BeaIank | 1,618 Events Team · Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Ladies and gentlemen, we are nearing the time of our 2022 VGS NES WEEKLY CONTEST TOURNAMENT! So, in order for our players to best prepare for it, @guillavoie and I have decided to share the details of how the tournament will work this year: The top 8 better qualified players in the Geral scoreboard will be invited to the tournament Should any not accept, the next best qualified player will be invited in place The tournament will take place in 3 weeks. Each week, the 8 players will compete in 2 different genre of games out of the 6 genres of the weekly contest Week 1 will be Beat'em Up and Sports. The games will be Batman Returns (Beat'em Up) and Pro Wrestling (Sports) The games for week 2 will be revealed at the start of week 1. Week 2 will be shooter and puzzle. The games for the final week will be revealed at the start of week 2. The final will be action and arcade For weeks 1 and 2, the players will be awarded points for their placement in each game as follow: 1st place - 5 points 2nd place - 4 points 3rd place - 2 points 4th place - 1 point 5th and onward - No points For the final week, the points for each game will be awarded as follow: 1st place - 10 points 2nd place - 8 points 3rd place - 6 points 4th place - 5 points 5th place - 4 points 6th place - 3 points 7th place - 2 points 8th place - 1 point The champion will be the player that gathered the most points through the three weeks of the tournament! Should there be the need for a tie breaker, the Geral scoreboard points will be used to define the winner. Get ready as the tournament starts on November, 13th, 2022! Our top 8 players that are invited to the tournament are: @PII @Dr. Morbis @Krunch @the_wizard_666 @mbd39 @Bearcat-Doug @NESfiend @docile tapeworm Please, post in this thread confirming your participation. Should any of them decide to not partake in the tournament, @8bitdontquit is our runner up to take the vacant spot! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I snuck in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 6 hours ago, docile tapeworm said: I snuck in! I hope you're going to try a little bit harder than you did in last year's tournament... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Just now, Dr. Morbis said: I hope you're going to try a little bit harder than you did in last year's tournament... Did he even end up posting a score in the first round? I forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said: Did he even end up posting a score in the first round? I forget. Yeah but it was the lowest-effort attempt in a tournament round of all time. He played Challenger and got killed by the first guy he saw on the overhead map screen or something like that... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Dr. Morbis said: Yeah but it was the lowest-effort attempt in a tournament round of all time. He played Challenger and got killed by the first guy he saw on the overhead map screen or something like that... I knew it was something of that nature, but I couldn't remember exactly. I didn't think Challenger was that bad of a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 13 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: Yeah but it was the lowest-effort attempt in a tournament round of all time. He played Challenger and got killed by the first guy he saw on the overhead map screen or something like that... 8 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said: I knew it was something of that nature, but I couldn't remember exactly. I didn't think Challenger was that bad of a game. I had full health when I got to that guy or something like that I remember thinking “this guy won’t die” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,884 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Bearcat-Doug said: I knew it was something of that nature, but I couldn't remember exactly. I didn't think Challenger was that bad of a game. I thought it was kinda neat-o. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 7 hours ago, PII said: I thought it was kinda neat-o. The overhead levels where you threw the knives seemed to be Legend of Zelda inspired. The caves where it switched to a side scrolling game seemed similar to the caves and temples from Adventure of Link. It wasn't the greatest game ever, but I'd probably give it a solid 6/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Oh man, I haven't played Batman Returns in years. I remember the annoying enemies and high difficulty. I reached Penguin when we played last time but I didn't beat it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 3 hours ago, mbd39 said: Oh man, I haven't played Batman Returns in years. I remember the annoying enemies and high difficulty. I reached Penguin when we played last time but I didn't beat it. I was the only person to beat it during the 2013 and 2015 contests. It looks like the 2018 scores were much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 4 hours ago, mbd39 said: Oh man, I haven't played Batman Returns in years. I remember the annoying enemies and high difficulty. I reached Penguin when we played last time but I didn't beat it. It looks like @Tablew/chairs beat it back in 2018. It's crazy to think that in three contests, only two people finished the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,515 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 5 hours ago, mbd39 said: Oh man, I haven't played Batman Returns in years. I remember the annoying enemies and high difficulty. I reached Penguin when we played last time but I didn't beat it. Annoying enemies and high difficulty? Im shocked. Been years since I played through it, but I either