Beast Mode

[endgame]

The requirements are:
1. vs. CPU-10
2. All weapons are available
3. Random terrain
4. Explosion size/kick small
5. Wind speed/variability high
6. Wind change per shot

Oh, and you have to win. :D

In order to keep from taking up space with so many screenshots, I'll start posting links to them in my photobucket account. If you want, you can just put the score or any other information along with the your link, as well.

[Slade]

OOooooo. This may be tough, but I'll give it a try.

[endgame]

I was wondering if anyone was going to give it a try. I guess I'll start.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/endgame_photo/b1.png

[PJ_69]

Well I think I just owned everyone, including the computer.

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL861/3313082/6790177/248439005.jpg

[endgame]

Nice.

Anyone else gonna try beast mode?

[endgame]

I think it's time to upgrade the AI. :D

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/endgame_photo/b2.png

[???revived]

A shutout with no dirt weapons involved whatsoever... rather odd...

[endgame]

For the life of me, I can't remember what he blew himself up with. I do remember his 9th and 10th shots were lasers, and he couldn't hit me.

EDIT: I remember. I hit him with dirt. He used particle bomb. I used backfire (why I'm on the wrong side of the screen). Then he used the mountain mover. I had a couple of 3-shots left, and he couldn't hit me with his lasers.

[endgame]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/endgame_photo/b3.png

[PJ_69]

I already played with random weapons, but I am not sure everyone else did. So how about adding "random weapons" to the beast mode list? And possibly, "no moving" ?

[Loofiloo]

Well I think I just owned everyone, including the computer.

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7756/248439005tt1.jpg

Needs more Jpeg!
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/347/needsmore16gl9.jpg

[endgame]

I already played with random weapons, but I am not sure everyone else did. So how about adding "random weapons" to the beast mode list? And possibly, "no moving" ?

I think what I'll do is open up the "ownage thread to general ownage, with no stipulations. In my opinion, selecting your weapons is part of the stategy, and I'm definitely not going to add no moving to the list. If the cpu can do it, so can the user.

I understand most people don't have much free time to play Pocket Tanks set at specific criteria, so basically, I'd appreciate it if:
All beast mode games follow the criteria in the first post of this thread.
And all other games, options, etc., will go in the ownage thread.

Hows that sound?

Loofiloo, that is one awful-looking jpeg. :D Don't you just love it when the cpu get stuck in places like that, too? He used jump jets, or what?

EDIT: Hey, what's the deal with playing windless against the cpu-1 in the beast mode thread? Well, maybe you didn't see it, that's okay.
The requirements are:
1. vs. CPU-10
2. All weapons are available
3. Random terrain
4. Explosion size/kick small
5. Wind speed/variability high
6. Wind change per shot

Oh, and you have to win.

[PJ_69]

The computer can move? They never move when I play...Oh, it is probably because I still have the old version...I would have the new version, but I cannot get my weapon expansions and the deluxe version to work...

[endgame]

The computer can move? They never move when I play...Oh, it is probably because I still have the old version...I would have the new version, but I cannot get my weapon expansions and the deluxe version to work...

PM or email Brian, I'm sure he could send you a new copy, or at least some insight as to what's wrong.

[endgame]

Come on, everyone! We have to step it up to get ready for network play. Only two people on the whole site have posted a win in beast mode. We gotta represent the Blitwise...



...I don't know, it just sounded right to me. :D

[endgame]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/endgame_photo/b4.png

[Slade]

Woah! How did you get all that dirt in a long, thick line?

[endgame]

Woah! How did you get all that dirt in a long, thick line?

I guess the 1.2 AI didn't take into consideration that when the mudpie hits a target, it shoots back up into the air. Now look at the wind speed. He hit me right on the number, but when the dots shot back up, well, you see where they landed.

I don't know if it's me or not, but the AI does seem to be a little better. It moved twice in one turn to get around a blockade. I never remember it doing that in 1.1.

[???revived]

So far all of these have happened at close range. Has anyone managed to do this at a nice, long, artillery range?

