**VideoGameSage Weekly Contest Leaderboard & Rules 2019**

[guillavoie | 1,208]

Welcome to the 2019 VideoGameSage Weekly Contests!  

Don't you guys worry, there will be a tournament at the end of the year.  The addition of more icons is still up in the air, so at this time, the creation of new icons is on hold.  Good luck to everyone who participates!

Weekly Contest Moderators
bimmy_lee (AWOL)
guillavoie
Bea_Iank

WEEKLY CONTEST ARCHIVES (Hosted on NA for now)

Interested in reading up on the history of the Weekly Contests?  Check out Brock Landers awesome Weekly Contest history thread here (thanks Brock for taking the time to compile all the info):

for "vintage" NA users:

http://vintage.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3...


for normal NA users:

http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&th...



GENERAL CONTEST RULES

Please read these rules carefully before you submit a score.  Failure to comply with the rules may result in your score being disqualified.  If you're new to the contests, please take a few minutes to read over the rules to make sure you submit your scores correctly.

Posting Scores

- In order to submit a score for the contest, take a picture of your score with your NA user name written or typed on a piece of paper, which must be present in the picture. Your NA user name MUST be in the picture or the score will be invalid and not accepted or considered.
- The entire TV screen, or computer monitor if you are playing on an emulator, MUST be in the picture for the score to be valid.  No partial screenshots will be considered or accepted.  No screenshots by hitting "print screen" on a computer will be allowed.  You must take a picture of your computer monitor.  There may be instances where this will be acceptable, but it will be at the discretion of myself and the contest organizers.
- Old scores from past contests are not acceptable as submissions.  You must play the game during the week it has been selected for the contests.  Anyone suspected as passing off an old score as a new one will have their score disqualified and asked to resubmit a new one.
- When posting a new score, please begin your post by typing out your score.  Larger font (18pt) is preferred.
- If you are posting an updated score, please edit your initial post with the new photo and score. You can still create a separate new post as a bump to notify you edited your score if desired.  Editing your original post makes it much easier for the contest organizers to tally up the scores at the end of the week and also ensures that we don't make a mistake and credit you for the wrong score.

Systems

- NTSC systems will be the only consoles allowed for the contests.  PAL systems and games will not be allowed.  There are some PAL games that are optimized to run at the same speed and difficulty as NTSC games.  These will be allowed for use in the contests, but you MUST contact me or guillavoie first before using such a game so that we can investigate it.  Failure to contact us first could result in your score being disqualified.

Emulators

- Emulators ARE allowed to be used in the weekly contests. However, anything that may give a player an advantage with an emulator over playing on the system is NOT allowed. This includes, but is not limited to, save states, Game Genie codes, altered ROMS, and turbo controls.  It is preferred if everyone plays on a console.
- There may be some weeks where emulator use will not be allowed.  If I choose not to use emulators for a specific week, it will be noted in the rules.  This means NO emulators can be used whatsoever and the game MUST be played on a console.  If we play a game and emulators are forbidden and someone still submits a score using an emulator, the score will be ignored and you will receive a warning from me.

PowerPak

- A PowerPak IS allowed to be used in the competition with the same regulations as with emulators. You may not use save states, Game Genies codes, altered ROMs or anything else that would give you an advantage over playing with the regular cartridge.

Points and Leaderboards

- Each week the top 8 players who submitted scores will earn points as follows:

     1st – 11 points
     2nd – 10 points
     3rd – 9 points
     4th – 8 points
     5th – 7 points
     6th – 6 points
     7th – 5 points
     8th – 4 points
     Participation – 3 points

- Anyone who finishes below 8th place will earn 3 participation points.
- There will only be 1 regular leaderboard throughout the year, which will lead right up to the tournament.  The leaderboard style will be the same as 2017 and all points on the leaderboard will be cumulative.
- Even if you feel you can't finish in the top 8 one week because the game selected is too hard for you, still go for those participation points.  It can go a long way on the leaderboard and can help people squeeze into the lower seeds in the tournament.  Remember, even if you only score 10 points on the leaderboard, it could still get you into the tournament.
- There will still be genre leaderboards for 2019.  The six genres are:

