Stella you're high score at 18-2 is pretty impressive. My score was at such a weak pace that I was at 20-1. I was just running boards on my game.
Thank you for the kind words. Earlier this week, I came within 3200 points of a new personal best (final score: 754,300). The game ended during Level 18-1, one stage earlier than my current PB. I jumped a barrel while running left along the 4th girder, just as a wild barrel was released. I landed on the girder, the barrel landed on me, end of story. Obviously, I was disappointed to have come that close and fall short, but I wasn't unhappy with the score, for 2 reasons:
- Level 1-1 was the only barrel stage where I grabbed the bottom hammer
- I got almost nothing for my deaths; the total points awarded were negligible
I'll have to play back the INP file to determine my overall pace, as I rarely pay attention to it while playing. I suspect it's close to 950k.
Oh well, there's always next time.
