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Sonic Central => Competition Central => Tournament Central => Topic started by: yse on September 13, 2007, 09:45:30 am
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FINAL STANDINGS
League One
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
yoshifan | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 82
Quartz | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 81
eredani | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 73
SJ | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 59
SkyL | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 36
RPG | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22
Aitamen | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9
Nelspike | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
League Two
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
SBW | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 92
Achlys | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 77
Judgment | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 63
Max | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 49
MK | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12
genus | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8
SB | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
digitrev | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
Tournament writeup to follow.
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j00 bitches all gonna go down like a pr0nstar on set
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I will set the same pace as the last tourny. I will be reading the rules more closely :p
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Okay so I have 15 players. That's close enough, I've asked douglas and Judgement and the first one who gets back to me can have the last spot.
In the meantime, here's the stuff for the tournament (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/Tournament.zip). This should include the following:
- Emukon and Gens+ emulators
- Savestates for the Genesis level selects
- Sonic 1-K, Sonic 3D, Knuckles Chaotix (with BIOS files), Sonic 1, 2, Chaos and Triple Trouble for GG
If it's missing something, notify me and I'll see what I can do.
Also note that you don't need to grab that if you already have everything in it, or even if you're only missing one or two ROMs. I suggest getting a couple of things separately, but if you need most of it then you should probably grab the pack.
Before we start, a few of our less familiar players might benefit from the following:
Gens+ Tutorial
A tiny bit long winded, but it does the job. Here it is (http://www.soniccagedome.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3706) (yes, it's on SCD, shut up)
Emukon Tutorial
Emukon works a bit differently. If you can work your way around Gens+ you should be able to load the ROM without too much trouble. Then you'll want to select File -> Movie Logger to begin. Pick a number and press Record, and you'll record.
Playback is more interesting though. The format of the output file is "<ROM name>.gg.x.movie", where x is the number you selected on the Movie Logger screen. The filename, when I play it back, must match this exactly, and be situated in the Movies directory of Emukon, then I select the number and press Play. You will need to know this if you intend to review your performances, too.
You can (and, in fact, should) rename your file and let me change the file name back for judging purposes - but be aware you will not be able to view the movie yourself after you do this unless you change it back.
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On that note, I will again be providing zipped files of all the submissions I receive in any given week. They won't be attachments to my posts though; they'll be uploaded to the new /Tournament directory of TSC. I'll post links so you can grab them easily.
It looks like splitting players into League 1 and 2 is going to be easy, so there won't be a qualifying round. The leagues are therefore as follows:
League 1: eredani, yoshifan, RPG, SkyLights, Shadow Jacky, Aitamen, Nelspike TX, Quartz
League 2: douglas/Judgement, SBW, Achlys, genus, digitrev, SuperSonic94, MK, Strong Bad
EDIT: it seems Judgement replied three days ago and I didn't notice. whoops. looks like the last spot is his.
EDIT2: I have been informed that there is no Chaotix ROM in the zip. Google sonicstuff and you can get it.
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Okay we're nearly ready to start. The last piece of the puzzle is here: your partners for Round One:
League One
Quartz vs Nelspike TX
Aitamen vs SJ
eredani vs RPG
yoshifan vs SL
League Two
Strong Bad vs MK
Supersonic94 vs digitrev
Judgement vs Achlys
SBW vs genus
For the benefit of those who aren't as active here I'm going to include everyone's email address in the first post so you can make some contact with them. Alternatively join the chat because it's awesome in there.
And now, the all important categories!
Each week I am going to give the categories some sort of theme. This week, it's Internet memes.
It's OVER NINE THOUSAND!
All your base are belong to us
yea BLAZIN'
It's a trap!
Both leagues share these categories - one pairing in each league will play each challenge.
Also, a reminder that the first round will begin at 12:01am GMT on the 7th (to avoid midnight confusion). That's still the better part of two days away, but it'll help if you can sort this out: If you can't sort it out I'll assign you categories myself.
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I'm presuming that since mike edited in a comment about not including a Chaotix ROM on accident, then there aren't BIOS either. Although KEGA does not need BIOS, Gens and variants do. Here you go (http://www.knuckleschaotix.info/bios32x.zip).
Also since you hafta DL the ROM separately, everybody has to get the same format. I'd personally say NTSC as the rest of the ROMs in that .zip are likely NTSC.
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And now, the moment you've all been waiting for!
Since a lot of you were slackers and didn't pick categories, I picked them for you! And you're all going to love what I picked >_>
Round One
Challenge 1: Play Aquatic Ruin 2 in Sonic 2 as Knuckles. You must collect 9000 points (time/ring bonuses do not count). Best time wins. (You do not have to complete the level, you may end your recording once you have achieved the goal.)
Target time: 2:00
Competitors: Aitamen/SJ, Strong Bad/MK
Challenge 2: Complete Launch Base 1 in Sonic 3 as Tails. Most rings wins. Ties will be decided on time.
Target rings: 300, but you must collect all of the large rings
Competitors: eredani/RPG, digitrev/SS94
Challenge 3: Complete Marble 2 in Sonic 1. Best time wins.
Target time: 1:30
Competitors: Quartz/Nelspike, Achlys/Judgement
Challenge 4: Play Mystic Cave 2 in Sonic 2 as any character. You must fall into the Spike Pit of Doom (if you don't know where this is, I will provide you with a map and/or smack you over the head). The winner is the first to die in the spike pit. (You may end your recording after death)
Target time: 0:36
Competitors: yoshifan/SL, SBW/genus
You have exactly one week, minus 20 minutes. Good luck, and get cracking!
