To: Solus Contingent
From: General Grier

Your mission has been updated.
Complete the Mountain Village Level AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!
Prove your valor, annihilating the boss on video.
You only have until January 26th or the Chuul will dominate the world.

PRIZES
FIRST PLACE: Framed, original, signed Weapon of Choice Production Art PLUS 4,000 Microsoft Points

SECOND PLACE: Special, black T-shirt with Second Place Winner’s Speed Run time and Weapon of Choice logo.

THIRD PLACE: Artist/Developer signed Weapon of Choice Alien Annual Calendar 2009, featuring monthly vivid images and insane poetry of disgusting Weapon of Choice aliens.


Click here for more complete orders, a sample speed run video, and
hints.

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Nathan
Mommy's Best Games

 I assume that hard and easy speed runs are honored equally!?  But please let us know ???

Geichz,
Yes, you can play on whatever difficulty setting you please. You can also play with whatever Operatives you want (you can even die, but you can't fail the mission--that is you can't lose all your Operatives.). You can also pick any path you want to beat the first level. You just have to beat the first level, and finish fast.

What is fast? Well you can see in the sample run, the time there is just under 3 minutes. I think you can see some simple mistakes I made. But maybe there are better ways to play?

I'll post some more hints on our website this week.
Good luck!

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Nathan
Mommy's Best Games

 Thanks I was thinking it was just the High Trees path for some reason.

 Thanks for doing this contest. It will be loads of fun to participate in.
Its right on time too I needed something to pull me away from Fallout 3 ( I admire the developers ability to create such a vast spacious world - I mean its an RPG that will change the way people look at FPS!!! )

  Quick question :
      
 Lets just say, if there was a way to somehow jump high enough to jump over the screen ( er... region ) that triggers General Griers first mission active prompting (Minuscule Spoiler Alert  ---------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------           ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------          Son of a Geichz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------       ya know, the prompting where the signal gets interrupted.... er... highjacked by the Chuul.),
thereby skipping the prompting (as well as a piece of the story) to get a faster time, would a tactic such as that be honoured ???  or considered a glitch ???

 highjacked by the Chuul ,Whoops!!! I meant highjacked by the Aliens********************

No matter the glitch found in the game, it's all permitted, as long as you follow the rules. You're just not, obviously, allowed to modify the video.

So yes, if you somehow (watch out people--he may be on to something!) managed to completely bypass the movie or Conflict Zone map when you go to the right, that's fine. It's all admissible.

(And for the record, while it may seem like a glitch, I like that you can trick your way past those movies, and left it in like that intentionally. I didn't want to box in the player too much.)

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Nathan
Mommy's Best Games

Has anybody sent you a contest video to u tube?? I was wondering if somebody were to title their contest video something other than *Weapon of Choice* if  it could be hard to find for us players? Yet you could have a record of it ???

 This is as much for Nathan as it is for everybody else ENJOY CRANK IT UP
just copy and paste URL -
 http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/104435/

 Or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fWvub_WBho&feature=related

 Or even better make sure to look close at 2:33 on this one -    
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpxn57m1Mmw&feature=related

cool beans

I just updated the tips with three new ones. Some are specific to Weapon of Choice and some are good for people new to speed runs. Check 'em out!

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Nathan
Mommy's Best Games

  Come on people, this is *community games*.
 If you want more great games, at great prices you gotta play a role in the *Community* part

                                                   Post when you view - I'm asking you

 I've posted a couple of mine on Youtube - here's one (copy and paste)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN0wUY1oIc4&feature=channel_page

 Any other submissions?
Remember there's 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes

 I really want to land the No#1 position but.....I don't want this to be a cake walk.
People will look back at this and feel bad they missed out on a good opportunity for a fun competition .
Mommysbest games has done their best to promote this contest but the response has been lackluster.

I've had fun so far ...thanks guys

Geichz--nice work!
Let's go people--you can crib off his work just by watching the video. Sounds like he's goading you to me!

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Nathan
Mommy's Best Games

 I saw that you or your wife (what a awesome wife dude!) set up a forum on GameFAQ - I remember GameFAQ (which I call Game Facts and confuse the h@ll out of everybody I talked to) a few years ago when the advertisements were much fewer and the site hadn't quite caught on to the general public - those that are interested in or need help with any game ever made need to check it out - Its still one of the best free site on the net and still has a strong community (feel) presence to it.

 I'll try to write a review and maybe submit a FAQ contribution eventually. If I can find the time.

Hi all,
Thanks for your contest entries!

The submission period is over.
We'll announce winners around the week of February 2nd.

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Nathan
Mommy's Best Games

So nobody gets a potential winner (validation) E-Mail until February 2nd ???

Or were the eligible winners notified as soon as possible ???


  Part c. Notification from:    3. Judging Criteria; Judging Process; Notification; Prizes. States that "Sponsors will contact the potential winners via email; potential winners must reply via email within 48 hours to be eligible to win. In the event a potential Winner cannot be reasonably notified, does not respond within 48 hours, or is determined not to be eligible for participation, an alternate winner will be chosen based on the Judging Criteria in accordance with these Rules. If a potential winner is between the ages of 13 and 17 years old, Sponsors will request parental/guardian acknowledgment of participation and consent is required to ensure minor’s eligibility to be awarded a prize*".

oh am I a potential winner?? The suspense is killing me!!

My fastest is 1 min 5 sec 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN0wUY1oIc4&feature=PlayList&p=ABBC51287E37EA7F&index=4

Anybody else wish to share??

My guess is it takes some time to verify all entries and to make sure no one edited their video.

 Pandapadawan wrote:

My guess is it takes some time to verify all entries and to make sure no one edited their video.

 I know but I fought hard for a 1st place title, the 4000MS points and especially the signed artwork. The contest prizes are all very good but... the signed artwork is what got me exited about participating in the contest for sure!!!
I wouldn't really care about the artwork if the WoC artwork wasn't some of the coolest artwork I've ever seen!!!
My favorite screen sized creation is the sun (I think) but its hard to pick one when they're all so well designed.

 I really hope mommysbestgames ends up developing a bigger version, one that would make this whole game seem like a prototype. Because mommysbest and their designing of the creatures, controlling the way you have to fight them and the way they fight you nails it (the fun of course).

Oh! Too bad I missed this contest; I just dl'd it and it is incredibly fun. I would have loved to try doing a speed run. Good work devs! *round of applause*

The winners have been announced!

Check it out here.

Thanks for playing everyone--it was a pleasure offering the contest.

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Nathan
Mommy's Best Games

 I am planning on showing off a picture (or more likely a video since I'd have to borrow a camera) of the "Pineapple Tail" original artwork from Weapon of Choice that I received on Saturday the 21st of February from MommysBestGames for nabbing the first place prize. Right on schedule I might add, they were even thought full enough to send it priority mail and paid $11.40 out of their own pockets (Nathan & Amy Fouts of MommysBestGames).

                                                                                     Thank you MBG