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Not even I know which game the mystery game will be!

2 minutes ago, guillavoie said:

Fixed the obvious mistake

Three hours of sleep in the last several days does that.
Thanks for fixing it.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!

ARE YOU READY FOR A WEEK FULL OF ACTION, PASSION, TENSION AND SUSPENSE?
I hope you are, for we are starting with the VERY FIRST VGS WEEKLY CONTEST tournament.
The player that emerge victorious will forever carry the laurels of being the VERY FIRST VGS WEEKLY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION!

This year, these twelve mighty warriors secured a spot to compete on the tournament:

• 8bitdontquit
• Skinnygrinny
• bertsampsom
• Barrels
• mdb39
• Tablew/chairs
• RichardHead
• Gloves
• Superjimtendo
• JamesRobot
• Ausden
• Californication

For  the first round, they will compete in a fast and furious bout of the classic Popeye!
The rules that will define who will be victorious are:

• Play on 1 PLAYER GAME B
• Play ONE loop
• LATE PICTURE RECOMMENDATION : It is better to take your screenshot just before the game over screen (press on pause in any cases). If you happen to beat the third stage, pause the game as soon as possible to take your pic. Your score will still count whatever the form of your pic as this came up way too late during the week.
• Anyone suspected of playing more than one loop or play any bit of the first stage of the 2nd loop will be ELIMINATED from the tournament
• Highest score wins

May the best sailor get the spinach!

The contest ends Sunday, 11/17/19 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

" If I was gonna be Swee'Pea's mother, I should've at least let Olive be his father. Or viska versa. I ain't man enough to be no mother. " - Popeye et all, 1980

Worry about Excite Bike when you are done with Popeye mode B.
But of course the evil, mean and harsh rules I will come up for Excite Bike will be played in mode B.

Winning the first two rounds gives you leeway to finish 2nd place on the last game if the same player takes 2nd in the first two rounds and then finish 1st.

But if the player that won the first two rounds ends 3rd on the last round, he will have 78 points whereas the players that finished 2nd on the first two rounds and won the last will have 81 points.
And this is an scenario considering two dominating players. I think we will have a more chaotic placement distribution during those rounds.
It will be interesting to see.

OK, this is the moment of truth  you all were waiting for.

There will be no elimination during the 3 weeks of the tournament.
Instead, the players will earn points for their placement at a given round and the player with the most points will win.
For the first 2 rounds, the points will be awarded in the following fashion:

• 1st - 20
• 2nd - 18
• 3rd - 16
• 4th - 14
• 5th - 10
• 6th - 8
• 7th - 6
• 8th - 5
• 9th - 4
• 10th - 3
• 11th - 2
• 12th - 1

For the last and final round, there will be more points to be gained:

• 1st - 45
• 2nd - 40
• 3rd - 38
• 4th - 36
• 5th - 34
• 6th - 30
• 7th - 16
• 8th - 15
• 9th - 14
• 10th - 13
• 11th - 12
• 12th - 11

I will post the thread for the first round tomorrow, but the games officially begin on November 10th.
Get ready!

Chibi and cute me, done by one of my favourite artists, Oscar_Get on twitter.
Full image here:

 

His style is really nice!

On 11/6/2019 at 11:38 AM, arnpoly said:

NES Ikari Warriors, literally any part in that game.

Now this is one effing tough game.
Took me forever to break it.

But for me, it was beating every boxer at round 1 on Mike Tyson's Punch Out!
Tyson was the 2nd last to fall. Then getting Mr Sandman to stay down on round 1 took everything I got.

We are just running some last minute numbers and simulations here.

You will all soon know your demise.

We will be disclosing how the tournament will work by tomorrow at the latest.

We are doing some last minutes adjustments to make sure everyone will have fun.
And if anyone has contact with Californication, tell him to post here asap.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is with GREAT HONOUR that I and the Weekly Contest Team present you with the very first VGS tournament!

It was an year of mighty struggle, tough battles and enduring time for our worthy competitors.
But now the very best classified for the tournament and will be competing on the next weeks for the HONOUR of being crowned the first VGS weekly contest champion!

Our current list of players is:

Software engineer that is too old for this shit.
Been trying to retire since July, but couldn't find anyone worth to replace me yet.

Once retirement happens, I will be a professional booze maker.

My last one was 2 years ago, but it was by far the most difficult one I have ever attended.
My cousin died from a streptococcal infection in 2017. She was only 6 years old. And it happened two days before a national holiday that celebrates the lives of children.

In my family, we mourn the deceased but also celebrate and be joyful for the life he or she had. Funerals are unusually "happy" among us. The last one before that was of my grandpa.
The most normal thing seen there was people laughing, remembering his stories and escapades during the funeral. That is how it usually goes for us.
But not that one. Her life was too short. We were all dumbfounded. We couldn't process that at all.

And let me tell you, the smallest caskets are the heaviest ones to carry.

NintendoAge is dead. Long live NintendoAge.

Many good times were had there. Many good memories were built there. I drank to honour it's passing on the night happened.
Now that the body is buried, we carry business as usual here.

Tonight I drink to new good times that will be had here and new good memories that will be built here.
Gentlemen, ladies, this is the dawn of a new age.
Let's make it worth it.

Three weeks ago, at my SFV weekly tournament.

We won't be starting this Sunday.

I will start the thread about the tournament this Sunday, but gaming will only rumble on the 9th!
I am still waiting confirmation from a few folks and I will need some time to prepare.
But come the 9th, you all will be playing and killing each other at the tournament!

Mike Tyson's Punch Out! for sure.

BEWARE!

The invitations letters were sent to the top 12 and to the top 17th that will be on the wait list.

Right now we have confirmed:
For top 12:

• 8bitdontquit
• Skinnygrinny
• bertsampsom
• Barrels
• mdb39
• Tablew/chairs
• RichardHead
• Gloves
• Superjimtendo
• JamesRobot
• Ausden

For the wait list:

• a3quit4s
• Stopperzero
• Murray

Wait list people, keep sharp. If all 12 players accept, I may just as well add you all to the lower bracket to play as well.

Get ready, get hype.
Tournament time draws near!

Worthy video game players, do keep your attention sharp.
Invitation letters will be sent during the next few days to the top 16 players. The top ranked 12 that accept the invitation will be competing in our SUPER EXCITING TOURNAMENT!
The very first of VGS!
You will have few days to accept the invitation.

Who will be crowned the very first VGS champion?

Cross your fingers.
With luck we will have all set to start the tournament on the 8th of November.
All goes right I will send the invitations letters signed R. to those eligible to King of Fighter to partake in our worthy and deadly tournament next Saturday!

Caterpie, of course.

I kinda need to get back to this too.
Been a damn long while since I last beat an SNES game.

I will be working on that script to save the contest pages as HTML this weekend.
Then it will be a matter of deciding where to host them so people can access the full contest history.

You all better play fast and play furious, because I am sure y'all will hate the rules I will come up for those games.