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commodore · 02-17-2008, 12:14 AM

Thank you to Monkeecj, JBone92 and Chapman12 for providing us with valuable information on Course 1 Kewl Runnings on our Polar Plunge - Course 3 Guide. We decided to create a new thread dedicated to Course 1 to cause less confusion.

Trophy Update on 8 July, 2009:
Monkeecj won a trophy on this course today! Congrats Monkeecj!
Please see his screenshot when he received a surprise when he crossed the line at the end of this post.

Photos of Tricky parts of this course

Three snowmen at 4200

When you have extra boost speed, you can jump over all 3 easily, otherwise you need to jump over 2 of them at least.

Originally Posted by JBONE92

I actually very rarely clear the 3 snowman at 4200. What I have noticed though is that some days when I jump, I can jump a lot farther than other days, almost as if the entire system in running slower.

Three snowmen at 5300
This is another tricky trio of snowmen. This time no ramp to help you jump. You will need to approach this with full speed and jump over two of them and then the other one.

Cliff at 5500

Bumps and an Igloo at 5600
The tree is the same one from the above image.

Snowman - Tree - Snowman at 6300

Originally Posted by Commodore;

What I'm finding is that if you try and jump all three obstacles (snowman - tree - snowman), I will crash into the last snowman and it ends my game (that particular snowman is invincible).

Survived the snowman - tree - snowman at 6300

Originally Posted by Commodore;

I just cleared this trio but the game ended a little way down the course. What I did was crashed into the first snowman, jumped the tree but ran into the snowman but I could still continue for about 10 seconds more.

Originally Posted by chapman12

Not sure if this will help or not but when I get to this point I get as close to the first snowman as possible (at full speed) before jumping...Make sure you approach on a flat surface as seen in the first photo. This is the only way I have been able to clear this spot. Attached is the best picture I could get of me clearing the last snowman of the trio. I tried taking the picture earlier but this is what I got! Of course, right after this I crash into that silly snowman about 5 items down. I was so excited to have jumped over the snowman, tree, snowman trio that I forgot to jump. According to Jbone I guess I am close. Thanks again!

Snowman - Tree - Snowman at 6600
This is where my survival run from 6300 ended.

Originally Posted by chapman12

OK.. I finally made it pass the hill. What worked for me was to make a jump at FULL speed before the igloo which is located prior to the snowman mentioned in picture before. This kept me bouncing over the next obstacles. I made it a bit further over more snowman and then crashed (on the floor...oh that was me..ha).

18 Feb

Originally Posted by webkinz_crazy

My husband made some good progress on this course yesterday. Here's what he found...

On the hill around 6600 (like the pics from post #22) he goes super slow, pressing left the whole time so he can see what obstacles are coming. When he gets to that snowman with the broom before the tree, he hits it and then is able to jump over the tree that is right after it. Continuing downward he still goes slow until after he passes 2 igloos. Then he goes fast again.

30 degree slope at 6700

Continued on Post 2 ...

commodore · 02-17-2008, 12:14 AM

Continued from Post 1 ...

Igloo at 7000

At 7024 Mark

Theree snowmen with a broom at 7100

Igloo at 7300

Igloo at 7400

Steepest Cliff at 7700

Updated 20 August 2009 (for Monkeecj)

Updated 21 August 2009 with monkeecj's help:

Originally Posted by monkeecj

Thank you SO much, commodore!!!! Now I have given myself a definite way to get past this part of the course. Here's the route I am now taking:

The key is hitting that second snowman to be able to have a comfortable jump to the ledge before the last igloo. It is working well for me so far!!

Updated 21 August 2009:

Originally Posted by monkeecj

Also, as a follow-up to my above posts, that red line I drew as my path over that difficult 7700 spot works PERFECTLY for me! I can use it to get past that section almost every single time. I would suggest it to anyone trying to finish Kewl Runnings!

Igloo at 7800 (Updated 23 Feb)

Where is the finish line?

Originally Posted by commodore;

Can you recall approximately what your score might have been when you crossed the finish line so I know what I'm up against.

Originally Posted by JBONE92

For the snowman tree snowman, when I ran into the last snowman and didnt die, first I was completely thrilled beyoned belief. What seemed weird was as I went down the rest of the hill, it seemed as if something was wrong. There were very few obstacles and the end came a lot sooner then I thought. Im not sure if the ending was a glitch maybe because you arent supposed to get passed the snowman yet, but the ending came around 8000 if I remember correctly.I am not 100% sure for I made it down another time and it seemed completely different.

I am hoping soon that it will either happen to you so you can see what happens to you, or it happens to me again, or even better if it soon becomes possible to pass it most of the time.

18 Feb

Originally Posted by webkinz_crazy

He actually made it to 8200 points twice yesterday! I watched him once and heres what happened... There was a big downhill jump around 7900. The snowman that are positioned on the side of the downhill will kill you if you hit them, so make sure to get enough clearance of the side of the cliff. At the very bottom of this hill there are 3 (or 4, can't remember) trees that are evenly spaced for you to jump through... if you land in the correct position, that is. After these trees you are at about 8200 I believe and the course kept going! I think he died on something silly after that because we were both thinking that the course would be over after jumping those trees.

