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2017 NA Weekly Contest Tournament : Third Round Contest ends Sunday, 11/12/17 at 11 PM NA Time

Nov 5, 2017 at 11:05:00 PM
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Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the 3rd round of the 2017 NA Weekly Contest Year End Tournament!
 
16 players that ranked in the top of the 2017 leaderboard competed in the 1st and 2nd rounds and 8 of them qualified for the 3rd round. But first, let's make our farewell to the proud fighters who saw their end in 2nd round : Richardhead – SuperJimtendo – Seppatoni - dirk12121212

Here's the draw for the 3rd round :


Group A :
1st tablew/chairs
5th Brock Landers
6th Gloves
13th Stryphos

Group B :
2nd Bea_Iank
3rd arnpoly
8th ninjistar
12th Red

The top seed of each group will pick the game their group will play in 3rd round, and the worst performance in each group will be eliminated. The games available for this round are :

Donkey Kong Jr.
Pinball
Joust


1st seed has the first choice, then 2nd seed. A game cannot be picked more than once.


tablew/chairs' choice : Pinball
Bea_Iank's choice : Joust


Here are the rules for each group :

Group A

Pinball
  • Choose 1 Player Game A
  • Play until Game Over
  • To get your score, start a new game.  Your score will be in the “Top Score” spot.
  • If you loop the score, take a picture right before the loop and right after the loop.  Do this for each loop of the score.
  • Highest score wins
  • GENRE: Arcade


Group B

Joust
  • 1 player only
  • Play on Mode A (press Select at the Title Screen to pick this mode)
  • You can't point press in waves, you need to advance regularly from wave to wave.
  • Play until Game Over
  • Take your picture on the Title Screen where you pick your difficulty (press Select at the Title Screen and your score will be at the bottom)
  • Highest score wins
  • GENRE: Arcade

Tie Breaker general rule : In all cases, if two scores are identical after specific tie breaking rules, the top seeded player takes precedence.


The contest ends Sunday, 11/12/17 at 11 PM NA 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.


Best of luck to all participants. Now, GAME ON Ladies and Gentlemen‼!
 

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Edited: 11/06/2017 at 05:34 PM by guillavoie

Nov 5, 2017 at 11:08:17 PM
Brock Landers (61)
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Oh thank Christ

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Nov 5, 2017 at 11:10:28 PM
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One thing I've not told you guys yet - next to shmups, pinball is my thing.  

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Nov 5, 2017 at 11:15:04 PM
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                   NA WEEKLY CONTEST SEMI FINALS PRESENTED BY



KICKLE'S BUTT CHEEKS


                              
                   SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR TOURNAMENT SPONSORS

                                                  

   
PINBALL

Name Score Sarcasm rating Final Fantasy VI Persona Mega Man Persona
tablew/chairs 1,219,960 2 Kefka Palazzo Quick Man
Brock Landers 808,720 5 Cyan Garamonde Toad Man
Gloves 306,010 5 Setzer Gabbiani Sheep Man
Stryphos 0 3 Sabin Rene Figaro Bubble Man
 

    
JOUST

Name Score Sarcasm rating Final Fantasy VI Persona Mega Man Persona
Bea_Iank 2,043,000 5 Chupon Kickle MetOcto Woman
arnpoly 276,250 4 Mog Dust Man
Red 258,750 1 Atma Weapon Wood Man
ninjistar 124,000 3 Shadow Yamato Man
 


   

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Edited: 11/12/2017 at 10:57 PM by ninjistar

Nov 5, 2017 at 11:17:34 PM
Brock Landers (61)
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Originally posted by: Gloves

One thing I've not told you guys yet - next to shmups, pinball is my thing.  
Noo!  I just caught back up to you on the wins leaderboard.  Quick table, beat him!

 

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Edited: 11/05/2017 at 11:17 PM by Brock Landers

Nov 5, 2017 at 11:24:45 PM
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I love black box Pinball, but it's 90% luck and maybe 10% skill, once you have the basic strats down. There is no tilt. No matter how well you are doing, you will lose once the game decides that you lose, with nothing you can do about it. Anyone could get a bad or great score depending on dumb luck and how much time they sink into grinding,

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Nov 5, 2017 at 11:33:53 PM
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So in other words... pray that a blizzard knocks out the power in the part of the world. For a week.

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Nov 5, 2017 at 11:43:58 PM
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This year's tournaments picks have been kind to Stryphos. He has wins over Bea and Red.

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Nov 6, 2017 at 12:02:06 AM
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I'm just glad it's not Pinball for me with all the luck involved.

