cfalcon wrote:I never really understood why it was a "One credit clear" and not a "Three lives clear" anyway, given that the definition of credit is up to the local arcade owner. I mean, I know it's supposed to be "default number of lives for this machine", but someone who clears a 3-life game in two lives is, IMO, rocking the house even more than someone who has to use all three.
I guess the point is when you want to compare skill of a certain game between two players, you would needs ruler, and the most common ruler is the scores a player can get in a single game (i.e. 1cc) under the default setting *Meow*.
cfalcon wrote:I never really understood why it was a "One credit clear" and not a "Three lives clear" anyway...
"One credit clear" and not equal to "Three lives clear", since most games would earns extends life (i.e. extra lifes) when a player scrores reaches a certain amount. *Meow* Which means a player can begin the game with 3 lifes and earns 2 more during play and end up having a total of 5 lifes in a 1cc game.*Meow*
If it is "Three lives clear", that means either the meachine is set to "no extend" (not the default setting) or the player is not allow to loss more than 3 life within the game even he/she has earn extra lifes during play. *Meow*
cfalcon wrote:...but someone who clears a 3-life game in two lives is, IMO, rocking the house even more than someone who has to use all three.
A play whom can clear a game in two lifes is definately better than someone using all 3 lifes *Meow*. In fact most game would award bonus scrores reminding lifes and bombs a player has when he/she clear the game *Meow*. And thus this difference in skill reflected in the player final scrores *Meow*.
Moreover, in some recent games *Meow*. The scoring system would awards a player more scores if he/she can stay alife longer *Meow*. e.g. In sns the point you get form coins would increase when you holding more coins *Meow*. Once you are hited, you drop all coins you are holding *Meow*.
So when someone said he/she can 1cc a game, he/she is puting forward a statment claiming he/she to be at a certain level of skill in that game *Meow*. This is what that statment means, at least for those "1cc" people (including me the "1cc" cat) understanding *Meow*.
If you clear a game in non-default settings, you should states what setting you have changed *Meow*.
In this case,
fpbrush should said "I claer it in 5 life under Normal differculty" to aviod misunderstanding *Meow*. Anyway he have clearfily that point later, why all you people still auguring *Meow*?
In my own opinion, player can free to change the default setting as he/she see fit *Meow*. Not all of us have the skill to enable us to play shooter games at default differculty *Meow*.
I myself is playing Gradius V at easy*Meow*. I can only reach as far as 1-6 in Easy, but only 1-3 in Normal *Meow*. If I clear the game in Easy, I would tell people that "I can clear the Gradius V in Easy" *Meow*. If I said I can "1cc" Gradius V, would means I can get through loop 1 under "Normal" in default setting *Meow*.
By the way, in some games a player would have the oppontrunity scores more in higher differculty *Meow*. e.g. A player would have more bullet to eat in Ikruga in Hard and in Easy *Meow*.
