Shooting Game Tournament 2006

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:04 pm

Errm....BulletMagnet, any use to you?

Post by **Shatterhand** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:12 pm

79 members, 15 teams so far. It will be a blast for sure.

"So, Shatterhand, what you expect from this clash of titans?"

"Well, I think it will be a hell of competition. I'll try to give my best to help my team, and hope we can reach the 1st spot. I have respect for all my opponents, but I think we can do better than all of them."

Sword · Post by **Sword** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:17 pm

Shatterhand wrote:79 members, 15 teams so far. It will be a blast for sure.

Heh. I think my meagre skills will be sorely tested. Maybe i should get a t-shirt: "I placed 73rd in STGT 2k6 and all i got was this stupid tshirt."

Hey, 'STG Tourney 2006' shirts doesn't even sound like such a bad idea

Post by **Shatterhand** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:44 pm

No kidding, I am even feeling a little nervous about all this

MrMonkeyMan · Post by **MrMonkeyMan** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:03 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:It's worth noting that the admin of Danmaku-gata has linked this thread in his news. Wonder if we'll get some Asian people joining in.

I like that guy. I only uploaded my Ketsui videos in the middle of the night, and just a few hours later he's already got them linked on his site. I don't think I'd use up any bandwidth if it wasn't for him.

Post by **Icarus** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:23 pm

MrMonkeyMan wrote:I like that guy. I only uploaded my Ketsui videos in the middle of the night, and just a few hours later he's already got them linked on his site. I don't think I'd use up any bandwidth if it wasn't for him.

Yeah he's cool. Not only does he list all the latest pro and doujin releases, he's also keeping track of new replays as well. Just scoping through his old logs and I came across my Darius Gaiden ALL entry, and several older releases by other forum members.

Looks like we will be watched closely during the running of the tournament. ^_^

thyseus · Post by **thyseus** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:26 pm

Hi

please sign me in for "Team Germany", i can´t wait to get into the competition

Thank you

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:39 pm

Did the scoring system get decided on?

Just noticed the one on the front page that only submits the top 3 from each team.

neocps2 · Post by **neocps2** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:24 pm

yep
i join the tournament !
d-ku neo _ d-ku team

gionmatsuli · Post by **gionmatsuli** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:26 pm

Hello I would like to join the tournament if it's not too late.

D-ku BON from D-ku Team.

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:31 pm

We're currently working to see if we can add D-ku BON and D-ku NEO to the Mixed European team, so we are 7, which is the maximum number. We're soon to get a name btw, currently working on this.

EDIT: And btw, we decided to keep our shmups.com names for more readability. Super L is ok so please add Gion and NeoCPS2 in the soon-to-be-changed Mixed European Team Edge.

Post by **Icarus** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:59 pm

Twiddle wrote:needs stench

Second version. "Smelly Reservoir Blobs". ^_-

Galdur · Post by **Galdur** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:41 pm

Awesome, thanks for putting me on a team!

I made two logos to represent Team Canada. You'll notice that, other than the maple leaf beside the team name, they are not overwhelmingly "Canadian". Don't know if this is an issue, but I couldn't come up with any good thematic ideas.

Tell me what you guys think, and feel free to make your own! These are just suggestions.

Buttman · Post by **Buttman** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:04 pm

Wonder if we'll get some Asian people joining in.

The contest might be significantly harder if Asian best players join

Btw I have to decline again, since I'm not sure to have the time because of work.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:13 pm

Buttman wrote:
Wonder if we'll get some Asian people joining in.
The contest might be significantly harder if Asian best players join
.

bring it on, team sweden is unstoppable!, moaaahahahahahaaahhhrrrr...

naah but seriously, arent there ANY japanese on these boards?

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:19 pm

Edge wrote:I'll do so, but it seems you guys haven't really decided for your logos yet... ? Maybe sent me a pm, whenever you have finalized your logo.

Ack, we have way too many good ones for our team...use whichever you like best.

NRS wrote:Ha ha! "Help" indeed. Nice one!

Hee hee, thanks. Some time ago (perhaps before you joined) Mr. Coyote himself served as my avatar here, I figured it'd be good to bring him back for a bit.

DEL wrote:Errm....BulletMagnet, any use to you?

Hee hee, maybe I can make something of it, thanks.

Galdur wrote:I made two logos to represent Team Canada. You'll notice that, other than the maple leaf beside the team name, they are not overwhelmingly "Canadian". Don't know if this is an issue, but I couldn't come up with any good thematic ideas.

I think the one with the snowy background actually works pretty well.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:52 pm

Icarus wrote:
Twiddle wrote:needs stench
Second version. "Smelly Reservoir Blobs". ^_-

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:30 pm

Icarus wrote:Yeah he's cool. Not only does he list all the latest pro and doujin releases,

It's one of the few non-forum sites I visit daily. Painstaking work. Hopefully he won't quit.

