Author Topic: Donkey Kong High Score List General Discussion (Read 359871 times)

xelnia · « **Reply #525 on:** December 12, 2013, 04:25:12 pm »

I'm bumping this thread because it's been 3 days and no one has responded to Scott's proposed changes to the HSL formatting. We'd both like to get any changes finalized as soon as possible. Community input BEFORE the changes are made is always preferred to input AFTER.

f_symbols · « **Reply #526 on:** December 12, 2013, 04:37:03 pm »

I support said changes

Fast Eddie · « **Reply #527 on:** December 12, 2013, 05:01:31 pm »

id vote for the extra column, since its not obvious what bold means if you dont know or read the smallprint...

and thanks for updating my name Scott, i missed your post the other day

stella_blue · « **Reply #528 on:** December 12, 2013, 05:28:26 pm »

Quote from: Fast Eddie on December 12, 2013, 05:01:31 pm

and thanks for updating my name Scott, i missed your post the other day

We felt obliged to accommodate any request made by the current No-Killscreen WR holder.

gstrain · « **Reply #529 on:** December 12, 2013, 11:36:38 pm »

If you're adding a column it would be even better if you had the level reached as the column which would be much more informative about non-KS games. So if the game reached 19-5 put that in the column. If it was a KS put KS. I realize this would impose extra work on the list maintainers so maybe put in Non-KS for now if the final level is unknown and then start to populate it over time with the final screen reached info.

-George

stella_blue · « **Reply #530 on:** December 13, 2013, 06:08:10 am »

Quote from: gstrain on December 12, 2013, 11:36:38 pm

If you're adding a column it would be even better if you had the level reached as the column which would be much more informative about non-KS games. So if the game reached 19-5 put that in the column. If it was a KS put KS. I realize this would impose extra work on the list maintainers so maybe put in Non-KS for now if the final level is unknown and then start to populate it over time with the final screen reached info.

Yeah, I also considered that approach, as it's very similar to the Final Stage column reported in our DK Data Library collection. It certainly adds meaningful information to all scores on the list. As for the increased workload, if distributed over a number of willing volunteers in an organized manner, it might not be too bad.

A few hindrances that come to mind:

We'll have to wait for the TG scoreboard to resurface, with the same functionality we had prior to September 2012.
If and when #1 happens, some INP files will undoubtedly be locked.
Most TG scores on the arcade platform will likely remain a mystery.
The MARP scores may take some time, especially with the number of MAME versions in use over the years.
With respect to #4 (and I'm pleading ignorance here), do the earliest MAME versions present any playback issues in a current Windows environment?

Thank you for the suggestion, George. In principle, I like the idea.

Bliss1083 · « **Reply #531 on:** January 01, 2014, 09:25:07 am »

I like the idea of where a game ends column but I also respect the fact that this will be hard to change a lot of scores. I find more value of a million point game achieved on 19-6 then a 1.05 game to kill screen.

stella_blue · « **Reply #532 on:** January 01, 2014, 10:37:50 am »

Quote from: Bliss1083 on January 01, 2014, 09:25:07 am

I like the idea of where a game ends column but I also respect the fact that this will be hard to change a lot of scores. I find more value of a million point game achieved on 19-6 then a 1.05 game to kill screen.

Yeah, I really hope to implement that change over time. We certainly don't have to update all the scores at once. Of course, Jeremy and I will need a fair amount of help. I may start at the top of the list and work my way down, recording the "Final Stage" data offline (for scores with an available video and/or INP file). Once I've made a sizable dent in the database (35% or so), I'll update the list. That should serve as a decent start. I anticipate quite a few unknowns, particularly for TG arcade scores, but so what? Those values are blank already, so we have nothing to lose.

Jeremy will probably yell at me for volunteering his efforts on this project without his consent.

ChrisP · « **Reply #533 on:** February 06, 2014, 08:39:51 pm »

Minor but still somewhat important fix since it was a first-time KS in a time when KSes were much rarer: Chris Enright's TG score was 11/6/09, not 11/6/13.

stella_blue · « **Reply #534 on:** February 07, 2014, 07:54:30 pm »

Quote from: ChrisP on February 06, 2014, 08:39:51 pm

Minor but still somewhat important fix since it was a first-time KS in a time when KSes were much rarer: Chris Enright's TG score was 11/6/09, not 11/6/13.

