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Super Smash Double Dash: Preseason Tournament Next Sunday!

by eli

It's been a long, long, off-season, but the wait is almost over. The AADL-GT Super Smash Double Dash Championship Series returns with our PRESEASON EVENT next SUNDAY, July 23rd, from Noon-5 PM at the Downtown Library. Registration is now open! This year, we've got several changes to the system planned, the biggest of which being MORE PRIZES! Each Gamecube Tournament will consist of 4 events: Super Smash Bros Free-For-All, Super Smash Bros. Team Battle, Mario Kart Single-Player Race, and Mario Kart Coop Team Race. The top 3 finishers from each event will take home giftcard prizes: $40 for 1st, $30 for 2nd, and $20 for 3rd. For Team Events, the teams will split that prize (you'll each get your own giftcard). So, if you manage to win all 4 events, you could walk home with $120 just from a single tournament!

As always, winning any single event qualifies you for the Grand Championship in december, where you'll have your shot at winning a DS, an iPod, or (hopefully) a BRAND-NEW NINTENDO WII! Read on for details about the the upcoming season...

Clans this season will consist of a set roster of 6 players. Each tournament, the 4 highest total scores in your clan will count towards your season tally and determine the highest-scoring clans of the day. Those top clans will advance to a monthly Clan Battle, held immediately after the 4 SSDD events.

Battling clans will face off in a team mario kart match, a team super smash match, and a game of my choosing. There's no prizes at stake for the regular season Clan Battles, but the december Grand Championships will again include the clan cup, featuring a clan-appropriate prize for the clan that emerges victorious from the as-yet-unknown challenges. Sunday's preseason tournament will be a great opportunity to form your clan and scope out new members, as there will be no clan play or scoring at the preseason event.

Super Smash format will be 2-stock, 3:00 free for all, with the following bans:

Banned Stages
Hyrule Temple
Rainbow Cruise
Big Blue
Icicle Mountain
Poke Floats
Flat Zone

Banned Items
Heart Container
Maxim Tomato
Starman
Cloaking Device
Bob-Omb

Single-player finals will be seeded 1v1.

Here's the full season schedule. Friday night tournaments are still in development (*cough GUITAR HERO cough*).

Super Smash Double Dash, Preseason Event: Sunday, July 23, 12:00-5:00 PM

Super Smash Double Dash, Round 1: Saturday, August 19th, 12-5 PM

Super Smash Double Dash, Round 2: Saturday, Sept. 16th, 12-5 PM

Super Smash Double Dash, Round 3: Saturday, Oct. 14th, 12-5 PM

Super Smash Double Dash, Round 4: Saturday, Nov. 18th, 12-5 PM

Super Smash Double Dash Grand Championships: Saturday, Dec. 16th, 12-5 PM

Commentary will be decided on-site by yours truly. Here's an scoring table for season 3. Remember that for team events, the clan receives the listed score, as each teammate gets half the listed score.

Scoring Chart

Mario Kart Single Player and Team Match Scores
1st: 100 points
2nd: 80
3rd: 60
4th: 50
5th: 40
6th: 30
7th: 20
8th: 10

Super Smash Brothers: Melee Single Player Scores
1st: 100 points
2nd: 60
3rd: 30
4th: 10

Super Smash Brothers: Melee Team Scores
Winner: 100 points
Loser: 60 points

Event Winner Single Player and Team Bonuses
1st place in an event: 1000 point bonus
2nd place: 600
3rd place: 400
4th place: 200

Clan Battle
1st place: 4000 point bonus
2nd place:3000
3rd place: 2000
4th place: 1000

Recruitment Bonuses (for Clans Only):
Bonus per new player in your clan: 501
Bonus per GIRL in your clan: 1000

OK, I'm sure you've got questions! Let's hear 'em. In the meantime, get those thumbs warmed up, and we'll see you SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!

Comments

Excellent post! =P

I need a partner for 2 v 2 smash, anyone interested? ;)

EDIT: FIRST POST!

EDIT 2: BTW, are the 2v2 gonna have friendly fire on?

Does one necessarily have to be an elligible participant to do the commentating? Or would it be possible for one of the distinguished former competitors to handle that job as well, and since he would not be competing in any of the events, it would finally allow for some consistency with the commentating?

Of course, this is just a hypothetical situation....

Oh come on, it'll give me an excuse to come to the tournaments!

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE?!?!?!?!
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Ummmmmm...... I don't know.... Technically I'm not in 12th grade anymore, and I already am signed up for college and all that, but.... I don't know...

Besides, if given a choice, I'd rather be all-time commentator than part-time commentator and part-time player, but only for two tournaments or something.

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Awww, but I wanna commentate the whole time, cause I'm greedy like that!!!
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Also, 100th comment in this topic. w00t.
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Pre season is commentarey try outs. Learning the ropes hmm.. doesnt sound bad any advice?

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About the clan bonus i wont argue this to heavily though i think it is an injustice. about 60ish people got more than 1000 points put a girl in your clan boom you have a top 60 player a new girl boom top 40 with out going to a single tourtament. If you go to evry tourtament and get last in each game that is about 50 points and 200 over the season. That brings you too about 1700 without doing a thing. that is near 35th place. And all these ponts are inflated through open play and other things.
So if a girl is medicorcore and gets 600 a tourney that is close to 4000 overall the season for the clan. So adding a neew mediocore girl is equalivent to winning the clan battle. I understand a recruitment bonus but points for putting a girl in your clan seems unfair maybe if you take the bonus down a little. Since only the top4 matter if you got 4 people with no commitments and can be at every tourney stick 2 new girls and you have 3000 bonus points.
If you could give me a little better explanation that would be great or somehow make it less of a difference. I think it is a great idea to try to increase the diversity of the tourtaments but is this the right way to do it?
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k, this is doomblaze. If a girl is 1000 points, can an indian b 500? nah im jk, but u should seriosly give less points 4 the girls. Think of it, if a girl is as good as me, their clan automatically wins the tournament. yes nishant i can wavedash, just not 2 well, and i dont really use it, or care about it. (down smash ftw) if u can then good 4 u. Hey vaccinated monks, do u guyz still have a clan?
monkeyman- If my sister starts a clan she will get 6000 points off the bat, even though she isn't an shall we say "attiquite" player she will be ahead of our clan for like 3 tournaments. eli i highly sugest u lower the bonuses to 201 and like 400
"like a sasquach!"