PS. don't forget the bonus point for first submission! (EDIT: Aitamen has claimed league 1's bonus point, and Judgement league 2's.)
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bonus point claimed by moi!
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I'm presuming that since mike edited in a comment about not including a Chaotix ROM on accident, then there aren't BIOS either. Although KEGA does not need BIOS, Gens and variants do. Here you go (http://www.knuckleschaotix.info/bios32x.zip).
Actually the bios files were in there, just not the rom. >_>
Also I call lol at my challenge.
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You guys are going down. >:D
Just as soon as I procrastinate on it until Friday or something. >_>
~Strong Bad
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I'm adding a new nuance to the scoring to assist you League Two peons. (This is also going in the first post)
If you can beat a League One player in your challenge, you get a two point bonus!
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I hate to do this to you guys, but I've run into a pretty serious problem.
SS94 has indicated that he will probably pull out. I need a replacement. Fast.
Or, I can get him to do this challenge, and the replacement can take whatever he gets and start from round 2.
Any volunteers?
EDIT: also, categories for Round 2. Most of you should recognise these...
Something old
Something new
Something borrowed
Something blue
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The challenges are wedding themed!
Wild predictions to follow.
Old-Sonic 1 I assume, maybe something from GH. To keep with the idea of 'fateful encounters', 'love at first sight', and so on it could have to do with the fight against Eggman.
New-I'd say this is from S3K, which is the newest mainstream Sonic game we're able to compete in. Something involving Knuckles seems probable for the same reason I see an Eggman fight as likely. S2K for the throwback perhaps. Or maybe it involves Tails.
Borrowed-I'd say a challenge from Thorn's tournament, but that wouldn't make sense since he's doing things with hacks. Mike could also be dipping into older EC's, in which case anything goes. It could have to do with the oft recycled generic zone designs; Green Hill, Emerald Hill, etc. come to mind in that case. No idea as to what it has to do with weddings.
Blue-An underwater level, for sure. Either Labyrinth or Hydrocity. Aquatic Ruin doesn't get mentioning not only because it's the worst zone in Sonic 2, but because it's green. Chemical Plant is blue. Very blue. And people buy hairsprays and the like in bulk for weddings. There is the distinct possibility I have hit upon something.
Sonic CD might get into a challenge, 2, or even 4 because of Amy. That does go along with this whole wedding shabang quite nicely. As it stands my guesses are the best, because nobody else bothered anticipating what Mike does. I am the best at guessing these challenges. It's a great feeling to be the best at something.
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>_>
I wait for mike to seal my fate. its much more enjoyable for me to freak out at what mike throws at me.
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Something Blue is -obviously- Aqua Lake or Planet.
Something Old? - A ruin level of some sort.
Something New? - Aquatic Ruin given the "Neo" prefix of the working title
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I call one spot for... I'll PM it
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also for some reason Hydrocity came to mind for all of those:
old: its an old water works or temple type place
new: new stage from the genesis titles
borrowed: its a water stage and it borrowed the ability to skip across water like Aqua Lake from Sonic 2 GG
blue: blue water
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Yea, sorry guys, but I cant compete, its my first time that I do rings in that game (S3&K), and I havent experience in old games, Im sorry...
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ps I called dibs on Something Blue
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Ice Cap has plenty of blue.
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Something old: SMS sonic? Sonic 3 by itself?
Something New: KC? Hack? "Neo" something? SCD?
Something Borrowed: Perhaps it's based on SCD, since, even though it came out a year after S2, it was based on S1 sprites and actions and modifications thereof... Perhaps something having to do with Super Sonic?
Something Blue: Perhaps it's water... perhaps it's sonic... perhaps it's fighting sonic... perhaps it's the BSOD?
I give... I hate weddings anyway... all the more reason to ANNIHILATE this challenge!
Something not blue for me, please!
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wait what?
SS94 thats the lamest excuse to drop out. I'm one of those that have the weakest of 2-D skills yet I'm still in this. I'm running off of old school knownloedge, a ton of runs that I've seen, tricks that have been talked about to death, and Emerald Challenges. All of that STILL doesn't let me hang with these insane 2-Ders
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hey SJ, as my rival for the first round, I still call it AOK.? Competing in a game and setting you're unfamiliar with just for the sake of competing... that's how you get better... and just DOING it is what matters
If it wasn't for M89 pissing me off, I wouldn't have tackled the rings for the 2D games...? look where I am there now!
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see, I'm not letting my shitty skills get in the way of fun goddammit!
also I still cringe at some of these challenges and even if its something I can do, I'm still not that great. also its a learning experience as I couldn't believe some of the things I've done, but its normal to you guys >_<
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The results are in!
Challenge 1
League One: Aitamen (0:34) def SJ (0:44)
League Two: MK (1:04) def Strong Bad (no entry)
Points: Aitamen 8, SJ 3, MK 8, Strong Bad 0
Challenge 2
League One: eredani (588, 5:21) def RPG (578, 9:48)
League Two: MaxFirestorm (378, who cares) def digitrev (no entry)
Points: eredani 8, RPG 3, MaxFirestorm 8, digitrev 0
Challenge 3
League One: Quartz (0:47) def Nelspike TX (no entry)
League Two: Judgement (0:48) def Achlys (0:49)
Points: Quartz 8, Nelspike 0, Judgement 10, Achlys 5
Challenge 4
League One: yoshifan (0:22) def SkyL (0:24)
League Two: SBW (0:28) def genus (0:30)
Points: yoshifan 8, SL 3, SBW 8, genus 3
The actual giz files for the challenges can be found here (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R1L1.zip) and here (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R1L2.zip).
