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TCB 63: Longcat's shotgun

Challenge #218, Viewed 6085 Time(s)

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Total Members Voted: 1
Name: TCB 63: Longcat's shotgun
Type: Misc
Moderator: Netherlands DarkOne

Started: April 03, 2013, 12:59 AM
Expire time: April 24, 2013, 01:30 AM

EXPIRED
You can still submit your time. But you won't recieve the 4 points as it is not the current challenge anymore.

Challenge maps:
Scheme File(s): scheme TCB63

Description:
Does your worm have the perseverance to climb to infinity? Find out if you can exceed the altitude of the great Longcat on his day out paddling in the Pacific ocean!

Rules and objectives:

- Start by placing one worm on one of Longcat's feet.
- End by standing your worm on one of Longcat's ears.
- Use shotguns to build a path to the finish.
- You have 40 turns to complete this challenge.
Name: Longcat's shotgun by Bloopy
Best Record: 27 by van, _ssm_, Statik, barman, Incog
Pending times: 0
Number of members participated: 11
Number of Records: 16

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Downloaded 523 time(s)
Recorded Country Player Recorded Groups Record Replay Map Points Posted Overall Points Overall Rate Info
1st Poland van RoH 27t 20 April 03, 2013, 03:10 PM 1,119 Beginner
1st Russian Federation _ssm_ che 27t 20 April 05, 2013, 08:23 AM 7,840 Elite
1st Russian Federation Statik dt sm fp 27t 20 April 08, 2013, 06:33 PM 5,908 Elite
1st Poland barman AeF rM FoS 27t 20 April 14, 2013, 06:54 PM 1,790 Competent
1st Spain Incog RS 27t 20 April 22, 2013, 04:03 PM 1,371 Novice
2nd Netherlands DarkOne WQDB TdC NfBX 28t 15 April 03, 2013, 01:31 AM 1,343 Novice
3rd Serbia Ramone b2b 28t 10 April 07, 2013, 12:55 PM 1,093 Beginner
Bulgaria Worm_gamer che dS pd 28t 0 April 22, 2013, 05:01 PM 3,906 Elite
4th Finland VoK TdC FwB 30t 5 April 06, 2013, 03:13 PM 1,068 Absolute Beginner
5th Finland Husk TdC b2b 32t 4 April 03, 2013, 07:17 PM 5,233 Elite
6th Italy Sbaffo 69 WM pd 33t 3 April 03, 2013, 10:57 AM 1,957 Veteran

Statistics of this challenge

Points Overall Points Overall Rate
Poland barman 25 1,790
Poland van 25 1,119
Russian Federation Statik 25 5,908
Spain Incog 25 1,371
Russian Federation _ssm_ 25 7,840
Netherlands DarkOne 20 1,343
Serbia Ramone 20 1,093
Bulgaria Worm_gamer 20 3,906
Finland VoK 15 1,068
Finland Husk 10 5,233
Italy Sbaffo 9 1,957
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Offline h3oCharles

Challenge #767, TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold
« on: July 05, 2020, 11:12 AM »
what's the ranking exactly? how many super sheeps we have left? or how many we used? also are there crates with super sheep?
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Offline Xrayez

Re: Challenge #767, TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2020, 04:26 PM »
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Place your worm inside the box

First attempt failed.  >:(

« Last Edit: July 05, 2020, 06:18 PM by Xrayez »
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Offline Deadcode

Re: Challenge #767, TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2020, 10:11 PM »
What counts as hitting a numbered box with a supersheep? Does the sheep's collision mask have to touch the box (in which case, does hitting the platforms above the box count?), or just the sheep's explosion radius?

As for the scoring, since it's not specified in any way, I'm going to assume for now that it's 50 minus the number of sheep used. I wonder if this is the method ScaredEwo used to self-score with 10pts.

Edit: Apparently lower scores rank higher in this, so I'm guessing the score is the number of Super Sheep used. That's what I entered for my score (17 sheep used, 33 remaining).

Also, why are the replays hidden in this challenge? I downloaded ScaredEwo's replay after I got 17pts, because I wanted to know if they too submitted a score equal to the number of sheep used, and it turns out they did (how they knew this, I have no idea) which is a friggin' amazing score given that the minimum score is 7pts, so congratulations ScaredEwo! I didn't watch the replay (in case there's a legitimate reason replays were hidden), only looked at the Export Log output.
« Last Edit: July 07, 2020, 01:35 AM by Deadcode »
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Offline ScaredEwo

Re: Challenge #767, TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2020, 05:04 PM »
Thanks! GJ also, you improved your first score quite a bit. Grr, it's so hard to finish without stupid mistakes. And ye, this kind of scoring system seemed to make most sense to me, so I just went with it.
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Offline Deadcode

Re: Challenge #767, TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2020, 07:51 PM »
Wow, great job ScaredEwo.

I thought I wouldn't be able to get 9pts again let alone beat it, but finally managed to at least get it again. This time it doesn't depend on the answer to "does hitting the platforms above the box count?".
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Offline LeTotalKiller

Re: Challenge #767, TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2020, 06:16 AM »
I should stop assuming TCB descriptions are self-sufficient :D

Yes, your score depends on the number of supersheep used, and I would say that a "box" includes the platforms. I am also unhiding the replays, I hid them by default because there are challenges where that actually matters (such as TCB13) and my thinking didn't go much further. Speaking of the replays, I'll check them soon enough!
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Offline orbik

Re: Challenge #767, TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2020, 08:51 PM »
I guess there will be several perfect (7) scores. ;) I included also a full flyaround at 5:34 (turn around or near each checkpoint).
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Offline orbik

Re: Challenge #767, TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2020, 09:04 PM »
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- Less Fewer supersheep used ranks higher. (= Your score is the number of supersheep used.)
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Offline Xrayez

Re: Challenge #767, TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2020, 10:02 AM »
Makes me wonder what resolution you're playing on.  ???

I couldn't even get past the 6th box.  :(
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Offline DarkOne

Re: Challenge #767, TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2020, 03:31 PM »
Rules were written with the thought in mind that people generally don't read long text. Also, exhaustive text that covers everything will mean that by the time you finish reading, the challenge is over  :-X
Added bonus is that gray areas are entirely up to the discretion of the mod, who will use the same criteria while checking every submission.
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Offline Deadcode

Re: Challenge #767, TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2020, 10:18 PM »
LTK, I think you approved the wrong ScaredEwo replay. That 10pts replay is not valid, as the rules clearly say "Place your worm inside the box with the number 1", "teleport your worm inside box number 2", etc., but the second sheep in that replay is fired from outside the 2nd box.

And yet ScaredEwo's 9pts replay perfectly follows the rules and is not approved yet.
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Offline LeTotalKiller

Re: Challenge #767, TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2020, 06:01 PM »
Quote from: Deadcode on July 24, 2020, 10:18 PM
LTK, I think you approved the wrong ScaredEwo replay. That 10pts replay is not valid, as the rules clearly say "Place your worm inside the box with the number 1", "teleport your worm inside box number 2", etc., but the second sheep in that replay is fired from outside the 2nd box.

And yet ScaredEwo's 9pts replay perfectly follows the rules and is not approved yet.

Ohhh, well spotted! That's the sort of detail I didn't get to spot right away when watching the very first replay very fast. As to the other replay, I just needed time; it's now approved.

Also, congratulations to orbik and you on winning this challenge! Here's a TA replay by DarkOne for this one.
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Offline h3oCharles

Re: Challenge #767, TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2020, 12:01 PM »
can one just go straight from 1 to 7, and then 7 to 8?
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