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Awesome!

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Yep it helps a lot. Smile 3 questions, what was the height of the 200 goo ball tower before the final rush? Same goes for the 100. And did you tried how high you can get by using 250 balls? You should be able to reach around 50m with it.

My guess DaB/Pavke made the site using that add and now its in the site.

A tip for the 33 seconds GVV run, you shouldn't wait long to fling the pilots. I'll try to get a video on 31 if I can.

You should try to improve the OCD time of deliverance. In other word you have to copy what DaB did in his 48 seconds video. Tongue

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The 100 one was 17.78, and the 200 was 32.82. I think I could beat them both if I were to try again.
I've never tried it using 250 (or 150 or 50), but I think you're right, 50 seems possible.
Are you currently working on a new tower?

you shouldn't wait long to fling the pilots

I wait so they dont all get bunched up together when they reach the top of the side exit for flinging. Its quite an annoying level to do; I got 33 twice and gave up after that. If you think you can get 31 or less, go for it.

You should try to improve the OCD time of deliverance

I hate Deliverance, so thats a no.

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@buck, have you mastered the fly-tri yet?

Nah, though I would do it if I ever got in Kamal's range. My tower attempt didn't work, too unstable in one section and fixing it blew the gooball budget. So, back to another break. Have fun guys Smile

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Here you go MOM; task complete. Smile
Product Launcher - 49 sec

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Aww, I'm no longer faster than you at a level. Well, derp. And good job. Smile

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One for nav Smile
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Graceful Failure - 2 sec!

Also, got a 0 move vid for Welcoming Unit.

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Peter B wrote:
The 100 one was 17.78, and the 200 was 32.82. I think I could beat them both if I were to try again.

I'll try to beat it with your tower design. Am I building this rightly?

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Are you currently working on a new tower?

As of now, no. Though I reached all three of my goals (getting 1500 balls, least move under 200 and finishing the game under 15 minutes). I hope to find a new record someday. As for tower I don't want to try it as I currently have no ideas of a new one.

Peter B wrote:
I wait so they dont all get bunched up together when they reach the top of the side exit for flinging.

You waste a bit of time on it though. And another thing is you wait while all the pilots are in the structure, you should fling them as soon as you can (just have at least 3 on the structure and while waiting for the 4th one to come fling the ones that are already there).

Peter B wrote:
If you think you can get 31 or less, go for it.

I'm hopeful on doing it but its hard to get the line in the pipe.

You could also try hang low 8 seconds without you making the mistake.

Nice 3 new records and a 0 move video you got. Smile At least it wasn't anyone of my two records. Tongue

Your product launcher video, do you thing it would have been more faster if you awoke the structure with the first kick the goo product?

I was amazed by the 2 seconds video of graceful failure. I'm surprised you got the whole structure to the pipe with a light whack. (Or it seemed liked it to me. I whack with your power so your one looks weak to me. Tongue)

Your lucky to get 0 moves in 28 minutes. I always started with detaching the structure to form a triangle and then after a while put balloons to add weight and than give a small whack to get it down. (Its hard though, if you do it with a collectable goo it may get sucked into the pipe and if you do it with a balloon it may attach to the triangle.

Sorry for your tower buck. The same thing happened with my 45m tower. After I was trying to connect both my towers the left leaned too much when I connected it (you can see it in the image). It was hard getting gooballs as if I detached anything from the left side the left tower would start to lean. Took me awhile to give support to it.

My steam name is naveed100 if anyone wants to add. Smile

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Am I building this rightly?

It looks ok. The balls I've circled here should've been placed normally and not at low angles. You can see that its formed a slight v shape now going up from them. Also, you shouldn't make holes in it until its fully built. You may want to try them in different places, but if you do them as you build, you cant.

You could also try hang low 8 seconds without you making the mistake.

I actually dont think much time was lost with the mistake and am not sure if 8 could be done. I'll leave it for you to try.