EDIT:
To both MMM and Icarus, your input is wanted here.

bVork · Post by **bVork** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:08 am

Galdur wrote:Awesome, thanks for putting me on a team!

I made two logos to represent Team Canada. You'll notice that, other than the maple leaf beside the team name, they are not overwhelmingly "Canadian". Don't know if this is an issue, but I couldn't come up with any good thematic ideas.

Tell me what you guys think, and feel free to make your own! These are just suggestions.

Those look nice! I really like the lighter colours. I'm going to whip up a few myself. Hope I can equal your impressive designs.

_Bnu · Post by **_Bnu** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:23 am

Let's not forget Team Apes, guys.

Even though it's just me and two bots, that doesn't mean we're not a team.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:24 am

^^By far the best logo.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:00 am

Can we suggest games?

I just found out in Mame an horizontal shmup which is very score-centric:Super Spacefortress Macross II .

It even plays much like a caravan game, in each level you have a time to make a certain score... even if you manage to beat the boss and still have some time , the level keeps going on, so you can rack up more points.

I played it only for a few minutes, the game has 3 courses, I dunno if you can only play through one course, or if you finish one course, you go to another one (Each course seems to have only 3 levels!)

And we should have the rules very clear before the tournament begins. Will we accept auto-fire or not? What about games with infinite loops, should we accept scores from just the 1st loop, or any score is accepted?

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:21 am

Regarding auto: it should be set on a per-game basis. While you probably already know that I have a preference to using auto no matter what game it is, some people might get anal about it, so its best to clarify its use when each game is selected.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:42 am

Yeah, that's why I am asking. I personally don't give a damn, and none of my sticks have auto-fire support... but some people indeed may get anal about it

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:49 am

You can enable autofire in MAME32+, by the way. ^_-

Yeah, and I'd prefer if auto usage is clarified before the start of each game week. I'm not keen on a repeat of what happened in the last smeet when I submitted an autofire-assisted score. ^_-

(And I agree, SSF-Macross 2 is indeed teh awsum. Haven't played it in a while though, but good for a score compo.)

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:53 am

1 vote for "Team Wal*Mart". That name makes me laugh.

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:19 am

freddiebamboo wrote:Did the scoring system get decided on?

Just noticed the one on the front page that only submits the top 3 from each team.

Yeah, the first post is up to date. For the team rankings only the best 3 scores of one team count. So teamsizes of 7 players might be a bit stressful for some teammembers, it might be possible to start new teams out of people who don't want to stay on the big teams...? Team Ronin or something... is someone interested in such a new team?

Regarding the scoresystem, I will also add seperate all player rankings. The final "score-value-breakdown-thingie" (how many points you get for each position) depends on the number of participating teams. I made the example below for 10 teams. The scoring will look kinda similiar, but only suited for 45 players or how many teams it will be in the end.

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Tier 1	
 1st      60 pts
 2nd      50 pts
 3rd      45 pts

Tier 2	
 4th      40 pts
 5th      36 pts
 6th      33 pts
 7th      30 pts
 8th      27 pts

Tier 3	
 9th      24 pts
10th      22 pts
11th      20 pts
12th      18 pts
13th      16 pts
14th      14 pts

Tier 4	
15th      12 pts
16th      11 pts
17th      10 pts
18th       9 pts
18th       8 pts
20th       7 pts
21st       6 pts

Tier 5	
22nd       5 pts
23rd       5 pts
24th       4 pts
25th       4 pts
26th       3 pts
27th       3 pts
28th       2 pts
29th       2 pts
30th       1 pt

@_Bnu:
Uhm... I wasn't sure if you are serious. So do you like to join the competition...?

Autofire and Unlimited Loops:
I agree with Icarus that auto fire allowance should depend on the game. Where on the other hand I am not thinking to limit multilooping games to just 1 loop. Gradius maybe get boring if you can loop it unlimited times, but killing yourself in certain stages and finishing one loop with the last life sounds like less fun to me. However everything can and should be put into consideration. Therefore on the voting thread all rules for the games (on the poll) can be discussed. That we have solid rules when the actual competition start.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:22 am

Bunch of badges for Team Germany (thanks to namagomi for the third one):

I think that this song should be our team anthem.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:35 am

Herr Schatten wrote:I think that this song should be our team anthem.

Nah. This one's better. Or maybe this one?

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:45 am

The Coop wrote:
Herr Schatten wrote:I think that this song should be our team anthem.
Nah. This one's better. Or maybe this one?

Only if we play some Dangun Feveron.

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