The table therefore looks as follows:
League One
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
Aitamen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9
Quartz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8
yoshifan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8
eredani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8
RPG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3
SkyL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3
SJ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3
Nelspike | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
League Two
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
Judgment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11
MK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8
Max | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8
SBW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8
Achlys | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5
genus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3
digitrev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Next, your partners for the next round. I really should have done this on Friday :/
League One
Nelspike vs SJ
eredani vs yoshifan
Quartz vs Aitamen
RPG vs SkyL
League Two
Judgement vs SBW
Strong Bad vs MaxFirestorm
MK vs digitrev
Achlys vs genus
And now, Round 2!
I congratulate everyone who tried to guess what I had in store. The truth is that you helped me out greatly. I knew what not to do ;D
Here we go!
Challenge 5
Complete Green Hill in Sonic 1 GG (the whole zone). You must collect at least twelve item boxes throughout the run. Best time wins.
Target time: 2:20
Players: Nelspike/SJ, MK/digitrev
Challenge 6
Complete Spring Stadium 1 in Sonic 3D. You must use each of the following moves throughout your run: a spring, a spindash, and a homing attack. Best time wins.
Target time: 2:15
Players: Quartz/Aitamen, Judgement/SBW
Challenge 7
Complete Flying Battery 2 in Sonic and Knuckles using Knuckles. After the boss appears but before you attack it, you must get hit 15 times and then lose all rings. Best time from final checkpoint wins.
Target time: 3:00 from final checkpoint
Players: eredani/yoshifan, Strong Bad/MaxFirestorm
Challenge 8
Complete Hydrocity 1 in Sonic 3 with Sonic. You may not use the Spin Dash. Best time wins.
Target time: 1:35
Players: RPG/SL, Achlys/genus
also :O :O
BONUS CHALLENGE!
Complete Metropolis 3 in Sonic 2 with Sonic. You may not use any glitch which results in you falling through the floor. Best time wins.
Target time: 3:00
This challenge will run for 3 weeks.
Good luck, and don't forget the bonus points!
quick edit: Quartz claims the League 1 bonus point, Judgement takes League 2's, and the Bonus Challenge's point is still up for grabs!
edit2: Quartz takes the Bonus Challenge point too!
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meh :/
~Strong Bad
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I have bad news. Due to my move, since my computer isn't going to arrive in NM until after I do (yes, damn my father... I thought it'd be faster/cheaper, but I was wrong), I'm going to have to drop out from the tournament...
trust me... it's not like I want to...
but I still intend to do what I can for the tourny and the site...
Be well, everyone... and sorry to dissapoint if it ends up that I can't finish out the tourny
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Okay this round isn't going so well. Only five submissions. And a challenge that I can't grade. :/
Here's your opponents for round 3:
League One
eredani vs SkyL
Quartz vs SJ
RPG vs yoshifan
Nelspike vs Aitamen
League Two
MK vs MaxFirestorm
Judgement vs genus
Achlys vs SBW
Strong Bad vs digitrev
Round 3 has a new group: the Quadrinity! As such the challenges are as follows:
mike89
RPG
Thorn
Aitamen
And this is going to work a bit differently. I'm going to tell you guys directly what your challenge is this time. I'll endeavour to send it to everyone at the same time so that the race for the bonus points isn't compromised.
Get cracking!
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I'm working on a shitty run from me now. >_>
Aitamen's something in Sonic 2, no doubt about it. Thorn? Ugh, Chaotix is all I can think of...
"mike89" has to be something awesome and yet ridiculously difficult. RPG could be -anything-. Damn "all-rounder."
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^ God forbid I should be Sonic 3D champ too. :(
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Yeah but you don't think S3D when you think Thorn. You think Chaotix.
Might I note that the other Quadrinity members don't currently hold any championships in tournament-legal games.
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The results are in!
Challenge 5 (Note: This challenge went really badly so I've decided to cancel the result in League Two. League One remains unchanged because SJ did submit and I was eventually able to verify it.)
League One: SJ - 2:18 def Nelspike (no submission)
League Two: Canceled
Points: SJ 8, Nelspike 0, MK 4, digitrev 4
Challenge 6
League One: Quartz (1:19) def Aitamen (3:08)
League Two: Judgement (1:33) def SBW (2:07)
Points: Quartz 8, Aitamen 0, Judgement 10, SBW 5
Challenge 7
League One: yoshifan (1:34) def eredani (1:45)
League Two: MaxFirestorm (2:46) def Strong Bad (no submission)
Points: yoshifan 8, eredani 3, MaxFirestorm 8, Strong Bad 0
Challenge 8
League One: RPG (1:11) def SkyL (1:24)
League Two: Achlys (1:20) def genus (2:08)
Points: RPG 8, SkyL 3, Achlys 10, genus 0
The points table stands as follows:
League One
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
Quartz+ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20
yoshifan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16
SJ+ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13
eredani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11
RPG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11
Aitamen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9
SkyL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6
Nelspike | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
League Two
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
Judgment | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22
SBW+ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16
Max | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16
Achlys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15
MK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12
digitrev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
genus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3
SB | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
+ - indicates two points for the Bonus Challenge
Challenges 9 through 12 will be sent to you directly.
Also, there is going to be a weekend round this weekend. It'll probably start two days before the end of this round.
Get cracking!
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Bonus point status: Quartz gets League One, Achlys gets League Two.
Table to be updated in first post momentarily.
edit: Round 2 submissions here (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R2L1.zip) and here (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R2L2.zip).
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Okay, here's how this is going to work.
There are still two days left in round 3. However, this round is going to run alongside round 3.
There are, of course, bonus points for first submission on offer, one for each league as per usual.
So without further ado, the category for Round 4 is:
"Back to his roots."
