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Full Grand Championship Details!

by eli

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The AADL-GT 2006 Grand Championships are just under two weeks away, and if you're thirsty for details about the event, you're in the right place. The Grand Championships will happen Saturday, December 16th at the Downtown Library and will consist of three events: The Clan Cup Finals at 12:00 sharp, The Wildcard Tournament starting around 12:45, and then the Grand Championship Tournament itself beginning around 2:00-3:00 depending on wildcard turnout.

The Grand Championship Prize pool WILL contain a BRAND-NEW, HARD-TO-GET Nintendo Wii! Plus, a 2gb iPod nano, and a onyx black Nintendo DS. The champion, second and third place winners get to pick from the prizes in order. The Clan Members that emerge victorious from the Clan Cup will win the first-ever limited edition Clan Cup trophies, plus a small giftcard.

The Grand Championships will be broadcast live on CTN channel 18, so be sure to bring a signed Release Form if you haven't already. We don't yet know when the broadcast will begin, but it will likely begin during the wildcard event. Hope to see you there, and read on for full details about the tournament's new structure.

OK, first off, the Clan Cup. Similar to last year, your clan's rank will determine how many rounds you have to make it through to reach the final. First, all Clans in the Clan Cup must field at least a 4-member team. Subs will be allowed, but they cannot be members of another top 8 clan, and you can't replace a present Clan Member with a sub. The prizes will go to the members of the Clan who are present at the Clan cup, so if a sub plays, they win the prize. There will be a full set of 6 prizes for the winning Clan.

The Clan Cup will work like this: First, clans 5-8 will each send two 2-player teams to a set of two co-op mario kart races on Special Cup. We'll use our normal scoring, and the two clans that score the highest total points across those two races will advance to the next round.

Clan Cup Round 2 will have two teams from each of Clans 3 and 4 (Turtle Clan and the Pocket Rockets) face the two winners of the Mario Kart Round in 2 Super Smash Bros. Team Melee Battles, 3 stock, 4 minute. We'll shuffle pairings for the second round so that you won't face the same team twice. We'll count wins, and the two Clans with the most wins will advance to the next round. Clan Standings will break any ties.

We'll then be down to 4 Clans: WAH, Bros & Co, and the two winning clans from the previous round. These four clans will first play two rounds of Super Smash Bros Team Melee, and then two rounds of Mario Kart co-op race, and we'll total the points for the clan for all four matches (with a melee loss counting for 30 points instead of the usual 10, although I'm open to debate on that issue), and the top two Clans will advance to a surprise final game.

Got that? OK. Be sure to spread the word to your clans to COME EARLY and be ready for the Clan Cup Rounds to begin right at Noon!

Moving on to the Wildcard Tournament. First, to reiterate, you are qualified for the Grand Championship Bracket if you placed 4th or better in the finals of a single 2006 regular-season event (preseason doesn't count), or if you are in the top 64 overall on the leaderboard. Otherwise, the Wildcard tournament is your only shot at making it into the Grand Championship. Here's how both the Wildcard Tournament and the Grand Championship will be different from what we've done before: We will have no single-elimination matches. All elimination will be done based on overall score, and each round will consist of at least one 4-player Kart Race and one 4-player Melee Battle. We'll have the room set up with Mario Kart on stations 1-4, not in LAN mode, and Melee on stations 5-8. Both games will use the same modified scoring:

1st place: 100 points
2nd place: 80 points
3rd place: 60 points
4th place: 50 points

So, the Wildcard Tournament will start off with a qualification round with every player getting two races and two battles. The top 32 players will move on to another round of two races and two battles, then the top 16 will move on to another round of two races and two battles, and then the top 8 will advance to the Grand Championship. Understand? The big thing here will be that unlike any previous AADL-GT event, you will be able to choose your characters and karts, all of which will be unlocked. However, there will be three rules there: Karts will be picked in season leaderboard order (we'll have the seating reflect this), but you can't pick both identical characters (i.e. no picking both koopas or both toads), and the parade and pipe karts are banned.

We will have both Melee and Kart running simultaneously, so you'll basically have two matches on each side of the room for a given round of the tournament. We will have assigned seats for P1-P4 on the Mario Kart side of the room so that you'll have a good view of your part of the screen. This format will not only allow us to get lots of matches played quickly, but it will also make it so that a single loss won't likely knock you out.

All tiebreakers will be at my discretion and may involve ancient games. Muhahahaha.

The Grands themselves will work the same way, complete with leaderboard-based character & kart choices, with each round consisting of two races and two battles for each player and score-based elimination. Semifinals and finals round may be reduced to one round of each, but I hope to avoid that. This will decrease the excitement of the final match, but it should be more fair for everyone and a better measurement of your combined skill at Super Smash and Double Dash. The Grand finals will NOT be a surprise game.

Finally, just for bragging rights, here are the bonus values for Championship victories, as the final season leaderboard will include GC scores:

Clan Cup Champion: 10000 points
Clan Cup 2nd place: 6000 points
Clan Cup 3rd place: 4000 points
Clan Cup 4th place: 2000 points

Grand Championship Winner: 5000 points
Grand Championship 2nd place: 4000 points
Grand Championship 3rd place: 3000 points
Grand Championship 4th place: 2000 points

OK, that's the deal. I'm sure you've got questions. Let's hear them, and I'll see you all a week from Saturday.

Comments

Submitted by tomcove6888 on Tue, 12/05/2006 - 2:48pm

First comment!
Just wanted to do this... Gosh, I love free time in college.
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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]

The actual grands dont start until 2-3?!?!?!

There's a great chance i cant go but if i do id need to leave around 4 aaaahhhhhhhh

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-limabean

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oh is there going to be freeplay during the clan cup?? cuz im pretty sure you wont be needing all the tvs.

and the format for the wildcard sounds good, my brother can definitely go out of that a winner

edit: where can i get the dvd for season 1

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-limabean

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I disagree.

FFA smash doesn't necessarily take less skill, it takes more strategy. Unfortunately, that strategy is often hiding. It seems odd you'd complain about luck since 4 player kart allows drivers to choose their karts guaranteeing that they don't get unlucky in kart selection.
"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

^ most intelligent post on this blog?

Nah, it was definetly this one:

no wutll happen will be as follows:
1st TP2
2nd Doomblaze
3rd D-rex/1 of roystrs
4th me/1 of roystrs
u c der r plenty more good ppl but u need 2 b balenced 2 make it dis far

oh and duk 70%?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 70?!? R U SERIOUS?!? I WUD GIVE MYSELF LIKE A 50% 2 GET IN2 DA FINAL ROUND! John has da rite idea w/ 99% oh and y is finklestein highr dan me cuz 1 i have like 1.5 his points and i cud pwn him in both mkdd and melee
oh and da lenad comin from nowere thg u complrtly rite, the rules were changed so he cud get in, den he got in a tiebreakr w/ sum1 becuz da thr person threw a match, and dey switched it 2 mario kart 4 da tiebreakr (he bttr at mkdd) den da suprize game wuz 1 dat he apparently grew up playin throughout his whole childhood. in my oppinion b4 any1 calls me luky take a look at lenaid's story
Eli y is da pipe kart and pety and boo bannd dey not even da bets charactrs lol

no need to yell mike(FJW). isn't discussing the turny what this blog is for?

