Competitive Pac-Man is played with 5 lives to start + 1 extra at 10k. This setting was established to avoid a scenario where a player achieves a perfect game with 3+1 lives (3,333,180) while another achieves the same with 5+1 lives (3,333,360). Although both scenarios are equally difficult, using the 5+1 setting became the preferred setting among the community. If everyone who achieved a perfect game did so with the 3+1 setting, and someone later played with the 5+1 setting and scored an additional 180 points, would this be considered a greater accomplishment? No, but it would create confusion. The 3 lives versus 5 makes a big difference if you are not going for a perfect score, yes. But I've set my game to 5 lives since it's the accepted default setting. I'm not doing it to look for some advantage. :)
Definitely know your pattern well. I remember this one from years ago. I always liked going back up to finish the coupled dots.
Indeed. It's nice how the remaining dots at the end fall in line.
This looks less like a pattern you can memorize than just going 'round and 'round until you get the ghosts to follow you to the energizer.
5 lives?
Competitive Pac-Man is played with 5 lives to start + 1 extra at 10k. This setting was established to avoid a scenario where a player achieves a perfect game with 3+1 lives (3,333,180) while another achieves the same with 5+1 lives (3,333,360). Although both scenarios are equally difficult, using the 5+1 setting became the preferred setting among the community.
If everyone who achieved a perfect game did so with the 3+1 setting, and someone later played with the 5+1 setting and scored an additional 180 points, would this be considered a greater accomplishment? No, but it would create confusion.
The 3 lives versus 5 makes a big difference if you are not going for a perfect score, yes. But I've set my game to 5 lives since it's the accepted default setting. I'm not doing it to look for some advantage. :)