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2020-08-04 20:51 Arno  
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title: Golden Second  
  
There's enough time for preparations, but in the end it all comes down to a single second of action!

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2020-08-05 12:19 dustin  
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 nesdori ? are there bonus \? :d

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2020-08-05 13:55 nesdori  
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 dustin , after a long stare and few experiments i would say that there truly are bonus \ possible. the interesting question is how many? 3 or even more.. :)

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2020-08-05 20:16 dustin  
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sounds promising! although i haven't found a concrete way to get more than 7\, i was almost certain that more should be possible, as there are so many different possibilities that the random generation offers... ;d

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2020-08-05 20:39 Arno  
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a solution with 8\ :-D  
  
i'll show it later to keep the challenge for now! ;-)

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2020-08-05 20:48 Arno  
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ok now with 9\ ;-D

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2020-08-05 21:49 dustin  
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cool! i'm just trying to remember my 7\ solution... :d

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2020-08-05 22:42 nesdori  
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ok, to complete the sequence i made 10\ solution although i'm not sure if this is the end yet.. :)

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2020-08-06 07:57 Arno  
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ow nice!   
my 9\ run free! i had some ideas for more\ but also encountered some obstacles... ;-D

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2020-08-06 08:58 nesdori  
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 Arno , we are using the same magic walls which is not a surprise :) i also have an idea how to get more \. at least one more :)

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2020-08-06 09:28 nesdori  
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11\ :)  
  
 Arno , tell me when you are done and i'll show my solution. i guess no more competitors or maybe  darkstoorm  is planning something nasty.. :O :)

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2020-08-06 15:22 Arno  
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yes, i've given up the search for more \; various ideas but mostly a misfit in available space...  
  
i'm curious to see your 11\ run! ;-D

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2020-08-06 16:40 nesdori  
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ok then, my solution visible. the idea is quite simple: 5 free falling boulders can go through a mw in one second with 8 fps. so i built two stacks of boulders above the upper mw:s and release them so that the first boulder of each stack hits mw at the same time. the 6th boulder on the right side stack is just to provide support for the topmost boulder of the left stack so that the boulder won't fall to right. if there's enough space under the mws this setup would alone provide 10\ but because there's a barrier under the rightmost mw one of the boulders won't get converted because there's no space for previous \ to fall away. there's really nothing rockford can do about it because he can't snap the blocking \. so with this set up 5+4 \ is got. two additional \ are got from the bottom mw. again the 3rd boulder on the stack is there just to provide support for the 2nd boulder by falling right and thus preventing the 2nd boulder falling right. i couldn't use a piece of dirt to do that because rockford must hurry to release the stack and he would dig supporting dirt too early. i really don't see a way to get 12+ \ with this strategy. maybe it's possible with some completely different strategy :)

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2020-08-06 17:36 dustin  
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very nice runs guys! how chalenging such a randomized cave can be :d

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2020-08-06 21:06 Arno  
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ah great! :-D

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2020-08-07 18:26 dustin  
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thx :)