Changes: Melinda time

Revision as of 01:26, 16 November 2012

The Melinda time is a term used to refer a time higher than the current bold time that theoretically could be obtained, but would require extreme luck and/or skill - often both - to obtain. They are almost always caused by the use of random elements.

CC1 Melinda times

#	Name	Bold	Melinda time	Reason
23	Blobnet	436	444	Requires no interference from the blobs.
146	Cake Walk	712	717	Requires extreme luck with random force floors near the end: Chip must push the block on them, and it must stay there long enough for him to open the red lock and move either DL or DR to safety. Whether 717 or a lower time is reached depends on whether the block arrives immediately after the DL/DR move or takes slightly longer.

Skelzie

Skelzie is one special case: its bold route is 454.2, and with Chip's (2U) move to a green button possibly being covered by a blob, 455 may be possible. Whether the pink balls remaining in the telenet that makes up the nine main rooms of the level will delay Chip longer than they do in the 454 route, and whether the Teleport Skip Glitch can even be used effectively with the different ball locations, are unknown because applying and executing the glitch is difficult - and limited to only MS play.

CC1 Melinda times, originally untimed

#	Name	Bold	Melinda time	Reason
133	Blobdance	949	951	Requires zero interference from the blobs.
136	Doublemaze	926	927	The rare exception to the random element rule of Melinda times, Doublemaze requires perfect boosting for the entire level.

CCLP2 Melinda times

#	Name	Bold	Melinda time	Reason
98	Loop	37	38	Requires perfect luck with the random force floors.
119	Teeth	280	281	Requires perfect luck to within [2] on the random force floors.
140	Keep Trying	481	Unknown	The Melinda time is difficult to calculate because of the large amount of random force floors and the erratic pattern of the toggle walls. When the bold was 476, the time was calculated as 488, but improvements in the non-random area of the level have left this total indefinite.

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 | 23 || [[Blobnet]] || 436 || 444 || Requires no interference from the [[blob]]s. <!---Possibly only 443.--->
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-| 126 || [[Block N Roll]] || 441 || 443 || Requires little to no interference from the [[walker]]s. <!---Please derandomize using the new route.--->
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 | 146 || [[Cake Walk]] || 712 || 717 || Requires extreme luck with random [[force floor]]s near the end: [[Chip]] must push the [[block]] on them, and it must stay there long enough for him to open the [[red lock]] and move either DL or DR to safety. Whether 717 or a lower time is reached depends on whether the block arrives immediately after the DL/DR move or takes slightly longer. <!---What was the chance of success? I think David said it was something like 72/65,536, but I know it was something ending in 65,536...--->
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 ! # !! Name !! Bold !! Melinda time !! class="unsortable" | Reason
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-| 59 || [[Lot of Danger]] || 352 || 353 || Requires perfect luck with the random force floors to within [1/2] (a 1/2,048 chance) and no interference from the walkers.
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-| 63 || [[Jungle]] || 128 || 129 || Requires an alternate path that is very risky because of the high concentration of blobs, and for blobs to delay a [[teeth]] from moving towards Chip on at least two occasions so that it does not interfere with his moves.
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 | 98 || [[Loop]] || 37 || 38 || Requires perfect luck with the random force floors.