Thanks guys
Now that I've had some time for this to sink in, I'd like to provide my thoughts on the requirements and how they stack up.
Lets look at the Rank A requirements and how many people had met these for each game when the leaderboard was created versus how many today:
Honestly these numbers surprised me a little. The DK series has been
HOT since this leaderboard was introduced, especially in the last 12 months or so.
I was expecting more people to have achieved the highest Rank on these games considering the world records have been mostly crushed.
DK Junior - Back when the DKM leaderboard was created, 1.3m on Donkey Kong Junior seemed like one of the hardest to achieve. Now that we know what is possible, and with the addition of at least one new significant strategy, this has probably become the easiest of the 4 requirements. This is mainly due to DK junior having much less randomness than the other 2 comparable games (DK/CK) (no the springboard isnt random). The requirement is still fine as you still need to implement most modern point pressing strategies.
Crazy Kong - I don't have too much to say about this one. Achieving 750k does require all out point pressing but there's not too much in this game that can go wrong once you're comfortable with the rejumps and floor skip, and there's always a lot of points on offer. Due to the randomness of the rivets I'd say this is harder than 1.3m on DK Junior, but not by much.
DK - Even though 1.13m has become a mere board-run for a few players, this requirement is still perfect. It requires additional risk, strategy and time compared to a 1.1m flat and we all know what can go wrong playing DK. Only a handful of players passed the Rank A threshold on their first 1.1m+ game. I would rank this as the 2nd hardest achievement for Rank A, way above the other two traditional DK games.
DK3 - Although Riley has shown that this can be blown out of the water almost every credit, that doesn't make it any easier for the rest of us. Once you're at that level its probably the one you can achieve the most consistently but
actually getting to that level is the reason I consider this as the hardest Rank A requirement. DK3 definitely has not been played anywhere near as much as the other 3 games, but getting to the RBS on D3 is never going to become easy. If Jry ever ups the requirement for this I'm GONE
When this first started I honestly didn't think anyone would ever achieve
Rank S. It still hasn't happened and there's only one Rank A, but with the constant improvement over time and different players showing what's actually obtainable on some of these titles in the last 3 years, its now in the realm of
possibility. I really don't know my plan for this or if I even have one. I'm not good enough at any of the games yet to be able to do these requirements on command. Maybe one day....
I think its fair to say I probably wouldn't have played these games anywhere near the amount I have without the creation of this leaderboard. So to Jry I'd like to say a big
(
) thank you for spending the time getting this together and maintaining it. I hope people continue to up their scores and increase their ranks! We have a lot of new & talented people in the community now which is awesome to see. I don't expect to be the only one in Rank B/A for very long.
Cheers mates <3
