ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 @Aguy @spacepup @Gloves @drxandy @TDIRunner @Mega Tank @Splain @nesmaster14 @RegularGuyGamer @Gaia Gensouki @JamesRobot @Jicsan @ZeldaFan042 @darkchylde28 @DefaultGen @RH @Brickman @Red @NESfiend@the_wizard_666@Bearcat-Doug @FireHazard51 @DoctorEncore @SuperJimtendo @Dr. Morbis @mideast @Deadeye @JVOSS @koifish @acromite53 @KokiriChild @Jeevan @G-type @Bonanza125 @Lago @PII 1ST PLACE WINNERAVGN GAMER - 1,031 2ND PLACE WINNERDARKCHYLDE28 - 675 3RD PLACE WINNERKOIFISH - 196 8-BIT XMAS 2022 CART WINNERNESFIEND - 133 ------------------------ (If any of you would like to be removed from this ping list for future events, please let me know and I'll take your name off the list! Or, likewise, if you'd like to be added to the list, let me know as well! For these events, I ping people who have participated in previous events, and/or people who I think would be generally interested in future events.) Heya there everyone, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all! For this year's Christmas contest, we're going to be playing 8-bit Xmas 2022 on NES! If you don't already have it, you can download the ROM for free here! For those of you who haven't played it, here's how it works: The game is the original Super Mario Bros. on NES, except the layout of the world is completely randomized, and it never ends. You only have one life, and coins (which are capped at 12) act as a timer, which slowly ticks down, meaning your coins slowly disappear over time. If you run out of coins, you die (in addition to all the standard ways you can die in Mario Bros.) The game keeps track of both your score, and your distance. The goal is to get as far as you can before dying! With that said, the rules for this contest are very simple: Boot up the game, try to get the farthest you can, then submit your distance! For the sake of this challenge, scores will only be used as a tiebreaker in the unlikely event there happens to be a tie with any distance submissions. So, your main focus should be on your distance, as that is what will determine everyone's places in the contest. Prizes will be dealt out to those who end up with the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd farthest distances, respectively. And, in addition to everything stated above, there's gonna be another twist with this event. As I was coming up with the event, I was contacted by @The Grinch, and he was rambling about Christmas, games, all sorts of nonsense. But the gist of what he was saying seems to be as follows: @The Grinch will be submitting his own distances for the event as well. He will update his currently submitted distance if and when he improves it, just like all of you. By the end of the contest, should anyone's final distances be farther than The Grinch's final distance, they'll be entered in to a raffle to win a physical copy of 8-bit Xmas 2022! If only one participant's distance ends up being farther than The Grinch's, they'll win the copy by default! However, should nobody's distance surpass The Grinch's, he'll keep the copy of the game for himself and, in his own words, ruin Christmas for us all. He sounds pretty serious! This will have no bearing on the standard 1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes, this is simply a bonus prize in addition to those other prizes. So, with all that said, here are all the prizes up for grabs: 1st Place: $25 Amazon gift card or cash equivalent2nd Place: $20 Amazon gift card or cash equivalent3rd Place: $15 Amazon gift card or cash equivalentSurpass The Grinch's Final Distance: 8-bit Xmas 2022 cartridge raffle entry The only further stipulations to the contest are as follows: As you would expect, no save states, cheat codes, slow motion, turbo controllers, etc. are allowed. Anything that would give you any kind of advantage over playing the base game on real hardware is not allowed. If it feels like cheating, consider it not allowed. When you submit your distance, make sure it is either an actual photo, or a screenshot of the distance (if using an emulator) with your VGS username somewhere within view of the photo/screenshot. It could be a slip of paper with your VGS username written down on it, or if emulating, a text document displaying your VGS username. Use whatever method you like, so long as your username is clearly visible alongside your distance and score. After every run, an end screen is shown displaying your score and distance, this would be the best time to take the photo/screenshot, as you cannot pause the game as far as I can tell. In the event you manage to roll the distance counter over, simply take a screenshot of the end screen as normal, and just say in your post how many times you rolled the counter over. This is only because there's no real convenient way to take photos before and after the counter rolls over mid-game without losing coins, and I should be able to tell by your score if you're telling the truth so I'm not too concerned about it. If you've already submitted a distance, and you end up getting a better distance, you may of course submit the better distance, and it will simply replace your previous distance. This event will last from now until 12/26/2022 at 11:59 PM EST, a little over 1 week and 1 day from now. I decided to give you all an extra day over the usual 1 week length, since I imagine many of you are going to be quite busy over this next week, so I figured you all might be able to use the extra time. Once we make it past that deadline, that'll be the cutoff point for new distance submissions. I'll tally everyone's final distances up, and deal out prizes accordingly! Good luck, and I hope you all have fun! Remember that there are real prizes on the line here, so try your best! 