     Action/Platformer
     Arcade
     Beat 'Em Up
     Puzzle
     Shooter/Shoot 'Em Up
     Sports

- All games played in the 2019 contests will be reflective of those genres.  The genre leaderboards will use the same point system as the regular leaderboard, and whoever finishes atop each leaderboard prior to the start of the year-end tournament will win that genre.
- The genre leaderboards are just for fun and will not impact anyone's standing in the tournaments.  So, if you feel you excel at Beat 'Em Ups, go for the Beat 'Em Up icon.

Participation Score

- There may be instances where the rules of a game will require you to attain a minimum number of points in order to earn participation points for that week.  For example, if we play Double Dragon, you may be required to score at least 50,000 to earn participation points toward the leaderboard.  Participation scores will be noted in the rules if they will be used for a specific week.  In the event we set a participation score, any scores submitted that do not meet the minimum amount of points will be ignored.

Controllers

- Turbo Controllers are NOT allowed to be used. Neither are any controllers that give you any advantage over regular controllers, such as slow motion or turbo ability.
- If anyone is suspected of using turbo functions, slow motion abilities, etc from a controller, your score will be disqualified and you will be banned from further competition.

Cheating

- Cheating will NOT be tolerated in any form. This contest is based on trust and honor. Anyone found cheating will be banned from further competition. A lot of time is spent on these contests, from selecting games to choosing the perfect rules that fit each game to playtesting the rules, as well as many other things. If you cheat, you are wasting my time and the time of everyone else competing in these contests.  If you feel the need to cheat, do not participate in the contests and cheat on your own time.
- The use of point glitches to intentionally increase (or in the case of a low score contest, decrease) your score are frowned upon and not allowed in the contests.  If a point glitch is discovered that can create an unfair advantage, the rules for the game will be altered to ban the glitch.  Anyone suspected of using point glitches will have their score disqualified.
- If there is suspicion of a participant cheating, the contest moderators will review the case and the member may be asked to present further evidence of their score.  Further evidence includes, but is not limited to, video recordings and/or extra pictures.
- If you suspect another participant of cheating, do NOT call them out in the contest threads.  Please send guillavoie or myself a PM and we will review the score.  Posting accusations in the contest threads creates unnecessary drama and stress for all involved and will NOT be tolerated.

Sportsmanship and Overall Conduct

- Please be a good sport while playing in the weekly contests.  While smack talk and the occasional vent are fine, please do not get carried away with it.  This includes, but is not limited to, name calling, excessive venting/complaining/whining, excessive profanity, cocky attitudes, arguing with contest moderators, accusations of cheating, cluttering threads with nonsense posts, etc.  Participants who cannot be good sports will receive a warning from me.  If your overall conduct is still considered to be in poor taste, you will be banned from the contests.
- Disrupting of the weekly contests in any way will NOT be tolerated.  This includes, but is not limited to, trolling, name calling, unauthorized prize giveaways, unnecessary drama, etc.  Anyone who disrupts the weekly contests in any form will be reported to a site moderator.

Tournaments (Tobe determined shortly)

- There will be only one tournament played this year and that will be hosted in a matter of weeks. 
- The number of competitors will be based on how many people participate and will be announced prior to the start of the tournament.
- Anyone who earns a spot in the tournament will receive a PM from me asking for them to confirm their tournament spot prior to the start of the competition.  Those who can't or are unwilling to participate will have their spot forfeited to the next available person.
- Anyone who plays in the weekly contests will have a chance to participate in the tournament and a chance to win a prize