Eli already said you only get 1000 points for a girl even if she is new. You are forgetting about the fact that winning an event counts for more now, more than double what we gave last season. Plus the clan battle adding 4000 points for 1st place. So 1000 points that only apply for Clan Cup qualification isn't that much. In short the points have inflated to the point that I wouldn't be surprised if 3 clans broke 7000 in one tournament. I don't think that anyone is going to have girls in their clan besides my clan (2 girls) and Omid's clan (1 girl) and we were going to have them anyway. Frankly since only 5 girls have attended a GT event and 3 are in clans I don't think anyone is going to abuse the rule.

If you team up with a person not in your clan for a team event during the season NO points are awarded to the clan no matter how well you do.

Do we still have the "Your clan wins a tournament and is automatically in the clan cup" rule?

"Who's on first."
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Bad Driver, if you want, come talk to me tomorrow (if I can make it). I'll answer any questions you have, if you have any.

If not, cool, less work for me :-P.
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In reply to by tomcove6888

I don't think that the extra points for having girls in a clan is going to be a problem because if someone has girls who can't play join their clan just for the bonus, it will come back to haunt them during the clan cup.
"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

i dont think that is the nicest statement.
thanks tom i talked to Daniel a little a bit about id appreciate to talk to u a little be nice to get advice from the expert.

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In reply to by ryanhibbs4@gmail.com

this is john in a box
DO NOT RIP ON MY TEAM MATES OR I WILL BOTHER YOU 4 A LONG TIME

ALSO IF YOU SAY THIS TO ME AND ONLY ME AND YOU ARE THE FIRST 1 TO SAY IT TO ME YOU WIN A PRIZE
THE THING IS
BRO'S AND CO. IS THE BEST TEAM AND MINE IS NOT.

DO NOT RIP ON MY TEAM MATES OR ELSE

OK, first, after thinking about it a bit, players who have left 12th grade but not yet started college are technically eligible to play in the preseason tournament, but not Round 1. However, I would be very happy to have Tom and Leinad in the booth, so long as they also give other interested commentators a shot at the mic. So, if you want to play, that's OK this time. Show up tomorrow and we'll discuss it.

Second, the recruitment bonuses, just like last year, apply only to clans and do not factor into the single-player leaderboard at all. I want to make this a more welcoming environment for girls, and this was Mandy's excellent suggestion. I think the Girl bonus is not too much... you can offset a single girl bonus with 2 new players, or by 1 of your clan members winning a single event. If a clan does well at a tournament, it's easy to imagine a clan picking up 3000-5000+ points at a single round; I just don't think that the Girl bonus is going to give anyone an undeserved leg up. Also, those bonuses won't count toward determining who makes it to the Clan Battle; they'll be applied between rounds like last year. The Clan Battle scoring will be based on your clan's 4 highest-scoring individuals from that round. Along those lines, you can have a teammate from outside your clan, but your clan will only get half the team's points.

We're nearly there... and I've got $360 in giftcards sitting right here next to me. Who will they go to? Any predictions?

By the way, this just happens to be post #7000. =)

"Along those lines, you can have a teammate from outside your clan, but your clan will only get half the team's points." Well I was wrong. I guess the TM can't screwup like they did last year.

"Who's on first."
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360 dollars next to u you must feel powerful. You lay a strong arguement eli and i understand why you do all the recruitent bonuses i jsut think scores should be based soley on performance.
Predictions. I dont know whos going to be there. Me and bro jsut got back from trips so we r a little out of shape to say. Kart is anyones game, but me and bro have been working hard at it so u never know what can happen. Melee could go to anyone as well maybe the most honnorable pickwick or Sravan if he attends or it could go to the person down the lane.
Eli u stole 7000 right out of my hands i had been waiting for quite some time. Speaking of posts when do u think we will hit the 10,000 mark im predicting in between round 3 and 4 or maybe jsut after 4. C ya all in about 13 hours
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Johninabox.... Your team sucks.

Uh-oh son, I just ripped on your team. <strong>Oh no</strong>, I'm so scared for what's going to....

Ok, sorry, I can't keep a lie like that up for this long.
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sounds good i guess my lack of patience have finially paid off. How many clans will get into clan cup and as well how many non-event qualified in a previous event will be able to make the GC. PRIZES SOUND BEYOND SWEET. I guess big raise in prize funding. Pre-season will have those big prizes amonut as well. $360 dollars given away in the basement of the library and free food.
A few questions for commentarey. 1. Are you looking for one play by play and one color commentarey person in the booth or just 2 color commentaries becuase i could do either. Also can i request a specfic event to commentate. I'd prefer single player Kart because i have a good deal of knowledge in Kart and no lots of people skills and accomplishments in kart especially since i was at most of season 1. Also how will it be run like 2 people commentating and one back up if they have 2 play a match.
Again prizes sound awesome.
Scoring for regular events looks good a think there might just be little too much for winning an event but that is the big goal so we will see how that works out.
Recruitment bonuses look good except i recruited most of my friends last year. Good call they have to be in your clan. Girl idea is fair and a good step to try to diversify the group of people there since it is a male dominated sport(and yes i called it a sport)
How is the Mariokart gonna be run like it always have. Again i will push the idea especially for Kart to not have too much single elimniation because such prizes are at stack and there is a great deal of luck i know u want people who aren't as good to have a chance but in MarioKart i think too many "lukcy" people are advancing and the more skilled are being left out of later rounds. Maybe 2 accumlative point rounds ex. Quals top 32 move on 2 more races each top 16 move on than elimniate bottom 4 or something. Your tourtament jsut my ideas :).
2 more comments are you going to amke people display their short nickname for melee or at least i the featured m atch for commentareys sake. Also for a "featured match" in melee just have the commentators briefly look over a match with the best talent and most people on leader board and things like that.
Are the people you play in the match completley random or based on time you register? Also ill get to this more later but is there anyway you control a way so 2 people cant be in the same game in an event?
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Well first I would like to start with an evil laugh. *Evil laugh* As the Vaccinated Monks have 2 girls. *More Evil laughter* Ok I'm done.

Bad driver as for your commentator questions, the commentators use the brackets and player positions to determine who is who. The commentators are able to choose which match is followed thanks to Diego.