I have no explanation for my brother's unique choice of grammar, Altough he does it on purpose just to piss you guys off

urk....

i still find the percentage things sad. truly sad.

on a side note i enjoy being a notable peach. :D

well when i first started i was playing roy (as a brain dead super noob)

then i found peach and was drawn into it all.

now i'm into captain falcon. he's propelled my game so much further. now i can shffl and actually USE it in battle, wavedash to my advantage, and all that.

what ticks me off though is that there's no 1 vs 1 play in the championships. wtf! all this work for nothing...

well, i do think eli should make a last-minute reconsideration as to how the tourney works.

why doesn't he just make it 1 on 1 matches, but the person who loses just gets less points? and we have like 3-5 matches? -_- honestly we're going to see so many peaches in the championships just float-stalling around. and then i'll punch them in the face. and you don't want me to punch people in the face.

So speaking of clans who will win the clan cup?!? With wah losing Mike S. a powerful force in team melee and team kart could this knock them our of contention for what many would have predicted at the beggining of the season a bros and cos vs TC match up. Here are some facts to look at everytime TC has made it to the clan cup they made it to the finals. The BNC made it to the clan cup each time and Wah has the most clan cup wins with 2. You can't count out any of the others such as Forien exchange who could shock pocket rockets or TC. Much to consider

Black Shark / Moses / California Love / Money Maker is a good guy, but he does have a bad temper and he complains a lot. He also has a tendency to make sock puppets, but you wouldn't know anything about that, would you? I do agree with "you" that "he" has a very good chance of making it to the final 32, he's done pretty well this season.

haha that made me lol
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damn, u made another counter to yet another sockpuppet scheme, how do u always recognize its me? yes im short tempered, but *eli edited out the crap I say and* i try to stay calm, but obviously it doesnt work. And i probably be tense when i play this Sat. as i will have to win this wii, or else *eli will have to again edit out the dumb and inappropriate stuff I continue to spew.*

i wanna sub if you can fly me over :)

Don't think about the cost of the plane ticket, think of the glorious Wii you will be playing after i use my amazing melee skillz =o

Itll be my first grands ever!!!

i should be like rookie of the year lol
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"STD at my house on friday!!!!"
-me

"why would i want your std?"
-limabean

Holder of the 9000th post!!!

this forum is averaging about 40 posts a day i think that might be a record. When Tom made the 5000th comment i predicted that right before the grands there would be 10,000 posts looks like i will be off by about 3 or 4 hundred.
So who here who knows who sravan was is even giving him a chance?

Wow that's right I'm one of the few that have been in both previous GCs (not many of us left is there). If I place in this one I'll have placed in every GC I could. Ha ha ha that would be funny, this year would be just as much of a fluke as the last two years if that happened. If I get to the top 16 I'll be happy, any farther and I'll be surprised.

I say Sravan has a decent shot if he hasn't lost his touch. I wonder if I can get Joe and Galen to show up, then it'd be a tournament (not to mention a stacked wildcard event). Alas Joe wouldn't have a chance to break the LAN though.

All of bros and co except doomblaze has been in both GC
I got 3rd overall the first year and 7th overall in the second(last year)
john got 4th but no prize the first year
Ryan(monkeyman) got 3rd last year
I make no promises for next year's clans

LOL i have a habbo acount but ive only used it once
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"STD at my house on friday!!!!"
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"why would i want your std?"
-limabean

Holder of the 9000th post!!!

Certainly, that's something that I will add as soon as I can... But, despite me previous comment in this topic, I don't have <strong>unlimited</strong> free time, so I just got back from class, and once I finish dinner, I'll continue to work on the Wiki. If there's any other suggestions that you guys think that should be on the Wiki, post them here, and maybe, just <em>maybe</em>, we'll get a chance to get this back on the real Wikipedia.
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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]

eli will we be able to pick our racers in the non wild cards?

basically... i know the wild cards can pick their teams but will the main event be able to pick them?

@limabean- id like to but unfortunately fjw was right. My brother can if you want a sub, hes really good at smash and better at mario kart (compared to me and my friends) for who knows why because he never plays it. If you wanna look him up at the leaderboard his names gnato in 70th place cuz he only went to one tournament this season (too obsessed with runescape)
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"STD at my house on friday!!!!"
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"why would i want your std?"
-limabean

Holder of the 9000th post!!!

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<strong>UPDATE: WII in the House!</strong> Just for you, I camped out in a tent in front of the Belleville Walmart last night, and I now have, in my possession, 1 shiny new Nintendo Wii destined for the 2006 Grand Champion. (This is in addition to camping out in a tent in front of the Ann Arbor Toys R US (with Nemo) to get our own unit back on Launch Day). So, no giftcards required, the winner gets a Wii. And (although you guys know my fanboyitis runs deep) if you haven't played one yet, it is the most fun I've ever had with any game machine, and Twilight Princess is simply amazing, the true successor to Ocarina of Time that you cel-haters always wanted. But I digress, although I'd still love to see a Wind Waker sequel for Wii. I loved Wind Waker.

OK, to answer questions:

[:node/3301#comment-9134|FJW]: Yup, no mystery game for this years' final. They mystery game with big stuff on the line was pretty well repudiated last year, so this season, only Clan events have mystery games. If you'd like to argue for a mystery final (and you know I'd be willing to listen) come to the game and plan meetup Sunday, February 10th, 1:00, at the Pittsfield Branch.

[:node/3301#comment-9135|Swordmaster]: We will have some open play during the Clan Cup on stations not in use, but those matches will need to end quickly to keep the Clan Cup moving.

Also, I think I will allow your Clan to use a sub from a Clan below the top 8. That way, members of the 2nd-tier clans won't be denied an opportunity to feel what it's like to run with the leaders. =)

[:node/3301#comment-9138|TP2]: The final round will be 4 players.

[:node/3301#comment-9141|Bad Driver]: I'm glad you like the format! Scores will start over each round, so dominating in the previous round won't give you a heads up. I decided to give 30 points to the losing team in Clan Cup Melee so that a loss (which would normally be 2nd place / 60 points using our scoring) won't be as good as 3rd place in a 8 player race or as punishing to your chances as the 10 points of a last place kart finish. I thought it was a good compromise, and it seems that there's agreement on that. I also like your tiebreaker idea, although I think we can all agree we don't want any gamer toes touching the controllers. Because of the tie, both 64th and 65th place are in, and sorry, but the DS does not come with a game.

[:node/3301#comment-9146|johninabox]: Sorry, that wasn't clear. You will be able to pick Characters and Karts in both the Wildcard and the Grand Championship.

