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Title: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on May 07, 2013, 04:54:47 pm

Since I'm about two months into my serious DK playing I figured I give this blog/record-keeping a shot. I've kept a few notes of my progress along the way, so I'll start with that and then update as necessary. All scores are on MAME. I consider my "first day" of DK to be March 1, 2013. I'm really hoping for a KS this year and perhaps a showing at KO4 next year!

Early score progression:

19,200 - 2-2 (3/6/2013)
31,800 - 3-1 (3/7/2013)
39,900 - 3-2 (3/7/2013)
41,700 - 3-2 (3/7/2013)
71,300 - 4-2 (3/8/2013)
78,100 - 4-4 (3/11/2013)
89,200 - 4-4 (3/13/2013)
137,800 - 5-6 (4/4/2013)
213,800 - 7-3 (4/8/2013) <-- this game is my high score and a real outlier. I haven't been to level 7 or beyond 170K since.

I haven't kept track of my scores very well since my 213K game, but I'm usually between 140K and 160K right now. I had 142,000 on 4/21 and today I had a game of 168,800 that ended with a badly timed top-hammer grab on a barrel board.

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: stella_blue on May 07, 2013, 05:40:41 pm

Good luck, Jeremy.  A high score of more than 200K after your first month is an encouraging start!

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on May 07, 2013, 05:50:38 pm

Thanks Scott! I'll probably start streaming very soon. Initially I was going to wait until I was getting around 300K-400K but now I think it'll be nice to have all my games recorded on Twitch, even if they're not great.

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: stella_blue on May 07, 2013, 06:08:37 pm

Quote from: xelnia on May 07, 2013, 05:50:38 pm

Thanks Scott! I'll probably start streaming very soon. Initially I was going to wait until I was getting around 300K-400K but now I think it'll be nice to have all my games recorded on Twitch, even if they're not great.

Just followed your channel.  I promise to be well-behaved in chat.   ;)

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on May 08, 2013, 05:53:12 am

Ok, I finally have something to show the streaming world! A decent game by my current standards and at least partially witnessed by Ben Falls and Allen Staal. I couldn't have been happier to have them watching my after-hours game. Living in Hawaii means most of my streamed games will be at awkward times for the mainland folk.  :(

156,600 (http://www.twitch.tv/xelnia_games/c/2256333)

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: f_symbols on May 08, 2013, 09:35:51 am

Looking good, Just watched the replay.  :) I never realized the strikingly similarity that your voice has to one Dave McCrary.

Good game buddy!

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: danman123456 on May 08, 2013, 01:16:37 pm

Cool beans. Yeah I have limited time to be online watching streams and it is usually the same time I have to play but I try and watch whenever I can. Good luck!

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on May 14, 2013, 01:22:40 pm

A new personal best!

Yesterday (5/13/2013) I streamed twice; once for about 45 minutes and then again later for about 2 hours. The first session saw a 197,100 score and my first return to level 7 since my high score in April. The second session saw me achieve a new personal best of 227,600 in a game that ended on the level 7 rivets. The third death was quite silly and probably due to the fact that I was excited that I was only 800 points away from my high score. While the new score is only ~14k higher than my previous, I made it three more boards and felt significantly more confident about my overall performance in both the 197k and 227k games. Onward to 300k and level 9!

Thanks to everyone who watched and provided tips along the way!  :)

Twitch clips:
197,100 (http://www.twitch.tv/xelnia_games/c/2280471)
227,600 (http://www.twitch.tv/xelnia_games/c/2281348)

Edit:
In watching the the replay of my 227k game, all 4 deaths were pretty silly: An accidental wall-jump to grab the top hammer on a barrel board, banging my head into an elevator on the spring board, a mistimed first jump on a spring board, and walking through a rivet hole. That's good news and bad news, I guess. Bad because I should have been able to avoid all four of those deaths, and good because that gives me confidence that I will be able to increase my score very soon!

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: stella_blue on May 14, 2013, 01:58:41 pm

Quote from: xelnia on May 14, 2013, 01:22:40 pm

A new personal best!

Way to go, Jeremy!

Something tells me you'll be posting a few more PB updates in the coming weeks.  Certainly more than me, at least.   ;)

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: ChrisP on May 14, 2013, 03:46:41 pm

I hope he doesn't fall silent for a month and then simply post "L=22."

