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Re: Challenge of the Month #18 - Summit Beyond the Clouds Scoring Challenge

Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 5:06 pm
by The Jonster
I actually meant to do this yesterday, but I was busy and thinking of December's challenge. Here are the rankings for November:

1st: The Jonster: 4 minutes, 1 second :arrow: 1000 Tings
2nd: Elite Piranha: 5 minutes, 16 seconds :arrow: 800 Tings
3rd: DaveRattlehead: 7 minutes, 48 seconds :arrow: 500 Tings

Congratulations to all the participants!

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Now, here is the challenge for December: In Summit Beyond the Clouds, there is this area past what looks like a frozen waterfall. It looks like this from the top:
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The goal this month is to attain your highest score in this area! Good luck to everyone participating!
I'm probably gonna do so bad at this

Re: Challenge of the Month #18 - Summit Beyond the Clouds Scoring Challenge

Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 5:24 pm
by Steo
Well done to the contenders!

Also hmm, I might consider this one if I get time before I go away for Christmas hehe. I haven't tried scoring in a long time. :P

Re: Challenge of the Month #18 - Summit Beyond the Clouds Scoring Challenge

Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:19 pm
by PluMGMK
Oh man, that place with all the suiciding Hoodbooms and Throttle Copters! :ouin: To clarify, it's just the bit after you come out into the open through that door visible in the picture, right?

Re: Challenge of the Month #18 - Summit Beyond the Clouds Scoring Challenge

Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:53 pm
by The Jonster
Yes, that's what I mean, the area after you come out of the tunnel!

Re: Challenge of the Month #18 - Summit Beyond the Clouds Scoring Challenge

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:36 pm
by DaveRattlehead
So I see the dead-line has been extended to January the 31st... Wise choice :hinhinhin:

I guess you'll only demand that specific part to be recorded, right?

Re: Challenge of the Month #18 - Summit Beyond the Clouds Scoring Challenge

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2024 6:44 pm
by Maz
Holy, I almost missed another scoring challenge :shock:

I'll try to enter a submission, but this area is the bane of my existence, might take a while to get an attempt that I'm happy with :oops2:

For clarification, if I enter the room with e.g. 1.000 points, and I get hit before I start scoring in this room, that -1 doesn't count, right? Given that the score should be treated as 0 when you enter the room?

Re: Challenge of the Month #18 - Summit Beyond the Clouds Scoring Challenge

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:10 pm
by Maz
Sorry for the double post, but I wanted to enter my first submission for this challenge:

Unfortunately I didn't get a high enough launch in the end, which lost me a lot of points... but it's the first attempt where I got everything in one combo, so I'll take it for now. I'll try some more and hopefully be able to submit a better attempt later.

I've also put some explanations in the video description, for people who want to make submissions and don't know much about glitches in R3. You don't have to use these strats of course, but they're very advantageous here.

Edit: Actually, I just had another look at the rules and it says not to use "extreme glitches", would RSJs be considered extreme glitches? If so, I need to do something else :P

Re: Challenge of the Month #18 - Summit Beyond the Clouds Scoring Challenge

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 1:11 am
by The Jonster
Maz wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 6:44 pm For clarification, if I enter the room with e.g. 1.000 points, and I get hit before I start scoring in this room, that -1 doesn't count, right? Given that the score should be treated as 0 when you enter the room?
That's right, assume your original score would be 0 when you enter the room so any -1 before you start scoring will still just count as 0.
Maz wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:10 pm Sorry for the double post, but I wanted to enter my first submission for this challenge:

Unfortunately I didn't get a high enough launch in the end, which lost me a lot of points... but it's the first attempt where I got everything in one combo, so I'll take it for now. I'll try some more and hopefully be able to submit a better attempt later.

I've also put some explanations in the video description, for people who want to make submissions and don't know much about glitches in R3. You don't have to use these strats of course, but they're very advantageous here.

