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Posted: 6/18/2013 7:53 PM
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mikeas
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I was a little off in my calculations earlier - the bumper cars would only need to be played 8 or 9 times. You start off the game with 10 tickets, and the bumper cars cost 1 ticket. Playing it 8 times will give enough points to earn almost 47 tickets, and playing it 9 times will earn 52 tickets. Playing it 8 times, you'll have two of the original 10 tickets left over, and perhaps it's faster to go to another ride, get enough points to be able to reach 50 tickets, and then die before having to complete the whole stage. Otherwise, the bumper cars could simply be played 9 times.
Posted: 6/18/2013 6:36 PM
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mikeas
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The run could shave off about 30 seconds, but with the trade-off being a possibly boring tas, if only the bumper cars were used 10 times in a row to get 50 regular tickets. It takes about a minute to go through the bumper cars once, and according to the current run it yields 17510 points. Going through it 10 times will then give 58 tickets, and since you start off the game with 8, you'll have enough to get through it 10 times plus have 50 tickets to access the final level. After going through it 4 times, you'd have to briefly trade in points for more tickets, when the initial 8 run out. Perhaps alternate routes for the bumper cars could be found to make the tas more interesting.
Posted: 1/31/2013 11:29 PM
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mikeas
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In the last castle, is it faster to die so that you start off in the room with the key?