amnesia: I don't feel a HUGE gap between standard mame and mametgm for TGM1 like I do for TAP but it's still a bit better
btw, a long time ago, jago reached level 200 at 1:58. Yes you have read fine : 1:58. He never did it again..
Is it really happening ? In a few days, Kitaru will become another one player who beats me everywhere ?
Excellent Kitaru! Some nice competition going on in the top 10. Currently my best sub 500 time is around 05:35 and for the 20G part it's about 05:10. So in the best case I can only hope for a time somewhere around 10:45. Objective is to get near 10:35 by the end of the year. Any idea what your times are Kitaru? And maybe you have a few tips for improving my sub 20G time? I try stacking high the entire time, but so far it doesn't seem to helping very much.
I think he's misremembering. It's easy to get this time if you lower the stack a little at 200, however time gained this way is not sustainable...
@Ai: When playing low gravity for speed, having the stack higher means less frames wasted per piece waiting for it to fall to the stack. However, stacking all the way to the very top is too risky, too stressful to maintain while playing full speed, and only shaves a few frames on placements near the center as others will reach the stack in transit. There is a sweet spot where you can maintain a quick, steady rate of placements without taxing your mind with life-or-death decisions. My target time for 0-100 is something like 1:09~1:11, depending on stack height going into the transition. I'm not really sure what my best 0-500 is -- Always too focused on the game to clearly read it! -- I think it is sub-5:20.
Thanks for your help Kitaru. Made some progress at the end of the weekend. I've been able to hit level 300 with a time around 03:20 a few times. I'll focus on stable and aggressive high stacking between 300 and 500 now.
Passed 500 at 5:16 today. The run got a little cruddy in 700 or so and blew up in the 900 section, so no new record from me today. Too bad, I was really booking it for the most part.
I'm very happy for you. Like you say it's only a matter of time now. Congrats and good luck getting Gm!
Just noticed I'm outside the top 20, so new record to rectify that. It was a sloppy game and I know I can go a lot faster, but I don't really have the motivation to
Nice Rosti. This is from June 21st. I didn't post back then because I'm sure I can get sub 11 minutes. This is just to defend my position for a little while longer...
how did you manage the 15:00 sudden death of the game ? Did you arrange it to make it arrive the latest possible ?
There is no 15:00 sudden death in TGM1. I played a (crappy) game to 27 minutes and lv700 by not dropping or locking, and it stayed normal speed throughout.
