Par 6 seem impossible? At least 15 necessary at the least?
There's a trick to it
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#13Par 6 my ass
You can go from the starting position to the last u-turn, skipping nearly the whole course. But I doubt that's intentional.
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#14Par 6 seem impossible? At least 15 necessary at the least?
I got 12. I'm not going to tell you the secret though.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://i.imgur.com/PzlgXnD.png skill issue edit: https://i.imgur.com/9xnntqB.mp4 fairly reliable trick shot
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screenshot of finishing with 4 strokes / 6 par (tho my locked-in daily result was 14 strokes).
The video is bouncing the ball of a wall right at the start to make it jump over the wall, water, and corner behind the start, to skip most of the track.
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#16Prove you can get in the hole in just 6 putts, damn you.
You can bounce the ball up slightly (presumably the spin from rolling is modeled or approximated, and gives lift when hitting a bumper), which might be enough to skip from the tee to near the end of the course. Not sure that should be considered for "par" though. Took me 14.
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#17Feels like there's too much rolling resistance, even with a perfectly lined up shot there's not so far you can go. And definitely not enough to make it in 6! Also if the camera angle is too high, you can't pull back far enough to reach maximum speed.
tweaking this currently, thanks for the feedback
My pasteable "scorecard" was fairly simplistic, just 8 solid green circles followed by an ellipsis. I think you could improve this by dividing the course into regions (either visibly or invisibly - same number of regions as the par) and considering each hit to be green if it makes forward progress, amber if it doesn't, or red if it goes backwards. And don't truncate it if it takes more than 8 shots!
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://i.imgur.com/PzlgXnD.png skill issue edit: https://i.imgur.com/9xnntqB.mp4 fairly reliable trick shot
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
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1. Download Tor Browser from https://www.torproject.org/download/ 2. Visit the site in Tor Browser 3. Tell everyone you know about 1 and 2, and remind them that if they ever actually "verify their age" or any other bullshit, they're likely to have their identity stolen and their details leaked. Never do this. Tell the government to suck a fat one. 4. Use https://www.writetothem.com/ to write to your MP and tell them…
Honestly I assumed imgur blocked tor exits, but you're right, it doesn't (at least not in my test just now).
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#20This is really awesome! But par 6 is absolute bullshit. I thought I was doing really good, made great progress with every putt, didn't seem to make any major mistakes... but way over par :( I'll return tomorrow and try again