounties offered by players, thanks everyone!!!
- Daniel Desjardins: Only a single player may claim one of the following two bounties:
- $50 to the first player to achieve 1,000,000 or more points for their game submission who has not done this before
- $50 to the first player to achieve 1,100,000 or more points for their game submission who has not done this before
- Daniel Desjardins: $50 to the first player to achieve 1,200,000 or more points for their game submission (anyone may claim this bounty, even Dean ;))
- Andrew Barrow: $20 to the first person to complete level 4-5 in under 7 minutes.
- TG Timing will be used. 1P movement to the instant the last rivet is pulled on 4-5
- This is a "start" speedrun and therefore must be on your first life.
- If on MAME an INP must be provided to either myself or submitted at TG. Frame advance will be used to accurately determine the time.
- If on a cab, I'll do a manual timing and determine the overall time. If theres any disputes Ill get an outside party (aka Jry Kappa) to do the timing as well.
- Stephen Wagner: $27 bounty for the first person to jump 7 fireballs on level 7 rivets.
- Scott Cunningham: $125 for the first player to score at least 9000 points on a Level 05+ elevator stage
- If achieved on the arcade platform, a simple Twitch highlight is sufficient. If achieved using MAME, the complete INP file must be provided for review (no save states allowed).
NOTE: Ties always go to the first person who claimed the bounty
NOTE: Places 1-6 are not eligible to win a mystery bounty
NOTE: Prizes and bounties might change in the future
DK Arcade World Record Pot (see the rules below)
- Current DK WR: Robbie Lakeman: 1,177,200
- Current Pot Value: $2000 (all money provided by Eric Tessler, good luck to everyone!!!!)
The current rankings for the contest will be posted in a shared google document located at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amtnpy63Y37jdDRaYjFLX1puTElyb2Z5RnpINTVXUGc#gid=0. (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amtnpy63Y37jdDRaYjFLX1puTElyb2Z5RnpINTVXUGc#gid=0.)
IMPORTANT: The rules for the contest are laid out below. Please read through all of the rules carefully. Eric has the right to immediately reject any score submission if these rules are not followed as outlined below. ***NO EXCEPTIONS***
Registration
- Any contestant may register for this contest, it is open to any person on this planet that plays Donkey Kong no matter what your skill level may be!!!
- All registrations must be received prior to the start time of the competition.
- In order to register, simply click on the following link and submit your information: https://donkeykongforum.net/tournaments/registration.php (https://donkeykongforum.net/tournaments/registration.php)
Stream Setup
- All contestants are required to stream their games on twitch.tv or hitbox. (NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASON).
- Contestants are solely responsible for setting up their stream. Eric Tessler will not be involved in any contestant’s stream setup for any reason.
- Contestants may enlist the help of anyone except Eric Tessler to setup their stream.
- Contestant’s stream quality must be sharp enough to read the level and score at a glance (as well as the rest of the game play). If there is ANY question of score and level due to bad quality stream, that submission will be rejected, instantly, with no exceptions. I suggest that you test your streams and check them from time to time to make sure they are working correctly.
- Streams which are partial, glitchy, edited or manipulated in any way will be rejected.
- Streams must have sound enabled. We must be able to hear the contestants voice and the DK sounds.
- Streams must be available for review on the contestants registered streaming channel. If for ANY reason the stream is not available for review on the contestant’s registered channel, the submission will be rejected. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Game Submissions
- In order to submit a score, simply click on the following link: https://donkeykongforum.net/tournaments/scoresubmission.php (https://donkeykongforum.net/tournaments/scoresubmission.php)
- Contestant is solely responsible for submitting their own scores.
- DK arcade or DK MAME (US set 1) can both be used for score submissions (must use TG settings of 3 lives and a bonus life at 7000 points).
- Score submissions can be for any non-zero score.
- At the start of EACH new stream, contestant must state their full name (you no longer have to state your name before every single game).
- The entire game must be played only by the registered contestant who is identified at the beginning of the game.
- Bounties
* Contestant is solely responsible for specifying which bounty they want to claim when they submit a score.
* A contestant can only be paid for a maximum of 1 bounty for any one contest.
* If a submitted game qualifies for more than 1 bounty, the contestant is solely responsible for specifying which bounty they are claiming and they can only claim a single bounty (and the refs will consider only the specified bounty for the score submission). For example, if I have a game where I am the first to a million points and a kill screen, I claim the million point bounty and the kill screen bounty remains open for other contestants to claim.
