Mr. Donkey Blog

[ChrisP]

There is some potential to be on the local news here in AZ and if anything happens with that I'll post it.  Hank was on FOX and other stations because they are local to him, so we will see where the story goes.  I just finished typing for an article for the International Business Times and made sure to promote DKF and the community.  Hopefully that will be included after they edit it and it will gain some more interest to newcomers.

 

It's slowing down, but not by too much! I was just Googling your name and it's pretty unreal how many pages of results this is getting.

http://psntrophies.biz/?p=15711

wht da fk?

[lakeman421]

Hahahaha wht da

[ChrisP]

I've decided to rotate DK, DK Jr. and DK3, going for the 1M trifecta.

So, that'll be my stream for the next few weeks if anybody wants to watch  .

Though, I must admit that much of the time I actually prefer it when I have zero viewers. My rage is ridiculous and embarrasses me.  I listen to myself later sometimes and I'm like, "my god, I sound so serious! The way I'm carrying on, it's as if the game attacked my loved ones..."

But I need to stream my attempts because if I bink my millions I'll have to upload them anyway.

Anyway, feel free to stop by, or not stop by...

Basically the real reason I'm doing this is so that I can practice DK for the final DKO, and take a break from the punishment with the other two games. I would like to get my 1M either by then or during the event. I think I'm ready to move on from DK for the foreseeable future, but I can't until I get that done! 

I also wanted to briefly mention some things about Donkey Blog. I have not updated since Robbie broke the record in September, and there have been at least 4 or 5 posts that seemed like they ought to have been made since then (DKO#4, DKO#5, Dean's Big Bang Theory cameo, Mark getting a 1.13, the Sam Rowe articles, Allen KSing, etcetera, etcetera).

It was impossible to even have so much as a thought about the blog for the six to eight weeks surrounding my wedding (which happened on October 17th), as I was extremely occupied with that. Since then, for whatever reason, I've been running into a massive psychological and motivational wall when I try to work on it.

I could pound out a solid 4,000 words here about the blog and how I feel about it and my goals (or lack thereof) for it, and the role I see it playing (or not playing) nowadays, but the short of it is, I'm planning, shall we say, a shift in focus pretty soon. The blog isn't going anywhere, because it has been and continues to be (shockingly) successful, on many levels, during the three and a half years that it's been around, but I have to confess that my interest in it is waning (just as competitive DK in general seems to be waning). It's just not pulling at me anymore.

I will do at least a few more "news style" posts (the next one I'm working on now will be an overlong, clumsy clusterfuck of all kinds of stuff) but after that, I'm not sure. We'll see where things go.

[Barra]

Best of luck in your quest for the trifecta badge, Chris. I have no clue as to why you are going to play Jr. willingly, but each to their own 

I'll definitely check out your stream as I've become mildly interested in DK3, so wouldn't mind picking up some tips.

Get them!

[ChrisP]

My DK brain wasn't working, and I was making retarded joystick mistakes and was as bored as ever by the game and its standard bullshit, so I switched to DK3.

I got 827,500, and I figured out some adjustments for the Hard version, so I should probably get my trifecta-piece back on my next session. 

[ChrisP]

Right on cue, I have now entered that weird phase on a game that always seems to appear where I'm just short of my goal, and I have everything I need, but I start stupidly, egregiously, and confusingly sabotaging myself. Mistakes so bad and stupid that I almost can't believe what I'm seeing. As if I'm TRYING to lose.

This is the most "fun" part of all...

[stella_blue]

Right on cue, I have now entered that weird phase on a game that always seems to appear where I'm just short of my goal, and I have everything I need, but I start stupidly, egregiously, and confusingly sabotaging myself. Mistakes so bad and stupid that I almost can't believe what I'm seeing. As if I'm TRYING to lose.

Very true.  I inexplicably do the same thing.

[ChrisP]

OK, done with DK3 (again). Gimme my trifecta-piece back! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbYYNyz12x0

Twitch muted the last 20 minutes of my stream, which is totally inexplicable because there was no music of any kind playing, so I just put the game on YouTube because I explain the settings at the end (1h 4m) and that might be necessary to someone.

[Xermon54]

Nice, good score mate!

[ChrisP]

While I was at it, I figured I'd put a 1.7M (Easy) on MARP before I go back to toiling in the DK mines.

A certain somebody flapped his lips about my gameplay one too many times in my stream the other night and I felt that his score could stand to move down a notch.

[homerwannabee]

Big time congrats on getting that million on Donkey Kong 3!

One piece of advice on your game play.  First off, your shooting is much better than your score.  I think it's because of you shooting the upper top right worm on what you call the "Green board."   It's a bad technique in my opinion.
I am not too sure why, but it doesn't seem to be working for you.  Maybe you were having a bad day though.  There are 3 options to use that I have seen people use that does seem to work OK.
Option 1: Don't shoot any worm, and just focus on Donkey Kong.
Option 2: Shoot the worm on the bottom top platform to the left of you.
Option 3: Shoot the worm on the bottom top platform to the right of you.

I use option 3, but to be honest the first two options actually might be better than how I do it.  But the difference in terms of rate of success between the three is not that great in my opinion.


Edit: Also, congrats on beating Brian Allen.  Well be interesting to see if he responds with a higher score or not.  If not, than Brian Allen will be chumpatized!

[tudose]

got em! haha i have a feeling i know who that certain somebody is

[marinomitch13]

Kongrats! Sorry I wasn't there to narrate your vicory.

[ebinsugewa]

I'd love to see something like a "Circuit" of events taking place on an annual basis where players earn points towards an annual championship.  If we could elevate the competition side of the hobby like pinball has it http://papa.org/circuit-2013-14/standings/ then I think we'd get more people involved in the community instead of just sticking to themselves in their basement.

I remember Richie talking about how he wanted to do this with TG before it got to the point where it is at now.  I think when Barcade had their tourney back in March of 2013, that was going to be the first leg of the tour counting towards a year end event like the points system you mention.  It never materialized though which is a shame.

I think this would be rad. Unfortunately, I don't know if it's feasible. A lot of the pin guys have FU money and can afford to travel more, as well as owning/lending games, and having the cash to keep them in tip-top shape. I don't know that many public places have a) enough games b) enough games in good shape for something like this to work. I'm also not really sure where the prize money comes from in pinball, it always seems like way more than makes sense. Perhaps they have a benefactor of some sort.

Also trifecta

[ebinsugewa]

I'd love to see something like a "Circuit" of events taking place on an annual basis where players earn points towards an annual championship.  If we could elevate the competition side of the hobby like pinball has it http://papa.org/circuit-2013-14/standings/ then I think we'd get more people involved in the community instead of just sticking to themselves in their basement.

I remember Richie talking about how he wanted to do this with TG before it got to the point where it is at now.  I think when Barcade had their tourney back in March of 2013, that was going to be the first leg of the tour counting towards a year end event like the points system you mention.  It never materialized though which is a shame.

I think this would be rad. Unfortunately, I don't know if it's feasible. A lot of the pin guys have FU money and can afford to travel more, as well as owning/lending games, and having the cash to keep them in tip-top shape. I don't know that many public places have a) enough games b) enough games in good shape for something like this to work. I'm also not really sure where the prize money comes from in pinball, it always seems like way more than makes sense. Perhaps they have a benefactor of some sort. But if any part of CAG is going to go to the next level it's a great blueprint to follow. Unfortunately they had a lot better grassroots/organization before taking to streaming, whereas we've kinda done it in reverse.

Also trifecta