Running Boards - My Donkey Kong Blog

[JNugent]

I have decided to start playing again.  I've somehow managed to improve my skills on the elevators, but of course I'm dying many stupid deaths on other boards.  I have entitled my blog 'Running Boards' because that is essentially all I'm doing at this point.  My goal is a kill screen, but in the short term, I just want to get further into the game.  My current personal best on DK MAME is 215k.  I have a feeling a breakthrough game is imminent, so I will continue to play a few games each day and hopefully update my progress here.  I am a failure at streaming, and I'm resigned to that at the moment, so any scores that eclipse my new PB will be posted on MARP.  Loving the DK Forums, thanks to JCHarrist for setting this up.

[hooch66]

Good luck to you!

"Running Boards" is an excellent name for a DK blog. So much so that I wish I had thought of it!

[xelnia]

Good luck! I'm currently stuck around 213K (level 7-3) and I'm hoping to have that "break-out" game soon. I'm definitely not 100% confident on the elevator boards, but right now my biggest problem is patience! I'm constantly having to remind myself that there is plenty of time on the timer and I can just wait for that extra barrel to roll by or the fireball to move a different direction. Hope you get to that KS soon!

[marinomitch13]

Cool! I wish you well in your journey. You'd be encouraged to know that, even in just the 1.5 years of time that I have been active in the online community, that I have seen probably at least 5-6 people improve from a personal best around or below 200K to more than 600k+ (including some killscreens). With good practice, I have confidence that you can do it too! Good luck!

[JNugent]

Thanks for the responses!  I set up a new Twitch.tv account this morning.  I've always had issues with streaming attempts, but for some reason it's working fine now.  I already posted this in the 'streaming' section of dkforums, but figured it deserved a mention in my blog.  So follow me at http://www.twitch.tv/jnugent74, and watch some very amateur DK play.  My 'breakout' game is just around the corner, hoping to eclipse 300k soon.  Still doing well on the elevators, but dying on other screens mostly due to my lack of patience.  I'll post again when I've made some progress.

[stella_blue]

Thanks for the responses!  I set up a new Twitch.tv account this morning.

Great.  Exactly what I need, another channel to follow.   

Just teasing, Jason.  I look forward to watching your continued DK progress.   

[JNugent]

Thanks for the responses!  I set up a new Twitch.tv account this morning.

Great.  Exactly what I need, another channel to follow.   

Just teasing, Jason.  I look forward to watching your continued DK progress.   

LOL.  Now that I know you'll be watching, I'll make sure and play some Dead!

[stella_blue]

LOL.  Now that I know you'll be watching, I'll make sure and play some Dead!

Nice.  I appreciate the effort to make me feel at home.  I'll be there.

I'm not sure if Little Feat is included in your musical collection, or if you're even familiar with them, but anything from the "Waiting for Columbus" live album is also an outstanding choice.

Here's a clip of Lowell George and the guys, taken from a 1977 concert at the Rainbow Theatre in London:


Little Feat Apolitical Blues

[ChrisP]

Jason, did you ever finish Crazy Kong? You had a thread about it a couple years ago at TG.

[JNugent]

Jason, did you ever finish Crazy Kong? You had a thread about it a couple years ago at TG.

Actually, I didn't.    I hadn't played DK or CK for well over a year, but I just decided to start MAMEing again a few weeks ago.  I play the occasional game of CK (and hopefully will kill it some day), but for now I'm focused on improving my DK skills.  Glad you remembered my TG blog. 

[ChrisP]

I liked and remember that thread because of how into it you were, and (I admit it) it was sort of cathartic to read your struggles with the game because DK was torturing me at the time.

[JNugent]

If you haven't followed me on Twitch yet, I'm at http://www.twitch.tv/jnugent74.  I'm working on improving the quality of the stream (due to watching danman123456's stream), and the quality of my DK play.  I'm not having very much difficulty getting through L=4+ elevators anymore.  So it's only a matter of time before I break out of this rut and enter the world of 300K+.  ChrisP - since I've been playing DK regularly, I have found that I pretty much hate Crazy Kong.    I've also been streaming some ZooKeeper, which I haven't played in well over a year.  My long term goal is a DK killscreen, short term is to raise my personal best from 215K (it's up at TG and MARP, although MARP didn't verify it). 

[danman123456]

Good luck sir! Don't worry you will get a KS before I do.

[JNugent]

Good luck sir! Don't worry you will get a KS before I do.

Ha!  Doubtful.  However, I've learned from watching you play over the past week or so.  I die a lot on the barrel levels.  I noticed you steer the barrels down the broken ladder on the right quite a bit, so I've started trying to do that myself.  I've been quite a bit more successful because of it.  Woo!

[marinomitch13]

I noticed you steer the barrels down the broken ladder on the right quite a bit, so I've started trying to do that myself.  I've been quite a bit more successful because of it.  Woo!

Definitely! This is a must in order to get to a killscreen. There's even an acronym based off of it: SDTBL (meaning: Steer Down the Broken Ladders). Eventually, for you, dying on the barrel screens while running boards ought to become unacceptable.

Good luck!