Pinnacle
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DROD CHALLENGE LEAGUE, SEASON 1, CHALLENGE 5: A Frozen, Fluffy and Fearsome Finale



Icy Underworld - 5 North

C h a l l e n g e !

Create as many distinct fluff blobs as possible, and clear the room.

Distinct blobs are counted at the end of the room, so if multiple blobs connect, they're considered 1.

Fluff blobs are counted at the end of the demo, i.e. the move on which you exit the room.


FINAL STANDINGS

1   jg9000             350           
2   blorx1             260           
3   Red-XIII           240            
4   Someone Else       180
5   The spitemaster    140    
6   Wyv                120
7   Doom               100           
8   KevG               70           
8   DezzTech           70        
10  Nuntar             40
11  bomber50           20
12  jamesdenem         10
13  TripleM            10

So first off, what is this?
This is a test run of the DROD Challenge League. If there's interest, we'll continue with Season 1 and onward.
The rules are simple: complete the challenge, record a demo, submit it to me along with your score (upload it to wherever, then PM me the link). Depending on the number of people that submit demos, this may or may not be on the honor system, but know that your demo, combined with your claimed score, will be posted publicly when the challenge ends for anyone to verify.

How does league scoring work? Updated!
The ranking system works as follows. If you submit a demo for a challenge, you get points according to your place:

Place            Points
 1st                100
 2nd                 75
 3rd                 50
 4th                 40
 5th                 30
 6th                 20
 7th or lower        10

Highest score wins (obviously), ties are broken by the number of 1st-place results, if this is still a tie, they're broken by 2nd-place-or-better results, then 3rd-place-or-better results, etc. In the unlikely event that even this sequence fails to break the tie, ties are broken at random. For an individual challenge's result, ties are broken by the number of moves used. Ties for an individual challenge are kept, awarding the tied points to all players involved.

What if I win?
I will buy the winner (of the league season, not just this specific challenge) their choice of the following:
-a DROD game of their choice (up to $10)
-a Steam game of their choice (up to $10)
-2 Smitemaster's Selection credits (worth...what do you know? $10. See a pattern here?)
-a year of CaravelNet

Cool, can I help?
Of course! PM me, depending on how many people participate I might need help verifying demos. Alternatively, send me a challenge.


What holds/levels does this season cover?
This season covers the first half of TSS (everything up to and including Lemming Beach in Chapter 6.) All rooms there, including secrets, are fair game. There will be 5 challenges this season.



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Once (adv.): Enough.
Twice (adv.): Once too often.
~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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vinheim
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Joining.

Temporal Aumtliches were way too frightening last challenge.

bomber50
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Warning: This room was changed in 5.0.1. Fortunately, it doesn't appear to change anything significant.

jg9000
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I think this challenge is problematic, because it's possible that the top scores for this room already drop the smallest possible number of kegs (or that they could be trivially changed to do so).

Even if not, the solutions here could easily be people's best try of this room and would show up in the highscores, allowing others to copy them.

Pinnacle
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I can confirm that 4 kegs is possible, and a nontrivial change from the top demo which drops 5.

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Once (adv.): Enough.
Twice (adv.): Once too often.
~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

blorx1
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I'm not about to announce the number of kegs I've managed to reach. But I can tell you, the challenge is fine. It is not trivial to get it below four, which is how many one could easily manage if one watched the top demo.

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If you need to think outside of the box, then you didn't build a good enough box.

Pinnacle
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I extended this challenge's deadline to Saturday, August 2.

In general, the league will transition to a 2-week cycle in order to make it easier for everyone to find time to participate.

____________________________
Once (adv.): Enough.
Twice (adv.): Once too often.
~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

blorx1
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I haven't seen much activity for this thread and I'm hoping that we get more submissions (maybe we have, I wouldn't know). Remember that even a demo that is just a non-optimized runthrough will still get points and if we have less than 7 entries, you'll probably score pretty well too.

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If you need to think outside of the box, then you didn't build a good enough box.

Pinnacle
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I'll post a submission topic for 1-3 as long as there are no objections to it (e.g. if it's inherently broken in some way). The details of the challenge are up on the top post.

The results for challenge 2 will be posted tomorrow when I verify it.



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Once (adv.): Enough.
Twice (adv.): Once too often.
~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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KevG
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Just for clarification, what does "complete" mean? Are all briar roots released counted or just those released before hitting the conquer token?

Pinnacle
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All briar roots count, regardless of whether they were before or after the conquer token.

____________________________
Once (adv.): Enough.
Twice (adv.): Once too often.
~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

TripleM
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Uh, what's the location of the room?

KevG
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Somewhere Under The Ocean 2W

Pinnacle
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File: 1-2 demos.zip (49.3 KB)
Downloaded 48 times.
License: Public Domain

Results!

