At 5/11/10 06:35 PM, Mr-Contradiction wrote: Well I've been bugging people in the medal ranking thread, but I can not get the Time Fcuk voting medal...

Did 500 votes on one map over and over, no credit.
Did 500 votes on DIFFERENT maps, no credit.

I'm wondering if clicking the "Levels" makes it so that the vote doesn't get added up? That is how I have been selecting levels, by clicking the thumbnail and loading each map.

I suppose my only other option is to start a bunch of Explore campaigns and vote on all of those... but I sincerely dread that.

Just wondering how everyone else got this medal. chris-marks said he got it by voting on one map over and over, but that was long ago. Has anyone replicated that lately?

Still working on it, myself.

Did a little experiment on another computer without logging in, and I tried repeating, and doing different, user levels for the opinionated medal. Nothing. Did 3 levels in the explorer campaign and got the medal. The explore route may be the only way....

At 5/11/10 06:57 PM, EdyKel wrote:

At 5/11/10 06:35 PM, Mr-Contradiction wrote: Well I've been bugging people in the medal ranking thread, but I can not get the Time Fcuk voting medal...

Did 500 votes on one map over and over, no credit.
Did 500 votes on DIFFERENT maps, no credit.

I'm wondering if clicking the "Levels" makes it so that the vote doesn't get added up? That is how I have been selecting levels, by clicking the thumbnail and loading each map.

I suppose my only other option is to start a bunch of Explore campaigns and vote on all of those... but I sincerely dread that.

Just wondering how everyone else got this medal. chris-marks said he got it by voting on one map over and over, but that was long ago. Has anyone replicated that lately?

Still working on it, myself.

Did a little experiment on another computer without logging in, and I tried repeating, and doing different, user levels for the opinionated medal. Nothing. Did 3 levels in the explorer campaign and got the medal. The explore route may be the only way....

Man, that's really going to suck if that's the case. I feel for you. But not too much, since you've been blowing through games like they owe you money, and I'm still hanging back here 5k points behind you. My pity only extends so far.

I used to blow at both Armed Prophet and Portal Defenders, but as soon as I managed to "get the hang of them". they were as easy as "It's a nice day today"...

lol I agree. It just takes practice. Congrats on all your points btw. In fact, I took a look at your medals and it says you have the professional medal on Fig. 8. Isn't it broken? Or is it working? (I've been playing it recently).

At 5/11/10 07:39 PM, coolblondman wrote:

I used to blow at both Armed Prophet and Portal Defenders, but as soon as I managed to "get the hang of them". they were as easy as "It's a nice day today"...

lol I agree. It just takes practice. Congrats on all your points btw. In fact, I took a look at your medals and it says you have the professional medal on Fig. 8. Isn't it broken? Or is it working? (I've been playing it recently).

I finished two games in a row with over 1,000,000 and didn't get it, and it was on a fresh, uncached version of the game. I think it's not working, until someone explains in a repeatable way how to do it and I can get it.

At 5/10/10 09:25 PM, EdyKel wrote:

Build up defenses, save energy, take over a few enemy extractors, and then take an armada of 6 or more heavy drones to the the enemy's base and destroy it - skirting along the outer edge of the map to reach it, avoiding most of the enemy's defenses.

Thanks, I just got it.

At 5/11/10 07:54 PM, chris-marks wrote:

At 5/11/10 07:39 PM, coolblondman wrote:

I used to blow at both Armed Prophet and Portal Defenders, but as soon as I managed to "get the hang of them". they were as easy as "It's a nice day today"...

lol I agree. It just takes practice. Congrats on all your points btw. In fact, I took a look at your medals and it says you have the professional medal on Fig. 8. Isn't it broken? Or is it working? (I've been playing it recently).

I finished two games in a row with over 1,000,000 and didn't get it, and it was on a fresh, uncached version of the game. I think it's not working, until someone explains in a repeatable way how to do it and I can get it.