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 LEADERBOARD Avgn Gamer - 1,031 darkchylde28 - 675 koifish - 196 CT - 191 BlackVega - 146 NESfiend - 133 TDIRunner - 117 Gloves - 97 JamesRobot - 92 Gaia Gensouki - 90 Deadeye - 82 PII - 52 (Higher score than Bearcat-Doug) Bearcat-Doug - 52 (Lower score than PII) THE GRINCH'S FINAL DISTANCE: 118 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grinch | 56 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) Distance: 11891 78 68 56 40 21 16 Edited December 25, 2022 by The Grinch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grinch | 56 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Yes, it is I the infamous Grinch And you Video Game Sages are worse than the Whos And reek of the same stench! Christmas has come And in my own mountain I am not very well sleeping With your video games incessantly boop booping and beep beeping So I have come to steal Christmas And to ensure that I do I will beat you all at your own game by a country mile plus two You can't beat the Grinch so why bother trying I'll be laughing at the finish line with the lot of you crying And I will sleep much easier Taking comfort in the chorus of all sages boo-hooing And knowing that for you, Christmas Day I am ruining! 1 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 2,012 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I was just looking for this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,885 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) 52 Edited March 24 by PII 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, PII said: 52 I'll still go ahead and count it, but don't forget: "When you submit your distance, make sure it is either an actual photo, or a screenshot of the distance (if using an emulator) with your VGS username somewhere within view of the photo/screenshot. It could be a slip of paper with your VGS username written down on it, or if emulating, a text document displaying your VGS username. Use whatever method you like, so long as your username is clearly visible alongside your distance and score. After every run, an end screen is shown displaying your score and distance, this would be the best time to take the photo/screenshot, as you cannot pause the game as far as I can tell." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 38 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,885 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 My bad, I got fixated on taking a screenshot before the level ended following death, not realizing that the relevant details show up on the title screen afterward and totally forgot my username.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgn Gamer | 669 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 1 hour ago, ZeldaFreak said: LEADERBOARD PII - 52 THE GRINCH'S DISTANCE: 16 This is fucking awesome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I like that the Grinch thinks he has a chance against us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,885 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, Avgn Gamer said: This is fucking awesome Opening Salvo, but thanks! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,569 Editorials Team · Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) What am I missing?? the Grinch can't jump to save his life! I can't get past the first pipe. My current distance is 001. Edit: figured it out. The problem was that I'm a huge doofus. Merry Christmas all! Edited December 19, 2022 by Splain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,735 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) Update: 117936154 21 Sorry, my camera does not like taking pictures of my CRT. Edited December 22, 2022 by TDIRunner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 555 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) Starting to get the hang of this. Glad it's a hack of a game that I already like! koifish - 062 EDIT: added a snarkier picture XD Edited December 19, 2022 by koifish new pic lmao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan | 8,910 Events Helper · Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, koifish said: Starting to get the hang of this. Glad it's a hack of a game that I already like! koifish - 062 name!!!!! lol, just letting you know 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 Yeah I'm not gonna be a jerk about it, especially since this is only the beginning of the contest anyway, but don't forget to include your usernames in your screenshots everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgn Gamer | 669 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I'm gonna need to take a day, I wanna make it to 500 before I post mine but when I get close. You'll see >:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan | 8,910 Events Helper · Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said: Yeah I'm not gonna be a jerk about it, especially since this is only the beginning of the contest anyway, but don't forget to include your usernames in your screenshots everyone! ya, i just happened to be on the thread as that one posted lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 555 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 500? Wow, I gotta step my game up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgn Gamer | 669 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I'm at 320 something at the moment, when you are underground you can get lucky and a majority of it is just a straight line. It's so awebsome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 555 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 oh, I didn't realize the pipes worked. Will try this next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgn Gamer | 669 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 500 is too much, this game angers me. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 555 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Nice score. I'm not having much luck with the underground. I keep on getting irritating fire wand mazes. Also, I am finding a lot of cruelly placed invisible coin blocks. XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,800 Events Team · Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Aw hell yeah that cart is mine. Suck it @The Grinch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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