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I wanted to go with Rolling Thunder quest 2 which is harder than Code Name Viper's quest 2, but I decided to take it easy on you guys for the tournament finals.

And with this, we end our 2022 season. Congratulations to @Dr. Morbis for winning the tournament and to @Krunch, @NESfiend and @docile tapeworm for the strong show up at the tournament. Thank you all for partaking in it. Once I deal with some serious family stuff here, I will post a post mortem thread about the 2022 season so we can discuss what went well, what didn't and how we can improve for 2023.

The main idea was so that no one would be eliminated because they were handed a bad hand in the form of a genre they aren't actually good at. This was an issue some years ago. Two games per week also allows us to run through all 6 genres of the contest through the tournament, but they need to have rules that account for shorter runs so that it won't take too much time to get good runs in each game. Some further study will be needed to improve over this format. The rules that focus on shorter runs will be used through 2023 to get a better feeling of how to best make them work.

Adjusted the rules to be more clear, forbid the use of a time door more than once and to change it to highest progress + highest score.

Black Friday week had my largest clients keeping me busy as hell. I will be able to post the final standings for round 1 and 2 tomorrow.

Remember that you don't have to reach 4-1 in a single life.

Reserved for scoreboard

And we finally reached the FINALS of our 2022 NES WEEKLY CONTEST TOURNAMENT! Our 8 valiant players have proved their skills in the beat'em up, sports, shoot 'em up and puzzle games so far. But the very best will be decided by the genres Action and Arcade! Our 8 players will have to prove their NES skills to be crowned the 2022 TOURNAMENT CHAMPION! @PII @Dr. Morbis @Krunch @the_wizard_666 @mbd39 @NESfiend @docile tapeworm @JamesRobot And here's the games they will have to take on: Action: Code Name: Viper Input the password 132718 to start at Level 5, hard mode, 2nd quest Play till life 0 and make it to the final boss at the end of level 8 You cannot play life 0. Once you reach it, pause the game and take your picture You may not use a time bonus door more than once You need to make it to stage 6 for your score to be valid Pause the game right at the start of the boss fight. Highest progress + Highest score wins Arcade: Donkey Kong Junior Play 1 player, Mode B Make it to loop 3 in one life Pause the game as you reach stage 1, loop 3 and take your picture If you don't make it to stage 1, loop 3 in one life, your score is 0 Highest score wins For the finals, points for each game will be awarded in the following manner: 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 Tournament finals ends Sunday, 12/04/22 at 11 PM VGS time. Your user name MUST be written or typed on a piece of paper and be in the picture for your score to be valid. 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. Also, the use of turbo controllers is forbidden, as well as any cheat codes, Game Genies, slow motion functions, or save states if playing on an emulator. Also, we will only be using NTSC systems for the contests. The use of PAL systems will NOT be allowed. Good luck everyone and have fun. Final Round Results : Donkey Kong Jr. : 1st docile tapeworm 69,900 = 10 points 2nd NesFiend 63,900 = 8 points 3rd Krunch 62,200 = 6 points 4th Dr. Morbis 59,100 = 5 points 5th Pii 54,300 = 4 points Code Name: Viper : 1st Dr. Morbis Cleared/66,270 = 10 points 2nd Krunch Stage 6/53,850 = 8 points 3rd NESFiend Stage 6/29,690 = 6 points Tournament Final Standing : 1st Dr. Morbis = 31 points 2nd Krunch = 17 points 2nd NesFiend = 17 points 4th docile tapeworm = 15 points 5th Pii = 11 points 6th the_wiz_666 = 8 points 7th mbd39 = 4 points 8th JamesRobot = no point

Yes, making it to 4-1 is a requirement for your score to be valid.

This' a tournament. You have to make use of the best learning tools available if you want to come up on top. I didn't become the best player of my character in Street Fighter V in Brazil by not using the training mode and the saving options to train against specific situations against every other characters.

This is where save states come in handy. Save the game before that part and practise it till doing it deathless is second nature.

You can absolutely do it. No deathing one loop of Life Force isn't too hard.

I am doing that early in the morning tomorrow. Today was too hectic for me to post the final standings.

What are... continues?

While that is a lot of fun, that also takes a lot of time. A lot of time is something at premium these days.

I absolutely thought it would be a good pick for the finals if we did just a bunch of matches rather than going for the title. It is a great game and 4 matches can be done rather quickly to improve your times. Same with Batman. Keeping it sweet, nice and short was the mentality I went for when picking the games for the 3 rounds.

Best cumulative time. You have to do the 4 fights in a row.

Also, I will be posting the final scores tomorrow in the morning, since everyone is holding till last minute to show their hands...

Why are you trying to loop 2-2 when you haven't reached 5-1 yet? Reaching 5-1 is mandatory. Use the boxes.

Reserved for scoreboard

Round 1 is still going in hot, it ends today, so our top 8 players of 2022 will have to tackle the ROUND 2 GAMES for the run for the 2022 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP! This week, our 8 players, listed below, will tackle a puzzle and a shooter game. @PII @Dr. Morbis @Krunch @the_wizard_666 @mbd39 @NESfiend @docile tapeworm @JamesRobot And here are the games: Puzzle: Game: Q-Bert Rules: Make it to round 4-1 and pause the game You don't have to make it there in one life, so you can burn lives for points Highest score wins Shooter: Game: Life Force Rules: Loop the game without dying Highest score wins The double hit glitch is allowed Points will be awarded for each game in the following fashion: 1st place - 5 points 2nd place - 4 points 3rd place - 2 points 4th place - 1 point 5th and onward - No points Round 2 ends Sunday, 11/27/22 at 11 PM VGS time. Your user name MUST be written or typed on a piece of paper and be in the picture for your score to be valid. 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. Also, the use of turbo controllers is forbidden, as well as any cheat codes, Game Genies, slow motion functions, or save states if playing on an emulator. Also, we will only be using NTSC systems for the contests. The use of PAL systems will NOT be allowed. Good luck everyone and have fun. Second Round Results : Life Force : 1st docile tapeworm 329,990 = 5 points 2nd mbd39 276,670 = 4 points 3rd Dr. Morbis 238,390 = 2 points Q*Bert : 1st Pii 77,660 = 5 points 2nd Dr. Morbis 70,800 = 4 points 3rd Krunch 70,130 = 2 points Tournament Standing : 1st Dr. Morbis = 16 points 2nd the_wiz_666 = 8 points 3rd Pii = 7 points 4th docile tapeworm = 5 points 5th mbd39 = 4 points 6th Krunch = 3 points 6th NesFiend = 3 points 8th JamesBlowbot = no point

OK, so here are the games for the final week of the tournament! Action: Code Name: Vipers Input the password 132718 to start at Level 5, hard mode, 2nd quest Play till life 0 and make it to the final boss at the end of level 8 You need to make it to stage 6 for your score to be valid Pause the game right at the start of the boss fight. Highest score wins Arcade: Donkey Kong Junior Play 1 player, Mode B Make it to loop 3 in one life Pause the game as you reach stage 1, loop 3 and take your picture If you don't make it to stage 1, loop 3 in one life, your score is 0 Highest score wins

Yes. All at once.

Considering that Nesfiend's and Dr. Morbis' scores aren't that much higher than yours and they point pressed, the 10K points refil isn't too much of a issue.

And also, friendly reminder. It doesn't matter how many times you manage to do the loop if you don't reach 5-1 in one single life.