Joust is also infuriating, but that's the better choice for me.  

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Nov 6, 2017 at 12:38:54 AM
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Ugh, I don't have Joust. Anyone have an extra?

Nevermind.  One is on the way.


Edited: 11/06/2017 at 10:37 PM by Red

Nov 6, 2017 at 1:52:59 AM
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Originally posted by: Red

Ugh, I don't have Joust. Anyone have an extra?
I wish. I just spent a few hours digging through boxes of wrapped / packed games looking for my copy. I never would have guessed or remembered that it's one of the cleanest NES games I own or have ever seen!  I didn't even want to play it! I guess it will stay in the console until we are done with this one. 

 

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Nov 6, 2017 at 3:34:16 AM
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Point racking will be allowed on Joust?  

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Nov 6, 2017 at 3:57:10 AM
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Another question.
If racking will be allowed, how will we deal with score looping?

Bad, BAD things will happen if racking is allowed.

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Nov 6, 2017 at 9:55:11 AM
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Have fun you crazy kids, don't do anything I Wouldn't do

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Nov 6, 2017 at 9:59:53 AM
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Originally posted by: SuperJimtendo

Have fun you crazy kids, don't do anything I Wouldn't do

All I can promise is that I will be a good girl and will break Joust to make up for my blunder this week. 😇

Also, how come I am Splash Woman (the worst Megaman boss ever) and my sarcasm rating got switched with Arn's?  

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Sometimes I don't know where in the world I am.


Edited: 11/06/2017 at 10:01 AM by Bea_Iank

Nov 6, 2017 at 10:20:27 AM
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Originally posted by: Bea_Iank
 
Originally posted by: SuperJimtendo

Have fun you crazy kids, don't do anything I Wouldn't do

All I can promise is that I will be a good girl and will break Joust to make up for my blunder this week. 😇

Also, how come I am Splash Woman (the worst Megaman boss ever) and my sarcasm rating got switched with Arn's?  
That's good to hear.  I'd hate to see you not break another NES game  

Sarcasm ratings got jumbled, those are now fixed.

Hmmm, there has to be a reason why I chose Splash Woman for you, now why was that ...

 

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Edited: 11/06/2017 at 10:21 AM by Stryphos

Nov 6, 2017 at 10:24:01 AM
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I mean... they really need to fix point racking being allowed.
This is what I got at wave 1 today morning after coffee and before I had to leave to work.


And I have no idea why you would pick Splash Woman for me. Robots have no genders.  

Edit: Huh. I also became someone named Sabin on that Neverending Fantasy VI game thing.

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Sometimes I don't know where in the world I am.


Edited: 11/06/2017 at 10:25 AM by Bea_Iank

Nov 6, 2017 at 10:35:03 AM
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Originally posted by: Bea_Iank

And I have no idea why you would pick Splash Woman for me. Robots have no genders.  

Edit: Huh. I also became someone named Sabin on that Neverending Fantasy VI game thing.
The irony of it all  

The FFVI names were another quality control slip.  They've since been changed.
 

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Nov 6, 2017 at 10:39:46 AM
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Originally posted by: Stryphos
 
Originally posted by: Bea_Iank

And I have no idea why you would pick Splash Woman for me. Robots have no genders.  

Edit: Huh. I also became someone named Sabin on that Neverending Fantasy VI game thing.
The irony of it all  

The FFVI names were another quality control slip.  They've since been changed.
 


Also it says welcome to the 2nd round at the top.

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Nov 6, 2017 at 10:40:48 AM
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Don't be too SHEEPISH this week with posting your scores, everybody!

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Nov 6, 2017 at 10:41:11 AM
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Originally posted by: mbd39


Also it says welcome to the 2nd round at the top.
Ha!  That one was Guil but I'll make the change  

 

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Nov 6, 2017 at 11:37:55 AM
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Dust Man?!  

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Nov 6, 2017 at 11:58:01 AM
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Originally posted by: arnpoly

Dust Man?!  





Dust is BAAAAAAD.

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Nov 6, 2017 at 12:00:59 PM
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I've made a grave mistake.
I googled Splash Woman to pick an avatar and clicked "images"...
My poor, innocent and chaste eyes. I need to burn them now.

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Fair reminder that I don't weigh the same as a duck, so I am not made of wood and therefore I am no witch.
Sometimes I don't know where in the world I am.


Edited: 11/06/2017 at 12:01 PM by Bea_Iank

Nov 6, 2017 at 12:13:10 PM
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Hmm, Toad Man. Either very clever of Stryphos, or quite a coincidence

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