Edit: Actually, I just had another look at the rules and it says not to use "extreme glitches", would RSJs be considered extreme glitches? If so, I need to do something else :P
To be honest, it was never made clear to me in the rules what was meant by "extreme glitches" other than IPG, so I'll say no, your submission is fine as is (until you come up with a better score to submit heh)

Re: Challenge of the Month #18 - Summit Beyond the Clouds Scoring Challenge

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:12 pm
by Hunchman801
Really impressive submission, and thanks for including the explanations. It's not gonna be easy to beat that one; in fact, I don't even know if it's possible other than by doing the same, except being lucky enough to get that high enough jump. :fou2:

Re: Challenge of the Month #18 - Summit Beyond the Clouds Scoring Challenge

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:21 pm
by The Jonster
Oh dear, I've been busy with things lately and haven't had time to do this challenge (and there's only a few days left on top of that)

Recently tried moonjumping for the first time in CF2 a few weeks ago and it was really fun experimenting. I need more practice with the technique though since it took me.....like several tries to actually do it on an emulator of all things (i can only imagine how many times I'd have to restart when doing this with the PC version). :oops2:

Re: Challenge of the Month #18 - Summit Beyond the Clouds Scoring Challenge

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 1:40 am
by Elite Piranha
Well, just for the sake of participating I recorded this. It is kind of weird that the first submission is from a Hall of Famer, and the second one is from someone that literally has not played the level in ages (and was never good at scoring points to begin with) :mrgreen:.


Re: Challenge of the Month #18 - Summit Beyond the Clouds Scoring Challenge

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:35 pm
by The Jonster
Sorry guys, I've become occupied with other things lately, but finally, the results:

1st: Maz: 17,967 points :arrow: 1000 Tings
2nd: Elite Piranha: 3,986 points :arrow: 800 Tings

Great job to those who participated (and shame on me for taking too long to participate :P )

So this month's challenge will be in Rayman 1, at Mr. Dark's Dare in the Candy Chateau! The goal of this challenge is to defeat Mr. Dark with the least amount of damage taken.

So here's the breakdown of this challenge:

Challenge of the Month #19: Mr.Dark's low-hit Challenge

- The challenge is only based around the final fight against Mr. Dark in the Candy Chateau, so begin your recording there.
- Record the entire fight up til you at least defeat Mr. Dark.
- Receiving any damage that decreases Rayman's life bar will add 1 to your score.
- Dying will also add 1 to your score, like with any hit.
- Have the lowest amount of points at the end of the month to win!


I'll update the front page later tonight.
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Have fun guys!
(hope this doesn't turn out horribly :lol:)

Re: Challenge of the Month #19 - Mr. Dark's low-hit Challenge

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:40 pm
by Hunchman801
Congrats and thanks Maz and Elite for your entries!

Re: Challenge of the Month #19 - Mr. Dark's low-hit Challenge

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:24 pm
by Raypeashooter
Hello There
i don t know how to submit my run properly so have this link to the video

Re: Challenge of the Month #19 - Mr. Dark's low-hit Challenge

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:29 am
by The Jonster
Yeah this is perfectly fine, great job btw.

Re: Challenge of the Month #19 - Mr. Dark's low-hit Challenge

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:32 pm
by LightGuido2002

Re: Challenge of the Month #19 - Mr. Dark's low-hit Challenge

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:26 pm
by Hunchman801
SpeedRay 2024 will be running this month, so I think it's fine to extend the COTM deadline to March 31 as well, in case more people want to participate?

Re: Challenge of the Month #19 - Mr. Dark's low-hit Challenge

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:14 pm
by The Jonster
Alright, then the challenge will continue up until the 31st of March. Great entries so far though!

Re: Challenge of the Month #19 - Mr. Dark's low-hit Challenge

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:30 pm
by Giant Chicken
Is the challenge still going on or is it over?

Re: Challenge of the Month #20 - Swinging Caves Speed Trophy challenge

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:55 am
by The Jonster
Yes the challenge is now finished. Apologies for the long delay, but here are the final results for the challenge! Congratulations to everyone who participated!

Edit: Oops, somehow I forgot to add that this would be time-based if multiple people had no hits, but never mind. Both entries receive 1000 Tings this time for having the best record of no hits! Congrats! :oops2:

Raypeashooter - 0 hits :arrow: 1000 Tings
LightGuido2002 - 0 hits :arrow: 1000 Tings

Anyways.....I have decided on this month's challenge. Let's roll back to a speed challenge this time.

Challenge of the Month #20: Swinging Caves Speed Trophy challenge

- As the name states, this challenge will be based on the speed trophy challenge of Swinging Caves, so make sure you hit the clock at the beginning before recording.
- Your recording should include when you start the challenge to the end when you reach the flag. Simple, right?
- Have one of the fastest runs at the end of the month! As always, you can always submit another recording if you have a better time.


Good luck everyone, and have fun! :mryellow: