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Post by Oaki on May 17, 2020 23:52:06 GMT -5
Seeing that Riju is logged in makes me so happy.
I hope she's a potential returnee.
Though it's so weird seeing all the players who are now ghosts... I'm not used to making it this far. Things are getting real!
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Post by Oaki on May 18, 2020 3:12:04 GMT -5
Not sure if the fourth ball actually works properly, it doesn't roll at all unless it's bumped unlike the other ones.
Though I've been able to beat 200 seconds just by using the other balls to keep it from rolling too far if I accidentally bump it.
Who coded this? Because I actually think this is definitely the coolest challenge (other than Broth of the Weld, naturally).
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Post by Oaki on May 18, 2020 4:28:40 GMT -5
I take back what I said, this challenge is better than Broth of the Weld.
I love this game so much.
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Post by Oaki on May 18, 2020 4:47:13 GMT -5
Not gonna submit yet because I think I can beat it but I just scored myself 542 seconds (9 minutes, 2 seconds).
I'm playing Free Bird on loop while doing this challenge. Free Bird is 9 minutes, 18 seconds.
My aim is to be able to hold the balls on for the entirety of Free Bird.
After that I'll try to hold them on for the entirety of an episode of The Office.
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Post by Oaki on May 18, 2020 5:05:30 GMT -5
Okay, so since I did this for Broth of the Weld, I'm gonna do a Challenge Breakdown for this challenge because again, it's got a fair bit of nuance to it that involves a lot of counter-intuitive play.
First trick of this challenge: You do NOT want the balls to be near the centre of the disc until all four have been dropped. The new ball will spawn every minute and will drop in right in the centre. If you've been holding the other balls there, this will send one (or more) of the balls hurtling outward towards the edge of a disc at such speed that you have to try to reel them in. I use the top third of the disc until all four balls are spawned.
Second trick of this challenge: The first three balls all move on their own in random directions. When there are two balls, this is easy. You have two hands, there are two of them. Just hold them near each other in the top third of the disc by constantly tapping the directions where you need them to be. Keep the red ball on the left side (because you use your left hand to control it), and the blue ball on the right side (because you use your right hand to control it). You don't have to think about anything for the first two minutes of this challenge.
Third trick: The balls tend to lean to the outer part of the disc. They occasionally won't (nice touch), but for the most part they will. So you want to grab the third ball (when it spawns) and send it gently up towards your other two balls. Mainly focus on controlling the two balls closest to the edge of the disc and use them as a barrier so the third one won't fall that way. Occasionally tap the third up so the three of them are hugging, but you can afford to have the third one go a bit crazy/spin to the side. Use the other two to catch it. Get practice holding the third ball in place while touching its controls as little as possible. AND MAKE SURE THE THIRD ONE STAYS AWAY FROM THE CENTRE OF THE DISC.
The fourth trick: The fourth ball complicates things. On the one hand: it will not move on its own like the other three. This is great, because if you're in the top third of the disc? You can literally ignore it. But now you have to make sure that none of the balls roll too close to the middle because if you hit the white ball you now have to play a different game.
As soon as you clip the white ball (because it'll happen eventually), you want to try and create a triangle around it with the other three balls. Use them to hold the fourth ball away from the edges. If you're constantly tapping all three, you don't actually NEED to control the fourth one because it moves completely predictably. It will only move based on the momentum given to it by other balls, never on its own accord like the others. Of course jumping around the three other balls without flicking any of them out can get quite stressful. But big moves to zip a ball down to intercept the white are sometimes necessary and because all the balls now are spawned, you can safely leave the others in the middle of the disc to buy you the time to concentrate on pulling an epic save on the white one.
That's Oaki's breakdown of this challenge. Theoretically quite simple. But the patience required to sit here for nine minutes is extreme. I think Oven is the only person here who stands a chance at beating me? Though I could just be incredibly overconfident =P
I kinda hope it is me being overconfident because that would be funnier, honestly.
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Post by Oaki on May 18, 2020 20:47:09 GMT -5
I think that the challenge is improved by the fourth ball not being able to move independently otherwise it would be way too easy.
If we're taking votes I say leave the challenge as it is but if people want then give an extension.
If we're not taking votes, I just thought I'd say that the fourth ball not working is probably the happiest accident in this challenge.
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Post by Oaki on May 18, 2020 21:28:01 GMT -5
I was listening to a piano cover of Seasons of Love literally just yesterday.
But I think that this is the end of the line? I'll continue investigating because why not?
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Post by Oaki on May 18, 2020 21:30:43 GMT -5
I'm just excited to have found a secret =P
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Post by Oaki on May 18, 2020 22:04:42 GMT -5
In the life
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Post by Oaki on May 18, 2020 22:04:55 GMT -5
In love
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Post by Oaki on May 18, 2020 22:08:31 GMT -5
Measure in love
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Post by Oaki on May 18, 2020 22:09:17 GMT -5
In minutes
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Post by Oaki on May 19, 2020 5:23:57 GMT -5
So, you had to hover your mouse over that banner for over 5 seconds, was it worth it? 92405
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Post by Oaki on May 19, 2020 5:24:17 GMT -5
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Post by Oaki on May 19, 2020 5:24:33 GMT -5
I suspected that was where the fake idol hunt was.
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