DEATH TOLL 2011

[Edo]

E TAN E EPI TAN

Welcome to the Carnival of Death 2011 Leaderboard. Only Death Mode scores obtained during the week of the Carnival are allowed. However, just like last year, to enable greater participation, players using Death Mode clones are also allowed to submit scores, provided that ARS with 1 next piece, no hold, and no floorkicks is used. After the Carnival is over, any new personal bests will be copied over to the usual record threads.

We will be keeping a running total of everybody's Carnival records added together, and this shall be referred to as the "DEATH TOLL". Last year's Death Toll was 20596. Everyone do your best, and let's see if we can beat it!

When submitting records, please state what you were playing on (e.g. TGM2+/Texmaster Sudden/Nullpo Speed Mania/etc), the level reached, and the time upon death.



DEATH TOLL: 22082/20596
EXCESS CASUALTIES: 1486
orz -------------- 999 @ 06:09:58 - TEX
rednefed --------- 999 @ 06:20:90 - MAME, keyboard
Amnesia ---------- 967 @ 06:07:-- - MAME
Kitaru ----------- 966 @ 06:18:36 - PCB
KevinDDR --------- 849 @ 05:14:05 - MAME
batfly ----------- 842 @ 04:4-:-- - MAME
K ---------------- 839 @ 05:29:10 - PCB
COL -------------- 782 @ 05:13:75 - MAME
DeHackEd --------- 754 @ 04:54:86 - MAME, HRAP3
Rosti LFC -------- 691 @ 04:18:56 - MAME
cyberguile ------- 686 @ 04:29:31 - MAME
kx5 -------------- 679 @ 04:20:55 - MAME
mat -------------- 660 @ --:--:-- - TEX
Edo -------------- 636 @ --:--:-- - MAME
DDRKirby(ISQ) ---- 590 @ 03:48:01 - MAME
sjoecool1991 ----- 561 @ 03:40:41 - MAME
Deeem2031 -------- 534 @ 03:30:65 - Eirstt
TWF -------------- 526 @ 03:20:55 - MAME
Billmaan --------- 526 @ 03:32:36 - MAME
clincher --------- 500 @ 03:26:80 - MAME
^^ --------------- 500 @ 03:27:98 - MAME
Caithness -------- 500 @ 03:50:61 - MAME, HRAP3
steadshot -------- 500 @ 03:51:51 - TEX
Zircean ---------- 478 @ 03:13:26 - MAME
EIHoppe ---------- 450 @ 03:01:85 - MAME
PetitPrince ------ 439 @ 03:38:56 - MAME
SWR -------------- 417 @ 03:41:45 - NullpoMino, Xbox 360 Controller
Samael ----------- 414 @ 02:48:63 - MAME
Key -------------- 407 @ 03:19:80 - MAME, keyboard
mufunyo ---------- 397 @ 02:49:26 - PCB
Budster ---------- 397 @ 03:20:08 - MAME
toastyohs -------- 347 @ 03:31:51 - MAME
Ray Ayanami ------ 337 @ 03:09:08 - MAME, keyboard
SYN7HOR ---------- 323 @ 03:25:67 - MAME, HFS3
DrPete ----------- 312 @ 03:00:90 - MAME, keyboard
Kasumi ----------- 299 @ 02:29:86 - MAME, keyboard
LadyLily --------- 299 @ 02:36:96 - MAME, keyboard
Burbruee --------- 229 @ 02:31:03 - MAME
nicofromtokyo ---- 222 @ --:--:-- - MAME, Dualshock
Aru-san ---------- 222 @ --:--:-- - MAME
timc ------------- 007 @ 00:02:36 - Really timc, really?

[KevinDDR]

609 3:52.26

Played in MAME.

[rednefed]

Preliminary record: 768 @ 5:04:76. Keyboard + MAME
Will start logging after this one.

[Deeem2031]

best of first night
416 @ 2:53:90
Eirstt

[nicofromtokyo]

Playing TGM and TAP for 2 months with a f*** PS2 gamepad on MAME.

Death best record for now : 174 :oops: (today).

I'll try to reach 200 during the Carnival!

[Amnesia]

My goal is to get the answer to this question : should I stop or continu to play..

DEATH 552 @ 3:39:93 (MAME)

[PetitPrince]

434
03:44:08

Morning game right after waking up is the best.