Your product launcher video, do you thing it would have been more faster if you awoke the structure with the first kick the goo product?

Yes, it would shave off at least a second, maybe two.

I was amazed by the 2 seconds video of graceful failure. I'm surprised you got the whole structure to the pipe with a light whack.

Glad you like it. Its incredible no ones ever thought of it before; seems obvious now doesn't it.
It doesn't need to be whacked with that much power; if you do it too hard it might not work.

Your lucky to get 0 moves in 28 minutes.

I wouldn't say that. I reckon I could do it in about half an hour each time.
I didn't want to risk using balloons for anything. Its best to just leave the 5 commons intact until the end so you can easily kick it off the pipe.

Edit:
I've rustled up a few charts showing scores, setters & a leaderboard. See the link in my sig. Now, as long as no one sets any more records it wont need altering. Smile

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Congratulations to Peter B's 2 sec in graceful failure.By the way,1s is possible?

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By the way,1s is possible?

Definitely not. I dont think 1 could even be done tool-assisted.

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If I put it normally the strand wont reach it and so I have to bend it and make it a bit shorter. Though I know it can be done that way looking at your tower.
I pulled out the middle goo by mistake and was forced to continue with it.

I think you can pull off more gooballs from your tower. (At least around 3-5)

I wont try anything that requires me to beat you in time. Its impossible to get near your score. Tongue (Though my small dived 6 seconds and hang low 10 seconds are exceptionals, I don't know how I pulled it off. But it shows that I'm capable of doing the same result as you. Smile)

You could HTIC faster by attaching the balloon more faster and whacking it quicker.

Very well put chart you got up. You could give a / beside the seconds to show how many minutes it will take. Just a suggestion though. Smile

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More of your scores are close to the record, so you're very capable. Have a go at your HTIC suggestion; it probably could be done faster.

You're right about the seconds. I've changed them to mins now. If you have any more ideas, just say.

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I see Pavke is back. Smile

If your reading this, could you answer the missing names of the records and who set them first? We've been trying to find it out for awhile.

I tried and failed (as always). Currently I'm working on my first level so I'm not playing WoG much. Also how are you doing with your fourth bonus level?

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Oh hi all, its been a while. Let me catch up on new records. I'll try to answer as much as I can Smile

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I tried and failed (as always). Currently I'm working on my first level so I'm not playing WoG much. Also how are you doing with your fourth bonus level?

My bonus level? Oh, I am out of WoG for a very long time. havent been playing or making any levels for some time now.
Here is the last thing I was working on before I quit: http://i.imgur.com/lXyLQRZ.jpg

About unclaimed records... I dunno. I it really hard to tell which is which. They all sound very familiar but it has been so long since I played WoG and was keeping track of records, I forgot it all.

some are very old records, since beta test. Like that Welcoming Unit Max Goo. I think some are my records but I can't say anything without being 100% sure.

But there is two things to note ( btw, awesome job PeterB on going through all uploads and hunting down records )

First, before we got wogfan channel, hardly anyone uploaded videos to youtube. back then a simple screenshot of the score was sufficient.. which bring me to second point

All new records (set ones and theorycrafting) was posted on official World of Goo forums. But as we all know, they have been taken down.
But, I clearly remember davids was able to get post and user databases from 2D Boy themselves, I am fairly certain he even managed to merge them with goofans forum. I was looking around and can't seam to find them, maybe I was imagining things but you should check with davids does he still have those.
Check the official forums, all alder records set should still be there. Also, there is a possibility imageshack doesn't host those screenshots any more. (back then we uploaded to imageshack, there wasn't imgur)

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That was for peter. Tongue

The missing names was for you.

Nothing much to catch up on. Peter is just doing crazy stuff on WoG and is making records (especially graceful failure 2 seconds) and I got 2 new records (one of them was yours so sorry).

I thought about talking to you in steam but sadly I didn't buy any game in my steam account.

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naveed_rizvi wrote:
That was for peter. Tongue

The missing names was for you.

