Level Contest 8: DarkMatt Plays Your Levels and Insults You.

[DarkMatt]

Look at it this way, it's your support that's keeping TNT still in.

[RoundPiplup]

Look at it this way, it's your support that's keeping TNT still in.

I'm getting nervous... My level is coming up soon... Yet I know that I'm not going to survive.

[Mudkip]

Who vote for Chad anyway. I guess he had the most balanced reviews.

I smell bias

[RudeGuy]

Who vote for Chad anyway. I guess he had the most balanced reviews.

Some trolls around the forums

[Kyo]

I'd say objectively TNT was superior to all of the four judges, while subjectively my favorite is Emral (yea come at me bro) since I admire his honesty. That's how a judge should be in my opinion.

Look at it this way, it's your support that's keeping TNT still in.

I'm getting nervous... My level is coming up soon... Yet I know that I'm not going to survive.

He's going to flame anyway, but don't take it as an offense. Just laugh it off. Have fun. That's what this is about.

[RoundPiplup]

I'd say objectively TNT was superior to all of the four judges, while subjectively my favorite is Emral (yea come at me bro) since I admire his honesty. That's how a judge should be in my opinion.

Look at it this way, it's your support that's keeping TNT still in.

I'm getting nervous... My level is coming up soon... Yet I know that I'm not going to survive.

He's going to flame anyway, but don't take it as an offense. Just laugh it off. Have fun. That's what this is about.

It doesn't matter for what score I get in this one since it's not really the actual contest. I already read what it is about anyways. You don't need to make that thing up.

[DarkMatt]

i've played darkmatt's levels and they are buckets of shite

least ive made a level for this loser

[Kyo]

i've played darkmatt's levels and they are buckets of shite

least ive made a level for this loser

An automatic level is still a level, and a quite impressive one on that.

[DarkMatt]

and for some reason it does not work on my end

it's like my computer also hates knux

[DarkMatt]

Message of the Day:
-Here's third tier, where everything's made up and the points don't matter. We're getting into actually good levels here. We're also getting into ohgodwhythefuckareyouthiswellplaced levels. Joining me for a couple levels today is a mushroom.

MEET THE CAST:

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Mushroomsmith: It's a mushroom. Is the absolute worst teammate ever and will ruin your day just to get a kick out of your plight. (Read: an asshole a psychopath.) He has decent experience wih platformers and when I want to die I co-op with him. FUN FACT: Anybody that spends more than an hour with Mushroom usually winds up missing. He swears it's not his fault, until you prove it. Then you're next.

#40:

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A Voyage Through Spike Mountain
Person to Blame: Thetoxicminecrafter1
Difficulty: 3/5

Gameplay: 2/5
Aesthetics: 2/5
Spike Bonus: 1/5

FINAL SCORE: 1.66

DarkMatt sez:You know you can just use a couple of enemies and still have your level be great. Also I would've liked it if you didn't just throw out your custom graphics for recolors halfway through. Also empty end.

Mushroom sez:I refuse to comment on any level I consider shite. Oh yeah, I hate that sprite, and I hate floating magma.

#39:

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The Faulty Lab Tour
Person to Blame: RoundPiplup
Difficulty: 3/5

Gameplay: 3/5
Aesthetics: 3/5
Laser Bonus: 1/5

FINAL SCORE: 2.33

DarkMatt sez:Some of the things here are really really pointless. Others are particularly dumb. Also I guess the story was alright but did I really have to wait 15 seconds everytime I start this level again?

Mushroom sez:Loved the music, pointless lasers are pointless, and your dragon coins were more secret than the actual secret. Ambiguous sprites I guess?

#38:

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Automatica
Person to Blame: Knux
Difficulty: I step out, enjoying the sunlight of the world around me. Today, I fancy a walk in it, for life is about exploring, and the world is an endless font of adventu-wait FUCK GOD DAMN IT

Gameplay: 0/5
Aesthetics: 3/5
Almost Automatic Bonus: 4/5

FINAL SCORE: 2.33

DarkMatt sez: Would've gotten a full 5 in wildcard IF IT WORKED.. Dunno if it's just me or not, but this ends right at that screenshot, so I can't fully appreciate this. Oh well, just a point off.

#37:

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The Calming Waters of the Mine
Person to Blame: MEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Difficulty: 2hard/apparently (3/5)

Gameplay: 9999/5
Aesthetics: A million/Golden
Arrogant Bonus: Yes

FINAL SCORE: I win.