[KevinDDR]

849 @ 5:14:05 (MAME)

[muf]

Woke up half an hour too early this morning.
http://mufunyo.net/tetris/carnival_327.png

[Amnesia]

Oh you have a NES on the left of your screen..:rolleyes:

[cyberguile]

512 3:29:50 Mame
7th game of this year's carnival gives me more than 7 days of carnival last year.

[Deeem2031]

damnit!
477 @ 3:05:75

[muf]

DEATH TOLL: 3520

rednefed ------ 768 @ 05:04:76 - MAME, keyboard
cyberguile----- 512 @ 03:29:50 - MAME

These numbers please me. :awe:

[cyberguile]

to celebrate my new job:
686 4:29:31

[Amnesia]

oh you have beaten me..
So hard.

[sjoecool1991]

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3706/deathm.png
MAME
I have the inp as well if anyone wants.

[Ai]

Congrats with your new personal best! I'll make sure to post something later today. ^^

[COL]

best of the day for me: 755 @ 05:02:80

[Kitaru]

53x (?) in 3:3x on PCB

I have this hour-long video of me mumbling stupid shit to the camera, it's kind of amusing. I tend to start verbalizing a lot more whenever I'm streaming or taking video. Anyway, I'll try to see if I can make out a more accurate level count from it later, but I'll probably end up beating it later.

[DeHackEd]

Add 579 (in 3:53.11, texmaster on keyboard) for now. I'll give it a proper go when I get home.

[kx5]

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4092/0021zf.png
MAME

[DrPete]

day best: 214 @ 02:30:01 (mame, keyboard)

carnival goals: be able to break 200 consistently; stop misdropping

[Edo]

570 @ 3:28:43 - MAME

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/734/0006f.png (http://img17.imageshack.us/i/0006f.png/)

[Ai]

My best so far is 480 in 03:24:06. Objective for the week is to get m again. ^^

[Kitaru]

540 @ 3:31:25

[cyberguile]

time to go to bed
seven M ranks on the first day, not too bad :)
Tomorrow, I break 700 grrrr

[Kitaru]

966 @ 6:18:36

Ahhh, my heart...

[clincher]

quick game at school
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10032635/0035.png
Edit: mame, keyboard

[orz]

http://i.imgur.com/RH5SF.png

http://i.imgur.com/ZmZa9.png

[Budster]

I've gotten slower, apparently.

397 @ 3:20:08

[Rosti LFC]

Current record so far is 691

[LadyLily]

299 @ 2:36:96 - Mame, Keyboard

[clincher]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10032635/0036.png
baby steps

[Deeem2031]

New personal record and 3rd Death M :)
534 @ 3:30:65

[DrPete]

new personal record! woop

312 @ 03:00:90

[DeHackEd]

Death level 670 in 4:30.35

MAME, HRAP3 joystick

[steadshot]

http://i.imgur.com/ZR0SG.jpg

Meh, take this for starters. :rolleyes:

[DeHackEd]

Update:
Level 754 in 4:54.86
MAME on Joystick

[Caithness]

500 in 3:50.61
MAME
HRAP3

[steadshot]

http://i.imgur.com/Zx7JL.jpg

Now we're talking. Ok guys, I think I contributed as much as possible to the death toll ^_^

[rednefed]

Gm, 999 @ 6:21:28
http://defender.arcimpulse.com/TC/0028.png

RE medal in the second half!

[Amnesia]

your number of GM is starting to be impressive.

[Ai]

499 @ 3:37:05 ^^;

[nicofromtokyo]

222 @ Sorry forgot to note the time.

New personnal record on Mame with PS2 controller.

[COL]

782 @ 5:13:75

[muf]

http://mufunyo.net/tetris/carnival_397.png

Interesting. Extrapolating this time to level 500 would torikan-stop me at 03:31. That's within feasible range of improvement to the point of breaking the torikan if I just push harder in the earlier sections and subsequently survive longer. I'm making it sound much easier than it is though :D

[Amnesia]

967 at 6:07:XX

Things are getting back...After some good night of 7h + and 3 days without TGM..

I still have this problem sometimes with screeshoots on schmpusmame : I get a black screen instead of the game.
Do you know what it is ?

[muf]

I still have this problem sometimes with screeshoots on schmpusmame : I get a black screen instead of the game.
Do you know what it is ?

Use F12 for screenshots instead.

[Amnesia]

Thanks muf !

I played a game right after my 967 :
839 5:28.

