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

[YTsupertyrusland23]

yeah thats not watermelon thats yoda

what the #### is yoda dude puls I have no idea what you say -__-

yoda is a toad from star wars who talk sentences wrong[/quote]
toad is not yoda from star wars who told you that?

[DarkMatt]

Welcome to Level Contest 8 After Dark. To quell the hearts of millions and ignite the hearts of the rest, I have something special prepared to send this thread and Level Contest 8 off. No participation is necessary; you have already participated.

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Extra Tier: DarkMatt Kicks 2 Assholes Out of the Board and Recombobulates the Results

-So you might've seen I had a poll running for this thread asking the community to pick the 2 worst judges out of the 5 that was there. (It's gone now, having served its purpose.)

Well I do not need to tell you that Emral was obviously picked. In fact, Emral has been in exile ever since he threw up his shitfest of reviews. Good work team.

The second one, however, is interesting. TNTTimelord is booted out, leaving us with Quill, Chad, and Bossedit8. I am honestly surprised you didn't oust Bossedit8 but you know I haven't seen TNTimelord's reviews, so, I'll just take your word for it. Maybe I should've had you guys explain why you voted the way you did. Naaaaah.

And now with the dead weight removed, we shall show you an alternate retelling of Level Contest 8, one that's 50% more fair. (Course, 150% of 0 is)

DISCLAIMER: You are the guys who chose this, and you must now live with your terrible mistakes. Scores are rounded to the nearest hundredth because fuck you bossedit8, and Valtteri isn't included unless he's replacing one of the judges you kept. This is WITH Valt's changes to the standings, so deal with it. Levels are sorted by their NEW place, not their old. Ties are broken by old rank.

It is recommended you play this while you go through this list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwiNPRn2sNA


FIRST TIER:

Spoiler: show

#72: SMBXxer - One More Overless - 0.3/10 (=0)
--- YOU STILL SUCK.
#71: FanofSMBX - A Spongy Story - 1.12/10 (=0)
--- A cutscene.
#70: Vinyl - This level was approved by Mitt Romney - 1.67/10 (=0)
--- snoopdawwwwwwwwg
#69: Sakke - Pelottava talo - 3.13/10 (=0)
--- toddlers are scarier than your house
#68: beanluv - Final Zone - 4/10 (=0)
--- i dont remember playing nor making fun of this level. GHOSTLEVEL
#67: Little Boo - Cursed Valley - 4.78/10 (=0)
--- gb2asmt
#66: DimitrisPowerSeven - Bowser's Newer Castle - 4.86/10 (-2)
--- good. i hate waiting
#65: MECHDRAGON777 - Kampfschiff 1K - 5.17/10 (!-8!)
--- Draw a map of your own level. You can't do it.
#64: fireflowerhour - Deadlands - 5.24/10 (-2)
--- still waiting for that answer
#63: Murphmario - Not-At-All Lost Woods - 5.26/10 (+3)
--- jumps why
#62: kchunming925364 - Planet of State - 5.35/10 (+1)
--- enjoy your new 62nd place
#61: crusher169 - Casual Casino - 5.42/10 (+4)
--- You know your ground is really wonky looking
#60: Kingbowser112 - Bowser Jr.'s High Tower - 5.82/10 (-4)
--- i maed a busss
#59: Knux - Automatica - 5.83/10 (!-20!)
--- AHUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUE

SECOND TIER:

Spoiler: show

#58: Dollarluigi - Waffle Plains - 5.84/10 (-3)
--- thats the toaster
#57: SuperMarioBuider16 - Just A Normal Old Grassylands Level - 5.95/10 (+4)
--- Congrats you aren't shit anymore
#56: 8bitmushroom - Gray-Rock Pass - 6.01/10 (!-8!)
--- MAYBE IF YOU MADE A LEVEL YOU WOULDN'T BE SHEEEEEEEET
#55: moemoe02 - Cold Cubes - 6.11/10
--- Imagine a Chuck chasing a player, forever.
#54: Pivot40Channel - Bowser & Bowser Jr. Factory - 6.13/10 (+6)
--- Put a gun on a gun and have it shoot guns
#53: 56. JangoFred - Koopa Troopa Beach Brawl - 6.13/10 (+5)
--- does not have all that many koopas
#52: HenryRichard1234 - Futuristicalish Land - 6.26/10 (!+8!)
--- Well I guess you are better than the 8 levels you shot past. Maybe.
#51: CaptainSyrup - Ice Glacier - 6.42/10 (+3)
--- Those suicidal guys? There's like 6 of them. All of them go into water.
#50: schm2000 - The Old Kingdom - 6.56/10 (+3)
--- I mean shit even I don't want poison mushrooms that badly.
#49: LitDude - SMBX random sections can be confused - 6.72/10 (+3)
--- PICK ONE.
#48: Aeon Wisp - Vile Volcano - 6.79/10 (+2)
--- great theme, rockin music, bad level
#47: SuperWingedYoshi - Touchy Fuzzy Get Done - 6.83/10 (-1)
--- fuzzy
#46: Blueoak - Ice Path - 7/10 (!-16!)
--- Congrats, your old mundane score is now 100% worthless.
#45: Dragonmaster146 - Thriller - 7.02/10 (!-12!)
--- SO IS YOURS
#44: mariogeek2 - Concrete Forest - 7.03/10 (-2)
--- You should have placed a lot lower. Oh well.
#43: reghrhre - NO CGFX AND LINEAR LEVEL 0 POINTS - 7.09/10 (!-8!)
--- REGHEGREGHERGHERGHERGEHRGRHEGREHGERHGERHGREGREGREGHERGHERGERGRGH
#42: castlewars - FROZEN IS DA BEST MOVIE EVER!!! - 7.11/10 (+2)
--- waitwhat