"Who's on first."
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Thanks Duck. I notice team kart started at 3:30 are we going to allow a few more races/battles for the events. Also when does the library close on sunday i know it is 6 on saturday? the clan battle is only going to take half an hour right.
For the clan battle will only the top 4 high scores be qualified for the kart,melee and unknown game at the end? Also will it be run liike an elimniation bottom clan at kart is knocked out bottom clan i nmelee is knocked out than top 2 clans battle in mystery game?
Eli when you say bonus per GIRL in your clan it doesn't have to be a new girl?
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Mdiget i dont think FF will be on for team melee. These tourtaments are a competive atmapshere with prizes for top competiors and some physical activity. Therefore in my opinon i would consider it a sport or maybe just half of a sport and half pizza.
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What physical activity Bad Driver you and I both know ther is absolutely no physical activity at all. Plus to top it off they stuff us with pizza, goldfish, pretzels and pop to make us lazy and fat. Reading? I don't think so. Who actually would read when you could play game cube against other competiters? In my opinion something can not be a sport without athletes. Even golfers have srong legs, arms and upper body. In a real sport it is vital to be physically fit and in good shape to keep up with the compitition. In video games a fat tub of goo could still win the finals.

David Mees Blingus$$$$

Well a fat person would have fat fingers, thus eliminating the ability to move your fingers fast enough

But seriously, your fingers have to be physically fit to play video games =P

i have a question: since derek wasn't really here last season or even in our clan, does he count as a new member if he is in our clan this season?
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Wow you typed that all up when you were right next to me. Mdiget has a good point. I will re phase it. A competive event. 4 days and 21 hours and 30 minutes till preseason.
How many people were at last years pre-season anyone know?
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SUP MY HOME DOGS,
THIS IS JOHNINABOX AKA, JOHN DURSKI
IM NOT RELLY REPLYING TO ANY THING BUT JUST WANT TO SAY
BRO'S AND CO. WILL BE MO ANNOYING THIS YEAR.
OK MABY NOT , BUT I WILL ☼
OVER ALL I WANT TO SAY GOOD LUCK BEATING US IN THE TOURNAMENT

PS:
IF YOU SEE ME FIRST 1 TO SAY THIS SECRRET PASS WILL WIN A PRIZE FROM ME.

THE SECRET PASS IS: BRO'S AND CO. IS THE BEST AND MY TEAM IS NOT.

THANKS 4 READING THE MESSAGE FROM THE MOST AMAZING PERSON AT THE TOURNAMENT, THE AMAZING JOHNINABOX

ONLY THE FIRST TO SAY THE SECRET PASS WILL GET A PRIZE SO BE READY.

THE PRIZE IS... A COOL ... I DONT BOTHER YOU DURRING 1 TOURNAMENT
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John i know where u live.
Thanks Duck. I think typicially preseaon is pretty low than a really high turnout in August than goes down a little then the hoardes show up for the championship.
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All those dates are right i got mine off the planning meeting i think, but i just checked the dates agnaist a calendar and they are all saturdays.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In reply to by sbean

i am the best of all and i would like to say

team puff ball and
team lard in a box

both alex durski and I
will win it all
in every event

also eli,
is it ok that we have 2 diffrent names 4 2 diffrent team events?

hi everyone, i havent posted here in monthes but i read the new rules so i'm excited for the new season
unfourtunatly i won't be here for the preseason or the 1st round because i'll be in paris and india so you guys can throw a big huge party and have the theme be "sravan isn't here!"
anyways flare, aaron, fransisco, and rupert if you guys read this can you guys consider being a sub for our clan in august?
and this is Sravan btw
wow 1000 points if you get a girl in your clan, so do i get 1000 for galen? =)

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In reply to by sbean

eli i thing team bro's and co should get 1000 points 4 having a girl on our team...

tub o lard

if alex dresses as a girl do we get any thing?

Dang, poor Galen just got <strong>BLAAAAAAAAAAZED!!!!!!!!</strong>
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"if alex dresses as a girl do we get any thing?" Yeah a good laugh and blackmail pictures.

Let's see if we gave points for diversity. Where would that put The Foreign Exchange clan.

"Who's on first."
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hmmmm... new bonuses, this means 1500 pts if I get a completely new clan, which I was already thinking about (sorry Derek, John, and Alex)

WE NEED HALO TOURNAMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
or U.T...

How do you host images on AADL??

Ryan which everyone he uses would be the right one. I dont think Eli would know check which one has a lot of aadl-Gt tourtaments and one might have an open smash tourney or something.
Bro's and co's is looking like a force to be reckenoed with should be a fun season. For you rimage you want ballonster e-mail it to eli and he will put it on.
See you guys sunday
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Ok, first!

I won't be home for the tournaments (sorry, summer jobs), but this is only the preseason. The Camp Munhake Program will end before Round 1 so I'll be there. Anyways, I'll be making more money than you guys can win! HAH!

2.

To Ian (your first post), who is our second girl? Also, is Mandy one of them?

3.

I just got Animal Crossing WW but I barley just started so I'll be a while before I do anything about Wi-Fi.

4.

Good Luck everyone! And good luck to my clan The Re...Vaccinated Monks. I'm sorry that I'm too busy making more than your prize money.

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D-rex is the best peach by far, Doomblaze is the best person in the tournaments, I will own u all, Earnist da chicken is goining to kick yalls buts julian will own, and john and alex will win :) so shut up

How do you know that my peach isn't better than D-rex's huh???

Now you've got me curious, i must play this D-rex kid x_x

EDIT: I found a partner =)

EDIT 2: Would D-rex happen to be Derek Hibbs? or no? =P

I WILL OWN WITH ICECLIMBERS, D-REX, you know who I am, btw since your clan kicked you out, ur joining my clan right?

haha but i haven't played melee in monthes so i'm gonna suck
and uh who are these new people lime limabean and mdiget and johninabox?
can someone explain por favor
and are we allowed to embed videos on our comments?
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this is Doomblaze. cuz im 2 lazy to swich out of monkeymans name. Isnt it imba 4 the melee scores 2 b 100 then 60 becuase 2 2nds wont equal 1 first and a third... r u actually good nishant? cuz i havent played u yet
"Like a sasquach"

In reply to by ryanhibbs4@gmail.com

I'm surprised to see how large the prizes have grown. This season looks to be very promising, but I'm still left with questions as to what exactly the clan matches will consist of at each tournament.

Also how do I go about adding members to my clan and I would also like to remove someone from the clan.

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"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

I think im good, i beat ownerer 5 or 6 times so meh...

