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Since @Dr. Morbis picked his game, now @NESfiend can pick his.

Ausden is in, so we're now only waiting for @arnpoly If he doesn't answer till tomorrow, I will extend the invitation to the next one in line.

Some of which I am forcing poor, unsuspecting NES players to experience through this weekly contest. I am so evil!

We are now waiting on @Ausden and @arnpolyto confirm if they will partake in the tournament. Meanwhile, Dr. Morbis, NESfiend, PII, 0xDEAFC0DE, mbd39, bertsampson, Krunch and Jeevan can pick a game from the list, starting from @Dr. Morbis.

All 8 upper seed players have accepted and we are 3 players short of closing the full bracket. Today the top 8 players will be allowed to pick the game they wish to play, with seed 1 picking the game first, 2nd next and so on till the 8th has picked their game. With luck, by today's end, we will have our complete bracket and the rules for each game posted.

So far, two players refused the invitation due to being very busy. A round of applause for them for their valiant run in the VGS NES Weekly Contest!

It isn't true, but there is nothing stopping me from using games from this year contest to pad out the grand finals. Aka, don't be surprised if you have to run through Antarctica for score again to help with your grand finals standings.

Famicom multicarts on NES clones were all the rage in the late 80s and early 90s in Brazil.

We have our game selections and the brackets are set. @Dr. Morbis vs @Mega Tank - Pooyan @NESfiend vs @Ausden - Chase HQ @PII vs @FireHazard51 - Chase HQ @0xDEAFC0DE vs @MegaMan52 - Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken @mbd39 vs @JamesRobot - Pooyan @bertsampson vs @the_wizard_666 - Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken @Krunch vs @docile tapeworm - Challenger @Jeevan vs @Bearcat-Doug - Challenger The rules for the games are as follow: Pooyan: Play till game over Highest score wins. Chase HQ: One life only. You may not use any continues. Highest score wins If you beat stage 7, take your picture at the capture screen Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken: Play till game over Highest score wins If you make to world 8, stage 8, take your picture right before you finish it. Challenger: Start at the default difficulty setting 1 life only Highest score wins If you roll the score, take a picture before rolling it. Score rolls at 6,553,500 points You can loop the game as many times as you desire. You may begin competing to see who will advance to the top 8. Game on!

Hello and welcome! @guillavoie and I have the honour to present the 2021 VGS NES Tournament, which picks the top 16 players of the season to play among themselves to decide the 2021 VGS NES Tournament Champion. @Dr. Morbis was already crowned the 2021 VGS NES Weekly Contest Champion and will have the chance to add another title to his collection should he choses to play in the tournament. While we wait for our top 16 players to confirm their participation and see if we will have to hunt for replacements, here are how the things will run for this tournament. 21th to 28th - Pools, single elimination, 16 players. 28th to 5th - top 8, single elimination, 8 players 5th to 12th - Grand finals, 4 players, everyone against everyone. For Pools and Top 8, a selection of games will be given for the top seeded players to pick. The seeding for Pools 1 will be as follow: Bracket 1: 1st place vs 16th place Bracket 2: 2nd place vs 15th place Bracket 3: 3rd place vs 14th place Bracket 4: 4th place vs 13th place Bracket 5: 5th place vs 12th place Bracket 6: 6th place vs 11th place Bracket 7: 7th place vs 10th place Bracket 8: 8th place vs 9th place The seeding for top 8 will be as follow: Winner of bracket 1 vs winner of bracket 8 Winner of bracket 2 vs winner of bracket 7 Winner of bracket 3 vs winner of bracket 6 Winner of bracket 4 vs winner of bracket 5 The games for Pools are below: Pooyan (shooter) Challenger (plataformer) Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken (puzzle) Ninja Hattori-kun (action) Taito Chase H.Q. (racing) The games for top 8 will be revealed at the end of the Pools phase. Confirmed players: @Dr. Morbis @Krunch @0xDEAFC0DE @docile tapeworm @bertsampson @NESfiend @Bearcat-Doug @Jeevan @PII @the_wizard_666 @FireHazard51 @mbd39 @Ausden @MegaMan52 @JamesRobot @Mega Tank Good luck for all the players. Expect some nastiness in game selection for top 8 and for the grand finals.