I tried again for that one. Still nothing.

There must be something that trips it into giving you the medal... Maybe getting a certain number in the score; or maybe it depends on the number of times you played the game... I mean, HeavyTank got it only a few weeks ago, so it still works...

At 5/11/10 09:49 PM, EdyKel wrote: There must be something that trips it into giving you the medal... Maybe getting a certain number in the score; or maybe it depends on the number of times you played the game... I mean, HeavyTank got it only a few weeks ago, so it still works...

Hmm...maybe the author can explain...Did you guys try to PM him?

At 5/11/10 10:18 PM, HeavyTank wrote:

At 5/11/10 09:49 PM, EdyKel wrote: There must be something that trips it into giving you the medal... Maybe getting a certain number in the score; or maybe it depends on the number of times you played the game... I mean, HeavyTank got it only a few weeks ago, so it still works...

Hmm...maybe the author can explain...Did you guys try to PM him?

I ping him about it every so often, but it's been a while since I heard anything back from him. Tank, what was your lowest score when you got that medal?

In mostly unrelated news, I've spent the last 20 minutes or so watching gameplay of Fig. 8 and I think I've found a path that allows you to play almost the entire game on a single multiplier, which would end up being something like 3500x by the time you get to the duck-hook near the end. I don't have time to do it now, but at some point next week I may build a giant map of the game and trace out my potential route (I'm not skilled enough to play for it myself). In the meantime, let me link up to the following videos and hopefully explain it:

Part 1:
2:57: If you're not comfortable taking that giant loop around the bottom, I've found you can actually take the standard route and go between the 6 and the diagonals next to it without breaking your multiplier.

5:17 - 5:27: Rather than hanging out near the checkpoint, you can get between the B toward the right and its line, which will line you up to take the narrow path between the small rocks next to the 6 and 5 and the large rocks to their right. This keeps you in line for the next part. It may be beneficial to take the lefthand path around the building at 5:05 rather than the right, as you could go between the B at its bottom left corner and its line and then immediately turn left to get between the C and its line, which may line you up better for making the turn past the B at 5:17

5:49: From there, go to the left of the observatory rather than the right. This will let you keep your multiplier, and from there you can get in the same position at 6:06 and catch up with the video.

Part 2:
Right at the beginning, rather than hugging that building, swing out to the left. At 0:09, go between the F and the corner it's next to, and you'll already be in line to continue the multiplier where the video picks it back up. Then just follow the video all the way to 4:58, and hopefully you'll have done the entire map with a purple line behind you.

Now, if you're making sparks, you can actually lose your purple line but not your multiplier, and as long as you've got that purple behind you again before you stop with the sparks you'll keep the multiplier where it is. With that in mind, I have a much worse idea for maybe getting a single multiplier all the way from start to finish:

Keep the purple all the way to 5:12, and then spark along the corner of the J, picking up your purple as you exit from it. When you get to the vertical line, hook around it to go straight down, which may keep you sparking until you get the purple back. Then take the lower path at 5:20, and if all's gone well you'll finish with a multiplier somewhere around 4000x, and an unbelievably massive score.

Anyone got the patience to try it out?

I just learned something about Santa Fu! - When going for the medals for finishing a level without losing any energy, it's not enough to go through the level without getting hit, it has to be your first attempt at the level. That means if you take a hit your first time through, tank, and then beat it without losing energy on your second time through, you won't get the medal. Ask me how I figured that out...

The voting medals in Time Fcuk don't work. I got the Opinionated a long time ago, but I cannot get the Obsessed medal while I actually just did an unfinished explore campaign.
Also, is Halloween Mode still active in Portal Defenders? I've been searching for quite some time but I can't find it. Or was it only available with Halloween?

At 5/12/10 12:14 PM, LiquidOoze wrote: Also, is Halloween Mode still active in Portal Defenders? I've been searching for quite some time but I can't find it. Or was it only available with Halloween?

