TREMBLE AND DESPAIR MERE MORTALS, FOR I AM URR'GNASH THE UNHOLY DEMON OF COMPLICATED AND BADLY MANAGED CONTESTS
Alright, rad N mappers, it's time i put your rad N skills to the test...again. You ready for this shit? It's...
MAPDRAFT TWO!
We had a lot of fun last time i was hosting this and i want to Do It Again
True to my word this will be a better kept contest and hopefully more fun i also added an enmey he said since the las tone too easy. I spent a lot of time tightening up the graphics on level three and i think we are set.
these are spoilers they don't show up in retrowhatever
The point of this contest is really very simple. There will be a pool of 'Packs', that will contain instructions on how you create your maps for this contest.
Each round, each player will receive Four (4) different RANDOMLY SELECTED Packs to make their map with. You MUST make your map with EXACTLY what the packs dictate, or else i will hand you your ass be very upset, and judge you down for it.
Packs can contain anything and everything, like Objects, Tiles, and even special rules that you must follow when you are making your maps.
Here are several examples of Packs, just so you know what to expect (although you probably are expecting these. Or are you? the mysteries continue):
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Good Health
Tiles
15 ‘Five’ Tiles
5 ‘Four’ Tiles
Up to 20 ‘E’ Tiles
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Cache-22
Items
22 Gold
22 Mines
22 Bounce Blocks
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Netamet Pack 1
Booster
15 gold
1 floorguard
1 blue drone (Seeker)
1 blue drone (Normal)
1 Locked Door
1 Trap Door
1 Mine
8 'One' Tiles
20 'E' Tiles
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Birds of Two Different Warring Tribes Who Hate Each Other...
Rule
You MUST place your gold in clumps of 4 or LESS.
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Of course, some packs have even wackier object sets and more bizarre rules, so you must be ready for anything well i mean you can relax because no elephants are going to trample your dog but still you might want to be prepared!
There are more details about the different pack types and a comprehensive list of packs further down this wonderful curvaceous post dat ass.
Well, it's simple! Post in this thread saying you'd like to participate, and when we get enough Players we can get started!
and here's the part where we get serious:
Last time was incredibly loose as far as deadlines and restrictions go but this time i am really becoming an anal-retentive asshole more concerned about the organization of something like this so we're going to do it this way:
-Registrations will be restricted to BEFORE the round begins. Drop-Ins are not allowed. They were cool and all but i was forgetting who signed up when and i left some people out in the cold. and i don't want that to happen again because that's just absolutely fucking awful
this is important: due to the rather large (80-something) amount of people we got playing last time
I'm going to separate you all into pods of 6-10 people again for organization.
Each POD (not the band) Will:
- have 6-10 people
- be judged seperately
- there will be awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, as well as 2 bonus runner-up awards in each pod. This means 5 out of 10 will be winning something.
I will PM each of you with your four Packs that you must create your map with. After that, you will have until the deadline to create your map!
and remember,
If ANYTHING doesn't make sense to you, ask me some questions. I will answer them and then add the fruits of our discourse to the FAQ.
Pod 1:
I. inspired
II. sidke
III. chocollama
IV. Tunco
V. Daikenkai
VI. ninja143
VII. golfkid
VIII. Gloomp
IX. Blackson
X. Pikman
Pod 2:
I. Scrivener
II. Rhekatou
III. toasters
IV. Erik_Player
V. Brassmachine
VI. Leaff
VII. SeventhSpirit
VIII.brainstone
IX. Seneschal
X. numa_ninja
Waiting List (new round next next Monday)
I. eternal_moonlight
THESE RULES MAN, THESE RULES
I. The Exit, Exit Switch, and Ninja will not be in any packs. Please place them yourself.
II. If you miss a deadline, you won't be eliminated or anything, but you cannot participate in the judging, and so you'd lose your chance at some cool prizes. Don't do that.
III. The point of the contest is to see what you can do with bizarre amounts of objects and tiles. Try to use all of them! Hiding objects you don't like outside the map or in tiles will make me INSANELY ANGRY
IV. Follow The Rules
V. Don't talk about THE GAME
VI. THE UPDATES:
NO UPDATES YET DERP
Packs are separated by type. There are Tile Packs and Item Packs, which are self explanatory. Booster Packs will contain both Tiles and Items, but never usually too many of each. Rule Packs, or just Rules, each have a unique set of instructions you must follow while making your map. Sometimes they will even grant you extra items or tiles.
