Well, I’m still convinced the rules I proposed in that past thread
("GhnGh: who's the best?")) offer the most satisfactory solution...
WITH THE PROVISO THAT inp files are watched from the beginning
through to the end (no panic: we are not talking about endless
marathon games, as the rules below make them quite pointless). If the
latter condition is acceptable (note that I just don’t know how
confirmers do their job, i.e. if they are accustomed to watch the
whole inp or just its final part), read further and tell me what you
think...
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I formulate the special rules as follows:
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Rule 1. Player is awarded a 1 million point bonus for each remaining
life at the end of the game. The bonus life occasionally found in a
pot (the little knight icon) does not count.
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Rule 2. Points collected in the iteration of 5th level of round 2 do
not count and must be subtracted from player’s final score (no panic:
this operation is absolutely straightforward, see below). Possible
bonus lives resulting from these points do not count for the 1
million bonus.
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Confirmers need not watch an inp file more than once (as someone
said): ALL they have to do is take notice of how many times player
dies and how many points player has at the end of 5th level of round
2. If then player manages to finish the game (no matters after how
many iterations of 5th level), 10k points (= Lucifer) will be added.
Also, confirmers need not check whether or not player has collected
the ‘pot life’ because the 1 million bonus is directly calculated
from score: bonus lives are in fact won at 30k, 60k, 130k, 200k,
270k, 340k (ecc.). Let’s assume a player finished the game with score
215k and died 5 times, then he will have 2 spare lives at the end (7
– 5) and his definitive score will therefore be 2,215,000 (note that
the maximum amount of spare lives at the end of the game is 8: if you
never die you can get more than 270k but no more than 340k. Actually
no more than 300k).
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Let’s now examine a few actual cases, starting from Olympiad winner
François Daniel’s game. His actual score is 339,900 pts. After
defeating for the first time 5th level boss in round 2 he had
296,100 pts and since he eventually managed to finish the game we
must add 10k, which gives 306,100 pts. He died 8 times and since he
originally earned 339,900 pts he must have won 5 bonus lives (he
missed the 6th for just 100 pts) which added to the 3 initial lives
give a total of 8 lives. Then, 8 minus 8 equals 0, meaning that he
will be awarded no million bonus: his definitive score is 306,100
pts. This seeming contradiction (he did have one life at the end) is
explained by the fact that he must have collected the ‘pot life’
(note that I can’t recall if he really did, but I know for sure he
did).
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Blost’s score, 250,900 pts, is more straightforward: he died twice
and did not iterate 5th level of round 2. From his score I infer that
he must have collected 7 lives (including the 3 initial ones). Then,
7 minus 2 equals 5. His definitive score will be 5,250,900.
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My own (currently deleted) score, 276,900 pts: I did not die nor
iterate 5th level of round 2. I had 8 spare lives at the end of the
game. My definitive score will be 8,276,900.
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Michele
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