Things are ok...OUFFFF :sowsuser:
I swear, I have really thought for a few days that I was finished.:(

[Amnesia]

922 @ 5:48...RRHAHAAA !!!!!:twisted:

[TWF]

first game of carnival: 523 3:30:56.

[PetitPrince]

Late night games before going to sleep are the best

PetitPrince ------ 439 @ 03:38:56 - MAME

[Ray Ayanami]

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/9656/0019.png (http://img849.imageshack.us/i/0019.png/)
ShmupMAME 2.2, keyboard.

[rednefed]

Do I get to add another 999 to the DEATH TOLL? :P

http://defender.arcimpulse.com/TC/0029.png
Gm, 999 @ 6:20:90. Survived the fake credit roll, too.

[Amnesia]

your number of GM is starting to be impressive.

[toastyohs]

Toastyohs - 252 @ 1:58:18 - MAME

Hopefully I can at least crack 300 this carnival.

Edit: Well that was fast.

Toastyohs - 347 - 2:31:51 - MAME

[TWF]

526 3:20:55

[SYN7HOR]

Been playing TI-ARS exclusively for a few months so the I-piece is a problem again, but I feel it won't take long getting used to it again. Best game out of 8-10 was 323 in 3:25:67 (no manual locks and mostly skimming to survive), which is ok for me at this point. MAME, fighting stick 3 joystick, lcd-tv.

(for future reference)

[Ai]

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/1129/aitaptadeath500032798.jpg

^^

[Burbruee]

For now:

http://dump.burbruee.se/SS-2011-03-29_14.41.55.png

200s have been rare this year and so far no 300s at all.

[Samael]

http://ompldr.org/vODB1dA
On the right. (one of kevin's games on the left B))
Ten ahead of my original death record and best of the carnival so far :D

[Edo]

Just played a quick couple of games downstairs. Got 636; no idea about the time.

[DDRKirby(ISQ)]

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1146/0022r.png

no replay because i'm retarded. oops.

[Amnesia]

We won't reach the precedent DEATH TOLL score.
There are at least 1998 points missing because of jago and c_t..

[Edo]

We won't reach the precedent DEATH TOLL score. Not with that attitude we won't...

There are still a few players left that will likely make a significant last minute contribution, like EIHoppe, SimMarine, Timmy C, mat, jago...

I think we have a good chance. :)

[Billmaan]

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/4905/0004e.png

Haven't played much tetris lately, but at least I can contribute this. (MAME, keyboard)

[K]

i'll be in Burkina from 01/04 until 09/04(cancelled), and try this evening to play some few games but it require to move lot of stuff for playing TAP.
i definitly need another supergun..

[EIHoppe]

Well, now that I've been explicitly called out I really have to put together a good run for carnival now.

Unfortunately, the best I've done so far is ~420 which I'd be somewhat embarrased to officially post, haha. (This is what a few months off will do to you...) At least I still have a couple days to get something a little more respectable going, right?

Anyway, I'll see if I can throw at least another five to six hundred or so to the toll.

[clincher]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10032635/0049.png
Close

[EIHoppe]

450 @ 3:01:85.

Terrible, but I want to at least put something toward the toll in case I don't get anything better/can't play tomorrow. Apparently I am rusty as hell...

I am not even going to bother with a screenshot.

[K]

i forgot how to play this damn game : 619

[Amnesia]

Ha ha ha c'est naze..:biggrin:

[Aru-san]

I wasn't able to reach my goal this week, but I'll post my scores anyway. (Bold = beginning of a Death session)

TOTAL GAMES: 137
http://i54.tinypic.com/icrais.jpg

[Zircean]

This is my contribution... Sucks, but whatever. Could have been m but I got held up at the 299 level stop for around eight to ten seconds.

[timc]

timc ------------- 007 @ 00:02:36 - TEX

[Amnesia]

Ha ha that is impossible timc..You must get at least 9-10..
Show the screenshot.

[Ai]

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/9490/aisudden007.jpg

I did it twice in less than 10 games. Unless you meant without rotating the pieces. ^^

Closest I got to m is 499 03:24:xx. I reached 500 a few times, but always between 03:25 and 03:30. I'll play a few more hours today, but it will be difficult to break the torikan. Very close to m clincher and congrats with the new record DDRKirby(ISQ). One last effort everyone; we can certainly do it. batfly and mat help us out! ^^

EDIT:

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3076/aisudden006.jpg

[batfly]

Sorry Ai, I hate not being able to push it above the edge with a Gm, but sadly I have degenerated greatly in Death, due to negligence. Speed is as good as before, or even slightly better probably, but my ability to recover from mistakes has been reduced to almost nothing.

