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   05-19-2009, 4:09 PM
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You sir, are definitely paying your dues. 

That 's a little scary having your game disappear - I've never had that happen, - are you POSITIVE you exited through the main menu last time?

If it makes you feel any better your progress inspired me to work more on my long dormant game - just as I was finishing off the lower half of the MMC I'm building I accidentally combo'd 3 multipliers (my punishment for going against my own advice and trying to build an MMC with a board full of multipliers)...and got to enjoy the mass destruction that followed.  It's not a total loss, but boy do I have a mess to clean up next time I fire it up...

Anyway, glad you're stiill fighting the good fight - keep us posted!  Smile [:)]
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   05-19-2009, 4:15 PM
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Y'know, his quest for Hexic Heaven is kinda inspiring me to have a go again myself.

Once I've got my recording equipment sorted, I think I'll definitely be putting some time into this game. I haven't played it for yonks.

Anyway, enough of my rambling, good luck, Creepy, keep us posted!Smile [:)]

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   05-19-2009, 8:14 PM
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Wow the forum is still here! Thats awesome.

I've been playing alot of Hexic 2 offline so I should hopefully be back in the top 3 pretty soon. I've still got my Hexic game going from the Hexathon so all is good. I'll have to get that finished soon enough! 

EDIT: I've been busy with PGR 4 Geometry Wars Waves (Current Rank #1 and have been for about 6 months, lol) and i'm also working on a few Mirrors Edge top 10 runs. I'm in the top 10 on 4 tracks of the standard game, just need to nail the rest of the game!

Then I guess I have to start playing Boom Boom Rocket again!
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   05-19-2009, 10:38 PM
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Yup, we're still here, Dog!Dog [&]

BTW, you haven't been #1 in Geo Wars 2 Waves for AGES. I believe you were passed less than a week after you got that, maybe even less than a couple of days. In any case, the top score now is over 100 million, 112,438,405 to be precise.

Edit: Whoops, my bad, you meant the PGR4 version, forgot about that one. What's your score in that version?

Speaking of Waves, I'm getting SOO sick of that mode now. I've been playing that like crazy and keep getting ridiculously close to my score every time I play, only for something stupid to occur, either I make a dopey error or the game screws me over with bad gate placements, ARGH! So addictive, though.Smile [:)] Honestly, based on how I play leading up to the "stupid" phase of the mode, I think I'd have a crack at the top 10 if it weren't for bad luck. I think I'm the Killertoker of that game or at the very least, the FlobberWorm of it, sorry, Flobby.Sad [:(]

BBR: I haven't played that in over a year, been waiting till I get proper recording equipment before playing that again. I believe I'm still #2 or #3 but I haven't checked in a while. I still get a LOT of random F/Rs from people who've recently played it, so I'm guessing I'm correct.

Anyway, good to hear from you again, Dog. Don't be a stranger, mate!Smile [:)]
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   05-20-2009, 4:04 AM
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Well let's see...

My current Hexic HD score is...0 for this game.

haha. just got back into hexic. (i really have nothing to do with my life it kinda sucks)

but i'm still truckin' for the top 10 in Hexic 2...yes it's easy...but i'm going for 450million. i screwed up my last game when setting up an MCR by clustering three pearls. i was not a happy camper. haha. @ 21million for my current game, nailed a small 12mil MCR.

i figure i should still try to do an MMC. but, i'm still too lazy. it sucks mad balls. haha. hexic 1 skills are lacking.

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   05-20-2009, 11:45 AM
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 Arcade Meister wrote:
Yup, we're still here, Dog!

BTW, you haven't been #1 in Geo Wars 2 Waves for AGES. I believe you were passed less than a week after you got that, maybe even less than a couple of days. In any case, the top score now is over 100 million, 112,438,405 to be precise.

I'm sitting at #6 in that version with just over 80 Million, although I know over 100 Million is easily possible!

Edit: Whoops, my bad, you meant the PGR4 version, forgot about that one. What's your score in that version?

I'm currently 3.5 Million ahead of Deathisland and my score is 20.5 Million.

Speaking of Waves, I'm getting SOO sick of that mode now. I've been playing that like crazy and keep getting ridiculously close to my score every time I play, only for something stupid to occur, either I make a dopey error or the game screws me over with bad gate placements, ARGH! So addictive, though. Honestly, based on how I play leading up to the "stupid" phase of the mode, I think I'd have a crack at the top 10 if it weren't for bad luck. I think I'm the Killertoker of that game or at the very least, the FlobberWorm of it, sorry, Flobby.

Same here, but its a really fun game, you just need to calm down when you play!