Arjun we're gonna play at the preseason like right when we get there, k?

In reply to by TurtlePerson2 (not verified)

Welcome new players... And don't worry if you don't have a teammate for this weekend, there will be plenty of players looking for teammates. John, you've got to choose 1 player name, and it would be better if a set of two people only had one team name. If you switch partners, you can change your team name.

I will be taking clan signups as time allowed, and the clan season will begin at round 1 with clan battle details to come. Bad Driver's got the right idea, though we may have more than 4 clans in a clan battle. And the library closes at 6 on Sundays too.

Videogames are definitely competitive. Some people would say that's all it takes to call something a 'sport' (but I'm not one of them). Super Smash & Double Dash don't involve much athleticism... but I think you can all agree these tournaments aren't about sitting around. DDR is another story.

Joe: The legendary Troublemonkey Derek does NOT count as a new player. And to clear it up, you get 501 points for a new player OR 1000 points for a Girl in your clan. You don't get 1501 points if it's a new girl. =) Nice try, though.

No bonuses for cross dressers or indians (unless they are new, or a girl). Or Galens. =)

Doomblaze, yes, in Melee, a First and a Third is better than two seconds. That's intentional.

Any other questions? See you guys in scant hours!

Yea, we'll play and see who wins. Btw, its arjan. TP2, clan tryouts r dumb, dont listin 2 monkeyman u should just vote and piss some people off. With luck, we can boot semourbutts out of our clan cuz he just plain suks. wut i really dont understand is y hyrule is banned when happy-fun-cloud yoshi land isnt, since u can float on the cloud 2 the far right and stay alive forever.
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quite a rant. Eli for the clan battle i think only 4 should get in for the sake of time and also will only the top 4 scores go in.
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hey, Eli-

I was wondering if I could get your email address to send you a pic for my "avatar"

thanks

ballooneater, mail me your 400x400 image at eli@aadl.org. When you form a clan, i'll give you a code you can put in your posts to have your clan logo show up.

Duck, yes, winning a clan battle guarantees you a spot in the clan cup.

5 hours. Tom Bor's and Co's is going to be a clan to compete with. Ill be honest skillz dat killz turned out to be the best clan and dursjis and Derek all finished in the top 30 so i think they are turtle clans top competion. Since VMC lost most of its core andtrouble monkey had a problem with different members and a lack of commitment from some of their members. This should be a very fun sesaon to watch and see how it unfolds.
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dodged a blue shell in todays morning seesio. Hmmmm. i wonder what luck that will bring. 3 hours folks until GAME TIME!!!!!!!
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^there's a morning session, or is that just you playing at your house? =P

i haven't played for a couple days, but my match with Arjan will warm me up a bit

EDIT: 2 and a half hours!

A morning session is just playing at home. Turtle clan had a pretty good tourney. I got to both Mkdd finals but didnt get in top3 single i was less than a second away. Good tourtament.
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it was so funny when the commentator person was like, "WHOA, THERE IS A PERSON NAMED FRIEDjellyWALNUT, that's a great name man!" Now i feel happy, an oh btw, i play Ice Climbers

there was no overall score Tru dog and dark marth got 2nd and there was no clan play.

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this bracket is crazy
Match #100 (Bracket:1)
Station #1 p1: Dale W, 60 pts. p2: Tub O Lard, 20 pts.
Station #2 p1: D-Rex, 30 pts. p2: zyke, 10 pts.
Station #3 p1: Bad driver , 100 pts. p2: Funzo, 80 pts.
Station #4 p1: TurtlePerson2, 40 pts. p2: Major Tom, 50 pts
Compare it to the finals. Eli can we please have some seeding in kart or maybe overall kart status.
Also if you could tell me if this is do able but being able to sort rankings by event

Station #1 p1: Sir Ducksalot, 0 pts. p2: Mike S, 0 pts.
Station #2 p1: Ben D, 0 pts. p2: Bad driver , 0 pts.
Station #3 p1: Major Tom, 0 pts. p2: Goose, 0 pts.
Station #4 p1: Doomblaze, 0 pts. p2: Redshark92, 0 pts.

k that was a sweet tourament. I am confident of my skill against momre than half of the people there, since most of them suk. The saddest part of the tournament was when i almost killed johninabox and tub o' lard in team melee when i was with monkeymans little sister. I couldnt bring myself 2 play my hardest since they wud have been out if i had countered twice. yea, it wud make sense 2 have seeding in kart, not that our clan needs it 2 much :p lol nishant, me against u in final destination without items... items r wut wud let u pwn me (if it is indeed possible). btw, nj tp2 u owned us all
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lol nishant, am i supposed to expect u 2 know everything in some stupid noobish 30 minute video and then b scared of u? besides, how do u know that uve beaten better marths than me if we havent played? k im done wit dis, its gay and im gonna get banned from blog if this keeps up
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^ that was me (didn't notice my brother was logged in ._.)

EDIT: Also don't claim your one of the best smashers in the world after just winning one or two local tourneys ._.

Sravan the tourtament went pretty well( iwont go super detail cause i want some sleep) We started really late because everyone was too lazy to pre register. Single melee went to lucky fetus i believe tp2 got 4th. team melee melee masters won (Tp2 and anti tank) Single kart duck won hitting everyone with a star in the final stretch. In co-op i believe durskis won. Ended around 5:30 and thats ith out the clan event.
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most likely.i hope he can archive season 2 and also in season 3 keep straight scoring so if you could not add the open melee tourtaments to overall rankings.
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It sounds rather as though the preseason event went very well. Thanks to be Eli for outlining the new rules so concisely.
I just got back from music camp... Did any of the Foreign Exchange members show up for the preseason?

yeah, moving to the chicago area. Surprisingly, their library has a video game tourneys, but not as cool as these ones :(

It's sad too because i had two clans want to recruit me :(

i dont know any of the fe members pickwick but i would say the talent level at the tourtament was lower than usual due to an absence of too power house players.
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Oh, no!!!!!! Will you come back to visit? Often??????????????????
Best of luck in Chicago, and we'll miss you!!!!!!!!

When are you available to play?

