2017 Singleplayer Time Trial Tournament
2017 Singleplayer Time Trial Tournament
Hello all. This thread will function as both the rules for the tournament and the writeup/video thread.
Standings can be found at the bottom of this post.
Anyone can participate, as long as they are available at least one day for each of the 8 weeks of the tourney (if you aren't fully available and want to participate, please let me know and we can probably make a loophole).
New players and old pros welcome, and everyone in between.
To sign up, post in this thread indicating you want to sign up. Signups close January 7 at the cutoff time (see below). Then the tournament will begin directly.
TIME FRAME
The tournament will consist of 8 weeks. Each week is one round. The first week is Jan 7 – Jan 14. Second week is Jan 14 – Jan 21, and so on, all the way to Feb 25 – Mar 4 (final week). Cutoff time is 10am EST, 3pm GMT (on Saturday).
Players will be knocked out every week, so you may participate in all eight weeks or just the first, depending on how well you do.
HOW IT WORKS
Each round, every player still alive will do a section of 'Time Trials', as dubbed by yours truly. A Time Trial is a singleplayer level in co-op mode, with one key difference: only one person is running; his partner sits on the start pad and does nothing at all (except records him). VERY VERY IMPORTANT: Whoever is recording MUST NOT MOVE AROUND. If the recorder falls off, and the runner happens to fall off at the same time, the clock will reset. THIS IS BAD. DO NOT LET IT HAPPEN.
All players will do the same set of levels for their Time Trials. All times get added, and the players with the worst total times get eliminated.
You will also receive a certain number of retries per round – meaning if you finish, and don't like your time, you can have another go at the same level – but be careful, you will have a very limited number of retries, so use them wisely! Be aware - falling off and respawning on the start pad is NOT a retry - your clock keeps running, so keep going!
The eight sections are all of the MBP Official levels, and the farther into the tournament you make it, the deeper you progress into the game. Only the best players will survive all the way to the Big 5, on week 8.
The level sets are all FORCED ORDER (you must play all the levels in exact order, so use your retries strategically) and MUST BE DONE AT ONE TIME; I.e you cannot do the first part of a section, quit, and come back two days later to finish.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
All you need to do is, once per week that you are still in the competition, come onto the leaderboards. Have someone agree to record your trial. Announce to the public (while it is being recorded) that you are about to do your trial. Then begin.
Link to standings: THIS PAGE EXPLAINS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13TEk9OHB...0cc/edit?usp=sharing
Players currently signed up:
Frostfire
Xedron
Kalle
Rozi
J@ckRB
Eguy
AugustMK
Lee Zi Xian
El Robert
Yoshicraft
Tue
Regislian
CylinderKnot
Nature Freak
Lichable
RadiantVibe
Weather
Muffe
Hitgod
Q & A
Q: I lagged! Do I get a retry?
A: No, unless you want to use one of your given retries. Consider saving them for lag.
Q: I crashed! I better get a retry!
A: You DO NOT get a retry unless you have one to spend on it. Otherwise, your time on the level is a skunk.
Q: When do I skunk?
A: Skunk time is one hour. This is pretty huge, so make sure to finish every level even if you're taking ages!
Q: What is a skunk time?
A: The maximum time achievable; i.e if you take longer than an hour, you get an hour anyway. THIS IS PER LEVEL, not the whole trial.
Q: If you don't use all the retries in a section, do they carry over to the next section?
A: No, you either use them in the proper section or you don't use them at all.
Q: Can I pick the levels to use my retries on after I'm done with the whole section?
A: No, the levels and forced order. Once you've moved on from a level, you can't go back and use a retry on it. Use your retries after finishing a level, before starting the next one.
Q: I used a retry but got a worse time than my original run! This doesn't count, does it?
A: Don't worry, your best time counts always.
Q: Do I need to have thousandths on?
A: No, third decimal will not be used; times will not be rounded because of third decimal place. We will act as though thousandths do not exist.
Q: Is there anything else I need to know?
A: Yes! Check the PSA included in my second post on this thread.
If you have any questions not shown here, PLEASE ASK! I want everything to be as clear as possible, and you can help with that.
