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| 31 OCT 2005 at 9:58pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | well, this is it! the halloween tourney is over, and the winner is, not surprisingly at all, Bastich, and this makes it two in a row! this was not just a win though, since bastich broke the pts record (which he held) and the 100 pts barrier!
see how this tourney played, week by week:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
and also all the rankings fluctuations
so, after 5 major tourneys, i guess we reached the end of the line! with only 15 ppl participating (even the first tourney, which featured public posting, had more participants!) and with me getting kinda tired (it is a lot of work!) i think it’s best to end the big tourneys here, rather than ending up trying to find ppl to fill up a top 5 and me posting a couple of pics i got from mobygames!
and since this is the last of the big tourneys, and since i like stats and all that stuff, let’s take a stroll down memory lane and see what has happened from september 2003 to halloween 2005!
there have been 5 big tourneys:
Autumn Tourney 2003 (sep-nov 2003 - winner: qrious)
Spring Tourney 2004 (mar-may 2004 - winner: qrious)
Black Mask (sep-nov 2004 - winner: agustin)
Trinity (mar-may 2005 - winner: bastich)
Halloween (sep-oct 2005 - winner: bastich)
andromus, elfstone, eva, jerry and shany have played in all 5 of them!
elfstone and jerry have always finished hand in hand in all tourneys (jerry-elfstone once, and elfstone-jerry 4 times)!!!
bastich holds the pts record with 108.5 pts in halloween!
bastich holds the best “climbing” pts record: from 4 pts in spring tourney 2004 to 108.5 in halloween (104.5 pts better!!! )
spring tourney 2004 holds the participants record with 29 players! (double the number of halloween!)
wimli now has exactly 100 pts total from all the tourneys!
elfstone is the most consistent with 56, 54, 57.5 and 57 pts in the last 4 tourneys!
some top 5’s follow in the next post… there are some very interesting stats there!
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| 31 OCT 2005 at 9:58pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | top 5 of most pts accumulated in all tourneys:
1. Elfstone 238 pts in 5 tourneys
2. Bastich 234 pts in 4 tourneys
3. Jerry 211 pts in 5 tourneys
4. GarageGothic 134.5 pts in 2 tourneys
5. Agustin 132 pts in 4 tourneys
top 5 of average pts per tourney (p.t.), in tourneys participated:
1. GarageGothic 67.25 pts p.t. in 2 tourneys
2. qrious 63.5 pts p.t. in 2 tourneys
3. Bastich 58.5 pts p.t. in 4 tourneys
4. Elfstone 47.6 pts p.t. in 5 tourneys
5. Jerry 42.2 pts p.t. in 5 tourneys
(note here, that if lady kestrel didn’t have that 1 pt in black mask she would have a 58 pts p.t. in 2 tourneys! that pt though drops her avg to 39 pts p.t. in 3 tourneys!)
top 5 of average pts per tourney, in all tourneys
1. Elfstone 47.6 pts avg
2. Bastich 46.8 pts avg
3. Jerry 42.7 pts avg
4. GarageGothic 26.9 pts avg
5. Agustin 26.4 pts avg
hope you found all that interesting! thanx everyone who played and made this fun for the past 2 years!!!
and btw, bastich needs to pm me to claim his prize!
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| 31 OCT 2005 at 10:45pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Aah, Jerry, my friend...I thought - and hoped for you - that you are The Bagman!
But after Aya told me in PM that I would be surprised I knew it must be papabrody...I have no idea who he is, I'm very sorry! :-[
But I was almost expecting him to be among the top players (although I guessed him last, very sorry again...).
Just tell me...is it you, qrious??
A big, [size=24]BIG "THANK YOU!" to you, Aya!!!
You are right...I can imagine that you are exhausted and I believe it's a good time to stop this. I had a lot of fun - as you can see from my consistency stats :.
A job well done! [smiley=bowdown.gif]
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 31 OCT 2005 at 11:43pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Yes, thanks Aya for these tourneys.....they've been a ton of fun to play in, and always real brain stretchers for me. I'll miss them, but I understand why you're stopping, seeing the incredible amount of time and work you've put into these -- I've really appreciated it! [smiley=clap.gif]
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| 1 NOV 2005 at 12:48am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4038
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | I had a wonderful time with the three tournaments I played, Aya, and obviously learned something between my first and this one. I will be sorry to see them end, but I do understand how much work goes into doing them. Thank you so much for all your time and effort in keeping us entertained and on our toes!
Congratulations to our Big Bad Bastich for such an excellent win, and to Bagman Brody (aka Pizzaman) for scooping up second place!