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on May 14, 2013, 05:46:16 pm

Quote from: stella_blue on May 14, 2013, 01:58:41 pm

Quote from: xelnia on May 14, 2013, 01:22:40 pm

A new personal best!

Way to go, Jeremy!

Something tells me you'll be posting a few more PB updates in the coming weeks.  Certainly more than me, at least.   ;)

I hope so!

Quote from: ChrisP on May 14, 2013, 03:46:41 pm

I hope he doesn't fall silent for a month and then simply post "L=22."

I'll try to be a little more subtle. One month, than "L=15." Another month, "L=17." So on and so forth. If you're gonna con the masses, you gotta be patient.  :P

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on May 24, 2013, 02:49:07 am

I won't have much time to stream/play in the next week with relatives visiting, but I had a great, and my best, first-man in a game today: 111,100 up to 5-3. That quickly fell apart and the game ended around 168k. This gives me hope that 300k/400k is not far off!

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: f_symbols on May 24, 2013, 10:59:22 am

NICE!  time to move up that list :D

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on May 24, 2013, 06:15:14 pm

Increased my high score by 17,300 today up to 244,900. I went 161,800 on my first man. Two deaths on level 6 conveyors, a third on the level 7 conveyors, and a final death trying to clear the last level 7 rivet. Level 8 mocks me!

244,900 (http://www.twitch.tv/xelnia_games/c/2329111)

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on May 31, 2013, 05:18:22 am

After struggling for a couple hours during a session on 5/31/2013, I managed to increase my personal best by 36,700 to 281,600.

Previously I've only made it to level 7 rivets (3 times I believe) and really wanted to reach level 8, even if I didn't beat my PR. True to previous attempts, I lost 3 men by level 7 rivets and saw the door to level 8 closing once again. However, I cleared the board and managed to run all the way to level 9-2 on my last man before misjudging my hammer time (stop!) and running face first into a fireball.

My previous best was 244,900 to level 7-6. However, I didn't beat that score until I reached 8-3. I think I would have been happy just to have progressed further into the game.

My deaths on 7-1 and 7-5 (2x) really demonstrate how uncomfortable I am with certain tight barrel groupings. Unless I can drive a bus between two barrels I start to panic and by the time I've decided on a course of action it's usually too late.

This game featured my best first man, by far: 180,100 to the barrel death on 7-1. Previous best was 161,800 to 6-2. Reaching 9-2 means I'm now capable of completing the first 1/3 of Donkey Kong!  ;D

300k is right around the corner!

Thanks to everybody who watched the stream.

281,600 to 9-2 (http://www.twitch.tv/xelnia_games/c/2356927)

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: stella_blue on May 31, 2013, 06:52:04 am

Congratulations, Jeremy!  You've increased your personal best 3 times in less than 3 weeks.  By contrast, I've improved my high score exactly 0 times in more than 16 months.  Who's on the fast track, and who's standing still?  Don't answer that, I'm already painfully aware of the correct answer.   ;)

Quote from: stella_blue on May 14, 2013, 01:58:41 pm

Something tells me you'll be posting a few more PB updates in the coming weeks.  Certainly more than me, at least.   ;)

I am quickly becoming this forum's premier DK prognosticator, although Chris P will undoubtedly challenge that claim.   8)

Quote from: xelnia on May 31, 2013, 05:19:36 am

Quote from: Svavar on May 31, 2013, 05:15:02 am

Congrats on your new PB man. Your last death was pretty painful to watch haha...  Also, good taste in music  8)

Thanks Svavar! I believe my last to PRs were achieved with Pink Floyd in the background. I guess I'd better stick with that from now on!

I'm sure you already realize this, but I also appreciate your choice of background music.  I thoroughly enjoyed your DK session the other morning, with "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish You Were Here" featured back-to-back.  I can't say enough about "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)".  I may have to queue it up right now, to accompany several ill-fated Level 1-1 attempts.

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on June 09, 2013, 02:35:59 pm

Another blog post, another personal best!

On 6/8/2013 I improved my personal best to 415,400...a 133,800 point increase! I had a great first man of 274,300. Hesitation and poor timing cost me my first man on the level 8 rivets. I had almost beat my previous best game score of 281,600 with my first man! A subsequent death on the same board left me at 277,700 and hoping that I wasn't about to choke! The third time was the charm and I cleared the level 8 rivets with a new personal best.

