[TUESDAY, DEC 29]
Whoa! It looks like Myth II has crushed the breath from Myth Done Quick. Vacation has also taken its toll! There weren't even enough submissions to fill out the top fives for the current open maps.
I'm going away again until January 8 or so. When I come back, I'll revamp this page so that MDQ can continue in a low-maintenence fashion. Then I will create a Myth 2 Done Quick page, and the fun will continue! See ya then.
[SUNDAY, DEC 20]
In celebration of Myth II's impending arrival, there's a bonus map (Forest Heart) this week!
It's Christmas time, and I'm going away from Dec 22 till Dec 28. No, please don't cry! I'll come back! But meanwhile, if you want to keep submitting films, please do! Ruiner will take care of things while I'm gone. He can't upload to my website, however.. so he'll be keeping things updated at Carch's Tourney Lexicon:
Please post your latest times there, and Ruiner will try to make sense of it all for us! Thanks.
Finally, we have a new rule we'd like to try out. It involves our desire to allow the top five to illustrate the diversity of folks who are playing MDQ, while rewarding those who are playing intently.
Films will be inserted into the top five according to the following two standards:
(1) Every film must represent the best current effort of each member of the team. For example, if Hoolio is on the #4 team and Dillpup is on the #2 team, and Hoolio and Dillpup team up, then their goal is to beat the #2 time.
(2) Please don't send us a batch of films. Instead, send us your best effort for a given series of attempts. Use your best judgement. If you want a specific target: only send us one film per map per day, at most.
We trust that these small changes will be beneficial, and we look forward to your submissions! Just to remind you, you can still play maps that are "locked down".. you just have to beat the first place time.
Please remember that if you beat a map and want to replay it, at least one person will have to leave the game and come back, or you will have veteran units in your second game!
[FRIDAY, DEC 18]
Please send me any feedback you have about the following potential rule change: Teams in the top five must differ by at least two people. The purpose is to prevent the top five from being saturated with what amounts to one captain's team that has a winning strategy.
This contest is not so much about glory as it is about fun, so I want to make it possible for a wide variety of people to see their names in lights. What do you think? Email me with your reactions! I'd like this contest to be running smoothly and enjoyably by the time Myth II (and M2DQ!) comes out.
[WEDNESDAY, DEC 16]
While playing Shadow tonight, one of us noticed that some of our units were veterans! Yet, veterans were not turned on. We reset the game and the vets vanished. Our theory is that since we had just beaten the map, we needed to quit to chat and then rehost the game in order to remove those veterans. If anyone has better info than this, please share it. For now, try quitting to chat after beating a map, if you want to re-try the map. And check for vets.
Each map now has its own page, to minimize scrollage. Also, keep your eye open for strategy tips that will help you finish the maps faster! Probably.
[TUESDAY, DEC 15]
[MONDAY, DEC 14]
[SUNDAY, DEC 13]
I haven't decided whether or not solo efforts should be included in this contest. For now, they aren't. However, I'd like to point out that over the weekend, while a team (Ruiner, Ol' Dirtae, Pigseye) completed Crow's Bridge in 4:30, so did a person playing solo: Krunch!
I'm going to try something new starting this week. Keep sending me your films, but I won't post films for a map until a new map has opened (usually after a week). Nor will I watch those films. As soon as a new map is opened, films for the most recently opened maps will be posted, and those top five films will be set in stone. Individuals on the top five teams will be given points. The map will remain open, but only times which beat the first place time will be posted thereafter (with points given to the new entrants too).
Check the Rules page soon for details and clarification. For now, continue to try to beat the best time on Crow's Bridge, and any of the top five times for the newly opened maps.
[THURSDAY, DEC 10]
As for the next two maps: once Sunday is over, I will post the best five times for each, no matter what order the films were sent to me.
Some have asked if there are any restrictions on how to complete a map, and for now the answer is no. However you can win, go for it. This is Myth Done Quick, not Myth Done Quick in a Certain Way! (I reserve the right to alter this rule in the future, if it will help the contest be more fun.)
[WEDNESDAY, DEC 9]
You can also send me films via ICQ - 13919823
My email system is wiggin out lately, so if you've sent me a film and I haven't replied saying that I got it, it hasn't arrived. My apologies! I will send a quick reply for every film I receive.
Films are now available on the Best Times page! Click on the game time to download. This is my first time doing this download-a-file stuff, so let me know if there are any problems. Films are zipped.
[TUESDAY, DEC 8]
I'm also thinking that it doesn't take as long for me to review films as I thought. The only reason I said I would only take first place films was to protect my schedule. I don't see any compelling reason not to replace second or third place times with times that beat them, however. Stay posted for a final decision. Meanwhile, if your time beats any of those that are listed, please send them in!
I work during the day, so results will most likely only be updated in the evenings. I will count films in the order they are received in my email.
If you have any comments or reactions about this contest, please email me (use the Submit button above).
[SUNDAY, DEC 6]