* If a contestant tries to claim a bounty however is not awarded that bounty for some reason (i.e., they were incorrect about the bounty or another contestant's score submission invalidates their bounty claim), the contestant may try to claim another bounty on one of their next score submissions.
* Bounties are considered in the order in which the score submissions are received.
* Please remember that the bounty system was introduced for fun and to spread around some extra money to the contestants. Any disputes over the bounties will be settled accordingly by Eric.
- If any player is at Eric's house on the days of the contest, I will act as a referee (as such, they do not need to submit their score via email, but the game will still be broadcasted on twitch.tv for everyone to see).
- Eric will be validating all scores and reserve the right to reject any score for any reason.
- Games started before the official contest start time (no matter how close to the official contest start time) will not be eligible.
- Games started after the official contest end time (no matter how close to the official contest end time) will not be eligible.
- Last game can be started any time before the official contest end time (no matter how close to the official contest end time).
- Scores can be submitted up until 4 hours past the official contest end time.
- You cannot use save/load states, continues or any other types of cheats/tricks.
- NOTE: Any player who wants their scores to be included on the Donkey Kong High Score List will need to submit their performance to the Score Submissions thread and make sure they follow the List Submission Rules.
DK Arcade World Record Pot Rules
- At the end of the tournament, the pot goes to the contestant who beats the current WR score (must be obtained on an arcade machine; MAME does not count).
- If there are multiple contestants who beat the WR score within the same tournament, the pot goes to the contestant with the highest score.
- The contestant who wins the pot cannot collect any other prize money for the same tournament (top player positions or bounties).
- Any contestant, including the current WR holder, is eligible to win the pot.
- Any contestant who wishes to donate more money to the pot, please contact Eric Tessler.
Prize Payouts
- Prize money will be issued in the exact amount stated, ONLY to the registered contestant.
- Prize money will be sent via PayPal or sent via U.S. post in the form of a registered money order, or check ONLY to the registered contestant.
- If the contestant rejects the prize acceptance guidelines, listed above, or chooses not to accept the prize, that prize will be dropped.
Clarifications
- DK kill screen: any game forced death on any level 22 board
Closing Remarks
- Please remember, at the end of the day, this is for fun and to keep the community together. Anyone who does not follow the rules, cheats, etc, will be removed from the contest, and possibly banded from all future contests.
- Get practicing and good luck to all contestants !!!
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Allen Off: Clash for the Card
That's right!! Allen Staal vs Brian Allen!!! The winner will get $100, plus a brand new trading card!!! This contest goes for the duration of the main contest and the winner is the person with the highest score (ties go to the first person who submitted the score). Good Luck to both Allen's!!!! Thanks to Wes Copeland for this contest!!!
NOTE: If only one of the players competes, then that player is declared the winner.
NOTE: The winner will not be eligible for the prize money of places 1-6 in the main tournament. Both players are welcome to go for bounties.
oh my god <popcorn>
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Allen Off: Clash for the Card
That's right!! Allen Staal vs Brian Allen!!!
oh my god <popcorn>
Kreygasm
<popcorn> <popcorn>
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I would like to ensure the $50 for a first time million or 1.1 million score bounty is still there all. $50 for the first person to get 1 million if you have not before or 1.1 million if you have not before. Also $50 if you get 1.2 million as well even if you have done it before! Kappa
Note just one bounty here not three. First person to claim the multi-score bounty wins. Good luck all!
P.S. Eric if you have any issues with this bounty i'll delete this post but I'm pretty sure you won't so thanks again! Kreygasm
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danman: updated and done!
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Just out of curiosity, why this clarification?
Clarifications
- DK kill screen: any game forced death on any level 22 board
Why doesn't it say "any game forced death on level 22-1 board"?
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Just in case someone gets past 22-1 ;)
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danman: updated and done!
The 1.2 million score is open to anyone Eric just the 1 and 1.1 are first timers :D
Yes Dean can claim this too BibleThump
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Updated ;)
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- Daniel Desjardins: $50 to the first player to achieve 1,200,000 or more points for their game submission who has not done this before
Hey Eric,
I believe another update is in order, as the wording for the 1.2M bounty is not quite what Dan intended (i.e., the bounty may be claimed by any player, whether a first-time achievement or not).
EDIT: I hope Chuck Vess claims it.