On the very next board (9-1) I tried to beat a barrel up a ladder, but didn't make it. This is the only death that I'm really upset about from the whole run. There was no pressure to make the move I made; I simply tried to rush it. This left me at 283,900 with my last man. My next goal was to try to make it 9-3. My previous best game had ended on 9-2. I had achieved a new high score, so I really wanted to get a new "high distance."

I was fortunate enough to not only make it to 9-3, but blow past it all the way through the rest of level 9, 10, and most of level 11 (passing through the entire 300k score range in the process). My final death came on 11-6 where I went left when I should have went right.  ;D A final score of 415,400 with a first man of 274,300 and a last man of 131,500.

My biggest takeaway from this game is that I now have the confidence that I have the ability to achieve a killscreen, and maybe sooner than I had anticipated. My hope was to reach L=22 but the end of the year. Now maybe the end of summer is a possibility!

Thanks to everyone who watched!

415,400 (http://www.twitch.tv/xelnia_games/c/2398559)

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on August 01, 2013, 08:53:07 pm

Well, I wish I hadn't taken so long to get another PB, but here it is. Last night (or early morning...whatever...August 1) I got 421,900 on a game that ended on 11-5. I would say three of the four deaths were absolutely avoidable. The other was probably preventable. Although I was one board short of my distance PB, I'll take any kind of progress I can get.  ::)

Game breakdown:

First death: 121,400 on 5-2
Second death: 170,000 on 6-2 (+48,600)
Third death: 399,900 on 11-2 (+229,900)
Fourth death: 421,900 on 11-5 (+22,000)

Twitch highlight: 421,900 (http://www.twitch.tv/xelnia_games/c/2673156)

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on August 19, 2013, 09:27:07 am

The last few weeks have been quite productive! After feeling like I had stalled bit in the 400k range, I rattled off 3 new PBs in the space of 11 days. My personal high score now sits at 605,200, achieved on August 12, 2013 on a game that ended on 16-2. My recent scores:

6/8/2013   - 41,5400   - 11-6
8/1/2013   - 421,900   - 11-5
8/11/2013 - 550,900 - 14-5
8/12/2013 - 605,200 - 16-2
(8/18/2013 - 590,500 - WCQ#2)

The 605k game benefited greatly from a first man that lasted for 421,500 points up to level 12-2. That first man was worth almost the same as my personal best only 11 days earlier!

I'm hoping to achieve the killscreen in the next few weeks.

I have also started playing D2K more heavily and have passed 100k. I'm sitting at 107,700 and have strong hopes of getting into the 200k-300k range before the KO3.

5/21/2013 - 16,000
5/31/2013 - 21,500 - 1-6
6/24/2013 - 25,100 - 1-7
6/25/2013 - 29,200 - 1-7
6/25/2013 - 36,700 - 2-1
6/25/2013 - 37,900 - 2-1
6/25/2013 - 38,800 - 2-1
7/27/2013 - 39,000 - 2-1
7/30/2013 - 47,800 - 2-2
7/30/2013 - 48,900 - 2-3
7/31/2013 - 60,800 - 2-5
8/3/2013 - 73,200 - 2-8
8/5/2013 - 76,100 - 3-1
8/5/2013 - 107,700 - 3-6

I've also been fortunate enough to discover the greatest game of all time: Brazilian Kong. This game is so horrible, yet I'm totally addicted to it. Some day I hope to beat Ben Falls' epic score of 54,500. I've only managed 18,300 so far.  :'(

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: marinomitch13 on August 19, 2013, 10:02:53 am

Brazilian Kong, eh? I'll have to try that one!

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on November 20, 2013, 03:57:23 am

So, it's been about 3 months since my last blog update so I thought a post-KO3 entry was appropriate.

As of my last update my Donkey Kong MAME score was 605,200. That score, unfortunately, still stands. The upside of no recent improvements is that I have been playing much less frequently the past 3 months than the months leading up to that score. My recent trip to Denver for the KO3 has certainly reignited the flame and I intend to killscreen before the year ends.

The KO3 provided me with my first opportunity to play Donkey Kong on an arcade machine and while I didn't perform well in the tournament, I exceeded my own expectations for how I would adjust to the arcade controls. On my VERY first credit I scored 271,700. That was on Wednesday before the tournament proper had begun.

During the Friday "Live Wildcard Qualifier" I recorded a score of 571,000 on my 3rd credit. That game ended on 15-1 and was on a much better pace than my 605,200 PB game which ended on 16-2 (not that pace matters much when running boards). That score was good enough to lead all Friday qualifying scores. On Saturday, I was unable to repeat that performance and scored only 485,400. That left me several spots out of the 10 Wildcard players that moved on to Sunday with dedicated machines.

