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El Héroe Oscuro June 21st, 2014 11:32 PM

Year of Gaming - Week #2: Temple Run - There's an evil monkey chasing me!
 


http://i.imgur.com/z4cpp2Y.jpg
Temple Run
- Week #2 -

Think you have what it takes to be PokeCommunity's best gamer? Prove yourself in PC's Year of Gaming Challenges! Each week a new game will be picked to see who has what it takes to get the highest score in a game ranging from old school to current modern classics. The people with the top 3 scores will be given emblems due to their abilities. If you have a recommendation on what we should play next, send me a VM/PM and we'll see what we can do!

Quote:

"In Temple Run, the player controls an explorer who, having stolen a treasure from a temple, is chased by "demonic monkeys" who want to eat him/her. As the game is an endless running game, there is no end to the temple; therfore, the player plays until the character falls off the temple to his/her demise or is eaten by the crazed monkeys."

Rules

☠. To access the game, it is available free in the app store for your phone. Note: if anyone can find an equivalent of it online, I will love you forever.

☠. After losing your last life, take a screenshot of your score - which in the case of this challenge will be the distance you've traveled - and comment below with it.

☠. You have an unlimited amount of tries to get the farthest distance. However, only the top 3 scoring members will obtain an emblem.

☠. You have one week to participate in this challenge, meaning the last date to send an entry will be June 28th, 11:59 PM ET.

Standings

1. O'aka XXIII - 59,616m
2. WarPaint - 51,373m
3. acatfrommars - 25,160m
4. Issac - 20,697m
5. Guildmaster Wigglytuff - 16,273m
6. Juno - 10,885m
7. Omicron - 5,151m
8. Roaming Murkrow - 4,104m
9. Lord Scalgon - 3,548m
10. Arc - 2,677m
11. Satoshi Ookami - 881m


Year of Gaming Hall of Fame

Spoiler:
Challenge #1: Pac-Man
Brendino, acatfrommars, Satoshi Ookami


acatfrommars June 21st, 2014 11:37 PM

Hell yeah, I love this game! Good choice. ^^

Satoshi Ookami June 22nd, 2014 7:48 AM

Yahoo, I'm in the hall of fame.

Anyways, el, I don't think phone games are a good choice...
Some people may not be eligible due to not having smart phone to play on...
Well, not that I'm part of them but I can see that being a problem for some...
Plus... how are we supposed to take screenshots of a mobile game?

El Héroe Oscuro June 22nd, 2014 8:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Satoshi Ookami (Post 8312535)
Yahoo, I'm in the hall of fame.

Anyways, el, I don't think phone games are a good choice...
Some people may not be eligible due to not having smart phone to play on...
Well, not that I'm part of them but I can see that being a problem for some...
Plus... how are we supposed to take screenshots of a mobile game?

Most people do have smart phones though. It's also why I left a comment in the rules saying if someone can find me an online version of it as well, then the rare people who don't have smart phones can use that as their source for the game.

The majority of smart phones are able to take screenshots by hitting a combination of buttons. Either experiment by hitting random buttons, or Google your type of phone and you can find out that way.

srinator June 22nd, 2014 9:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Satoshi Ookami (Post 8312535)
Yahoo, I'm in the hall of fame.

Anyways, el, I don't think phone games are a good choice...
Some people may not be eligible due to not having smart phone to play on...
Well, not that I'm part of them but I can see that being a problem for some...
Plus... how are we supposed to take screenshots of a mobile game?


Uh I am pretty sure hitting the home button and power button together will do the trick, for phones without the physical home button aka non apple stuff, hitting the the volume button and power button will do the trick, some phones have it in the power button menu too.

Lusus June 22nd, 2014 9:50 AM

idk if i should enter or not because i feel like i will be beaten by a mile lol

El Héroe Oscuro June 22nd, 2014 9:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roaming Murkrow (Post 8312715)
idk if i should enter or not because i feel like i will be beaten by a mile lol

You'll never know if you don't go for it, mate! You'll do just fineeeee (:

Lusus June 22nd, 2014 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elheroeoscuro (Post 8312730)
You'll never know if you don't go for it, mate! You'll do just fineeeee (:

I guess i give it a shoot. There is almost an entire week to practice left

Pepperton June 22nd, 2014 10:51 AM

A quick question for you Matt, does this challenge include Temple Run 2, or is it just the original Temple Run?

Sonata June 22nd, 2014 11:21 AM

Can I just post a picture of my all time record or do I have to actually put forth effort?

El Héroe Oscuro June 22nd, 2014 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pepperton (Post 8312818)
A quick question for you Matt, does this challenge include Temple Run 2, or is it just the original Temple Run?

