KS today!

[dimmu--borgir]

I'm so excited I cannot Breathe..

No, there is no proof other than a couple of pictures but it was done! Damn it was done!!!

[JCHarrist]

Kongrats!

[ChrisP]

Awesome, one more for 2013!

It seemed like very recently where you were stuck in the 150K range, then you broke out to 300-400K, and wow, now this.

The screen shot will not be good enough for the official high score list (unfortunately), but my Kill Screener Timeline is looser about rules so I will put you on it!

What is your name, sir?

[lakeman421]

Congrats!  I am not sure if I have seen your name on here before, but I hope to see a lot more progress.  How long have you been playing for?

[dimmu--borgir]

My name is Christer Kristensson from Sweden

Thanks all! Didn't sleep that good tonight. Saw barrels everywhere..
Little about the game then. 2 kills at the cement factory (my nemesis lvl) and amazingly 1 death at the spring. That was ages ago I missed there. Zero kills on barrels and rivets which really amazes me. Always miss at the barrels. The only thing I altered however was that I took more attention to kong just after I came up on the 4:th girder.
When jumping/avoiding some barrels I always get hit by his wild barrel that goes a little right of the long ladder. Waited him out this time with great result. Got very Lucky with the randomness of the rivets. I think the lowest timer I'd ever get was around 1500 so I can't complain. Same goes with the cement factory. Apart from the deaths (one zero timer and one ankle biter) the game allowed me to take the right path almost every time from lvl 14 and beyond.

Been playing for years. Don't remember why I started to play again. Maybe because I found this forum and got Swedens only DK cabinet so far?
Anyway, was stuck with the spring lvl since 2010 and couldn't for my life understand how to solve it. But 300 savestates later I did. This was july/august this year I think. Jumped from 169k to 330k in an instant. Got a 549k score a month later and then it halted. 150-200k all the time. Experimented with the no hammer strategy since I always died from a wild barrel drop on girder 4 with almost no success. Went back to the top hammer. 619k was done. My average jumped to 300-400k every time. Felt for the first time that a KS could be made. Took a month's break. Played 4 games yesterday and 3 of them really sucked. The 4:th is history. The only thing I regret is that it was on mame. I have Swedens only DK cabinet but I'm working in Norway
doing nothing so Iplay alot of classic games here + Cave shoot em ups.

I really don't know what to do next. Record it? Bottom hammer? Go for the mill? I'll think about it. The primary mission is done so I don't know. It doesn't really care that there is "no proof". I know what I've done and I'm satisfied with it.

DK rules!

Here is the road trip for DK and j.r btw. Some think it's hilarious and some think it's silly. Behold and judge!!

http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=4485.0

[ChrisP]

I would always recommend, to anyone who just got their first kill screen, that the first thing you should do is to try to do it again and see how long it takes.

Without naming names, there are people who have killscreened DK who took a big jump in their score to do it, but since they did it, have never come close to doing it again. Not that their kill screen was necessarily a fluke, but it was perhaps out of the ordinary and came earlier than it reasonably should have.

So I say, work on your consistency! Consistency is an underrated ability in this game (compared to point pressing). When you kill screen for a second or third time, that's when you know you've really got it down.

[dimmu--borgir]

This is exactly what I'd think about my first 549k score. So many 150-200k, a few 300k and only one +500k for months? Was it sheer luck?

But when I finally broke it with 619k Things changed. Got a few 500k scores and I felt for the first time that a KS is reachable. I'll take a short pause from DK now and see how I feel about everything.

A big thanks to the community and especially to Shane_NC for his barrel strategy video.

[Shane_NC]

congrats Dimmu! I am glad my barrel video helped some. Excellent job, must have felt great.

[Jonesy]

Congrats indeed! Well done!

Next year has to be my year!!

[Svavar]

Congratulations! I believe we are 2 Nordic kill screeners now 

[dimmu--borgir]

Thanks all. Yes, we are. You as Icelander doing it in Denmark and I as Swedish doing it in Norway. Talk about bordercrossing.. Now, where are the Finnish guys?

[syscrusher]

Well done, Christer!

Now, where are the Finnish guys?

Gotta get Tommi Tiihonnen out of retirement! I don't think he played much DK though.

[tudose]

well done, sir! keep it up

[dimmu--borgir]

Thanks again. Btw, made a wolfmame setup now to start recording things. How large file would an 1.5 hour play be? How do I send it/upload it if I make some groundbreaking progress?

[stella_blue]

Thanks again. Btw, made a wolfmame setup now to start recording things. How large file would an 1.5 hour play be? How do I send it/upload it if I make some groundbreaking progress?

Congratulations on your first killscreen, Christer!

The size of a recorded INP file (for 90 minutes of gameplay) will be close to 40 MB.  If you're using WolfMAME 0.106, you should zip the INP and WLF files together.  The resulting compressed archive should be less than 200 KB.

Once your zipped archive is ready, you can submit your score to MARP, Twin Galaxies (eventually), or another online scorekeeping entity.

If you wish to be included in our forum's Donkey Kong High Score List, simply post a reply in the Score Submissions thread.  Include the relevant information (name, final score, date achieved), and attach your ZIP file.