I dabbled on a few of the other games at the 1UP, but didn't achieve anything remarkable. A couple of 80k games on Turbo Ms. Pac-Man (playing next to Steve Kleisath during one of them), and a 76,100 game on D2K 3-man settings.

Speaking of D2K, I do believe I upped my PB on that game since my last blog post. And I have most certainly upped my Brazilian Kong score, and currently have the MAME world record for that game. I've also played a couple of other bootlegs recently and those scores, along with my other currents PBs, are listed below. As I make my push for a DK killscreen and my own "million point march," I intend to work on several other games. Tutankham and Mappy are high on the list, as well as Ms. Pac-Man (regular and turbo). Away from the CAG genre, I hope to eventually work on speed/high-score runs for Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and Shadow of the Colossus. That's a big plate but I'll get to it all!

Thanks to everyone who has watched me stream and provided tips and encouragement. I had a blast in Denver and was excited and honored to meet all those that also made the trip.

Current DK-related PBs:

Donkey Kong (US Set 1) (MAME - dkong.zip) - 605,200 - 8/12/2013
DK (Arcade) - 571,000 - 11/15/2013
D2K (MAME - dkongx.zip) - 126,800 - 8/25/2013
Kong (Brazil) (MAME - kong.zip) - 102,200 - 9/9/2013
Crazy Kong (bootleg on Galaxian hardware, encrypted, set 1) (MAME - ckonggx.zip) - 342,200 (KS) - 9/21/2013
Crazy Kong (bootleg on Galaxian hardware) (MAME - ckongg.zip) - 337,800 (KS) - 8/30/2013

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: f_symbols on November 20, 2013, 06:53:42 am

Kreygasms and BibleThumps.  Jry layed the smack down on arcade controls on his first two coins, well done sir!  Maple leaf whitey tighties FTW

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: Scoundrl on November 20, 2013, 08:17:54 am

*like*

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: alumbrada on November 20, 2013, 09:49:34 am

Quote from: xelnia on November 20, 2013, 03:57:23 am

On my VERY first credit I scored 271,700. That was on Wednesday before the tournament proper had begun.

During the Friday "Live Wildcard Qualifier" I recorded a score of 571,000 on my 3rd credit.

We didn't even need that whole suitcase full of tighty whities.

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on January 30, 2014, 04:24:42 am

Just achieved a new PB on DK (MAME). 682,100 ending on 16-6 I won't be submitting it to the HSL for several reasons:

1) I messed up the INP recording...so there is no INP.  :'(
2) My stream cut off briefly, so there is a break in the continuity of the video.
3) It's less than an 8k improvement and is still short of my "distance" PB.
4) It would not change my overall ranking.

However, a PB is a PB, so it's worth tracking for historical purposes.  ;D Thanks to everybody who was watching my stream at the time!

682,100 - 16-6 - Part 1 (http://www.twitch.tv/xelnia_games/c/3635560)
682,100 - 16-6 - Part 2 (http://www.twitch.tv/xelnia_games/c/3635570)

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on February 22, 2014, 07:24:44 am

This post will be used to track my games during the DK Online Open #1.

Submission #1: 664,400 (http://www.twitch.tv/xelnia_games/c/3768050) - felt great about how this game was going...until the end.
Submission #2: 905,700 (http://www.twitch.tv/xelnia_games/c/3775337) - oh hai kilscren

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on March 05, 2014, 06:36:56 am

I joined DKF one year ago today, so I thought I'd throw up an anniversary post.

I managed to finally reach the DK killscreen...about a week shy of one year after I started playing. Although I felt like I was "KS-capable" around August (5 months after starting), I didn't push as hard as I should have and 22-1 eluded me until the Donkey Kong Online Open #1. I put up a 905,700 killscreen on the morning of February 23. At some point I'll post some stats about the game, but some things that really stood out for me are:

1) I had insane pie factory luck. 11 pure free passes and 2 more delayed free passes.
2) A better-than-average-for-me spring average: 6,100.
3) Over 900k! This was helped by the fact that I always press L2 and L3 springs, and L3 pies. I also always grab the hat and umbrella on the springs.

A couple of people commented on the efficiency of the game, but considering how lucky I was on pies and the fact that I front-loaded with a few extra thousand before Level 5 I think anyone would have had at least high-800k if presented with the same opportunities.

