Shmup of the Month Club 2012

[dunpeal2064]

I got my charger!

It allowed me to discover that my laptop is busted. Power socket is no longer seated on the motherboard.

... I swear I'm not making this up!

So today I get to return my 360 (barf) and go pick up a new laptop, probably from best buy or wal mart. Any suggestions would be appreciated, I'm dumb when it comes to computers.

[hashiriya1]

Didn't really like this game, nor did I put a whole lot of time into it. Posted 549,180.

[dsheinem]

Didn't really like this game, nor did I put a whole lot of time into it. Posted 549,180.

I put probably 5-6 hours into it, and barely broke 300K. I suck.

foxhound will have to show me his mad skillz live and in person next weekend!

[foxhound1022]

I don't really have "mad skills".

I'm just a glutton for punishment, and I also put like 3-4 hrs. into this almost every night this week.

Cookie was pissed 'cause I had to use her laptop to play.

Basically, I just ground away repititiously to achieve my results.

Where you guys put like 3-6 hrs. in, I put like around 40.

[dsheinem]

I don't really have "mad skills".

I'm just a glutton for punishment, and I also put like 3-4 hrs. into this almost every night this week.

Cookie was pissed 'cause I had to use her laptop to play.

Basically, I just ground away repititiously to achieve my results.

Where you guys put like 3-6 hrs. in, I put like around 40.

nonetheless, you'll have to show me the ropes on my cab...

[foxhound1022]

I'll try. I'm garbage with a stick, though. I use a pad for everything.

[foxhound1022]

Maybe you'll have show me your DDP: Resurrection skillz.

[dsheinem]

Maybe you'll have show me your DDP: Resurrection skillz.

sure, though I haven't played in weeks so I may be a bit rusty. It's a deal, though. I'll hook up a pad to a laptop for MAME if you'd rather...

[mjmjr25]

I was hitting stage 3 boss and 360-390K my last 7-8 runs and just let it die there. I don't like the idea of save-states - i'm sure it helps for something like this, but it just feels "wrong", in a way.

I did just see this:

sikraiken - 33,104,710 - 200% - wolfmame

I can't imagine completing both loops on that game. And he probably no-missed the entire thing - seeing that score means he got some huge "extra lives" bonuses upon completion of the TLB.

Sik dominated last year too, he's just insane. And he always waits until an hour or two remain to post a score. He literally plays the game all-week. I don't know what he put into this one, I wouldn't be surprised at 80+ hours.

[dsheinem]

I was hitting stage 3 boss and 360-390K my last 7-8 runs and just let it die there. I don't like the idea of save-states - i'm sure it helps for something like this, but it just feels "wrong", in a way.

I did just see this:

sikraiken - 33,104,710 - 200% - wolfmame

I can't imagine completing both loops on that game. And he probably no-missed the entire thing - seeing that score means he got some huge "extra lives" bonuses upon completion of the TLB.

Sik dominated last year too, he's just insane. And he always waits until an hour or two remain to post a score. He literally plays the game all-week. I don't know what he put into this one, I wouldn't be surprised at 80+ hours.

He is a dominating and remarkable force. That said, every time I look at the high score threads over there I get very humbled. One thing I like about the recent activity of this subforum and the SotM club is that we all have a fighting chance of competing with one another in at least one game or another becasue none of us are really die-hard in quite the same fashion as some of the folks over there. Hell, a lot of the best players over there are essentially pro-gamers in a genre that doesn't have much in the way of actual pro-gaming events...

I don't save state practice either, but it does seem like that would be what is needed to get to the top 20% or so, which is what most people in that bracket seem to do. I also get the sense that they have played the genre, almost exclusively, for a long time.

I am just looking to improve my ranking at the end over the last two years. I finished 104/190 (actual people playing) last year and 157/199 the year before that, so I hope to improve a bit more again this year. Cracking the top half is the goal for this year, but we'll see what games come along...

Oh, and I also want to beat noise.