Pier Solar: Official Thread

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02-03-2011, 11:40 PM
Guntz

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Originally Posted by Joe Redifer

Guntz, it has gone largely unnoticed? I didn't know that. I thought people were participating.

Go see the official contest thread on the Pier Solar boards. Not nearly as much activity as one would think.
02-03-2011, 11:52 PM
Flygon

I tried to enter the contest, but they said that I should use actual photographs using actual Pier Solar merchandise instead.

I honestly don't have a clue what to do in that case, play strip poker against a Watermelon, end up with only the Pier Solar cartridge covering my groin, and get someone else to photograph the scene?
02-04-2011, 04:17 AM
Zebbe

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flygon

I honestly don't have a clue what to do in that case, play strip poker against a Watermelon, end up with only the Pier Solar cartridge covering my groin, and get someone else to photograph the scene?

The contest popup says "posters are meant to be pined, stickers are meant to be stickied". So use them and photograph them. More details here:

http://www.piersolar.com/contest/index.php
02-04-2011, 07:51 AM
Flygon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zebbe

The contest popup says "posters are meant to be pined, stickers are meant to be stickied". So use them and photograph them. More details here:

http://www.piersolar.com/contest/index.php

Am I not allowed to exaggerate? :p
02-04-2011, 11:08 AM
Guntz

See? This is the exact same problem I ran into immediately when I tried to answer the contest's rules. This truly is an extremely difficult contest to crack... Sorta like the actual game of Pier Solar according to several people in here.
02-04-2011, 11:10 AM
QuickSciFi

I thought the contest would also be available to reprint buyers.
02-04-2011, 12:55 PM
matteus

Did Polo Solo man get his copy in the end? I was just catching up on a few things and watched his final video that mentioned me a hell of alot haha!
02-04-2011, 01:33 PM
Zebbe

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuickSciFi

I thought the contest would also be available to reprint buyers.

It is, that is why the contest lasts about one month after first reprint run has shipped.
02-04-2011, 02:38 PM
old man

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flygon

I tried to enter the contest, but they said that I should use actual photographs using actual Pier Solar merchandise instead.

I honestly don't have a clue what to do in that case, play strip poker against a Watermelon, end up with only the Pier Solar cartridge covering my groin, and get someone else to photograph the scene?

If I were judging the contest you would definitely win for that. lol
02-04-2011, 05:33 PM
Joe Redifer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guntz

See? This is the exact same problem I ran into immediately when I tried to answer the contest's rules. This truly is an extremely difficult contest to crack... Sorta like the actual game of Pier Solar according to several people in here.

I don't see what's so difficult. Hang up the poster somewhere and/or put the stickers up somewhere and then take a picture of their placement. Submit the picture. Entry complete.
02-04-2011, 05:58 PM
QuickSciFi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zebbe

It is, that is why the contest lasts about one month after first reprint run has shipped.

Cool beans.
02-04-2011, 06:51 PM
Melf

Played a bit today. I got to the crab boss and he killed me with this jumping attack that he used two consecutive rounds and did way more damage than I could heal. Healing items seem to be way too expensive, and magic uses too many points per spell. It's been said here that there's no need to grind, but in order to have the money to buy the mass amount of healing items needed (considering the high ambush and poison rate), grinding seems necessary, for money if not for levels.

And the platform part seemed to be hard just for the sake of being hard. Platforms and switches hidden behind pillars? Why? I must have spent the better part of an hour wandering around trying to find out what to do, and if I hadn't read Ecco's post, I'd probably still be looking. I'll try again later, since I don't want to have to reload and grind for money right now.
02-04-2011, 07:14 PM
Guntz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Redifer

I don't see what's so difficult. Hang up the poster somewhere and/or put the stickers up somewhere and then take a picture of their placement. Submit the picture. Entry complete.

Excerpt from the contest page:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pier Solar Official Website

Be creative! Be proud! Be bold! Let the world know the 16-Bit generation is back!

Hence, no ordinary form of shameless advertising will do. That's where things get difficult. How do you do something extraordinary when it has all been done before? Where does one even start? Maybe that's why the contest's thread on the PS Boards hasn't been very active...
02-04-2011, 07:17 PM
Zebbe

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melf

Played a bit today. I got to the crab boss and he killed me with this jumping attack that he used two consecutive rounds and did way more damage than I could heal. Healing items seem to be way too expensive, and magic uses too many points per spell. It's been said here that there's no need to grind, but in order to have the money to buy the mass amount of healing items needed (considering the high ambush and poison rate), grinding seems necessary, for money if not for levels.

Some need to grind, some don't.

Quote:

And the platform part seemed to be hard just for the sake of being hard. Platforms and switches hidden behind pillars? Why?

They couldn't be hidden elsewhere. You can see them find their places as they take their route from point B to point A.
02-04-2011, 08:54 PM
synbiosfan

I may have whined about certain parts but I finished it without looking to the net for help. My hardest part was finding the lady to give the perfume to.