‘Twas Brillig*

It’s taken ages (I was expecting gold much sooner), but I’ve run out of missions in tanks - I completed mission 20 and the game just quit. The message posted on the message board by Wii Play implies that next time I play there will be more missions available. Most of my tanks were lost on Mission 12 which I’m sure is easier than I make it look. Mission 20 introduces white tanks which are a touch of pure evil.

2340 points in fishing tonight

There are times when gaming becomes obsessional and I’m afraid this is one of those times. For the last couple of nights I’ve been aiming for the platinum at billiards: repeatedly taking the first shot hoping to pot enough balls off the break that I could make good progress (last night I got five in off the break, but only managed 54 points); any failures - missed shots, fouls etc - meant immediately restarting. Tonight I got 60 points (no fouls and 7 shots) and a platinum medal. I believe the scoring is based on an opening score of 81 and every foul and/or shot taken reduces the score by 3. In theory that opening break of 5 should have given me (assuming no mistakes and a pot per shot) 63 points - so I don’t think I did that badly. Tonight my opening shot only potted two balls, but four of the remaining balls were paired up near the pockets - which made things much easier.

A quick go at Pose Mii while intellij loaded and compiled…

…and now I have no more bronze medals!

It turns out Gaz has got the platinum medal at Shooting Range using two wiimotes - so I just had to give it a bash. We both think 600 points is the target for platinum.

Last night I got my first platinum medal. I did a perfect run (my third ever and also my third of the evening) in Charge! with just over 26 seconds remaining - 326 points and a medal.