[:node/3301#comment-9147|ballooneater]: I'd love to give such a great prize, but DS lites for Clan Cup winners ain't gonna happen this season. We gave out so much more at each round this season that I couldn't swing shuffles for the winning clan. You might be able to get 1/13th of a DS lite with your gift card, I guess; but even though the clan cup trophies are completely awesome (and I mean it, not in the 'completely awesome 10-year-old highlighter' sense) I suspect that they would have little cash value. They are, in a word, priceless. =)

[:node/3301#comment-9154|limabean]: OK, as I said above, subs from non-top-8 clans are OK. However, even though the grand prize giftcard is a moot point now, Gamestop is about the last place to find a Wii between now and the holidays. In all my searching for the Grand Prize Wii, I never even bothered to call a Gamestop or EB because they would get such pitiful shipments. Walmart in Belleville got 30 units last night, and I was #2 in line.

[:node/3301#comment-9157|swain212]: Depending on turnout (there may be a mention in the Ann Arbor News today), I still expect the Grands to wrap up around the usual time, between 5-5:30, maybe a little earlier if we have low turnout of prequalified players.

[:node/3301#comment-9158|Duck]: Excellent point, the Pipe Kart should be (and is now) banned too. I'm interested by your predictions, although I agree with other posters about a suspicious absence of Royster presence. At the beginning of the season they were struggling in the kart events, but man, have they ever improved fast. They are not to be dismissed, IMHO. It goes to show how quick you can improve if you have constant access to a worthy competitor. =)

Other questions? Keep 'em coming.

thanks for the answers eli that was awesome, and the wii looks awesome too!

and limabean if you still want me for the clan cup im totally available (this goes for other clans lol) but since limabean asked first ICC would be the first one id jump to if they still want me

edit: i know this is a bit of stretch but instead of free play during the clan cup can the free stations just be used to start off the wildcard?

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"STD at my house on friday!!!!"
-me

"why would i want your std?"
-limabean

Holder of the 9000th post!!!

Sorry, swordmaster, we can't start the wildcard early. First, we can't run two events at the same time, and second, we need to give wildcards time to show up since once we start the event, no additional players can join.

Nice try, though. =)

Thanks for all the awnsers. The new logo looks awesome.
prediction wise i think duck did a very good job i would just smudge it a little.
Adding shin and omega at 65 % and lowering a few people. Remember if shin and omega get maybe third in their kart race and 1st in their melee that should move them on because that is a 2nd place average which is the top half

lol darn, thanks anyway

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"STD at my house on friday!!!!"
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"why would i want your std?"
-limabean

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Submitted by Sir Ducksalot on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 6:08pm

Well I just estimated the likelihood (percents) of the top 16. I was just looking at how well balanced people have shown themselves to be, the ones on my list have proven to have at least moderate skills in both games. So people that haven't shown strong MK or Melee ability were left off the list. As stated before I'm unsure on the reality of the change in tournament rules effect on outcome. The 1st season went for a battle eliminations that effectively killed the chances of many players. Yet made it easier on myself and other battle oriented players; back then my driving skills were lousy, but I could pin a green shell almost no matter what. The second season had Leinad and Jerry come out of nowhere to claim prizes. So even if you didn't make my list you still have a chance, odds are someone outside my list will be in the final round.

Also since jerry was in the top 64 does that shift the leaderboard a little?

I almost want to be in the tie breakers.

Submitted by lain on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 7:01pm

er....

that percentage thing is lame. to be honest. hahah.

sorry, but you can't base someone getting in on..... random placings beforehand. it just.... doesn't work.

i'm so glad my team gets to fight (or rather, dominate) whoever wins the first clan round. since we're the top in team smash. :D

i'm NOT so glad that mario kart exists though. man that game steams my onions. : /

but wow. this is it. all these months of training and whatnot. this'll be good!

ALSO. people who are already qualified can still enter the wildcard right? i mean it doesn't say we can't... good chances to knock others out!

ok, sorry duck, I guess $100+ in MKDD winnings alone isnt good enought for your list, and they take the top 32 of smash if im not mistaken right?

wait i'm confused.

what EXACTLY is the prize for the clan championships? you say it's a trophy and a small giftcard? how small is this exactly?

also, you then mention there will be a set og 6 prizes for the winning clan. i don't understand. now we have 6 prizes? instead of a small gift card?

Eli, are you by any chance willing to offer your camping out services to someone willing to pay you a bit extra for it? This is just a hypothetical, of course (unless you really are, in which case I'll gladly play, like, $50 extra or so).
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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]

no wutll happen will be as follows:
1st TP2
2nd Doomblaze
3rd D-rex/1 of roystrs
4th me/1 of roystrs
u c der r plenty more good ppl but u need 2 b balenced 2 make it dis far[gtlogo:BNC]
oh and duk 70%?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 70?!? R U SERIOUS?!? I WUD GIVE MYSELF LIKE A 50% 2 GET IN2 DA FINAL ROUND! John has da rite idea w/ 99% oh and y is finklestein highr dan me cuz 1 i have like 1.5 his points and i cud pwn him in both mkdd and melee
oh and da lenad comin from nowere thg u complrtly rite, the rules were changed so he cud get in, den he got in a tiebreakr w/ sum1 becuz da thr person threw a match, and dey switched it 2 mario kart 4 da tiebreakr (he bttr at mkdd) den da suprize game wuz 1 dat he apparently grew up playin throughout his whole childhood. in my oppinion b4 any1 calls me luky take a look at lenaid's story
Eli y is da pipe kart and pety and boo bannd dey not even da bets charactrs lol

Submitted by TurtlePerson2 (not verified) on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 10:26pm

The person who wins the finals should theoretically be a good player in both of the games not necessarily be the best at either. The truth is that someone who is an excellent smash player and decent Mario Kart skills will probably win, in theory. Although I also applaud the idea of being allowed to choose our karts since I know what it's like to get stuck with the Bowser kart (It happened to me in the semi-finals and finals of round 4.).

I wasn't at the grands season 2, but I can say, somewhat confidently, that Leinad didn't grow up playing Pong or Root Beer Tapper.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

Monkeyman, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

And that's all I'm going to say.
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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]

"Monkeyman, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

And that's all I'm going to say."
i support my argument with reasons, u r just saying dat cuz u no i rite. if i truly had no idea wut i wuz talkin bout den y dont u list sum reasons y?
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Monkeyman he doesnt want to argue so he is leaving it there.
Also for picking your characters there will be large chaos to get too your station first. I think a way to avoid this mass panic would be to let player 1 pick a character than p2 pick A character etc. until it reaches P4 where he or she will pick 2 players thanit will go to player 3 picking a player than player 2 and player 1 picks. So P1 picks first and last.

