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Topic: Not much to do anymore

After taking a short break from THPG, I thought it would be fun to get back into wifi matches. So, after beating a guy about 6 times in a row, I thought it would be fun to try and do a really huge combo in a quick match of Red Light, Green Light. I accidentally bailed, costing me the match. And- no surprises here- my wifi score wen't down about 50 points because of it.

I simply am not going to tolerate a game that requires you to spend 5 hours winning matches in a row in order to "redeem" yourself from one lousy mistake. How is it that bailing ONCE suddenly makes me a worse player than 5 other people in the scoreboards? It isn't "fun" having to constantly DC just to keep your rank high, and it isn't remotely enjoyable to have a nervous breakdown every single time you get on wifi due to the remote possibility that you might mess up. No other game I've played on the DS is this ridiculously strict- Lost Magic, Mario Kart, Metroid Prime Hunters, etc, all REWARD you for playing games, not punish you. If you lost 40 points if you were a rank 3000 and you lost to a rank 1000, that I could understand. But losing 50 points because you're a rank 2000 and the other guy is a rank 1650? Something is wrong there.

I've already beaten story mode and all of the objectives. I already have the top rank for every score and combo leaderboard. If there wasn't a stupid 100 million point limit, I probably could get scores far higher than what I have now. I could probably beat TravmanN's balance scores, but it would require a lot of time and wouldn't do much good because nobody else is actually trying to get a high score in those leaderboards. And, as I explained earlier, wifi feels more like a painstaking chore than a fun side activity because of how screwed up the ranking equations are.

I would try to get clan scores, but the leaderboards for them are completely screwed up- they don't always average the players correctly and the scoreboards rarely update as fast as they should. So no matter how good I play in a clan, it's virtually impossible to jump them to the top. What's left to do? Art? Sorry, but spending 5 hours making something I could do in 10 minutes in Photoshop really doesn't appeal to me.

It's been fun, but until the multiplayer elements improve, I just can't stand playing this game anymore. That wifi match was what you could call "the straw that broke the camel's back".


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Topic: Are you Addicted to THPG?

The reason people play Advance Wars is not because it's that great of a game, but because there's nothing else better in the way of strategy games on the DS. It's way too slow, the gameplay is fundamentally flawed ("I wonder what units I should put with my Rocket. I know, let's build 300 infantry!"), and many of the CO's are rigged. If it was a real time strategy game, and you could actually build bases instead of just capturing them, it would probably be much more tolerable of a game. As for me, I honestly cannot stand playing that game for 5 minutes anymore (even though I beat the campaign 3-4 times). The online version of Advance Wars is fun, but it's hard to justify playing it when Warcraft 1, a game made in 1994, has more depth and replay value than this game does.

Now then... I wouldn't consider myself addicted to Tony Hawk, since I really don't play it that much at all. Heck, right now I'm spending most of my time trying to figure out how to program games on a TI-NSpire calculator.


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Topic: Halloween...

...is a really weird movie. I saw it for the first time yesterday.

Hooray for butcher knives! 


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Topic: spanish speaking thread

SOLO INGLES POR FAVOR

LEEN LOS Terms of Service, SI?  


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Topic: Attention all cheap line users!

Just kiddin', Jskills. We all love ya. And deep in your heart, I'm sure you love us all too.

Can't we all just get along? 


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Topic: BoB thread

I don't encourage disconnecting in the middle of matches... if you see someone doing that, just don't play with them. If they're disconnecting when you suggest a match, you may want to try a different mode. 

On another note, I tried doing the bertslide trick in American Sk8land, and guess what- it works! I'm rather surprised that nobody figured it out for all this time.


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Topic: Attention all cheap line users!

K THANKS HEY WANT TO PLAY ME ON WIFI

ALSO YOU PHAIL 


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Topic: Community's Weekly favorite Art Awards!(THDJ)

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Is that... the metal gear from Portable Ops? Cause it sure looks like it... 


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Topic: BoB thread

Well, it's up to you. I saw you had some good runs, so I accepted you into the clan.

Also, I added the freak out trick thing. 


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Topic: Friday Night Fights!