Geral and genre scoreboards updated. This ends the main VGS 2021 NES Weekly Contest run and we are getting set for the tournament now. Congratulations to @Dr. Morbis for securing the VGS 2021 NES Weekly Contest Platformer crown by a mere 2 points!

Final standings posted. @PII and @NESfiend score updates happened after midnight, Brazilia time, so they were not counted. Fun fact, if we were observing DST, y'all would have lost another hour to post your scores. With this, @Dr. Morbis is the 2021 Platformer Genre champion! Congratulations. I will update the final standings on the leaderboard and send the invitation PMs now.

PMs with the tournaments invitations will be sent to the top 16 tomorrow and to the 8 that form the top 24 to cover any players from the top 16 that don't accept the invitation.

Current standings posted. Tomorrow night I will post the tournament thread where the top 8 will pick their game and next weekend we start playing!

Geral and genre scoreboards updated.

Final standings posted. And with that, @0xDEAFC0DEis your 2021 VGS NES Weekly Contest Puzzle champion, with a dominating 4 wins out of 4 games through the season!

I will kindly ask you all to post the sector of the stage where you died and respawned at at so it can be used to assess progress.

Pooyan (shooter) Challenger (plataformer) Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken (puzzle) Ninja Hattori-kun (action) Taito Chase H.Q. (racing) This' the definite list of games that will be available to be picked for the round 1 of the tournament.

It is doable to do a progress + low score ruleset for this, but low score takes part of the fun of the game. Progress + highest score means nailing the first 3 stages with the max score possible for them and then sailing through. Another permutation that I can think of is a slight modification of the current ruleset. Progress + highest score of your last stage. But that will require the players to always take a picture at the start of the current stage in case they die there.

This contest is progress then magic. Stage 5 with 0 magic trumps Stage 4 with 999 magic. Beating the game wins it all.

Did some rules adjustments regarding the magic picture and if one no deaths the game.

Geral and genre leaderboards updated. @Dr. Morbiscannot be reached and is the 2021 VGS NES Weekly Contest Champion! He also secure the Shooter genre crown! Congratulations!

Fixed. You still secured the title.

1st Sumez Stage 4 - Sector 8 - 67 magic 2nd PII Stage 4 - Sector 6 - 00 magic 3rd Dr. Morbis Stage 3 - Sector 5 - 00 magic 4th MegaMan52 Stage 2 - Sector 5 - 50 magic 5th Bearcat-Doug Stage 2 - Sector 5 - 48 magic 6th NESfiend Stage 2 - Sector 4 - 40 magic 7th the_wizard_666 Stage 2 - Sector 2 - 36 magic 8th 0xDEAFC0DE Stage 2 - Sector 1 - 00 magic 9th Krunch Stage 1 - Sector 2 - 50 magic

Welcome, fiery warriors. I hope you all are ready and up for the challenge. The very last challenge of the 2021 VGS NES Weekly Contest and that will define the one who will bear the coveted crow of the Platformer genre! Right now, @Dr. Morbis cannot be beaten at the Geral contest and is the 2021 VGS NES Weekly Contest CHAMPION! CONGRATULATIONS! As for the platformer genre, @Dr. Morbis leads with 28 points, but @PIIis right on his tail with 25 points. Krunch is not out of the race with 20 points. Without further ado, here's the rules for this very special game that ends the 2021 VGS NES Weekly Contest, Holy Diver! Only the original Famicom version (cart or rom) will be allowed Play till your first death As you are dying, be quick and take a picture to record your current magic. You can also be careful and take the picture of your magic as you are one hit from dying. If you cannot take the picture of your current magic, your magic will be considered 0 at respawn. Take your picture once you respawn If you beat the game, take the picture at the ending. Progress + highest magic at death wins Genre: Platformer Good luck warriors. You will need it. The contest ends Sunday, 11/14/21 at midnight Brasilia 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