In reply to by Pickwick the Second

from end of the day august first (testing out date) to august 15th

I plan to be at Ed's house the entire time, so we'll come and find you

maybe i could convince my dad to drive me up here for all the events =P

That would be great!!!
I'm testing out on the third, so probably not then.
But after that, I should be around, and you know where I live, spooky as that may sound. Just come on over some time, and, if there's a clear walking path to the downstairs area, we can play! Or we can go to Ed's house.
Does he know yet that you're going to be living in his house for fifteen days? :)

one of thing about the pre-season that made it feel wierd was that there was really no ending to it. That i think is the downside to event prizes.

Mdiget jsut out of cursioty why r u living at Ed's house for 15 days?
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Because i haven't really been able to hang out with him all summer

And when i destroy him in melee, it boosts my confidence :)

I need to play so many people before i leave, does anyone know who that beastly red marth player at the preseason was?

In reply to by MDidget

Annnd a hundred posts later.. Thanks Duck.

Hmm, looks like it was a great event last Sunday, I'm sorry I missed it. Did a lot of girls show up?

Oh, and if anyone has an opinion on a good horror novel, please let me know.. *trying very hard to come up with a good book club horror novel*

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You're welcome, although I forgot what I did. Oh yes the DDR question.

Well more girls did show-up. A few new ones to my knowledge.

"Who's on first."
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Hello, I'm back for another Wednesday.
(This reply might be old but...) Hey, eli, if you have a $360 gift certficate next to you than I have a $400 paycheck recently deposited in the bank. (That is somewhat after taxes)

Can't wait to see you guys at Round 1. Do you think I should see you through some cool shades or my stormtrooper helmet?

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E.B.D. i think we are all aware that you make money. I don't think anyone goes to these tourtaments as their soource of income. I'd go if their wasn't any money.
Hopefully Eli will have the results posted soon and extended details on clans and such.
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EBD, definitely the stormtrooper helmet. Definitely.
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the beastly red marth player was Robin Harn, his name- Juggleguy, he was my doubles partner, he was marth i was ice climbers, it was his first tournament, i convinced him to come

No offence but your storm trooper thing is kinda stupid all it does is get u attention and make u look like the biggest nerd on earth in public :) (and like a noob, lol, says doomblaze)

In reply to by ryanhibbs4@gmail.com

That's an interesting comment coming from one who allied themself with the Noise Machine.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

In reply to by TurtlePerson2 (not verified)

monkeyman coming to these tourtaments to try to be cool is a BIG mistake and what is wrong with a nerd.
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Edith, have you thought about "Dracula", or are you looking for something scary, like "The Shining"? Are "non-Stephen King" and "non-Anne Rice" requirements for the selection of the book?

Airforce, I am going to try, shortly before failing, to test out of Calculus BC. It's not that I'm wonderful at math(I'm not)--I decided, apparently on a whim, that I would like to test out of a class, and this happened to be the only course I'm taking out of which it would be worth testing. To pass out of the class as a whole, I need to earn a score of 70% or better on each semester's exam, and the odds of that occurring are not great.

On the subject of which, Mdidget, are you ready for your test???
Oh, and I think my older brother took our Gamecube to Michigan's west coast for the summer, so we'll have to get together at Ed's to play.

I'll cast my vote with the rest of you, for the stormtrooper helmet, just because it's amazing.

as long as you know the formulas Pickwick, you should be fine at leaste it was for me when I took algebra. Unless they change their policy, you are allowed I believe 9 hours to complete all of your tests. You can derrive a few formulas if you need to... I did the algebra 3/4 ac thing and I spent like half an hour trying to remmeber law of cosines..... and 20 minutes writing out pascals triangle to the 12th row..... because I forgot binomial theorem....... and then I passed....barely..... are you sure it is 70% I am pretty sure you need 78%, I think the cutoff is C+.

And you are testing out just so you can take calc 3 next year then?

Best of luck Pickwick.

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i dont think he is insulting your skill i think he is saying something else and alost every clan last year made it to the cup and skillzdat kills had man many more points than you guys.
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No Thomas, i still have two chapters left, polynomials with degrees > 2 and conics

FRIEDjellyWALNUT yeah i remember, you were watching our game

Airforce, the comment about just needing to know the formulas has really boosted my confidence in passing this exam

you need to know the 12th row of pascal's, eh? i'll try to remember that ;)

Oh boy guys!! There's a preseason tournament next sunday oh wait this is an old topic so nevermind.
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D-Rex my point about the alliance between Monkeyman and the noise machine was not meant as an insult about the Noise Machine's ability to play video games. I wrote that because Monkeyman had just told someone they were going to look very stupid and I thought he should know that that same feeling was shared by most participants in last year's tournaments about the Noise Machine.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

this is john in a box
the name is bro's and co.

he does look stupid with his hat on noooooooob

the name is bro's and co. and we eat you 4 all 3 meals.

sup?

eli, can i DJ for the next turni?

is there a way i can do that?

ill have like a computer w/ lime wire and peepz ca request songs and ill get them and stuff like that? will there be a way i can do that?

A dJ interestin idea. Eli i've realized recently that u have been expanding these tourneys orinigially there was just kart then u added another game and commmentarey for people less interesred in the games so i think djing would give some people a new deminsion to the tourtament.
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First off MDidget. Thanks I needed that laugh. I'm not sure we can add a DJ. The system is a tangle of wires as it is and that means we are adding another audio line. 3mics, gameplay sounds and DJ. Well I'm not opposed to it but Deigo might not like it.

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Sure johninabox. You go ahead and be the DJ at the tournaments. You go out and get every single license from every single artist listed on Limewire so we can broadcast it over CTN, then you go bring in the equipment to do it, set it all up and have your own space <strong>all without</strong> getting in anyone else's way. Sure, you go right ahead.

All of you should know this already, but <strong>WE CAN'T DO A DJ OR GAMES LIKE DDR OR GUITAR HERO BROADCAST ON CTN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE LICENSES FOR THE MUSIC, AND PLAYING MUSIC UNLICENSED IS ILLEGAL.</strong>

In essence, in case you missed it, <strong>NO UNFORTUNATELY YOU CAN'T DJ.</strong>

Trust me, if we could, I'd have beat you to it by the beginning of Season 2. I thought of that before, but because of the licensing, we can't. Sucks, I know, but it is what it is.
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whoa tom, john hasnt ragged on u this whole blog... y start now? O and guyz, if u want 2 win the tourament, look at post # 20, maybe with its magical attributes, u can beat bros and co. and whazup john
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if u havent noticed eli really hasnt been checking the blog to oftern. But i dont think it is a super time senstive issue. Would u be dropping out of all playing events than john?

