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AADL-GT 2005 Season Wrap-up

by eli

It's all over. The 2005 season is behind us, after an intense, action-packed, and entirely on-schedule Grand Championship tournament, with champions new and old emerging victorious from the slightly funky miasma that only a 5-hour videogame tournament can produce. After the Clan Cup, the Wildcard Tournament, and the Grand Championship event, last year's 2nd-place winner [gtplayer:139] triumphed, wildcard [gtplayer:536] took second pick of the prize pool, leaving 3rd place (and 3rd overall) [gtplayer:166] and the aging-out 4th place finisher [gtplayer:288] to their leavings, as for the second season in a row, a championship winner chose a DS over an iPod.

Read on for full details.

The afternoon kicked off with the Clan Cup, where the Top 8 Clans from the regular season squared off with a set of 4 iPod Shuffles awaiting the victor. In the first round (Team Melee), Black Shark Clan won both their matches, while the Super Shroom's higher seed got them past The Reds and Noise Machine. In Round 2 (Doubledash Co-op Race), The Shrooms and Black Shark again prevailed, defeating both the talented Vaccinated Monks and the Foreign Exchange.

Rounds 3 and 4 were to be Shine Thief, which had great potential, but turned out to be totally underwhelming, with the stupid shine not even changing hands a single time in EITHER brief match. How disappointing, but not for 2nd-seed Skillz dat Killz or the 1st place Trouble Monkey Clan, who met in the first of the day's three sur-prize rounds to fight for the Clan Cup, which you have to write your name on first if you want any soda.

The Clan Cup sur-prize game was Donkey Konga 2, Concert Quartet Mode, with each Clan playing the same two songs in pursuit of the highest combined sync percentage. After a very close first song (Habanera), Skillz dat Killz set a high bar for the Trouble Monkeys in the second (Trepak), and the Monkeys fell short of the needed score. Skillz dat Killz proved that they posess the talent to ride the Clan Season to its very peak, where they can look down upon the fallen, and ever-confident, Trouble Monkeys, who are left to fling turds amongst themselves.

Then, on to the Wildcard tournment, where 33 hopefuls battled through 7 rounds of Melee qualification and 2 rounds of Kart Elimination, propelling rookies [gtplayer:536], [gtplayer:534], [gtplayer:532], [gtplayer:458], [gtplayer:477], [gtplayer:470], [gtplayer:436], and [gtplayer:507] into the Grand Championship Brackets.

The Grand Championship followed the same format, with 50 contenders fighting through 6 Melee matches and 2 rounds of 4th or better Double Dash elimination to reach the semifinal mystery game. [gtplayer:288] had a wild ride of a day, being eliminated in a Melee tiebreaker at the end of quals, only to have a player flee the event, making room for a Baby Park tiebreaker between [gtplayer:288] and [gtplayer:332] where Leinad emerged victorious and won his way to the semifinal round, where he and 7 other semifinalists faced the high-stress challenge of Root Beer Tapper.

The top 4 scorers were [gtplayer:139] with 15325 points, [gtplayer:288] with 13600, [gtplayer:166] with 6550, and [gtplayer:536] with 6250. All four now knew they would take home a prize, the only question was, which one? The final sur-prize game was revealed, and in a move shamelessly stolen from Gabe and Tycho's Omegathon, it was the original Pong.

First, [gtplayer:536] defeated [gtplayer:288], sending him to the third place match to face [gtplayer:166], who had been defeated by [gtplayer:139]. In gut-wrenching final matches, Duck defeated Jerry for first pick of the pool, and Monkeyman beat Leinad for third pick.

Duck, who threw the final match last year to guarantee winning that season's 2nd place DS, chose the PSP, and Jerry, without hesitation, grabbed the Kart DS Bundle, completely ignoring the shrink-wrapped and engraved 30gb iPod (now with moving Bono!), which was quickly snatched up by Monkeyman, leaving Leinad to take the GBA-SP, straight to ebay.

T-shirts were handed out, pizza and foul mountain dew-branded novelty sodas were consumed, cell phones were lost, and a good time was had by all. Big thanks to everyone who helped out with the tournament, especially our Commentary Staff, who did a fantastic job. Sorry CTN dropped the broadcast AGAIN, but this year's DVD is going to be something really special. Come to the Game & Plan meet up Feb. 12 at Malletts for open play and a copy of the DVD.

So, that's it for this season, but the next is just a few months away, and we've got a feature-packed offseason waiting for you, including open play and DDR before the end of the year, Super Bowl week events, open Super Smash, the Retro Octathalon, and the debut of the all-ages Kart DS Anywhere league, where you lock to a provided friends list and play a few matches a week, wherever you are, for a few months, and then meet for an in-person finals and prize round. It's gonna be sweet, and Kip and I (and Nemo) will surely play too.

Stay tuned right here for details as they become available, post about your favorite moments from the Tournament, and stick around. We're just getting started.

Comments

Submitted by Sir Ducksalot on Sat, 12/17/2005 - 10:56pm

Cool that was uber fast. First Post.

"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!"
[gtplayer:139] Knight of the octothorn table
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second post hooly crap im good
also this sounds pretty sweet
[img_assist|fid=97|thumb=1|alt=Trouble Monkey Clan|caption=Logo for the AADL-GT Trouble Monkey Clan.]

What a bummer. I remember when I got into the surprise round for the first time, but I never won. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

"Giggity Giggity Giggity, Alllllll Right!"-Quagmire
[img_assist|fid=279|thumb=1|alt=Black Shark Clan]

Eli what about the clan cup with mario on it?
P.S. I think that there should be 6 person clans next year
"y exactallally do u thnk im so dum" [gtlogo:SDK]

Monkeyman, 2 questions... First, have you opened the iPod yet? Second, if you haven't, how much are you thinking of selling it for?
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"OK, next year we're going to change the tournament name from AADL-GT to AADL-G<strong>R</strong>... "Goat Rodeo!!!" - Eli <strong>
5000th comment poster!</strong>[gtlogo:VMC]

IM STILL CONFUSED AT WHY WE LOST THE CLAN CUP WHEN WE BEAT THEM THE FIRST SONG...yeah how much are u selling it monkeyman?
[img_assist|fid=97|thumb=1|alt=Trouble Monkey Clan|caption=Logo for the AADL-GT Trouble Monkey Clan.]

Smolarski, nobody in their right mind would seel you a brand-new iPod; your track record with music-playing devices in general hasn't been all that good...
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"OK, next year we're going to change the tournament name from AADL-GT to AADL-G<strong>R</strong>... "Goat Rodeo!!!" - Eli <strong>
5000th comment poster!</strong>[gtlogo:VMC]

I'm probabally selling it on ebay starting bid $280 buy now $340
(The video)
P.S. Duck how many hours of retro games do you play a day
"y exactallally do u thnk im so dum" [gtlogo:SDK]

good job everyone.
Hey monkeyman did u get me a shirt
see u guys sometime in open play
to bad we couldn"t have been there it sounded fun especially the new format and clan cup
"Eli Is awesome"
[img_assist|fid=126|thumb=1|alt=Turtle Clan Logo|caption=AADL-GT Turtle Clan]

I almost never play retro games now but I use to play them a lot when I was younger (ages 4-10). Right now I'm only playing a few RPGs and only a few hours a week because of school and other stuff. Plus my dad use to run an Arcade before I was born so I come from good gaming stock. My dad would have slaughter us all in both surprise games; he can make it to level 6 in root beer tapper when I have trouble making it to level 4.

to organize the all star tournament we need to know who's going. so post on the blog if u can come both days. we can do 2 tournaments instead of 1 really long one.
o yea and would turtleperson 2 and bad driver like to join the trouble monkeys?(were booting galen and darksoul's moving)
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Whoa I missed that Post your favorite moments the first time though. Well let's see my favorite moments would have to be
1.Leinad getting that second Chance and winning the SP.
2.That amazing 8th place to first place finish on DK montain in the first or second tournament. That was an amazing race.
3.Winning the PSP
4.Winning $70
5.Root Beer Tapper being unveiled (no one knew what it was)
6.Super Monkey Ball 2 being unveiled
7.Pong being unveiled

I can't remember much any more since it's been so long.

Wow, that would be one of the coolest possible occupations, Duck!!
I will be available on that Tuesday, but not Wednesday, as I am visiting family in Arizona. Are there going to be prizes for the All-Star event?

yeah...or pickwick and finklestein lol finklestein...ima call u that all the time now.

Leinad: better hope ur mic was really off and that Toms was off too so it didnt catch that...if anyone knows what im talking about, :-x

Favorites:
-commentating
-winning 30 dollars
-super monkey ball 2 being unveiled
-getting like 5 matches in the grands
-winning by 20 seconds with sravan on dk mountain in the first tourni.

Ryan? can have the ipod? or the shirt? or the shuffle since u said u didn't want one? (for a friend who couldn't make it):( good job all, especally SDK. Indian food is good. Our clan won, im happy. FUNZO'S MORE REDARDED THAN BEAST YOU FOOL!!!
Doom... Shalt... BLAZE!!![gtlogo:SDK]

lol yea tom and leinad make sure no one knows what u said about madden.
my favorites were
winning all my melee matches except one which was sudden death in the july one
qualifying 4 times if eli would have let galen and i participate in team melee
that first race where joe and i beat black shark by 20 seconds
when i beat tp2 twice in august, once when he teamed up on me
triple qualifying in august
commentating throughout the season
going from 8th to first to win single mario kart in august with a single star(and lightning)
triple qualifying in november
winning team melee with darksoul against capn' and newborn(hardest team we faced)
joe winning the 30 bucks
galen winning the 70 bucks
meng winning the 50 bucks
mario winning the 40 bucks
trouble monkeys being number 1 by 5000 points!
and being numero uno on the leaderboard at the end of the season.
overall it was a good season except i got no prizes :(
[gtlogo:TMC]

First off, it wasn't me who said that, it was only Leinad. Second of all, your statement about your melee record is not correct. I beat you this very Saturday past in Sudden Death, my friend. Make sure you get your facts straight before you make such outrageous claims.
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"OK, next year we're going to change the tournament name from AADL-GT to AADL-G<strong>R</strong>... "Goat Rodeo!!!" - Eli <strong>
5000th comment poster!</strong>[gtlogo:VMC]

tom get ur facts before u make an outrageous claim i said the july one.
eli do u have like a randomizer system that we can use during the open plays?

[gtlogo:TMC]

Okay, two things, first off, I stand by the Madden line. I'm not making any claim as to quality of anything, I'm just citing statistics, just like UofM, in no way did I imply that any group or video game was inferior, I merely made an accurate point that I observed myself at a Madden tournament this summer.

Second, Eli, was the I-pod the only engraved prize this year, or did you somehow get the other prizes engraved as well?

"Faulheit ist eine Tugend"
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Dude, Sravan, listen to yourself: <em>"...winning all my melee matches except one which was sudden death in the july one..."</em>

We're in <strong>DECEMBER</strong> here, dude. I never came to the July tournament.

And, though I didn't say anything about it on Saturday, Leinad's point is still valid.
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"OK, next year we're going to change the tournament name from AADL-GT to AADL-G<strong>R</strong>... "Goat Rodeo!!!" - Eli <strong>
5000th comment poster!</strong>[gtlogo:VMC]

Doomblaze I got a shirt for you and bad driver
and actually I think I'll keep my ipod and give
you my Shuffle because you didn't win a prize
all season and missed your chance at the grands.
And they both are engraved right?
Also I thought the winning clan got the clan cup
that looked like this
[img_assist|fid=92|thumb=1|alt=The Clan Cup]

"y exactallally do u thnk im so dum"
P.S. FUNZO, BEAST, OR J'S COOLIO WHICH DO YOU THINK IS THE WORST?

now come on jlgenilas u are a good player, 7th on the leaderboard. leinad, i was just kidding around i know u didn't mean it.
tom, i know u beat me but i WAS alsmot undefeated in july. people were talking about september favorites too.
monkeyman its mean to say people are the worst.

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Yo duck, yeah I know that I like never come on the blog but I was wondering if you had started thinking about clan set ups for next year. I know that I'm not really that good now, I'm just ok, but it would be cool to be in a clan next year. SO i was wondering if I could be in yours since there is going to be like 6 people instead of four. But if you don't wnat me that's cool , but I know that Miniblin wants to go in with you next year since you guys had already set up the clans before meeting really last year.And with major tom and lenaid leaving the circle there are a few openings,Man I'm going to miss those guys they are so much fun.
Oh and oh do I become a commintator for next years tourtnaments.
WAHHHH I want the new season to start already, it's sad that I have to wait so long to toutnament with you guys again. Also Duck another reason that I would be good for a clan and miniblin for that matter is that we never miss any toutnaments, so were consistant, you wouldn't have to worry about subs for the clan because we always show up.Well it was only a thought no worries if you wnat other people in your clan.

The shirts were awesome YEAH! I like mine, but the medium like ate me it was so big.

Next year eli should were a crown, that would be cool, nice prize round eli that was great all of the geeks intensively watching pong!
Yeah! I like being a geek because I have nice geek friends ^-^

Muffincat we aren't sure about the clans being increased to 6 people it's still under debate. There is a good chance that you will be able to join even though you are not the best player. There are a few people that take priority over you (Evil Bus Driver). You are fairly high on the list of possible members. I think we will be able to train you into a much better player by next season. If it did increase to 6 you would be almost guaranteed to be in the Vaccinated Monks.

And on another interesting note next year your badge will say Veteran player.

"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!"
[gtplayer:139] Knight of the octothorn table
[gtlogo:VMC]

Saturday was a blast - and really the best moment for me was that no one knew what Tapper was! Tapper is actually a game I love - have it downloaded on my phone even. And I *did* play it with the Tap at the arcade. And Pong as the final event was gripping - totally primative and great. I'm all for ebay, but it's good to hear you're going to keep the iPod - it *is* a trophy and a sweet one at that! And if you do give your shuffle away - well the karma is good - A very cool thing to do. It's not too late to get a shirt either - we'll hand them out at the open plays, Maddenbowl, DDR - until they're gone...

My favorite moments were:
1.Getting into the Surprize Round
2. Winning 40 bucks off a Madden Tournament
3. Surprising everyone by winning after being the underdog
4. The fun I had I had on all the games it was fun.

"Giggity Giggity Giggity, Alllllll Right!"-Quagmire

Submitted by TC Bad driver on Tue, 12/20/2005 - 7:18pm

Muffincat there is going to be a 9 month lull from are end of season 2 to the begining of season 3
thanks Monkeyman u can give it to be when school starts again if i dont see u over break
pr0 i dont think we will be joining your clan though nothing is final.
here are some of my top memories. Have the top 16 for each event and top 8 teams and u could have substitutes for each team
i had a couple ideas for a potential all star game if we can do one that would be a nice event to do over winter break or end of school year. There could be small prizes for each event like 40, 30 ,20 or 30,20,10 and have those prizes be split in team events.
have a four hour tourney 1 hour for each event
1. winning almost all of my qualifaction races in single player kart lowest place in quals was a third.
2. winning a race with both jligilineas and joe
3. making it to the final race in round 3 and getting fifth
4. winning team kart in round 1 and 2
5. getting to the sur-prize in all 3 tourneys i attended though i got eliminated in the first round of each.
6. having tp2 get third in round 3
7. having fun with friends and enjoying these tourtaments
I would just like to briefly thank eli and the rest of the staff at the tourneys for there hard work and commitment
"Eli Is awesome"
[img_assist|fid=364|thumb=1|alt=AADLGTfrontTshirt]

Submitted by muffincat on Tue, 12/20/2005 - 7:25pm

Thanks Duck I will certainly train, I have gotten better over the course of the season though,I'm gald that I even made the list for possibliy being in your clan.

