Re: Celebtiry at Ground Kontrol

From: Chuck <chuck_at_localsurfer.com>
Date: Thu Dec 01 2011 - 12:39:26 EST

Yup, he did say vector... I guess I got carried away. Can't unsend once sent. I am open for the jabbing I deserve.

Chuck

On Nov 30, 2011, at 12:14 AM, John Robertson wrote:

> Chuck wrote:
>>
>> Robotron had scores that would hold in memory and scores that would reset.
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>>
> Vector - he said "vector game"...
>
> Robo's aren't vector as far as I know (having just unpacked our very last NIB one for shipping to the US of A).
>
> John ;-#)#
>> On Nov 29, 2011, at 9:17 PM, Clay Cowgill wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> A high score of only 89,000 on Tempest? Do you have a broken
>>>> highscore ROM?
>>>>
>>>> Or do you reset the high score daily?
>>>>
>>> We wipe it periodically to give the less hardcore something to shoot for.
>>> We have a big cross section of players from total novice to world-record
>>> holders, so clearing the scores once in a while gives less experienced
>>> players a chance to "place" once in a while. Otherwise there gets to just
>>> be 'some guy' that'll dominate all the top scores and it demotivates the
>>> casual players. (ie, "that score is impossible")
>>>
>>> I can't think of any vector game did an "all time" vs. "daily" highscore
>>> table, but that's a nice solution. People like to tweet/facebook when they
>>> get a good score. ;-)
>>>
>>> -Clay
>>>
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