Imagine each type of pack is represented by a unique deck of cards. We’ve got the Tiles deck, the Items deck, the Booster deck and the Rules deck. At the beginning of each round, the decks are shuffled and each participant is dealt exactly one card from each deck.
You will ALWAYS get exactly one of each pack type.
The pack list is right here naga RIGHT HERE
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TILE PACKAGES
Baker's Dozen by gloomp
Tiles
A total of 13 'E', '4', and/or '8' tiles
Good Health
Tiles
15 ‘Five’ Tiles
5 ‘Four’ Tiles
Up to 20 ‘E’ Tiles
Back to nowhere. by Erik_Player
tiles
20 '1' tiles
30 'E' tiles
Basic Tower Building Material
Tiles
30 'E' Tiles
15 'One' Tiles
1 'Five' Tile
Simple Architect's Tower
Tiles
20 'One' Tiles
10 'E' Tiles
3 'Five' Tiles
1 'Seven' Tile
Expert Builder's Scaffold
Tiles
10 'One' Tiles
5 'E' Tiles
5 'Five' Tiles
5 'Seven' Tiles
Fumihiko Maki's Scaffold
Tiles
5 'One' Tiles
5 'E' Tiles
5 'Five' Tiles
5 'Seven' Tiles
5 'Three' Tiles
Cathedral
Tiles
5 'Two' Tiles
5 'Three' Tiles
4 'Four' Tiles
Up to 25 'E' Tiles
Kill The Prolific
Tiles
1 'Five' Tile
1 'One Tile
60 'E' Tiles BUT For every 100 maps you have posted on NUMA subtract 20
Tiles from this total.
The N Factor by Seneschal
Tiles
You can use up to 'N' "E-tiles", where 'N' is the round number, e.g. in round 7 you can
use up to 7 e-tiles, and in round 48 you could use up to 48.
Remember Kickstart?
Tiles
If you are wearing a red, blue, or green shirt you have to use:
10 'Eight' Tiles
10 'Seven' Tiles
up to 40 'Six' Tiles
If you are wearing a pink shirt, you have to use:
100 '5' Tiles
If you are wearing anything else, you have to use:
20 'One' Tiles
20 'Two' Tiles
10 'Three' Tiles
[ Octane - by kkstrong
Tiles
80 'E' tiles
8 '1' tiles
8 '2' tiles
8 '3' tiles
8 '4' tiles
8 '5' tiles
8 '6' tiles
8 '7' tiles
8 '8' tiles
Nesting Eggs
Tiles
10 'E' Tiles
9 Any Tiles of your Choice
8 'Eight' Tiles
7 'Seven' Tiles
6 'Six' Tiles
5 'Five' Tiles
4 'Four' Tiles
3 'Three' Tiles
2 'Two' Tiles
1 'One' Tile
Nesting Eggs (Dyslexia Remix)
Tiles
10 'One' Tiles
9 'Two' Tiles
8 'Three' Tiles
7 'Four' Tiles
6 'Five' Tiles
5 'Six' Tiles
4 'Seven' Tiles
3 'Eight' Tiles
2 'E' Tiles
1 Any tile of your choice
Oh Desire!
Tiles
Enough Tiles of any type to spell out "Oh Desire" on your map in any way you wish.
"Oh, You Asshole"
Tiles
20 'D' Tiles
Green Hill Zone
Tiles
10 'Eight' Tiles
15 'E' Tiles
10 'Four' Tiles
Xeriscaping
Tiles
3 'Two' Tiles
1 'Eight' Tile
6 'Three' Tiles
2 'Four' Tiles
2 'E' Tiles
The Devil is a really fun guy up close by flagmyidol
Items
6 '3' tiles
6 '5' tiles
6 '2' tiles
Scapeshift
Tiles
Use the Tiles of your most recent map posted on NUMA (BEFORE this round started) for
your mapdraft map this round. You may change it around with any tiles you receive in
your booster pack, though.
