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**VideoGameSage NES Weekly Contest Leaderboard & Rules 2021**


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Welcome to the 2021 VideoGameSage NES Weekly Contests! 
 

Weekly Contest Moderators
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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 VGS user name written or typed on a piece of paper, which must be present in the picture. Your VGS 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 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 contest organizers 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 we 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..

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.
- There will still be genre leaderboards for 2021.  This year we decided to change the formula a little, thanks to @NESfiend's suggestion to have a racing genre separate of the sports genre. There will be a total of 8 genres played this year :

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


- All games played in the 2021 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 and will be rewarded with a VGS Charms.
- 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 Charms.

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.
- 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 a PM to the contest organizers 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.

Tournament

- There will be one tournament played this year and that will be hosted in a matter of weeks after the end of the regular season. 
- 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 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.

RANDOM PRIZES

- Random prizes will be given out throughout the year whenever we have a prize to offer.  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.
- If anyone is interested in donating prizes to the weekly contests, please contact contest organizers 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 do it.
- If anyone wants to give away a prize on their own time for a particular contest, you must contact the contest organizers 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, we will send you a PM requesting your mailing address.  When giving your mailing address, please give your full name (first and last name) and not just your first name or VGS user name.  We want to ensure you receive your prize quickly and safely. .Once your package leaves our hands and is submitted to the post office, we will be 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 2021

NOTE: This list may be revised with or without notice.  In the event we are not playing a game for a specific week, it will be noted as such on the schedule. The genre for each game is listed after the game title.  

 

2021-03-14 SMB 3 Platformer
2021-03-21 Smash TV Action
2021-03-28 Blue Marlin Sports
2021-04-04 Super Sprint Racing
2021-04-11 Marble Madness Arcade
2021-04-18 Spartan X 2 (Famicom) Beat Em Up
2021-04-25 Alpha Mission Shooter
2021-05-02 Quarth (Famicom) Puzzle
2021-05-09 Break Week  
2021-05-16 Antartic Adventure (Famicom) Action
2021-05-23 Rad Racer II Racing
2021-05-30 Battletoads Beat Em Up
2021-06-06 Silk Worm Shooter
2021-06-13 Vice Project Doom Platformer
2021-06-20 World Games Sports
2021-06-27 Battle City (Famicom) Arcade
2021-07-04 Dr. Mario Puzzle
2021-07-11 Break Week  
2021-07-18 F1-Race (Famicom) Racing
2021-07-25 Double Dragon Beat Em Up
2021-08-01 Wrecking Crew Puzzle
2021-08-08 Cobra Triangle Action
2021-08-15 Elevator Action Arcade
2021-08-22 Gradius 2 (Famicom) Shooter
2021-08-29 M.U.S.C.L.E. Sports
2021-09-05 Kid Niki Platformer
2021-09-12 Break Week  
2021-09-19 Nekketsu Street Basket (Famicom) Sports
2021-09-26 Thunder and Lightning Arcade
2021-10-03 P.O.W. Beat Em Up
2021-10-10 Adventure of Dino Riki Action
2021-10-17 R.C. Pro-Am II Racing
2021-10-24 Galaga Shooter
2021-10-31 Klax Puzzle
2021-11-07 Holy Diver (Famicom) Platformer
2021-11-14 Break Week  
2021-11-21 Tournament  
 

 

 

Note : Some special contests might be held during the break weeks, TBD!

 

 

Games by Genre

Platformer
SMB 3
Vice Project Doom
Kid Niki
Holy Diver (Famicom)

Action
Adventure of Dino Riki
Smash TV

Cobra Triangle
Antartic Adventure (Famicom)

Arcade
Thunder and Lightning
Elevator Action
Marble Madness
Battle City (Famicom)

Beat Em Up
Double Dragon
P.O.W.
Battletoads
Spartan X 2 (Famicom)

Puzzle
Wrecking Crew
Dr. Mario
Klax

Quarth (Famicom

Shooter
Alpha Mission
Galaga
Silk Worm
Gradius 2 (Famicom)


Sports
M.U.S.C.L.E.
World Games
Blue Marlin
Nekketsu Street Basket: Ganbare Dunk Heroes (Famicom)

Racing
R.C. Pro-Am II
Super Sprint
Rad Racer II
F1-Race (Famicom)