When it's loading, enter the Konami code and it will witch to Halloween mode.

Okay, thanks. Also, never mind about what I said about Time Fcuk. I just got Obsessed :P

At 5/12/10 10:50 AM, chris-marks wrote: I just learned something about Santa Fu! - When going for the medals for finishing a level without losing any energy, it's not enough to go through the level without getting hit, it has to be your first attempt at the level. That means if you take a hit your first time through, tank, and then beat it without losing energy on your second time through, you won't get the medal. Ask me how I figured that out...

So essentially you have to close and reload the game every time you get hit?Urgh.
Also, sorry if I can't help 'bout F8, but I really can't recall my exact score :(

At 5/12/10 02:52 PM, HeavyTank wrote:

At 5/12/10 10:50 AM, chris-marks wrote: I just learned something about Santa Fu! - When going for the medals for finishing a level without losing any energy, it's not enough to go through the level without getting hit, it has to be your first attempt at the level. That means if you take a hit your first time through, tank, and then beat it without losing energy on your second time through, you won't get the medal. Ask me how I figured that out...

So essentially you have to close and reload the game every time you get hit?Urgh.

Or you can sit there and let the elves dry hump you. You know, your call.

Also, sorry if I can't help 'bout F8, but I really can't recall my exact score :(

I'm just wondering if the actual criteria is that all 5 of your top scores have to be over a million.

At 5/12/10 02:52 PM, HeavyTank wrote: Also, sorry if I can't help 'bout F8, but I really can't recall my exact score :(

Just did 3 playthroughs on Fig. 8, 1,200,000+ points, 1,400,000+ points and 1,500,000+ points... No medal.

At 5/12/10 03:30 PM, Mr-Contradiction wrote:

At 5/12/10 02:52 PM, HeavyTank wrote: Also, sorry if I can't help 'bout F8, but I really can't recall my exact score :(

Just did 3 playthroughs on Fig. 8, 1,200,000+ points, 1,400,000+ points and 1,500,000+ points... No medal.

Do two more. Before I commit lots of time to it, I'm curious if having 5 scores over 1m is the key.

Fig. 8 related:

I found a faster route to 500x. Now I can reliably get it about here (this is the first Fig. 5 of the two you go over before going under another and banking Northward):

I also got a combo up to about 1170x, but I lost it going around the first large observatory; I hit the D and died. Ah well.

I just did a proof of concept on my path below. I played through a single purple (multiplier 1400x, 7m+ score, woohoo!) to the point at 5:15 in part 1, took the checkpoint, then (after some failed attempts) successfully got between the small and big rocks as proposed below without breaking the purple, and without even having to cut around that B. Then I went to the left of the observatory, as planned, and took the checkpoint at the end of part 1. After several failed attempts I made it through between the bar and the F at 0:09 of part 2, with purple behind me.

So the upshot of all this is that is indeed possible to single-combo the entire map, at least up to that last duckhook. I don't even want to imagine what your score would be like if you made it, but I have no doubt at all it would be freaking massive. When I get to the end (likely not as a single combo the rest of the way, for I lack the skill) I'll see if my idea for keeping the combo going works.

At 5/11/10 11:18 PM, chris-marks wrote: In mostly unrelated news, I've spent the last 20 minutes or so watching gameplay of Fig. 8 and I think I've found a path that allows you to play almost the entire game on a single multiplier, which would end up being something like 3500x by the time you get to the duck-hook near the end. I don't have time to do it now, but at some point next week I may build a giant map of the game and trace out my potential route (I'm not skilled enough to play for it myself). In the meantime, let me link up to the following videos and hopefully explain it:

Part 1:
2:57: If you're not comfortable taking that giant loop around the bottom, I've found you can actually take the standard route and go between the 6 and the diagonals next to it without breaking your multiplier.

