DiMono
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July 2004 Contest: Least Number of Moves! (+1)
Well, it's Canada Day, so Erik and Matt decided it would be a good idea to turn to a Canadian for this month's DROD contest. So far, we've had contests to design holds, to be the first to complete a hold, and even a songwriting contest that is still being judged as I type this. A bunch of us tend to aim for efficient solutions to rooms as it is, so why not make a contest out of it?
I've architected a hold for this month's contest, which you can either find attached to this post, or at this here link. The hold consists of six puzzle rooms, which you may do in basically any order, and these are the only rooms that count. There's also an exit room that everyone really should have the same move total for (1) so we'll just ignore it for our purposes. Since this is a new kind of contest, we had to make up some all new rules for judging it, and here they are still in the original packaging:
Record your victory demos for the six puzzle rooms. They don't have to be consecutive, they don't have to line up, they just have to be full demos, from room-enter to blood-stained-room-exit, including the step in to the next room. Once you're done with all six rooms, feel free to play them over to lower your move counts as low as you can. The point of this contest is to have as few moves taken to conquer the six rooms as possible, and it's the move total that matters. I was able to shave almost five hundred moves off my totals, so it's worth taking the time to replay the rooms looking for different, innovative solutions.
Between July 15 and July 20, add up the move totals in your demos, and post up the sum in a reply to this thread. You only get to enter once, so make sure you've done your best! On July 21, I'll swoop in and post the first, second, and third place winners, who will then have to zip and post their demo files in the thread so we can all see just how you got such a low number.
Note: 3W is a mimic room, and the keystrokes you use to place a mimic are counted in the demo total, and since that's the number we're going by, you'll need to be efficient in placing them as well. Every keystroke counts!
The most efficient person will receive 100 rank points and an item from the DROD store.
Second place will get 50 rank points
Third place will get 25 rank points
Anyone who beats my move total, whether one of the top three or not, will get 10 rank points just for doing it! So if you have the tenth-best move total, but yours is lower than mine, then even though you didn't finish in the top 3 you still get a prize!
Because it is truly possible to have a tie in this contest, we had to come up with some tie-breaking rules. I wanted to go with best-looking, but Erik didn't like that, so we decided to simply add up the prizes covered by the tie and spread them evenly among the winners. So if two people share the second-lowest move total, they will each get 38 rank points (50+25 split two ways, rounded up). If two people share first place, they will each get 75 points and an item from the store. If thirty people all split first place, the DROD store is going to lose money this month, and all thirty people get 5 points each.
The hold is anyone-edit, because there's not really any reason for it not to be, and to have a valid entry you must have valid victory demos for all six puzzle rooms. Best of luck to you all, and I'll see you in 20 days!
[Edited by DiMono on 07-02-2004 at 01:07 AM GMT: Stupid lost attachment when previewing bug...]
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