I'm just going to say stick with the original Temple Run. I haven't played the second before but it looks like you are able to get power-ups and stuff that could give a person an unfair advantage. The first Temple Run is free anyways so it shouldn't be an issue accessing it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by O'aka XXIII (Post 8312861)
Can I just post a picture of my all time record or do I have to actually put forth effort?

Haha actually put some effort into it, mate (;

Satoshi Ookami June 22nd, 2014 12:17 PM

Ok, feel free to overcome by lame first attempt =D
I work better when I need to overcome someone anyways xDDD
http://i.imgur.com/l3pF5wz.png

Arc June 22nd, 2014 1:14 PM

Definitely wanted to do better, but this is good enough I guess.

http://i.imgur.com/ZxjvLZh.png?1

Lord Scalgon June 22nd, 2014 1:49 PM

Here's mine so far:

https://i.imgur.com/oamm1hc.jpg

Juno June 22nd, 2014 9:24 PM

http://i.imgur.com/FZcgtKu.png?1

That'll do for now. c:

srinator June 23rd, 2014 12:35 AM

uh i did a 6k last night but i probably didnt save it, oh well here is the one i did rn

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/10457164_10202183164292961_8938920007443199218_n.jpg

i just downloaded this for my ipad hence the highest score thing lol

Lusus June 23rd, 2014 1:24 AM

man beating your guys will be hard. my best atm is around 2,800 m, gonna post a screenshot when i get farther

Sonata June 23rd, 2014 7:59 AM

Good enough for now, but I will hopefully get to 100 thousand.

http://i62.*.com/68y737.png

Juno June 23rd, 2014 9:37 AM

Man, you and your super high scores. D:

http://i.imgur.com/ezHy6Ad.png?1

Updating mine.

Lord Scalgon June 23rd, 2014 12:24 PM

Even though my new best is 5,575, I don't think I'll ever top that high score...

*ragequit

(I'll only upload this image if this warrants at least 3rd place in the end)

Lusus June 23rd, 2014 12:39 PM

oh god that high score.

how much time did you put into this game? xD

Austin June 23rd, 2014 3:46 PM

I will never get as far as O'aka.

http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a533/austinkun17/IMG_1581_zps33648427.png

edit: updating my score before elheroeoscuro adds it to the standings.

Spinosaurus June 23rd, 2014 4:05 PM

Are you taking upgrades into account?

Anyone that has better upgrades will have a huge advantage here. Not everyone is on equal ground, especially since getting the upgrades can be hard, so it's unfair to anyone who only started on this or started a new game.

Sonata June 23rd, 2014 4:08 PM

I would say that we should disable upgrades if the player has them. Because it is unfair.

Edit: I would also say no items. Since there is a running item that you can use at the start that automatically gets you to 2500 m. And then the ressurection wings basically give you a do-over for anything. So if you have a lot of coins you can just stock up and run forever.

El Héroe Oscuro June 23rd, 2014 8:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spinosaurus (Post 8314554)
Are you taking upgrades into account?

Anyone that has better upgrades will have a huge advantage here. Not everyone is on equal ground, especially since getting the upgrades can be hard, so it's unfair to anyone who only started on this or started a new game.

Quote:

Originally Posted by O'aka XXIII (Post 8314556)
I would say that we should disable upgrades if the player has them. Because it is unfair.

Edit: I would also say no items. Since there is a running item that you can use at the start that automatically gets you to 2500 m. And then the ressurection wings basically give you a do-over for anything. So if you have a lot of coins you can just stock up and run forever.

To be perfectly honest, I'm not the most versed in Temple Run; I just know it's a really popular game and it was requested, so I thought it would be a good idea to use it as a challenge. That being said, like I stated with Temple Run 2, power ups can give the person an unfair advantage which was why I said you couldn't use that version of the mobile game.

I'm leaving it up to y'all how you want to handle this. We can either do a hard reset when it comes to the standings and start over from scratch, or if you want to play by the honor system we can keep the current standings and people who used upgrades can resubmit a new score. Just let me know how you want it.

Arc June 23rd, 2014 9:02 PM

I'm pretty sure everyone here has been playing fairly, so I think we can keep the rankings as they stand. Besides, O'aka pretty much cemented himself in first and I'm pretty sure he can do it again, haha. Also, I just tried using upgrades with the 2500m and the wings that resurrect you and I got 30 000m easy, and I'm not even that good at this game. So our scores look rather fine.

To be perfectly honest though, I don't think Temple Run was the right game to play for this week. What with it all being the anniversary of Sonic, we could've have played Sonic Dash instead. Same premise and everything, just more in tune with the festivities (and more fun xD).

El Héroe Oscuro June 23rd, 2014 9:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arc (Post 8314898)
To be perfectly honest though, I don't think Temple Run was the right game to play for this week. What with it all being the anniversary of Sonic, we could've have played Sonic Dash instead. Same premise and everything, just more in tune with the festivities (and more fun xD).