The date field has been corrected in Chris Enright's record (see below). Also, the Source column has been moved to the far right in all HSL variations.

[noembed]

Rank

Score

KS

Player

Date

Platform

Source

45

862,700

Y

Chris Enright

11/06/2009

Arcade

TG

[/noembed]

If anyone can nail down the Unknown values within the following items, I'm listening.

[noembed]

Rank

Score

KS

Player

Date

Platform

Source

24

971,000

Y

Ben Mazowita

Unknown

Arcade

YouTube

273

75,400

Unknown

07/01/2008

MAME

TG

[/noembed]

stella_blue · « **Reply #535 on:** February 07, 2014, 10:22:26 pm »

One more thing:

Our main HSL includes a number of entries culled from the MARP scoreboard. The players are usually identified only by a somewhat cryptic user name. We've enclosed all such names in double quotes. Obviously, our scoreboard would be more meaningful if the players' actual names were listed. If anyone can identify one or more of the MARP users listed below, let me know and I'll update their records.

[noembed]

Rank

Score

KS

Player

Date

Platform

Source

132

278,400

"Xentac"

04/29/2010

MAME

DK High Score	1,064,500	(L22-1)
DK Level 1-1	13,400
DK No Hammer	535,300	(L15-2)

Rank	Score	Player	Date	Platform
1	13,600	Phil Tudose	10/13/2012	MAME
2	13,400	Jeff Willms	07/04/2011	MAME
2	13,400	Dean Saglio	09/24/2011	MAME
4	13,300	Vincent Lemay	03/25/2011	MAME
	13,300	Dean Saglio	06/11/2011	MAME
	13,100	Dean Saglio	11/22/2010	MAME
	13,000	Dean Saglio	11/20/2010	MAME
6	12,900	Dave McCrary	03/05/2012	MAME
	12,800	Dean Saglio	08/21/2009	MAME
	12,800	Phil Tudose	09/26/2010	MAME
	12,600	Phil Tudose	06/07/2010	MAME
	12,500	Jeff Willms	04/21/2011	MAME
8	12,500	Scott Cunningham	12/24/2011	MAME
	12,400	Dave McCrary	07/26/2010	MAME
	12,200	Scott Cunningham	08/20/2011	MAME
	12,000	Scott Cunningham	07/17/2011	MAME
	11,900	Scott Cunningham	06/10/2011	MAME
	11,800	Vincent Lemay	07/14/2009	MAME
	11,800	Scott Cunningham	09/19/2010	MAME
9	11,800	Estel Goffinet	05/07/2011	MAME
9	11,800	Craig Rout Gallant	09/25/2012	MAME
11	11,600	Neil Chapman	12/07/2009	MAME
	11,600	Craig Rout Gallant	03/25/2012	MAME
12	11,400	Jeff Craggy	07/06/2011	MAME
13	11,300	Joe Cain	05/15/2008	MAME
13	11,300	Chris Enright	01/27/2011	MAME
	11,100	Craig Rout Gallant	06/30/2010	MAME
15	11,100	Corey Chambers	03/23/2013	MAME
15	11,100	Dallas Riley	03/13/2014	MAME
17	11,000	Aart van Vliet	10/01/2009	MAME
17	11,000	Michael Pierce	03/14/2011	MAME
	11,000	Jeff Willms	04/16/2011	MAME
	11,000	Estel Goffinet	04/18/2011	MAME
17	11,000	Martin Laing	09/26/2012	MAME
20	10,900	Scott Kessler	05/12/2008	MAME
21	10,800	Chris Helmin	04/13/2010	MAME
21	10,800	David Shoup	08/31/2010	MAME
21	10,800	Joseph Carroll	11/03/2010	MAME
21	10,800	Jeremy Young	12/06/2013	MAME

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Author Topic: Donkey Kong High Score List General Discussion (Read 359871 times)

Fast Eddie