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Gaming and Grazing / The warfish.net (Risk by web) thread.

« on: December 26, 2007, 07:11:32 pm »

Okay, so I know we've got a bunch of strategy gamers on here. And most of you have got to have heard of, if not played, Risk. Warfish.net is a lot like Risk, only you don't have to sit down at a table and roll dice for hours in order to play it. Also there is a variety of custom game boards from subscribing members that are available to use.
To start, go to http://warfish.net/networks/TSC_Upthorn, and give it your email. It will send me an email telling me you're trying to join up, and need to be invited to a game. After your first game, you can set up new games, invite new people, set up your own recruitment page, etc..
First games with me are probably going to be on either the default map or the World War 2 map. After we've got more people signed up, I'll try to get a game going on a huge map like Texas.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with risk, the wikipedia article has a good rundown of the rules and basic strategies.

EDIT: Important notice!
If you sign up using this link here, after you've been invited to your first game you will have to select "allow others to invite me using only my profile id" in the account subsection of the settings tab, in order for other players to be able to invite you to other games that they may start up in the future.

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Competition Central / S3&K (Knuckles) Marble Garden 2 route question.

« on: October 07, 2006, 06:06:03 pm »

I'm working on an all emeralds TAS of S3K as Knuckles.
Currently, Marble Garden 2 is the one level where I make no detours for giant rings and don't beat the TSC time.

The runner's comment for his time (or rather, a prior time which presumably uses the same route) is

Same glitch as Sonic, yes it can be done on S3&K but ended up at Knuckles real boss at 38 seconds...

Presumably this refers to the glitch where sonic can get above the level and run across the ceiling to save massive amounts of time.
As Knuckles I can get above the ceiling, but whereever I do so, there are mysterious objects that keep knuckles from moving forward, are taller than his jump height, and can't be climbed. (When I try to climb them, the moment I press up, I'm pushed back down onto the level, and the ceiling ejects me to the left). So currently, I'm using Mike89's strategy, which allows me to end the level by beating Sonic's boss at 1:18

The video for Sonic shows him using a top to get above the level, but this seems to take 30-45 seconds, which seems like it would end up giving me a time even slower than I currently have.

So what's the trick, is it just using a top to get above the level? Or is there some way for knuckles to get around those mysterious obstacles?
It's really bothering me that my TAS time for this level is 19 seconds slower than than the real-time play record.

Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Edit:
For the curious, my current level times are
Angel Island 1: 0:55 (2 giant rings)
Angel Island 2: 0:35 (0 giant rings)
Hydrocity 1: 0:54 (2 giant rings)
Hydrocity 2: 1:18 (0 giant rings)
Marble Garden 1: 0:46 (3 giant rings, Super @ 0:31)
Marble Garden 2: 0:44 (0 giant rings)
Carnival Night 1: 0:48 (0 giant rings, Super @ 0:10)
Carnival Night 2: 0:34 (0 giant rings, Super @ 0:10)
Ice Cap 1: 0:57 (1 giant ring, Super @ 0:09)
Ice Cap 2: 0:50 (1 giant ring, Super @ 0:10)
Launch Base 1: 1:25 (0 giant rings, Super @ 0:51)
Launch Base 2: 1:34 (1 giant rings, Super @ 0:15) (No timer stop glitch)
Mushroom Hill 1: 1:00 (4 giant rings)
Mushroom Hill 2: 0:59 (3 giant rings, Hyper @ 0:42)