I still have a few runs left in me. I want to get a million and no death, in the same run would be nice but I'll take them separate too  




 

My personal best no death run was somewhere in the 1.3 million range, so I still have some room for improvement if I get enough time over the weekend to get a few more attempts in.

Wwwooooooo... good stuff bearcat! 

I need Some luck when that "fuzzy"? Lil beetle thing comes down the stairs in 7-1 I think. 
 

Well, I used to play against my dad 30 years ago, so I've had plenty of practice. I tried to talk him into joining in this week, but I didn't have any luck.

Let me get in that million point club  

By the skin of my teeth and I didn't finish the game but it's a million points. i was slacking on that run too. I won't be suprised if someone puts up 1.5 

bets on if a mill keeps you in the top five?
 

Dude! You have to get your dad to post a score! Father son post after 30 years and the son is the one who is retired from the contest  

tell your dad that skinnygrinny would love to see him post something.


 

Good job on breaking the million point mark! At least I can say that I'm the only one with a current score over a million and beat the game in the same attempt (I think erizisto did it on his last attempt, but not on the one he has posted now). I don't know I'd bet that anybody would get knocked out of the top 5 with a million point score, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were 5 million point scores by the end of the contest since a few other players are getting close.

 

Glad to have these back. 313150

I offered to take a console over to his house at the beginning of the week, but I couldn't talk him into it. I don't think he's picked up a controller in 25 years, so he probably wouldn't even manage to hit the participation score.

I'm officially a participant. This is the proudest moment of my life.

In all seriousness, super excited to join in the fun, even with my lackluster score of 182,350. Maybe I'll try to get in a few better rounds before the end. 

"Santa Weekly News Update" will be up between 11pm and 12am tonight! (NA Time)

What a great turn out for the new season for the contests and there is still one day to go!
Can't wait to see who emerges this year victorious.
 

Consistently dying right past 1 million. Controller is taking some bounces off the floor.

So I was having a really good run and was way ahead of pace with my current at 4-3. I routinely jumped off one the seesaw girders to safely land on one of the moving girders,or so I thought.

Instead of landing that jump,I literally PASSED RIGHT THROUGH THE GIRDER and fell to my death. I think that's my sign to call it a week. I've never been great at this game,and it looks that will continue.

Yeah I think I'm done too. By the time I get to 7-1 I'm way to panicky to pull of the turtle trick at the end. That's the only way I'm going to approach a million

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2016 WEEK 1 SANTA WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE!!! - SUPER MARIO BROS.
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Ho! Ho! Ho! eSports fans! The 2016 Nintendoage Weekly Contests have once again begun and boy competition all week has been heating up. 
Many World Class NES players both old and new to the contests have already posted some amazing scores.
There is less than 24 hours left for anyone who has not yet posted a score this week to get in on the action. Perhaps some of the already posted scores will jump even higher too!
Anyway... on to the weeks highlights!


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NEW RULES FOR 2016 SEASON ARE IN EFFECT!
Braintrust of super smart geniuses streamline rules to make NA contest even better

A collation of current and former contest players and moderators spent months in the off season collaborating, bickering and arm wrestling to ensure the NA Weekly Contests are the best they have ever been.
The Contests have been going on for a number of years and the moderators in charge felt it was time for an overhaul of the rules to make things more balanced and enjoyable for everyone who participates this year.
Many things were disscussed - both from a moderator and player stand point. If you are not familiar with the new rules, here is a short synapse of the most notable changes...

- 1 Year Long Contest instead of 2.
- The Top 8 Scorers will place this year instead of the top 10 each week.
- Anyone scoring over the participation threshold will be awarded 3 points
- A bye week will be observed every few weeks to give players and mods a break to prevent NES burnout
- Playoffs will start at the end of the year with top scorers qualifying for a chance to win it all!

Also new for 2016... 2015 Season 1 Champion bearcat_doug is now retired and moderating the contests along with formerly retired champions bimmy_lee and guillavoie.
2015 Season 2 Champion bertsampson has made a snazzy new leaderboard that will be updated throughout each week so participants can get a feel for where they stand against their rivals. 2016 is already shaping up to be the best NA Championship yet!


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ELITE MILLIONAIRES CLUB SHOWCASING "WHO TO WATCH" FOR THE 2016 SEASON
These 4 players have all scored over 1 million points on a one death run in Super Mario Bros. and look to be early season favorites for the contests moving forward

Who is the biggest dog on the playground this year? Nintendoage has a storied past with world records being broken and world record holders showing up to lay down the law.
This is only week 1 of the season, but these 4 players are putting out a message early that they are here to win (even though bearcat_doug's scores are only for bragging rights).
Take a look at these players' insane scores - and keep an eye on these top performers throughout the year.