[endgame]

So far all of these have happened at close range. Has anyone managed to do this at a nice, long, artillery range?

You bring up a good point. I can win by up to roughly 200 all day without any kind of jump jets, etc. I just wanted to put up some of my better games. I'll get on that for you. ;)

[endgame]

Here you go. I almost hit it right on the head with the 200 points. :D Plus it only took me 13 minutes. :cool:

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/endgame_photo/b5.png

[???revived]

Well I'm too lazy to turn the wind on, but I bet I'd do horrible, so I congratulate you for how good you are at this game...

[endgame]

Thanks, but the more you play it the better you get. A few games with the wind on and you'd be ripping up the cpu as well.

[TurtleTuck]

how do you put screen shots on here? what happens after you push print screen?:confused:

[endgame]

After you press print screen, go into to paint (or same type of program) and press "control + v," just like you would to paste copied text.

[TurtleTuck]

what do you do once its in paint to get it to this forum?man im clueless

[???revived]

Save then upload it to some hosting place like photobucket (I know there are others...)

[Slade]

Need help Turtle Tuck?

I'l repeat the process...

1. Press the 'print screen' button on your keyboard anytime.
2. Go into paint (preferably) and paste the image into a blank document by pressing 'Ctrl + V'.
3. Upload it to an image uploading site. Here is the best one that's worked for me:

http://tinypic.com/

This is the process I use every time to upload my pictures like these:
http://i14.tinypic.com/68izrmc.jpg

Oh! And I forgot to mention, when you want to post your pictures in your posts, when the image is done uploading, press the second 'copy' button from the top of the list of codes.

Hope this helps;)

[TurtleTuck]

hey thanks guys!:D I shall try...

[TurtleTuck]

<a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i14.tinypic.com/62qeckx.gif" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

testing...

cool! it works HOORAY!!

[TurtleTuck]

<a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i11.tinypic.com/4yaigzk.gif" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

sorry for the triple post, lol
heres my best so far

[TurtleTuck]

I hope this isn't dead. You guys should try it, it's hard...anywayhttp://i19.tinypic.com/662w4mo.jpg

[Rex Nex]

WOW that looks hard, 3-0..

[Slade]

Wow. That game was a close call. Good win.

[TurtleTuck]

I was hoping more people would post beast mode pics. the dirt came from a chaos grenade that I fired first, it made it impossible for him to hit me. Unfortunatly I was having trouble hitting him.:D

[Rex Nex]

Looks like you hit him with a hail or firestorm

[endgame]

You do know there are many more beast mode pictures on my site?

[Slade]

...and you can submit your screeshots to be uploaded there too!

[Bert]

I think beast mode should be random wepons, turret orientation at relative to tank, and explosion kick on high.

[TurtleTuck]

no, it's meant to be as hard as possible.

[Bert]

What's your point? I think the things I said, plus the original Beast mode would make the hardest match.

[TurtleTuck]

the bigger the explosion size the easier it is.

[blue_moon]

Its also easier for the cpu.

[Bert]

Yeah, I am still not seeing your point. I said make explosion kick bigger, not size:anirolleyes:.

[TurtleTuck]

a terrible misunderstanding:( , will you exept my full-hearted deep apology?

[Rex Nex]

No, I wont.

[Bert]

Yes, I do :).

[Rex Nex]

(He doesn't)

[TurtleTuck]

you're right, now that you mention it that smiley face did seem a little sarcastic...

[blue_moon]

Just as sarcastic as this one: :shocked:
But yeah, There is no point in versing a level ten computer, its just a number. I mean, I vered a level 2 computer and lost but beat a level 10.

[ChallengeSpaceYard]

Perhaps the level 10 AI had some bad (or non-damaging) weapons.

[TurtleTuck]

the difference between a 1AI and a 10AI really isn't as much as one might think.

[blue_moon]

There is no difference, except some level/random intelligence. A level 10 AI has more of a chance to switch usable weapons than a level 2.

[TurtleTuck]

I didn't konw that. what about accuracy?is that the same or different?