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john isnt so obsessed with djing that he'd drop out just 2 do it. Lol im inconsistent at mario kart. At monkeymans house we played like 40 rounds of vs and id get 5 1sts in a row than 7 3ths in a row, it was odd. btw when can we e-mail eli the bros and co symbol (assuming he doesnt already have it)
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In reply to by johninabox (not verified)

all right im done 4 the night im gonna go clime stuff like buildings peace out

serch urban running on google video's and look at what im doing im also very good at it

i mad a 20 ft drop and 9 ft jumb 1 hour ago off my buddys house

peace out

go bro's and co.

In reply to by johninabox (not verified)

hey uhhh can we not have another big feud please, i really dislike stuff like this
who's in the vaccinated monks, noisemachine, turtle clan, and other clans? i'm curious
i don't see why we need a DJ when we're playing video games for 5 hours straight cuz you wont be able to hear the commentating and everyone spazzing out when they get hit by a star on the home strech
what college are you at tom? was it EMU?
and someone explain these clan battles at the end of each tournament, like what do you play and how are they significant and do you get dinero from them
and Eli i know you told me no avatars a couple monthes back but can you make an exception for me please :)
and everyone should know which avatar i'm gonna choose

AND MOST IMPORTNATLY
one of the highschoolers at pioneer or maybe at huron such as duck, pickwick, or maybe tom give me the details on "freshman friday"

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Yeah Sravan, I'm at EMU next year.

Don't worry about Freshman Friday, nothing really happens anymore. Back in the day it used to be a day to haze the Freshmen, but now that's illegal.

And I'm not trying to feud with anyone; I suppose that my earlier post did come out as a bit harsh, and I apologize for that.

Also, johninabox, don't kill yourself, ok?
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about the clans

noise machine + skillz that kills = bros and co
Monkeyman, Doomblaze, D-Rex, John In a Box, Tub O Lard
Earnist Da Chicken/ Funzo

as for freshman friday,
the only people *attacked* are the one who deserve it

psssh i definetly deserved a beating, but never received it =P

EDIT: On a more random note:

Thomas, have you learned how to waveshine yet? If not, i can teach you next time we play :) I mean you did teach me how to shine spike =P, and my wavedashes are lousy with fox anyway and i end up illusioning after the 4th or 5th waveshine =o Then maybe, just maybe, you'll be able to beat my peach =P

Congratulations on testing out of Algebra, Airforce! I'm pretty sure it is just a 70%, at least for Calculus, because I remember experiencing a sensation of relief when I read the description of the test. But I still have 750 pages of "mathematese" to study by next Thursday; wish me luck!!! And, if it turns out I don't waste that luck on this particular lost cause, I promise I'll give it back before the next tournament.

Nishant, I've been able to waveshine for quite some time, but I'm still really bad at it, so if you would teach me to do it effectively, I would increase your status from 'friend' to 'demigod who is not, as yet, worthy of worship, and whom I shall continue to address on a first-name basis without genuflecting, yet who is worthy of great honour and praise.'

Sravan, as the others say, I don't think Freshmen Friday need be feared anymore. Just in case, though, you might want to carry a bottle of pepper spray.

Edit: Bros. and Co., I think you should remember, while harkening back to your victories at the last tournament, that none of the Foreign Exchangers were there. Some of us won't be there next month, either, but when, come September, we do, at long last, appear in force, please be graceful second-place finishers.

lol pickwick, thats not an idle threat since u and dragoon black are beastly at melee. john, dying is bad since then alex will have to use chris and julian as partners. and dont kill urself since u and derek are my in-clan competition at mario kart, and because u r a valued member of your community (ok maybe not...) noooo im pathetic, i only have 3200 points of 1st place wins O_o
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Arjan, you still haven't replied to my money match offer :)

EDIT: Thomas, i've improved massivly in melee since we last played (Ed's house couple months back) =o, and i beleive we were going about even back then (in melee, not ultimate frisbee x_x) so you should watch out

In reply to by johninabox (not verified)

sory nishant, i dont like taking other indians money (unless they owe me some)
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oh come on, that was the worst john i've ever heard. I thought you were the best, i thought you wouldn't be afraid of a short indian like me =o

fine no MM, but i still want to play =P

Pickwick, I formally give you 329.784 pts of luck.
but be warned, it was created by the tollan and will only work with math. To make matters worse they installed a fail safe device, so the points can only be used during a test, and will remain dormant until a mathematical examination. Works best if you spend time studying. good luck.

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Nishant if u truly are better than him than u should beet him in the tornament, and i dont want to hear any " but there were items" junk because if u were really good then u could beat him the way the game is supposed to be played. btw if u want to play your way then dont come to theese tornaments and complain go find some "real" tornaments to play in because people find it anoying when they hear: "it dosnt mater because there were items", or somthin like that. so bacicly in short shut up MDidget

In reply to by ryanhibbs4@gmail.com

Monkeyman, i don't care about items, they make the game fun and such. I love items, but to find out who is the better player we can't have random crap spawning everywhere, it just unbalances the game. Also don't spread that crap that Hyrule is a fair level. If it is then WHY IS IT BANNED? If the game is suposed to be played with items, that's exactly why they give you the option to turn them off. Arjan has already agrred to play me without items

EDIT: Oh btw, my john is not "but there were items", more like "NO WAI, ONLY 2 MINUTES!" =P

EDIT 2: Also to an earlier comment made by Arjan at chess (haha chess) "I'm probably one of the best players in the world" Go to an FC or MLG tourney and prove it

And how can i beat him in the tourney when i get eliminated by people like Lucky_Fetus?

lol nishant, chess club is off topic dont u think? And if u pay me $10 or give me a video recording of me saying that, i might believe u. Besides that, i remember asking u 2 face me 1 v 1 when we were at the library but u said u had 2 warm up. I agree wit that but just make sure ur warmed up before/if we face eachother. and if u dont like items, go to the "pro tournaments" where its final destination 1 v 1 without items (since u wanted 2 play me liike that) btw this argument is stupid, so im going 2 stop responding 2 your posts unless it is relavent or you admit that im better than u O_o
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sup?
eli or to any 1 who knows?

when we turned in the clan applications ant the turni,
will they done or made befor the first tourniment?

or will we have to do it over another way?

Okay...

First off, since people are moneymatching others...I want moneymatches. But only with items off and on FD, Dreamland 64, Battlefield, Yoshi's Story, (not the one with pipes or the N64 version) and Pokemon Stadium.

