NintendoAge 2017 Weekly Contests Presents: Marble Madness

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  • Originally posted by: Xerxes

    Originally posted by: Jandrem



    Count me out this week, guys. I can't even get the participation score. I'm terrible at this game.



    Did you know that you can get 5k for a single jump on the first level? With the end of level bonus, you are almost half way there in the first level. Also one of the buttons makes you move faster.

     




    Whaaaat?
  • Originally posted by: Mega Tank

     
    Originally posted by: Xerxes

     
    Originally posted by: Jandrem



    Count me out this week, guys. I can't even get the participation score. I'm terrible at this game.



    Did you know that you can get 5k for a single jump on the first level? With the end of level bonus, you are almost half way there in the first level. Also one of the buttons makes you move faster.

     







    Whaaaat?





    Which part didn't make sense?
  • I am nowhere drunk enough to give that 1st level jump a try.

    I need to be really drunk to perform well on this, so I am sitting on my paltry 170K score for the week.
  • Originally posted by: Mega Tank

     
    Originally posted by: Xerxes

     
    Originally posted by: Jandrem



    Count me out this week, guys. I can't even get the participation score. I'm terrible at this game.



    Did you know that you can get 5k for a single jump on the first level? With the end of level bonus, you are almost half way there in the first level. Also one of the buttons makes you move faster.

     







    Whaaaat?





    The turns are ramped so that you can jump them and land on the numbers on the side to get a bonus of 3k, 4k or 5k. (It looks like you can also get 6k but I've never done it or seen anyone do it. Maybe it's a tease.)

     
  • Originally posted by: Xerxes

    Originally posted by: Mega Tank

     
    Originally posted by: Xerxes

     
    Originally posted by: Jandrem



    Count me out this week, guys. I can't even get the participation score. I'm terrible at this game.



    Did you know that you can get 5k for a single jump on the first level? With the end of level bonus, you are almost half way there in the first level. Also one of the buttons makes you move faster.

     







    Whaaaat?





    Which part didn't make sense?





    It was more of a Whaaaat? As in I did not know this.  
  • Another active week! Scoreboard has been updated!
  • Originally posted by: Mega Tank

     
    Originally posted by: Xerxes

     
    Originally posted by: Mega Tank

     
    Originally posted by: Xerxes

     
    Originally posted by: Jandrem



    Count me out this week, guys. I can't even get the participation score. I'm terrible at this game.



    Did you know that you can get 5k for a single jump on the first level? With the end of level bonus, you are almost half way there in the first level. Also one of the buttons makes you move faster.

     







    Whaaaat?





    Which part didn't make sense?







    It was more of a Whaaaat? As in I did not know this.  

    How silly of me.  



    I didn't make the connection about the button making you go faster until I got to the last level. The first part of it requires you to press the button to get going fast enough to make a jump. I finally got to the end and just kept dying.



    The cool part of the jump is that you get 65 sec on the second race no matter how long it takes you finish. You can try a few times to get it and still be ahead.
  • Also, I just saw Santa's newsletter and I'd like to say congrats to all the nominees for the HoF. That's a stacked list.
  • Anger sums it up.  Had to play in my spare room on my ancient little TV due to outside influences.  Old TV=no HDMI=no AVS=my not being able to put this on the scoreboard.



    177,650







    I like that you have a couple seconds to kill the black marble on the second level and not lose any time, since you'd wait for the bridge anyway.

     
  • And I just got dropped to 9th. Sweet.  

    Awesome score, Tall guy!
  • ^ Aw snap! Randy the Astonishing holding true to form!



    So I was wrong,170k won't assure you a top 8 finish. Incredible.
  • last score update- 176,620 wands exaclty where i needed them but three deaths



    and then i had this no death run earlier but zero wands lower score

  • This keeps getting more competitive by the minute!
  • I can't believe the top 8. To put this in perspective, it's like a 1943 contest where everyone's getting over 2 million.
  • Originally posted by: mbd39



    I can't believe the top 8. To put this in perspective, it's like a 1943 contest where everyone's getting over 2 million.

    People love them some Marble Madness.



     
  • Wow, I really thought I was going to take home a medal this week when I got my score... Ok, finally time to play some more and kill my hand. Side note: This must be the most competitive leaderboard, maybe in the history of the weekly contests...
  • It is absolutely insane how competitive it is.