Place      Name         Kegs                  Moves          Points
1          blorx1          1                    232            +100
2          jg9000          2                    156             +75
3          KevG            2                    165             +50
4          Red-XIII        2                    235             +40
5          Nuntar          2                    268             +30
6          The spitemaster 3                    112             +20
7          DezzTech        3                    327             +10
8          TripleM         4                    102             +10
9          Someone Else    4                    121             +10

Current standings:

#   Name               Points
1   blorx1             175           (previously 2nd)
2   jg9000             125           (previously 3rd)
3   Doom               100           (previously 1st)
4   Red-XIII           70            (previously 5th)
5   KevG               60            (previously 7th)
6   Someone Else       50            (previously 4th)
7   Nuntar             30
7   DezzTech           30            (previously 6th)
9   The spitemaster    20 
10  TripleM            10

____________________________
Once (adv.): Enough.
Twice (adv.): Once too often.
~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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Pinnacle
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File: DCL 1-3.zip (38.6 KB)
Downloaded 65 times.
License: Public Domain

Results!

Place      Name         Roots                 Moves          Points
1          Wyv	           16	              902            +100
2          jg9000	   15	              983            +75
3          Someone Else	   14	              1090           +50
4          DezzTech	   13	              1018           +40
5          Red-XIII	   13	              1229           +30
6          The spitemaster  8                 650            +20
7          blorx1	    6	              1428           +10
8          KevG	            3	              221            +10

Current standings:

#   Name               Points
1   jg9000             200           
2   blorx1             185           
3   Doom               100           
3   Wyv                100
3   Red-XIII           100            
3   Someone Else       100            
7   KevG               70           
7   DezzTech           70
9   The spitemaster    40            
10  Nuntar             30
11  TripleM            10

Wyv enters the league and is immediately tied for 3rd place, releasing an impressive sixteen roots.

If you haven't voted in the Keeping it Secret contest, you really should do that. The next challenge will be posted next weekend.
The next challenge will be posted a bit later than usual.

____________________________
Once (adv.): Enough.
Twice (adv.): Once too often.
~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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The spitemaster
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I know I'm not doing the greatest at these challenges, but I object to being put in 10th rather than 9th. Not a biggie though.

____________________________
Last night upon a stair
I met a man that wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish that man would stay away

Pinnacle
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Sorry about that, fixed.

____________________________
Once (adv.): Enough.
Twice (adv.): Once too often.
~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

Pinnacle
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Update! Challenge 4 is up, check out the top post for more info!

____________________________
Once (adv.): Enough.
Twice (adv.): Once too often.
~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

The spitemaster
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For those who are feeling good about this challenge, I submit this counter challenge- How many trapdoors must remain up when you press the first pressure plate to beat the room?

Edit: I was able to at 20. If anyone could reach 19 I would be very impressed.

____________________________
Last night upon a stair
I met a man that wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish that man would stay away

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Pinnacle
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File: DCL 1-4.zip (49.3 KB)
Downloaded 46 times.
License: Public Domain

Results!

Name            Trapdoors Moves    Points
The spitemaster	9	  142      +100
jg9000		10	  92       +75 
blorx1		10	  92       +75
Red-XIII	10	  102      +40
Someone Else	10	  112      +30
bomber50	10	  122      +20 
Wyv		10	  122      +20
Nuntar		12	  113      +10
jamesdenem	13	  113      +10

Overall Standings:

#   Name               Points
1   jg9000             275           
2   blorx1             260           
3   Red-XIII           140            
3   The spitemaster    140    
5   Someone Else       130
6   Wyv                120
7   Doom               100           
8   KevG               70           
8   DezzTech           70        
10  Nuntar             40
11  bomber50           20
12  jamesdenem         10
13  TripleM            10

____________________________
Once (adv.): Enough.
Twice (adv.): Once too often.
~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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Pinnacle
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DROD CHALLENGE LEAGUE, SEASON 1, CHALLENGE 5: A Frozen, Fluffy and Fearsome Finale



Icy Underworld - 5 North

C h a l l e n g e !

Create as many distinct fluff blobs as possible, and clear the room.

Distinct blobs are counted at the end of the room, so if multiple blobs connect, they're considered 1.

Fluff blobs are counted at the end of the demo, i.e. the move on which you exit the room.


____________________________
Once (adv.): Enough.
Twice (adv.): Once too often.
~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

Someone Else
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This terrifies me. D: Nice challenge!

Pinnacle
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And the final results!

Only 3 people submitted a solution, all with 8 fluff blobs.

Red-XIII            8        133
jg9000              8        158
Someone Else        8        164

FINAL STANDINGS

1   jg9000             350           
2   blorx1             260           
3   Red-XIII           240            
4   Someone Else       180
5   The spitemaster    140    
6   Wyv                120
7   Doom               100           
8   KevG               70           
8   DezzTech           70        
10  Nuntar             40
11  bomber50           20
12  jamesdenem         10
13  TripleM            10

jg9000 wins this season, and wins their choice of a Steam game worth up to $10, a year of CaravelNet, 2 Smitemaster's Selections of their choice, or a DROD game of their choice.

____________________________
Once (adv.): Enough.
Twice (adv.): Once too often.
~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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blorx1
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File: TSS Icy Underworld 5N Victory 9.demo (6.5 KB)
Downloaded 42 times.
License: Public Domain

Huh, I guess I should have submitted this solution. I managed 9. Would have netted me an overall win too. Eh, I'll pretend to have an excuse or something.

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If you need to think outside of the box, then you didn't build a good enough box.

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