Wildcard Rematch #2 Scoreboard

[tessler1134]

Thanks to everyone who participated...this was so much fun and I can't wait until the next one. We have a great group of DKers out there...the KO 3 is going to be awesome!!!

[JohnTheLawnMan]

I didn't know it was featured on Aurcade...  Would have been cool to have checked it out!

I think I finally recovered from the weekend.  Had to work (the real job) Sat and Sun, so I didn't get much sleep.

Thanks to everyone who participated, promoted and supported this event.  I had a blast working the scoreboard and fielding questions before, during and after the event.  I even had time to play a few games of DK.

DO NOT MISS THE NEXT EVENT!  There will be more than just prize $ at stake!  Stay tuned!

-John

[ChrisP]

To clear up a misunderstanding - any Aurcade member whose streaming account is linked to their Aurcade profile will be automatically displayed under "Member Streams" in the sidebar on the Aurcade homepage whenever they initiate a stream.

So (as far as I know), it's not that the event was featured per se, there was just a butt-ton of member streams in the sidebar!

[ChrisP]

I'm doing a quick write-up with the results and felt that I needed to point something out, for the record.

According to my Twitch emails, Ethan Daniels went live at 12:00 AM (Pacific).

On his stream which lasts 22 hours straight through, he hits the kill screen at 7 hours, 17 minutes (7:17 AM). The score was listed on the updated standings on Eric's Facebook page at 10:39 AM.

At the time of Eric's update, Jeff Harrist's kill screen game was in progress. Yet Jeff, and not Ethan, would end up with the "first kill screen" bounty.

So, I am assuming that, in his e-mail submission, Ethan made the mistake of forgetting to explicitly claim the bounty (which was one of the tournament rules).

I am going to mention this in the write-up, so correct me if I'm wrong. I just wanted to be sure I have the story straight.

[Fast Eddie]

ouch that would suck if thats the case...i thought Ethan got the first killscreen but when i saw Jeff listed on the scoreboard i just assumed his game finished first but he didnt post about it till later...

 

[ChrisP]

My Twitch auto-emails say that Ethan started at 12:00 AM, and that Jeff's morning session started at 9:59 AM.

If Ethan's 7:17 video timecode corresponds to 7:17 AM (which it must), then he got his kill screen over 90 minutes before Jeff started playing.

Plus, like I said, Eric had already announced this score at 10:39 AM. He did not mention that it was a kill screen (possibly because Ethan didn't claim the bounty?)

Jeff said that his KS was his first game of the day, and his post announcing the kill screen came at 12:28 PM (2.5 hours after starting the stream sounds just about right).

874,400 Killscreen 

So if I'm reading the situation correctly, Ethan was indeed first. However, as stated in the tournament rules: "Contestant is solely responsible for specifying which bounty they want to claim when they submit a score." Perhaps Ethan wasn't aware that he was first, or that he had to specify this?

Also, before 9 AM, Svavar mentioned having gotten a kill screen as well, but the stream malfunctioned.

Sucks that these two missed out, but them's the rules I guess. 

(Incidentally, I would recommend Ethan's kill screen (@7:17:15) to whoever is reading this. It's pretty funny. Made me feel better about bumbling the recent one I got!)

[VON]

(Incidentally, I would recommend Ethan's kill screen (@7:17:15) to whoever is reading this. It's pretty funny. Made me feel better about bumbling the recent one I got!)

Oh man!  Ethan's 22-1 brings the whole question of who got the first kill screen to a new level.

[hchien]

I didn't realize Ethan pulled a Lemay on the killscreen.

[Fast Eddie]

i had popped into Ethans stream just after his game and im sure i remember him saying he was going to go check what he needs to do to submit...cant believe he got it wrong, besides surely he would have until hours after the tourney end to send a correct email...

he didnt get DQd for pulling a Lemay did he!

 

[Xermon54]

Ethan didn't EXACTLY put a Lemay on the kill screen.

Pulling a Lemay on the kill screen would be to die by trying to back jump the first barrel on 22-1.

But Ethan died from the first barrel rolling under his hammer because he was too excited that Kong was throwing a wild barrel to smash and get 1000 points.

At least, me, I died in honor by trying to do a back jump while trying to steer the next barrel to come down the middle ladder. You, Ethan, you just died by doing something stupid and easy on 22-1! You DON'T deserve to be called "Pulling a Lemay". End of story! 

[Scoundrl]

For the record, the killscreen is not the killscreen until you are KILLED by the code bug in the game. If you get hit and lose your last man before the code bug kills you it would not be an official killscreen game, just some guy gettin hit by a barrel and dying.

Do be a Lemay...

[Fast Eddie]

i agree with that technically, the reason i thought it counted was the wording used for the bounties.  but looking now it seems i was reading them on donkey blog when i noted it, the wording is different there...

 

[mikegmi2]

Regardless of what happens on 22-1...you could stand there and let the first barrel roll into you...or jump into the oil can...you still made it to the kill screen.

Letting the kill screen 'kick in' is something that happens on the kill screen...which I would consider an independent event...seperate from passing 21-6 and making it to 22-1 (the kill screen).

[Scoundrl]

Regardless of what happens on 22-1...you could stand there and let the first barrel roll into you...or jump into the oil can...you still made it to the kill screen.

Letting the kill screen 'kick in' is something that happens on the kill screen...which I would consider an independent event...seperate from passing 21-6 and making it to 22-1 (the kill screen).

While 22-1 is the board you have to reach to get a kill screen the kill screen by definition does not happen until you are killed by the code bug causing your death 400 timer ticks into the level. This is pretty simple logic. A death on 22-1 before the timer bug kills you is simply another death in your game on the way to activate the 'kill screen' code bug.

[LMDAVE]

This is sort of like in football when I guy is clearly running home free for a touchdown, and he spikes the ball one foot before crossing the goal line. For all practical purposes he scored a touchdown, let it go, but the rules turn it over and call it a fumble and give the ball back to the other team.

So, with DK, for all practical purposes 22-1 is the killscreen, but just go ahead and "cross that goalline" and let the timer kill you. Don't get crazy and try to back a barrel for the possibility of that extra 100....of course, this only matters if you're playing a tournament that giving a bounty for a killscreen.

But to me, the definition of killscreen is the screen itself, case in point. Pac Man. Once you're there , you're there, it doesn't matter if you get all the dots +9 hidden dot to say you got a pac man killscreen.