Well, I'm not going to play you in any Endurance modes, because I've seen you play and I know that the method you use allows much faster combos than is even possible in the one I use. According to your logic, that's a handicap against me.


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Topic: BoB thread

The logo for our clan
 
This is the official thread for the Brains over Brawn skate crew. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you might want to move on to the next thread. Otherwise, feel free to chat about where you think this clan should be headed (no flaming, please).
 
Current Members:
Adamant (leader)
Render
RefleX
PatB57
 
Clan Link: http://ds.thpgonline.com/clans/59
 
 
Objective- Defeating all opposition in Tony Hawks Proving Ground in a carefully planned, team based effort. If you are willing to adjust your gameplay methods and be fairly active online, you may want to consider joining. For now, the minimum entry requirement is getting a 10 million point combo on any level. If you don't know how to do this, look at our score replays (especially Monuments) and read any of the following threads:
 
Current Missions:
1. Getting the highest overall clan score should not be too difficult of a task. If you haven't tried getting a maxxed out combo on Monuments already, it is a great time to start. This will be a fairly individualized task, but we would be ready and willing to help if you really need it.
 
2.TravmanN has put himself up as the number one player to beat in both balance scores and a top wi-fi ranking. It wouldn't be incredibly difficult to beat him, but it would take a very long time. It would probably be much more efficient if we specialized in particular tasks- for example, one of us could get all the top scores in manuals, while another one could get all the top scores in grinds. If you believe you could get the top rank in wi-fi, and you are truely serious about continuing to win matches for a very long time, I would be willing to sacrafice my rank (by letting you beat me in fixed wi-fi matches) in order to greatly boost yours. To get the best effect from this, you will want to get to at least a 1900 rank before trying it. Also, if you are interested in getting balance scores, please say so (we need you!), and I would be happy to share any tips and tricks I can find.
 
More content can be added as the crew gets settled. We're also looking for any artist who would be willing to make a new clan avatar (preferably similar to the style of the clan sig).


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Topic: Friday Night Fights!

@ TravmanN- I have an accurate view on how you play, and I choose not to use that method for a reason very similar to reason you choose not to use mine. Your method is better for getting big combos quickly, mine is not. And, just as you won't adjust your method for a combo mode match, I'm not going to adjust my method for an endurance mode match.

The only real difference between our actions that I can see is that you can't tolerate the thought of having a challenging match, much less losing.


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Topic: Cheap Lines...

If it's not in the top 5, it's unlikely that anyone will see your replay...


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Topic: Friday Night Fights!

My apologies to spym, Yoshi, and other people who use prepared Price is Wrong runs. I am not going to tolerate you guys choosing EXACTLY the same match in EXACTLY the same location EVERY SINGLE TIME, so don't be surprised if I immediately DC if I see you doing that. It's a cruel policy, but I know what you're trying to do and I know that I will never get anything out of those matches except a destroyed scoreboard rank.

Also, sorry about doing that combo, on you, XPI. Yoshi had crushed me badly in the last few matches, and I was in a pretty grumpy mood. Thanks for being a good sport about it and not quitting, though. :P

@ Travmann- I played you on Endurance, knowing FULL WELL you were going to win, so why couldn't you do one combo match with me? Or a score mode match? Or a style match? ANYTHING other than a speed contest?


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Topic: Second chances in timed score modes

I tried this on wi-fi, and it made me lose the match. Guess it only works on classic mode.


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Topic: Second chances in timed score modes

More like another reason you haven't gotten a single combo over 40 million. Your clan has been "purified" of planned combos, so there's no reason for you to have to justify why you are refusing to use helpful strategies that have PROVEN uses in multiplayer battles. You either use this and get a second chance in score modes, or you don't and lose if you mess up. It's as simple as that.

@CockyJerk- this trick only helps in Score, combo, and style battles. It isn't helpful in horse, red light/green light, etc., since they are time based, not combo based.


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Topic: IGN's 13 scariest games of all time

IGN is full of morons. Can we just leave it at that and ignore all of their so called "opinions"?


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Topic: >Friend Code List<

My code's in my siggy. Nobody's on wi-fi right now, so I'll try adding some people.


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