[Rex Nex]

Lvl 10's always hit, level 2's hit 80% of the time.

[blue_moon]

There's no accurate way to tell that. When playing against level 421 cpus (V1.1), I noted that they always switched weapons. Level 1 cpus don't do that. Plus, if that scale of yours is right, level 41 cpus would hit more than 6 times with over 600% accuracy.

[Rex Nex]

Another v 1.1 glitch I dont know about?

[blue_moon]

No, same glitch. Fixed in V1.1.

[-P.G.J.E.-]

I think there's only a small percentage of difference between cpu1-10

[blue_moon]

Maybe Mike W. knows. He knows all.

[-P.G.J.E.-]

I hope he can tell us:D

[endgame]

UPDATE: Please forward all beast mode submissions to pockettanks.co.nr, but you can put them here, too. :D

[zigzag]

wind change sucks i cant stand it.... of course then im no expert player either i guess. level 10, but no wind change.... maybe ill try it again some other time.

[ChallengeSpaceYard]

Pretty good score, but no wind speed and turret orientation absolute disqualifies this score from the Beast Mode rankings.

[zigzag]

hmmm.... yea i know it does.... what is turret orientation absolute.... or what does it do i should ask?

[Was It Me?]

When it is turned off, it means that when your tank's orientation changes (from being hit or moving), your barrel won't automagically reorient itself. When absolute is on, it does.

[zigzag]

ah ok got ya, thanks.

[bladezandzaws]

here's mine http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh21/flipster9000/BeastMode.jpg plus i did it for 12mins.

[Jake Hoshgothen]

Wow, so not everyone plays on level ten all the time? Wierd. Thats all I ever play on, and I have about a 75% win rate overall. (And yes, I always play with high variability wind, not that it changes every turn. I set mine to random.) The only difference between the qualifiers and my standard settings is the kick. Mine is always set to high. I'll post some Pwnage pics in a bit.

[Jake Hoshgothen]

Well, what a story behind this one! Almost ended up being the perfect storm for it not to get posted, but here it is!
I was playing, and my internet goes offline. 'No problem' I thinks. 'Just make a screenshot, reboot, and everything will be hunky dorry!' *Attempts to make a screenshot.* *Fails* I forgot that I didn't know how to take a screenshot. And my Internet is down, so I can't go google it, and I can't ask any of my friends on MSN how to take the bloody thing. I can't get my internet back until I reboot, and that would kill the pic! (My internet goes out intermittently, and requires a restart to get it back up again. I still havn't figured out why.) So I think to myself... I can't use webcam, because it's an HP intergrated model... So I must use Still Camera! I spend half an hour finding the camera, and come back to find my battery down to 5 percent! I frantically plug it in to charge, and save the system. I takes pics, and here they are, in all of their fuzzed out glory. (Because of the nature of the font that Pocket Tank's uses, it's hard to read the exact numbers. But the number of digits speak for themselves!)
For those who can't see very well, total score is as follows:
The ECH (Me).....2190 CPU10.....335

I believe the award for absolute Beast PWNAGE!!! goes to moi!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/Jake_Hoshgothen/P1010334.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/Jake_Hoshgothen/P1010333.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/Jake_Hoshgothen/P1010335.jpg

[John Brooks]

Yay...

[endgame]

So I finally worked my way back up to beast mode and played a best of seven. I got him in seven games.

W 273-258
W 338-254
L 304-37
L 148-40
L 378-220
W 905-16 <---one of my greatest games ever (could've been a lot more points)
W 160-30 <---weirdest game ever

[TurtleTuck]

What made the last one so weird?

[ekoz]

Holy Crap It's Tt!!!!!

[Red_Cracker]

He's not dead!!!

[AWP]

http://i25.tinypic.com/2l92xpj.jpg

This was a crazy fight. :)

[Red_Cracker]

On beast mode i'm guesing?

[AWP]

Good gues.

[Red_Cracker]

Wheres your tank?

[AWP]

Burried under the dirt and thin layer of glue.

[Red_Cracker]

I see it now.