In smash there are some characters that are better than others. That is why I've never seen a Yoshi be played at a tournament. In theory all of the karts have their advantages, but the truth is that acceleration ended up being the most important stat, regardless of the programmers' original intentions.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

TRANSLATION of Monkeyman's post:

No what will happen will be as follows:
1st TP2
2nd Doomblaze
3rd D-rex or 1 of roystrs
4th me or 1 of roystrs
You see there are plenty more good people but you need to be balanced to make it this far

Oh and SirDucksAlot 70%?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 70?!? ARE YOU SERIOUS?!? I WOLUD GIVE MYSELF LIKE A 50% Chance TO GET INTO The Final ROUND! John has the right idea with 99%, oh and why is finklestein higher than me? First of all, I have like 1.5 times his points and i colud pwn him in both mkdd and melee (doubt in melee =P)
Oh and that Leinad coming from nowhere thing, you're completly right, the rules were changed so he could get in, then he got in a tiebreaker with someone because a person threw a match, and they switched it to mario kart for the tiebreaker (he's btter at mkdd). The the suprise game was one that he apparently grew up playing throughout his whole childhood. In my opinion, before anyone calls me lucky, take a look at Leinad's story.
Eli why is the Pipe Kart and Petey and Boo banned, they are not even the best characters, lol (because they can get any special)

I'm not too suprised about the Wii. Though, if I win it, or any prize at all, I'd be happy.
Btw, since some of the VMC havn't been showing up to the tornaments, our clan has fallen behind. I'll be a sub for anyone who may need one. I can tell you I'm good at Kart and I'm a fairly decent smasher, so, if you guys need a sub, choose wisely...I think MDidget said he needed a sub.

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"OOOOO, Happy Cheese!"-Kevin S.
"No matter how much you may suck at doing something, look cool doing it, that's all that matters."-Kevin S.

Oh, wait a second, I thought we we're 9th place. Nevermind, VMC is back in the game. Though, there is a very good chance that we may need a sub.

Oh Eli, if you read this in time, about the "you can choose your own characters", is the selection: "First to choose?", "dibs?", or "rock-paper-scissors?"
Most of the time when I'm playing party kart, everyone likes to pick my favorite character or not. I'm just wondering how we resolve this if it may happen.

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"OOOOO, Happy Cheese!"-Kevin S.
"No matter how much you may suck at doing something, look cool doing it, that's all that matters."-Kevin S.

Heh.... Actually, that reminds me; did I leave my copy of Kart at your house, and is that the one you've been playing?

And, if you win at Grands, does that mean I'm the King-maker?

Submitted by TurtlePerson2 (not verified) on Thu, 12/07/2006 - 6:48am

As many of you might be able to guess already, I like to have a koopa in my kart. I assume that I am not alone in this, since most of the time my clan plays we all fight over the koopas, which means we now choose random karts. I think that the higher your score, the sooner you should get to choose, but I realize that I am offering a biased opinion.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

Ah... Well, this reduces my chances of winning a prize in more than one way; you won't <em>have</em> to beat me in Melee OR Mario Kart if my clan first executes me for high treason.
Nonetheless, go to it with a will; I don't think I'll need it back until Grands, unless my clan gets together to practice before then.

Edit: What's special about the pipe karts??? Don't they have a lower maximum speed than most?

Submitted by Ugo on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 7:00pm

Hey everyone..i haven't posted on here in a while but i have some questions for Eli..soo for the finals the top 3 winners will be determined by Mario Kart? Mele? Super Game?..i think it should be a surprise game because it gives others a chance to win evern though it won't be me..and about clan cup...Top 6 or 7 clans get a chance to make it to finals? i wasn't sure about that. and finally everybody that thinks i'm horrible, i've been practicing several hours everyday just to compete and hopefully have a chance..so watch out guys..

Ugo

[:node/3301/#comment-9179|Ugo]: Welcome back! I think all your questions are answered in my post at the top of the page, but to sum up, winners are determined by both kart and melee, no surprise final this year. Top 8 clans are in the clan cup.

[:node/3301/#comment-9178|Lain]: Um, no. If you're already qualified for the Grand Championships, you can't play in the wildcard spots. Because you wouldn't be a wildcard. 8 hopefuls are going to get their chance to get obliterated by you veterans, you're just going to have to wait to find out who they are. Also, to eliminate any confusion, each member of the winning clan will receive a trophy and a $10 giftcard. I have 6 trophies and 6 giftcards. If you have clan members who aren't at the grands, you can have the extra trophies to give to them, but if there are extra gift cards, I will ask your clan to nominate your clan's MVP and second MVP who will get the extra $10 giftcard. Remember that the people who play for the winning clan in the clan cup get the prizes.

[:node/3301/#comment-9189|Tom]: Don't you wish. I'm done camping out for this console. Besides, if you wish to hire me as a Wii Acquisition Consultant (or WAC), $50 gets you about 30 minutes.

[:node/3301/#comment-9190|Monkeyman]: I think Duck made a good point about the pipe karts, but I have not banned petey and king boo. If you want to attempt to see around Petey's head, go for it. The biggest thing about the Pipe karts is that they lose very little speed from a hit but still have very strong other stats, a little bit too unfair. Like I said, this is the very first time we've done a tournament where Kart and Character choice is allowed, so we'll have to see how it goes.

[:node/3301/#comment-9197|EBD]: I had originally thought that I would just let you guys fight it out for characters and karts, but after some careful thought, I've decided that TP2's admittedly biased suggestion is a very good one, especially since your leaderboard rank would otherwise have no effect on the Grand Championships once they began. So, while stations will still be randomly determined, seating at that station will be in leaderboard order and players will select their characters in order (so, p1 chooses, then p2, etc.). This will also let us know that p1 will always be the favored player in a match. However, the rule about not choosing both characters of a pair just to tie them up remains in effect.

Submitted by TurtlePerson2 (not verified) on Thu, 12/07/2006 - 6:58pm

Direct quote - "i hope the finals will be 8 player mario kart and 1v1 smash, because 4 player mario kart isnt fun and FFA smash is way too luck based"

Duck, I dislike the Luigi kart because I think that it has all of the advantages of a heavy-weight kart except the weight, which I think is important. Basically, my problem with the Luigi kart is that it doesn't give the player the privilege to push others around that heavy weight karts have and also lacks the acceleration to catch up well. I agree that speed is more important on long courses, but I also think that because of the high number of blue-shells in LAN-mode acceleration becomes important for someone who tries to be in first.
I actually practice with the Luigi kart because I think it gives me the largest possible handicap.
I realize that we aren't playing LAN-mode, but I think that the number of blue shells is still pretty high.

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Yeah I know is doesn't have the weight (which is disappointing), but weight only matters when other people are around. Blue shells might bother you but I've never had a problem with them. Quick mini-turbos after a blue shell tend to replace any need for acceleration. I guess since when I'm in first I usually have a large lead (3+ secs), blue shells never really hurt me that much and I gained back the lost ground because of the pack effect. It's been a long time since I played a 4 player match but from what I can remember stars and blue shells were common for 4th place but I'm pretty sure both are a little less common than in 8 player races just because less items occur.