DarkMatt sez:Fuck you Emral.

Mushroom sez:I GOT A ROCK.

#36:

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Emerald Ruins
Person to Blame: GameClip477
Difficulty: 2/5

Gameplay: 3/5
Aesthetics: 3/5
Loveable Character Bonus: 3/5

FINAL SCORE: 3

DarkMatt sez:I do not like playing the beginning of your level. Not one bit. I'm also crossed on your story nonsense. It's not half bad, but you're bad at English. Oh yeah, also, that buried key? FUCK, YOU. It blends into the background and I managed to miss it completely. Fucking give me something to highlight the one buried item you have in this level or, even better, DON'T BURY IT.

#35:

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Thriller
Person to Blame: Dragonmaster146
Difficulty: 2/5

Gameplay: 4/5
Aesthetics: 2/5
Mushroom is now a Blind Cave Salamander Bonus: 3/5

FINAL SCORE: 3

DarkMatt sez:Not a bad level, and actually engaging. Problems I found were dead-end branches with meager rewards and WHY THE FUCK AM I GETTING A SHELL KICKED INTO MY FACE that and the graphics are hit and miss with me. One hand they're pretty custom, other it's logs logs logs. The card gimmick is eeh. I'd rather have normal graphics because it's pretty vague what cards are what.

#34:

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Technologic Tubs
Person to Blame: Beyond
Difficulty: 2/5

Gameplay: 3/5
Aesthetics: 5/5
Bombsamillion Bonus: 3/5

FINAL SCORE: 3.66

DarkMatt sez:I love this level's theme but it pulls off a couple dirks with level design: loop that leads nowhere, can blitz through the hard stuff past the midway point, kind of bleh on the boss fight, first half a bit of a snoresville. If the level was more engaging and its building blocks were more fleshed out this would be up there.

#33:

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NO CGFX AND LINEAR LEVEL 0 POINTS
Person to Blame: regherghhrhghreghehrgrghrehgherghergherhg
Difficulty: 1/5

Gameplay: 4/5
Aesthetics: 4/5
Boo Bonus: 2/5

FINAL SCORE: 3.33

DarkMatt sez:Yoshis don't get enough love, so this level is automatically a-okay in my book. (This makes me think Invasion 2.) Fun things to do and nice and lengthy. Overall a nice easy level to play. I do wish it did some of its cool tricks more and turn them into gimmicks instead of just being there. That and I wish the Boo fights weren't really really really simple. (Or just not there)

(The Yoshi Level: Starring Sniffles, Alexander, Peggy, Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Film)

#32:

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Betwixt Clouds
Person to Blame: Jarckius
Difficulty: 1/5

Gameplay: 3/5
Aesthetics: 5/5
Elevator Action Bonus: 2/5

FINAL SCORE: 3.33

DarkMatt sez:This level takes creative liberties with wire platforms and the wire platforms win. Some tricks are acceptable, others will force you to wait and grind the level to a halt. Also, just because switch blocks are involved doesn't mean your level is now branching; it's still very fucking linear. Oh, not to mention LOOOONG. If you're gonna be that long, please make the most out of the time you ask from the player.

#31:

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Clawgrip's Tall Tower
Person to Blame: Christian07
Difficulty: 2/5

Gameplay: 4/5
Aesthetics: 4/5
SMB2 Bonus: 4/5

FINAL SCORE: 4

DarkMatt sez:This level sat forth to follow the SMB2 formula and I will say that it accomplishes that goal rather nicely. The only problem with this level is its greatest strength. I did enjoy going through it and it had a couple nice tricks, but it had a hard time keeping the level engaging. Simply put, I feel like this used way too much space and length to accomplish what it did.

#30:

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Paperplains
Person to Blame: GLuigiX
Difficulty: 5/u wouldnt know fun if it was tattooed on your retina (maybe 4)

Gameplay: 1/5
Aesthetics: 2/5
I CAN BE DIFFICULT AND COOL Bonus: 1/5

FINAL SCORE: 1.33

DarkMatt sez:Every single idea you had for challenging the player did more harm than good. Every, single, one. What made you think playing this level was fun in ANY CAPACITY? Knows all the flair and yet is too retarded to make any of it work. Let's go down the list: The way you're suppose to do the first half is left to you to figure out, really tight and really unforgiving jump, long pits just to pad out your death, neat gimmick ruined by death punishment, the world's most boring elevator ride, and a custom boss that I did not fully digest because I was sick of this level's shit. All this level is is disgusting design horseshit I would expect from A Super Mario Thing. WHY IS THIS 30TH PLACE?