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 1 NOV 2005 at 1:14am |
| Deleted User | Let me add my thanks for this wonderful tournament, Mr. Aya. It has kept my mind exercized in a most entertaining way, and, although I didn't discover any further clues here in my search for the Agon, I am now relaxed and ready to continue my seach. Smythe tells me that I may be journeying to Toledo, Spain in the very near future to do just that, and he mentioned something about a sword.
Tomorrow I will be returning to London to spend time with my beloved wife, Dorothy, but I wish you and the game players here at Just Adventure all my best always. If you're ever interested in pursuing my mystery, be sure to look me up at the British Museum. If I'm not there, Smythe can tell you where I can be found.
Farewell and happy puzzling always to you all,
Professor Samuel Hunt
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| 1 NOV 2005 at 1:28am |
| Deleted User | Aya: Thanks for a great game, though I'm sad that this is the last one. Thank you again!
Bastich: I am very impressed with your win. I would love to challenge you again in the future.
But I will take my second-place medal and wear it proudly.
Thanks again!
papa the pizza guy...
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| 1 NOV 2005 at 3:33am |
| Deleted User | YO! THAT WAS A ROCKIN' OUT TOURNEY, AYA-THE-MAN! (EVEN THO UR AVATAR LOOKS LIKE A DUDETTE)....
COOL JAZZ YOU DID ALL THAT ... THANX!
C YA 'ROUND, DUDES...
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| 1 NOV 2005 at 4:32pm |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | Worst. Tourney. Ever.
In terms of my score. Unless you include the fact that I didn't even participate in the first one and would have a score of 0. : But I did manage to stay #10 for a few weeks in a row, which isn't bad.
[smiley=clap.gif] to Aya for all his hard work.
[smiley=clap.gif] to Bastich and all of our top winners.
[smiley=clap.gif] to everyone else, because they deserve something, too.
[smiley=clap.gif] to me for being so considerate of others.
EDIT: Technically, I did worse in the Black Mask tourney, but this was a combo tourney w/ a different scoring system and I know for sure I didn't do as much guessing, so that's why it "worse" for me in terms of how I played.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 2 NOV 2005 at 1:57am |
| Deleted User | No more tourneys? :'(
I was just starting to hit my stride...
Anyway, thanks for all the hard work you put into them. I had a lot of fun.
I do hope the trivia forum will still remain active though. I need my fix...
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| 2 NOV 2005 at 2:01am |
AvatarPrivate Detective
Posts : 661
Joined: 3 JAN 2004
Status : Online | What? Aya's given up tourneys? What's up with that? ??? ??? ??? :-[
My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am.&&&&The measure of civility in a society is not how it treats those that are loved, but how it treats those that are hated.
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| 2 NOV 2005 at 1:51pm |
JerrySorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 363
Joined: 2 MAR 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Elfstone (31 OCT 2005 10:45pm)
Aah, Jerry, my friend...I thought - and hoped for you - that you are The Bagman!
But after Aya told me in PM that I would be surprised I knew it must be papabrody...I have no idea who he is, I'm very sorry! :-[
I'm quite surprised you didn't guess who I was, since we always finish hand in hand together (and most of the time I'm just below you). At the end of the tournament I was almost certain who you were, but unfortunately, I forgot about the "behind the masks" until it was just too late...
And of course, thank you Aya, for all these wonderful tournaments. I sure am going to miss them...
[url=http://www.intervocative.com/DVDCollection.aspx/Jerry2000]My dvd's[/url]
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| 2 NOV 2005 at 3:41pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | here's what has happened... in the beginning, and for the first 3 tourneys, i was really into getting the sshots myself, and it was pure fun for me... i would take hours installing and loading old games, walking around, solving some puzzles too or loading from old saves etc (and the nostalgia feeling was great too! )... i would boot from 98, or dos, and try all kinds of sshot grabbing progs for the hard ones (progs like vthief, which i found out about from michal)... i even used a digital camera once for a game that i couldn't grab a sshot no matter what! (sign of the sun)... but as of trinity i started getting tired of doing all this... on several weeks i would go back to leftover sshots from previous tourneys and use those instead... and this time, i barely took 1 or 2 sshots myself each week (mainly pic0)... the rest came either from old leftovers or the inet (first time i did that)... although it is still fun to read guesses and put rankings together etc, the rest became a smth like a chore, and that is why (along with the very low participation) i feel the tourneys reached the end of their journey! (:'()
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| 2 NOV 2005 at 4:17pm |
WimliGuild Master
Posts : 3259
Joined: 14 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | Thanks for another great tournament, Aya! I had a great time again! I'm sad to see the big tournaments go, but i understand you decision. I hope we'll still get some mini tournaments though, whenever you feel like challenging us again.