I agree with what you are saying, but I just think that instead of playing in that kart one should opt for a kart with a little more weight, such as the wario or DK kart.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

dibs red turtle and daisy

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Eli, it said i wasn't eligible for Grands so now i can't pre-register. _______________________________________________________________________________
wow you don't wavecancelshinedashtechhogguardLhop.... you suck!

wow, since I posted earlier, and after reading the posts, I really get a kick out of thinking of cisco playing john D in the grands when there is only 4 people left. And the truth is that melee skill completely overshadows mkdd in the grands. It is actually really funny when you think of johns little kerby just sitting there, you know, If john just goes all out completely being a pansy the entire match he might win

It would be funny if John and I went 3 and 4 and he didn't get a prize for 4th again (season 1)

I can see john winning more in melee than FJW (The Worst FFA Player Ever)

FjW, i can peach bomber stall on FD and other unbanned stages

It's just that on Fourside, it takes no skill, it's just peach bomber over and over again

but on FD, you have to get the timing just right which is when peach's hair flips back

plus it's banned anyway but you can use it as recovery like in my match against Juggleguy

WOW i gonna watch us pwn u all next weekend, when we sweep the prize board, and win the clan cup, defending ouur title. u just watch and c...[gtlogo:BNC]

rising pound > peach bomber as a recovery

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Submitted by johninabox (not verified) on Thu, 12/07/2006 - 9:40pm

d-rex that would be funny and i would not mind if it turned out that way.

to bad it wont because either you or i or ryan or arjan will win the wii

alex and julian dont have much of a chance

thay are doing it cause we are

Submitted by johninabox (not verified) on Thu, 12/07/2006 - 9:48pm

go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!go johninabox!!!!!!!!!!!!

spam n it up

wouldn't it be funny if Cisco won the Wii so i could go over to his house to play it all day while Bros. and Co. have a Gamecube? =P

my predictions:Benny F (last place 10 points) practices 17 hours a day and sweeps wild card and comes back to cream us all for the wiin!!!!! come on benny you can do it

shab00ygan!!

Submitted by Hot_ArmS on Thu, 12/07/2006 - 10:16pm

i can rising pound consistently.....tis easy

d'arvit
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Submitted by Hot_ArmS on Thu, 12/07/2006 - 11:36pm

anyone here play gears of war or COD on live??

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wait..... $10 and a trophy for each....

that doesn't sound very enticing.....

what happened to the ipod shuffles that were given out last year?

the prizes this year don't even seem worth fighting for...

OK, FJW, I'm right there with you on the random Kart issue. Please know that I'm not introducing this as a new regular season event format. It's more about having Kart matches and Melee matches have the same points during a combined Kart / Melee Championship event... something that's very hard to make fair if one game has 8 players and the other has 4. So, the kart choosing is more a side effect of moving to standalone matches than it is a purposeful rule change. That said, I think it will be interesting to see how it shakes things up. I am still planning on the regular season format that we had this year continuing with Kart LAN mode and hopefully SSBB if it looks like it will come out in time. We'll talk more about that at the planning meeting.

However, many of you may wish to take a look at this extremely well-done [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/game/516710.html|Double Dash Kart Guide] (scroll down) to help you make an informed choice. Note that the author agrees that there is no best Kart; it depends on your driving style, as Duck said. I think we'll see lots of Toad Karts driven by losers and a wider variety of Karts driven by the winners.

Those of you who qualified based on the leaderboard and not an event finish are now properly marked as qualified, sorry. Try to register for the GC again, it should work.

Johninabox (or all clan members), you can have your clan symbol show up by your posts by entering gtlogo:BNC (in the case of Bros & Co, let me know if you don't know your code) inside of [ ] in your post. If you put this in your signature on the edit tab of your my account page, it will be automatically added to every post. Let me know if you have other questions about this... it's not hard.

The Monkeyball tournament will be the night before the grands. It's all ages, and will be octathalon-style, although problably with only 4 games. You'll play each of four monkeyball minigames (including one from Banana Blitz!) and your total score will be recorded. The top scorers will then move on to elimination in a series of Monkey Ball minigames of my choosing. And I think you all know how much I love Monkey Target.

Pwnerer: Bad Driver is right. There will be no 1v1 at the grands this year, and if there are rookies in the wildcard, their seating will be randomly below any previous players in their first match, and then based on their score as they go.

Lain, I know the Clan prize is underwhelming this year, but like I said, with every event having so much more prizes handed out each month ($360 per regular season round as compared to $150 per round in seasons 1 and 2), it had to come from somewhere. I think the whole Clan season has been more about glory than material gain, though. I hope to have better Clan prizes next season but I can't make any promises. That said, if you're only getting a $10 giftcard, would you still want it for gamestop? Or would you prefer Target or Best Buy? I didn't buy them yet, so there's still time.

I think GameStop is best because most of the people in top clans already have GameStop giftcards, so a $10 dollar one is a nice complement. Besides, you can't buy much of anything at Best Buy for $10.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

Submitted by Hot_ArmS on Fri, 12/08/2006 - 3:05pm

i agree with tp2, id prefer gamestop........even though im not in the clan cup XD

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This might be late, but i would prefer the melee tourtament be time 2 or 3 minutes because this would allow the player with the most kills to win and not the best camper. Also i would want gamestop because i already have a sizable sum towards gamestop so that would just add on
Also in kart can the top seed pick the course or will it be random

2 minutes is good enough

and leave mk as it is..........that way i can screenlook lol

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first, you have approximately 172 hours to be insanely good at viedo games mkdd and ssbm. I would not recommend you play for all 172 hours straight. I would suggest you do not play for more than seven hours at one time, If you get a sezure while playing at home or at the tounament (because you run high risk of being completely blown away at the grand championships), you should probabally conatct you phasician immediatly.

Second, it is going to be almost impossible to make qualify in the wildcard because every other person in the world that wants to win a wii, and didnt previously go to the regular season tournaments, is going to be competing against you.

so, good-luck P-dizzle!

u guyz if they do dat format just play sum 1 fast dont complain, say if sum 1 sayz sumthing is cheap like peach down cstick den y dont dey do it all the time?[gtlogo:BNC]

Submitted by johninabox (not verified) on Fri, 12/08/2006 - 10:37pm

im gonna win the wii

go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!

spam n it up

Submitted by johninabox (not verified) on Fri, 12/08/2006 - 11:16pm

nvm

go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!

spam n it up

Submitted by EvilBusDriver on Fri, 12/08/2006 - 11:25pm

Why do I get the feeling that p-dizzle is just another profile that someone made to pointlessly have another alias on this website? Like bonerer? i don't know who that was but the name wasn't funny, it just showed how immature some people get. Though, if this post may have a chance of being wrong and p-dizzle is a new competitor, then welcome to the AADL-GT, p-dizzle. I wish you luck in the wildcard.
Also eli, I'm just wondering, why havn't the mods switched the library's time out of Daylight Savings Time? It says I'm posting this at almost 12:30. My watch says 11:30. If you have the power to fix this, I'm just letting you know.