Wow you mean that the people ordering t-shirts forgot that there were girls in the tourtnaments, that's so funny.
Because there is like maybe 3 girls at the most at any given tourtnament.'

Duck I think it is awesome that you changed your name to sir ducks a lot, I know that's not how it is spelled though, And that's awesome that I'm going to be a Veteran now! YEAH!

Eli should give extra points to clans that include girls.

Cheese---and other random things
Much Joy Muffin

Bad driver we can have the all star tournament during the open play but with no prizes unless eli finds some 7 year old highlighters or something like he did last time.
Muffincat, Duck brought that up earlier about clans with girls getting bonus points, Submitted by Sir Ducksalot on Sat, 07/09/2005 - 10:31pm.
You guys are on break already? I thought school didn't get out till friday.
Oh yea i have to change my name from pr0 to something else. I'm thinking of like spartan-069 or something like that. Or maybe metallic_mccloud.
[gtlogo:TMC]

I think Bad Driver and TP2 started early because they had to travel to Hawii. By thursday anyone that has to travel will have left school so thursday and friday should have somewhere between 10-20% class size reductions. The planning board really messed up this year by starting break on the 24th.

Heh, AADL-GT affirmative action...

Seriously, the guys who got the shirts really wanted to make sure they would last, and that players wouldn't get small ones and then grow out of them in six months.. I think they didn't want to special order 5 or 10 small sizes just for the "petite" players. I say we design a shirt just for the ladies and lobby Eli and make them. Nothing like a good clothing line to bring in new people to the program. ;-)

Yes, and we could supplement the commentators with live music ala PHS or CHS Jazz Bands, mimes, trained alligators, and magic shows!! Then we can turn the whole event into an off-Broadway theatre production and make millions!!!

ROFL pickwick. That would be something. All of A2 would come and see it and the surrounding cities as well. You forgot the bearded lady, all the elephants that can do tricks, and the ringmaster which would be eli.
edit: thats why I got an XL so I don't grow out of it in 3 months.
[gtlogo:TMC]

This is Erin here - just logged in wrong: Even better idea on T-shirts - how about a "modify your AADL-GT T-shirt" workshop? Cut it up and sew in a more fitted form with cool threads, pieces from other shirts... could be cool! Seriously though - yeah I know lots of you guys/girls are small, but just as Edith said I didn't want you all growing out of them in a year or less - and on a serious fiscal note v-neck, babydoll and other more fashionable options or tres expensive - and as it is the T-shirts were still a pricey perk!

How many tournaments do you have to go to to be consitered a veteran(by the VMC)? 2? 3? Man Leinad got sooooooo lucky! He didn't Qualify to start he just has a good friend, then he whent to a tie breaker in the grands and LOST THEN he got lucky that they swiched the game so the tiebreaker was MKDD THEN the surprize round game was something no one other than the VMC has heard of so he made it to the final round (and in the final round he didn't have to face Duck but that wasn't pure luck)
"y exactallally do u thnk im so dum" [gtlogo:SDK]

Submitted by TheKoolAidGuy on Wed, 12/21/2005 - 5:48pm

Yes monkeyman that was luck. Some would say Leinad did not deserve the prize and the competition was riged(galen), while others would say it was his skill that let him get a prize. Maybe Eli wanted to give him and D-rex a second chance. But its not like a person would mysteriously vanish before the elimination rounds, unless he wasen't told he qualified. Or he could have been one of those melee only players. But it's not my thing to be mysterious i believe Noah said it was Eli's thing although i disagree with him. Monkeyman no one cares about being a "vetran" anymore considering 2 of them can't play next year. I mean its not like we went through a war or something. But monkeyman and doomblaze are vetrans along with the people who played this year and play again next year. Monkeyman would you like to join my clan along with doomblaze. Both of u 2 got 2/3 of ur clan's points and u both are very skilled at the games as am I.

Wait did Tom make it to the mkdd eliminations or did he get knocked out in melee cuz he's a skilled melee player.
WARNING: do not click on kevin's link, it's the relaxing car drive thing and you will probably get scared.
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Wait how did sravan remember that I said bringing girls should be worth more points? Oh and Sravan you're not enough of a player to pull off spartan-069.

Leinad did get in on his own if you didn't remember Eli said that anyone in the top 64 quailified and even though he only went to 2 tournaments he managed to be in the top 64.

Sravan Major Tom did make it to MKDD but along with Bebbles was knocked out in MKDD.

The guy who left after the Kart Elimination bracket was built was dragged out just as the first elims were starting by his dad, who apparently did not know, nor care, that the event was scheduled to go until 5. The kid and his friend were both pretty miserable at having to go. However, we missed it until we got to his match, when Leinad and That Other Guy were hastily recalled for another tiebreaker. It is certainly lucky for Leinad that we had already switched over to his stronger game, so he got a Baby Park tiebreaker, but that's the way it goes. It's funny how every time Galen loses, he decides it was rigged. =)

Yes, to whoever asked it, I did make it past Melee quals. Somehow or another, I got did worse overall throughout the day in Double Dash than I did in melee. Which is odd, since DD is supposed to be my better game... Wierd.
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"OK, next year we're going to change the tournament name from AADL-GT to AADL-G<strong>R</strong>... "Goat Rodeo!!!" - Eli <strong>
5000th comment poster!</strong>[gtlogo:VMC]

Oh i got d-rex and that other guy confused. Eli, video games is basically galen's life, when he loses he gets really mad but he mainly plays FPS on his computer. He goes through these "phases" like from one fps to another then the occasional mmorpg. Like he started with Halo then went to UT2004 and playing runscape at the same time. Then moving on the CS:S and battlefield 2. He's a cool kid but sometimes...well I think you guys have seen it.

I was talking to him in the september tournament about each commentator having their quotes and his was "THIS IS RIGGED" while tom's was "Tiers are crap" and Leinad's is "I'm here for the joy of mario kart". Infact thats not a bad idea but I have no quote :(. And Noah should not use Giggidy Giggidy Giggidy as Duck said some people don't have enough "calibur" to pull it off.

And duck monkeyman and I were talking about when the player had to go home as Eli said not getting into the suprise round, not the top 64 thing.

And tom i remember when we were debating the rule about all clan people get into the grands you said that when we do meet in the grands I will beat you but I did lose to you. Just wanted to point that out.

I hope i get to see Cheaper by the dozen 2 today, I'll tell u guys if its good.
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Tiers are, indeed, crap.

And yes, I do realize that my previous statement was incorrect, but I won't lose any sleep over it, because a win is a win.
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"OK, next year we're going to change the tournament name from AADL-GT to AADL-G<strong>R</strong>... "Goat Rodeo!!!" - Eli <strong>
5000th comment poster!</strong>[gtlogo:VMC]

snowman how did T UNIT do also surfing is for cordiniated people
pr0 we could do an all star event at the open play. But prizes make things interesting
"Eli Is awesome"
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snowman how did T UNIT do also surfing is for cordiniated people
pr0 we could do an all star event at the open play. But prizes make things interesting
"Eli Is awesome"
[img_assist|fid=126|thumb=1|alt=Turtle Clan Logo|caption=AADL-GT Turtle Clan]

Ty lots monkeyman, caqn u come over 4 a sleepover on new years and bring me my stuff then? the only problem would be that id b jetlagged and would be up all night and not in morning, but a little caffine can solve that, right>
Now remember kids, when going UP the stairs, stay to the right. When going DOWN the stairs, stay to the left, that way no one will get hurt!
P.S. J's coolios the stupidest, then beast, then funzo, or maybe funzo then beast, im not sure [gtlogo:SDK]

Snowman all my posts have been after dark 5 hour time difference
see ya moses mayb u can come back 4 A tourtament
all star event sounds great when is open play
"Eli Is awesome"
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Yea, I just found out, it was all short notice. Im so pissed.

"Giggity Giggity Giggity, Alllllll Right!"-Quagmire
[img_assist|fid=279|thumb=1|alt=Black Shark Clan]

And i wanted u to be in my clan noah. Oh well have fun in isreal. Happy hannukah.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE. I hope u guys got what u wanted. Bad driver there are 2 open plays next week tuesday and wednesday 12-6 i think. How come no one wants an all-star event except us 2?