RANDOM PRIZES

- Random prizes will be given out again throughout the year, but will be at my discretion.  These will be announced at random with no particular dates set in stone.  More than likely, anyone who participates in a particular contest will entered into a drawing for a chance to win a prize.  These prizes will be video game related in some way.
- To make it fair for everyone who plays in the contests, you can only win one random prize for the year.
- For contests that have a random prize, cheating will NOT be tolerated.  Anyone suspected of cheating will be disqualified from winning the prize and banned from further contests.  Random prizes will be stopped entirely if problems begin to arise.  Let's make this a fun thing to do.
- If anyone is interested in donating prizes to the weekly contests, please contact me first so arrangements can be made.  Do not feel compelled to have to donate to the weekly contests, but if you really want to, feel free to talk to me about it.
- If anyone wants to give away a prize on their own time for a particular contest, you must contact me first to get authorization to do so.  Any unauthorized giveaways will NOT be allowed.
- In the event you win a prize, whether it be a random drawing or a tournament prize, I will send you a PM requesting your mailing address.  When giving me your mailing address, please give me your full name (first and last name) and not just your first name or NA user name.  I want to ensure you receive your prize quickly and safely.  I don't want to have any packages returned to me by the post office because "MoofMilker69" isn't a real name.  Once your package leaves my hands and is submitted to the post office, I am not responsible for any lost, late, misdirected, mutilated, or returned packages.  If you are afraid something may happen to your prize, please request insurance.

  
UPCOMING GAMES FOR 2019

NOTE: This list may be revised with or without notice.  The genre for each game is listed after the game title.  If we are playing a game for the first time in the history of the Weekly Contests, the note "1st Time" will listed after the genre.  We will be taking several breaks this year to prevent burnout amongst the contest organizers and participants and to better prepare rules for future contests.  In the event we are not playing a game for a specific week, it will be noted as such on the schedule.

02/24/2019    03/03/2019    Super Mario Brothers 2
03/03/2019    03/10/2019    Bomberman
03/10/2019    03/17/2019    NES Open Tournament Golf
03/17/2019    03/24/2019    Abadox
03/24/2019    03/31/2019    P.O.W.
03/31/2019    04/07/2019    Dig Dug 2
04/07/2019    04/14/2019    no contest (break week)
04/14/2019    04/21/2019    Solomon's Key
04/21/2019    04/28/2019    Renegade
04/28/2019    05/05/2019    Donkey Kong Jr
05/05/2019    05/12/2019    Kabuki Quantum Fighter
05/12/2019    05/19/2019    Dragon Spirit
05/19/2019    05/26/2019    California Games
05/26/2019    06/02/2019    no contest (break week)
06/02/2019    06/09/2019    Rampart
06/09/2019    06/16/2019    Wizards & Warriors III
06/16/2019    06/23/2019    Sqoon
06/23/2019    06/30/2019    Bad Street Brawler
06/30/2019    07/07/2019    Dusty's Diamond Softball
07/07/2019    07/14/2019    Bubble Bobble
07/14/2019    07/21/2019    no contest (break week)
07/21/2019    07/28/2019    Silver Surfer
07/28/2019    08/04/2019    High Speed Pinball
08/04/2019    08/11/2019    Ikari Warriors III
08/11/2019    08/18/2019    Gold Medal Challenge 92
08/18/2019    08/25/2019    Boulder Dash
08/25/2019    09/01/2019    Archon
09/01/2019    09/08/2019    no contest (break week)
09/08/2019    09/15/2019    Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja
09/15/2019    09/22/2019    Super Off-Road
09/22/2019    09/29/2019    Star Tropics 2
09/29/2019    10/06/2019    Mendel's Palace
10/06/2019    10/13/2019    Pac-Mania
10/13/2019    10/20/2019    Starship Hector
10/20/2019    10/27/2019    no contest (break week)
10/27/2019    11/03/2019    no contest (break week)

Tournament to be determined, stay tuned


Games by Genre

Action
Star Tropics 2
Wizards and Warriors III
Super Mario Bros. 2
Archon
Kabuki Quantum Fighter

Arcade
Rampart
DK Jr.
Dig Dug II
High Speed Pinball
Pac-Mania

Beat Em Up
Bad Street Brawler
Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja
Ikari Warriors III
Renegade
P.O.W.