I hope this helps a little bit. We are not very good at taking screen shots while we are playing the game! But we will try to get some next time!

Originally Posted by chapman12

Thanks for letting me know I am getting close if you finished around 8000.

I have only tried this about 100 times!!!!!

Originally Posted by JBONE92

I am really anxious to see what the ending is like for your guyson this course. For someone reason it it didnt seem right to me,as if something was wrong. When you made it passed the snowman tree snowman, did it seem like the next one was really far away? On mine it felt like forever.

I am very confused though. This time seemed as if it were completley different.There is a big hill that just keeps going down with obstacles on it. I dont know if I was just oblivious to them last time but this time I recognized them and there are more than I thought.

Originally Posted by chapman12

Thanks! I am hoping that between you and Jbone we can all make it to the end of the so called "EASY" Course. Thanks for helping

Originally Posted by JBONE92

Hopefully soon too! The beginning is really easy, and basically boring. What stinks is we waste all this time just getting the point were we need to get passed, and then we die. So we start over, and over, and it just continues to happen until the one time you get lucky and make it. Whoever that person is, we will cheer for them!

Update on 26 July 2008:

Here is an updated image because we got just a little bit further on this course.
Now we're stuck at the bottom of a long run down the hill and not sure what follows after the tree stump and snowman ...

Update on 9 August 2008:

Here is an updated image because we got just a little bit further on this course.
I crashed into the 3 snowmen. That's where the game ended.

Updated 21 August 2009:

Originally Posted by monkeecj

However, in contrast to what I said before, I am NOT having very good luck with those last three snowmen in a row - no matter how far I jump, the last snowman always seems to get me. There must be some way to get over those with surety.... I will try to experiment some more to see what works.

Update: 4/4/09 - Course completed last week, this the 8300 mark

Updated 21 August 2009:

Originally Posted by monkeecj

After quite a few losses at those three snowmen, I am able to make some conclusions, although I am betting that you, commodore, already know of them all:

The reason one can lose at those three snowmen is because the second one is invincible - no matter how quickly you hit it, it will cause you to lose. Several snowmen in other courses do the same thing. In addition, however, this snowman has a sort of "force-field" around it that causes you to lose even if you just get very close to it and don't touch it. Another example of a "force-field" that I can think of is the igloo at the bottom of the final hill in Black Diamond which you have to jump significantly before reaching it or you will hit when still a bit away.

The only suggestion I have to passing these three snowmen is to slow down for just a moment before reaching the three of them, and THEN jumping over - what this is intended to do is cause your jump to be higher instead of farther. The issue when holding in the right arrow the entire time is that it makes the jump far instead of high which will cause you to "run into" the top of the second snowman. I suggest not jumping off of the cliff edge after the large pine tree and falling off instead for maximum speed (which is shown perfectly in the picture after the August 2008 update on the first post).

At least I THINK the above is correct.....

EDIT: I just had a very large and high jump that didn't even get close to the second snowman, and I STILL fell on the third.... Now I have no idea!!!

Originally Posted by monkeecj

After a few more wins, I am sticking with my opinion that it just has to be a HIGH jump instead of a far one - the higher you can go, the better (although you still have to go far enough to make it in the center of the third snowman). Maybe it takes some luck, too... I tested that it CAN be passed twice in a row, so there is no strange programming that makes it impossible to pass, and I assume that it is no different than any other spot on any other course - that there is no probability involved. You simply need a perfect jump!

Monkeecj's Trophy win (8 July 2009):

JBONE92 · 02-17-2008, 12:18 AM

Wow! Fantastic job putting this together. All this hard work is going to pay off soon, I can feel it. I am trying so hard to finish it again so we can have actuall proof with a picture of the finish and what the exact course length is.

commodore · 02-17-2008, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by JBONE92

Wow! Fantastic job putting this together. All this hard work is going to pay off soon, I can feel it. I am trying so hard to finish it again so we can have actuall proof with a picture of the finish and what the exact course length is.

Thanks to your efforts we were able to compile this information, so thank you to you.

webkinz_crazy · 02-17-2008, 12:46 AM

wow! thanks for doing all this work! this will be extremely helpful. my husband and I have been working like crazy on course 1. Do you pros have any suggestions for the part of the course around 5500 points where there is a steep downhill with trees and at the bottom there is a snowman to jump, some steps, and then a tree? we can't figure out a consistant way to clear this part of the course. thanks!

commodore · 02-17-2008, 01:32 AM

Originally Posted by webkinz_crazy

wow! thanks for doing all this work! this will be extremely helpful. my husband and I have been working like crazy on course 1. Do you pros have any suggestions for the part of the course around 5500 points where there is a steep downhill with trees and at the bottom there is a snowman to jump, some steps, and then a tree? we can't figure out a consistant way to clear this part of the course. thanks!

Hi webkinz_crazy, I have uploaded the stitched photo of the 5500 points mark of the whole clif.
It shows where I jumped at on the particular run which may help you. The last jump showing on the picture was too big a jump, but I have managed to slowdown and survived.