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Got some time while the little one napped. Had a game with 16k going into the last stage and blew it about half way thru. Probably all she wrote for me. Wish this had been a different week, but such is life. Good luck all. Cant wait to see what @PIIis holding

13 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

Hopefully I can get the win, but I'll give it another shot tomorrow just in case. I'm not too confident that I can do much better than what I've got though. 

Got a score up there 300 points shy of glovesy. Missed the last checkpoint before the finish on 8th race. Brutal

7 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

It looks like skinny and a few others are holding their scores for the last day. Everybody's trying to make me sweat it out I guess.

I dont know man. Its tough. Much tougher than I remember rr 2 or chase hq being. But I have been really hurting for time

21 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

How is this coming along? You finished fourth in the Rad Racer II contest a while back so I imagine you're good at this. Speaking of the Rad Racer II contest, I wonder what kind of score @PII is sitting on.

Hellish work week then traveled to Maine for vacation. Couple good friends live here. I have been grabbing a quick run when I can, but no complete runs. Probably 4 or 5 I should have finished and choked. 

@Richardhead, did you check out Maine yet? Worth the trip. Very quiet if thats your thing

31 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

Larkin as at least on par defensively since he started winning gold gloves when Ozzie got older. 

Thats exactly why he was NOT on par defensively. He didn't start winning those gold gloves til ozzie was old enough to be out of the way. Ozzie was still doing backflips before every game though even in his old age. Seeing pregrame ozzie backflips used to be one of the most iconic things about going to busch stadium. As a kid, that was cooler/bigger than meeting fredbird

4 hours ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

The winters really are lousy here. Plus being right across from the Ohio river, I require an attorney that's licensed to practice on Ohio and Kentucky and he's not cheap. I've been to St. Louis and the old Busch Stadium, of course it was so long ago that Ozzie Smith was still the shortstop. As good as he was, I still think Barry Larkin was the better overall player.

Larkin > The Wizard of Oz? Laughable. And thats why Ozzie was starting ss for national league in the all star game every year. Met Ozzie at a bar once. Very approachable and friendly. 

Also, old busch and new busch are night and day different. Jokes aside about moving, it would be worth a weekend trip to stl to see reds play stl here. Not just the stadium, but downtown Stl in that area has gotten a lot nicer overall 

On 8/28/2023 at 2:36 PM, Bearcat-Doug said:

I've also hit a tree, a guardrail and a fence so I'm going to need crash ratings on those too.

No one appreciates bad drivers like I do. Im envious of your attorney. Beautiful day here in MO today, doug. No reason to be suffering through those Cinci winters. 

Win or lose, this is the thread of the season

23,541

13 minutes ago, PII said:

No good deed goes unpunished, eh?  You'll just have to take out your aggression against your truly next week, ...that is, if you think your chops are RAD enough!

Played some during the break week and my chops were not great. I improved some throughout the week, but never beat it. Between my subpar skills and 3 hearings in 3 days, then leaving town Friday, I am going to be a nonfactor in the real race. Even if I had an ideal week, its just not a game I know well. I knew Rad Racer 2 pretty well and you still edged me out in that one.

The real race will be between you and @Bearcat-Doug and it will be a fun one to watch for sure. I will get a half respectable score on the board at some point so people know I am alive and well - my responsibility to the fans as the only former racing cat champ, and potentially the only one who will ever exist. 

2 hours ago, PII said:

Once upon a time I decided to stop consuming all refined sugar (aka sugar cane with all the nutrients stripped out of it in order to turn it into literal poison.) Then about 5 years later I came into possession of a box of donuts that may very well have been Krispy Kreme, though I don't remember for certain.  I ate one or two donuts and felt like someone had hit me in the gut.  I was very nearly at the point of rolling around on the ground and moaning like a sick dog.  A buddy of mine consumes a lot of sugar and cholesterol and the joke is that he better not stop as it's probably what's holding his arteries together.  Maybe Skinny's Tapeworm eats the bad parts for him...

Guilting us to be healthy. Never would have imagined this from my pii

11 hours ago, docile tapeworm said:

I could eat a dozen krispy kremes without flinching.

Skinny dude like you? Youd be sick for a week. Love krispy kremes, but 2-3 would totally destroy me

2 hours ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

This is how skinny lives now.

Except he really is skinny

On 8/21/2023 at 6:55 PM, SuperJimtendo said:

Played a couple times this morning, managed to get progressively worse scores each run. BROTHER!

Its thumb fatigue. My old ass digits are good for one run. 

Edit: The game makes you go from the left most portion to the right most portion over and over again with those skinny headed fish fellas. Its not a challenging aspect really, just wears you out. My only complaint with this one. Great shooter otherwise.

7 hours ago, Richardhead said:

aboot.

190,560

15 minutes ago, Richardhead said:

Nah. I have lady problems !

Been there a time or two

NOT A SCORE

Glad to see Pii cleared 300 because I left a lot on the table, but I wouldnt have got more than 280 even with a near perfect run. His racking spots must have been better. Twice at the midnight hour I went to the last level with 250 and made stupid mistakes

1 hour ago, BlackVega said:

Aha I also realized the key to win here is to choose that chibi daffy duck and combo jump on the enemies but shoot I'm not doing that today. I don't have time

If you did have time, your thumbs would be very sore

5 hours ago, BeaIank said:

Current standings posted.

 

Appreciate the early scoreboard post. Nice to see my name in gold for a couple hours. 

5 minutes ago, PII said:

The key to getting there is to finish a level with a number of carrots that is a multiple of 11.

Lol I am guessing if you know that, wont be a surprise who wins the week. The mrs has been instagram hooked so I got another run in after blowing that one (again) on 2-3. Hopefully its enough for a podium because Im doug done - may play one more tomorrow night. 

Does losing a life on this bonus type screen count? The freaking game I had going end of 1st level. My thumbs are hurt and my window has shut beyond finishing this game, but damn. I hadnt ever seen this screen despite a lot of runs

Edit: And what the hell makes that appear?

15 minutes ago, Richardhead said:

 

now you have no excuse to not beat me this week

Dont worry I will still fail. I am having a lot of trouble getting runs in.  If I go to the gaming area, my son wants me to play mario 64. If I dont, he gets sad. By the time he gets to bed, there is this wife person who expects a beer drinking partner on Saturday night. 

6 hours ago, Richardhead said:

Just so it’s not a Sunday surprise. I have already done better than @PII’s score. 

Want me to spill the beans aboot what clicked in my brain while I was playing trying my damndest to get 100k? 

You know I am always for sharing. Edge of my seat now. I thought the only strategy was go fast

252,300

 @Richardhead

@PII  

Didnt mean to tag anyone but I cant get those deleted editing the old post on my phone for whatever reason

Favorite: I will go with buster since I always liked playing as him best.