Maybe I should come out of retirement next season so I can catch up.  

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping this would pull some big names back into action
 

Oh man, do NOT trust anything written in those lol. If I would have been following this thread closer and knew you were going that far back I would have warned you to ignore them sorry dude

Don't even worry about it man. I didn't put much time into Palamedes because I needed to learn Adventure Island. I basically didn't get very far playing the combos on later levels and once I had a secure score I just let it ride out. Besides, it's not the first time I took second place in that game; Tom beat me in 2013 because I slipped at the last second on level 18, Speed 1 (He also beat me in Yoshi earlier that year in a razor-thin victory). If I had really wanted a Palamedes win I should have come from the darkness in 2015 to claim it.

With Spelunker...yeah. The sad part is even with 10 competitors I probably still would have won. We weren't allowed to loop the game so instead excess lives were added to our score, and I had 5 lives left at the end. Had looping been okay I could have easily doubled what I posted, so watch out next time Spelunker comes up.

As it stands I'm still chasing that first real victory. I thought I had it with Rollergames this year. The way you've layed out the data I must have the lowest win to participation ratio in the contest history out of anyone with significant participation, which for me is somehow fitting  
 

Nah that's probably zobber  

2010-2016

Sweet, back in the top 50.  

Hmm, not sure why I've had underscores in your name. Fixing now.

Anyone recognize any retired names here?