Secondly, why is Rainbow Cruise banned?

About the stages for moneymatches, those are the ones I'll DEFINITELY do, but I'll do others if you tell me first.

Dracula would not be boring since there are many variations to the story. It is much like the batman series in which each movie has like a different plot, girl, sidekick....

李 治 學 leaving

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Just out of curiosity, is anyone else going to Interlochen (band or choir camp) this year, because it conflicts with the first event.

"ignore wut i just said" like you guys had to tell me, although it is considerate.very true. i think we need a new fourum because people will think the tourney is this sunday and i am kind of curious about the results.
video is good
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hello you guys
I am relieved of freshman friday yay!
and whats this about indians making money matches? we do not fight each other we need to join forces for we are minority don't you see!
and i wasent at the last tournament nor was darksoul and nor was the foreign exchange so you guys owned a bunch of noobs, congrads
it shouldnt be called bros and co it should be called hoes and co
OHHHH DAAANG
and how many of you have seen red vs. blue?
bow chica bow wow :)

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limabean tha brings me to a point ive been wanting to discusss. i was talking to leinad and tom i think about how people shouldn't be allowedto change their names because it gets annyoning and u have no idea who they are. but feel free to be unknown.

wow 2 posts during one of my posts that has to be a record
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Good luck, Mdidget!!!!! See you on the other side!!!

Airforce, would it be acceptable if I let him borrow 100 or so of those luck points you so generously gave me?
Oh, and I owe you a great debt of thanks. Unfortunately, despite the fact that both of us were around last season, I don't have a very clear idea of who you are; come September, though, if you're planning to be at the tournament, I'll have to find you to give you back any remaining luck points, and that will be a splendid opportunity for a formal introduction.

Francisco, I might be interested in a wager or two, for very small amounts(so that I don't go bankrupt:).) Assuming, of course, that the library would permit such a thing. Of course, we could also meet elsewhere.

Edit: The maturity of this blog is somewhat lessened of late, to paraphrase Gandalf...

RF: 89.6% of people on earth are taller than nishant

I'm still still still still still da wiena!!!!

P.S. It's summer and i dont want to do math so im going to assume that duck is right

LOL, I'd take those odds too, Limabean!
Nishant, tomorrow at five works, I think, as I'll need to take a break from Calculus by then or die a horrible death by over-exposure to numbers and Greek letters. A deadly combination, by any standard.

Okie Thomas, how much do you think we should put on this?

then i can teach you teh waveshineness =o

RF: Did you know that 99% of the population would say that Riley is annoying, the other 1% being Riley himself?

I say AYE or yes to the all indian clan with the huge bonus and we can get pickwick too because he's cool like that.
and i'm taking algebra 3-4ac and spanish 3ac as freshman, is anyone in those classes?
Eli, we can change roster in the middle of the season right? and no 4th place prize, there should be a 7 year old highlighter or t-shirt of some sort.
and someone tell me the roster of the other top clans
foreign exchange
vaccinated monks
turtle clan
HOES and co.
thank you and have a nice day

is there vacancy in the foreign exchange?
just wondering

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Kaboose:All I hear is that voice inside of our heads thats telling us to kill all our friends before they have the chance to kill us!

Well, really; I'm honoured, Sravan!!! So, if I'm an honourary Indian, that makes me... Lithuanian, Indian, Cornish, German, and... I forget what else. An interesting combination...

The roster for the Foreign Exchange is much the same as last year:
Jonny Johnson, Resident God of Melee;
Kevin Sun, accomplished single-Melee combatant, excellent partner in both team events, and non-Gamecube-owner;
Alex Peplinski, another non-Gamecube-owner who is highly skilled at Melee;
"Mini-Tom" White (NOT a name I invented), who is amazingly skilled at all four events;
And, of course, me; I'm pretty good at everything but team Melee.

This is a total of five people, and I can't vouch for Mini-Tom's presence; he has indicated the unfortunate possibility of his not having time to come to the tournaments. Thus, there is at least one spot available in our clan, and applicants are welcome!!! We're not going to be able to be too picky, but it would be wonderful if said applicants were, if not up to the level of Gaming Gods/Goddesses, at least Demigods of Impressive Skill and Talent. I haven't created a form yet, but you can direct begs, whines, pleadings, or polite requests for entrance to the address
defenestratedkipper@gmail.com
, which is not an address for which I need security; this is why I feel free to post it.

I went to a great deal of trouble coming up with my name, Mr. Limabean; kindly have the courtesy, Sir, to use at the <em>very</em> least my <em>abbreviated</em> title, 'Pickwick.' In answer to your question, though, as stated earlier, I'm attempting to test out of the course mentioned.

In reply to by Pickwick the Second

Have any of you heard about the changes happening to E3?

It would appear that it is becoming a private event and less of a huge party.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

It was always private. You had to be media or in the industry to get in. I think the new smaller E3 is being renamed E3Expo, which is rather redundant. It looks like the young PAX is picking up the slack though, well somewhat that is.

I believe that "media" has always been loosely defined, allowing people to put up a random gaming news website and claim to be in the gaming media.

"Faulheit ist eine Tugend"
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They had some loopholes I'm sure (Maria got in trough Cal-tech for instance) but it is not like a normal con. If they had been totally public it would have been a few city blocks in size.

To answer a few questions: Your clan roster is fixed for the season. If you gave me a clan roster at the preseason event, you're all set, and you can make a change if needed before Round 1 begins, but after that, no changes to clan rosters. You should consider likely availablilty when forming your clan; remember that only 4 scores count towards your clan score per round, so you can have absent clan members without too much trouble.

Also, please, no money matches at the library. I'm sorry, but that is not OK. Such activities put the whole program at risk and I can't allow that.

Hyrule temple is banned because it's too easy to hide out. Also, we will be resetting the score boards before Round 1. Also, please don't change your handle during the season. It's bad enough to change your handle between seasons... but man, you're building a brand here. Stick with it, for good or ill.

"im gonna be rely anoying on the 19 :P:P:
:P:P:P"

thank god ill be at band camp =P

Thomas, im sorry we didn't drop by yesterday (Ed and Emily kept complaining about the heat o_o;;) I should be there next thursday to mod controllers

Good luck in calculus!