Black Vault
Tiles
20 'Seven' Tiles
20 'Two' Tiles
Archway
Tiles
20 'E' Tiles
3 'Five' Tiles
2 'Four' Tiles
8 'Three' Tiles
Popularity Contest
Tiles
Up to X 'Four' Tiles, where X equals the number of letters in your Custom Title on NUMA.
Up to Y Tiles of your choice, where Y equals your number of Featured Maps on NUMA.
If you are a Reviewer on NUMA, use 5 'One' Tiles, 5 'Two' Tiles, and 2 'Eight' Tiles.
If you are a Moderator on NUMA, use 10 'E' Tiles, 5 'One' Tiles and 3 'Seven' Tiles.
If you are an Administrator on NUMA, use up any amount of any tiles you wish
Celebrity Assassination
Tiles
If you do not have a Custom Title on NUMA, use 10 tiles of your choice.
If you do not have any Featured Maps on NUMA, use 20 tiles of your choice.
If you are not a Reviewer on NUMA, use 5 'One' Tiles, 3 'Five' and 8 'E' Tiles.
If you are not a Moderator on NUMA, use 15 'One' Tiles.
If you are not an Administrator on NUMA, use 1 'Five' Tile.
Poorly-Maintained Garden by gloomp
Tiles
20 or more '2' tiles
20 or more '3' tiles
Easy Peezy Lemon Squeezy by toasters
Tiles
20 'Eight' Tiles
20 'E' Tiles
Interstella
Tiles
Between 55 and 555 'Five' Tiles.
Shattered Dreams by Diamondeye
Tiles
30 '2' tiles
30 '3' tiles
8 tiles of own choice, barring '4' or '8' tiles.
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ITEM PACKAGES
Saving Grace:
Objects
5 Exits
15 Gold
Bling by goatman
Items
150+ gold
10 mines
Heart of Glass by Blondie
Objects
35 one-ways
15 gold
Chain of DEATH by brainstone
Items
8 Rockets that are placed at the same spot
19 One-Ways
19 Gold
Cache-22
Items
22 Gold
22 Mines
22 Bounce Blocks
Patrol Hounds
Items
4 Blue Drones (Seeker)
2 Blue Drones (Normal)
1 Blue Drone (Your Choice)
30 Gold
2 Bounce Blocks
Just not enough people. by erik_player
objects
4 Ninjas.
25 gold.
1 chaingun drone.
1 locked door.
Bacon! by Diamondeye
Items
30 gold
1 gold
Up to 15 gold
4 gold OR 4 mines
5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
Items
5 Gauss Turrets
5 Thwumps
5 Bounce Blocks
5 Locked Doors
Mineland by gloomp
Items
5 bounceblocks
2 normal drones
25 or more mines
Explosive Home Cooking
Items
10 Mines
4 Rocket Launchers
5 Gold
DYODE (Do Your Own Door Eerie)
Items
20 Locked Doors
20 Trap Doors
20 Normal Doors
4 Gold
Lose A Limb, Or Several
Items
10 Mines
OR
20 Mines
OR
30 Mines
OR
40 Mines
OR
50 Mines
Cyberdemon
Items
3 Rocket Launchers.
Beam Me Up by Maxson924
Items
4 laser drones
11 mines
15 gold
Neon Nightcruising
Items
4 Laser Drones
8 Thwumps
14 Gold
10 One-Way Platforms
Sniper Wolf Was Hot
Items
More than 4 Gauss Turrets
Between 4 and 20 Mines
Less Than 26 Gold
LHC
Items
17 Launch pads
5 Mines
1 Gauss Turret
19 Gold
Look Mom, No Hands! by toasters
Items
5 jump pads
5 trap doors
5 thwumps
20 Gold
Opposition
Items
Any amount of Gold.
X Mines, where X equals double the amount Gold you used.
