Donkey Kong High Score List General Discussion

[xelnia]

hello, I noticed that  needs his name-hyperlink updated on the HSL

Nibbler69@AIVA = Sandro
RAX@AIVA = Daniele

If anyone else catches stuff like this please let us know. Thanks guys!

[muscleandfitness]

Wht da why am I not here fkkk this im gone LOL 

[DadsGlasses]

Two questions regarding High Score Submissions:

1.  Is it ok if I am using a TKG-4 board set that has a HSS Kit installed?

2.  Is it ok if I am using a TKG-4 board set that is on a Vector labs switcher witha DK Jr board?

Thanks.

[f_symbols]

I am not a moderator, however, I believe the answers are Yes and Yes

[DadsGlasses]

I am not a moderator, however, I believe the answers are Yes and Yes

Thanks!

[xelnia]

Two questions regarding High Score Submissions:

1.  Is it ok if I am using a TKG-4 board set that has a HSS Kit installed?

2.  Is it ok if I am using a TKG-4 board set that is on a Vector labs switcher witha DK Jr board?

Thanks.

1. Yes
2. Yes

I am not a moderator, however, I believe the answers are Yes and Yes

Yes

[DadsGlasses]

One more quick question. (I apologize I am trying to buy a cabinet and want to make sure I buy something that can submit scores.)

A dedicated DK Upright with TKG-4 board that has a "D2K" Kit installed?

[xelnia]

One more quick question. (I apologize I am trying to buy a cabinet and want to make sure I buy something that can submit scores.)

A dedicated DK Upright with TKG-4 board that has a "D2K" Kit installed?

Yes

[ChrisP]

Ethan's game submitted today actually raises a question that has never been an issue before, but that I'd actually thought about in the past: should a game killed off by a power outage, or other mechanical/electric malfunction that causes the player to be unable to continue, count as a valid submission?

I'm going to argue that it does, on the basis that the precedent has been established historically. Not on DK (to my knowledge), but by other TG-verified scores, a few marathons in particular that I'm thinking of.

I guess now we've come to that bridge and the refs will have to decide how to cross it!

[stella_blue]

Ethan's game submitted today actually raises a question that has never been an issue before, but that I'd actually thought about in the past: should a game killed off by a power outage, or other mechanical/electric malfunction that causes the player to be unable to continue, count as a valid submission?

In my opinion, it's a valid submission.

• The game was recorded from the beginning (coin drop at 49:34)
• The settings are correct:  3 + 1 lives (bonus at 7000)
• Ethan has already performed the one-time machine verification

I haven't watched the entire performance, but unless the video contains one or more unreasonable breaks in continuity, everything looks good.  It's not my decision to make, but I would accept the score.

[xelnia]

I see no problem with this specific submission. There is no break in continuity, the game is played on the correct settings, and Ethan's cab has been previously verified. Anyway, Acts of God would be covered under the Auxiliary Rules for submission to Corey's Listâ„¢ the HSL, I reckon.

[f_symbols]

 

[WCopeland]

It certainly has more evidence than one score on the board I can think of

[ChrisP]

I'm not talking about evidence, the evidence is of course fine, I'm talking about the implications of accepting an incomplete game.

The bottom line is, all four of his Jumpmans didn't die, and the score obviously would have been higher if the power outage hadn't occurred. It is, in that sense, an "inaccurate" score. It's an unusual situation.

Just want to be sure we're all ready to take responsibility for any precedents we might be setting here! I can't foresee what the danger might be (always hard to do that before the fact), but it's just some to consider.

[WCopeland]

I'm not sure the score qualifies as being "inaccurate" either, because the number submitted is certainly what was achieved. Precedent is difficult here because this clearly falls under an "act of God". It could be interpreted that while Ethan did not finish his game, the game did end.