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TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:09 pm
by Lxndr
This is a contest about the prismatic items.

In addition to being a Babylonian goddess, Tiamat part-times as the only chromatic dragon in the entirety of D&D. She has five heads. (Prismatic = chromatic)

ANYWAY. Since the prismatic items seem to be unloved, and this is the Prismatic Item month (forever and ever and ever, you hear me, Kinak?! :D )

SO, this is a contest to be the first person to go through one Trainee retcon for each of the classes. Prizes include:

* the Dreampants
* the Prismatic Sports Bra
* the current items

(frustratingly, I could not get my hands on an Axe; if I manage to get one of them, I will add that to the contest stash)

First come, first served.

Post in this thread to announce your intentions. Your retcons will only count AFTER that point.

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:18 pm
by zillow
I guess I'll try.

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:59 am
by Harry Dresden
Sign me up! I'll run Dresden II through a contest like that. Just wish you had posted this BEFORE I started a new run yesterday. >_>

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:55 pm
by acidcat
I'll definitely play!

Do we just start now?

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:34 pm
by Harry Dresden
Hardware wants in, as well. He's having to create a forum account, so I'm posting for him so he can start a run this afternoon instead of waiting until tomorrow if it takes that long for the account creation.

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:49 pm
by acidcat
No. Way!

Mara, remind me to never try and beat you in speedrunning. Not physically possible :shock:

Out of interest, did you use SQUIDs?

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:21 am
by Cristiona
No question about it, especially for the middle two runs.

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:40 am
by acidcat
Cristiona wrote:No question about it, especially for the middle two runs.
That would be reassuring. My first run without SQUIDs was 1d 7h 28m 20s, which was slow, but otherwise...

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:47 pm
by Cristiona
Heh. Well, that 10h59m run is getting really close to the theoretical minimum, so... yeah. Lotsa squiddies :P

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:10 pm
by Hardware
Yeah, no way could I have hoped to finish even close to that quickly. I finished one run, and will probably finish my second either tonight or tomorrow. I'll still finish the remaining runs, even though a winner has been determined. I said I would, so I'm gonna.

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 4:27 am
by acidcat
110 Naturalist 2012-04-29 09:39:27 3 31h 28m 20s 11 1 0 Trainee N/A Altruist
111 Psion 2012-05-01 00:45:57 3 28h 33m 35s 11 1 0 Trainee N/A Balanced
112 Elemental 2012-05-02 13:18:00 2 27h 47m 22s 11 1 0 Trainee N/A Altruist
113 Gadgeteer 2012-05-03 05:07:27 2 29h 9m 26s 11 1 0 Trainee N/A Altruist


These seem pretty consistent, Don't think I'd be able to go much faster than these without using squid discs. I did learn a thing or two on the first run though which is why the later 3 are a decent chunk faster. Fraydays make a helluva difference!

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 9:02 pm
by Hardware
22 Gadgeteer 2012-04-29 09:32:27 4 44h 23m 55s 11 1 0 Trainee N/A Balanced
23 Psion 2012-05-01 22:13:51 4 41h 22m 39s 11 1 0 Trainee N/A Balanced
24 Elemental 2012-05-04 22:42:00 4 42h 5m 0s 11 1 0 Trainee N/A Balanced
25 Naturalist 2012-05-07 21:46:24 4 37h 22m 33s 12 1 0 Trainee N/A Balanced

Better late than never.

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 7:43 pm
by Hardware
He hasn't been online since May 3, so something must have come up in his life. Hopefully, he'll pop back in soon.

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:23 pm
by Hardware
Or, maybe not.

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:19 pm
by Harry Dresden
At least it was an easy contest. I'll come up with something for July with some good prizes.

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:53 am
by Lxndr
OKAY!

So, I got a new job in a new city, and had to move. Then things just got stupid, and I forgot about this game.

Who won?

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:48 pm
by Lxndr
1. mara
2. acidcat
3. hardware

Is that true?

Re: TIAMAT's CHALLENGE

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:40 pm
by Cristiona
I believe so.