Nothing much to catch up on. Peter is just doing crazy stuff on WoG and is making records (especially graceful failure 2 seconds) and I got 2 new records (one of them was yours so sorry).

I thought about talking to you in steam but sadly I didn't buy any game in my steam account.

Oh, which one of mine? I am curious. Smile

also, you added me on Steam? Which one is you

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your Water lock OCD 47 seconds I got 45 seconds OCD on it.

I don't think you can add steam players unless you buy or activate a game but I heard you can add me. My steam name is naveed100.

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Welcome back, Pavke! How did you make those three wogc buttons active at the same time? Doesn't the game enable/disable them based on the profile flags?

And unfortunately the official forums are long gone, 2D Boy redirected them here because of the flood of spam but the content was never ported.

EDIT: My Steam name is FelixGriffin, by the way.

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Also how are you doing with your fourth bonus level?

Funny you should ask; its nearly finished. Although it wont be added as another bonus level, instead it'll be a separate addin. Its gonna be a toughie, so you'll probably be the only one capable of beating it.
I look forward to seeing your level (and AP's chapter).

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Okay I talked to Pavke about the unknown records and this is all we might have a lead on.

Whistler least move - Pavke and Kopa was always fighting for it. Smile

Burning Man least move - Pavke thinks Marius didn't do it, he thinks DEFE was first at it.

Second Hand Smoke - Pavke thinks Kopa or DaB did it as DaB was always trying to find the fastest time possible. I Personally think Kopa did it.

Deliverance or Beauty and the Electric Tentacle least move - Pavke also believes that Marius didn't do it. He said he saw the strat being talked in the forum earlier than Marius got it.

(Note that we talked about this a week ago. Steam always deletes previous messages in a few mins after a conversation starts so I forgot a few of them. I'm not sure if Deliverance was the one Pavke thought Marius didn't do it, it might be Beauty and the Electric Tentacle.)

Its very hard for Pavke to remember it as it was very long ago. Marius and Jairo was the first record holders as they started in the Beta time. Then rest of the team came. Also can someone call DaB or thb here so they can look at the chart?

My level is done. Just waiting for it to be published. Smile

Have you ever thought of trying a Speed-run on whole WoG and recording it? The only person did it was Kopa (Its unfinished though). I am thinking about doing it and might be fun for the people to watch if I leave WoG. Smile

Also, For some reason the frame rate counter of Fraps is in the bottom left rather than the upper left. I can still record properly but I want it to be normal and I can't find any solution.

One more thing, We can not let this topic die! Its so near to the 1000 post mark and it will be the first topic to reach it on goofans!

Edit: So I found out this. Hope you like it peter. Tongue

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@naveed Fraps has some options of the frame counter in the 3rd tab. Take a look at it.

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Its not there. There are no option where I can change the counter to be. This happened while I was recording another game than WoG.

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My level is done. Just waiting for it to be published

I've just upped mine as well.

@mods, seeing as you wont be able to complete it, you may as well publish my level as soon as you read this; there's no faults.

Have you ever thought of trying a Speed-run on whole WoG and recording it

I did, but never bothered in the end. The current one on SDA could easily be beat though.

the frame rate counter of Fraps is in the bottom left rather than the upper left

I presume you still haven't found the solution. If you click on the FPS tab you'll see a black square on the right side saying 'Overlay corner', now choose the one you want.

We can not let this topic die! Its so near to the 1000 post mark

Nah, it'll never happen; like MOM's alway saying, "goofans is dead". Wink

So I found out this. Hope you like it peter

Its incredible; even better than the tower itself. Tongue

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I'll do it. Though doing the whole thing in one run in kinda like doing a platformer game with lots of deaths and you only have one health. Tongue

I watched the whole Speedrun of SDA. He did a pretty good job and took less risks to complete the levels.

I am thinking about doing chapter one first. Master the whole chapter and then record it. Move on to Chapter 2. Master that and then record it etc. Though its not a speedrun but if I do this I can probably master the whole game in one run and then do the whole thing and get around 38-44 minutes.