Originally Posted By Aya (31 OCT 2005 9:58pm)
wimli now has exactly 100 pts total from all the tourneys!
Well, you know I did that on purpose, right? Otherwise, of course, I would have easily beaten Bastich this tournament, piece of cake.
Anyway, Bastich, congratulations with another astounding victory! That is some top score.
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| 2 NOV 2005 at 6:24pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Wimli (2 NOV 2005 4:17pm)
Thanks for another great tournament, Aya! I had a great time again! I'm sad to see the big tournaments go, but i understand you decision. I hope we'll still get some mini tournaments though, whenever you feel like challenging us again.
i have a weird idea for a mini tourney around xmas, that will not work in the usual way!
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| 2 NOV 2005 at 7:34pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4038
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | Oh, goody! I was hoping you'd say that. I'll be here for whatever devious plan you devise, and I may even have a few ideas of my own to try.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 2 NOV 2005 at 8:19pm |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya (2 NOV 2005 6:24pm)
i have a weird idea for a mini tourney around xmas, that will not work in the usual way! Ha! I knew you couldn't walk away from tourneys forever!
Anyway, since a big tourney doesn't appeal to you anymore, I would think doing a small one from time to time would be more fun for you and us, since it won't require so much work over a long period of time.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 3 NOV 2005 at 2:22pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Susan, the Younger Goddess (2 NOV 2005 8:19pm)
Ha! I knew you couldn't walk away from tourneys forever!
well, i get new ideas that need implementation! :
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| 4 NOV 2005 at 12:56am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4038
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | We'd love being your guinea pigs.
BTW, are you liking The Space Bar? It's a tough one, but I had a great time with it.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 4 NOV 2005 at 2:34pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Feather Goddess (4 NOV 2005 12:56am)
We'd love being your guinea pigs.
i know you do!
BTW, are you liking The Space Bar? It's a tough one, but I had a great time with it.
i like it a lot, despite some major nuisances it has... the whole concept, and the aliens and flashbacks are extremely clever! i am very annoyed by the fact that the whole thing in the bar is timed though, and you can't even examine everything and try everything without having to restore in order to save time... dead ends are annoying too... unfort, certain circumstances have prevented me from fully enjoying the game, since i've been playing it for almost 3 months now, and constantly have to stop for days... have you finished it btw? i think i am very close to finishing it (done with all the flashbacks and now trying to find and arrest the bad guy!)
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 4 NOV 2005 at 5:59pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4038
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | I made the mistake of exploring the bar too much between the aliens' worlds and ran out of time. Unfortunately, I had overwritten the crucial saves and couldn't go back to make up for lost time, so I never got the bad guy. I will replay it, however, now that I know what I need to do.
I did find hanging about a bit tedious, such as Thud & Fleebix in the box, but when I learned to advance the time, that was no problem either. The variety of aliens and their worlds are very creative and funny, and some of the puzzles are real mind benders, but I don't remember any of them being unfair.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 4 NOV 2005 at 8:01pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Feather Goddess (4 NOV 2005 5:58pm)
I made the mistake of exploring the bar too much between the aliens' worlds and ran out of time. Unfortunately, I had overwritten the crucial saves and couldn't go back to make up for lost time, so I never got the bad guy. I will replay it, however, now that I know what I need to do.
we had the same problem with the poison dart... we ended up managing to get the antidote a fraction of a second before being hit with the dart!!!
I did find hanging about a bit tedious, such as Thud & Fleebix in the box, but when I learned to advance the time, that was no problem either. The variety of aliens and their worlds are very creative and funny, and some of the puzzles are real mind benders, but I don't remember any of them being unfair.
i loved the majority of the puzzles, although there were a few that were pretty bad... esp deven 7's... that was more like playing a trading strategy game rather than an adventure game! :
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| 4 NOV 2005 at 8:15pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
Posts : 5696
Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: AR, Buenos Aires
Status : Offline | Congratulations to the winners!
Aya, thanks again for another tourney in which sadly I couldn't participate - they will be surely missed... they had become an important side of the JA forum folklore :-/
LONG LIVE THE TOURNEYS!
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| 5 NOV 2005 at 1:06am |
BastichPrivate Detective
Posts : 622
Joined: 7 APR 2004
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Wimli (2 NOV 2005 4:17pm)
Anyway, Bastich, congratulations with another astounding victory! That is some top score.
Thanks! I wish I would have played the first 2 weeks though. I would have gotten 130 pts or more probably.
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