Most Difficult OCD Mission

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Most Difficult OCD MissionWetterdew11/10/2008 - 10:29

What is it?

Re: Most Difficult OCD Missionmartinstatic11/10/2008 - 10:50

Hm, hard to say, probably ones with time limits if using a Wiimote, since that can be tricky, I find.

In general, OCD's are tricky so it's hard to pick the hardest. :)

Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionE!viS11/10/2008 - 11:20

Fisty's Bog
I tried it very often but never made it.
Very frustrating. And there isn't any video tutorial yet.

MfG E!viS

Re: Most Difficult OCD Missiondavidc11/10/2008 - 11:56

[quote author=E!viS link=topic=762.msg5571#msg5571 date=1226334044]
Fisty's Bog
I tried it very often but never made it.
Very frustrating. And there isn't any video tutorial yet.


Here's one from yours truly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D96BWmj3rYM

Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionSoultaker11/10/2008 - 12:05

I'm still working on the Super Fuse Challenge Time and Upper Shaft challenges. I think the former is just a matter of building like crazy and having a bit of luck (although at one point I was also able to have structure remaining after the fire reached the main platform; not sure how I managed that).

In Upper Shaft I'm still five goos short and I don't have a concrete idea of how to save more... but no spoilers please, I'm sure I'll figure something out sometime.

Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionE!viS11/10/2008 - 12:31

[quote author=davidc link=topic=762.msg5573#msg5573 date=1226336176]
Here's one from yours truly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D96BWmj3rYM


Cool, thanks
Made it!

MfG E!viS

Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionOdyani11/10/2008 - 22:29

Hard to say, There are so many out there that befuddle me.  :-\

However I would have to say Weather Vane is one of the hardest for me. I don't even come close to meeting the OCD requirements. Then again, I was never able to get the one for Blustery Day, I always ended up one short.

Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionTheGooBallGuru11/11/2008 - 01:13

Tower of Goo, I can barely get up there with 25! :o

Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionGil11/11/2008 - 04:28

Super Fuse Challenge was the hardest one for me. (Deliverance was also tricky)

Most OCDs have a trick which makes them much easier and not luck depended.

Re: Most Difficult OCD Missiont-611/11/2008 - 16:12

Chapter 4 Level 2 "Bulletin Board System"  :-\

These balls occasionally fly slower or in another angle than you might think... It's not really difficult, but can be f****** annoying!!!

edit: Yeah, that one OCD-Vid (the older one) on YouTube is mine  ;D


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Re: Most Difficult OCD Missionmartinstatic11/12/2008 - 11:16

[quote author=Odyani link=topic=762.msg5629#msg5629 date=1226374168]
I was never able to get the one for Blustery Day
[quote author=Gil link=topic=762.msg5634#msg5634 date=1226395699]
Most OCDs have a trick which makes them much easier and not luck depended.

Just seen this video
Heh, will solve your Blustery Day problem :)

Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionWetterdew11/12/2008 - 18:58

[quote author=MartinStatic link=topic=762.msg5699#msg5699 date=1226506577]
[quote author=Odyani link=topic=762.msg5629#msg5629 date=1226374168]
I was never able to get the one for Blustery Day
[quote author=Gil link=topic=762.msg5634#msg5634 date=1226395699]
Most OCDs have a trick which makes them much easier and not luck depended.

Just seen this video
Heh, will solve your Blustery Day problem :)
Well...don't you think that that's cheating?!

Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionTal11/12/2008 - 21:15

definitly super fuse challange time.

Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionOdyani11/13/2008 - 00:55

[quote author=MartinStatic link=topic=762.msg5699#msg5699 date=1226506577]
[quote author=Odyani link=topic=762.msg5629#msg5629 date=1226374168]
I was never able to get the one for Blustery Day
[quote author=Gil link=topic=762.msg5634#msg5634 date=1226395699]
Most OCDs have a trick which makes them much easier and not luck depended.

Just seen this video
Heh, will solve your Blustery Day problem :)


Hehe, thanks for finding that, but it kind of feels like cheating, so I think I'll still try to go over the windmill.

Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionDEFE11/13/2008 - 02:35

I've had some difficulty completing Bulletin Board System. Super Fuse Challenge Time is tough too, but it seems like only a matter of time. It's a lot easier since I have my sister working with me.

Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionSoultaker11/13/2008 - 08:28

According to my data, Super Fuse Challenge Time is indeed the hardest:

Level Name[b][b]PlayersOCDsPercentage
Super Fuse Challenge Time260124.62%
Horizontal Transportation Innovation Committee187158.02%
Bulletin Board System234218.97%
Upper Shaft243249.88%
Regurgitation Pumping Station3103110.00%
Deliverance2262310.18%
Ode to the Bridge Builder3123410.90%
The Third Wheel2322912.50%
Infesty the Worm2022612.87%
Genetic Sorting Machine2773613.00%
You Have To Explode The Head2293113.54%
Fisty's Bog3204413.75%
Product Launcher2393414.23%
Fly Away Little Ones2914515.46%
Hello, World2373715.61%
Tower of Goo3165015.82%
Second Hand Smoke2684316.04%
Grape Vine Virus2293816.59%
Weather Vane1973417.26%
Blustery Day2824917.38%
Beauty and the Electric Tentacle2794917.56%
The Red Carpet2775018.05%
Volcanic Percolator Day Spa2845218.31%
The Server Farm2234118.39%
MOM's Computer2314318.61%
Incineration Destination2344519.23%
Burning Man2755419.64%
Road Blocks2294519.65%
Drool2986521.81%
Welcoming Unit2926421.92%
Hang Low3547822.03%
Flying Machine3337422.22%
Beauty School2916522.34%
Leap Hole2886522.57%
Impale Sticky3417923.17%
Whistler2816824.20%
Tumbler32910531.91%
Graceful Failure2327632.76%
Ivy Towers33111133.53%
Misty's Long Bony Road2438233.74%
Graphic Processing Unit2318335.93%
Small Divide35614941.85%
Chain32518757.54%
Alice and Bob and the Third Party22614262.83%
Going Up35725471.15%
Water Lock23817874.79%

What an accurate list :)herminator11/20/2008 - 05:54

Wow, that list is accurate :)

Currently, I have just two levels where I haven't got OCD yet, and those are Super Fuse Challenge Time and Horizontal Transportation Innovation Committee. And I only recently got Bulletin Board System, Regurgitation Pumping Station and Ode to the Bridge Builder. :)

Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionSoultaker11/20/2008 - 09:50

Bulletin board system became a lot easier for me once I realized that the goos act deterministically, but their trajectory depends not just on their initial position and the angle/velocity that you use, but also on the edge that they're on!

That means that when you're shooting goos from a node (endpoint) of the structure, they seem to behave non-deterministically, because they are never actually on the node; instead they are on one of the adjacent edges (but it's hard to tell which one exactly).

Once I realized this, I started shooting goos only when they were clearly on one edge; then you just have to figure out the right angle to shoot at, but once you figure that out, it's not that hard (if a bit laborious) to have them all follow the same path.

Re: Most Difficult OCD Missionherminator11/21/2008 - 10:13

Heh, I didn't even realize that! At first, I often tried to shoot them exactly from a point, but later I didn't care so much en just grabbed the where they were, and it got easier. Never thought about why that was :)

I've also figured out a way to take the time pressure of on Super Fuse Challenge Time (ie: no more flame, but with structure and goo balls remaining), but on my latest attempt fell short of OCD by one ball >:(

Re: Most Difficult OCD Missionmrak11/22/2008 - 05:34

[quote author=Gil link=topic=762.msg5634#msg5634 date=1226395699]
Super Fuse Challenge was the hardest one for me. (Deliverance was also tricky)

Most OCDs have a trick which makes them much easier and not luck depended.


It seems that I don't know the trick. I've tried Deliverance like twenty times but the best result is 11 moves (OCD: 7 moves). When I get down to the third or fourth layer it always takes several goos to explode the wall...

Re: Most Difficult OCD Mission4000a01/04/2009 - 11:12

No one will get this one: Observatory Observation station!
I looked at chapter five in wog editor and there was a flag , so it must be some easter egg in the code.