Going Home In A Body Bag
Items
2 Rocket Launchers
1 Chain Gun Drone
1 Locked Door
2 mines
7 Gold
The Doors - They Do Nothing
Items
4 Floor Guards
12 Normal Doors
4 Mines
6 Gold
6 One-Way Platforms
Threesome (With Protection)
Items
3 Blue Drones (Your Choice)
16 Gold
1 Locked Door
Hunter by Diamondeye
Items
1 Seeker Drone
1 Seeker Drone OR 1 Floorguard
1 Seeker Drone OR 1 Blue Drone
1 Seeker Drone OR 1 Rocket
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BOOSTER PACKAGES
Life247 is the coolest. by Life247
X 'E' tiles
X Gold
'X' is equal to your age.
In Soviet Russia... by Diamondeye
Booster
1 Chaingun
1 Rocket OR 1 Chaingun
Up to 25 mines
Up to 25 '5' tiles
What were you thinking? by Erik_Player
booster
10 gold
5 mines
6 smart drones
10 '3' and '2' tiles.
20 '7' or '6' tiles
Mom's Grocery List by Southpaw
Booster
1 rocket launcher
1 floor guard
2 locked doors
2 jump pads
4 bounceblocks
20 mines
30 gold
Netamet Pack 1
Booster
15 gold
1 floorguard
1 blue drone (Seeker)
1 blue drone (Normal)
1 Locked Door
1 Trap Door
1 Mine
8 'One' Tiles
15 'E' Tiles
Booster Indeed! by gloomp
Booster
5 launchpads
Some But Not All of the Essentials by gloomp
Booster
5 'E' tiles
3 mines
1 floorguard
Waverider by toasters
Booster
3 '8' Tiles
3 '4' Tiles
1 Seeker Drone
Measles Mumps Rubella
Booster
3 Mines
3 Gold
1 Laser Drone
7 Gold
5 'Five' Tiles
5 'One' Tiles
Alphabeticide
Booster
X Gold, Mines, and 'One' Tiles, where X is equal to the number of letters in your NUMA username.
Y 'Five' Tiles, Gold, and One-way Platforms, where Y is equal to the number of letters in your forums.droni.es username.
To Make Your Day Even Worse...
Booster
1 Mine
1 Gold
1 'One' Tile
1 'Two' Tile
Just A Boring Booster Pack by Maxson924
Booster
2 gauss turrets
1 non-seeking zap drone
10 E-tiles
10 5-tiles
5 1-tiles
3 mines
3 gold
Pick Your Poison
Booster
15 Floor Guards
1 'Seven' Tile
OR
15 Thwumps
1 'Three' Tile
Zendikar Block Constructed
Booster
20 Trap Doors
5 Gold
18 'E' Tiles
Transparent Weak Spot
Booster
1 Locked Door
30 One-Way Platforms
up to 15 Mines
up to 2 Gauss Turrets
2 'E' Tiles
5 'Five' Tiles
7 'Four' Tiles
9 'One' Tiles
Crowd Panic
Booster
5 Mines
100 'E' Tiles
20 'One' Tiles
Murder On The Dancefloor
Booster
1 Floorguard
43 Gold
27 'Five' Tiles
Vitamin Supplement
Booster
1 Gold
1 Mine
1 Rocket Launcher
1 One-Way Platform
1 Locked Door
1 'One' Tile
1 'Two' Tile
1 'Three' Tile
1 'Four' Tile
1 'Five' Tile
3 'E' Tiles
Exponents
Booster
1 Gold
10 'E' Tiles
100 Mines
Opposite Exponents
Booster
100 Gold
10 'E' Tiles
1 Mine
Mile Over Mecca
Booster
2 Chain Gun Drones
23 Gold
3 'One' Tiles
3 'E' Tiles
5 'Six' Tiles
Prayer Paper:
Booster
10 'Six' Tiles
10 'Two' Tiles
10 Gold
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RULE PACKAGES
Birds of a Feather
Rule
You may only place gold if it is in clumps of 4 or more.
Cool story bro. by Erik_Player
rule
Your map must have some sort of whale in it.
Birds of Two Different Warring Tribes Who Hate Each Other...
Rule
You MUST place your gold in clumps of 4 or LESS.
Crushloader Express by gloomp
Rule
Any thwumps you recieved must be arranged in rows or stacks of four or more.
The Tiles Have Eyes by toasters
Rule
No enemy except Mines may be visible.
Beast Denied
Rule
You can't place 'six' Tiles in your map.
