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ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« on: March 11, 2009, 07:37:51 pm »
Right, so, we've been saying "the challenges are dead" for the longest time, but we've never really put any finality behind it for the longest time. But I've been getting a lot of questions about them lately for reasons only all-powerful deities know, so I'm formally locking the things.

If you're wondering why they're locked down, we're basically just sick of them at this point. When the challenges first came here, they were great for getting better TSCers back into competing, just like the Leagues do now. That was short-lived, and pretty soon the only people still posting were all doing the same beginner-level challenges and somehow screwing them up, e.g. I can't tell you how many people I watched struggle with the red diagonal spring in Emerald Hill 2. After our brains started seeping out of our ears and onto our shoulders from watching it so many times, we simply lost interest. Case and point: I became the only judge left, and every once in a while I get a PM telling me off for being months behind grading. Even the creator of these challenges isn't grading them anymore; that says a lot.

Also, on the subject of the beginner challenges being the only ones that are ever done, I don't think that learning to collect 100 rings in a Sonic act or learning what the 50,000 point time bonus is deserves a reward. But that's just my opinion.

Finally there are a few people who want to take over the grading on their own time. That's fine... just do it somewhere else. Despite SDM saying that they're his idea and "forfeiting" them to RPG and I in an SCD topic that was wiped, they're still an identifying feature of SCD and I'd rather they stayed that way, so I'm "forfeiting" them right back. If you want to grade ECs, talk to SDM about it, and if he tells you to go ahead, do it on a different forum. This also applies to custom challenges: if you don't have enough support on TSC to get people to compete in the challenges before you post them, expect an immediate topic lock. There's enough ridiculous ideas for challenges floating around that rightfully get no attention.

Of course, RPG is the only one with moderator powers over his Mural Challenges, so I can't lock those. If you still have a challenge fetish, go satisfy it in RPG's forum! The other forums are still here for archival purposes: if an admin doesn't want them any more, he'll lock them, else this'll stay.

Right, so, what do you guys wanna have in place of this forum? I call a forum for forum games; 1000 Blank White Cards, forum mafia, corrupt-a-wish game... ooh, so fun. *shot*
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2009, 10:30:15 pm »
Either forum games or a League forum  >_>
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2009, 11:13:12 pm »
I'll find a way to revive challenges... 

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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2009, 04:15:27 am »
All forum games would do is revive RPG's murdering topic. And we don't want that. >_>
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2009, 04:26:01 pm »
YES WE DO

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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2009, 10:25:21 pm »
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2009, 10:36:39 pm »
Dont make me kill you all
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2009, 03:23:23 am »
Sorry AAF :(
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2009, 09:04:12 am »
Still, I would DEFINITELY be pro forum games.
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2009, 03:21:07 pm »
Guys, tiny text and "*shot*" signifies joking. :(

I did talk with Zeupar about it but I think it'd bring a bit of n00bity to the forums. Also I had to explain the pun in naming a subforum for forum games "Board Games". >_>
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2009, 08:07:00 am »
AHAHAHAHA
Board games!  That's funny!
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2009, 05:52:18 pm »
Forum games sound good. (Jesus, I haven't been here in such a long time...)
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2009, 08:51:15 pm »
Ah good. Maybe now I finally have some purpose again. If only I could contact the Ever-Elusive SDM I could organize the revival of these.

RPG I EVEN GAVE YOU THE .PNG TEMPLATE FOR THE RAINBOW EMERALD YOU LOST AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T EVEN GRADED MY KEYS. </nerdrage>

Normally I'd try to apply for the G-staff here but now the status of everything is out of order and I don't know if my assistance would be useful, regardless of effectiveness(I don't put off grading challenges for months and months AND MONTHS on end). It's all in your hands RPG Oh great, now I KNOW we're screwed
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2009, 01:02:24 am »
RPG I EVEN GAVE YOU THE .PNG TEMPLATE FOR THE RAINBOW EMERALD YOU LOST AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T EVEN GRADED MY KEYS. </nerdrage>

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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2009, 01:06:14 am »
Ah good. Maybe now I finally have some purpose again. If only I could contact the Ever-Elusive SDM I could organize the revival of these.

RPG I EVEN GAVE YOU THE .PNG TEMPLATE FOR THE RAINBOW EMERALD YOU LOST AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T EVEN GRADED MY KEYS. </nerdrage>

Normally I'd try to apply for the G-staff here but now the status of everything is out of order and I don't know if my assistance would be useful, regardless of effectiveness(I don't put off grading challenges for months and months AND MONTHS on end). It's all in your hands RPG Oh great, now I KNOW we're screwed

Don't bother. Its over. Join the bandwagon for forum games.
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2009, 09:11:22 am »
Man and I wanted to get emeralds but I am too late now. (Where can I get Sonic 1, Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 &/or Knuckles for Gens+ (that way I can make .giz files)) Well someone can unlock topics right?
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2009, 01:42:23 am »
You could do Time Stone Challenges with challenges from Sonic CD.

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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2009, 11:06:55 pm »
You could do Time Stone Challenges with challenges from Sonic CD.
I already tried that once and I almost had a working set back when I was a G-staff over at SCD. The only problem is that Gens + cannot properly record .giz's of Sega CD games(They WILL desynch. No exceptions).
Like I've said before, I'd be more than happy to grade the challenges, but of course, I lack the proper authority to do so.
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Re: ECs finally done. Like we've said for months.
« Reply #18 on: March 26, 2009, 06:18:55 pm »
^ There is absolutely nothing stopping you from conversing with anybody who wants to do the challenges over PM. Also, seeing as I am again laying these challenges in SDM's hands, you could get in touch with him and, if he allows it, take them back to SCD for archival purposes if you want. Note that some challenges were changed and you will have to revert them. For example, SDM's original Golden Master Emerald Challenge was originally something along the lines of "Complete Sonic 3 & Knuckles with two people, with Tails catching Sonic before he hits the ground after each time Sonic jumps", but this was deemed physically impossible over netplay (this is why you test challenges first >_>), so RPG and I changed it to a complete game of Chaotix over netplay, where you use Auto save and share SRAM files to continue the game if the connection desynchs.
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