Puzzle
Boulder Dash
Solomon's Key
Bomberman
Mendel's Palace
Bubble Bobble

Shooter
Starship Hector
Sqoon
Abadox
Silver Surfer
Dragon Spirit

Sports
Super Off-Road
NES OPEN
Gold Medal Challenge 92'
California Games
Dusty's Diamond Softball.




**AWARDS ICONS** 

We will be working shortly to offer new icons on VGS. We'll also have a discussion about the possibility to transfer icons from the NA era.

Good luck everyone and have fun!!

[guillavoie | 1,208]

1st	8bitdontquit	283
2nd	skinnygrinny	201
3rd	bertsampson	175
4th	barrels	165
5th	mbd39	150
6th	Richarhead	149
7th	Ausden	135
7th	tablew/chairs	135
9th	Gloves	118
10th	SuperJimtendo	112
11th	JamesRobot	99
12th	Californication	47
13th	smick	46
14th	Stooperzero	27
15th	a3quit4s	26
16th	Mega Tank	23
17th	Murray	18
17th	gutsman004	18
19th	laddersandcakes	12
20th	Red	11
21st	Gaia Gensouki	11
22nd	SwiftFrost	9

23rd              knightriderce                                             7

24th              FantomTesla                                             3

1st	8bitdontquit	48
2nd	bertsampson	41
3rd	barrels	30
4th	mbd39	28
5th	skinnygrinny	26
6th	Gloves	22
6th	SuperJimtendo	22
8th	JamesRobot	21
9th	Ausden	19
10th	Richardhead	18
11th	tablew/chairs	12
12th	a3quit4s	11
13th	Californication	9
14th	Mega Tank	7
15th	Stooperzero	6
15th	smick	6
15th	Murray	6

1st	8bitdontquit	47
2nd	Richardhead	44
3rd	barrels	32
4th	Ausden	27
5th	SuperJimtendo	25
6th	Gloves	21
7th	mbd39	20
8th	skinnygrinny	19
8th	bertsampson	19
10th	JamesRobot	17
11th	SwiftFrost	9
12th	Californication	8
13th	tablew/chairs	5
14th	Stooperzero	4
15th	smick	3
15th	gutsman004	3
15th	Mega Tank	3
15th	Murray	3

1st	skinnygrinny	52
2nd	8bitdontquit	39
3rd	Gloves	38
4th	bertsampson	38
5th	Californication	30
6th	mbd39	27
7th	tablew/chairs	20
8th	Richardhead	18
9th	Ausden	17
9th	SuperJimtendo	17
11th	Gaia Gensouki	11
12th	JamesRobot	10
13th	barrels	9
14th	knightriderce	7
15th	smick	6
15th	laddersandcakes	6

17th           a3quits4s                                                   3

17th           Stooperzero                                               3

1st	8bitdontquit	54
2nd	mbd39	46
3rd	skinnygrinny	44
4th	Richardhead	27
5th	barrels	26
6th	Ausden	20
6th	bertsampson	20
8th	SuperJimtendo	18
9th	JamesRobot	13
10th	Red	11
11th	tablew/chairs	10
12th	gutsman004	8
13th	Gloves	6
13th	Mega Tank	6
15th	Stooperzero	5
15th	a3quit4s	5
15th	smick	5
18th	laddersandcakes	3
18th	Murray	3
18th	FantomTesla	3

1st	8bitdontquit	45
2nd	tablew/chairs	38
3rd	barrels	32
4th	skinnygrinny	31
4th	Gloves	31
6th	mbd39	29
7th	bertsampson	27
8th	Ausden	23
9th	JamesRobot	19
10th	SuperJimtendo	16
11th	smick	14
12th	Richardhead	10
13th	Stooperzero	9
14th	Mega Tank	7
14th	a3quit4s	7
16th	gutsman004	4
17th	laddersandcakes	3
17th	Murray	3

1st	tablew/chairs	50
1st	8bitdontquit	50
3rd	barrels	33
4th	Richardhead	32
5th	bertsampson	30
6th	Ausden	29
6th	skinnygrinny	29
8th	JamesRobot	16
9th	SuperJimtendo	14
10th	smick	12
11th	Murray	3
11th	gutsman004	3

 

 

[guillavoie | 1,208]

Just posted the 2019 leaderboard so you guys can start talking shit sooner than later!