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Events Team · Posted

GERAL SCOREBOARD

1st Dr. Morbis 240
2nd NESfiend 221
3rd PII 198
4th 0xDEAFC0DE 183
5th mbd39 169
6th bertsampson 161
7th Krunch 153
8th Jeevan 121
9th Bearcat-Doug 112
10th docile tapeworm 84
11th Richardhead 82
12th the_wizard_666 80
13th dvertov 64
14th JamesRobot 59
15th arnpoly 53
16th MegaMan52 51
17th Californication 43
17th FireHazard51 43
19th Ausden 41
20th 8bitdontquit 37
20th Mega Tank 37
22nd Gloves 29
23rd Deadeye 27
24th CasualCart 25
25th Sumez 22
25th RH 22
27th SuperJimtendo 18
28th ihavethatpma 17
29th imabadguy1 14
30th GameboyRicky 9
30th a3quit4s 9
30th nesmaster14 9
33rd acromite53 8
33rd Darth Vader 8
35th Murray 6
36th Daniel_Doyce 5
37th ZeldaFan042 3
37th Gaia Gensouki 3

 

GENRE SCOREBOARD

PUZZLE

1st 0xDEAFC0DE 44
2nd Dr. Morbis 29
3rd mbd39 28
4th Krunch 27
5th bertsampson 26
6th Jeevan 22
7th PII 20
8th Gloves 11
9th NESfiend 10
10th GameboyRicky 9
10th the_wizard_666 9
12th Bearcat-Doug 8
13th CasualCart 7
13th Californication 7
15th Richardhead 4
16th arnpoly 3
16th RH 3
16th JamesRobot 3
16th Ausden 3
16th dvertov 3
16th Deadeye 3
16th MegaMan52 3
16th a3quit4s 3

PLATFORMER

1st Dr. Morbis 37
2nd PII 35
3rd Krunch 23
4th NESfiend 22
5th mbd39 19
6th bertsampson 15
6th Bearcat-Doug 15
8th docile tapeworm 14
9th 0xDEAFC0DE 13
10th the_wizard_666 11
10th MegaMan52 11
10th Sumez 11
13th arnpoly 9
13th Jeevan 9
15th acromite53 8
15th 8bitdontquit 8
17th JamesRobot 7
17th dvertov 7
19th CasualCart 6
19th Ausden 6
21st Darth Vader 5
21st Californication 5
23rd ihavethatpma 4
24th a3quit4s 3
24th SuperJimtendo 3
24th imabadguy1 3
24th ZeldaFan042 3
24th Deadeye 3
24th Mega Tank 3
24th nesmaster14 3
24th FireHazard51 3
24th RH 3
24th Richardhead 3

ACTION

1st Dr. Morbis 37
2nd PII 34
3rd bertsampson 33
4th NESfiend 29
5th mbd39 25
6th 0xDEAFC0DE 17
7th arnpoly 15
8th Krunch 13
8th Bearcat-Doug 13
10th Jeevan 12
10th JamesRobot 12
12th Richardhead 11
13th docile tapeworm 10
14th Californication 9
14th dvertov 9
16th Mega Tank 6
16th Ausden 6
16th FireHazard51 6
16th the_wizard_666 6
20th MegaMan52 5
21st 8bitdontquit 4
22nd Darth Vader 3
22nd a3quit4s 3
22nd Deadeye 3
22nd SuperJimtendo 3
22nd RH 3
22nd CasualCart 3

SHOOTER

1st Dr. Morbis 34
2nd NESfiend 29
3rd docile tapeworm 27
4th bertsampson 20
5th mbd39 18
6th PII 16
7th Bearcat-Doug 14
8th dvertov 12
8th Jeevan 12
8th 0xDEAFC0DE 12
11th Sumez 11
12th JamesRobot 10
12th Richardhead 10
12th MegaMan52 10
15th Californication 9
15th Krunch 9
17th Gloves 8
17th Ausden 8
19th 8bitdontquit 7
19th RH 7
19th ihavethatpma 7
19th the_wizard_666 7
23rd FireHazard51 6
24th Gaia Gensouki 3
24th Mega Tank 3
24th arnpoly 3
24th Deadeye 3
24th CasualCart 3
24th SuperJimtendo 3