    The cut out for 8th place is just too high. And the difference between the top 4 is really small. It is a thing of beauty!  



    Also, I still feel dirty for playing with marbles.  
  • Well, this is as close as I can get in one night I guess. Getting too frustrated to continue. Congrats to all the high rollers. I'm not one of them this time!



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  • 9TH PLACE. Could somebody please bump me down to 10th?



    I'm never competing in a Marble Madness contest again when it is this competitive. Fuck this shit.
  • Originally posted by: Fluffy

    Wow, I really thought I was going to take home a medal this week when I got my score... Ok, finally time to play some more and kill my hand. Side note: This must be the most competitive leaderboard, maybe in the history of the weekly contests...



    everyone likes playing with marbles  
  • Originally posted by: mbd39



    9TH PLACE. Could somebody please bump me down to 10th?



    I'm never competing in a Marble Madness contest again when it is this competitive. Fuck this shit.



    I wish I could help with that, but I have neither the time nor the proper mind set to try to score over 171K.  

    It is hard to believe those final standings. Wow.

     
  • I finally managed to beat the game without dying. Played at least once a day all week. Dreamed of marbles more than I care to admit. I had some sort of absolute miracle run, nothing could touch me. Sadly, no wands.



    Landed at a bit over 150k. Nowhere near the top 8. xD
  • Score: 49,100



    I'm not good at this game  



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  • Originally posted by: Bea_Iank

     
    Originally posted by: mbd39



    9TH PLACE. Could somebody please bump me down to 10th?



    I'm never competing in a Marble Madness contest again when it is this competitive. Fuck this shit.



    I wish I could help with that, but I have neither the time nor the proper mind set to try to score over 171K.  

    It is hard to believe those final standings. Wow.

     



    I can't score over 171k. I tried until late last night and again today and it wasn't happening.



    Well maybe by next MM contest I will have improved.
  • Eff the silly race. I feel like I'm losing my marbles at that one... Ok, another shot...
  • Originally posted by: mbd39

     
    Originally posted by: Bea_Iank

     
    Originally posted by: mbd39



    9TH PLACE. Could somebody please bump me down to 10th?



    I'm never competing in a Marble Madness contest again when it is this competitive. Fuck this shit.



    I wish I could help with that, but I have neither the time nor the proper mind set to try to score over 171K.  

    It is hard to believe those final standings. Wow.

     



    I can't score over 171k. I tried until late last night and again today and it wasn't happening.



    Well maybe by next MM contest I will have improved.



    And I need to get an everdrive asap so I can play games like this with a proper controller.

    The keyboard limited me greatly here, but even then I don't think I would be able to cut top 5 with the scores posted so far.

     
  • Originally posted by: Bea_Iank

     
    Originally posted by: mbd39

     
    Originally posted by: Bea_Iank

     
    Originally posted by: mbd39



    9TH PLACE. Could somebody please bump me down to 10th?



    I'm never competing in a Marble Madness contest again when it is this competitive. Fuck this shit.



    I wish I could help with that, but I have neither the time nor the proper mind set to try to score over 171K.  

    It is hard to believe those final standings. Wow.

     



    I can't score over 171k. I tried until late last night and again today and it wasn't happening.



    Well maybe by next MM contest I will have improved.



    And I need to get an everdrive asap so I can play games like this with a proper controller.

    The keyboard limited me greatly here, but even then I don't think I would be able to cut top 5 with the scores posted so far.

     





    I doubt I could even complete the game with a keyboard. That is an awful control choice for this game.

     
  • Originally posted by: mbd39

     
    Originally posted by: Bea_Iank



    And I need to get an everdrive asap so I can play games like this with a proper controller.

    The keyboard limited me greatly here, but even then I don't think I would be able to cut top 5 with the scores posted so far.

     





    I doubt I could even complete the game with a keyboard. That is an awful control choice for this game.

     



    It absolutely is, but I have this flaw of always wanting to make things more difficult and complex than they should be...



     
  • Originally posted by: mbd39



    9TH PLACE. Could somebody please bump me down to 10th?



    I'm never competing in a Marble Madness contest again when it is this competitive. Fuck this shit.





    Look at it this way,you scored 170k+,something that many can't do. Look at all the people below you....there are a lot. 



    Plus the next time it's played,you will do better.
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