0xero0
12willieboy
2Legit28Bit
8-bit_boice
8bitdre
A. Thrower
Absolutsyd
AceEbb
acomicbookguyc
acromite53
ag1052
airlock78
Alder
aleckermit
AllYourBase
alpenanews0506
AnalogNightmare
AppleTractorBeam
arch_8ngel
Arguro
arnpoly
AtariMaxx
atlien003
Austin
Austin
B.A.
babywuchki
Balloon_Kid
barrelsAndRivets
batz215
Bea_Iank
bearcat-doug
Beliskner
bencoffeehall
BenG76
Benihana
BennyBanana
BenPlusPlus
bertsampson
bigbernie
BilltownSparty
bimmy_lee
BingoRingo
BL4CKV4LOR
Blue Ember
bluzebrother11
Boosted52405
Boot(y)God(dess)
BouncekDeLemos
BriGuy82
Brock Landers
BuraiFighter
buttheadrulesagain
Caleb47
Captain Maroney
carnold1103
cdbblw
cgfeelit
christopher cummings
Chrono
Cirellio
CLAYB1RD
cleure
Clyde The Jackal
collectinisgame
Commander Santa
CompleteSNES
coolpapachiv
coyoteslash
Crabmaster2000
Cradelit
Cremorecs
csylve01
Ctrl Alt Geek
Czar5
D_N_G
Dain
DaJoshy
Darkjudge1
Darth Vader
dataz722
Davotron
DegaultGen
Dennis Fleaman
dirk12121212
DMG
Dmusic88
dockvalentine
doner24
Double0seven
DQ187
Dr. Pepper
dr. robbie
dra600n
dropkickorange
dtb0947
DubbleBro7
dukeofhurl99
DxS
eCockpit
EgasKrad
elhector
Elijah
Elkovsky
E-Man
EoTN
Eric Dude
eric430
eric430
erizisto
etijsma
etrainstyles
fat2rak005
fatalfuryspecial
Faxanadude
Ferris Bueller
Firebrandx
flash
Fleck586
floydfan38
Fluffy
Foochie776
Forte
fredoche
frodizle7
fsped09
galacticlint
Gameboyjay
GameboyRicky
GameBoyScotty
gamemaster30
gandggames
Geester
GhaleonsDeadMyFriend
GharetSaiDe
GhostNinja
GibbyVA
gnarblast
GoldeneyeGamer
grayworld
G-Type
guillavoie
gunner44
gunpei
gutsman004
Herbalist
hitmantommy
Hooloovoo
i2a2n2
ihavethatpma
ilovecardj
inaka
iressivor
j1eazy
JamesRobot
Jandrem
JawKnee
jaygames
JBOGames
jerbilly
JimJames
Jkeefe56
Jmanson03
joe1088
Johnny5alive
JojoRice
jonebone
jonest3
jonnylentilbean
Jono1874
jukeboxhero
jump_man95
K. Thrower
kaiser
kamakaze_ekun
Kawaii_kills
Kelekin
KHAN Games
khog143
Kid Dracula
killerkobra
knightriderce
KokiriChild
KrakenSoup
Krunch
Kuro
laddersandcakes
Lance
laserman81
Lente
lerugray
LifeGame
Liminy
Lincoln
link463
Logo1285
LORLOR89
lospunchados
Luigi_Master
Mack702
mario's left nut
Marti McFly
Marton
Master Chu
matt
mattbep
mattiekrome
mattyjmania
Max Velocity
mbd39
Mcds
MCMROSE
Mega Mario Man
Mega Tank
Megamanfan
MegaMartyr
Mikeain1
milesp1
Milwaukee_Nintendo
Mingy Jongo
Miss Clawful
Mog
mojofltr
moobox
Mr.Nintendo
MrClutch
MrMunho
Mrs. Landers
MrWunderful
Mulhunter
MunKey
N the Bit Gamer
narfer
Natendo
ndcapo
ndcapo
ne$_pimp
nechestriah
neidl32
neodolphino
nes king
nes_king
nesguy
NESJohnny
NESking80
nesmas12
NESMASTER14
Nightowljrm
ninjistar
Nintegrity
NintenDarr
NintendoTwizer
noiseredux
NostalgicMachine
Notrevania
Novastinger
oleSchool
ookii_risu
OSG
otterpop
Outinthedark
Ozzy_98
Palcom
Parpunk
pats1717
Paul
pegboy
PekoTAS
Peteroski
Philbracy
Philosoraptor
Player_01
playerdrm
Polonius
PrixelDerp
ProtoScott
Pserge
punishment
qtoyoda
Quack
quest4nes
quiet451
RASK1904
Ravage42
Razeak
rcolingmx
rcorporon
rdrunner
Red
RegularGuyGamer
renderling
Rengozu
RetroDave
retrokidd89
RetroNESNerd
RetroSnow
Richardhead
rikku32
Rizz
Robin Mihara
rokubungi
rondy_
Rooster
rosebride
RoteDelano
rubinhomoto
Russlyman
ruudos
Ryder4864
SAG26
Sam D.
Sanna
scaryice
Scoggs298
sconley666
Scucci
senorchocotaco
Seppatoni
Shane
shaneriley
Silent Hill
skinnygrinny
Skratlat
SKULLDEATH9000
SlowJamzMixtape
SmashingPinatas
smick
Solariz
SomewhatEvil
SONIKtheHEDGEHOG
Space Jockey
Spookter
Sportsplosion
Stan
steveovig
Sticky
stinkerhubbin
Stryphos
suicidalparrot
sully_51
Sun Baked Records
sunsetflip84
SuperJimtendo
superNESman
SwiftFrost
tablesw/chairs
Tanooki
Teknoman
Teknoskan
TENGEN
th0rpe
the tall guy
the_lurv
the_wizard_666
TheDuffy5
TheGameBastard
TheNerdyDaddy
TheOne
The-retro-shop.com
thesubcon3
thewalrusisal
Thomahawk12
Thundercat08
ToxieRules
tramfan3
treismac
TriHart
Tw1tch
TWarwick07
tyrantrum85
uiengineer
Uncle Tusk
UPN
USFLegend
Vader99
Vaosu
Vectrex280996
Velinos
WashYourFace
webb8514
WeLoveClassicGames
Whatulive4
Wicked Wonka
winterion
Xcracked8ballX
Xerxes
Xious
xtremegamer
Yoshigirl
Zaam
zdan80
Zeldaboy
Zill
zobber
ZOMG

I am certainly not retired, not yet.
And bloody 2010 put me way up in the ranking. I knew I should have put less effort there.  

