Aw, how come the Special Edition of 2 isn't allowed? :eek: Considering this race was started in order to celebrate its release it seems sad that it's been disallowed because of a couple of small speed differences. :P
Sorry I'm running late, guys. I'll be back in about 10 minutes to update times and then start MI2. I'll probably do both SEs tomorrow before I start Curse.
Well, now that it's been proven that I have absolutely zero ability to estimate how long something's going to take me, I'm actually going to get these times updated and then jump on Livestream.
Aw, how come the Special Edition of 2 isn't allowed? :eek: Considering this race was started in order to celebrate its release it seems sad that it's been disallowed because of a couple of small speed differences. :P
The problem is that they're not small differences. The time difference between my practice runs of each version of the game is larger than the time difference between me and apenpaap for the whole race last year. If the game had been out last year and I'd used it and he hadn't, our positions would've been reversed. Right now there's just really not a good way to make it fair. And a few of us are playing the SE separately anyway.
Run finished with a time of 2 hours and 6 minutes. There was an electrical problem which stopped the run at 1 hour 8 minutes, but I had the game paused during that time. The stream missed a few minutes due to networking issues.
But final time is 02:06 and thanks again to those who watched.
TheJoe what time was it where you live when you started your last stream. Coz i keep missing your streams coz it was 4:30 am in Australia when you started.
I might actually try recording the end of Secret in classic mode in the SE, so I'll use that time instead.
EDIT: I got past that bit in the SE,so my new time is 1 hour and 56 minutes. Oh, and I'm starting MI2 now. Watch the feed http://livestream.com/ozziemonkeycast
EDIT: taking a break for a bit. I'm up to part 2 with 28 minutes play time. That felt quick.
EDIT: Break over. Starting up again. You know where to watch.
EDIT: Finished part 2 (well, pretty much, just gotta enter the crate) of Monkey 2 with a time of 1 hour and 26 minutes. I'm taking a break before I get to Lechuck's Fortress.
I'm gonna mess about with streaming escape in a while. Not the actual run. Gonna go from the start up to one monkey kombat fight skipping dialogue/cutscenes/etc. to see if my computer can cope with it. If you're bored or want ideas for a route to take, then please come along and tell me if anything's messing up http://www.livestream.com/doodmonkey
My practice run of Escape is definitely doing me some good. I'm finished with Lucre Island and going to pick it back up tomorrow, and hopefully finish before it's time to do my actual run on Thursday. However, I'm noticing issues with the game I didn't have before all that DVD and no-CD crack and fresh install business. Namely, the font in the subtitles is different from before, and for some reason, a lot of Guybrush's dialogue is silent. I think I might get rid of the copy installed from the DVD (since I threw out the DVD anyway) and do a fresh install off the CDs using the Quick installer. The whole thing makes me wish I'd skipped all that junk and gone for Alcohol 120% in the first place.
TheJoe what time was it where you live when you started your last stream. Coz i keep missing your streams coz it was 4:30 am in Australia when you started.
19:30.
Also, I've decided to move my Escape run to Friday so I can use tomorrow for a practice run. I thought I was doing something this Friday but I'm not now, so whatever.
Curse of Monkey Island will still be 7:30 today, though.
Also, I've decided to move my Escape run to Friday so I can use tomorrow for a practice run. I thought I was doing something this Friday but I'm not now, so whatever.
Curse of Monkey Island will still be 7:30 today, though.
Finished Revenge in 1 hour and 43 minutes. Phew! the finale still gives me the shivers! Next is Curse!
I'm doing commentary, so I'll probably leave that for the weekend. I get more time, plus I'll probably be able to do Escape in the same day, and maybe a bit of Tales.
EDIT: I've just tested Escape, and that's turned out fine.
Question about escape. I've decided I am going to stream my run. But won't be able to comment much as going in chat makes the game pause (any ideas?). I may be able to get the laptop set up in the same room as the PC, I dunno.
I can just about do the vista point puzzle while livestreaming, but it is harder. If I muck up the timing on that while livestreaming could I have some sort of time handicap, given that nobody will muck it up in normal play?
That may be the deciding factor on whether I stream. Cheers
I didn't have to go to work today, so I was able to start and finish SMI. It took me so much longer than I expected.
SMI: 2:42
Question on text speed before I do my LR run. I was using ScummVM and I had it at max -2, but the text seemed like it was truly crawling. Did anyone else notice this using ScummVM to run their game?
Comments
Still a Secret run.
it just depends on the order you do things. Before you play figure out what task you are going to do first and what your going to do last.
see you later folks...
The problem is that they're not small differences. The time difference between my practice runs of each version of the game is larger than the time difference between me and apenpaap for the whole race last year. If the game had been out last year and I'd used it and he hadn't, our positions would've been reversed. Right now there's just really not a good way to make it fair. And a few of us are playing the SE separately anyway.
But final time is 02:06 and thanks again to those who watched.
8:22:45
11:04:18
2hrs 41mins 27secs
Well, I think I'm going to try to practice Escape tonight, and tomorrow I'll see if I have time to get in my two SE runs before I do Curse.
EDIT: I got past that bit in the SE,so my new time is 1 hour and 56 minutes. Oh, and I'm starting MI2 now. Watch the feed http://livestream.com/ozziemonkeycast
EDIT: taking a break for a bit. I'm up to part 2 with 28 minutes play time. That felt quick.
EDIT: Break over. Starting up again. You know where to watch.
EDIT: Finished part 2 (well, pretty much, just gotta enter the crate) of Monkey 2 with a time of 1 hour and 26 minutes. I'm taking a break before I get to Lechuck's Fortress.
http://livestream.com/ozziemonkeycast
19:30.
Also, I've decided to move my Escape run to Friday so I can use tomorrow for a practice run. I thought I was doing something this Friday but I'm not now, so whatever.
Curse of Monkey Island will still be 7:30 today, though.
How far off is that?
I'm doing commentary, so I'll probably leave that for the weekend. I get more time, plus I'll probably be able to do Escape in the same day, and maybe a bit of Tales.
EDIT: I've just tested Escape, and that's turned out fine.
In 7 hours from this message.
I can just about do the vista point puzzle while livestreaming, but it is harder. If I muck up the timing on that while livestreaming could I have some sort of time handicap, given that nobody will muck it up in normal play?
That may be the deciding factor on whether I stream. Cheers
1 hour 43 mins
3 hrs and 1 minute. Wow, I'm pretty bad at this.
SMI: 2:42
Question on text speed before I do my LR run. I was using ScummVM and I had it at max -2, but the text seemed like it was truly crawling. Did anyone else notice this using ScummVM to run their game?