What a great competition:
I loved watching this one unfold. The first day was very busy. Solutions came flying in very quickly.
Ioncorpse was first with the big scores. First hitting me with a 784 and later that first day sending a 832.
However it was Rob's solutions on the first day that would really interest me. He created a super cheap catcher that would never have worked in AR1.
Day 2 came, and Votart jumped into the lead with his 836. Mark was constantly improving his scores but never taking the lead at this point.
On Day 3, things really heated up. Ioncorpse came back with an 840 and from nowhere markmadras hit me up with an 846. I really thought Mark had the win at this point. His uber-crazy-tweaky catch made me think nobody else would copy him. However, by this stage Rob's super cheap catcher had inspired me. I'd already got a totally different way of doing the start to everyone else and I thought if I could tweak it I could use Rob's catcher for a great score. It worked, and I knew that Marks 846 was in danger. Then it happened. Late on the 3rd day I received ...
860 Ioncorpse
... and the next morning Votart dropped in his last two 840+ solutions.
Huge congratulations to ioncorpse for really pushing this level and finding the best start possible I think. What is interesting is that using his start, with my bounce trick, and Rob's catcher, it's possible to get 880! I've included my 868 that I made before I saw ioncorpses even better solution to the start. It will show a bounce trick that could be used to tweak ioncorpses single metal bar start and bounce it all the way to Rob's ridiculously cheap catcher for an 880.
...and mark thought 620 was close to the maximum for a while, hehe.
Well done all, I thoroughly enjoyed hosting that one.