Rocket Attic, Floor Guard Basement by southpaw
Rule
You gain an additional rocket launcher and floor guard to place in your map.
The rocket launcher must be placed halfway up the map or higher; the floor guard must
be placed halfway down the map or lower.
Plaster Casts of Everything by gloomp
Rule
Replace all your tiles with bounceblocks. Yes, all of them.
OCD
Rule
Any drones you place must use one of the clockwise movement options. Every mine and
piece of gold must be placed so that it is not touching any other items or tiles. Any
doors you place must be positioned vertically.
Creeping Vines
Rule
All tiles and items you place must be within 4 squares of the map's edges.
Haphephobia
Rule
All tiles and items you place must be at least 4 squares away from the edges of the
map.
I'M SO HARDCORE, GODDAMN
Rule
Triple the number of Launch pads, Locked Doors, Trap Doors, Bounce Blocks, and One-Way
Platforms you must place in your map.
My Favorite Band Inspired Me
Rule
Your map description and title must be some lyrics from a song you like.
Noob Represent
Rule
You gain 3 extra Gold and 3 extra Trap Doors that you must use in your map. You must
hide the switches under the Gold.
Top Heavy
Rule
All of your tiles must be placed using either the A or S keys. 'E' and 'Five' tiles
ignore this rule.
I'm Rich, Bitch
Rule
You must make at least one dollar sign out of gold somewhere in your map. You can use
up to 15 Extra Gold in your map this round.
Shiny Disco Balls
Rule
Arrange your gold into circular formations of any size.
Matte Disco Balls
Rule
Arrange your tiles into circular formations of any size.
Closed Casket
Rule
Double the number of Chain Gun Drones in your map.
Disco Balls OF DEATH
Rule
Arrange your Enemies into circular formations of any size.
Static
Rule
Any mobile enemies you place must be NaNed, or placed in locations where they can't
move at all.
Damage Report
Rule
Double the number of Mines you must place in your map.
Allergic
Rule
You can't place Mines in your map.
Terror
Rule
Your Ninja must start in some sort of danger (example: falling into mines, close to a rocket, etc.)
Pursuit
Rule
1 Seeker Drone
you MUST place this drone within 2 squares of your ninja's starting position.
I Would Die 4 U by sidke
Rule
You must place your Gold in places that are extremely dangerous.
McMap by goatman
Rule
Your map must contain subliminal advertising for a fast food joint. (This could be in
the title or description as well as the map itself - your choice)
Trembling Heart by Diamondeye
Rule
All enemies besides Mines must be placed so that they only influence the optional
routes in the map (there must be a "safe" way thru the map).
Hold him! He`s almost in our secret lab with the new meat-eating plants, which like the meat of genetic clones above 60 years! by brainstone
Rule
The exit must be in a little room, which contains At least five enemies. IF you have
got less than five enemies in your packs, you`ll gain up to five enemies of your
choice.
Conga Cha-cha by Life247
Rule
Any drones you receive must be placed in a single file line which must last for the
entire map.
Alphebetist by Goatman
Your map must resemble a letter. (any alphabet is acceptable)
Chimneysweeper by MyCheezKilledYours
Rule
You must place an area where the player needs to Chimney Jump.
Tricky Triangles by Maxson924
Rule
If any of your total items are mulitples of 3 (i.e., 18 mines, 30 gold, 3 rockets,
etc.), you must place them in triangle formations. These triangles may be as big as you
wish as long as there are no tiles in between. If you have drones that are affected by
this rule, they must start out in triangle formation, but they may seperate with their
paths if you wish.
ABCF by flagmyidol
Rule
Any mines and gold you are given must spell the letter 'F'. If you have lots of gold or
mines, you can make lots of 'F's. They can also be split into different 'F's. If you
don't have enough of either, approximate as best you can.
[ My Cup Runneth Over by kkstrong
Rule
If Applicable, multiply the number of tiles of each type you are assigned by 3. If you
cannot do this because it causes more than 713 tiles in the map, ignore this rule for
that specific tile.
The Tooth Fairy by ChrisE
Rule
Any Items you have may be deleted and replaced with one peice of gold each.