#29:

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Freezing Forest Folley
Person to Blame: Kep
Difficulty: 2/5

Gameplay: 2/5
Aesthetics: 3/5
"Well okay that's a right angle in art directi-oh hey another one. Now it's a hairpin." Bonus: 2/5

FINAL SCORE: 2.33

DarkMatt sez:Spontaneous change in theme, TWICE. Solid graphics that makes no sense and this level goes everywhere with what it wants to do to challenge the player. None of it really works. Only thing going for this level is that it has a competent THREE themes and it doesn't do anything to dick the player, besides solid snowmen.

Oh, and what the fuck is with one of the tracks for this level? SMBX insists it's a video instead of an MP3. Yeah, I do not fucking know either.

#28:

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Gravitational Ice Cave
Person to Blame: bulletbill43
Difficulty: 1/5

Gameplay: 3/5
Aesthetics: 4/5
Roundabout Bonus Bonus: 2/5

FINAL SCORE: 3

DarkMatt sez:Boring gimmick and very questionable side rewards. I fucking went around the midway point and defeated some bloopers for 6 coins, 2 dragon coins, and a walk back to where I was?

#27:

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Discotheque
Person to Blame: Bryux
Difficulty: 1/5

Gameplay: 3/5
Aesthetics: 3/5
Physics Assumption Bonus: 2/5

FINAL SCORE: 2.66

DarkMatt sez:Why do you try to justify useless ice physics in your level? It does nothing but slow the player down. That and the rainbow shell part was pretty obnoxious with its jumps and where it wants you to go. Not to mention this is a tad on the short side if you don't mess around.

#26:

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World 1-2
Person to Blame: h2643
Difficulty: 1/5

Gameplay: 3/5
Aesthetics: 4/5
Romhack Bonus: 4/5

FINAL SCORE: 3.66

DarkMatt sez:This feels like a level from a super mario world romhack and I'm still deciding whether or not that's a good thing or a bad thing. On one hand, it means the theme of this level really stands out and I can remember this level as a good memory. As another, it gave an excuse to do things like square blocks and munchers. Also the level suffers from the same problem a lot of levels do and it goes everywhere with what it wants to do to challenge the player. But still, can't refute that this is a nice looking and nice playing level. Also, nice secret.

#25:

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Music Mania
Person to Blame: Hawkeyeone
Difficulty: 2/5 (divided between 1 and 2)

Gameplay: 3/5
Aesthetics: 3/5
Red & Green Bonus: 3/5

FINAL SCORE: 3

DarkMatt sez:So this was a thing. There's all these nice graphics and then there's red and green ground the level. Enemies were also ALMOST NOT BORING but still boring. I guess as just being a level it's alright, but I can't find anything I enjoyed about it.

[Darkonius Mavakar]

those gifs.

they're true art.

[RoundPiplup]

This... Is... So funny, and insulting. XD

[RudeGuy]

The score I took was more than I expected.

[TLtimelord]

I'd say objectively TNT was superior to all of the four judges

Thanks, but it doesn't stop me from feeling like I did a really bad job considering the poll scores right now.

I'd like to hear from people that voted from me please, because the fact I am being considered the second worse judge is kind of killing my morale right now.

[RoundPiplup]

Oh dang... There are some people disliking bossedit8's reviews for overrating, and TNTtimelord's review for being quick on something... I don't know what's going to happen at the 30th.

[Thetoxicminecrafter1]

I like this topic, it is quite hilarious, and we got some spike points going on. Can't wait see the top levels up here.

[Beyond]

(*Bombception*)
It's a really good and funny topic. I really loved that. Since the GIFs to the "insulting reviews".

[DarkMatt]

Just to give you guys closure/numbered days, the poll closes once I have gotten to the winner.

[RoundPiplup]

Just to give you guys closure/numbered days, the poll closes once I have gotten to the winner.

But the scores are tied up between bossedit8 and TNTtimelord. What happens if its a tie?

[DarkMatt]

Then I split hairs.

You kids can't do something like that, but I can.