I placed a pretty embarrassing 14th out of 20 in the recent MARP T13 tournament, so I hope to have a better showing in the upcoming K11. I'm also excited for the No-Hammer Tournament. Although we had a blast at KO3, it's very unlikely Katie and I will be able to make KO4. Never say never, though.

Here are some goals I'm setting for myself. There is no time table, especially for the über-goals. Ideally, all the long-term goals will be met in a year...but it took me a year to killscreen DK... FailFish

Game		PB		Immediate Goal		Long-Term Goal		Ãœber-goal
Donkey Kong		905,700		1,000,000		1,140,000		1.Saglio
D2K		126,800		250,000		400,000		Killscreen
Crazy Kong		419,300		Killscreen		600,000		650,000
Kong (Brazil)		102,200		Any higher score		200,000		22-1. Kong has no known KS, so this is only symbolic.
Donkey Kong Jr.		lol		Killscreen		1,000,000		1,100,000
Donkey Kong 3		lol		1,000,000		RBS		10,000,000
Jr. Pac-Man		lol		100,000		Stage 18		Killscreen
Tutankham		43,160		Loop the boards		Loop the difficulty		World record
Galaga		lol		Stage 20		Loop the game on Rank D		World record
Zoo Keeper		lol		Enjoy playing the game.		10,000,000		30M point jump

There are also 3 console games I will be attacking this year: Sonic the Hedgehog, Lightening Force (Thunder Force IV), and Penguin Land...but I'll save those for a later post.

Thanks to everyone who has watched my streams in the past year and helped me with my gameplay. Thanks to Ethan for being the main reason I started this CAG journey, and to Katie for supporting me. And mega-thanks to JC for being an amazing admin who runs an amazing forum. I would totally give him

(2 1/2 sentences edited out by JCHarrist)

with a nine-iron and Miracle Whip.

Toodles.

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: stella_blue on March 05, 2014, 07:43:03 am

Quote from: xelnia on March 05, 2014, 06:36:56 am

I joined DKF one year ago today, so I thought I'd throw up

Interesting choice of words.  During this morning's no hammer session, I suspected that the numerous utterances of "Excuse me" were a precursor to something a bit more . . . colorful.   :)

Quote from: xelnia on March 05, 2014, 06:36:56 am

I put up a 905,700 killscreen on the morning of February 23.  At some point I'll post some stats about the game

You and me both.  I should probably get busy, or risk the game summary being anticlimactic.

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on March 05, 2015, 06:28:43 am

The end of my 2nd year at DKF and in The Sceneâ„¢. Nothing of note accomplished in the past year and essentially 0 progress made towards the goals in my previous post. Such pace. Very achievement. Wow. (http://cdn.betterttv.net/emotes/doge.png)

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: SanTe on March 05, 2015, 07:13:04 am

Quote from: xelnia on March 05, 2015, 06:28:43 am

The end of my 2nd year at DKF and in The Sceneâ„¢. Nothing of note accomplished in the past year and essentially 0 progress made towards the goals in my previous post. Such pace. Very achievement. Wow. (http://cdn.betterttv.net/emotes/doge.png)

Same here.  I did get my Tutankham fixed though.  Thought it was a failing power supply but it wasn't.  Turns out something had fried on the board set.  I picked up a board set from someone on KLOV and it's back up and running.  Now you have an excuse to come visit again.

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: Dk_madness on March 05, 2015, 07:38:13 am

Jry mate, all we care about is FF8... lit

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on March 05, 2015, 08:13:43 am

Quote from: SanTe on March 05, 2015, 07:13:04 am

I picked up a board set from someone on KLOV and it's back up and running.  Now you have an excuse to come visit again.

 Kreygasm I've been thinking about getting serious with Moon Patrol as well...

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: f_symbols on March 05, 2015, 11:23:00 am

 BibleThump Keep going good ffs  <mad>

Also, I know it's a year late, but ty for saying that.  Seriously that aspirations sheet brings tears to my eyes, please go sir

<pacman>      .            .              .       <blinky>. <Tim>        .             .              .              <cherry>   .             .            .             .                <energizer>         .

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: marinomitch13 on March 05, 2015, 04:20:56 pm

Whtda, no WBH?!!  BibleThump

Dat ubergoal Saglio tho; yes.

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on July 01, 2015, 08:53:19 am

This post is for IGBY 2 inps....

