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TSC Race Night / Race Night January - March Schedule

« on: December 23, 2012, 12:37:59 pm »

Here is the new Race Nights schedule for January till March:

05 January - Week off
12 January - Week off
19 January - Race 16: Sonic Advance 2
26 January - Unofficial 2: Sonic Robo Blast 2

02 February - Race 17: Shadow the Hedgehog
09 February - Race 18: Sonic 3D Blast
16 February - Race 19: Sonic Heroes
23 February - Unofficial 3: Sonic Classic Heroes

02 March - Race 20: Sonic 1
09 March - Race 21: Sonic Unleashed Wii-PS2 (became player's choice RN)
16 March - Race 22: Sonic 4 Episode 2
23 March - Unofficial 4: Sonic 1 Amy
30 March - Week off (Marathon)

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TSC Race Night / Race Night 15: Sonic Riders

« on: December 23, 2012, 08:01:01 am »

Another game I don't own and don't anything about it. The only goal I can think of is:

1) Beat Hero Story: 2
2) Beat Babylon Story
3) Beat Hero and Babylon Story: 4

Current as of reply #10


If there are any more goals let me know and I will add them. Voting will close on Saturday 12pm EST. There's a possibility I may not be around so much on Saturday as it's mine and Dan's anniversary on race day, we could be out. So in case that happens Hyper has very kindly stepped up to help close the vote and set the room up if I'm not there. Thanks :D

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TSC Race Night / Race Night 14: Knuckles Chaotix

« on: December 16, 2012, 09:32:13 am »

The next game is Knuckles Chaotix. I have checked on SRL for goals but the game hasn't been raced yet. All I think of are:

1) Beat the game: 4
2) Beat the game with all Chaos Rings: 1

Current as of reply #5

Any characters can be chosen. Voting will close on Saturday at 12pm EST.


As for All Stars Racing Transformed, I have decided to take it off the games to race list and that includes All Stars Racing as well. My reasons for this are:
1) There wasn't a lot of interest showing on the topic
2) Only two people showed up
3) The game was only put up on the list because it was brand new and we thought people might want to race, it never received any votes on the games to race discussion topic
4) The ASRT charts still aren't up on TSC mainly due to not a lot of interest which says quite a bit about the game
5) From irc last night people don't seem to be interested in racing this again or ASR either

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TSC Race Night / Race Night 13: Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed

« on: December 08, 2012, 07:15:28 pm »

I don't own this game so I have no idea what goals to use. I have looked on SRL for ideas and all I can see is beating some cups on beginner. So how about you guys give me some ideas on what goals to use, plus your vote as well and I'll add them to the list.

1) All normal cups: 1
2) All mirror cups: 1
3) All normal cups and mirror cups: 1

Current as of reply #7

You have till Saturday 12pm EST to vote.

I should also tell you that SRL is switching IRC servers on 14th December, which is the day before the race. So you need to register your nick on irc.speedrunslive.com:6667! Do that before you race please.

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TSC Race Night / Race Night 12: Sonic 2

« on: December 01, 2012, 07:11:06 pm »

Goals for this are:
1) Beat the game as Sonic: 6
2) Beat the game as Knuckles: 2
3) Beat the game with all chaos emeralds as Sonic: 3
4) Beat the game with all chaos emeralds as Knuckles

Current as of reply #12.

You have till Saturday 12pm EST to vote.

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Competition Central / Help with Gens11a

« on: November 27, 2012, 05:00:10 am »

For some reason I seem to be having trouble recording from Gens11a recently. Obviously the .gmv works perfectly, but when I put it through vdub, in anri-chan the video is corrupt. The music is just static and the video is split into three parts. The bottom shows the level select, the left part of the screen shows the right part of the screen and vice versa. It's only like this for about a minute and then it's fine, but the beginning bit of the video is ruined. At first I thought my netbook probably couldn't handle .gmvs anymore, so I just recorded on my new PC and the exact same thing happened. Can anyone tell me how to sort this out? Would re-downloading Gens11a sort out the problem?