BBR: I haven't played that in over a year, been waiting till I get proper recording equipment before playing that again. I believe I'm still #2 or #3 but I haven't checked in a while. I still get a LOT of random F/Rs from people who've recently played it, so I'm guessing I'm correct.

As an Endurance player, I get a few random F/Rs all though, nowadays most if not all of mine are through PGR 4 waves, you get alot of people talking smack.

Anyway, good to hear from you again, Dog. Don't be a stranger, mate!

Thanks, were all still good friends?


Glad to hear you've started a game Dark Chaos, best of *luck*.
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   05-20-2009, 4:14 PM
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I've got a new chapter to add to my Hexic stories of woe...

So I'm working on my 1st MMC in the new game - got it about 1/3rd of the way done, when my 5 yr old daughter comes in the room.  "Daddy" she says - "I know the password to the timer" - (I've got the Family Timer set to limit my kids playing time) - "You do?" I ask.. "What is it:?".  She smiles and says "XYXY".  She's right.  I immediately look at my 10 yr old who I know must have discovered it and told her.  He's got a terrified look on his face.  I tell both kids to leave the room, I'm going to reset the password.  They leave and I hit the guide button and go to Settings where I change the password (not realizing what I had just done).

So I fire Hexic back up to continue working on my MMC.  Only to discover that my game is gone - I didn't exit out of the game when I went to Settings.  *sigh*  (I tell my 10 yr old he's REALLY in trouble now!) 

Not that big of a deal I guess, I was still only on level 5 in that game, I'll start over....  Long story short the 1st 2 attempts at inverted Y pearls failed again,  (Sound familiar?).  I make a 3rd and get an inverted Y - but at this point am thinking I may punt and try all over again.  Sheesh.


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   05-20-2009, 4:32 PM
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Well, look on the bright side, at least the cat escaped unscathed this time!Stick out tongue [:P]

I'm actually speechless now, I don't think I've ever known someone as unlucky as you, at least with regards to a game. Sorry to hear about it.Sad [:(]

JDog: yeah, we're still friends!Smile [:)]
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   05-20-2009, 9:42 PM
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Do you guys remember sniglets at all?  Reading these tales of woes gave me flashbacks to 'ohnoseconds' I've had in games.  I could literally feel it in the pit of my stomach when I read some of them.

ohnosecond: that very short moment in time during which you realize that you have pressed the wrong key and deleted hours, days, or weeks of work

Everything's coming up Milhouse!

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   05-20-2009, 9:45 PM
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WOW! Looks like Lady Hexic has been a nasty one lately!

Well, the clouds parted for me, finally!

I was so tired of all of my BPMMCs freezing, so I settled in for a 19 multiplier SFMMC. It had two 4 star clusters, but only counted 1. It did work other than that, for 18 billion.

I rebuilt my grid and started mining again. This time, I decided to go for my 22 multi design. I got it over half built before making an unintentional multiplier combo and laying waste to my grid. I couldn't recover after that and got bombed out.

I did actually get a score in the billions that went up on the leaderboards. All my other billion+ games froze, so it's a small step, but a step nonetheless! I'm now in 48th on the leaderboards!

Time to go back to the BPMMCs. Maybe I'll find one that won't freeze!
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   05-21-2009, 12:09 AM
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Congrats on your progress, EVOL! You're one step closer to legendary status!Big Smile [:D]

Brassman: never heard of that, is that only in the US?

In other news: the Meister is now in HD! Woo!Big Smile [:D]
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   05-21-2009, 1:12 AM
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Congrats on your progress, EVOL! You're one step closer to legendary status!

Brassman: never heard of that, is that only in the US?

In other news: the Meister is now in HD! Woo!


Thanks Arcade! Top 50 is pretty cool!

HD? What did you get?  My first HD setup was so awesome that I had to call off work just to look at it!! lol
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   05-21-2009, 5:58 AM
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Update:

Hexic HD score is now at 0. still. i started a game, failed to make a couple flowers in the first level, restarted. did that one a few more times, same thing, restarts. i finally get a few and i carefully starwalk to make more. of course, there's always that one that misses my sight and screws up my entire starwalk. next time i actually starwalk correctly and am on level 2. i start to collect multipliers. on two or three games, i combo the bonus multipliers and i basically say *** it and play hexic 2. haha.

