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4junk3000
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8 years ago

Dinosaur Invasion! A PHOTO SHOWGAMETHING! (?)

Update: Please use my entry in the thread below as an example of how to format your entry. This shouldn't be a complex photo shoot (unless you want to attempt a really high score.)

Hi all!

Since we're having a TIME traveling event, I thought it was TIME for a new contest!
http://i.imgur.com/UmO2IRal.jpg
Hopefully you've already noticed from experience, that while in design mode, dinosaurs in your town will eventually migrate toward you, if you stay focused in one location long enough. The result is a giant group of them roaming in a concentrated pack, like the raptors in the movie Jurassic Park.

I thought this presented an opportunity for some excellent scenes to be captured! Ravenous herds of dinosaurs raging through Springfield! Terrorizing all of our favorite SF landmarks! Will the town folk rise up and fight to defend their city?

Personally, I doubt it. But - since this IS a time traveling contest, it's possible some SFers in quantum dimensions (aka: YOUR towns) have indeed stepped up to fight the dino invasion and defend their SF!

Ok, fine. But as JimJ says, pictures or it didn't happen. And so the contest begins!

HOW TO ENTER: Take a SINGLE screen shot from your town, host it online, then reply to this thread to display it for the group. You are welcome to calculate and post your *score* as well.

HOW TO WIN: Have the highest score.
HOW TO SCORE: Your screenshot will earn...
- ONE point for each dinosaur pictured
- TWO points for each SF playable character pictured that is HOLDING A WEAPON
- THREE points for each NPC pictured that is HOLDING A WEAPON
- FOUR points for any playable character "skinned" to be WEARING A FIGHTING OUTFIT (a user-selected, non-standard costume)
- FIVE points bonus for having more than 30 dinosaurs in the shot

Rules:
Please do not stitch together screenshots for a larger image.
Please do not use post-screenshot photo editing to manipulate the image.
*NO ADDING CHARACTERS THAT WERE NOT IN YOUR ORIGINAL SCREENSHOT*

Contest is open through the duration of the Prehistoric Era (scene 1) of the event, which as of now is just over six days. You may EDIT your ORIGINAL POST and resubmit as often as you wish until the Prehistoric deadline.

One entry per userID will be scored.

Good luck and happy tapping!
  • "graywolfii;c-1626500" wrote:
    I put in Blue Haired Dino Ride for one extra "Dino". :smiley:

    http://i.imgur.com/AJdr9rh.jpg


    I'm sorry this will sound like I'm accusing you of cheating...but the odds of you getting every character with a weapon into one shot is excessively high...So I had to look closer at your image.

    Not only do I see more than one character missing its ground shadow, I see this single sidewalk and pavement shaped in a way that's usually impossible to do in the game.
    http://i.imgur.com/uwz7bJW.jpg
    If you could somehow explain how you created this, we'd appreciate it.

    You're also responsible for calculating your own score.
  • I spent all evening working on pulling up all my roads and tasking every character, starting with getting Maude using her "weapon" and the blue haired Dino ride. Some characters were stuck on Squidport so I had to store them. Shorter tasks (like Nelson shooting BBs) kept ending and I would accidentally tap Dinos instead of handshakes so I retasked characters on the longest jobs I could think of.

    Not pictured is the gravedigger, who wanders around the grassy areas and I got tired of waiting for him to walk through the shot. I am also disappointed that some characters are obscured by others or the timing of the shot hides their weapons - I had to explain to my husband that other tappers would understand that Grandpa has a sword with that outfit and they'll see roboSnake hiding behind Marge.

    I didn't really care about the score. :) I will tally it up later, I guess, but I thought it might be fun for tappers to see how many tasks they recognized. I also have about 20 more screenshots that I can upload, but the one I used is the only one with Legs walking through with his stick.

    As proof it's not photoshopped: I'm on my tablet and I couldn't even get the image uploaded to a hosting site (can't copy/paste from photobucket or Flickr any more without the apps!) so I had to email it to my husband for him to put it on imgur.
  • P.S.: here is what my town looks like this morning
    http://i.imgur.com/8ZqPVHL.jpg

    And proof that I am not technologically competent enough to post my own pics without help (plus a bonus of me calling the hubby names because he wanted to have an intellectual discussion about a web comic): http://i.imgur.com/H4kT06M.jpg
  • frosted1414's avatar
    frosted1414
    Seasoned Newcomer
    @graywolfii Very cool! Looks like you put lots of effort in to that!
  • Sounds reasonable to me.
    https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRi9YtH_KcZYM0bWZ7TjVtmpvsO1AOuE-aws7Aw0ZYc_TjL2CSfPQ
  • And what a remarkable entry. You really hit it out of the park. Controlling characters with roads is a great idea.

    Anyone is welcome to post scores for this or other entries that need it. I know some of you are better in maths than others.

    This game is becoming fun now! =)
  • Saw this in a friends town. They haven't played in a year or so, I keep them because at level 8 their town is small and easy to find things as you can see:



    Homer looks impressed!
  • Only one more day of dinosaurs. Post your invading dinosaur pics soon!

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