There are a few ways you can find out what the actual challenge is. Firstly, for the IRC folk, I'm making a new channel: #tournament - the challenge will be in the topic.
Or, you can contact me directly as usual. From the time you do that, you will have exactly one hour to submit.
You have two days! Let's go!
EDIT: Here's your partners for Round 5:
League One
Quartz vs eredani
Nelspike vs RPG (Aitamen)
Aitamen vs yoshifan (RPG)
SJ vs SkyL
League Two
MK vs Achlys
MaxFirestorm vs SBW
Strong Bad vs Judgement
digitrev vs genus
In Round 5, you will play Round 3's challenges again, but you may not play the one you played this week. Therefore, that leaves most groups with just two choices, but RPG and Aitamen only have one choice as they cannot pick their own challenges.
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<mike89> that's the bonus point to SBW!
/me lame victory pose :D
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I want Thorn's. As simple as that. If possible.
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The results are in!
Round 3
Challenge 9
League One: yoshifan (2:13) def RPG (2:20)
League Two: Judgement (4:04) def genus (submission not found)
Points: yoshifan 8, RPG 3, Judgement 8, genus 0
Challenge 10
League One: eredani (1:11) def SkyL (1:17)
League Two: MaxFirestorm (2:02) def MK (no submission)
Points: eredani 8, SkyL 3, MaxFirestorm 8, MK 0
Challenge 11
League One: No submissions
League Two: Achlys (2'04"41) def SBW (3'45"78)
Points: Aitamen 0, Nelspike 0, Achlys 12, SBW 7
Challenge 12
League One: Quartz (2:16) def SJ (2:58)
League Two: No submissions
Points: Quartz 8, SJ 3, Strong Bad 0, digitrev 0
Round 4
League One:
Aitamen - no submission
SkyL - no completion
Nelspike - 86
Quartz - 87
yoshifan - 93
RPG - 96
SJ - 99
eredani - 101
Points: eredani 10, SJ 7, RPG 5 (+1), yoshifan 4, Quartz 3, Nelspike 2
League Two:
digitrev - no submission
MK - no submission
Judgement - no submission
Achlys - no completion
Strong Bad - 38
genus - 63
MaxFirestorm - 73
SBW - 85
Points: SBW 10 (+1), MaxFirestorm 7, genus 5, Strong Bad 4
The Table now looks as follows:
League One
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
Quartz+ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32
eredani | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29
yoshifan | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28
SJ+ | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23
RPG+ | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22
Aitamen | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9
SkyL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9
Nelspike | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
League Two
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
SBW+ | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 34
Max | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31
Judgment | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30
Achlys | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 28
MK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12
genus | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8
SB | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
digitrev | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
+ - indicates two points for the Bonus Challenge
Okay, I now feel comfortable making the challenges known to everyone. However you won't see Round 3 results until this time next week.
Challenge 9
Play Sonic 3 and Knuckles with any character. You may start from any act. You must collect the following items: 10 rings, Speed Shoes, invincibility, each of the 3 types of shield, 1-up, Robotnik, and a large ring. Your run ends when you collect the last item, and your time is the sum total of all levels played.
Target time: 4:00
Players: SJ/SkyL, MK/Achlys
Challenge 10
Complete the first Special Stage of Sonic 3 with any character. You must collect all blue spheres moving backwards. You must also get a perfect bonus. Best time wins.
Target time: 1:22
Players: Aitamen/yoshifan, digitrev/genus
Challenge 11
Complete any two Act 5's in Knuckles Chaotix. (The level select code is 06 0B 11 / 04 00 04 on the Color Test screen.) Your time is the sum total of these two acts. Best time wins.
Target time: 4:00
Players: Quartz/eredani, Strong Bad/Judgement
Challenge 12
Complete both acts of Oil Ocean in Sonic 2. You may not touch the oil at the bottom of the stage (the slides are fine). Your time is the sum total of both acts. Best time wins.
Target time: 3:00
Players: Nelspike/RPG, MaxFirestorm/SBW
Round 4 giz's here (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R4L1.zip) and here (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R4L2.zip).
Get cracking! And remember the bonus challenge is still up for grabs!
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This round has been a disgrace. Three submissions! D:
The categories for round 6 are below: They'll all take the form of a cryptic crossword clue. These things are notoriously difficult, and in fact I've been holding back this round for weeks while I come up with decent clues. Unfortunately, the end result still isn't that good, but we'll work with what we've got. Here's a bit of a guide (http://www3.sympatico.ca/tagies/cryptics/solvingguide/solvingguide.html) to solving them - I can't guarantee it'll help, mainly because these clues are not that good. :P
High sickness mounts (4)
Flowing rock sounds like a crappy program (4)
A clientele vat: organised hiding place on moving platform (8)
Brings beheaded metallic circle (5)
There's two days left on both Round 5, and the Bonus Challenge (which itself has only four submissions. Hurry up!
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I've never seen a cryptic crossword, and I have no idea what the numbers at the end of the line reference, so for the amusement of everyone else I'm not going to try to put together a well-composed guess. Think of this as English class on TSC.
High sickness mounts-Mercury thermometers, especially on horseback, are bad for you. Mercury's found underground, which means we're playing Lava Reef. The 'horse' is an allusion to freedom, what Sonic and Tails want to obtain by getting out of the cavern into the outside world. Here it can be logically inferred that Sonic is the one partaking in the challenge; Tails is a sidekick and not worthy of a 'high' sickness, instead being relegating to 'moderate' or 'lower' sicknesses. Mike is cautioning you to not get ahead of yourself with this challenge, and instead play moment by moment. It's basically Lava Reef 3 on 1/7x speed as Sonic. '7' because in Western culture 7 is viewed as a just number, perfect and the antithesis of evil. Just like Sonic.