5:17 - 5:27: Rather than hanging out near the checkpoint, you can get between the B toward the right and its line, which will line you up to take the narrow path between the small rocks next to the 6 and 5 and the large rocks to their right. This keeps you in line for the next part. It may be beneficial to take the lefthand path around the building at 5:05 rather than the right, as you could go between the B at its bottom left corner and its line and then immediately turn left to get between the C and its line, which may line you up better for making the turn past the B at 5:17

5:49: From there, go to the left of the observatory rather than the right. This will let you keep your multiplier, and from there you can get in the same position at 6:06 and catch up with the video.

Part 2:
Right at the beginning, rather than hugging that building, swing out to the left. At 0:09, go between the F and the corner it's next to, and you'll already be in line to continue the multiplier where the video picks it back up. Then just follow the video all the way to 4:58, and hopefully you'll have done the entire map with a purple line behind you.

Now, if you're making sparks, you can actually lose your purple line but not your multiplier, and as long as you've got that purple behind you again before you stop with the sparks you'll keep the multiplier where it is. With that in mind, I have a much worse idea for maybe getting a single multiplier all the way from start to finish:

Keep the purple all the way to 5:12, and then spark along the corner of the J, picking up your purple as you exit from it. When you get to the vertical line, hook around it to go straight down, which may keep you sparking until you get the purple back. Then take the lower path at 5:20, and if all's gone well you'll finish with a multiplier somewhere around 4000x, and an unbelievably massive score.

Anyone got the patience to try it out?

At 5/12/10 02:52 PM, HeavyTank wrote:

So essentially you have to close and reload the game every time you get hit?Urgh.
Also, sorry if I can't help 'bout F8, but I really can't recall my exact score :(

Can't you see it at the beginning of the game?

How did you beat the entire easy mode of Ching Chong Beautiful THAT fast, Mr-Contradiction?!

Well, it's conclusive, my idea for taking the hook around the J at the end doesn't work. At least I got a shiny new high score for my troubles.

Also, the hardest parts of the entire run were both in Part 2, at 0:09 (going to the left of the bar instead of the right) and 0:57-1:00 (going under that text is freaking hard).

At 5/12/10 07:29 PM, urrad wrote:

At 5/12/10 02:52 PM, HeavyTank wrote:

So essentially you have to close and reload the game every time you get hit?Urgh.
Also, sorry if I can't help 'bout F8, but I really can't recall my exact score :(

Can't you see it at the beginning of the game?

You can see all of them, but not necessarily the one that got him the medal. Though really, until someone can identify the conditions under which the medal is given, and someone else can replicate it, I think it's rather dubious.

At 5/12/10 08:08 PM, chris-marks wrote:

At 5/12/10 07:29 PM, urrad wrote:

At 5/12/10 02:52 PM, HeavyTank wrote:

So essentially you have to close and reload the game every time you get hit?Urgh.
Also, sorry if I can't help 'bout F8, but I really can't recall my exact score :(

Can't you see it at the beginning of the game?

You can see all of them, but not necessarily the one that got him the medal. Though really, until someone can identify the conditions under which the medal is given, and someone else can replicate it, I think it's rather dubious.

And of course you're forgetting the fact that I deleted everything while trying to fix some medals, so any cookies from "uploaded.ungrounded.net" older than two weeks are deleted...

how do u do an explore campaign for time fuck

At 5/12/10 11:11 PM, cohenramin wrote: how do u do an explore campaign for time fuck

From the main menu, click on "Enter the Unknown"

i know that but how many levels do u have to complete

At 5/12/10 11:40 PM, cohenramin wrote: i know that but how many levels do u have to complete

nevermind

I just got King of the Portal and Finesser in the same late night run of Portal Defenders. That's a nice solid way to finish up the day, I think. Only 4 more medals to go in that game, and I only have to beat the game 5 more times to make it happen. Yeesh.

For Tetris'd, are you supposed to not be able to see your guy after about 250 seconds?