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pr0 it is not a genuine all star event.
An all star event would have a select list of people invited and prizes are so called all star event isn"t really one we should just have a tourtament and not call it an all star event because it really isnt
ELI COULD WE HAVE AN ALL STAR EVENT with prizes
me and tp2 will probally come to open play
that is 2 bad u r leaving moses why r u moving to israel
possible events over the off season
all star game
weekly tourneys over the summer and then the preseason could be like grands for the regular season kind of like the netrual zone tourneys except weekly instead of daily also instead of combining melee and kart u could alternate which game is played so week 1 u might play kart and week 2 u play melee and u could try to qualify 4 the grands/preseason

try new games u might want to do over the next season and have mini tourneys like u did with madden
"Eli Is awesome"
[img_assist|fid=126|thumb=1|alt=Turtle Clan Logo|caption=AADL-GT Turtle Clan]

Please disregard anything my little brother said about an all star tournament.
Thank you.

I can't wait for the planning meeting because, I think that there is a way to make everyone happy. I think we do have to cut the sur-prize round but we could leave a surprise round. I will discuss all of my ideas later.

Furthermore, was Sravan, Joe, Pickwick, or other top caliber players at the grands. The scores that Duck and Leinad achieved are almost too good to be true. How could they score that many more points than anyone else. Not that I don't think they are good just that I don't think they are a head taller than the rest of the competition.

Eli I am curious as to whether or not the library has free wifi, because, if so a LAN party could be had during the open play. Also is the software you created an item that could be distributed freely. In other words I was wondering if I could use your bracket building software.

I have heard some rumors that there will be another Madden tournament. Are these rumors true? I wish I could've attended the previous tournament, but I forgot about it.

I think that an All Star tournament is a bad idea because, feelings will be hurt. I know people who will consider themselves all stars, but aren't. Also giving prizes to a tournament that only select people are invited to is not a good practice.

As to clans I am fully open to the licensing of the Turtle Clan name. If you want to start a turtle clan or join an existing turtle clan please tell me.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"
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Yeah Pro, Joe, con, Pickwick, Miniblin, Dale W., jlgelinas, Darksoul and many other top notoch player were there. The huge points we scored were because we made it all the way into the surprise rounds where Leinad and I both scored above 10,000 in root beer tapper (which weren't consolidated). We were then seeded 1st and 2nd for Pong because of said scores. In Pong we automaticly recieved at least 20,000 points and since I won the finals I received 50k.

Yes the Library has free wifi.

Submitted by TheKoolAidGuy on Fri, 12/23/2005 - 10:43pm

Ok then we will call it a tournament instead of all star tournament and everyone's invited so no one's feelings get hurt. The prizes will be like those 7 year old high lighters or t-shirts but hey its still something. What is the date of the planning meeting and is it in mallets creek? I too agree in eliminating the suprise round but have it as its own tournament like madden.

Maybe for the prize round we could do a random mode of ssbm and mkdd like Coin battle and then Balloon battle. Other variations are bonus battle and shine theif, melee without items and bomb-omb battle, and super sudden death and mirror mode. There are many melee modes but a few mkdd modes. Also if we want to increase clan participation we should give the clan winner for each monthly tournament like a 20 dollar gift certificate to each member of the clan. And in the grands we can have a 2nd place prize as gift certificates as well. And have the 4th place prize be a micro or a gamecube because it will be worth less in a year. Other than that everything else is awsome!

Tp2, Joe and I will join your clan or maybe just me or you guys can join our clan we can call it the trouble turtles or something.

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I just realized that without prize rounds i'd b 1st or 2nd place, does that mean i'm good at just melee and mario kart? and one of the best people at the tournaments? and since our clan won, doesn't that mean we'r good instead of bad as everyone seems 2 think we r? Merry Cheesemas all!
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first off guys can u try to give personal info on this blog it is just sort of a precaution since anybody has acsess to the blog.
pr0 my brother is very opposed to joining ur clan and i will stick with him though if we were forming a cla it would be very powerful.
how do people here feel about a mini tourney over summer mayb a tourney every week or every other week for a month or 2 of summer.
my and my bro will probally be at some of the open play but we may not.
Eli to encourage blogging but not spamming u should give out a mvb most valubile blogger. It would e like a $20 or gift certificate or a small prize
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Doomblaze if there are 6 person clans next year our clan will be Me, you, earnist da chicken, John, D-rex and Tub O Lard
happymerrynewchristhuaniquanza! Doomblaze i'm going away for new-years eve
:^( but ya you would be one of the top people without the prize round
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Submitted by TC Bad driver on Sat, 12/24/2005 - 6:07pm

6 person clans are way too big no room for subs. MOnkeyman we had about 15 or so people affiliated with us but yet we strugguled to fill 8 spots every tourney
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Yo, Sravan, I will be visiting for a few months starting in July, so I could still be in ur clan, u can just have me off when I leave again, just like the case with Derek, ok?

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Submitted by Sir Ducksalot on Sat, 12/24/2005 - 9:25pm

Were you here Bad Driver when I said we might have 6 primaries but only the top 4 (per tournament) put points to the clan? So it allows more wiggle room when someone can't show up. I not complete sure it would work out if we did it that way but it reduces the reliance on subs and makes it easier on people who can't show up.

<em>Were you here Bad Driver when I said we might have 6 primaries but only the top 4 (per tournament) put points to the clan? So it allows more wiggle room when someone can't show up. I not complete sure it would work out if we did it that way but it reduces the reliance on subs and makes it easier on people who can't show up.</em>
I like this idea. So the top 4 scores are presented but the question is how will the clan cup be. It should probably be all 6 players playing team events. Also 6 people clans will be a lot funner and more exciting. Noah, if there are 6 people clans then you can be in my clan unless turtle person 2 doesn't let me join his.

Tp2, can I join your clan?
Merry Christmas everyone.
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Aye, and a Happy Hannukah or Winter Break to those who don't celebrate Christmas!
Did anybody here see the Performance Network Theatre's production of "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol?"

Sravan I can't change the name of the Turtle Clan. It is bigger than the AADL GT. I have friends that have never been to a tournament, but use the TC in front of their names when gaming online. I'm not changing it to TTC. Besides if the clans are anything like last year I could qualify by myself. (Look at 9th. If I had 1 more tournament I would have that many tournaments.) I'm not opposed to you and Joe joining the Turtle Clan though.

BTW I'll be at the open play that isn't on the day of the Alamo Bowl. I think that will be Tuesday so I hope I will see the GT elite and anyone else who wants to come.

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Submitted by TC Bad driver on Sun, 12/25/2005 - 5:15pm

when is open play again i think it was wenseday and thursday
i like ducks idea though it is just like subs accept for the grands and u also are saying that somebody could never have any of thier points go to a clan and still make it to the cup. Also eli i think next year we should make the clan cup a little more exclusive.
VOTE
bigger clans
Smaller clans
same number
Bigger clans is a good idea because lots of people have lots of friends but, only four spots for a clan. The downside some people wouldn"t have enough people to make a clan
smaller clans really wouldn"t work because u would only be able to have 2 people and that is a team not a clan
same number Four is a pretty nice number two teams though some might say it is a little small.
Mayb what we could do is have 2 leagues of clans 4 man and 6 man right now we dont have enough clans to do that. We could have an average number of points per person with a mininum number of members but then everybody would have small clans with better players. So mayb a small bonus for more people
PLEASE READ THE ABOVE AND TELL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS
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Submitted by TC Bad driver on Sun, 12/25/2005 - 5:19pm

we will try to make open play on the 27th or tuesday. Try to be there hopefully we can have all the good people and some n000bs to pwn
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Submitted by TC Bad driver on Sun, 12/25/2005 - 5:19pm

we will try to make open play on the 27th or tuesday. Try to be there hopefully we can have all the good people and some n000bs to pwn
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The game in Texas only starts at 8pm and the open play ends at 6. We won't get enough clans to do that league thing. I want bigger clans cause it will be so much funner. I'll talk to Joe about joining your clan. We should let all player's points count toward the clan instead of having the top 4 cuz the 2 people who dont do well might win a prize in the clan cup that they don't deserve. I'll be at the Tuesday open play and at the wednesday one for half the time. Everyone should come cause we're gonna organize a tournament.
And the pistons WON by 15 points with Billups scoring 20, final score was 85-70. Michigan will also win the game in Texas against Nebraska
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Submitted by TurtlePerson2 (not verified) on Sun, 12/25/2005 - 6:43pm

Sravan is the tournament you are planning on Wednesday or Tuesday. If it is Wednesday I won't be there. Also when does the open play start.