Hexic 2 score is rounding @ 34-36million. i don't remember. recently made and executed another 10-12million MCR after *** up my grid more than enough times. on the recovery, i get a bomb followed by another after defusing, and another after defusing that one. i manage to keep the first 2 rows up, and i'm carefully setting up the grid again. i get near complete for all grid rows and idiotically haste and combo my flowers - twice. all that time, and i get a bomb every 5 combos. to save my quantum singularity i've had to blow up stars on the grid, and with those 1 bomb/5 combo match, i'm near to messing up this entire game. about to set up the emergency pooh-bah in case those damn bombs *** me over, like always. it's a slow way to 450million...

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   05-21-2009, 6:01 AM
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to save my quantum singularity i've had to blow up stars on the grid...

Oh wow. these forum people are funny. my butt is not a black hole.

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   05-21-2009, 11:55 AM
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 Arcade Meister wrote:
Congrats on your progress, EVOL! You're one step closer to legendary status!

Brassman: never heard of that, is that only in the US?

In other news: the Meister is now in HD! Woo!


Thanks Arcade! Top 50 is pretty cool!

HD? What did you get?  My first HD setup was so awesome that I had to call off work just to look at it!! lol


I got a 19" LG3000. I know lots of other people probably have a WAY better TV than me but this TV is WAY better than my previous one (15" Toshiba SD CRT TV). Everything looks so crisp now. Even looking at the dashboard made my jaw drop lol.

I'm gonna have fun just playing a load of old games on it to see the difference, I think. I'm hoping to get some new videos up soon as well.Smile [:)]
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   05-21-2009, 12:27 PM
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I remember my first jump to HD, it was inspiring. Everything became more fun to play, and still is!

My Hexic 2 game is at 540 Million, I can do about 50 Million an hour, so its not too much to worry about, I should be at a Billion in a couple of weeks. I just want to assure top 5 dominancy :D

Mirrors Edge though is going realy well! I cut down a time of mine by .75 seconds yesterday and went up to #7 on Arland good times, just a few other levels to worry about.

Then...back to Geometry Wars Waves!
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   05-24-2009, 8:11 AM
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Game progress:

Hexic 1: glad to say i finally got a real game going. currently at, somewhere around 650,000. going for the easiest possible MMC haha, currently have a full MG going with 10 nice purple multi's sitting at the bottom Big Smile [:D]. only messed up the grid once thankfully, unlike my hexic 2 game. only on level 5 i think too so i'm happy. except for the fact that farming the multi's you want are very frustrating.

Hexic 2: my game is still sitting in its 30m's. since i only do about 12mil an hour (damn  you grid mess-ups) it's not very fun. very boring in fact. nostalgia kicked in and i played hexic 1 instead.

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   05-24-2009, 12:35 PM
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Hexic HD

Just triggered epe's 76 so i'm at 483 Billion, i'll probably do my 36 Billion again, then end the game as its tempting fate, then I can start on BPMMCs!

Hexic 2

650 Million, i'll probably do about 100 Million today. I'm probably gonna go for #2 with this game, if I can. Once its done and dusted (or before then...) i'll start experimenting, i've got loads of scoring ideas, I just hope one of them is successful. If any of them are though, you can kiss goodybye to redwolfs score and say hello Hexic Heaven!
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   05-24-2009, 9:39 PM
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Nice JDog! i'm much slower than you at scoring. i'll blame it on making this damn study guide that's over 10 pages long for finals haha. my update:

Hexic 1: Finally cracked 1 million. i decided i'm going for YS23Aoki's 14 multi NBMMC as it seems easier for me. i currently have 11/14 multipliers and multi' farming is slooow. i'll get there though. that measly 5m score on the leaderboards will be gone for good Smile [:)]

Hexic 2: Got back onto my ultimate failure. I had a terrible 1 1/2 rows of the MG up still after a mini-MCR which i got screwed over on after accidental star combos. then the game decides to be a jerk and get out its bomb machine-gun. so while i try rebuilding the grid,  very carefully, i accidentally combo a starflower and get a bomb. i manage to defuse it, but another comes. this one is just about impossible to get. i set up the pooh-bah, blow up extra stars, and kiss my game goodbye. it ends with a not-so-good 66 million. i'm not very happy.

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   05-25-2009, 12:47 PM
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Never mind...:(

My Hexic 2 game is at 700 Mill, i'm off to have a nice long run and i'll try and push 900 Million.
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   05-25-2009, 6:39 PM
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I started a new game for the first time in about a week or so. The first game I started, I got to about level 5. I was just messing around and hadn't really mined anything. A bomb made me wreck a big part of my grid, so I decided to restart.

