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Snake Competition

deletedover 7 years

The Battle Snakes competition is here!

The competition has begun!

You may join the competition at any time, the way the points are set up allows you to always have a chance to catch up so don't worry that other people have a head start.

It will end on midnight of December 31st and you must submit your final game before that time.

Winners will receive up to a $10 steam card or $10 worth of em tokens(60). I will ask the winners at the end of the competition which they would prefer.

Courtesy of Sweetie69

How to get points

Once the competition begins, screenshot all wins you have against other people on the player list. No points are rewarded for winning against non-competitors.

+1 point for every competitor you beat.

+1 bonus point for every competitor you beat that is currently ranked above you. (+1 additional point if they have at least 50 more points than you)

+1, 2, 3 bonus points for snek length.

The length bonus points are awarded by; Length ≥75, 1 point Length ≥140, 2 points Length ≥200, 3 points

Sweetie69 or I will reply to each screenshot with how many points it is worth and then I will update the thread with your new score.

Rules for your screenshot

  • Must include url, player list, game window, and, of course, the winner.

  • Game must take place after competition start (I will release a game number it has to be passed once competition is starting)

  • Game must be at least 6 players. The players do not all have to be competitors.

Use snipping tool if you don't have a mac. Use command shift 4 if you are on a mac

Battle Snakes is very glitchy and will sometimes kick everyone out and when you return everyone is dead and noavis - screenshot and that game will not count.

Comment to sign up for the competition!

Judges: Sweetie69, Fred, and Ohdearmycatisgone

Players: Ashe ChefCrackhead lemonize Gycodney BaneofMafia Fred butterpototo ballsy qrstuv Blister theturningRAY Jellofish usagichan 100GOD TennisBallBFDI2 Screw rockgirlnikki karthikbk ryman SteelCurtain Dariukas47 LIoyd sigrun thefire007 Umbreon25 LucasPoint Oumami Respect Sansruse Evershade Jabzz monaaaaaaaaa Mekena jar1101 PatrykSzczescie dahoaf 11235813213455 prim Karjakin Donut space glow tigermom 69 JohnBatman blueberryyy izzy sadpanda

Note: Because there are more than 30 players, check this list rather than the one to the right for a full list.

CURRENT SCORES: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P4MD-x4mzJN6XMGIIMX3I9iNHeuPVuf9Ohh8uyQWJDE/edit?usp=sharing

Battle Snakes Lobby: https://epicmafia.com/topic/81504

Did you know ballsy came up with the name "Battle Snakes"?
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I do now
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deletedover 7 years

Sansruse says

I mean like when a player dies they no longer move anymore which means they become a wall pretty much, there just an obstacle in the way when ur still alive


I agree, I just noticed on the game chart that it counts running into dead people as a kill for the dead person so i figured it was worth asking
Sansruse
over 7 years
I mean like when a player dies they no longer move anymore which means they become a wall pretty much, there just an obstacle in the way when ur still alive
deletedover 7 years
Kind of like those old helicopter games that had the walls coming towards you you had to go over or under.

jar1101
over 7 years
admin
over 7 years
oh what do you mean? moving walls?
Sansruse
over 7 years

Ohdearmycatisgone says



NekoMANRI and Shigginator had a head on collision but theturningRAY was awarded for both kills. Also I'm pretty sure I was the one who killed MissLynch but theturningRAY was also given that kill.

For Ranked Battle Snakes:

-1 killer point for every player who runs into your snake. *People running into your snake and dieing after you were already dead should still count? yes/no?*

More might come to me in a bit but let me know if there's any questions or suggestions


I would say no because I feel like they shouldn't deserve points if someone else run into them while there dead cause they didn't do anything except being a wall, but if they survived and made kills in the process then they deserve a point for that.
deletedover 7 years
That would be cool, those would probably have to be unranked "sandbox" versions of the game.
I was also thinking about a game mode that had walls that moved from the right to the left so along with dodging other players you have to make it through the openings
admin
over 7 years
haha ok

the other good idea i had was the ability to add custom maps to the snake (you can draw walls and specify where the players start from)
deletedover 7 years
Sweetie69 is going to be away for a couple of days but I will form together a snake team and see what we can come up with!
I'll private message a few people but if you would like to be added, just let me know!
admin
over 7 years

Ohdearmycatisgone says



NekoMANRI and Shigginator had a head on collision but theturningRAY was awarded for both kills. Also I'm pretty sure I was the one who killed MissLynch but theturningRAY was also given that kill.