Edit: fixed the problem :D

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TSC Race Night / Race Night 11: Sonic 06

« on: November 24, 2012, 08:02:16 pm »

Any version of the game is allowed. The goals for this are:
1) Beat the game as Sonic: 5
2) Beat the game as Shadow: 2
3) Beat the game as Silver: 1

You have till Saturday 12pm EST to vote.

Current as of reply #12

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TSC Race Night / Race Night 10: Sonic 4 Episode 1

« on: November 18, 2012, 06:54:25 am »

The next game to race is Sonic 4 Episode 1. The only goals I can think of are:

1) Beat the game
2) Beat the game with all emeralds

I have a feeling goal one will win for some reason >_>

You have till Saturday 12pm EST to vote for the goal you want.

Votes:
Beat the game: 5

Current as of reply #13

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TSC Race Night / SA2 race

« on: November 16, 2012, 04:00:36 pm »

I was told that SA2 is coming out to PC on this Monday coming, so wondered if anyone is interested in racing the game to celebrate it. I was thinking Tuesday maybe same time as TSCRN, could change it if people want to. Goals will be either Dark story or all three stories, since we raced Hero last time. Let me know by Monday 10pm EST.

1) All stories: 3
2) Dark Story: 3

6pm EST: 2

Current as of reply #22

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TSC Race Night / Race Night 9: S1GG

« on: November 03, 2012, 08:41:15 pm »

Another successful race with SADX. We beat the largest race number for SADX on SRL by six racers and we made it to double figures again.

The next race is Sonic 1 GG. Either GG or MS version is allowed. GG version must be used. There are really only two goals for this, which is beat the game or beat the game with chaos emeralds. You have till Saturday 12pm EDT to vote.

1) No chaos emeralds: 5

Current as of reply #12

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TSC Race Night / Unofficial Race Night 1

« on: November 03, 2012, 03:51:35 pm »

Since we have two weeks till hack night, might as get started since I think it might take a while to organise. So I was thinking maybe up to three games. So let me know what hacks you want to race in. You have till Saturday 12pm EDT to vote, then we'll work on goals if needed. Here are the games for you to chose from:

• Sonic 1 Tails
• Sonic 1 Knuckles
• Sonic 1 Amy
• Sonic 1 Difficult Delusions
• Sonic 1 Omachao Edition
• Sonic 1 Megamix
• Sonic 1 Return To The Origin
• Sonic 1 Alt
• Sonic the One Ring
• Sonic 2 Retro Remix
• Sonic 2 Secret Rings Control
• Robotnik's Revenge
• Sonic Robo Blast 2
• Sonic Classic Heroes
• Sonic 3D: No Flickies
• Sonic Time Attacked
• Sonic Before the Sequel
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2D
• Sonic Ultimate Flash

Sonic 1 Return To The Origin: 2
Sonic 2 Secret Rings Control: 1
Sonic Robo Blast 2: 4
Sonic 1 Omachao Edition: 2
Robotnik's Revenge: 5
Sonic 1 Amy: 3
Sonic Megamix: 2
Sonic 1 Tails: 2
Sonic Classic Heroes: 4
Sonic 3D No Flickies: 2
Sonic 2 Retro Remix: 5

Current as of reply #35

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TSC Race Night / Race Night 8: Sonic Adventure (DX)

« on: October 28, 2012, 06:52:05 am »

Again another success with SCD. We beat the largest race number on SRL for SCD with 13 players (another race with double figures). It used to be 7.

For the next 3D race, it's SADX.  Please tell me what goals you want to race. You have till Saturday Friday 12pm EDT to vote.

1) Beat the game as Sonic: 7
2) Beat the game as Tails: 3
3) Beat the game as Knuckles: 4
4) Beat the game as Amy: 2
5) Beat the game as Big: 2
6) Beat the game as Gamma: 2
7) Complete all stories: 2

Current as of reply #14

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TSC Race Night / TSC anniversary race night

« on: October 22, 2012, 03:57:42 pm »

I just found out that it is TSC's anniversary tomorrow. I have suggested a race tomorrow and some people are interested in it. I know it's really short notice but is anyone up for a race to celebrate it tomorrow? Not sure what game yet :/

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TSC Race Night / Race Night 7: Sonic CD

« on: October 21, 2012, 07:42:00 am »

Last night was another success. Two things happened. 1) Another race had the number of people racing in the double figures. 2) We had 11 people racing so we beat the previous largest race number for Generations on SRL by 6.