The next game was pretty much as good as I could ask for. I had the grid up before the end of level 1, so I didn't miss a single multiplier. Then my black pearl was an inverted Y. BINGO! Then I decided to see if I could get a Y shaped BP for my bomb offense, YAHTZEE! Big Smile [:D]

Hexic has rarely been this giving, as much as I've seen! So now I have to decide which BPMMC I want to do. I feel like it won't freeze this time! Maybe I'll try Epezents 1.4t! I don't know if I want to do the bomb defense for something like that! lol

It's decision time, I have 13 green multis! wish me luck! I'll keep everyone posted!
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   05-25-2009, 7:02 PM
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If you are wanting to do a MMC that will not freeze, then you would want to do a proven MMC first like OT 367, this 275, or this 184 billion.

The 1.4 trillion has a few properties that makes it unreliable, the main one being a 4 drop with the pearls. It can work but it will not fall fast enough sometimes.
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   05-25-2009, 9:01 PM
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 PRISONxMIKE wrote:
If you are wanting to do a MMC that will not freeze, then you would want to do a proven MMC first like OT 367, this 275, or this 184 billion.

The 1.4 trillion has a few properties that makes it unreliable, the main one being a 4 drop with the pearls. It can work but it will not fall fast enough sometimes.


Well, I figure with all of the luck I've had in this game, now is the time to take a chance on a big one that's a little less reliable! We'll see! Thanks for the suggestions, PxM!
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   05-26-2009, 7:55 PM
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Sounds good, EVOL! In for a penny, in for a pound, go for the gold!Big Smile [:D] (Translation: 1.4 trillion sounds good!)Smile [:)]
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   05-26-2009, 11:46 PM
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Best of luck EVOL!  May the Hexic Gods continue to grant you good fortune! 

Update:  Just started level 7 - in the process of building the 76B SFMMC - have 19 of the needed multis - during lunch today I successfully plucked 1 star.  To say I'm taking my time on this would be an understatement.  Smile [:)]
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   05-29-2009, 1:37 AM
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Well, I started on Epezent's 22 multi BPMMC. I got the entire left side built and the bottom of the right side built. Everything was going great, until a yellow bomb fell and that was my filler color. I didn't have enough to defend it, so I dropped the MMC early and it only netted about 50 million. I was able to keep my game going, though.

So now I have my grid rebuilt and I'm back to the tedious task of multi-mining. I guess I'm still in good shape, but it's gut wrenching to see all that work only to not get any love! lol

Oh well, back to the grind!
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   05-30-2009, 6:02 AM
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Succesfully triggered the 75 Billion SFMMC tonight - I think it's Epezent's design?  That was my first MMC in awhile - pretty nerve-racking at times (I had more mistakes making this one MMC than I did my entire 10101010... game).  I had something like 4 collapses.  I've got a thick layer of rust on me, but chunks of it are slowly falling off.  Wink [;)]

Anyway, with a cool 75Billion under my belt I'll probably take some time off from Hexic again (after I rebuild the grid - gotta say, the number of stars that design leaves you after triggering is SWEET!).   For whatever reason, I'm hesitant to go for another - I REALLY don't want to lose my "matrix" score - I guess I could just exit without saving if I'm about to fall short of my new goal in order to preserve the matrix.  Smile [:)]

Speaking of my goal - I decided to set my score at the end of round 6 to allow for a new score that (at the moment) would put me 5th and look nice... my goal is 1,011,111,111,110 which would appear as 011111111110 on the leaderboard.

Obviously I've got a LOOOOONG way to go yet and I will definitely be taking my sweet time.  Wish me luck.  Smile [:)]
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   05-30-2009, 10:35 AM
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If you're off for a trillion, then I can't end just yet...actually I might end, BPMMCs and a few SFMMCs could be what the doctor ordered...

Yeah, its epezents, that guy has alot of skill when it comes to designing, makes me want to design alot more! SO I probably will!
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   05-30-2009, 5:31 PM
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I spent some time going through the MMC idea thread - epezent, Beer Knuckles, Slowgod, PrisonMike (and others) made some remarkable progress in MMC design of the "big ticket" SFMMC's.  My own failure to come up with any kind of significant MMC makes me hang my head in shame.  *sigh*  And even though I didn't use it this time around - epezent's ingenious Trigger technique is something I plan on using for future MMC's.

It sure would be nice to see you finish that game JDog - you've had it going since before the Hexathon which was nearly TWO YEARS ago!  Of all people you need to be in the top 10 - - the Hexic leaderboard just doesn't make sense without you near the top (and Clammy too - c'mon Clammy - give it another shot!!!)
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   05-30-2009, 6:07 PM
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Two years ago? Sheesh, shows how long i've been in the game!

You'll get an MMC under your belt someday Flob, you just hve to "want" it enough!
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