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Subject:	Re: Junkbot not saving progress (was: New stuff on LEGO.com...)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.gaming
Date:	Sun, 19 Aug 2001 03:17:17 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, John Radtke writes: > In lugnet.lego.direct, Larry Pieniazek writes: > > > How on EARTH did someone get 354??? (that's the current high) I am > > not sure that's mathematically possible! > > I was sure that 354 must be a hack (no disparagement or accusation intended > - just astonishment =O ) but I have managed 363 myself. I can't imagine > where to shave off nine more but neither could I imagine before it happened > the 14 I shaved off in a long afternoon today. Well I shaved a FEW more off but clearly have a loooong way to go. This game is great because (except for a few rooms like Running the Gauntlet and Junkbot Is Brave which I have complained about before as being all coordination and no skill) it rewards clever thinking, especially thinking about how to build things that are reusable several times. > I have to remove myself from the game a couple days at a time so I can > attack it with a fresh perspective and not just repeat my former tactics. > It's proven valuable that the overall game is so big because I often can't > remember how I get my best scores (like 14 on The Freezer) and am forced to > think things through more or less from scratch. So I'm guessing that you're not even going to be ABLE to give any hints on improving one's score, eh? :-) I JUST broke 500 and boy what a struggle that was. Freezer has me stumped, I'm still at 40. ++Lar

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		Re: Junkbot not saving progress (was: New stuff on LEGO.com...)
(...) DamnitLarry...you've knocked me down to #23...grrrr I just keep shaving points, and shaving points...1 here, 2 there...and I still keep loosing ground (it all started with John knocking me down a couple of places, and it's been all downhill (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.gaming)

		RE: Junkbot not saving progress (was: New stuff on LEGO.com...)
(...) Biggest help to me on that screen was to think big. Instead of clearing a path a brick or two at a time, grab a whole pile, let Junkbot walk "through" them and put them back basically right were they were. For example, you should be able to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.gaming)

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		Re: Junkbot not saving progress (was: New stuff on LEGO.com...)
(...) I was sure that 354 must be a hack (no disparagement or accusation intended - just astonishment =O ) but I have managed 363 myself. I can't imagine where to shave off nine more but neither could I imagine before it happened the 14 I shaved off (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.gaming)

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