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pr0 i think right nowif there is 6 man clans u and joe can probally join elsewise we probally will stay the same.
My brother says are clan symbol is the most artisticially talented agree or disagree
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Our logo is the best. It was the first one and it looks awsome and it was all Joe. I'm coming on Tuesday so I will be able to play you guys and half of Wednesday.

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pr0 we are talking artisticially ur image is straight from the inernet and u just added trouble monkey clan. I made ours on a computer program. The reason i am doing this is because i want to change it.
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Submitted by TC Bad driver on Sun, 12/25/2005 - 8:54pm

i had an idea
Coahes for each clan
each clan has a coach which can be a member
tp2 would probally be the coach of TC but i might be the coach of t unit and still be in TC
sorry guys for spamming today i have just been really bored. eli can people without a ds come to the in person d.s. tourney. What i am asking is will there be d.s.es provided
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So long moses i hope u have fun in Israel and good luck
Duck a coach would do what normal coaches do coach. So they are usally the best person in the clan or the best person outside of the clan and they are also the people who usally hold practice sessions and training. Duck u would probally be the coach or u could even callit capatin of VMC.
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Bye Moses/ is the black shark clan still going to be toghter?
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Submitted by TurtlePerson2 (not verified) on Mon, 12/26/2005 - 2:24pm

No coaches. If Bad Driver says something about changing clans you have my permission to ignore it.

Our symbol is the best because, we unlike others created a motto. We also made our own symbol instead of using google images. Third we had a theme on our symbol. Is was Roman the whole way through, but at the same time rather intense.

Anyone play BF42?

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Submitted by TC Bad driver on Mon, 12/26/2005 - 2:36pm

if tp2 says anything u have permission to ignore it. Give me one good reason we shouldn"t have coaches
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Does it really matter if we have formal "coaches" or not. What they do now is nothing different then what they would do as a coach. If you want a coach go ahead but I don't think other people will be that interested since they don't get any perks.

Too lazy to check spelling.

Noah, best of luck, and have fun. I must say our Madden tournaments (coming 2/3 and 2/4, TP2) won't be the same without you.

As for the All-star idea, I know it sounds like fun, but as a public library, we will not do exclusive events. We want to have more people at everything. I know it's easy to be wistful about the heady days of season 1, when 40+ was a big turnout, but those days are behind us. You guys are welcome to organize whatever you want, and I will make our software available during open play to run a tournament, but the library will not host an all-star event.

We do have free wifi at Downtown, West, and Malletts. A LAN party would be very cool, and I'm thinking about how best to do it.

As for clans, I think a larger clan would make for better competition, and the top 4 scores idea is a very solid way to eliminate the sub issue, which was a bit of a mess.

As for the trouble monkey's logo, ALL JOE? I don't think so. Joe gave me the picture with 'TROUBLE MONKEY CLAN' written on it in PINK ARIAL. I did the mugshot text thing. I think the Turtle Clan's logo is by far the most original, although the Reds is a close second. However, I think the monks have the best looking logo, but again, I redid it for them. =)

See you guys at open play!

The monks logo is from halo 2 though but that makes it cool. Eli, any chance of those LAN parties being halo 2 parties? The top 4 thing can be unfair cause if u have friends who want prizes u can add 2 of them to your clan and have the other 3 people be really good. If we are to do the top 4 thing then all 6 members should participate in the clan cup.

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It's not straight from halo we had to mod it to get the needles behind it and eil did some cool stuff after we submitted it. Will you give the Halo 2 a rest. Even if they did have one you wouldn't be able to play because you're in 8th grade. The clan cup won't just be top 4 it would require all 6. The top 4 would only be for normal tournament scores so as to allow people to have lives outside of the tournaments.

duck coaches get a small gift certificate bonus if thier team wins the clan cup.
Eli i understand why the library couldnt hol an all star event i just thought it would be fun.
btw i made the logo. Me and tp2 had several options including the ghetto, violent and several other types to choose from but, we choose the spartan one and did i metnion that i made it. Tp2 added the latin.
Eli can i try commentating maybe at open play. because i thought the commentating was pretty basis this season. is the planning meeting 2/15 or am i confused.
finially eli u probally skimmed my posts which i dont blame u because i have been spamming recently. Anyway i metioned a summer event over the month of july month have 4 mini tourneys. Then have the big preseason. So the mini tourneys would build up to the preseason which would build up to the season which would build up to the grands.

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I don't think coaches is that good of an idea. It's basicilly saying you're the best player in our clan or you're the worst player in our clan, lets give you a bigger share then the rest of us. I think all clan members should get equal shares.

Ok amittily you heard some Basis in the commentating but we improved in the last two tournaments. I was going to bring up a commentating try-out issue at the planning meeting. I don't think a series of mini tourneys is fisable seeing as the rooms we use aren't strickly ours to use. There are other events that take place in the main room.

<strong>Edit:</strong>
Ok well the PSP is horrible. There is a total of two games that even perk my interest and when I look at the DS line up I think why didn't I grab the DS (refering to the 2005 GC).

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Submitted by Snowman on Wed, 12/21/2005 - 4:47pm

Nice job everybody
Bad Driver, why are you on the internet, you should be at the beach surfing.
I think next year we should have a teams championship
Happy Holidays!!!

Submitted by EvilBusDriver on Wed, 12/21/2005 - 6:52pm

ok, sravan, we all know what joke that your poking at with spartan 069. It isnt funny enough. Also my clanmate is spartan if you didnt notice. That would make it kind of sound stupid. He plans to change his name to Irish Power or Irish Hammer or sumpthin because he like half irish I think.
Speaking of clanmates, my clan has allowed me to join the Vaccinated Monks. I'm not sure if they want to keep the name "Reds" or if their clan will remain.
One question: if Muffincat joins, can I be her Kart Partner because that is the only time when I got first in team Kart. just check my team kart scores, they suck. Me and spartan didnt get along very well in team kart, only in team melee we kicked butt. Man we even beat the Pickwick patrol in team melee!

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Evil Bus Diver that ,makes me feel fuzzy inside that you wnat to be my partner!When we drove together that one tourtnament it was awesome, I thought it was just because you were good and that I was bring you down. And Yes I think it would be awesome to design girl shirts to get some more girls to come to the tourtnaments, but not all girls care about fashion, Yea, but some smalls would be nice next year.

Mouse-chan are you goreygirl?
Oh and if you are welcome girl what's up?

I think that we should all cosplay next year to, like evil bus driver!
That was so cool, rock on cosplay, all that I managed one tourtnament was to wear cat ears and a tail.

Much joy Muffin
Oh and happy winter Solstice !
The sun returns to us now!!!!
Supersunflowerness!! ^-^

Submitted by EvilBusDriver on Wed, 12/21/2005 - 7:14pm

not sure but I think so. All I know is that pickwick was in it. Score.

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Submitted by EvilBusDriver on Wed, 12/21/2005 - 8:14pm

my team name was team warthog.

as I said before, Me and spartan dont get along in team kart so well.
Ian, u gotta cosplay as somepthin. Im gonna cosplay as a stormtrooer at the upcoming DDR Tourney. As well as my brother who will come later. Muffincat, u gotta come to the DDr Tourney. There will be open play there to, u can practice smash bros and kart.