beat it or came very close without experiencing NES rage. By memory, its easier than those double dragon games you clearly managed to master. Im excited to dive back in! @BeaIank, may be asking for too much, but can we get some parameters on the first 2 games? Guessing batman will be 1 life. Pro wrestling, you can choose your character and i assume it loops. If there is a particular character we will have to use, that would be nice to know so pratice time doesnt go to waste. Loop ruling would be nice too, but again, I know Im asking a lot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Bearcat-Doug said: It looks like @Tablew/chairs beat it back in 2018. It's crazy to think that in three contests, only two people finished the game. I think me, you and tables are the only ones who got that far, although I didn't beat it. It's one of the harder beat em ups we've played. It's also not that popular compared to Double Dragon and Turtles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 54 minutes ago, NESfiend said: Annoying enemies and high difficulty? Im shocked. Been years since I played through it, but I either beat it or came very close without experiencing NES rage. By memory, its easier than those double dragon games you clearly managed to master. Im excited to dive back in! @BeaIank, may be asking for too much, but can we get some parameters on the first 2 games? Guessing batman will be 1 life. Pro wrestling, you can choose your character and i assume it loops. If there is a particular character we will have to use, that would be nice to know so pratice time doesnt go to waste. Loop ruling would be nice too, but again, I know Im asking a lot After you win the title in Pro Wrestling you defend it against all of the wrestlers before you have a title unification belt against Great Puma so I don't know what the tiebreaker would be for the people that finish the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,618 Events Team · Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 22 hours ago, NESfiend said: @BeaIank, may be asking for too much, but can we get some parameters on the first 2 games? Guessing batman will be 1 life. Pro wrestling, you can choose your character and i assume it loops. If there is a particular character we will have to use, that would be nice to know so pratice time doesnt go to waste. Loop ruling would be nice too, but again, I know Im asking a lot Batman Returns: Make it to stage 5-1 in one life, pause and take your picture. If you can't make to 5-1 in one life, your score will be zero. Pro Wrestling: Pick any wrestler of your preference. Win the first 4 matches and take the picture of the time you took in each match. Lowest sum of times win. You must win all 4 matches (total and wins must be 4. You can't lose a single match or your time will be 9:59:59). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 2 hours ago, BeaIank said: Batman Returns: Make it to stage 5-1 in one life, pause and take your picture. If you can't make to 5-1 in one life, your score will be zero. The contest is basically beat the organ grinder with one life. Oh man that's mean, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,618 Events Team · Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, mbd39 said: The contest is basically beat the organ grinder with one life. Oh man that's mean, lol. You all made to the tournament. So no more kind, gentle rules. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,515 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 On 10/31/2022 at 4:33 PM, BeaIank said: Batman Returns: Make it to stage 5-1 in one life, pause and take your picture. If you can't make to 5-1 in one life, your score will be zero. I assume using the box isnt considered using a life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,618 Events Team · Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, NESfiend said: I assume using the box isnt considered using a life? It will be. You're alone in the dark and on your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray | 2,448 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 11:05 AM, docile tapeworm said: I snuck in! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,515 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 1 hour ago, BeaIank said: It will be. You're alone in the dark and on your own. Oh that is sadistic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_wizard_666 | 1,325 Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 On 10/31/2022 at 3:33 PM, BeaIank said: Batman Returns: Make it to stage 5-1 in one life, pause and take your picture. If you can't make to 5-1 in one life, your score will be zero. Pro Wrestling: Pick any wrestler of your preference. Win the first 4 matches and take the picture of the time you took in each match. Lowest sum of times win. You must win all 4 matches (total and wins must be 4. You can't lose a single match or your time will be 9:59:59). Separating the @BeaIank level players from the @docile tapeworm level ones in a real hurry here I'm definitely gonna have to practice. Haven't played Batman Returns very far...not sure if I've even beat the first level before. Pro Wrestling sounds doable though...just gotta get good enough to win four matches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 1 hour ago, the_wizard_666 said: Separating the @BeaIank level players from the @docile tapeworm level ones in a real hurry here Hey I’m gonna be there for Batman returns. pro wrestling I’ve never liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 22 minutes ago, docile tapeworm said: pro wrestling I’ve never liked. Really? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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