Back to 2D and the chosen game is Sonic CD. Please tell me what goals you want to see. You have till Saturday 12pm EDT to vote.

As for the rotation I will begin working on it this week. Just the main games at the moment, the hacks need a little bit more time.

1) Beat the game as Sonic: 6
2) Beat the game as Tails: 2

Current as of reply #20

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TSC Race Night / Race Night 6: Sonic Generations

« on: October 14, 2012, 08:11:39 am »

Well last night was another success. Last week we saw Sonic Adventure 2 breaking the largest race number on SRL and we almost did it again with Advance 1 but unfortunately somebody had to drop out at the last moment due to lag issues :(

Anyway from chat on the race channel, turns out people would like to see generations for next Saturday. As this is a very long game and has different goals on SRL, I would like as much feedback as possible on what goal you guys would like.

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TSC Race Night / Games to race discussion

« on: October 07, 2012, 10:18:00 pm »

So as not to make a mistake like Heroes, I have started this topic so that you guys can discuss what games you would like to race in. From the previous weeks I would say S3&K and SA2B are a definite.

Totals

• Sonic 1: 11 (1)
• Sonic 2: 11 (2)
• Sonic CD (2011): 8 (1)
• Sonic 3 & Knuckles: 11 (1)
• Sonic 4 Episode 1: 5 (1)
• Sonic 4 Episode 2: 4 (1)
• Sonic 4 Episode Metal: 4
• Knuckles Chaotix: 4 (1)
• Sonic 3D Blast: 6 (1)
• Sonic Adventure (DX): 11 (1)
• Sonic Adventure 2 (B): 11 (1)
• Sonic Heroes: 5 (2)
• Shadow the Hedgehog: 4 (1)
• Sonic 06: 5 (1)
• Sonic and the Secret Rings: 2
• Sonic and the Black Knight: 1
• Sonic Unleashed Wii-PS2: 4
• Sonic Unleashed 360-PS3: 3
• Sonic Colors Wii: 5 (1)
• Sonic Generations: 4 (1)
• Sonic 1 (GG/MS): 6 (1)
• Sonic 2 (GG/MS): 4 (1)
• Sonic Chaos: 4
• Sonic Triple Trouble: 3
• Sonic Pocket Adventure: 1
• Sonic Advance: 7 (1)
• Sonic Advance 2: 6 (1)
• Sonic Advance 3: 6
• Sonic Rush: 3
• Sonic Rush Adventure: 4
• Sonic Colors DS: 1
• Sonic Generations 3DS: 0
• Sonic Drift: 2
• Sonic Drift 2: 3
• Sonic R: 4
• Sonic Riders: 3 (1)
• Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity: 2
• Sonic Free Riders: 1
• Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing: 3
• Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Transformed: 2
• Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing DS: 0
• Sonic Rivals: 1
• Sonic Rivals 2: 1
• Sonic the Fighters: 0
• Sonic Battle: 0
• Sonic Jam: 0
• Sonic Labyrinth: 1
• Sonic Blast: 1
• Tails Adventure: 1

Hacks & Fangames

• Sonic 1 Difficult Delusions: 1
• Sonic 1 Tails: 3
• Sonic 1 Knuckles: 3
• Sonic 1 Amy: 2 (1)
• Robotnik's Revenge: 2 (1)
• Sonic Robo Blast 2: 7 (1)
• Sonic 1 Omachao Edition: 2
• Sonic 1 Megamix: 3
• Sonic 2 Retro Remix: 4 (1)
• Sonic 1 Return to Origin: 1
• Sonic the One Ring: 1
• Sonic 1 Alt: 2
• Sonic Classic Heroes: 1 (1)
• Sonic 3D: No Flickies: 2
• Sonic 2 Secret Rings Control: 2
• Sonic Time Attacked: 1
• Sonic Before the Sequel: 3
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2D: 1
• Sonic Ultimate Flash: 1

Red: Not enough interest in the game for a race.
Default: Game has enough interest but has not been raced yet.
Green: Game has been raced, with the number of races in parentheses.
Orange: Game was intended to be raced, or has been raced, but due to little interest (i.e., 2 or less people), this game has been retired. Can be put back with more interest.
Blue: Game has notably received more interest since, and might be put in the rotation for a test run in the future.

