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Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by Taluntain, May 10, 2008.

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  1. Montresor

    Montresor Mostly Harmless Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder

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    Nothing personal, it's just that we suckers are viewing your many records with envy. ;) Our envy will shift to kmonster as long as he keeps the King of the Arcade title. :)
     
    Montresor, Aug 25, 2008
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  2. Blackthorne TA

    Blackthorne TA Master in his Own Mind Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Man that Mahjong was killing me last night! Three times I got down to two tiles: One on top of the other! :lol:
     
    Blackthorne TA, Aug 26, 2008
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  3. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Don't you hate it when that happens. :D
     
    Taluntain, Aug 26, 2008
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  4. Blackthorne TA

    Blackthorne TA Master in his Own Mind Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Anybody else get a LOT of impossible Mahjong boards? I'm surprised at how many times 4 of the same tile in the first and second tier comes up given how many tiles there are total.
     
    Blackthorne TA, Aug 27, 2008
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  5. dmc

    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    Usually every third board or so has that top tile covering at least two of the same type and with no others showing on the board. I tend to just hit reset.
     
    dmc, Aug 28, 2008
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  6. Loreseeker

    Loreseeker A believer in knowledge Veteran

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    Mahjong is rather addictive. Took me a while to figure out how it works (never played it in RL). :)

    I only wish the tiles were a little larger...
     
    Loreseeker, Aug 28, 2008
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  7. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] You can play any game in full screen; just click "(in new window)" in the game listing and it'll open a resizable window to play the game in.
     
    Taluntain, Aug 28, 2008
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  8. Loreseeker

    Loreseeker A believer in knowledge Veteran

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    Heh, never thought of that. :doh:

    :thanks: Tal.
     
    Loreseeker, Aug 28, 2008
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  9. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Np.
     
    Taluntain, Aug 28, 2008
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  10. Blackthorne TA

    Blackthorne TA Master in his Own Mind Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    I have been playing Castle Defense all afternoon and evening, yet I have not been sitting at my computer since early afternoon. I just periodically come back when the explosions stop to start the next level.

    I'm not sure if I can lose; I haven't added any defenders since I stopped directly playing, yet my castle is unbreachable without any direct influence from me... I may just have to shut it down and lose my score which is over 14 million now. :lol:
     
    Blackthorne TA, Aug 31, 2008
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  11. Corangrane Gems: 1/31
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    I'm enjoying the Mahjong and have to agree it's tough! I have played in RL before, and computer versions are actually making me spoiled, but this version is really tough lol. Thanks for the games!
     
    Corangrane, Sep 1, 2008
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  12. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    You're welcome! To be honest, this version annoys me because it's such a rare event that you can make it to the end and clear all the tiles, even with pre-emptive resetting to get a version that at least looks like you can clear the centre and flanks early (which usually turns out to be an illusion too). The Taipei from the MS Entertainment Pack back in the day got me spoiled...

    I also can't figure out how it applies the bonus in the end. I finished a game in 5 minutes yesterday (cleared all the tiles), but I got a worse score than with a game that took me over 30 minuts earlier. :hmm:
     
    Taluntain, Sep 1, 2008
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  13. Blackthorne TA

    Blackthorne TA Master in his Own Mind Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Is that so? I was wondering about that. The funny thing is until I played at lunchtime at work, I didn't realize the score and the time were displayed so I didn't really know how long I was taking. That dark green color didn't show up on my monitor at home until I made gamma adjustments to my display driver (my monitor is showing it's age; the brightness and contrast on the monitor controls are already way up).
     
    Blackthorne TA, Sep 1, 2008
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  14. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    5 new games just added, have fun!
     
    Taluntain, Sep 23, 2008
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    The 100m running highscores are wrong. Faster running should yield a better, not a worse place. It would also be nice if we had more detailed scores in the highscore table, there's a big difference between 9.6 and 9.99 seconds.
     
    kmonster, Sep 23, 2008
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  16. dmc

    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    I think the maze one is also screwed up, as I got a high score for it, but it took me quite a while to get through it.

    On the 100m one, I ran a 9.77 and a 9.24, but got 10 for the first and no credit for the second.

    The poker game is a bit dumb.
     
    dmc, Sep 24, 2008
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  17. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    I've reversed the scoring for those two, but as far as accuracy goes, that can't be changed.

    Once we go over 100 games I'll take out the worst ones.
     
    Taluntain, Sep 24, 2008
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  18. Ironhawk Skylord

    Ironhawk Skylord If a tree kills alone in the forest, does it make

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    Thanks for the games, Tal.

    That was a good idea.

    I had a bunch of fun! :)
     
    Ironhawk Skylord, Sep 25, 2008
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  19. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    I'm glad you like the arcade!
     
    Taluntain, Sep 25, 2008
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  20. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] I've changed the layout in the arcade a bit (I think it's more convenient by default now) and added 7 new games today.
     
    Taluntain, Oct 7, 2008
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