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The rules have been adjusted. You can do the loop, but you aren't allowed to pick the heart refil when you do it.

So, if everyone agrees, I will amend the rules to allow the loop as long as you don't pick the heart refill for Batman.

You can use the boxes.

@guillavoie: We can keep allowing it but making it not allowed to pick the energy refil. Then it will be a matter of real skill rather than just repeating the loop. I think it is a good solution since it allows for accidental drops to happen. Of course, it depends on the honour system, but that would be the same case for barring the drops since they can happen accidentally.

Details, details!

There's a one point difference between 1st and 2nd place, and there are two games to focus on. Ending 2nd in one of them and 1st in the other can make round 2 start on a tie, hint, hint!

You absolutely can do it. Even I could do it.

Also, I am definitely implementing this for the normal contest rounds next year. A shorter time requirement to participate might draw in more players. And it is also an optimizer's dream. You can do several fast runs in one evening trying to find the best route to gather the most points/lowest time/etc.

For the tournament yes, yes it is.

Fixed it. Thanks

Reserved for scoreboard

Are you ready? GO FOR BROKE! Ladies and gentlemen, here we are for our ROUND 1 of the 2022 VGS NES WEEKLY CONTEST TOURNAMENT! A whole year went by and 8 brave warriors stood above all others and earned the glory to play on the tournament that will decide the ULTIMATE CHAMPION of 2022! They are: @PII @Dr. Morbis @Krunch @the_wizard_666 @mbd39 @NESfiend @docile tapeworm @JamesRobot For this week, our worthy players will compete in the Beat'em up and the Sports genres! The games and rules are as follow: Beat 'em Up - Batman Returns Make it to stage 5-1 in one life, pause and take your picture. You can loop at 2-2, as long as you don't pick the heart refil in the loop area. If you pick the heart refil, your run is invalid. You must restart the game and do another run. Highest score wins If you can't make to 5-1 in one life, your score will be zero Sports - 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) 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 May the most skilled video gamer wins! Round 1 ends Sunday, 11/20/22 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. First Round Results : Batman Returns : 1st Dr. Morbis 120,250 = 5 points 2nd the_wizard_666 87,100 = 4 points 3rd PII 84,110 = 2 points 4th NESFiend 84,080 = 1 point 5th mbd39 83,420 = no point Pro Wrestling : 1st Dr. Morbis 1:32 = 5 points 2nd the_wiz_666 3:26 = 4 points 3rd NESFiend 3:44 = 2 points 4th Krunch 5:24 = 1 point 5th mbd39 11:45 = no point Tournament Standing : 1st Dr. Morbis = 10 points 2nd the_wiz_666 = 8 points 3rd NESFiend = 3 points 4th PII = 2 points 5th Krunch = 1 point 6th mbd39 = no point 6th docile tapeworm = no point 6th JamesRobot = no point

Survive the 1st round? You are in till the end. There's no elimination between rounds.

The idea is that getting a score on each game should be not too timing consuming so you can try to improve often. Finals will follow a similar format.

Of course.

OK, let's REVEAL the games for round 2 and their rules!!!! 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

That is correct. You need to post the picture of each match, 4 pictures total.

Games and rules reveal for week 2 of the tournament will be posted tomorrow.

We need 8 people to play it. If you have a huge project to deal with at work, I think it is best you pass this indeed. I will enlist @JamesRobot then!

Since @8bitdontquitcan't play, @RH and @JamesRobot, any of you up to the task to play on the tournament?

I will be very kind then. You can use boxes.

Highest score is what will define the winner. Either you make to 5-1 or your score isn't valid.

@Bearcat-Dougwon't be able to partake in the tournament. @8bitdontquit are you up to play it?

Posted the top 8 players that made it into the tournament. Please confirm your participation either here or through private message, please! We start this Sunday!

Geral and genre scoreboards updated. With this, we end the 2022 Season of the VGS NES Weekly Contest! Thank you all that took part in this! It has been very fun!