Flowing rock sounds like a bad program-Glowing frock. What makes a glowing frock? Radiation. And you find radiation in chemical dump sites. Chemical Plant from Sonic 2. The 'bad program' in all probability refers to taking a less popular route, the 'road less traveled by', cutting words designed to mock those who shirk responsibility in favor of procrastination and general sloth. This less popular route entails more risk, but is all the more rewarding for it, a parable for hard work vs. natural intuition, and why the first always triumphs. I'm certain there is also an allusion to the age old literary theme of coming of experience and end of innocence. No doubt that the challenge is to get hit 5 times against the boss of Chemical Plant 2, and not move horizontally without the spindash.
A clientele vat: organised hiding place on moving platform-Why, it's Oil Ocean of course! Mike is satirizing the Western world's dealing with entities that actively oppose their existance, namely Saudia Arabia; in the Middle Ages, a common execution method for heretics, or Muslims, was to boil them alive in a vat of oil. The perceived former executors are, in a dramatically ironic twist, forced to be subjected to the same punishment their direct descendants supposedly inflicted on others. Saudia Arabia can be seen as avoiding scrutiny, "hiding" on the rough-and-tumble "platform" of economics. Going along with the theme of creative evasiveness, the challenge must be to clear Oil Ocean 1 through duplicity, killing nothing, an allegory for Western-Saudi relations as Sonic actively seeks to destroy Robotnik, creator of robotniks, and not robotniks themselves, while the West is trying to stifle terrorism without cutting it off at ground level in Saudi Arabia.
Brings beheaded metallic circle-If you cut off a circle's "head", through the use of a guillotine, you are left with have a circle, or an arc. 'Arc' is a homophone of 'ark', as in SA2's 'the ark', a major plotpoint shrouded in secrecy. So something mysterious, adding in an air of the unknown. Concurrent with the space theme, and on the same thematic plane, is Sonic 2's Death Egg, full of formerly unseen enemies. 'Death' is of itself an enigmatic and unusual force and eggs, high in protein, can be seen as creating powerhouses. So here will be an implied evil of a strong calibur which can only be destroyed with a sterling courage, the probably climax of the narrative. The challenge is, then, to beat Death Egg without using the spindash, your most trusted weapon.
If you think I was serious then please quit the internet.
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No you just think too much.
I'll give my two cents...
High Sickness mounts: Mount could mean two things: something you ride on, or a mountain. High could involve being actually or something that you might see when you're high (i.e. something psychodelic or something). We might have a double definition here. A glider is something that you ride high in the sky. It's possible to get airsick (especially if you look down). Sky High is in a mountainous type zone, so it probably involves Sky High and gliders. Of course GG's shot right now so I'm probably horribly wrong. Marble Garden might be another one. Maybe Knuckles on Sonic's boss? These would make sense if it weren't for the 4 letter part.
Flowing rock sounds like a crappy program: Lava. "Flowing rock" is the definition, and "Java" could in a sense make a crappy program, and lava rhymes with java. Crappy program could also refer to the game. S3D and Spinball were lower games in the series. Showdown in Sonic Spinball involves shooting up on rocks from volcanic craters. ("Rock It" if you're savvy with the trigger.) I wouldn't rule out Lava Powerhouse or Volcano Valley either. Assuming I'm right this was pretty easy.
A clientele vat: organised hiding place on moving platform: "Hiding" triggers hidden word. Assuming we're hiding a "place"... special stages are often hidden in S3K, but I don't think that's it. "Moving platform" might trigger an anagram. I hate anagrams. I have no clue.
Brings beheaded metallic circle: Beheaded triggers deletion. "Gears" has 5 letters and is a metallic circle. However, that doesn't involve a deletion. "Wheels" doesn't... oh God, second look and this is easy, RINGS. "Brings" beheaded (taking out the "head" letter) is "rings," which is a metallic circle. Rings are everywhere though, so I have no clue what this could mean challenge wise. I just don't want it. >_>
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I'll just pick one randomly...seriously, its not like any of these challenges have been in my favor.
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I'll take flowing rocks for 500
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Whoops, forgot a key point. Here's your partners for Round 6. >_>
League One
Quartz vs RPG
Aitamen vs SkyL
SJ vs yoshifan
Nelspike vs eredani
League Two
MK vs Judgement
MaxFirestorm vs genus
Strong Bad vs Achlys
digitrev vs SBW
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The results are in! But plenty of them aren't going to matter :/
Challenge 9
League One: SJ (1:40) def SkyL (1:51)
League Two: Achlys (3:20) def MK (no submission)
Points: SJ 8, SkyL 3, Achlys 8, MK 0
Challenge 10
League One: yoshifan (1:04) def Aitamen (no submission)
League Two: No submissions
Points: yoshifan 8, Aitamen 0, digitrev 0, genus 0
Challenge 11
League One: Quartz (2'05"41) def eredani (2'06"39)
League Two: Judgement (2'20"64) def Strong Bad (no submission)
Points: Quartz 8, eredani 3, Judgement 8, Strong Bad 0
Challenge 12
League One: No submissions
League Two: SBW (3:15) def MaxFirestorm (no submission)
Points: RPG 0, Nelspike 0, SBW 12, MaxFirestorm 0
Bonus Challenge
SBW - 2:55
Quartz - 2:51
Judgement - 2:35
SJ - 2:34
RPG - 2:21
yoshifan - 2:19
eredani - 2:10
eredani gets the five points!
The rest coming later when I'm not at a family gathering :/
EDIT: Challenges have been sent to you directly.