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Submitted by johninabox (not verified) on Fri, 12/08/2006 - 11:36pm

ohhh lol my com. was right hehehe

ill set it back

go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!

spam n it up

im gonna win the wii

hey Eli, i have 1 more question..In the grands themself, lets say theres gunna be about 64 ppl in because some people won't make it, the top 32 scores will advance, i understand that part..but then as you are advancing to the next round do u keep your score from the beggining, or at every round (finals, semis, quarters) you start back at 0 pts, and then the top so and so players make it from the bracket..i think that thats how we you should do it but thats just me.

Hmm.... Duck, the blog may not yet be evil, but Monkeyman's longish recent post (the one beginning, "no wutll happen will be as follows...") is, in fact, quite demonic, with an evilness of 87%.

Francisco, I'm busy from 1:00 to about 8:00 tomorrow, I think, so I won't be able to make it. I grant you, in my absence, the legendary Pickwickian Triforce of Racing; use it well, and take no survivors.

E.B.D. P-dizzle was at my house last night:) Dont worry he isnt a fake. I am bringing a couple new faces and a couple that have only been to one or tournies. You guys havent noticed the clock is an hour off because it has been for awhile

Submitted by johninabox (not verified) on Sat, 12/09/2006 - 10:10am

im gonna win the wii

go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!go john in a box !!!!!!!!!!

spam n it up

not alota ppl play peach
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Submitted by MDidget on Thu, 12/07/2006 - 10:15pm

Because ill come to one when Eli decides to have one when im in ann arbor =P

and so i can argue with you...

:)
Swordmaster, you must show me

and me likes Artemis Fowl :)

what happened to the D'arvit? :(

ryan if you win the wii or derek does you have to beat him in the first game of wii sports you play together

where is arjan and julian in the pic.?

stages like hyrule temple and other banned stages aren't banned because they give certain characters advantages, it's because they make the game impossible to win for slow characters

furthermore, kart selection is just like character selection, only problem is that in smash, people can play the same character, which you can't do in kart

and you're against non-random karts because it's not as fun?

let's play random characters, random stages, all items on high, all stages in smash then. it's basically what you're doing to kart. i'm amazed that the kart players are able to play so consistently given their random-kart situation. i actually can only play on two karts. luigi kart and one of those baby carriages

also johninabox, play kart with me and i'll play smash with you

and we can bring pickwick and lucky-fetus and we can play four player races and four player smash with items on. but bring a memory card because i only have a few things unlocked in kart

edit: and turtleperson2 should come too

Picked characters decrease randomness, which you campaigned against earlier. Since there are only 4 players, every player will be able to choose a high acceleration kart. With random karts, someone could get stuck with the luigi kart or Bowser kart and have his chances of doing well cut in half.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

Wow, just wow. The Luigi Kart happens to be my favorite kart and works perfectly with my playing style. Yes, most people play high accelerating karts, but frankly not everyone does. That's like saying everyone plays high tier characters, some people don't. Also given the fact that there are only 8 light characters and the chain chomp is horrible, I can't see more than 3 light karts in any race and if the first two players choose to, they can make it so that only they have light karts. But still high acceleration isn't everything particularly when you mini-turbo well. Light karts do well on Baby park and other high hazard stages but the longer the course is the less important acceleration is. Rainbow road almost removes acceleration from the equation which makes smaller karts suffer because they can't keep up. On any straight away the fastest karts will do better than acceleration karts. Plus this is a 4 player race not 8 player, it's not the same situation.

Submitted by TurtlePerson2 (not verified) on Sat, 12/09/2006 - 12:52pm

If they lose the lawsuit then they'll have to pay royalties. I don't think that this other company is going to pass up a royalty on each controller because they will probably sell at least a few million of them, which means that the plaintiff could stand to make a lot of money.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

nope i know them all

fjw i know 1 glitch you dont

it goes like thix
first you have to jump with kirby
then i suck you up
then you lose and i win
like at matt's house when i beat you twice in a row
4 stock

lol thats the only way i play with kirby whenever i use him

and that mk glitch is sweet

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Eli can we please have course selection for top seed. You could make it in each round the first race you do mushroom than flower etc. so each round you get a variety of cups and people can choose there karts accordingly

Submitted by TurtlePerson2 (not verified) on Sat, 12/09/2006 - 7:32pm

About the Monkey Ball tournament, two questions will be asked by me.

Will there be prizes.

Will there be open play.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

im gonna sell wii as soon as i win it ?

ok you wanna buy it?

also that is a good idea bad driver

go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!go john in a box!!!!!

spam n it up

im gonna win the wii and then sell it

also the glitch in kart where i jump 3/4 of a lap ahead and finise befor the staff gost makes the final 3 turns

no itll be at my house after I win it
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Submitted by EvilBusDriver on Sun, 12/10/2006 - 9:18am

TP2, those are not questions until you put a "?" (question mark) after them.
For the rest of you, don't any of you have anything better to argue about? "I'm going to win the wii" "No, I'm going to win the wii" "You both are wrong, I'm going to win the wii" Guys, this is so pointless. Start talking about something useful.

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Hahaha.

Well since everybody's talking about winning here are my predictions:

Top: Balanced, or one-sided with some skill in the other game.

Turtleperson2
Omega
D-rex
Shin Oroachimaru
Pickwick the Second

Middle: Everyone is either somewhat balanced or extremely one-sided.

Pwnerer
Duck
JohninaBox
Monkeyman
Limabean
Evil Bus Driver
Bad Driver
Doomblaze
Mike S

Low: Don't excel in either game, have little potential but the possibility of a weak bracket might advantage them in the end.

Swordmaster
FriedJellyWalnut (he and juggleguy are good at 1v1 but haven't done too well in FFA)
Juggleguy
Dale W

These aren't ordered within categories, just the order I thought them up in.

My top list is my guess for who's going to take the cake. I've been playing Mario Kart a LOT lately, but I don't think a week and a half of playing can compare to people that have years of experience.

To do well in FFA smash you generally have to camp or be very skilled. I've had people team up on me in various occasions and it's not a pretty situation. Consistency is about the same as it is for Kart, I guess.

Actually, Eli, is there nothing that can be done to evade things like people taking me 3 on 1?

Submitted by Hot_ArmS on Sun, 12/10/2006 - 12:43pm

whoa dale w should be at the top
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I would put dale in Middle and take out EBD
Dale is very skilled at kart, kind of like me except not as good at smash

take EBD and juggle guy or sword master(both not good at kart)out and that would be my prediction for top 16

Submitted by TC Bad driver on Tue, 12/05/2006 - 5:43pm

Few comments
1) Great format i think it is amazing
2)To decide the champion will you look back at how the person has done on his or her previous matches of the day that weren't in that round. Or will it soley be based on that round
3)In the clan cup when you are givng 30 points for a team melee loss. That makes no sense because everyone will have the same matches.
4) Also tiebreakers should be a game of one stock melee with your toes or marioKart blindfolded.
5)Also since there is a tie for 64th place are both of those people getting in?
6)Will the DS come with a game if so what?
7)Good Luck Everyone

Submitted by TC Bad driver on Tue, 12/05/2006 - 5:47pm

Sorry

Submitted by Sir Ducksalot on Tue, 12/05/2006 - 9:24pm

OK I agree that the parade kart needs to be banned, but I think the pipe karts also need to be banned. The choosing of karts and characters otherwise is kind of cool.