THIRD TIER:

Spoiler: show

#41: Christian07 - Clawgrip's Tall Tower - 7.22/10 (!-8!)
--- Faithfulness can only buy so much.
#40: RoundPiplup - The Faulty Lab Tour - 7.29/10 (=0)
--- everyone else is sliding left and right and you're just sitting there
#39: Thetoxicminecrafter1 - A Voyage Through Spike Mountain - 7.5/10 (+2)
--- what was this about again?
#38: deadfish - Fancy Skies 7.5/10 (!-13!)
--- Your score DID NOT CHANGE AT ALL. (And that's terrible.)
#37: Jarckius - Betwixt Clouds - 7.51/10 (-3)
--- waiting for the elevator
#36: andregemeo23 - Volcanic Valley - 7.53/10 (+2)
--- shakeshake
#35: bulletbill43 - Gravitational Ice Cave - 7.54/10 (-6)
--- ice and gravity. okay
#34: GameClip477 - Emerald Ruins - 7.56/10 (+4)
--- BARK BARK BARK
#33: Bryux - Discotheque - 7.61/10 (-5)
--- -100 for no rainbow lava
#32: GLuigiX - Paperplains - 7.63/10 (=0)
--- Stayed right where you are. That's something considering how bad your level is.
#31: MidiGuyDP - Cloud Controll - 7.36/10 (!+12!)
--- I don't care if you jumped up 12 places. I still hate you.
#30: Star - Pyramid of Doom - 7.65/10 (!+15!)
--- PAY ME FOR THE DOOR REPAIR CHARGE
#29: Gintoki - Steins;Steppe - 7.67/10 (-7)
--- Down you go.
#28: h2643 - World 1-2 - 7.68/10 (-1)
--- is actually romhack
#27: zlakerboy357 - Subcon Snowland - 7.68/10 (!-17!)
--- And down YOU go. That's a much more fitting place.
#26: Kep - Freezing Forest Folly - 7.81/10 (+1)
--- what was yours about again?

FOURTH TIER:

Spoiler: show

#25: DarkMatt - The Calming Waters of the Mine - 7.87/10 (-1)
--- That's more like it. Wait, I WENT DOWN A PLACE SHIT CONTEST
#24: Imaynotbehere4long - Sharp Objects Are Usually Deadly - 7.88/10 (!+25!)
--- Are you happy now?
#23: TNTtimelord - Western Wild Mountain - 7.88/10 (-3)
--- pilgrim
#22: Frozen Rex - Spike Sanctuary - 8.02/10 (!-13!)
--- That's what you get for being bad at finding music.
#21: Beyond - Technologic Tubs - 8.13/10 (!+15!)
--- I appreciate seeing this much higher.
#20: Willhart - Red vs. Blue - 8.18/10 (-1)
--- -1 for 2madups
#19: bossedit8 - Final Fury Fortress - 8.27/10 (-6)
--- Your score changed by one one-hundreth of a point. Good job.
#18: Mudkip - Steins;Underwater - 8.29/10 (-6)
--- This is more suiting. Pretty looks can only buy so much.
#17: Vanishing Bulborb - NES Dungeon - 8.3/10 (+6)
--- WHY DID YOU MOVE UP? Gaaah, whatever
#16: ElTipsa - Burning Hot Red Sperm Volcanic Core of Fiery Cum - 8.47/10 (+5)
--- thats a lot of
#15: Quill - Forgotten Forest - 8.34/10 (=0)
--- nice and cozy 15th, kickin back watching the water on a moonlit night [/quill]
#14: litchh - Motobugs Field - 8.41/10 (+3)
--- NOW LEARN HOW TO LEVEL
#13: AirShip - 5-3 Freezing Frozen - 8.48/10 (-2)
--- ice n shit
#12: sezixor - Ashen Acropolis - 8.5/10 (-7)
--- this is a volcano
#11: SuperMario7 - Wild Western Walk - 8.53/10 (!-8!)
--- And down you go, pilgrim.
#10: Bomber57 - Foliage Fissure - 8.65/10 (-2)
--- grass n stuff
#9th: Valtteri - Mario Zone - 8.73/10 (+7)
--- Valt finally triumphs.

FIFTH TIER:

Spoiler: show

#8th: Shinbison-Kof - Exploration in Interior of the Strange Mammal Beached - 8.77/10 (+6)
--- I would like it if this didn't crash SMBX.
#7th: Hawkeyeone - Music Mania - 8.83/10 (!+19!)
--- WHY ARE YOU SUDDENLY THE BEST
#6th: Darkonius64 - Windy Woodtop - 8.84/10 (+1)
--- Million Gimmick March.
#5th: Sednaiur - Operation Star Snatcher - 8.87/10 (-1)
--- in space, no one can hear you marios
#4th: Kyo - Steins;Volcano - 8.8/10 (-2)
--- why has there been like a buncha volcano levels anyway
#3rd: FireLink - Starlight Spectral Shrub - 9.01/10 (+3)
--- spooky
#2nd: Epoch - Neon Flare - 9.1/10 (!+16!)
--- I think this is the one time bossedit8 ever scores something higher than a 9. Fucking shitass judge.
#1st: Emral - Steins;Lab - 9.46/10 (=0)
--- Still won. Deal with it.

Tower of Biased everybody!

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I would like to thank Valtteri specifically for giving me the contest levels so that I could make this thread. Also for being the one person who gave me really good criticism for my entry.

I'd also like to thank the smart people who posted in this thread. Thanks for keeping it alive while I was away.

And lastly, I'd like to thank the SMBX community and all those who participated SUBMITTED THEIR LEVEL in Level Contest 8 for being a (mostly) good sport about this thread. Really, I appreciate it.

[lPvPlFighter]

emral is still won lol

[HenryRichard]

I'm in tier two.

My life is complete.

[Megar]

damnit super metroid is in my head now

[SMBXxer]

D= DarkMatt still hates me.

[DarkMatt]

you suck != I hate you

[SMBXxer]

you suck != I hate you

[Mudkip]

F I was hoping you could put me into the top ten but yea


I fucking deserved it

[Vinyl Scratch]

#70: Vinyl - This level was approved by Mitt Romney - 1.67/10 (=0)
--- snoopdawwwwwwwwg

[RudeGuy]

41 place if there wasn't TNTtimelord and Emral as judges?

[Kyo]

This shit really wants to be hard without actually knowing what a hard level is. Nothing's more frustrating than lava everyfuckingwhere and thus having a single mistake spell death. That and OOP FORGOT THE FIRST SWITCH TIME TO GO BACK. That and the aesthetics. I've seen these before.

I understand where that's coming from. However, this level doesn't really try to be hard, so that's why it doesn't really "know what a hard level is". I have never cared so much for the gameplay than before (and ironically lost because of it), and you won't believe how hard the level was previously. It's like a completely different level now. I would never submit a level that intends to be hard, though. This community consists 80% of pussies that say "hard levels are automatically bad regardless of what's in it", so I'd be incredibly downrated and my efforts would have been wasted just because of the difficulty.

What I don't understand, though, is what switch you are talking about. There is no switch necessary to beat the level at all, except those in the second half, but you can't really overlook those, because you wouldn't be able to get further without them anyway. And yes, the aesthetics were worrying me. Nowadays, it's almost obligatory to have some fucking masterpiece-like custom handmade tilesets and other shit to have your level considered as good, but I didn't even bother to recolor the tileset. That is because I thought it suits the atmosphere I wanted to convey perfectly.

I'd also like to point out that the issue shown in the screenshot is a glitch with the SMBX engine that cannot be prevented. It occurs when NPCs don't spawn correctly, which can happen sometimes. I needed to have the upside down water replace NPCs because I had no animated 32x32 BGOs with four frames with mask left anymore.

[Bomber57]

This community consists 80% of pussies that say "hard levels are automatically bad regardless of what's in it", so I'd be incredibly downrated and my efforts would have been wasted just because of the difficulty.

[DarkMatt]

He is right about 80% of the community being pussies. I mean seriously, look at the difficulties I assigned. You can count how many levels got higher than a 3 on your fingers.

Also yeah, even if it's tiny little edits in palette, that's a great way to differentiate yourself from everybody else who uses the same graphics you do. I HOPE MORE PEOPLE DO THIS NEXT TIME.

[Marina]

He is right about 80% of the community being pussies. I mean seriously, look at the difficulties I assigned. You can count how many levels got higher than a 3 on your fingers.

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

B) I count that as a compliment

[Darkonius Mavakar]

Lol Gimmick march.
this was extremely pleasant and hilarious to read!

[Imaynotbehere4long]

#24: Imaynotbehere4long - Sharp Objects Are Usually Deadly - 7.88/10 (!+25!)
--- Are you happy now?

Huh? I never complained about my place (at least I didn't mean to come across that way). I didn't even participate in you poll. I guess I need to work on how I word my posts...

I do find it odd that the two judges who gave my level low scores were the two who got the most votes on your poll, though, as that causes my level to have the greatest increase in placement.

It is recommended you play this while you go through this list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwiNPRn2sNA

For a similar effect, play this song instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSeQ1_QNf-c

[SMBXxer]

DarkMatt, I have a question.

[Mable]

And you couldn't post it with the post you made??!!!!?!?!

[SMBXxer]

And you couldn't post it with the post you made??!!!!?!?!

...What?