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I give up.
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/me crosses fingers that mike will let his run , which was submitted right around the time Mike posted, continue.
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I give up.
*Pecks Starly* Don't even think of it!
Mike, you should do something that'll allow the no submission people to make up for their lost time. Expecially if they were busy.
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Okay a couple of orders of business. If you read my emails you will have already seen this, but it needs mentioning here too.
First, I apologise for the way the end of this round turned out. So much for Sundays being lazy days. :/
Second, I do now have a copy of the table, here as well as on the front page:
League One
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
Quartz | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40
yoshifan | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38
eredani% | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 37
SJ | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31
RPG | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22
SkyL | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13
Aitamen | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9
Nelspike | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
League Two
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
SBW | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 46
Judgment | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 41
Achlys | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 36
Max | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31
MK | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12
genus | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8
SB | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
digitrev | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
% - indicates five points for winning the Bonus Challenge
Thirdly, your challenges!
Challenge 13 (HILL - H + ILL [I didn't like it, but that site told me it was okay >_>])
Complete both acts of Hill Top in Sonic 2 with any character in succession. Your time is the sum total of both acts. Best time wins.
Target time: 2:20
Players: Nelspike/eredani, digitrev/SBW
Challenge 14 (LAVA - sounds like JAVA [Damn you spinny!])
Complete Hill Top 1 in Sonic 2 as Sonic. You may not touch the lava, nor may you touch any elevators or platforms that hover over the lava. Best time wins.
Target time: 1:15
Players: Quartz/RPG, Strong Bad/Achlys
Challenge 15 (ELEVATOR - ELE + VAT + OR [This clue sucked, I needed a better word ending in -ele])
Complete Hill Top 2 in Sonic 2 as Knuckles. You must stand on at least ten elevators in the act. Best time wins.
Target time: 2:15
Players: SJ/yoshifan, MK/Judgement
Challenge 16 (RINGS - (B)RINGS [And damn you spinny again.])
Complete Hill Top 1 in Sonic 2 with any character. You must collect all 186 rings. Best time wins.
Target time: 2:50
Players: Aitamen/SkyL, MaxFirestorm/genus
The deadline is still midnight GMT on the 11th.
The giz's for the previous rounds can be found here:
Round 3: League 1 (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R3L1.zip) League 2 (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R3L2.zip)
Round 5: League 1 (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R5L1.zip) League 2 (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R5L2.zip)
Bonus Challenge (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/Bonus1.zip)
Additionally, Round 7 will be taking place on the weekend - I'm going to set up the IRC channel #tournament again, but if you aren't one of the regular IRCers you can contact me directly as usual.
Get cracking!
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For anyone doing challenges 14 or 15, an elevator looks like this:
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Again a rather disappointing round to date, but you've still got two days to turn it around.
Round 7 is now open! The category is "Springs." You'll, again, have exactly one hour from the time you find out. And #tournament is open again!
Round 8's categories take on a theme that seems to be all the rage lately: the Olympics. As such, the categories are as follows:
Citius
Altius
Fortius
Rings
I wanna see a lot more challenges this time Sunday!
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This round is looking a bit better. Still more can be done though. RPG I am looking at you!
Your pairings for Round 8 are as follows:
League One
Quartz vs yoshifan
Aitamen vs eredani
Nelspike vs SkyL
SJ vs RPG
League Two
Strong Bad vs SBW
MaxFirestorm vs Judgement
MK vs genus
digitrev vs Achlys
EDIT: There is now an arrangement in place to give prizes to the winner of each league. But what will that prize be? It's a secret for now. :O
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Is there a consolation prize :(
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Maybe!
Anyway, this week's results:
Round 6
Challenge 13
League One: eredani (1:45) def Nelspike (no submission)
League Two: SBW (2:16) def digitrev (no submission)
Points: eredani 8, Nelspike 0, SBW 10, digitrev 0
Challenge 14
League One: Quartz (1:03) def RPG (no submission)
League Two: Achlys (1:11) def Strong Bad (no submission)
Points: Quartz 8, RPG 0, Achlys 10, Strong Bad 0
Challenge 15
League One: yoshifan (1:34) def SJ (1:47)
League Two: Judgement (1:46) def MK (no submission)
Points: yoshifan 8, SJ 3, Judgement 10, MK 0
Challenge 16
League One: SkyL (2:27) def Aitamen (no submission)
League Two: No submissions
Points: SkyL 8, Aitamen 0, MaxFirestorm 0, genus 0
Round 7
League One:
Aitamen - no submission
Nelspike - no submission
RPG - no completion
yoshifan - 0:29
SkyL - 0:29
eredani - 0:26
SJ - 0:25
Quartz - 0:20
Points: Quartz 10, SJ 7, eredani 5 (+1), SkyL 4, yoshifan 4
League Two:
genus - no submission
digitrev - no submission
Strong Bad - no submission
MK - no submission
Judgement - no completion
SBW - 0:52
MaxFirestorm - 0:50
Achlys - 0:49
Points: Achlys 10, MaxFirestorm 7 (+1), SBW 5
giz's available at the usual place:
Round 6: League One (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R6L1.zip) | League Two (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R6L2.zip)
Round 7: League One (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R7L1.zip) | League Two (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R7L2.zip)
Therefore, The Table is as follows:
League One
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
Quartz | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 59
eredani% | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 51
yoshifan | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 50
SJ | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 41
SkyL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 25
RPG | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22
Aitamen | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9
Nelspike | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
League Two
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
SBW | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 61
Achlys | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 56
Judgment | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 52
Max | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 39
MK | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12
genus | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8
SB | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
digitrev | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
% - indicates five points for winning the Bonus Challenge
That leaves just this round's challenges, and I have gone on record as saying this is my most epic set to date. I stand by that!
