Welcome to the monthly SNES contest, in its
second third year now. We will be playing two games every month up until
November June, with the
points leader being crowned champion in December top four players moving onto a single elimination tournament.
Also, thanks to the NES crew for the ideas and support for this companion contest. I'm still learning, and improving this thread every day
General Contest Rules
Posting Scores
- Pictures are required. This is a revision of my previous thoughts because that is the sentiment from people participating.
- In order to submit a score for the contest, take a picture of your score with your user name written or typed on a piece of paper, which must be present in the picture. Your user name mustbe in the picture or the score will be invalid. 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.
- 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.
- Please do not begin a competition run on the new title before the 1st of the month, 12AM NA time. Please do not post a score for said title on or after the 1st, 12AM NA time, of the following month. Feel free to do practice runs of any of the titles whenever you want.
Emulators/PowerPak
- Emulators ARE allowed to be used in the monthly 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.
- 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 month players who submitted scores will earn points as follows.
- 11 points to 1st place, 10 to 2nd, etc. 9th place and lower will receive 3 points. This works well for the NES contest, I'm adopting it. There will also be opportunities for skilled players to earn bonus points each month
- There will be separate leaderboards for each of the two games every month, and separate points awarded. You can compete in one or the other, or both. Your choice.
Prizes
- Will be awarded to the top 3 finishers.
- In addition, the overall champion will get to select one game for next year's slate
- If anyone wants to donate to the pool; even crap like copies of Jurassic Park, they are appreciated.