Sonic is definitely a game I was considering of doing down the road, but you are right that it would have been cooler to have done it this week. I didn't actually know it was the anniversary for it, good pickup! Nonetheless, some games will be hit or misses, and on paper Temple Run seemed like a good idea. I already have next week's challenge picked out, and let me just tell you...everyone will definitely be on the same playing field when it comes to it being challenging (;

Arc June 23rd, 2014 9:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elheroeoscuro (Post 8314910)
...everyone will definitely be on the same playing field when it comes to it being challenging (;

Oh god, QWOP is next week.

El Héroe Oscuro June 23rd, 2014 9:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arc (Post 8314931)
Oh god, QWOP is next week.

That game actually never even crossed my mind! Thanks for a week's challenge! >:D

Sonata June 23rd, 2014 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elheroeoscuro (Post 8314910)
Sonic is definitely a game I was considering of doing down the road, but you are right that it would have been cooler to have done it this week. I didn't actually know it was the anniversary for it, good pickup! Nonetheless, some games will be hit or misses, and on paper Temple Run seemed like a good idea. I already have next week's challenge picked out, and let me just tell you...everyone will definitely be on the same playing field when it comes to it being challenging (;

Is it going to be Minesweeper? Because everyone is screwed in that game.

Satoshi Ookami June 24th, 2014 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elheroeoscuro (Post 8314872)
I'm leaving it up to y'all how you want to handle this. We can either do a hard reset when it comes to the standings and start over from scratch, or if you want to play by the honor system we can keep the current standings and people who used upgrades can resubmit a new score. Just let me know how you want it.

Spinny said something I forgot to mention myself... =D
This was the second reason why I said that mobile games aren't the best for challenges...
As most mobile games come with micro-transaction and power-ups...
New challenges should be made for games that are don't have anything like that :)

Btw is there even a possibility to disable the power-ups in this game?

Lord Scalgon June 24th, 2014 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arc (Post 8314931)
Oh god, QWOP is next week.


QWOP'pers gonna qwop.

Also speaking of QWOP, I remember exploiting to dash (well, not quite) to 100m. Still a normal run, but really slow and steady, though.

Omicron June 24th, 2014 11:59 AM

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Well, joining this party. Enough to put myself ahead of sri. ;)

Lusus June 24th, 2014 2:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Satoshi Ookami (Post 8315551)
Spinny said something I forgot to mention myself... =D
This was the second reason why I said that mobile games aren't the best for challenges...
As most mobile games come with micro-transaction and power-ups...
New challenges should be made for games that are don't have anything like that :)

Btw is there even a possibility to disable the power-ups in this game?

you can't disable them, but you can try to ignore them. also uninstalling and reinstalling the game erases all the power ups you bought, but i don't think anybody will do that

Sonata June 24th, 2014 2:28 PM

Well you can't get rid of the items that you buy like the wings and boosts but the actual like powerups you can disable if you get enough coins. Or you can just not buy them in the first place if you're starting fresh.

Lusus June 25th, 2014 4:23 AM

So are powerups allowed or not? I only have 1 point in everything so it's a bit obvious which side i'm on xD

El Héroe Oscuro June 25th, 2014 7:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roaming Murkrow (Post 8316730)
So are powerups allowed or not? I only have 1 point in everything so it's a bit obvious which side i'm on xD

Anything that can be avoidable should be done so. So if the power ups in the game are buyable, then don't do so for this challenge.

Lusus June 25th, 2014 7:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elheroeoscuro (Post 8316904)
Anything that can be avoidable should be done so. So if the power ups in the game are buyable, then don't do so for this challenge.

Okay.

Im gonna post my best score somewhere tomorrow or on 27th. It's not even close to the top 3 tho xD

Sonata June 25th, 2014 2:05 PM

I hope everyone doesn't plan to get scores higher than me and then just post them at the last minute. Cuz that'd just be mean.

Lusus June 25th, 2014 2:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by O'aka XXIII (Post 8317388)
I hope everyone doesn't plan to get scores higher than me and then just post them at the last minute. Cuz that'd just be mean.

I don't want to break my arm

Pretty sure nobody here is planning on playing Temple Run 24/7 to beat your high score

srinator June 26th, 2014 5:14 AM

ugh sorry matt i accidentally took the wrong screen but if u see both pictures u will get the proof, the score is 10522



omicron pls :)

Satoshi Ookami June 26th, 2014 9:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by O'aka XXIII (Post 8317388)
I hope everyone doesn't plan to get scores higher than me and then just post them at the last minute. Cuz that'd just be mean.

We don't have 10 years for this challenge.

El Héroe Oscuro June 26th, 2014 4:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarPaint (Post 8318387)

I'll accept it; good job on flubbing that one up (;

Juno June 26th, 2014 6:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by O'aka XXIII (Post 8317388)
I hope everyone doesn't plan to get scores higher than me and then just post them at the last minute. Cuz that'd just be mean.

