[NvPinder]

Un-official, official write up:

So when all was said and done, Megaman X turned out to be the best game so far for the retro rumble series. A steep broodwar-esque learning curve would've made the game near impossible while intoxicated if we didn't have Flamga guiding us through which levels to choose and strategies for bosses, but thanks to him most players were able to progress well through 50% of the game in the 4 hour time limit, and it was a hell of a lot of fun.

1st place: Pinder and Cosmic (Tied)

While both players were neck and neck in the first 30 minutes, cosmic soon pulled out to a huge lead, extending it to as much as 3 stages ahead around the 2hr:30min mark through the race with superb boss fighting, beating quite a few stage bosses on his first try and wise use of the "Ask flamga" option. However in the last hour and a half Pinder managed to come home strong, and both players were up to stage 9 (the first part of the "final stage"), where they were both up to the same point of the game when the clock timed out. As with all retro rumbles, the game isnt over until your last game over, so both players had the chance to progress as far as they could in that life, however neither player in their inebriated state could think fast enough to out-wit this stupid spider thing that literally showed you which path it was going to take, and tied for 1st at the hands of stupid spider boss thing.

3rd place: Champi
The 'fill-in' for this retro rumble, Champi was quite the character. You could hear his shock 1 hour in when he only just realized his weapon could charge, finally downing the first boss far behind Pinder and Cosmic, and then his surprise again at the 2 hour mark when he realized he could use different weapons. However, towards the latter parts of the race, Champi got the hang of controlling his megaman (and the save state function, blatent cheating), and went on to complete all initial 8 stages before finishing slightly behind the 1st place finishers.

4th place: Edge
Starting the race strongly being the first to finish the intro stage, it was all down hill their for Cam, struggling for a long time on the penguin boss, followed by even more struggling on the next stage after, he was quiet, only heard venting his frustration occasionally in the last 2 hours. In the last 30 minutes of the race he was AFK. If anyone sees Cam, please be sure to let us know that he's alive as we're currently fearing for his well being and have still not heard from him.

Thanks everyone who tuned in, played along, helped us with the rules/game and participated in this retro rumble! We'll be aiming to do another one perhaps around November/December area after uni finishes. Suggestions for the next game are very welcome!