Dispute: Jeremy Young - M.A.M.E. - Donkey Kong 3 [US] - Points [Marathon] - Player: Steve Schaefer - Score: 307,600

There is currently no track for this game on easy. I would propose creating one and migrating this score to it work.

I would also like to clarify the rules.

‘Bonus Life: 30000
Additional Bonus: 30000’

Does this mean the same as:
‘Bonus life awarded at 30,000 points.
Additional bonus awarded at 30,000 points’ ? If so, what is this bonus?

7K free men/free man vs 10K free men/free man:

What exactly does this refer to? An extra life (one) awarded upon reaching either 7,000 or 10,000 points? Is this a game setting in addition to the ‘Bonus Life’ and ‘Additional Bonus’?

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Originally Posted by Dave Hawksett

There is currently no track for this game on easy. I would propose creating one and migrating this score to it work.

I would also like to clarify the rules.

‘Bonus Life: 30000
Additional Bonus: 30000’

Does this mean the same as:
‘Bonus life awarded at 30,000 points.
Additional bonus awarded at 30,000 points’ ? If so, what is this bonus?

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"Additional bonus" refers to additional bonus lives. So, with those settings you would receive your first bonus life at 30,000 points and then additional bonus lives every subsequent 30,000 points (@60k, @90k, etc. all the way until the game bugs out and stops giving extras after 1,000,000).

While the DK3 manual doesn't specify any factory recommendations or default settings, it's generally accepted that "default" is 3 starting lives, 1st bonus at 30k, additional bonus every 30k, and difficulty set on Easy/Difficulty 1. Difficulty settings for this game have caused headaches for years, because they're not labeled the same way among the various sources (the manual, TG, MAME). Check out the link below for more info.

Donkey Kong 3 Difficulty Reference Chart

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Originally Posted by Dave Hawksett

7K free men/free man vs 10K free men/free man:

What exactly does this refer to? An extra life (one) awarded upon reaching either 7,000 or 10,000 points? Is this a game setting in addition to the ‘Bonus Life’ and ‘Additional Bonus’?

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This has absolutely nothing to do with Donkey Kong 3. lexmark has sour grapes over the bonus life settings in a Crazy Kong submission and for some reason thinks that applies here.

Thank you Jeremy, this makes it much clearer.

I assume that, if we added an 'easy' track (difficulty setting 1) the rules should be identical, apart from this setting?

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Originally Posted by Dave Hawksett

Thank you Jeremy, this makes it much clearer.

I assume that, if we added an 'easy' track (difficulty setting 1) the rules should be identical, apart from this setting?

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Correct. That would make it a marathon track on Easy difficulty.

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Originally Posted by xelina

lexmark has sour grapes over the bonus life settings in a Crazy Kong submission and for some reason thinks that applies here.

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At no point did I imply that what I said had anything to do with this submission. Jeremy knows that because he actually explained that it's a CK submission I'm talking about!

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Originally Posted by xelina

it's generally accepted

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Dave H. Let me translate that for you........= me and my colluding friends will make any excuse to get one of our friends score through!
My point being... don't make your excuses "after the fact"! i.e...show me the math, in your submission that proves your conclusions correct! Otherwise just play by the rules. Easy!


john

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Lexmark come on mate you don't even play CK or DK, it has no absolutely no effect on you whatsoever.
Either dispute it or let it be.

Actually a dispute might be way to go so we can get the rules amended. Either way, money where your mouth is.

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Originally Posted by barra

Actually a dispute might be way to go so we can get the rules amended

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Given that you and John didn't show the science/math that would corroborate your assumptions, in your submissions, then the only way forward is to count those scores as invalid. You guys can submit to another less prestigious track later!
If yous have conclusive code in motion evidence supporting your position then I'll accept your, and his re-submission :)

Barra. Lets fix this now so that peeps don't have to fix it in 30 years! Cough, cough ...Dragster.

john

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Xelnia provided the relevant piece of code in another thread.

Voting yes, clear breach of rule set. Easy accept.

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Originally Posted by Barra

Xelnia provided the relevant piece of code in another thread.

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BS!. the best he did was to tell me that "the relevant code was the same as the DK code" So what! What's your point in saying that. I may have missed something though. Show me (his quote) that your talking about ?

john

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