You'd still have a guaranteed spot in the top 3. Anyway, you still gonna try for 100k? :P

And another update:
http://i.imgur.com/h8qSt0X.png?1
Shoulders are kinda tense from hunching over the phone. :s

Sonata June 26th, 2014 6:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juno (Post 8319333)
You'd still have a guaranteed spot in the top 3. Anyway, you still gonna try for 100k? :P

And another update:
http://i.imgur.com/h8qSt0X.png?1
Shoulders are kinda tense from hunching over the phone. :s

This is the first time that I've played the game in a couple of months since the only reason I played it was because my ex played it 24/7 because she has no life and I just wanted to outdo her. The most I've gotten since putting up a score is like 35,000m so I don't think I'll get to 100,000 by the time it's done lol. The most I've ever gotten was 72,000 so it was just a fools dream haha.

Austin June 26th, 2014 6:55 PM

Update! I'm still super impressed by your score, O'aka.

http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a533/austinkun17/IMG_1583_zps1db891b4.png

Sonata June 26th, 2014 8:48 PM

A very sad attempt at 100,000.
http://i57.*.com/2we9bpg.png

srinator June 26th, 2014 8:53 PM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t1.0-9/10462673_10202205909661581_1816690363980613120_n.jpg

i didnt sleep last night and i am tired from gym, if people be mean and post now i am going to be really angry cause ima go sleep

Austin June 26th, 2014 9:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarPaint (Post 8319520)
i didnt sleep last night and i am tired from gym, if people be mean and post now i am going to be really angry cause ima go sleep

In direct defiance to this, I'm gonna leave this here. I'm sorry.

http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a533/austinkun17/IMG_1586_zpsf2a75de1.png

El Héroe Oscuro June 26th, 2014 9:47 PM

I'm absolutely loving this fight for the #2 and #3 spots! xD Keep it up you guys! Less than 47 hours left for this challenge!

Lusus June 26th, 2014 10:01 PM

Meanwhile i'm not even close. But oh well, atleast i'm not last. Gonna give it another 50 shoots a bit later


Seth Rollins June 27th, 2014 12:55 AM

I-I can't feel my fingers anymore...45,000+m...how the hell did you do it...?


srinator June 27th, 2014 8:31 AM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t1.0-9/10403493_10202208414004188_7620701919120606053_n.jpg

gg rood people

El Héroe Oscuro June 27th, 2014 9:38 AM

I don't know if O'aka is going to be happy about that, but nicely done! Haha

srinator June 27th, 2014 9:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elheroeoscuro (Post 8320263)
I don't know if O'aka is going to be happy about that, but nicely done! Haha

I hope he is sleeping, shhh don't call him, I am tired and can't do more ;; besides it's been 2 days since I slept

Sonata June 27th, 2014 11:13 AM

How dare you wake me up with this. Unnaceptable. I'll be back to kill you.

srinator June 27th, 2014 11:32 AM

Wow,

/me uses spore. Go away I almost killed myself with that run

Austin June 27th, 2014 1:18 PM

Whyyyyy. I highly doubt I can get back in the top 3 now. You guys are pros.

Sonata June 27th, 2014 2:04 PM

http://i58.*.com/soyhs1.jpg

I got this score but since I'm camping with family (touchy little butthead kids) when I went to grab my charger for my iPod they clicked out of it. I hope you accept this. O'aka will be #1.

srinator June 27th, 2014 6:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by O'aka XXIII (Post 8320532)
http://i58.*.com/soyhs1.jpg

I got this score but since I'm camping with family (touchy little butthead kids) when I went to grab my charger for my iPod they clicked out of it. I hope you accept this. O'aka will be #1.

Matt don't accept his ;;
/stab

El Héroe Oscuro June 27th, 2014 7:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarPaint (Post 8320809)
Matt don't accept his ;;
/stab

Haha I mean I have to, it's essentially the same exact thing as you submitted.

Seth Rollins June 28th, 2014 1:11 AM

.....Power ups are allowed?? Both of you couldn't possibly do this without power ups or items D;

Ignore me I am just but hurt that I lost trying to avoid one power up :(

Sonata June 28th, 2014 4:35 AM

It is possible without power ups or itens as long as you know what you're doing.:p

acatfrommars June 28th, 2014 7:36 PM

Been at camp all week with little Internet acces so here's my last minute entry:

http://i.imgur.com/e77hyZU.jpg

El Héroe Oscuro June 28th, 2014 9:49 PM

Well it was a long battle - and one entry cutting it real close - but it looks like a trio of Crystal tier members have won this challenge! Congratulations O'aka XXIII, WarPaint, and acatfrommars in winning this week's challenge! The next challenge will be up very shortly, so best of luck to all the competitors!


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