Challenge 17
Play any tournament-legal level that has a current time-based video on TSC. Beat the current time video. The winner will be determined by the percentage by which the video is beaten (for example, setting 1:00 against a 1:15 video would be 20%).
Target: Completion - just beating any of the videos is enough
Players: Quartz/yoshifan, digitrev/Achlys
Challenge 18
Play Marble Garden 2 in Sonic 3 alone with any character. Take a spinning top up above the top of the level, and take it to Knuckles' boss area. From here, make the screen fade to black. Best time wins.
Target time: 1:16
Players: SJ/RPG, Strong Bad/SBW
Challenge 19
Play Launch Base 1 in Sonic 3 as Sonic and Tails. Defeat Robotnik in one of his appearances during the act. Best time wins.
Target time: 4:30
Players: Aitamen/eredani, MaxFirestorm/Judgement
Challenge 20
Complete any level in Knuckles Chaotix with 255 rings. Best time wins.
Target time: 4:00
Players: Nelspike/SkyL, MK/genus
But wait... there's more!
Bonus Challenge 2
Challenge 16 again, but you have to beat the .giz I've provided at the bottom of the post.
This challenge will run until the conclusion of the tournament.
Only two weeks to go! Good luck!
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Okay, two days to go in Round 8. This has been a bit better, 6 submissions to date. I still want to see more though!
Anyway, the last round is Single Segments. The categories here need no real imagination to work out...
Sonic 1
Sonic 2
Sonic and Knuckles
Sonic 3D
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THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT! This is why I wanted to join this.
I would like ummm. Hmm sonic 2 has a hard boss battle. But sonic 1 is....and sonic 3 im not that used to it yet.
I think maybe. maybe sonic 2.
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Sonic 3D Blast. I want to see how high of a note I can end this in.
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Damn you Achlys for taking S&K in #soniccenter. I call S1.
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And the pairings for the final round:
League One
Quartz vs SkyL
Nelspike vs yoshifan
Aitamen vs RPG
SJ vs eredani
League Two
Strong Bad vs genus
MK vs SBW
MaxFirestorm vs Achlys
digitrev vs Judgement
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Good news! All the challenges have been taken!
Sonic 1 - Aitamen/RPG, MK/SBW
Sonic 2 - Nelspike/yoshifan, digitrev/Judgement
Sonic and Knuckles - SJ/eredani, MaxFirestorm/Achlys
Sonic 3D - Quartz/SkyL, Strong Bad/genus
Feel free to practice and whatever, but no submissions for round 9 until tomorrow.
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Seeing as mike is, um, preoccupied at the moment.../me tries to think of random, generic, IRC murder to insert here, but can't.
...he asked me to post the challenges. Copied directly from mike's PM:
*ahem*
Sonic 1 - Play through Sonic 1, collecting all the emeralds. Your run ends when you collect all six emeralds, and your time is the real time from the start of Green Hill 1 to the finish.
Sonic 2 - Play through Sonic 2 with any character, starting from Chemical Plant 1, collecting all the emeralds. Your run ends when you collect all seven emeralds, and your time is the real time from the start of Chemical Plant 1 to the finish.
Sonic and Knuckles - Play through Sonic and Knuckles with Sonic or Knuckles, starting from Flying Battery 1, collecting all the emeralds. Your run ends when you collect all seven emeralds, and your time is the real time from the start of Flying Battery 1 to the finish. (You can just collect the Super Emeralds in S3&K if this is favourable.)
Sonic 3D - Play through Sonic 3D, collecting all the emeralds. Your run ends when you collect all seven emeralds, and your time is the real time from the start of Green Grove 1 to the finish.
Pairings are in the post prior. Get crackin', biznatches.
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COLLECT ALL THE EMERALDS!?!?!?
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I HAVE A CHAAAAAAAANCE
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Sorry folks, I've been out all day and unable to reach the internets. Here's this week's results:
Challenge 17
League One: yoshifan (63.76% - MG2T, S3&K) def Quartz (12.96% - M2, S1)
League Two: Achlys (5.34% - SS1, KC) def digitrev (no submission)
Points: yoshifan 8, Quartz 3, Achlys 8, digitrev 0
Challenge 18
League One: SJ (3:13) def RPG (no submission)
League Two: SBW (1:28) def Strong Bad (no submission)
Points: SJ 8, RPG 0, SBW 12, Strong Bad 0
Challenge 19
League One: eredani (4:24) def Aitamen (no submission)
League Two: MaxFirestorm (5:47) def Judgement (no submission)
Points: eredani 8, Aitamen 0, MaxFirestorm 10, Judgement 0
Challenge 20
League One: SkyL (3'52"44) def Nelspike (no submission)
League Two: No submissions
Points: SkyL 8, Nelspike 0, MK 0, genus 0
Links for giz files: League 1 (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R8L1.zip) | League 2 (http://www.soniccenter.org/tournament/R8L2.zip)
The all important Table:
League One
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
Quartz+ | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 65
eredani+ | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 62
yoshifan+| 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 60
SJ | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 49
SkyL | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 33
RPG | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22
Aitamen | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9
Nelspike | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
League Two
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
SBW | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 73
Achlys | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 65
Judgment | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 52
Max | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 49
MK | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12
genus | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8
SB | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
digitrev | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
+ - indicates two points for the Bonus Challenge
Round 9 is underway, Round 10 will start on Friday as usual. I'd say League Two is down to a two-horse race, but League One is still wide open!
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Alright folks. Cue the dramatic music.