Also ian, is your sister going to the kart tourney after christmas? Or is she not in 1-5th grade?

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Submitted by Snowman on Thu, 12/22/2005 - 9:21am

Bad Driver, I'm telling get off the computer and go to the beach. Your wasting your vaction.
Darth Marth: Made it to the Championship by getting a high place, got out in the first round of supersmash

TruDog: Made it to the championship, got out in the MarioKart rounds.

Strovli: Did well in the wildcard but got out second to last race

Snowman: Did well in the wildcard but got out in the last race. (it was DK mountain and I had the Bowser kart.)

By the way the quoted your brother at the tournament. Have fun in Hawaii, wish I could be there. Go to the beach!!!

Muffincat - no, goreygirl is my alter-ego - me being Erin, the librarian (yes it rhymes). BTW though - I think you left behind your name badge - are you SUPER SUNFLOWER, COMMENTATOR? If so I can drop it in the mail to you - just email me your address helmriche@aadl.org

So its settled. All star tournament during the open plays. I might not make wednesday though cuz my friend's having a party. Format shall be 4 stock, 6 minutes, 1v1 with all items on medium. Banning the PAX stage list. Then the other event should be single mario kart where u get a nmumber of races then you go to elimination rounds. then the prize round is melee qualification where u play everyone atleast once or twice, then mario kart eliminations at baby park with 4 people! If enough people show it will be the top 8 from both events if not then top 4. Eli, will the system be up and running so we can randomize the matches cause i don't want to put names in a hat;)

Oh and sandstorm would make an awsome DDR song but it might be too long.
And Bad driver don't waste your vacation. Go out and relax cause your classmates can't.
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how could you get me and that other guy confused??
He may be my clan mate but he is nowhere near as good as me in melee or mario kart
but still the tie breaker he was in with lienad was cheap. lienad got last in the three way tie breaker that tub o lard won with matt(that other guy) getting second. there was no reason to do another, much less one in another game

also it was to easy to mke it to the grands, I would have made it even if I only went to 1 turny

Hi, this is Moses. I have come here to say that I am moving away on the 26th of December. I'm going to live in Israel now. I will miss all u guys and I will miss playing Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. and I'm sad that I have 2 miss the Madden bowl. Remember as how I was, Moses, Black Shark, IDC. Good Bye to u all. I will be leaving in 4 days.

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Well that sure was a lot of notice to tell us we won't see you again. I mean if you had mentioned this earilier we would have heckeled you more while we had the chance.

Submitted by Pickwick the Second on Fri, 12/23/2005 - 12:13am

My computer hates me, and I hate it, too. It just crashed...again(the fourth time)...which means I lose <em>more</em> data and sources. Back to the more reliable method of inscribing words on slates, I say!!!

Submitted by EvilBusDriver on Fri, 12/23/2005 - 12:56am

wow, thats saddening. Well, just because your are going to Israel, doesnt mean you still cant talk on this forum right?
Duck, plz cosplay as something for the DDR tourney on thursday. If you dont have something, Im sure my brother can help you. He's going to the all ages with Greg again and I think they are both cosplaying. Eli, I am not sure if Brian (my brother) will be cosplaying as a scout trooper. I think It will be some anime character, not sure tho. I on the other hand will be wearing the assult trooper armor that I wore at the grands (Its like 75 pounds so dont laugh when I screw up playing ddr. It weighs about 3 times more than the biker scout because much more armor).
Oh yes, for those of you who don't know what cosplay is: cos-play costume (cos) play (play). For those of you who still dont understand (OMG) cosplay is dressing up in a favorite character's outfit and act like that character or doing something that the character would never do. (Like playing DDR)

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Submitted by EvilBusDriver on Mon, 12/26/2005 - 10:57pm

No way. No coaches. If I was still in the Reds, I might've had a different arguement. but now I'm gonna be a Vaccinated Monk. I mean Duck is good but I cant say hes better than me. I cant say I'm better than him. He's good, maybe even better than me, maybe not. No one will ever know because we're all constantly practiceing and getting better. But having coaches saying that they're better than the others lowers the morale of the other players. I am against clan coaches.
Also Duck, can I just have muffincat (if she is a clan member) to be my teammate for kart? And you be my teammate for melee?

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P.S. Thanks eli for the origionality comment. I really needed that. But what brought it down to second place behind Turtle Clan?

no coaches, all it means is basically what duck said. I'd say four people clans r fine because with more than that someones gonna be absent each tournament. That would mean we'd get subs that most likely wouldn't be as good as the primary, and four person is I think, mainly because there just happen to be FOUR GC controller slots on a GC. So u can practice with your whole clan without people getting more practice than others. The problem wit melee is that computers are horribly repetitive, and i have one friend who's house I went to who beat three lvl9's on a team (3 stock) blindfolded in FD because he played the game too much. But he was so used to playing coms that I owned him because he was unused to real people's playing style. TC is the most original and i'd say VM is the coolest. I just like our clan logo cause Jack skellington killz, like us. Funzo/Beast/J's coolio/stupid/fool: pick up ur game cuz if u end up bringing our clan down, we might pick someone else, probobly dale if he came next season, that is, if we put you in our clan in season three, which I probobly would anyway unless you magically get 1/10 as bad as my school friends
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no coaches well... it was ust an idea but, u probally misunderstood a little it doesn"t haveto be the best person in the clan and he coach doesn"t have to be in the clan
Clan symbol
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we will be coming today 4 open play probally around 12:30.
Eli this is just a suggestion i thin we should finalize the rules and regulations for clans at or just after the planning meeting so people have plenty of time to from a clan.
duck the commentating got lest bias well maybe it did. Well then it wasn"t very colorful. Sometimes it sounded like play by play.
i might change my name if the whole turtle clan becomes something turtly( like tp2 )
Next arguement
Who has had the most succsessful season and who has had the most suprsising
please reply
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It was still colorful just less Bias. There was still some TMC vs. VMC bias but you can't get rid of that, but it wasn't just a bunch of clan squabbling.

I as well; my grandparents dropped by to bid us farewell (my brethren and I are to set sail for the West ere five o'clock tomorrow morn.) It is my intent to see the inside of the Library soon.

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Wow, congratulations Bad Driver, your </strong>DiMaggio</strong>-like streak for saying nothing intelligent is still alive and well!!
That's kind of the point of commentating, is to tell people what's going on. Also, I think both you and your brother are quite the arrogant ones for starting this whole thing about "Who's emblem is the best" crap. Whoop-dee-freakin' doo, you made it yourself, you have a motto!!!! Would you boys like a cookie as a reward??? We're all really <strong>sooooo</strong> proud of you!!! There's only one little tiny problem... <em><strong>NOBODY REALLY GIVES A FLYING CRAP ABOUT IT!!!!!!!</em></strong> Also, I'm stunned by your revolutionary idea to... <em>*GASP*</em> <strong>MAKE A DECISION AT THE PLANNING MEETING!!!!!</strong> I never would have thought of that!!!!! That's incredible!!!!! (In case any of the numbskulls out there missed it, that was <strong><em>SARCASM</em></strong>.)

On a totally different note, I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Also, I hope everyone who didn't celebrate Christmas had a good Hannukkah or Kwanzaa. I simply refuse to lump all three holidays into a simple "Happy Holidays." So, whatever holiday you celebrated, I hope it was a good one.

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Sheesh, Tom, relax. Turtle Clan put a lot of thought and energy into their clan this season, it's only natural for them to fish for compliments a bit. There's no need for you to oblige them, but this place would be a little more welcoming to everyone if the atmosphere wasn't quite so toxic all the time. And I'm not talking about the aroma at the end of a DDR double-header, although that could be better too. =)

Submitted by EvilBusDriver on Mon, 12/26/2005 - 11:22pm

alright.
EDIT: Do you plan to cosplay at the DDR tourney like me and my brother and Greg?