BEAT'EM UP

1st mbd39 34
2nd NESfiend 29
3rd Krunch 25
4th Bearcat-Doug 21
5th PII 20
6th Dr. Morbis 19
7th 0xDEAFC0DE 18
8th Richardhead 16
9th bertsampson 14
10th Jeevan 13
11th JamesRobot 12
11th arnpoly 12
13th imabadguy1 11
14th dvertov 10
14th FireHazard51 10
16th 8bitdontquit 8
17th MegaMan52 7
18th Ausden 6
19th Deadeye 3
19th SuperJimtendo 3
19th RH 3
19th Murray 3
19th the_wizard_666 3
19th docile tapeworm 3

ARCADE

1st Dr. Morbis 32
2nd Jeevan 27
3rd Krunch 25
4th mbd39 24
4th NESfiend 24
6th PII 22
6th bertsampson 22
6th Bearcat-Doug 22
9th 0xDEAFC0DE 18
10th Californication 13
11th the_wizard_666 11
12th Gloves 10
13th JamesRobot 9
13th Richardhead 9
15th arnpoly 8
16th docile tapeworm 6
17th 8bitdontquit 3
17th FireHazard51 3
17th dvertov 3
17th MegaMan52 3
17th Deadeye 3
17th Mega Tank 3
17th Ausden 3
17th SuperJimtendo 3
17th CasualCart 3

RACING

1st NESfiend 40
2nd PII 36
3rd Dr. Morbis 30
4th bertsampson 21
5th Jeevan 18
5th 0xDEAFC0DE 18
5th Richardhead 18
8th Mega Tank 15
9th mbd39 14
10th MegaMan52 12
11th dvertov 11
11th Krunch 11
11th docile tapeworm 11
14th FireHazard51 6
14th JamesRobot 6
14th Ausden 6
14th nesmaster14 6
14th Bearcat-Doug 6
19th the_wizard_666 5
20th arnpoly 3
20th 8bitdontquit 3
20th Deadeye 3
20th SuperJimtendo 3
20th RH 3
20th CasualCart 3

SPORTS

1st 0xDEAFC0DE 43
2nd NESfiend 38
3rd the_wizard_666 28
4th Dr. Morbis 22
5th Krunch 20
6th PII 15
7th Bearcat-Doug 13
7th docile tapeworm 13
9th Richardhead 11
10th bertsampson 10
11th dvertov 9
11th FireHazard51 9
13th Jeevan 8
14th mbd39 7
14th Mega Tank 7
16th Deadeye 6
16th ihavethatpma 6
18th Daniel_Doyce 5
19th 8bitdontquit 4
20th Ausden 3
20th Murray 3
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On 2/26/2021 at 11:38 AM, NESfiend said:

Thanks a million for taking my racing suggestion! I didnt think there was any way that would actually happen. Cant wait for those weeks! Schedule looks awesome. So many games I haven't played. I will loading up the flash cart this weekend and playing around with new titles next week!

oh i get it, so i get one less shooter this year and instead get 4 "racing" games.......im gonna need a plastic surgeon to remove the smile from my face....

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Neither are any controllers that give you any advantage over regularcontrollers, such as slow motion or turbo ability.

can we just make the rule "only controller allowed is a straight up og oem d-pad, select, start,a,b, controller."?

meerly because i love hearing them cry about their "wittle fingies hurting".

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44 minutes ago, docile tapeworm said:

Neither are any controllers that give you any advantage over regularcontrollers, such as slow motion or turbo ability.

can we just make the rule "only controller allowed is a straight up og oem d-pad, select, start,a,b, controller."?

meerly because i love hearing them cry about their "wittle fingies hurting".

Only controller I’ve ever used. 

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6 hours ago, docile tapeworm said:

oh i get it, so i get one less shooter this year and instead get 4 "racing" games.......im gonna need a plastic surgeon to remove the smile from my face....

No, you're getting two other shooters. Smash TV and Dino Riki are basically shooters.

 

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8 hours ago, docile tapeworm said:

oh i get it, so i get one less shooter this year and instead get 4 "racing" games.......im gonna need a plastic surgeon to remove the smile from my face....

You are going to have so much fun racin, you will forget all about shooter nonsense. Pro Am 2 will be epic

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Events Team · Posted
10 hours ago, docile tapeworm said:

oh i get it, so i get one less shooter this year and instead get 4 "racing" games.......im gonna need a plastic surgeon to remove the smile from my face....

There will be plenty of shooting to be done this year in the weekly contest. Some fancy abroad shooting even, so be happy.

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