1. erizisto: (4th place finisher in the season last year. When he's good, he's REAL GOOD. Very dangerous and skilled competitor) - 1,237,250
2. kamakaze_ekun: (new kid on the block? How does this guy not have a participation icon yet? This score is INSANE! Keep an eye on him.) - 1,103,350
3. bearcat_doug*: (Champion of just about everything, he has gone into retirement - but I'm sure will post scores here and there to lay down a high water mark.) - 1,040,800*
4. skinnygrinny: (a gritty and tough competitor, skinny's score almost always climbs several times during the week. If you want to beat him, you're going to have to work for it.) - 1,012,800

There are still a whole slew of top tier competitors that have posted (and have yet to post) scores. I have never seen so many top tier players competing at the same time. This writer is extremely excited to see what the rest of the season holds.


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BROCK LANDERS MANIA WEEK ON NINTENDOAGE!
This week belongs to Brock Landers: He's doing it all this week!

Brock Landers is a man of many talents - and we here at the Santa Weekly News Update would like to showcase all of the things Mr. Landers has been doing this week for everyone here at Nintendoage as a show of our appreciation.
The Week of Landers includes...

- An admirable score posted this week of 844,500 thus far in the NES Weekly Contest
- Brock's contributions to the "Can NA beat every NES/SNES/N64 game in a year" threads
- Brock's SNES Weekly Contests
- Brock's apparant lynching in the NA Forum Game "WEREWOLF VI: Caves of Narshe" where he had the difficult role of independent thief
- Even Mrs. Landers has joined the fray with a valid participation score of 118,900!

To Mr. (and Mrs.) Landers - you've made a bunch of contributions to NA in the past weeks and Nintendoage is better for your involvement. Thank you, and good luck the rest of the season(s).


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WEEK 5 OF THE NA NES WEEKLY CONTESTS TO HONOR "JD" - JOHN HEINS
Nintendoage learned the sad news of the passing of this former mod and dynamite person

Earlier this week, Nintendoage learned of the passing of it's own "JD" after his battle with an illness. Many members here (myself included) were deeply saddened by the tragic news.
Aside from being an amazingly helpful and kind person, JD was highly skilled in both Donkey Kong and the NES game 1943. As such, there has been mentioning that Week 5 of these contests will be played in memorium of JD.
The Week 5 Game is 1943.
We cannot bring JD back, but as a gaming community it'd be nice to show appreciation for a guy who did so much  - by doing what we do best.
Even if you cannot post a score, pop in 1943 with us in a few weeks and give it your best. 1943 will be for you JD. You are missed.


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NEW PARTICIPANTS
Not all of these scores are by new participants, but will the powers that be get these players a much deserved icon!!!!???

Each week, we will try to make a list of all the players that have submitted a valid score that do not yet have that Contest badge of honor (the link icon holding a controller).
Everyone who posts a valid score is supposed to be awarded one of these. Hopefully, this will make it easier for Moderators to award them.

To be knighted with the Contest Badge...

- kamakaze_ekun: 1,103,350
- Brock Landers:  844,500
- RichardHead:  528,900
- Philosoraptor: 492,900
- Milwaukee_Nintendo: 380,350
- NostalgicMachine: 297,950
- laddersandcakes: 182,350
- Jandrem:  165,550
​- Kawaii_kills:  156,550
- Mrs. Landers:  118,900

A Warm Welcome to all the new comers.


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Well, that's it for this week's update. Anything can happen in the next 23 1/2 hours.
Who will win Super Mario Bros.?
Are there others waiting to post a monster score just before the deadline?
What is chef guillavoie's favorite thing to cook?

Tune in to the contests to find out!
 

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So glad to see the Santa Weekly News Update back! Always an entertaining read! Keep up the good work, Santa!

Thanks bimmy.
Sorry for the delay.

I think with the changes you guys made, the line-up of games this year and the amount of world class players taking part - this is going to be the best year ever for the contests.
I'm excited to see what happens this year.

 

+1 

awesome work santa! So fun to read  

thanks man. You nailed it btw I've always considered myself a grinder  
 

You're welcome   And no problem on the delay.  It was a very pleasant surprise to come home from a long day at work and see a Santa News Update.  It seriously made my night

Mod edit: Please update your original post with each new score. -Doug

Welcome to the contest Kawaii kills

You know, I haven't given away a random prize in quite some time...hint, hint. Let's get some more scores to make the prize drawing even more fun

Hah, thanks Santa.  Love the reference too

Sadly Mario is one of the few games on the docket that I've actually played before.  It's gonna take some serious training montages to stand a chance against these guys

Welcome!

I don't even bother with points in that level. Like 4-1 and a few others, it's almost _meant_ to speedrun. Hold down run and don't stop, shallow jump most of the later jumps and the fish won't touch you.