For Ranked Battle Snakes:
-All games that are at least 6 players should automatically count as ranked for everyone involved, 5- player games can all be unranked.
-1 survivor point for every player who dies before you (no points given for dieing at the same time as someone, like by kissing)
-1 killer point for every player who runs into your snake. *People running into your snake and dieing after you were already dead should still count? yes/no?*
-everyone becomes eligible for bonus points based on how long their snake is. If their snake is at least the width of the game box (I think 75 pixels?) then they receive 1 bonus point. If their snake is at least width+length of game box they get 2 bonus points and if their final length is at least 2(width+length) they get 3 points.
-you also receive bonus points for how well the players who died before you are doing in the current competition. I think a way to implement this is to make certain brackets and where you fall on the scale determines how many points you are worth to everyone who beats you. So beating people with 0-50 points is worth 1 point, 51-100 points is worth 2 points, and so on. Maybe not with exactly those numbers and how much you are worth is the same for everyone, even if they have the same amount of points as you.

More might come to me in a bit but let me know if there's any questions or suggestions


yea, i think still needs more discussion before i build anything
deletedover 7 years

LIoyd says

Is the killer point rule being added to this contest? It cannot be made retroactive


My above post is just for the ranked snakes being asked about by lucid(also sent you a pm, lucid).
I haven't decided if I'm going to change anything other than setting exact measurements for the length bonus points for this competition.
I might not add killer points but if i did you are right, it cant be retroactive. I might just leave them out for this round.
theturningRAY
over 7 years
LIoyd
over 7 years
Is the killer point rule being added to this contest? It cannot be made retroactive
jar1101
over 7 years
deletedover 7 years


NekoMANRI and Shigginator had a head on collision but theturningRAY was awarded for both kills. Also I'm pretty sure I was the one who killed MissLynch but theturningRAY was also given that kill.

For Ranked Battle Snakes:
-All games that are at least 6 players should automatically count as ranked for everyone involved, 5- player games can all be unranked.
-1 survivor point for every player who dies before you (no points given for dieing at the same time as someone, like by kissing)
-1 killer point for every player who runs into your snake. *People running into your snake and dieing after you were already dead should still count? yes/no?*
-everyone becomes eligible for bonus points based on how long their snake is. If their snake is at least the width of the game box (I think 75 pixels?) then they receive 1 bonus point. If their snake is at least width+length of game box they get 2 bonus points and if their final length is at least 2(width+length) they get 3 points.
-you also receive bonus points for how well the players who died before you are doing in the current competition. I think a way to implement this is to make certain brackets and where you fall on the scale determines how many points you are worth to everyone who beats you. So beating people with 0-50 points is worth 1 point, 51-100 points is worth 2 points, and so on. Maybe not with exactly those numbers and how much you are worth is the same for everyone, even if they have the same amount of points as you.

More might come to me in a bit but let me know if there's any questions or suggestions
Umbreon25
over 7 years
Hey lucid if u r still trying to do stuff i have a suggestion sort of,that in my opinion would be pretty cool.
admin
over 7 years
made it easier to type messages while playing snakes; when you type and it isn't the arrow keys, it will autofocus to the chat input
sigrun
over 7 years
http://image.prntscr.com/image/76a1d8579d5740a087f713d37230626e.png
admin
over 7 years
no problem! feel free to suggest how to score things, and once everyone agrees, i can start tracking battle snake scores
Sansruse
over 7 years
jar1101
over 7 years
Sansruse
over 7 years
jar1101
over 7 years
deletedover 7 years
Thank you for the updates, Lucid!!

I'll get to scoring these in a bit, I want to find a way to implement the new ranking chart into our scoring system before continuing. So just keep posting and I'll catch up later.

If I forget to say it later, LIoyd will officially be returning at 5:30pm EST (when this comment is 3 hours old.)
theturningRAY
over 7 years