[minmay]

http://www.vulomedia.com/images/27222gggggggg.png
Wind change was on random, and explosion size/kick were medium, but I don't think it really made any difference.

[CPU-DESTROYER]

I can't take a screen shot but I did it and won.

94 to 70

At first I was going to lose, but I came back. It was tough though.

[ekoz]

well, beast mode is about getting the highest possible difference between scores and winning, soooo...

oh, and cpu? check the dates between your post and the last post. that would generally be a necro-bump - not exactly a good thing, but because you didn't know, pluss your post is actually on topic, and it's not like it's been a year (lol, yah, that happens.) it's not that bad. just be wary from now on, k? if you have to dig far to find a thread, it's probably dead.

helpful hint from your neighborhood ekoz ;)

[Everlast]

I thought this thread was old, I didn't realize it was that old.

And to take a screen shot, just press the "Print Screen" button or "PrtSc".

[CPU-DESTROYER]

It's not that I can't actually take the screen shot. It's because I'm at work and don't have access to an image hosting site where I can post the image from(my work has ridiculous proxies)

Also, I didn't know you guys didn't like necro-bumping here. I'm not new to forums or anything but I'll try to refrain from it.

[ekoz]

lol, it's cool. it's just we get some crazy necro bumps, so we want to keep the craziness to a minimum. trust me, a one year necropost that has nothing to do with the topic can grind some gears.

[minmay]

I think that necroposting is fine in the FanPics forum, to be honest, given as it gets so little activity.

[blissturd]

Actually, it's a little strange that anyone would have a problem with necro posting.

There is so little activity here these days and a little flashback never hurts. It's giving us a little something to do now.

Besides, isn't it always you guys that rag on people who ask the same question over and over again in a different thread each time?

At least this guy is looking back and getting a glimpse of what once was. This way he has a less likely chance of recreating a thread and "grinding gears" that way.

Correct me if I'm wrong but, what CPU-DESTROYER has done, I see nothing wrong with or "gear grinding" about it. Not even a little bit.



Good Job on the Beast Mode, by the way. If you see me on Hamachi, feel free to challenge me with those settings. I love a challenge and the meanest of settings always makes my day.

[ekoz]

i never said anything was wrong with this one

blissturd > learn to read.

i said it was the crazy, out of the blue ones that are annoying. i was just giving him a heads up. never said this was bad, however.

[blissturd]

Well, I never said that you said there was something wrong with it.

You did, however, make a comment on how it's not exactly a good thing.

Even though he didn't do it the way you would consider a bad way.

Besides, I was just making a point on how even if it is a random necro post, there is nothing bad, wrong, "gear grinding", not good or negative about it.

It gives us all something to do.

I'd say that necro posting is actually a good thing.

Why not? There is no rule about it. He and anyone else is welcome to do it if they please.

And you are welcome to "blast" them if they do. As long as you keep it "family friendly".

[Samail]

Didn't notice this until now. For shame.

Anyways, bumping/super bumping/necro posting, as far as I'm concerned, is hunky-dorie so long as it's at least on topic.
Bumping for the sake of bumping, while not in the ToS, is still annoying and unnecessary, and adds clutter to the boards.

In this particular case, I have to smite ekoz.
*smites*
Post was perfectly legit.

[ekoz]

*launches anti-smite missile. blows smite up in mid-air. blissturd continues making babies.*

[AWP]

Let's revive this thread and glory of beast mode victories.

http://i33.tinypic.com/lb32c.png

Btw, I think endgame forgot to mention the rule about turret relative to tank. :anirolleyes:

[ChallengeSpaceYard]

He left now, and I have no guarantee he is returning.

[AWP]

Well, he made a brief return, but he was like "I just post so I reach over 1000 posts, don't mind me".

[Samail]

Btw, I think endgame forgot to mention the rule about turret relative to tank. :anirolleyes:

I PMed him about this back then and he brought it up. It has been discussed, and the general consensus was that there is no way to prove that the turret is set to "Relative to tank".

[jasonm06]

OOooooo. This may be tough, but I'll give it a try.

carpetbagging badgers ftw