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Submitted by EvilBusDriver on Mon, 12/26/2005 - 11:47pm

If I can get my brother to let me, I'm gonna use cat ears that he has and put them on the stormtrooper. No more mickey mouse ears.

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Submitted by EvilBusDriver on Tue, 12/27/2005 - 11:19pm

Duck, if you got any DS games that I can borrow (I just got a DS :) ) can you bring it to the ddr tourney? Only until I can buy my own DS game. I barely had enough money to buy the DS.

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P.S. I dont feel so good.... I played GTA San Andreas for 14 straight hours today. My heart feels like its gonna collapse.

If you get dramatically better at DDR you can get some cash for a DS game. Yeah you can barrow Advanced Wars and Warioware. I'm going to get a few more when I turn in my PSP. I've looked everywhere for good games for the PSP and I'm only really interested in Tokobot, Lumines and Death Jr.. It's really a crappy line up and I can see why Tycho (from Penny Arcade) thinks the PSP is a "wedge designed to project Sony's proprietary formats into the marketplace." On the other (nicer) hand the DS is putting up a really nice line up so I need the money to buy more games.

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Submitted by EvilBusDriver on Tue, 12/27/2005 - 11:53pm

alright thanks. I dont think ill be getting any better at ddr unless I not wear the stormtrooper outfit.

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Eli, when is the actual date of the planning meeting? Its at mallets creek 4-6 though correct. And we should spend all 2 hours talking about suggestions instead of last time where we only spent an hour.

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tom that was a joke
i am sorry i offended u. i wanted to make a new symbol my bro wanted to keep ours becaues he thought ours was the best one made ona print workshop
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guyz, peace, plz, no need for squabbiling until whenever the meeting is. I'm coming bak tomorrow, is that good or bad? Evil bus driver, good job on getting a ds. next season i shall try to force my clan to get a sweet logo, but I don't know if ill succeed. Does being in the VM clan make u a veteran? and since half the clan this season wasn't too good does that mean being a veteran is like a insult to our own wholesome goodness???
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P.S. plz shut up tom and dont make half a page letters that describe your love of flying crap

Aheem Half the clan not being good. You must be really bad at math since if all the members were at all 4 events they all would have been in the top 30 (that is using average scores). Can you just get off our backs, you're being a jerk calling us bad I should point out that every member of our clan made it into the elimination rounds at the GC even if Leinad only squeezed in he did better then [gtplayer:167]. You weren't even at the GC so shut up calling us Bad you didn’t see us play. So if anything you clan is worse then ours considering that Funzo and Earnest did worse then our entire clan.

Being in the VM doesn't make you a veteran; Beebles wasn’t given Veteran status.

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Can you guys just stop. We don't need to know who's good at mario kart and melee because we should already know. Who gives a s**t about being a vetran? 2 of them are gone, does the governement or in this case eli give u extra stuff, no. There were many good new comers and they were better than so many of the "vetrans" for example darksoul, ownerer, pickwick the second, piraty critter. And now that 2 of the vetrans are gone, that only leaves a couple left. And i think its the vaccinated monks with an attitude problem here. Bad driver was just having a survey and doomblaze probably meant to say you guys weren't good in the clan competition, maybe because you underestimated the black shark clan. But you guys were good players, just not the best.
Someone please tell me the planning meeting date?
Oh and I wanted to point out that team mario kart was everyones worst event. I think tp2 and bad driver did the best with 5 first place finishes.

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Pro I'm not in the mood to deal with your spastic rammblings so cut the crap. Of the 4 people you mentioned only one was any good at Mariokart which was the whole season last year. SO your so called good new comers were starting on the same page as us Vetrans. Plus Beebles is leaving also so it's not 2 it's 3. I might have an attitude problem right now but mine is completely justified and you guys even seeing me happy is a show of how much work I've put towards becoming more social. Domblaze wasn't talking just about the Clan competition he meant Leinad and Tom were bad overall so stop trying to defend him when he insulted our clan members.

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Submitted by ryanhibbs4@gmail.com on Wed, 12/28/2005 - 3:58pm

Duck I was our only clan member that came to all of the tournaments so don't go saying leinad would have been ahead of ernist da chicken and funzo because they missed a tournament to.
US calling you bad open your eyes tom won't stop dissing everyone else andif you are retiring please don't come to the tournaments because all that would do is make everyone miserable.

P.S. how about 8 person clans top 4 or 6

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Dang...

duck please dont take this the wrong way but if u r so fed up why do u post. Even if u read the blog u still dont have 2 post. About the cookie is it chocalae chip? Guys cut Monkeyman some slack he played a great season.
pr0 me and tp2 have won co-op 3 times round 3 in season 1 and roun 1 and 2 season 2. We got seconod in round 4 season 1. Two tourneys we haven"t placed in our first and our most recent. Good open play eli thank u for running it. I won the open MarioKart. Beat pr0, tp2, the loser ( u kno ur desperate to list people u beat when u say the loser) and jfin2000 The turtle clan of its regular members toghter attended 8 tourneys out of 20 possibille. Me and tp2 attended 3 and bowser attended 2. that adds up to 8. Since there r 4 members 5 tourneys possibile a piece that is 20. That is pretty low attendance.
8 man clans r a little too big but maybe we could do 6 man roster and 2 rostered subs. That is a lot of people though i think 6 peple is a really good idea

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Bad driver I don't think I need to justify why I blog. If you don't know me well enough to know why I come to the tournaments or blog on the site then you don't deserve to know the answer.

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Hey EBD could I get that Strategy guild now I think I might need it from now on. If you could bring it to the DDR tournaments that would be great.

duck i meant just to not blog so often . Which sounds hypriciaticol coming from me because i have been spamming since i am really bored. u come to the tourtaments the same reason everybody else thier fun, friends and it is absoutuley free.i blog because i enjoy the tourneys and this is a way to talk about the tourneys when u cant go to 1.
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You only skimmed it with that anwser BD. I not going to just blog less I like giving my point of veiw to much too allow a few annoying kids scare me off.

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Ok for all you people that don't read eli's post:
<strong>Come to the Game & Plan meetup Feb. 12 at Malletts for open play and a copy of the DVD.</strong>

Meh. Has anyone else noticed that our threads seems to have expiration dates? After a week or two, they all turn into crap. I guess I need to post more often, just to keep the conversation substantive.

Pr0, the planning meeting is Sunday, 2/12, from 1-4. We'll do plenty of talking, but there will be open play.

Hey Everybody, I can't believe the axis thing works in Israel. Its like 7pm here, so it must be noon there right now. I really miss Ann Arbor. BD, there is the MaddenBowl Tournaments b4 the meeting, which I can't make. Plus DDR and more Open Play.

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Submitted by TC Bad driver on Thu, 12/29/2005 - 12:03pm

Moses i think the inernet is a global thing. Eli the standings changed due to the open tourneys. i am 11th place now. And it only gave me 10 points in my final race which i won. Thamk u black shark

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i kno u as both so i call u ethier one do u have a prefence on which one u want me to call u
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if anyne is interested in joining turtle clan tell me or tp2
i like 6 members in a clan. We do need to change the sub system. but i do not like the 4 person with 2 rostered subs. Only having 2 subs isn"t enough 4 us. We have like 10 subs and they come to 1 or 2 tourneys. If we had rostered subs we would have e,pty spots every tourney
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I can't believe we lost the Alamo bowl. We were winning then I think they intercepted it and got a touchdown. Then that last play was really weird, like that play in The Longest Yard, except Chad Henne didn't block because he thought the game was over and they were fooling around so the guy got tackled. And we would have won!

Well everyone should come to the plan meeting so we can get everyone's opinions. But the major topic won't be about clans it'll be about the suprise round, if its a good thing or not. We should just keep it simple like last year, and we can bring back battle for mario kart. The qualifying events should stay the same but the prize round should be like the grands. But we change it a bit like make it lightning melee or poke balls only. Then take the top 8 and do some mario kart battle or mirror mode. We could do bomb-omb battle by having it be 1v1 or 4 people on a tv then play first to 3 wins moves on and etc.