There's two days to go, and you know what that means! The last round is here!
The category for this challenge is "Final Score". You will have two hours to complete it.
Since this round has started three hours late (a compromise I was forced into courtesy of Thanksgiving), the round will also finish three hours late. I will also end Round 9 and the Bonus Challenge at this time.
Here's hoping for a highly epic finish to the tourney!
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And here's the moment you've all been waiting for...
Over the past seven weeks, I have challenged you to do things you never believed possible, and you have invented new and crafty ways of meeting my objectives. But in the end, there can only be two winners... (one for each league >_>)
And a SURPRISE LATE SUBMISSION TURNS THE TABLES YET AGAIN...
Round 9
Challenge 21
League 1: No submissions
League 2: SBW (20:11) def MK (no submission)
Points: RPG 0, Aitamen 0, SBW 12, MK 0
Challenge 22
League 1: yoshifan (15:02) def Nelspike (no submission)
League 2: Judgement (22:56) def digitrev (no submission)
Points: yoshifan 8, Nelspike 0, Judgement 10, digitrev 0
Challenge 23
League 1: eredani (15:47) def SJ (17:58)
League 2: No submissions
Points: eredani 8, SJ 3, Achlys 0, MaxFirestorm 0
Challenge 24
League 1: Quartz (17:04) def SkyL (18:25)
League 2: No submissions
Points: Quartz 8, SkyL 3, Strong Bad 0, genus 0
Round 10
League One:
Aitamen - no submission
Nelspike - no submission
RPG - no submission
SkyL - DQ
eredani - no completion
SJ - 326920
Quartz - 388650
yoshifan - 508880
Points: yoshifan 10 (+1), Quartz 7, SJ 5
League Two
Strong Bad - no submission
MaxFirestorm - no submission
genus - no submission
digitrev - no submission
MK - no submission
Judgement - no completion
SBW - 167020
Achlys - 213960
Points: Achlys 10, SBW 7
Bonus Challenge
Achlys - 1:59
SJ - 1:58
Quartz - 1:48
yoshifan - 1:28
eredani - 1:28
yoshifan and eredani will each receive the five points!
And now, the fruits of your seven weeks' labour will be sown... The Final Table is as follows:
League One
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
yoshifan%| 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 82
Quartz | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 81
eredani% | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 73
SJ | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 59
SkyL | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 36
RPG | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22
Aitamen | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9
Nelspike | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
League Two
Player | W | L | FFA1 | FFA2 | FFA3 | Bonus | Total
SBW | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 92
Achlys | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 77
Judgment | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 63
Max | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 49
MK | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12
genus | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8
SB | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
digitrev | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
% - indicates five points for winning the Bonus Challenge
Congratulations to the winners! Prizes will be forthcoming shortly.
Let me just say that I've had a fantastic time running this tournament. It's always fun to see the skills of the best players on show, and once again all my expectations have been surpassed. Except one... the amount of submissions I'd get every week. I think it started with 13 in the first round, and slowly thinned its way down to the last round turnout of merely 7. Players seemed to be less likely to complete challenges when it became apparent they couldn't win (RPG I'm looking at you >_>) so we need to think of some way to make sure that doesn't happen.
I don't think the League Two additional points experiment worked too well either, particularly with Aitamen and Nelspike being no-shows pretty much all tournament. I think it will work if we can consistently get eight League One players every week, but see the previous paragraph for the problems we face there.
And on that note, an interesting idea was presented to me by... I think yoshifan in the last week. He said that the existing TSC players should be in League One, and any new recruits gained by the tournament scheme should go to League Two. That was certainly the original idea I had in mind, and it ended up being that SBW, Achlys and Judgement were far too good for the rest of the competition - not really an ideal scenario.
One last announcement. I know I said I enjoyed running the tournament but I think I might enjoy competing in one even more. As such, I am stepping down from the role of tournament co-ordinator, and am leaving the position open to all takers. Any new tournament won't be held until March at the very earliest (and probably not until June), so we'll have plenty of time to sort that out.
Congratulations to all the competitors (especially the ones that stuck it out until the end), and hopefully you'll come back and do it all again!
~mike89
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Suggestion: Let whoever the hell wants to hold one, provided they can provide enough challenges to do so.
Anyways, here are my reflections. First, win. :o
Second... Thorn's elimination plan might be the way to go. This way the lower-ranked players don't have to worry about submitting since they're already not going to win. I'm planning a small-scale tournament (maybe just a test one, not sure) that's going to utilize elimination as well so we'll see if that works.
Third... My personal opinion is that League Two bonus points (for beating L1) shouldn't take effect for non-submitters. Kinda defeats the purpose in my opinion.
I don't know about anyone else, but I had fun (and would've even if Achlys had come out on top). I'd definitely have another go. (And with luck, I'll have more time to actually get decent runs in.) And yeah I'm looking forward to playing with the big boys. GRAWR.
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Third... My personal opinion is that League Two bonus points (for beating L1) shouldn't take effect for non-submitters. Kinda defeats the purpose in my opinion.
Let me restate my suggestion on this matter. I suggested that the bonus points should only take effect if the league 2 player defeats both league 1 players. That way, it's not as much of an extremity (combined with the afformentioned idea would be good too)
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THE PRIZES ARE IN THE MAKING
SCHOOL IS HINDERING THEM
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FINALLY, THE PRIZE(S)
I put them together as one, because they alone would have been so... thin.
Also sorry that it looks a bit ugly but I'm out of practise. :(
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poor yoshifan :/
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Heh his very own yoshi, too bad it wants to eat him....mmmballs.....
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poor yoshifan :/
Poor YOSHIFAN!?