**Special Races, including those that replace scheduled games, are not to be included here.

Current as of Reply #74

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TSC Race Night / Please read if new to Race Nights

« on: October 07, 2012, 09:53:13 pm »

Here are some things you should know about Race Nights, so that you understand how it works:

1) If you don't see a game in this list but would like it added, please either talk to me or HyperSonic about it or discuss the matter in this topic.

2) If you want to know what games will be in upcoming Race Nights, the current schedule will be stickied on the Race Nights forum. Beyond the current schedule, however, the answer is generally either sometime in the future, it happened already, or it won't happen this year, depending on the game you're asking about.

3) We will be alternating between 2D and 3D games every week and racing a hack/fangame on the last week of the month.

4) You may race on any version of the game on either console or emulator, unless otherwise specified. Streaming is highly recommended but not outright required, except as outlined in the SRL FAQ (see #8).

5) We will always be starting on a new file when racing, unless otherwise specified.

6) If a goal isn't stated in a race topic by Saturday 11am EDT, then the mods will reach a decision by the time the race room opens.

7) Every race will be on a Saturday at 4pm EDT, with the exception of some Special Races, which may be on different days and/or start at a different time for a good reason.

8) All races will be held at the SpeedRunsLive IRC channel. Please go here to read up on SRL's rules, if you're not familiar with them. The FAQ will also go over the basics of SRL if you're new to that.

9) The race room will be created one hour before the race starts. If you're not there by the time the race starts, you won't be racing. There can be times where the race will be delayed for a short period of time if there is a very good reason; however, in the vast majority of cases, if you are not ready by at least ~10 minutes after scheduled start, you will be kicked out of the race by an SRL voice, halfop, or op. No general exceptions will be granted.

10) If you are interested in joining the Race Nights Skype group, read these rules to find out how to join (and stay) in the Skype group.

Have fun :D

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TSC Race Night / Race Night 5: Sonic Advance 1

« on: October 07, 2012, 07:52:05 pm »

So we talked about it in the race channel and lots of people were up for it. The next race will be Sonic Advance 1. You guys have till Saturday morning to decide on a goal. Race will be on Saturday 13 October 5pm EDT and you must be at SRL before the start of the race.

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TSC Race Night / Race nights so far...

« on: September 23, 2012, 03:41:55 pm »

So 23 people voted for yes to bring back Race Nights, which we did. Two weeks have gone by and despite 23 people voting, I have not seen the two races we had so far even hit double figures. Obviously something is wrong when 10 people vote for a race and only 3 people raced it >_>

Basically this topic is for finding out why people are voting but not turning up? what other problems are there? and what would you like to see?

Seeing 23 people vote for it to come back, surely there is some interest in it. So let's try and fix this!

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TSC Race Night / Race Night 2: Sonic Heroes

« on: September 16, 2012, 09:53:04 am »

I have picked the top 5 games that has the most competitors on TSC, so hopefully we'll have more people racing. You have till Tuesday 5pm EDT (10pm for the Brits, 7am for Aussies) to vote for your favourite game. Shortly after that I will post some goals for the chosen game.

I know Unleashed is a very long game, we can easily set short goals for it.

Another thing I want to know since this was brought up on IRC: is everyone happy with race night being once a week with alternate 2D/3D races or would you like it twice a week? Oh and is there anyone who would be interested in racing Sonic hacks? Comments please!

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Competition Central / Revive TSC Race Nights?

« on: September 07, 2012, 05:42:56 pm »

After reading on some posts about bringing the community back together, I pitched an idea to the admins about reviving TSC Race Nights. As last time this happened it was a success and looked like people were having fun. However, I was told that this stopped because of SRL.