That's okay, Nishant; I got up at 3 PM anyway, so I was busy(ish) studying at 5... Not before next Thursday?? Are you headed off someplace, too?
The test was MUCH, MUCH shorter than I'd expected, and I think I could have passed it with another month to study. As it was, though, I couldn't even answer half the problems, so I was out within an hour. How did Algebra 3/4 go?

That's what I thought, Eli; we'll find some other place if the wagers actually do take place. The library's goodwill toward the GT program must be kept sacred, or we all lose out in terms of money and a great experience.

A repeat of information regarding the Foreign Exchange Clan: We really are pretty good, and we did quite well last year despite entering late and having some attendance issues; if you're not already in a clan and bring some skills with you, preferably at Mario Kart, you're welcome to contact me at defenestratedkipper@gmail.com . I'd like to see you play before making a decision, though I won't be too selective, as we're somewhat pressed for time.

My algebra exam went really well. There were about 110-ish questions, 85% of which i felt confident i got right. It was the trig i screwed up on -_-

Did you happen to see if arthur left yet, cause i haven't seen him in days and i miss playing video games with him.

He was still there when I left, but I was the first to go.
That was about an hour and forty-five minutes ago.

Are you available today??? Because I don't have to be at home until about three, and we might leave as late as five, so we might be able to get together...

i am kinda busy today, next thurday is good because maybe you could get some solid practice in before our match, also i left my controller at Ed's last night -_-

Okay, then--next Thursday it is!
Be prepared to lose... If you self-destruct enough times, that is; I really haven't played for two months, and a few days won't help that much.
I thought you were living at Ed's; can't you find your controller?

wel unfortunetly, i cannot live with Ed because some of my other friends want to hang out, therefore i was forced to leave the premisis in a hurry and left my controller there :(

Joe remember to give eli the roster before the preseason and if you have any questions email me, i got 2 people lined up if some of the people dropped out

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Joe remember to give eli the roster before the preseason
Sravan my friend the pre-season is over
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OK, I'm not going to stop the trash-talk but it's getting old. Round one is going to basically be a warm-up round since many people will be gone. I don't expect intense competition. Although I'm happy my clan isn't going to miss the event like last season.

can u guys carry yout personal rants about whos better somewhere else. Like AIM or the phone or better yet actually play eachother. Its ok to thrash talk a little but have u noticed everyone stopped posting when you guys start talking about meeting eachother and playing.

In reply to by TC Bad driver

Well said BD. Nobody really actually cares about who's better among you, despite what your fragile egos might want to believe.
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Okay i have a comment since this is my first time doing this thing, Can u just walk into the library and play the tourny?
do u need a registration or something?
I just wanna know

Where do u registrate online and do u mean as in a signed parent note about filming stuff?
O yeah and if i do registrate at the library how long will it take?

First you need to set up you're player profile. [http://www.aadl.org/aadlgt] then about a week before the event the upcoming events will show each event within the round. Then at the event there will be a side computer and all you have to do is select your name. They will have the form on hand at the event but this [http://www.aadl.org/node/629|link] has a PDF link for the form. So you can just show up and hand them the form.

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Guyz if u arent saying somithing related to the tournaments then plz dont post on the blog, find a chatroom or somthin k?
btw eli i have our clanz symbol can i have ur email adress so i can give it 2 u?

I'm for sure going to be one of the commentators, and I'm going to have one, or maybe two helpers at various times. I know who they're going to be, but I'll let Eli announce those for sure.
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No, we're trying to keep the number of people commentating to a miniumum.
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[insert deep, menacing voice ala Darth Vader]
Then talk.
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Oh, and when will you be available, Nishant? I'm busy until around 2:30, I think; would after that work for you?

Hmm... A sleepover, with no sleep??! What on Earth could you have been doing instead???? Did it involve video games and other nouns reminiscent of fun?

Heh, actually, that's probably for the best, Nishant, as I just got back anyway... Walked from Chrysler Arena, and I'm done in--it's humid out there! Would tomorrow be better?

Mr. Limabean, I fear that I do not have AIM, but I do use MSN. Will that suit your purposes?

He has actually literally never won anything majorly significant in his entire life, it's simply a desparate cry for attention.
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Oh... Is there any day between now and Tuesday which would work for you? Or will we just have to wait until Band Camp?

The 22nd seems so much closer now than it did...:(

The tournament is on the 16th of September. As for commentating, you had to try out at the pre-season tournament.
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guys first thing y are u so obsessed with wavedashing; it isnt that useful, in fact with the % of times that u do it sucsessfully u probably would be better off not doin it.
and eli i have my clan symbol now i need to know ur e-mail adress so i can e-mail it to u and u can put it up.

Monkeyman, you really don't understand it's usefulness until you learn how to do it. Just like l-canceling and teching. But i compltely agree, if you can't do it 100% of the time, you might aswell not do it at all

Pickwick, we decided not to go so i'll probably stop by sometime around 2 ish (if that works for you) cause im walking to Ed's house anyway =P I hope you have a controller cause mine died =(

oh that sucks about thee commentating, as long as good people are doing it, it'll be good
wavedashing is useful...the waveshine especially
too bad peach's castle isnt banned i know an infinate combo there

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lol i never thought of it that way... thanks man lol
no one answered my question of what type of music you guys all listen to?
and you spelled that right
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In reply to by MDidget

Jazz and classical, mostly.

Nishant, have you disappeared off the face of the Earth?

<strong>A full accounting of the afternoon's events related to this matter, in explanation for my confusion regarding the actual plan:</strong>
After you called, it occurred to me that I didn't remember how to get to Ed's house, and I considered calling him to ask. Before I did, however, a person--Ed, I thought-- called my house and asked for Nishant--this was at 1:30--saying that he(you) had said he(you) would be at that(my) number soon, so I assumed that you were stopping by our house first... That same person called back again at 2:15, asking for you again, and, as, I assumed, he was Ed (he didn't actually introduce himself), I also assumed that you weren't at his house, and that you were instead lost in transit. It didn't help that that person suggested that you were traveling from Lansing and may have been caught in traffic. The end result of this was twofold: First, I assumed that you were going to come here before we went there; and second, I assumed that, as you weren't here <em>or</em> there, you had been unexpectedly thwarted in your plans.

I am still slightly confused as to what actually transpired on Friday afternoon.

wow finally some tourneys. and did i hear a guitar hero in your cough, eh?

is there a place online to register my clan?

expect lots of question from me--i have no idea how any of this is working. haha.

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