I have played many games during the last day or two, but my best has unfortunately been 842 in very early 04:4X-something (EDITed in; This was MAME). I don't have screenshot because I hoped to achieve something greater for sure at that time, sorry.

This is pretty embarrassing too I guess, becoming clearly inferior, but this at least adds something to the number.

EDIT: The only thing I can be really pleased about is my increased finesse, and the fact that it is now no longer rare for me to receive Silver SK at between 250 and 300 if I focus on playing in such a way. I hope I can bring back my survival skills some time later again.

I apologize for my ineptitude, its up to someone else now.

I also wish to explain my situation with IRC to anyone who may possibly care, although a bit strange to do here. The account I have/had got suspended, sort of, or, access denied although the instance keeps running, I have yet to sort it out and come up with another solution, but I will try to in the coming days.

[Kasumi]

Here's my contribution to the toll. A lousy 299. I've played slightly better games, but don't have screenshots. They wouldn't have added that much more to the toll anyway.

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8726/lousy299.png

Mame-keyboard.

[Amnesia]

Sorry Ai, I hate not being able to push it above the edge with a Gm, but sadly I have degenerated greatly in Death, due to negligence. Speed is as good as before, or even slightly better probably, but my ability to recover from mistakes has been reduced to almost nothing.

I have played many games during the last day or two, but my best has unfortunately been 842 in very early 04:4X-something (EDITed in; This was MAME). I don't have screenshot because I hoped to achieve something greater for sure at that time, sorry.

This is pretty embarrassing too I guess, becoming clearly inferior, but this at least adds something to the number.

EDIT: The only thing I can be really pleased about is my increased finesse, and the fact that it is now no longer rare for me to receive Silver SK at between 250 and 300 if I focus on playing in such a way. I hope I can bring back my survival skills some time later again.

I apologize for my ineptitude, its up to someone else now.

I also wish to explain my situation with IRC to anyone who may possibly care, although a bit strange to do here. The account I have/had got suspended, sort of, or, access denied although the instance keeps running, I have yet to sort it out and come up with another solution, but I will try to in the coming days.

I just lived such a painfull experience recently so I can give you some mental support. I had reached a sad state, 2 weeks ago where I was able to get a poor 5XX game in a set of 40 bullshit attempt, with 80% lost before 300.
I was really worrying and wondering what was happening.
DEATH 300 speed had become a hard thing.

I have just stoped for 3 days (the 3 first days of the carnival), I tried to get some good nights (6h30 or +), and I have got then a fantastic session with 3 games at 800+ in 5 first attempts. I had clearly recovered my aggressive manual lock for 400+ and I was almost wondering why the game was so simple at DEATH 500..

So don't worry, and just forget DEATH mode for a moment. Or I should say just forget TGM for a moment. Your score for the carnival is still fucking fast also..

[cyberguile]

man, I understand you.
Two weeks ago, I had an average rating of 40% M ranks.
Then, I saw kevin beat amnesia on tgm1 on facebook and played it a couple of days.
First day of carnival, played 8 hours, got 5 M hahaha

[mat]

the best i was able to muster this week was 660 in texmaster. someday, gm... someday....

[Key]

My best record during the carnival was 407 @ 3:19:80 with copper SK and ST earned at level 100. Forgot to take screenshot ><
Done on MAME with keyboard.

Edit: Oops, looks like the recording process ended.

[K]

m best was 839 in 5:29:10
(yesterday)

[Ai]

Thank you for participating everyone! The T.A. DEATH leaderboard has been updated. Let me know if you find any mistakes.

It's really hard to be at your best when you want. With the amount of time I played I should really have done better. Now it feels like that m I got a while ago was a fluke. ^^;

This concludes this year's Carnival. The amount of participants was about the same as last year and more importantly we managed to do better than last year. Again a big thank you for everyone's efforts! EXCELLENT! but... let's go better next time!! ^^

[SWR]

I am slow
417---3:41.45 (Nullpo)
Yes this was during the carnival, but if you look at the carnival of death thread, you'll see what it took so long to post.
Also, I played on Nullpo 7.2.0 instead of 7.5.0 as there is no input lag on the former. I played on a USB xbox 360 controller.