And now everyones calling me pr0 and its getting kinda weird, so I really have to change my name.
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sravan i call u pt0 because it is easier to type and that is the name u use.
i like the sur prize round being like the grands. The thing is there r melee players and mariokart palyers few r good at both.
what time is the madden tourtament
where
what edition of madden will u be using(2005, 2006)
will u be doing single eliminaton.
i think single elimniaton would be pretty bad because u play 4 like 20 minutes then ur done or u wait an hour. u play 4 like 20 min then ur done. you could be the second best player and be out of money because u faced the #1 guy.
My soultion is that thier is divisons of 4 and there r 4or 3 divisions in a league ( depending on turnout) in each division thier is a round robin and top guy moves butm there is 2 wild cards where 2 0f the second place teams get in based on (record or a tie breaker) so that is 6 a league if there is a lot of peple this could take awhile especially if there is only 8 stations.
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U can call me Black Moses if u want. The only reason we lost the Alamo Bowl was the officiating, Lloyd Carr had to use 2 timeouts just to teach the refs how to review a play, they left the ball and started the game clock for 10 seconds without starting the play clock, so we would have had more time at the end, they didn't call that pass interference that they should have called when Mario Manningham got held, and at the very last play, the refs should have called a penalty because the play was still going on, and the whole Nebraska bench came on during the play because they thought it was over. God Dammit! I just want to shoot those refs, they ruined the game and made a horrible season for Michigan.

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Well, Best Buy gave me $85 for my SP, and I got a $40 Best Buy gift card for Christmas, so I got a DS for only $10 of real money. Game #1 is Mario Kart DS, number 2 to be bought soon will be Animal Crossing. Any suggestions for the next one?

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Duck why wouldn"t u call him black moses. It is his choice and unless it is bad or has objectional content in the name he can choose what he gets called.
Michigan lost end of story. The refs weren"t great but u never hear anybody complimenting them for a job well done only complaining when they make a call that does not favor your team. My parents said a guy ran onto the field.
Eli i think next season clans should have a bigger role like a clan tourtament every round.
Because clans meant nothing for me and tp2 because we missed the grands. maybe a seperate clan season
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Black Moses that is 10 cents to the swear jar. If i have ever come to Israel i am collecting
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Duck if i am a middle schooler how can u except me to kno what oblivious means. Also you have a scale. Also you should explain more how oblivous am i. elsewise pretty good statement brief and too the point. I give u a 7 of 10 on the burn scale
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Submitted by TurtlePerson2 (not verified) on Fri, 12/30/2005 - 8:29pm

Duck no one cares without your VMC chronies you can't tell people what to do because you don't have Major Tom to yell at people or Leinad to say something intelligent. With both of them leaving I think that your blogging vote will be severely diminished. Also we won't see any more spamming without logic to back it up (cough * SFA * cough). Well actually we may still see spamming from the VMC I just hope it has an ounce of logic behind it next time.

Duck no matter how stupid my brother is don't insult him about it. He is in 7th grade. I hope you don't get satisfaction from picking on little children because, that would make you quite a hazard at GT events.

Leinad I'm kind of wondering why Best Buy gave you $80 for your SP considering they sell SP's for $80. You really tricked them. But as for DS I don't reccomend Animal Crossing. While I have never played it I just don't see Animal Crossing as a game with much game play. The Gamecube one was incredibly addictive, but got old before 10 hours. I wouldn't go with another DS game at all. Save your money for Zelda.

Eli can we have a new thread?

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TP2, do you have a DS? There are some fantastic titles out there, but Leinad, your next purchase is a very simple decision. ADVANCE WARS DS. If you like turn-based strategy, advance wars is as good as it gets. Kirby's Canvas Curse is also very fun and very different, and both have great play value. Also, if you like light RPGs, Mario & Luigi is great.

I've also heard fantastic things about the Castlevania game for DS, and the attorney and surgeon games are reportedly a blast, although Kip got the surgeon game (Trauma), and doesn't like it. I think he was expecting too much out of it. =)

However, I will give you a hot tip: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplankton">electroplankton</a&gt;. It's not really a game, but I plan on picking it up as soon as it's released.

I never knew I was a small child. Eli tp2 doesn"t have a DS. Advance wars is a very good game for GBA i would strongly reccomend it for DS. Tp2 u probally spent 10 hours playing animal crossing in the first three days. I thourghly enjoyed animal Crossing though. I have recently started playing again. Happy new Year
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I don't own a DS, but after playing the DS and the PSP. I found that the DS didn't offer me anything great. I already have a GBA so the types of games weren't new. The PSP offers shooters, video, music, and I find it more suitable for my tastes.

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TP2 you don"t have a PSP you make it sound like you do.
Here is my New years revoulution for the blog.
Double the number of posts and cut the number of posts per a person in half.
Goal of this is to get people who don"t reguraly post to post more often but, to have people who post non stop, to reduce thier posting. Basicially get more people and post less. i will try to stop spamming but, i am incredibily bored.
I want to change my signature but, i dont kno what to change it to Any suggestions?
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Submitted by Sir Ducksalot on Sat, 12/31/2005 - 12:15pm

Tp2 you are really a scumbag for saying that about me. I hope you don't enjoy attacking people with low self esteem because that could make you a complete jerk.

TP2 - I turned it in as a return, and they gazve me $80 store credit.

Eli - thanks for the recommendations. I completely agree about Canvas Curse, but I've already beaten it on my little brother's DS (and gotten all but 2 of the medals, the last 3 are near impossible), so I'm not going to buy it. My brother also has Castlevania, and since that has multiple save files I'll just be stealing his. Advance Wars sounds really good. Hopefully I'll get both that and AC:WW soon. TP2 - It doesn't make sense to say that it's both addictive and got boring after 10 hours, that seems like a contradiction to me.

Sadly, most local stores seem to be sold out of AC:WW, Hopefully I'll be able to pick up both games soon (and then I'll have managed to waste all of my Christmas money in a week and have nothing to get me through the next year, yay!)

TP2 - Since I'm supposed to be the "intelligent" Monk... I might point out that there's no logic whatsoever in claiming that the VMC spams the forums. Duck is our only member that routinely posts more than once a day, and he knows how to go back and edit his posts if he jsut has one thing to add instead of posting 5 times in a row like certain unnamed people. I can think of 4 people off the top of my head that in my opinion have spammed this forum, and none of them are in the VMC, or the TMC for that matter. Only leaves 4 active posting clans, and I like Pickwick...

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*sniffle* Extremely belated goodbyes, Moses. You probably have no idea who I am, but I'm sad you had to move anyway.

Israel is a long way away, but its you can still come here and get showered with sarcarsm from at old familiar gamers.

Black Shark you are partly right except for one thing. Michigan lost the game because, when the final score was posted Michigan had less points. I must agree that there were some very poor calls by the refs including two game changing calls, but I think there was another reason they lost Lloyd Carr.
He is given more talented players than almost any other coach in the U.S., but somehow he manages to lose. 7-5 this year. That is sad considering the amount of money the U of M spends on recruiting, scouting, and coaching. There's no excuse for not winning when you have better players. That is why I put most of the blame for that season on Lloyd Carr. Furthermore I think that Michigan should think first before rehiring him when his contract expires.
On a completely unrelated note. Eli I have suggestions for a LAN party. You probably want to play something that is cheap, but fun. I have just the game. Battlefield 1942. If you get the WWII anthology pack it costs $30 each pack, but will come with enough CD's to either run 3 (or maybe 4 but I don't think so) computers with one pack. Plus my friend and I both have an anthology pack of our own so we could provide 4 of those discs. Plus many people already own this game. This game would not be a terrific tournament game though because, it is team based and while there is a scoring system that will tell you who did best, that option doesn't encourage teamwork.
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Submitted by EvilBusDriver on Wed, 12/28/2005 - 7:36pm

uh oh. Monkeyman, not a good idea to say that.
"Dont come back to the other tournaments cause it will make every1 miserable"
Oh sravan, I give a s**t about being a veteran.

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