Although, I am not so sure what is Skinny's situation. It might be needed to put him in the retired list.

No, he'll be back

A couple corrections to the above list of all-time contest participants:

jonnylentilbean = barrelsAndRivets
Nechestriah = Natendo
Pserge = Paul

Hmm, I think I have to fix barrel's stats in the "Beat SNES" thread too then

Looks like nes king -> nes_queen

edit: er... they're husband and wife?  My kingdom for a scoreboard, damn you Nesruler!  

Found another one:

Philbracy = fatalfuryspecial

Edit: And another:

TheDuffy5 = Fluffy

Keep your names the same people  

For now I'm just going to use the top 3 for the 2009 scores, since that is all that was logged to a scoreboard. Way too much of a pain in the ass otherwise, and its not like there were a ton of participants anyways

Not exactly sure how to do the genre stats; for now I'll just figure out titles based mostly on who got awards. Not sure how those were decided in 2012...

Ok, someone has to explain this to me

2012 Genre Award: Arcade 1 (1 user)
2012 Genre Award: Arcade 2 (3 users)
2012 Genre Award: Beat 'em Up 1 (0 users)
2012 Genre Award: Beat 'em Up 2 (2 users)
2012 Genre Award: Platformer 1 (1 user)
2012 Genre Award: Platformer 2 (1 user)
2012 Genre Award: Puzzle 1 (0 users)
2012 Genre Award: Puzzle 2 (2 users)
2012 Genre Award: Shooter 1 (0 users)
2012 Genre Award: Shooter 2 (2 users)
2012 Genre Award: Sports 1 (1 user)
2012 Genre Award: Sports 2 (1 user)

I think I never dared looking at how the genre icons were given that year cause it was definitely not what was planned.

The genre icons 1 were supposed to be for the player who got the most points in the genre, period. Even if someone already won a Block and earned his tournament spot, he could still play to win genre icons 1.  So, when we compiled the points, we did one for the block (excluding player who already won a Block), and another one for the genre (with players who already won a Block).

The genre icons 1 winners were (or were supposed to be, cause I see rdrunner didn't get the shooter icon 1) :

Platformer : guillavoie
Sports : guillavoie
Arcade : 2legit28bit
Shooter : rdrunner
Beat Em Up : rdrunner
Puzzle : rdrunner

If a player won a genre, he was earning a tournament spot. But, since we knew some Block winners would win genre icons (all winners were actually Block winners, lol), there were genre winner icons 2 made for those earning a tournament spot through their performance in a genre.

The principle was that the player with the best result in a genre (behind players that already earned a tournament spot) would get the icon to underline their entry in the tournament.

Now, I don't know what happened in the distribution, but what I see here is completely off with what it should have been (I don,t blame anyone, the formula was a bit complicated to apply). In term of titles, I'd say that the 6(3) winners above are what represent it.

So, is the all-time points leaderboard scored based on how points were given out at the time, or is it all updated to how it is now? When I made a master list in 2014 I did it by his points were given out at the time (and didn't include tournament games because there were no points given for those).

I used 2016's scoring. I wanted to try and keep things consistent. Tournament games were not included, other than giving the tier 1 winners credit for a win.  Was my decision biased by my own tier 1 win in round 2 this year?  Very possibly.  Mostly I just wanted a way to get one of our champions onto the leaderboard (Richard, lawl)

It's not perfect, especially if the scoring changes again, but it was the best I could come up with.  And I more-or-less only did the top 3 for the 2009 contests because sorting those threads out is a massive pain in the ass.

I think so too. It's fallen off of the first page a few times so it would be great to have it stuck to the top considering all of the work Brock has put into it.

You can come back Bearcatdoug if you can get out of your rocking chair!!!! Bahhaha   

 

It's pretty comfortable since I got that new cushion for Christmas.   You seem to have done a good enough job taking over for me as the resident trash talker anyway.