I was thinking of maybe doing a 2D race one week, then a 3D race the other week, since there might be some people out there who hate racing let's say 2D and would rather race 3D. Just to mix it up a bit. We could also race hacks if people wanted to, even Sonic games that aren't on TSC such as Spinball.

This poll is just to see if people would be interested in doing something like this again. If so there will be more talk on how to implement it, because of SRL.

Please post your comments about this as there is probably something I haven't thought of or you guys might have some ideas of your own.

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Competition Central / Sonic CD 2011 charts?

« on: December 22, 2011, 08:57:10 am »

I'm not sure if it has been decided on whether to make charts for this game or not, but I thought I make a topic on it and get started on it. I have finally got everything unlocked and messed around it with it, so I have -some- idea on how to chart it >_>

Sonic CD 2011 Charts

Times, Rings and Scores
~ Sonic
~ Tails

Palmtree Panic 1
Palmtree Panic 2
Palmtree Panic 3
Collision Chaos 1
Collision Chaos 2
Collision Chaos 3
Tidal Tempest 1
Tidal Tempest 2
Tidal Tempest 3
Quartz Quadrant 1
Quartz Quadrant 2
Quartz Quadrant 3
Wacky Workbench 1
Wacky Workbench 2
Wacky Workbench 3
Stardust Speedway 1
Stardust Speedway 2
Stardust Speedway 3
Metallic Madness 1
Metallic Madness 2
Metallic Madness 3 (time and rings only)

Special

~Total Special

Special Stage 1
Special Stage 2
Special Stage 3
Special Stage 4
Special Stage 5
Special Stage 6
Special Stage 7

Rules
* Activation of the Debug mode is not allowed.

Time Divisions
* Use stage select for both characters.

Rings Divisions
* Use stage select for both characters.
* In Wacky Workbench 1 collecting rings from the angel statue doesn't count.

Score Divisions
* Use stage select for both characters.
* Scores must be attained in a single continuous run (without deaths).

Special Divisions
* The game's Time Attack mode is to be used for setting records as Sonic.

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Competition Central / Flying Fox is retiring!

« on: October 02, 2011, 12:47:36 pm »

I know from past experience being here at TSC that many people have said that they’re retiring and yet returned to competition within a month or two. Sadly this will not be the case for me. I have been thinking about this for a month now, trying to decide whether I was making the right decision or not.

I first started thinking about it after I finally claimed the most records award (something that I had been after for many months). My main goal at TSC was to be recognised as one the best female sonic players at TSC. Once I finally claimed my prize and was reading posts from the thread that Zeupar put up on the front page, I felt happy that I achieved my goal. After that for quite a while I had no interest in competing again. I felt like that I had served my purpose, that I was done or however you want to put it >_>

So for weeks I had been thinking about it, trying to see if I was making the right decision. Last night I was thinking about what I had been doing with my life in the past 2-3 years. Then it hit me! I was a completely different person before I joined TSC. I had a job, was going out a lot more than I used to and was a bit more outgoing. I figured that I must’ve got too wrapped up in competing, that I didn’t do anything else. I remember in the beginning I just kept getting records and really loved that feeling of knowing that I was good. I felt like I had to keep this image of me being really good up all the time, so I let TSC consume my life, which thinking about it is really stupid >_>

I am 26 years old with no job, no social life and still living with my mum, and it’s not the life I want. I feel like in order to achieve the new goals that I want in life that I must retire from TSC. So that way I can find new things to do to fill the void in my life. I know all this sounds silly but I feel really strongly about this and making this decision has made me happy. It is time to move on and do other things.

Well better wrap this up because this has gone on for too long. I have really enjoyed my time here at TSC and have made some friends here (a few that I have met and others I would like to meet one day). I will still be hanging around IRC because it contains a lot of awesome people there. I also will be trying out some speed runs at SDA in my spare time, right now currently doing Sonic Triple Trouble. Now I just need to figure out what I want from life :P

Time for me to go~ :o

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Leaderboard Disputes / Attn: SonicDX17

« on: April 04, 2011, 04:02:38 pm »

Please can you provide proof of the following stats from Sonic 4:
1) Lost Labyrinth 1 Score Super Sonic
2) Lost Labyrinth 2 Time Sonic

Also could you please say how you obtained 451 rings on Lost Labyrinth 2.