Okay, so, I know what you're thinking. You want to make some Packs for this contest, right? Well, You Can!
Here's the schedule:
Tuesday through Saturday: Mapmaking and Posting. If you want your map judged, it must be submitted by midnight on Saturday.
Sunday: Feedback on maps from throughout the week is collected, Maps are judged and ranked. No new maps may be submitted.
Monday: Winners are announced, new sets of packs are sent out to everyone on the list. Winners have until Saturday to submit their pack designs, which will then be 'shuffled in' to the list for the next round.
After each deadline, I will judge each map in a pretty relaxed and laid-back fashion. The point of this contest is not to kick your ass, and it's also not to screw people so they can't have fun.
I will be judging on:
Object Usage
Gameplay
Adherence to the Packs and Rules (you should always get max points on this, for serious)
(You don't need to feedback anymore)
The first incarnation of this unholy beast of a contest spawned a large number of infernal darkspawn intent on the ruination of mankind questions so here are a well thought out list of reasons
Q: Do I have to submit my map to NUMA?
A: Yes. You can post your map in the thread, but you won’t be eligible for prizes or achievements at the end of the round unless it is on NUMA.
Q: Should I tag my map with anything special?
A: You don't have to. But if you could add mapdraftX, where X is the current round, as one of your tags, it will make things ten times nicer for us, not to mention faster. However, rest assured that so long as your map has been posted in the thread, we will find it and it will be judged, regardless of tags.
Q: Is there anything else I need to know regarding submissions?
A: Include what your packs were in your map description. This will give people a better idea of the limits you had to work around, and help them to have a firmer basis when judging your work. You can also list them in your thread post, but just be sure they are in your description as well.
Q: I don’t want this contest to affect my map count. Can I delist my submissions after posting them?
A: Yes, but wait until the current round is over before doing so. Maps that have been delisted before the judging day (usually Sunday) won’t be judged, and then of course can’t win achievements or prizes.
Q: Has anyone really been far as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
A: One foot's both the same. It's not like you can actually decide to be as far as even if you go it's more like you might want to do when you look.
Q: So if I win a round, I can make up my own packs that will be added to the main list?
A: Yep. Just try and keep them reasonable. Exact number requirements over 100, purposefully contradictive Rule packs, or anything that would cause the pack recipient to break any of NUMA’s rules in order to comply are flat out. Other than that anything goes. If it’s way too ridiculous, we’ll either tone it down for you or just make our own.
Q: So could I make a Rule Pack that requires the recipient’s map title submission to be “(Username) IS THE BEST!”?
A: Yes. Such endeavors are encouraged. Just keep in mind you might wind up with it in a later round, and then what would people think.
Q: I lack the creative energy to come up with a pack! (But not to make maps with them.) Do I have to come up with something?
A: No. If you truly feel that being able to contribute is a pain, we will gladly make your packs for you and with you in mind. It’ll be as if you made it yourself, and no one will ever know.
Q: I want to sit out for a round or two, for whatever reason. Should I let you know beforehand?
A: Don't bother. Just ignore your PM if you feel like a break or can't get around to it. There's always the next week. Or the week after that. At least it'll always be there.
Q: Please stop sending me packs. I am done with this contest.
A: No problem. Just post in the main thread saying that you are totally through, and your name will be removed from the list, and you won't get sent the packs anymore. Of course you can always sign back up later if you change your mind. please change your mind i miss you already and you haven't even quit yet ;_;
Q: Can I use nReality?
A:
NEW STUFF
[Q]: So you basically copypasted a bunch of junk from the old thread- what's actually new this time?
[A:] GOOD QUESTION VIRGINIA
the answer is not much. I was very pleased with how the contest was progressing and i want to keep it largely the same.
Two things though:
1.No drop-ins allowed. You already knew that though.
2.i am redoing all the base packs for the start of this contest. Never fear, people who have already made custom packs, i have those saved nicely on my hard drive and will add them in later, i just wanted a chance to start over clean.
If you have questions please check the FAQ, post it in this thread, or shoot me a PM.
) on 11/9/2009; 400 on 12/2/2011; max of 598 on 2/3/2013; tied for 0th in top 20 rankings on 2/26-27/13