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Updated! Thanks Scott! I missed that one ;D
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Allen Off: Clash for the Card
That's right!! Allen Staal vs Brian Allen!!!
oh my god <popcorn>
Kreygasm
<popcorn> <popcorn>
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Allen Off: Clash for the Card
That's right!! Allen Staal vs Brian Allen!!! The winner will get $100, plus a brand new trading card!!! This contest goes for the duration of the main contest and the winner is the person with the highest score (ties go to the first person who submitted the score). Good Luck to both Allen's!!!! Thanks to Wes Copeland for this contest!!!
NOTE: If only one of the players competes, then that player is declared the winner.
NOTE: The winner will not be eligible for the prize money of places 1-6 in the main tournament. Both players are welcome to go for bounties.
OMFG! Some heavy shit is about to go down!
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I registered to participate and play for fun ;)
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I was looking for a FAQ or something in the General Streaming section but couldn't find the answers I needed.
1) How do you set your Twitch channel to save streams for later review? I notice that it used to save stuff automatically but doesn't anymore.
2) If I were to participate I'd probably try MAME for my first DKO since it's easier to set up. Is there a specific MAME version I should be using?
3) Do I need to just stream and have it set to save my stream, or do I need to be saving an input for the run also?
Thanks,
-Shaun
http://www.twitch.tv/lifereboot (http://www.twitch.tv/lifereboot)
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Hi Shaun,
1) Go to https://secure.twitch.tv/settings/channel and you will find a checkbox you can select to save your broadcasts. Be sure you click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the form.
2) I think any version of WolfMAME 106+ will work.
3) Be sure you save the INP if you use WolfMAME. To do this, just go to the WolfMAME directory in the command line (Start > Run > "cmd") and execute record.bat using the command "record dkong dkong".
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Hi Shaun,
1) Go to https://secure.twitch.tv/settings/channel and you will find a checkbox you can select to save your broadcasts. Be sure you click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the form.
2) I think any version of WolfMAME 106+ will work.
3) Be sure you save the INP if you use WolfMAME. To do this, just go to the WolfMAME directory in the command line (Start > Run > "cmd") and execute record.bat using the command "record dkong dkong".
Thanks Wes, appreciate.
For #3 what are the arguments there? record [arg1] [arg2] I'm guessing the rom filename and the input filename? Which is which?
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rom name is first, .inp filename is second. It's basically "record dkong rom to dkong .inp filename"
what are you using to stream? As Wes suggests, twitch will archive, and you can then create highlights from the archive. If you are using OBS, there is a "start recording" button underneath the "start streaming" button, which will allow you to record locally. If you go into OBS settings->broadcasting you can set the location that recorded files are saved, and there is also a checkbox to automatically start recording locally when starting a stream.
If you're using xsplit or some other program, I'm not familiar with those softwares.
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rom name is first, .inp filename is second. It's basically "record dkong rom to dkong .inp filename"
what are you using to stream? As Wes suggests, twitch will archive, and you can then create highlights from the archive. If you are using OBS, there is a "start recording" button underneath the "start streaming" button, which will allow you to record locally. If you go into OBS settings->broadcasting you can set the location that recorded files are saved, and there is also a checkbox to automatically start recording locally when starting a stream.
If you're using xsplit or some other program, I'm not familiar with those softwares.
Thanks for confirming the args, appreciate.
I've been using OBS to stream some other games. Works well for me. I'm not sure about saving recordings locally I feel like that would fill up disk space fast? I'll probably stream to Twitch and record the input to start.
Cheers thanks again
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OBS's compression is pretty good. If you have bitrate set to 3500kbps (max you would ever need for 1080p), it will take up about 1.6 GB/hr. But yes, letting Twitch do all the archiving is certainly the easier way to go.
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NOTE: Jason Brittain has now received a lifetime ban for my donkey kong online contests. He has been caught lying and breaking rules intentionally over the past few days and I will not tolerate that kind of behavior. He has been warned time and time again.
In the future if anyone is aware of any fake accounts that he is trying to use, please let me know.
Thanks!!!
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I was having trouble jumping quickly on the keyboard so I bought a webcam to stream my DK machine. Only played a few nights so far and didn't get any scores worth submitting.
I was bummed out today because I can't play tonight and for some reason was convinced the tourney ended at midnight tonight. Now I see that I have the rest of the weekend. That's great news for me, maybe I still have a shot to put up a new personal best.
Cheers and happy new year guys!
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Seriously awesome to see you playing, Shaun.
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Didn't get an impressive score but submitted anyway. Thanks for hosting a DKO and cheers to the winners!