Again Eli you have managed to change the rules just enough to make me have no clue how this will turn out. Although I can see certain people doing really well (see list) it's really hard to say with the shift in set-up. The 4 player kart is going to skew my playing style a whole lot, so I'm not confident I'll make the top 16. I actually don't mind the 30 points for a melee loss, it seems like a decent balancer.

80% chance to make top 16
1 TurtlePerson2 6600
9 Dale W 4675
12 Pickwick The Second 4265
11 Doomblaze 4540
75%
5 Bad driver 5420
7 D-Rex 5145
32 finklestein 1920
10 Sir Ducksalot 4645
70%
8 FRIEDjellyWALNUT 4860
15 Monkeyman 3520
17 johninabox 3160
19 Blue Monkey 2695
21 Money Maker 2625
65%
23 Tub O Lard 2590
24 Evil Bus Driver 2560
30 MiniBlin 1965
33 Funzo 1910
60%
36 Tru dog 1790

[gtlogo:VMC]

whered you get these percentages from

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why do i have a 70 %chance?

i know glitches that is at least 80 %

here are my %'s

d-rex 99%
monkey man 99%
doomblaze 99%
john in a box 99%
tub o lard 90%
funzo 60% it will go top 1 d-rex 2nd Monkeyman 3rd doomblaze 4th john in a box then the rest dont matter.

but... however the clan cup will be as followed...

bro's and co. 1st
turtle clan 2nd
pocket rockets ;) 3rd
we are hard 4th
(WAH = noobs) 5th
the rest dont matter!

Submitted by Hot_ArmS on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 7:00am

its harder to win in mk so the roysters dont have wins

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I think this format sounds much, much better than last year's. I've never been able to bring myself to play "Shine Thief" since that horrible, horrible match last year...

My prediction is that We Are Hard will win the Clan Cup, but that The Foreign Exchange will take second. As for the Grands, I don't think it's clear who will come out on top; most of the other top players are expert at one game only, and decidedly not so at the other. Given Duck's balance of skills, though, as well as his second- and first-place finishes in the last two years, I think he has as good a chance as anyone to make the final four, and I expect to see a Royster brother.

fjw, the roysters are not very good a mario kart

they have no single player wins and have 1 team win

they were on the same team for that win as well

they have 29 wins in melee and 0 in kart...

ill leave you to fill in the rest

everyone get on aim!!

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Submitted by Snowman on Sun, 12/10/2006 - 1:24pm

For the clan cup mario kart co-op, do you get to decide your characters or is it random. If you get to decide will it be the top clan gets to choose there two characters first or will they switch off were top clan chooses one character then lower clan then top clan then lower clan.

Did u really put Dale w in low. He is one of the best kart players and does extremly well in melee quals.
Here is the Bad driver predictions
chance of making elite 8(i will exclude myself)
75%
Dale w
TP2
Mike S
doomblaze
70%
Shin rochmaru
Sirducksalot
monkeyman
60%
FJW
Tru dog
pwner
omega
50%
D-rex
swordsmaster
lain
Evil bus driver
Johninabox
40%
Tub o lard
Ben D
limabean
blue monkey
swordsmaster
30%
piano black
dragoon black
snowman
E.B.D.
Wildcard predictions
out of the 8 who make it only 2 will move into the round of 32 and 1 will move to the round of 8 only to get eaten by the best of the best
also if you think i made a mistake tell me than try to prove me wrong :)

Of the peach players, I would be above average, Im almost as good as derek, if not about equal, in kart were about equal, therefore I would rate derek as having a way better chance of making the top 8, my predictions for the top 8:

75%
>TP2
Mike S
?>D-rex
>doomblaze

70%
Dale W.
>Shin ochmaru
Sirducksalot
Omega
>monkeyman
>limabean
>Pwnerer
FJW
>Johninabox
tub o lard

All others I dont have enough information to include
the > mark represents the players most likely to succed in the top 8
And, yes, I included John because he is a complete pansy in smash
As I said before, the stronger smash players will most likely overshadow the best mkdd players, since mkdd is more luck, all the best smash players have to be just good enough to make the first cutoff

Bad driver why do you put me so low?
Dale, mike and I are about equal in kart and I'm better than both of them in smash.

I bet that I have the most points from qualification matches this season out of anyone. And since these are all basically qualification style matches, I would be the favorite

Also you have tru dog to high

i think d-rex and monkeyman shd both be at like "75%" instead of me since theyve both lost bout 3 melee quals this season...
and theyre better/as good at mk respectivly as me
but hey, well all c wen the time comes
and our clan gets 1st, 2nd, and 3rd!!!
nah prob not
but that wud b sweet
I AM GOSU I WILL PWN U I AM L33T!!! [gtlogo:BNC]

hahahaha mike, they are video games, you sound really retarded
IF YOU THINK THEY ARE WRONG, PROVE THEM WRONG ON THE PLAYING FIELD,
IF YOU TALK THE TALK, please, WALK THE WALK
lol its like the BCS standings
but the field, is merely a TV screen

and mdidget, are u coming to the grands?

Supporting evidence: I have the most points from qualification matches this season

Yes monkeyman is my brother
The percentage thing is kind stupid
And yes I can probably sell you a controller.

Submitted by NakedWartHog on Sun, 12/10/2006 - 10:46pm

Hi, I am in California Love's(or now Money Maker's) Clan. I looked at all these posts and saw that u guys did not mention him, i think he might do ok, what do u guys think? I havent been there alot but i will be there next Sat and i think MM will do ok. he is #21, that's pretty good.

@bad driver- you have me at 60% and 40% chances of winning, which one is it?

-"cause my platinum one died (the entire rubber part on the control stick is gone)"

2 of my controllers are like that lol

-also im coming at 11:00 so anyone who wants to play/mm me come early too.
-as for moneymaker, when i played him 1 v 1 he stepped on his own motion sensor and lost, he also has a quick temper
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-me

"why would i want your std?"
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Holder of the 9000th post!!!

yea money maker has real quick temper, he likes 2 throw controllers
will sravan b entering wildcard then?
I AM GOSU I WILL PWN U I AM L33T!!! [gtlogo:BNC]

WTFOMGBBQ Sravan?!?!?!? WHOA! Didn't see that one coming, he's going to freakin' pwn the wildcard tournament. Sorry for anyone else who was planning to qualify, there's essentially one less spot to qualify into.
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Submitted by Hot_ArmS on Mon, 12/11/2006 - 4:15pm

who is sravan?
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"STD at my house on friday!!!!"
-me

"why would i want your std?"
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Holder of the 9000th post!!!

