I formulate the special rules as follows:(posted 8776 days ago)Rule 1. Player is awarded a 1 million point bonus for each spare life at the end of the game. The bonus life occasionally found in a pot (little knight icon) does not count.
Rule2. Points collected in the iteration of 5th level of round 2 do not count and must be subtracted from player’s final score. Possible bonus lives resulting from these points do not count for the 1 million bonus.
Confirmers need not watch an inp file more than once: all they have to do is write down how many times player dies and how many points player has at the end of 5th level of round 2. If then player manages to finish the game (no matters after how many iterations of 5th level), 10k points (= Lucifer) will be added. Also, confirmers need not check whether or not player has collected the ‘pot life’ because the 1 million bonus is directly calculated from score: bonus lives are in fact won at 30k, 60k, 130k, 200k, 270k, 340k. Let’s assume a player finished the game with score 215k and died 5 times, then he will have 2 spare lives at the end (7 – 5) and his definitive score will therefore be 2,215,000 (note that the maximum amount of spare lives at the end of the game is 8: if you never die you can get more than 270k but no more than 340k. Actually no more than 300k).
Let’s now examine a few actual cases, starting from Olympiad winner François Daniel’s game. His spurious score is 339,900 pts. After defeating for the first time 5th level boss in round 2 he had 296,100 pts and since he eventually managed to finish the game we must add 10k, which gives 306,100 pts. He died 8 times and since he originally earned 339,900 pts he must have won 5 bonus lives (he missed the 6th for just 100 pts) which added to the 3 initial lives give a total of 8 lives. Then, 8 minus 8 equals 0, meaning that he will be awarded no million bonus: his definitive score is 306,100 pts. This seeming contradiction (he did have one spare life at the end) is explained by the fact that he collected the ‘pot life’.
Blost’s score, 250,900 pts, is more straightforward: he died twice and did not iterate 5th level of round 2. From his score I infer that he collected 7 lives (including the 3 initial ones). Then, 7 minus 2 equals 5. His definitive score will be 5,250,900.
My own score, 276,900 pts: I did not die nor iterate 5th level of round 2. I had 8 spare lives at the end of the game. My definitive score will be 8,276,900.
See, it’s as simple as that...