Re: Most Difficult OCD Missionxolotl02/17/2009 - 12:49

Nice list, Soultaker!  I'd be interested in seeing some updated numbers if you've got 'em.

I think that those two are the hardest simply because there really isn't a "trick" to either of them.  You've just got to be good at building really tall structures (which I'm not, really).  I almost managed SFCT the other day, but one of the beauty goos decided to take a suicide leap off the side of the structure, so I'm sitting at 31 goos on that currently.  And then on HTIC I seem to be getting actually worse the more I try it - I've only managed to tie my second-time-ever-trying-the-level score, which was three short of OCD.  Ah well.  Eventually!

(Edit: Oh, I guess there is the trick for HTIC.  I hadn't realized you could get OCD that way on it, had figured you'd accidentally kill too many goos.  i suppose not, though...)


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Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionSoultaker02/18/2009 - 12:32

Ok, here are some up-to-date statistics:

Level Name[b][b]PlayersOCDsPercentage
Super Fuse Challenge Time1019515.00%
Bulletin Board System9099210.12%
Horizontal Transportation Innovation Committee7267810.74%
Ode to the Bridge Builder126213710.86%
Regurgitation Pumping Station126014111.19%
Upper Shaft96510811.19%
Deliverance85510412.16%
Genetic Sorting Machine108113312.30%
Product Launcher93011912.80%
Infesty the Worm77610413.40%
You Have To Explode The Head90512513.81%
Fisty's Bog132519714.87%
The Third Wheel95314415.11%
Hello, World91914015.23%
Second Hand Smoke104315915.24%
Beauty and the Electric Tentacle109317115.65%
Fly Away Little Ones116719016.28%
Tower of Goo127820916.35%
Grape Vine Virus87914516.50%
The Red Carpet107118617.37%
Weather Vane76613517.62%
Volcanic Percolator Day Spa111119917.91%
Flying Machine137625018.17%
Blustery Day112720818.46%
Road Blocks88116718.96%
Incineration Destination90517219.01%
MOM's Computer87416919.34%
Leap Hole111421619.39%
Hang Low148129219.72%
The Server Farm84716919.95%
Beauty School113222820.14%
Drool118824020.20%
Whistler110022920.82%
Burning Man106122220.92%
Welcoming Unit114024721.67%
Impale Sticky140731122.10%
Graceful Failure88324828.09%
Tumbler135138428.42%
Ivy Towers136743231.60%
Misty's Long Bony Road98933033.37%
Graphic Processing Unit88531435.48%
Small Divide149554336.32%
Chain132570052.83%
Alice and Bob and the Third Party86852960.94%
Going Up150696564.08%
Water Lock96366168.64%


Many more players, although the figures didn't change much. Super Fuse Challenge Time is still by far the hardest: half as many OCDs as the next hardest level. The second and third hardest levels swapped. No surprise to see Water Lock is still the easiest, as you can basically keep on trying until you get the OCD.

Re: Most Difficult OCD Missionseanl02/11/2010 - 23:59

If you got 47 in Water Lock, i'm inpress.

Re: Most Difficult OCD MissionthB02/12/2010 - 06:44

seanl, why don't you just stop it...?

Edit:
*sigh*


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Re: Most Difficult OCD Missionkeybounce02/16/2010 - 13:06

[quote author=Odyani link=topic=762.msg5737#msg5737 date=1226555727]
[quote author=MartinStatic link=topic=762.msg5699#msg5699 date=1226506577]
[quote author=Odyani link=topic=762.msg5629#msg5629 date=1226374168]
I was never able to get the one for Blustery Day
[quote author=Gil link=topic=762.msg5634#msg5634 date=1226395699]
Most OCDs have a trick which makes them much easier and not luck depended.

Just seen this video
Heh, will solve your Blustery Day problem :)


Hehe, thanks for finding that, but it kind of feels like cheating, so I think I'll still try to go over the windmill.

How did you build through the windmill like that? Every time I tried, it failed.

Oh -- I managed an OCD going over the top. Came up one short, but eventually I managed to break my trail, and free up one ball in the process.