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on July 01, 2015, 11:40:09 am

more igby 2

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on July 01, 2015, 12:37:58 pm

even more igby 2

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on July 01, 2015, 02:02:20 pm

wow even more igby 2

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on July 01, 2015, 04:00:54 pm

omg go igby 2

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on July 01, 2015, 05:45:49 pm

 <confused>

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on July 01, 2015, 07:38:19 pm

last igby 2 post :)

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on September 08, 2015, 09:06:10 pm

Some splits lit lo  <Billy> <YSG>

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on September 21, 2017, 05:41:41 pm

Two years later...lol

Not much to report in the way of PBs, but significant progress has been made in the way of the home arcade:

(https://i.imgur.com/J5XmWM7.jpg)

Big props to Billy Gaines for hooking me up with the DK machine in early August. The board needed some repairs, which were done at Mike's Arcade last week. I got the board back on Monday, and got my arcade PB of 708,600 last night (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/176362874).

The candy cab on the left is a New Astro City that we picked up in Japan right before we moved. We bought a Klax PCB (Japan set, of course) to test it out and have something to play. I am the current house high score champion, but Katie defeated in me in our only head-to-head match to date.  <mad>

I also have an Intrepid PCB (Estel mate lit) that I'll be using in the candy cab eventually. We don't really have any more room for more cabs, so I think I'm going to stick with PCB collecting for now.

I'm on the lookout for:

Moon Patrol
Tutankham
Intrepid (always more Intrepid)
Jr. Pac-Man
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong 3
Crazy Kong

...and all the adapters necessary for those boards to work in a DK and/or JAMMA cab. :)

Right now the goal is 1,000,000 on DK...and then more points after that I reckon.

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: alumbrada on September 21, 2017, 06:07:36 pm

Quote from: xelnia on September 21, 2017, 05:41:41 pm

The candy cab on the left is a New Astro City that we picked up in Japan right before we moved. We bought a Klax PCB (Japan set, of course) to test it out and have something to play. I am the current house high score champion, but Katie defeated in me in our only head-to-head match to date.  <mad>

Here is the whole story.

We bought the Klax board one week before we left Japan. After a few days I got the high score. I went to work the next morning and got a text from Jeremy saying the board was set to Easy, so he was going to reset the high scores and correct the difficulty. I put up some scores that night and went to bed. He beat my high score after I went to sleep, then took the board out of the cab and packed it up to prep for the movers.

The competition is back on now, though.

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on September 21, 2017, 06:22:45 pm

Start a dispute at TG ftttttt

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: TheSunshineFund on September 21, 2017, 06:42:24 pm

 <Walter>  the great rivalries of our time.....maris/mantle, heckyl and jeckyl

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: VON on September 21, 2017, 07:48:30 pm

lololololololo You guys are adorable. 

Get him Katie!

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: xelnia on January 08, 2019, 01:19:10 pm

(https://i.imgur.com/FWgs5lU.png)

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: Flobeamer1922 on January 08, 2019, 01:30:10 pm

That doesn't look like a pace chart. Kappa

Congrats, Jry!

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: VON on January 08, 2019, 02:51:04 pm

:D <3 Congrats you two. This shatters my plans to move into your garage, but I'm happy for you.

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: Lyriell on January 08, 2019, 03:51:34 pm

Congrats mate!  You're well on your way to a million ;)

Pretty sure you have no time for DK now, so sell me a board!

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: dnickolas on January 08, 2019, 03:55:51 pm

Nah Ross you can be like uncle jesse on full house, or fonzie.

Totally normal.

Also, Flo, there’s no pace until after the start sir. :)

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: homerwannabee on January 08, 2019, 04:07:08 pm

Now time to make a lack of sleep pace chart.   Big time congrats!   8) 8) 8)

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: Mitch Mitchell on January 08, 2019, 05:01:55 pm

Congrats man!

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: johnbart on January 08, 2019, 05:51:16 pm

Best post I've seen on this site yet. Congrats!

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: creech on January 09, 2019, 12:14:05 am

Congrats jry and Katie!

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: SithOfSpades on January 09, 2019, 06:05:19 am

Congratulations.

Title: Re: A Wild Blog in the Face
Post by: TheSunshineFund on January 09, 2019, 06:23:48 am

Congrats!  You both have some of the best senses of humor amongst humans so I am pleased you have decided to create the uber child.  He/She will be the best DKF commenter we have seen.