I'm Back!

For an introduction / explanation, go to: http://megamanmarathonrun.blogspot.com/2008/08/mega-man-marathon-run-introduction.html

I should apologize. It's been a while. Hopefully, someone is still reading this.

I left for California on a long, exhausting business trip, and I didn't have much time to practice Mega Man. I basically worked every day from morning until night. Only one night of the whole thing did I even use the emulator on my laptop to play, but I was too exhausted to take it seriously.

The allergies, jet lag, and temperature difference pretty much guaranteed I would be sick when I got back. Upon returning on Saturday, I didn't even bother to try my roundabout. After painfully getting back into my workout routine, I played a bit in the evenings last week, but I didn't have the mental energy to focus properly, so I really only got about 4.5 hours of practice in this week (as opposed to the usual 9.5).

After putting all of that behind me, I felt great today. I played my roundabout all the way through. The results were bittersweet:

I got a score of 45/46. I played through the MM1-5 robot masters without death, and then died on the last one of MM6. Very disappointing, but very encouraging as well. It shows that even with time off, I can retain this information and perform well. It also is a new high score. It doesn't get any higher without me beating it and moving on to the next set of goals.

Next week, I will practice MM1 on Tuesday, MM2 on Wednesday, and MM6 on Thursday. I'll be primarily focused on the castle levels for my next set of goals.

Also, I still have plans to get some video up here soon.