TCB28: The Sheepland Stronghold

what's the ranking exactly? how many super sheeps we have left? or how many we used? also are there crates with super sheep?

QuotePlace your worm inside the box

First attempt failed. 

What counts as hitting a numbered box with a supersheep? Does the sheep's collision mask have to touch the box (in which case, does hitting the platforms above the box count?), or just the sheep's explosion radius?

As for the scoring, since it's not specified in any way, I'm going to assume for now that it's 50 minus the number of sheep used. I wonder if this is the method ScaredEwo used to self-score with 10pts.

Edit: Apparently lower scores rank higher in this, so I'm guessing the score is the number of Super Sheep used. That's what I entered for my score (17 sheep used, 33 remaining).

Also, why are the replays hidden in this challenge? I downloaded ScaredEwo's replay after I got 17pts, because I wanted to know if they too submitted a score equal to the number of sheep used, and it turns out they did (how they knew this, I have no idea) which is a friggin' amazing score given that the minimum score is 7pts, so congratulations ScaredEwo! I didn't watch the replay (in case there's a legitimate reason replays were hidden), only looked at the Export Log output.

Thanks! GJ also, you improved your first score quite a bit. Grr, it's so hard to finish without stupid mistakes. And ye, this kind of scoring system seemed to make most sense to me, so I just went with it.

Wow, great job ScaredEwo.

I thought I wouldn't be able to get 9pts again let alone beat it, but finally managed to at least get it again. This time it doesn't depend on the answer to "does hitting the platforms above the box count?".

I should stop assuming TCB descriptions are self-sufficient

Yes, your score depends on the number of supersheep used, and I would say that a "box" includes the platforms. I am also unhiding the replays, I hid them by default because there are challenges where that actually matters (such as TCB13) and my thinking didn't go much further. Speaking of the replays, I'll check them soon enough!

I guess there will be several perfect (7) scores. I included also a full flyaround at 5:34 (turn around or near each checkpoint).

Quote- Less Fewer supersheep used ranks higher. (= Your score is the number of supersheep used.)

Makes me wonder what resolution you're playing on. 

I couldn't even get past the 6th box. 

Rules were written with the thought in mind that people generally don't read long text. Also, exhaustive text that covers everything will mean that by the time you finish reading, the challenge is over 
Added bonus is that gray areas are entirely up to the discretion of the mod, who will use the same criteria while checking every submission.

LTK, I think you approved the wrong ScaredEwo replay. That 10pts replay is not valid, as the rules clearly say "Place your worm inside the box with the number 1", "teleport your worm inside box number 2", etc., but the second sheep in that replay is fired from outside the 2nd box.

And yet ScaredEwo's 9pts replay perfectly follows the rules and is not approved yet.

Quote from: Deadcode on July 24, 2020, 10:18 PM
LTK, I think you approved the wrong ScaredEwo replay. That 10pts replay is not valid, as the rules clearly say "Place your worm inside the box with the number 1", "teleport your worm inside box number 2", etc., but the second sheep in that replay is fired from outside the 2nd box.

And yet ScaredEwo's 9pts replay perfectly follows the rules and is not approved yet.

Ohhh, well spotted! That's the sort of detail I didn't get to spot right away when watching the very first replay very fast. As to the other replay, I just needed time; it's now approved.

Also, congratulations to orbik and you on winning this challenge! Here's a TA replay by DarkOne for this one.

can one just go straight from 1 to 7, and then 7 to 8?