 

Let's start that 2019 tournament hype!!!!

[MrWunderful | 2,927]

@guillavoie take a look at the links in first post

[guillavoie | 1,208]

Hahaha!

 Yeah, I know, I decided to keep them for now, even if it leads straight to the lion's mouth!

Once I get the archive on here it will be done!

[SuperJimtendo | 1,121]

Oof that is a jumbled mess on mobile. 

 

But also fuck all yall imma be the first shit talker. You're All going down faster than Nintendo age on prom night baby!

[guillavoie | 1,208]

I'd say right now it is a mess, point. I have a hard time pasting some leaderboard.

[SuperJimtendo | 1,121]

I'd probably keep the straight up copy and pasting to a minimum. Don't need the other overlords to get a twisty in the pisstys. Know what I'm sayin.....

Edited October 22, 2019 by SuperJimtendo
Wanted to add shit. Shit

[guillavoie | 1,208]

They can s*** my d*** !!!

[SuperJimtendo | 1,121]

1 minute ago, guillavoie said:

They can s*** my d*** !!!

Self censorship! Not in my house hombre! 

[SuperJimtendo | 1,121]

Looks much better btw

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

Jimbo trying to talk smack? 
 

2019 shooter champ. 

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

Oh man I miss my little Oscar icon tho  

[SuperJimtendo | 1,121]

1 minute ago, skinnygrinny said:

Jimbo trying to talk smack? 
 

2019 shooter champ. 

We all know your shooter prowess comes from  strong thumbs from all day thumb in bum exercises! 

[VegHead | 127]

Any ideas what the 2020 games might be?  My collection is really small, and I'd like to expand it and participate in the weekly contest.

[SuperJimtendo | 1,121]

Just now, epiclotus said:

Any ideas what the 2020 games might be?  My collection is really small, and I'd like to expand it and participate in the weekly contest.

I keep thinking your avatar is Mr. pickles. but it's not.  Nice cat anyway! 

[VegHead | 127]

1 minute ago, SuperJimtendo said:

I keep thinking your avatar is Mr. pickles. but it's not.  Nice cat anyway! 

Her name was Zoey.  RIP 2014.  

Edited October 22, 2019 by epiclotus

[guillavoie | 1,208]

Final update of the leaderboards done Ladies and Gentlemen! Sorry about the ass edit to add new players, but the post edit is not full proof yet and I decided to take the GoCollect route and simply put some band aids for now.

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

17 minutes ago, SuperJimtendo said:

We all know your shooter prowess comes from  strong thumbs from all day thumb in bum exercises! 

Jack Horner wishes he had thumbs like mine. 
 

no quote trains? 

[guillavoie | 1,208]

Congratulations to Skinny Grinny for winning the 2019 Shooter Icon!!!

Gloves is totally weeping about this and can't find sleep

[guillavoie | 1,208]

Skinny, now that I got the time, man, you found the most funny glitch on NA the other day, you know, the 'moderator thing' LMAO! Good chance you found it before the shut down, can't believe this took so long for someone to stumble on this.

[guillavoie | 1,208]

7 minutes ago, skinnygrinny said:

Jack Horner wishes he had thumbs like mine. 
 

no quote trains? 

We'll have to look into that, cause this place can't be called our home if we can't makes things unreadable with huge replies chains!

[JamesRobot | 5,793]

Yall going down like skinny on prom night.  What?!  I SAID IT!

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

Just now, JamesRobot said:

Yall going down like skinny on prom night.  What?!  I SAID IT!

Hey hey I only gave handjobs! 

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

10 minutes ago, guillavoie said:

Skinny, now that I got the time, man, you found the most funny glitch on NA the other day, you know, the 'moderator thing' LMAO! Good chance you found it before the shut down, can't believe this took so long for someone to stumble on this.

It couldn’t have happened to anybody else but me could it? Lol! I was like “oh this is fate”.