Hello all. This thread will function as both the rules for the tournament and the writeup/video thread.
Standings can be found at the bottom of this post.
Anyone can participate, as long as they are available at least one day for each of the 8 weeks of the tourney (if you aren't fully available and want to participate, please let me know and we can probably make a loophole).
New players and old pros welcome, and everyone in between.
To sign up, post in this thread indicating you want to sign up. Signups close January 7 at the cutoff time (see below). Then the tournament will begin directly.
TIME FRAME
The tournament will consist of 8 weeks. Each week is one round. The first week is Jan 7 – Jan 14. Second week is Jan 14 – Jan 21, and so on, all the way to Feb 25 – Mar 4 (final week). Cutoff time is 10am EST, 3pm GMT (on Saturday).
Players will be knocked out every week, so you may participate in all eight weeks or just the first, depending on how well you do.
HOW IT WORKS
Each round, every player still alive will do a section of 'Time Trials', as dubbed by yours truly. A Time Trial is a singleplayer level in co-op mode, with one key difference: only one person is running; his partner sits on the start pad and does nothing at all (except records him). VERY VERY IMPORTANT: Whoever is recording MUST NOT MOVE AROUND. If the recorder falls off, and the runner happens to fall off at the same time, the clock will reset. THIS IS BAD. DO NOT LET IT HAPPEN.
All players will do the same set of levels for their Time Trials. All times get added, and the players with the worst total times get eliminated.
You will also receive a certain number of retries per round – meaning if you finish, and don't like your time, you can have another go at the same level – but be careful, you will have a very limited number of retries, so use them wisely! Be aware - falling off and respawning on the start pad is NOT a retry - your clock keeps running, so keep going!
The eight sections are all of the MBP Official levels, and the farther into the tournament you make it, the deeper you progress into the game. Only the best players will survive all the way to the Big 5, on week 8.
The level sets are all FORCED ORDER (you must play all the levels in exact order, so use your retries strategically) and MUST BE DONE AT ONE TIME; I.e you cannot do the first part of a section, quit, and come back two days later to finish.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
All you need to do is, once per week that you are still in the competition, come onto the leaderboards. Have someone agree to record your trial. Announce to the public (while it is being recorded) that you are about to do your trial. Then begin.
Link to standings: THIS PAGE EXPLAINS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13TEk9OHB...0cc/edit?usp=sharing
Players currently signed up:
Frostfire
Xedron
Kalle
Rozi
J@ckRB
Eguy
AugustMK
Lee Zi Xian
El Robert
Yoshicraft
Tue
Regislian
CylinderKnot
Nature Freak
Lichable
RadiantVibe
Weather
Muffe
Hitgod
Q & A
Q: I lagged! Do I get a retry?
A: No, unless you want to use one of your given retries. Consider saving them for lag.
Q: I crashed! I better get a retry!
A: You DO NOT get a retry unless you have one to spend on it. Otherwise, your time on the level is a skunk.
Q: When do I skunk?
A: Skunk time is one hour. This is pretty huge, so make sure to finish every level even if you're taking ages!
Q: What is a skunk time?
A: The maximum time achievable; i.e if you take longer than an hour, you get an hour anyway. THIS IS PER LEVEL, not the whole trial.
Q: If you don't use all the retries in a section, do they carry over to the next section?
A: No, you either use them in the proper section or you don't use them at all.
Q: Can I pick the levels to use my retries on after I'm done with the whole section?
A: No, the levels and forced order. Once you've moved on from a level, you can't go back and use a retry on it. Use your retries after finishing a level, before starting the next one.
Q: I used a retry but got a worse time than my original run! This doesn't count, does it?
A: Don't worry, your best time counts always.
Q: Do I need to have thousandths on?
A: No, third decimal will not be used; times will not be rounded because of third decimal place. We will act as though thousandths do not exist.
Q: Is there anything else I need to know?
A: Yes! Check the PSA included in my second post on this thread.
If you have any questions not shown here, PLEASE ASK! I want everything to be as clear as possible, and you can help with that.
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