Seed & Map: susiederkins

Special Achievements

• Rolling! Higher than 8 out of 10 in hills and mountains.
• Anseled! Higher than 8 out of 10 in awesome features.

Rating

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• ++ Advanced ++
• Expert
• Suicidal Expert

Spawn and Version

Spawn: 0.64.-22
Version: XBL 1.1.1 (equiv Beta 1.7.3)

Seed Score MH 8.1 DW 5.2 C 2.1 W 3.8 SP 6.6 VR 3.1 AF 8.9     37.8

Etymology

Susie Derkins is Calvin's foil in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. To say that they have a love-hate relationship is putting it mildly. Of course, Hobbes is more than happy to return her affections.

My Review

While there are many steep mountains to be had in this seed, I was shocked to find that moving around between them was not a problem. They're all fairly easy to scale -- even the tallest one that takes you all the way up to Y=120. Given how many shadowy places there are, I wouldn't recommend this for beginners. However, plenty of challenges for even the most advanced players make this seed well worth checking out.

Can't Miss

The seed Gargamel is known for a massive above-ground cavern full of bad guys. This level contains a similar Gargamel-style cavern. It's not as big, but still formidable.

Map

It's basically one large hunk of land with a small smattering of water and islands to the extreme east side of the map.

SEED MAP PIXEL COUNTS Classification: Tundra water 29.1% forest 5.6% plains 26.3% sand 2.4% ice/snow 31.5% * margin of error +/- 1.0%

Items of Interest

• [-23.77.-6] Can't Miss: mega Gargamel-style cavern
• [-24.78.336] two pumpkin patches
• [53.71.383] small, flattop butte and small floater
• [250.65.205] medium floater
• [354.60.66] dungeon with two chests
• [343.70.-19] medium cove with small flatland
• [337.67.-181] large clay
• [366.75.-266] large shortcut cave and large coal
• [200.72.-262] fantastic dome with hole in roof, medium cliff dive
• [132.95.-50] large tabletop overhang
• [97.71.-36] medium land bridge
• [0.120.-35] highest point
• [-40.84.-83] large sinkhole
• [28.106.-122] large valley
• [29.73.-290] pumpkins
• [138.67.-314] small erosion, iron
• [105.65.-353] large clay
• [52.66.-353] huge clay
• [-53.72.-310] small cave complex, Y=50
• [-283.81.-135] large shadowy overhang above cliff, small waterfall, small cliff dive
• [-217.70.-126] two large land bridges
• [-166.87.-96] medium sinkhole
• [-279.74.-30] small arête
• [-262.69.74] thick forest, sugar
• [-312.88.271] two small floaters
• [-302.72.297] medium cave complex
• [-246.72.352] medium flatland
• [-173.76.323] pumpkins

Images

There are actually a lot of things to see and do on this level. I probably have another three photos that just missed the cut.

First up, the cave (topmost photo) here is a Gargamel-style mega cave full of bad guys and death. I assure you getting through here on any level other than "no bad guys" is gonna be tough. The other image at top is a large, shadowy overhang located in another part of the seed. I like that the waterfall pours out onto the ice here -- unrealistic, but neat.

Finally, the three photos at right are c) a double land bridge setup, d) a misty mountain in early morning, and e) a relatively steep valley amidst some tall mountains (mountain at far right is tallest).