Oh Okay thanks.

I don't understand, will reaching 1000 be impossible or it wont die?

The player also does the same thing like I did on my very first tower.

A good news is youtube isn't blocked in my country anymore. Smile

Edit: So I tried the whole WoG run right after I posted this. Took me 59 minutes 43 seconds. Tongue

I need to improve on a few levels:

Tower of Goo - Very risky to do the 19 second strat. takes about 33 seconds fastest to make the rush balance able. Also no whistle found.

Ode to Bridge Builder - I did a perfect run on it when doing the whole thing but when I was trying earlier it seemed very hard with no whistle.

Regurgitation Pumping Station - I try to follow my 2 move strat but if I fail I will be forced to do the normal way of building everything.

Welcoming Unit - I have to try more harder on it as I will be aiming for 38 seconds on it.

Genetic Sorting Machine - Just getting all the beauty ball in the pipe is hard.

Misty Long Bony Road - Lost about 4-5 minutes trying it as I was trying both whacking and than building the whole bridge. I'll have to stick with whacking.

Water Lock - Very hard to get all 36 gooballs in the first turn. Took me 1 and half turn to complete it.

Grape Vine Virus - I am forced to do the traditional way as getting the line is risky. Problem is, I never tried the normal way that much so it took me 1 minute 57 seconds on it.

Graceful Failure - Its too risky to let everything fall. I have to remove the blocks fastly. Takes around 20-30 seconds on it.

These are the levels I need to improve. Any tips?

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I don't understand, will reaching 1000 be impossible or it wont die?

I was just joking; yes, I think 1000 will be reached one day. It may take months though if no one has anything to say.

For your speedrun, dont forget to take advantage of the 12 level skips that you get. Like if I was doing it I would skip blust day, welc unit, misty, third wheel, water lock, incin dest, grape vine, graphic pro, AB3, infesty, vane & HTIC. That takes care of 4 of those you mentioned; for grace fail, I think its worth attempting the 'all fall' method, just keep practicing it until you know exactly what to do and can succeed most of the time.

I figured out how to edit the wogfansite and have added you to the Other Top Players section, plus a link to my charts.

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I have to do every level to do it. I cant skip any or it wont be a speedrun of the whole game.
I got 33 seconds on Blustery Day without whistle so I'm good at that. Tongue
I just need more practice on all those levels as I never do the normal way and always do the risky way to improve my score.

I feel so honored now. Shy I just looked at it, just saying I also have a top 10 tower too. Tongue Oh and you left out Marius. (Again.)

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I cant skip any or it wont be a speedrun of the whole game.

No, the whole point of a speedrun is to do it as fast as possible, that means taking advantage of any trick or glitch in the game. Not using the skips would be senseless.

I just looked at it, just saying I also have a top 10 tower too. Oh and you left out Marius. (Again.)

I could add your tower stat, but I dont think you could call Marius a top player, he's only got one record.

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But using it will be like cheating. I can't just not do a level and finish it.

Wow you actually put it. I was just jealous when I saw Cycl4mate with the tower on his credits.
As far as we know most of the unknown records was first set by Marius and he was great player in the beta-WoG. Forget about it its not that serious. (You can also remove the tower thing from my name if you want, I was just jealous.)

You should try OOS 31 seconds. Usually when more than 4-6 good players get the same minimum time on a level, there is a huge chance that it can be done faster. Flying Machine 10 seconds for example. Most of us only got 11 seconds on it but Pavke got less.

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But using it will be like cheating. I can't just not do a level and finish it.

Of course you can; it's not cheating cos you're using a feature in the game. The guy who did the existing run should've used it but didn't want to. If you dont use it then someone else will, and it'll still come under the same category (single-segment) so it'd replace yours.

I'm not going to remove your tower mention, I should've added it in the first place.

I wont be doing any more records for now, OOS is yours.