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Competition Central / A bit of a problem

« on: November 09, 2010, 07:31:08 am »

Thought I should bring this up. I seem to be having a problem with my wii. Twice it didn't save times on S4. I did do them in time attack mode and I do write down my stats on a piece of paper. Just wondered has anyone else have this problem or is it just my wii? :(

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Rules Revisions / Sonic Heroes Team Battle Rule

« on: June 29, 2010, 01:14:36 pm »

Boss Divisions
*In the Team battles, if the battle ends before you gain control of your team, your stat is void.

Ok about a few days ago I was messing around on Team Two with Team Sonic. I accidently activated the glitch and I got a time of 0:04:81. I tested it to see what the actual time was that Sonic starts moving by using the previous and next frame button on anri chan. The time I found out that they start moving was 0:04:66 - 0:04:71, which proves that I did gain control of Team Sonic before the battle ended. However, I spoke to some people about this (a couple of them being admins), and some say that it is legit while others say it isn't.

I know this was a talking point not long ago but I think this needs to be sorted out properly, because I have no idea whether to submit this or not. So is my stat legit or does the rule need to be re-worded?

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Wikkity! / TSC is now on facebook!!!

« on: May 26, 2010, 06:52:58 am »

Well the title says it all. TSC now has a group on facebook. Kitsune (I think) sent a message to the members saying can someone make a topic on TSC about this and/or invite more people from TSC. So I'm doing that now because I'm nice and also Kitsune you're lazy you could've done it yorself >:O

So if your on facebook and want to join, just search for a group called The Sonic Center and sign up :)

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Rules Revisions / About my score on Scrap Brain 1 (S1GG)

« on: March 21, 2010, 08:47:23 am »

http://www.soniccenter.org/rankings/sonic_1_gg/scores/scrap_brain_1

Score Divisions
Scores must be attained in a single continuous run (without deaths).

Sorry if I sound like a total noob but I get easily confused and at the time I thought it was ok but now I'm not sure :( In my run for this I started out in the beginning with a score of 106,300. I then proceeded to the switch to hit it so that the bar will automatically open next time I approach it. By doing this I will have a bit more time to collect an extra ring which is how I got 100 more points than the previous record. Anyway, in that run I avoided the enemies and the monitor so that way I didn't get any extra points. I died at one those lightning spheres and then died again right at the start so I can get the extra 10 rings from the signpost. Then I did the full run without dying.

Before the time and ring bonus was added I got 116,700 so that would be 10k from the signpost, 400 points from 3 enemies and the monitor. I didn't get any extra points in the previous runs. At the end of my run I got 153,500 so subtract that from 106,300 you will get 47,200.

Now from that I would say it was legit but I'm not an admin and I would like to make sure this was legit as pretty soon as I will be recording a video of this to on TSC. There is a mmv of it on the randon giz topic so you can watch it to make sure.

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Wikkity! / Weird thing that just happened to me

« on: February 18, 2010, 04:10:43 pm »

I was going through my S2 stats wondering if I should go back to competing in it, when I saw this. Mike put skype on my computer so it reckons it's a calling code to singapore XD

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Wikkity! / Once again not leaving TSC

« on: December 26, 2009, 05:48:52 am »

Ok some of you may remember I competed a bit less than I usually did so I could look after my mum. Well unfortunately my mum now really needs looking after D: She has heart problems and has micro-bleeds in her brain. She'll be going to hospitals for scans and other exams for the next few months, luckily she's sorted transport so I don't have to come with her to her apppointments anymore. Now I'm not sure if I was told this by my mum but I knew she was really ill last week, but I overheard her on the phone saying that she's going to the doctor next week because she felt really ill. Turns out she had a TIA, which is a mini stroke D: So if I don't sort out the house for her and other things she could have well a bigger stroke or worse... ;_;

So I've decided of course that I will tone down my competing once again. I'll probably submit a few stats a month or slighty more depends how things go. I'll still be around on chat but might be a bit more idle than I was before. Also I may have some work experience coming up next year and I really need to get back to studying. So once I have things sorted out I'll come back full time :D