Submitted by Doomblaze on Mon, 12/11/2006 - 4:43pm

can we join the wildcard so we can warm up? or no cuz if every1 duz it itll defeat the point?
I AM GOSU I WILL PWN U I AM L33T!!! [gtlogo:BNC]

No, if you're already qualified for the Grands, you can't join into the Wildcard. That's the opposite of the whole point, guys. Come on, at least let the people who haven't qualified yet have a chance.
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no everyone join my clan!

"We Are Hardest"
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"STD at my house on friday!!!!"
-me

"why would i want your std?"
-limabean

Holder of the 9000th post!!!

I'm in.

I also play Kart now.

I think We Are Hard will be BETTER this coming year, despite the loss of the Roysters.

The Roysters were your Smash engine, and only very late into things did they start playing kart decently. But without them around, there's pretty much nobody to get in my way and we'll still dominate SSBM. Although someone might come along and take their place (i.e. someone gets that good that fast) it's unlikely because I taught them advanced techs in February, and it took them this long to include them into their game and actually begin to challenge me. If someone argues items out of the equation, then we'll surely annihalate in Smash. Personally I'd put items on Mid for the FFAs, then turn them off when we get to 1v1.

Problem is, I have no teammate. I could team with D-rex...

yes we are hardER will be
d-rex
john in a box
fjw
pwnerer
miks s
and 1 more person

yea we got pwnerer he is so good

gooo john and a box

our name should be john and a box and friends but we are hardER is cooler

None of this is until next season
And I don't belive this to be to the turtle clan's advantage, It would only make the best better
the rules and/or clan format may change next year...

urk

5:30 in the morning -_-

my clan is going to go down in flames in mario kart. puahaha

as for team smash you might as well let me punch you in the face

D-rex the reason this helps TC is because this really washes up BNC losing D-rex and johninabox 2 top 4 scores and ICAC is gone so it is basicially TC vs. WAH and the way the clan cup is set up it doesnt matter how good you are at the games if you are in the top 2 than it is just the best gamer or whoever owns the game.

this, meaning We Are Hard will need another Kart Mate which can match my item co-op skills, which sadly, is nobody. so this post is perminant: FJW NEEDS A PARTNER FOR CO-OP kart!!!!!!!

Really, swain212, my life will go on just the same.
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OK, based on the absence of fervent arguments to the contrary and the (to me) incomprehensible fact that many of you guys have been hoarding your gamestop giftcards all season, clan cup giftcards will be $10 to gamestop.

[:node/3301#comment-9268|Tom], thanks, i've fixed the link. Now Gamefaqs can server you some ads that you won't click on.

[:node/3301#comment-9269|Bad Driver] (and others): OK, I am quite flexible on this issue, other than that it's got to remain a stock match. Taking a little more time than our usual 2-stock, 3-minute FFA would not be a problem since we'll have races going on on the other side of the room that will problably take a little longer. I agree that Sudden Death is not a desirable routine outcome, so <strong>what combination of stock and time limit do you guys think would minimize sudden death and camping? Does everyone like FJW's suggestion of 2-stock, 4-minute? Let's hear it. There's still time to change this detail.</strong>

Also, doors will open at 11:00.

[:node/3301#comment-9287|Ugo]: Scores are not cumulative across eliminations. So, each round, everyone's scores will reset. That's the way we've done it all season. And I will be glad to see Mario/Balla back, you guys were a good team.

[:node/3301#comment-9297|Swordmaster]: Don't worry, the Wii won't be pulled off the market, and the plaintiff in that case knows it. The question is how much is Nintendo willing to pay to make the whole thing go away. They are a fiercely litigious company, so these guys are really grabbing a tiger by the tail...

[:node/3301#comment-9314|Bad Driver]: Hmm, I'll have to think about course selection. My first instinct is that it should be random, but I'm not sure that's even an option, I'll have to look. My second instinct is that we go in order of tracks. My third instinct is that the 4th seed gets to pick to offset the value of the top seed, but I don't like that idea.

[:node/3301#comment-9316|TP2]: There will be small gamestop prizes for the Monkey Ball Tournament, and there may be some open play, but probably not Melee open play. As always, it depends on the turnout. The event will be 'decathalon' style, where all players get one shot at each of 4 games (including Banana Blitz on my Wii) and the top total scorers advance to the finals. I'll be making a post about it tomorrow (wednesday).

[:node/3301#comment-9331|Pwnerer]: Sorry man, that's just the downside of your fame preceding you. =)

[:node/3301#comment-9348|Mdidget / FJW]: We will have open plays during Winter Break, the tuesday, wednesday, and thursday after Xmas (12/26, 12/27, 12/28), from 5-8 PM, for grades 6-12. We're calling that DS Fest, so in addition to our Gamecubes, bring your DS for impromptu tournaments and suchlike. We'll also have another DS fest at Pittsfield Branch 1/2 and 1/3 from 1-4 for all ages, but with no GameCubes. Also, I just have to say how entertaining it is that one of the most active commenters on this blog lives in Chicago.

[:node/3301#comment-9359|Lain]: Well, it is called Melee for a reason. I want there to be as many matches for each competitor as we can so that it's easy to shake off a single loss... and that means FFA. Also, no face-punching, please.

[:node/3301#comment-9370|Naked Warthog]: Black Shark / Moses / California Love / Money Maker is a good guy, but he does have a bad temper and he complains a lot. He also has a tendency to make [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_%28internet%29|sock puppets], but you wouldn't know anything about that, would you? I do agree with "you" that "he" has a very good chance of making it to the final 32, he's done pretty well this season.

[:node/3301#comment-9377|Duck]: HOLY SMOKES that is amazing news. We will have to do a feature profile on the triumphant return of Sravan. Thanks for the recon!

[:node/3301#comment-9381|Pwnerer]: As I've said before, no GC qualifiers in the wildcard. All prequalified registrations will be deleted and regardless, 8 non prequalified players will emerge from the wildcard, that is all.

Also, no Roysters next season? What's up with that? Are they Seniors?

Hahahahaha.

"Naked Warthog: Black Shark / Moses / California Love / Money Maker is a good guy, but he does have a bad temper and he complains a lot. He also has a tendency to make sock puppets, but you wouldn't know anything about that, would you? I do agree with "you" that "he" has a very good chance of making it to the final 32, he's done pretty well this season."

nice

Submitted by MDidget on Sun, 12/10/2006 - 5:00pm

when have you been the borderline to when you're significant or not?

lots of people have seen me play

Now, now guys, don't fight. Remember, the players are only making predictions. Don't be so angry if you or your friend hadn't been put high enough on a prediction table. Even I could just make one off the top of my head and all of you would go crazy (If I hadn't told you that I just thought it up randomly.)
I could make a prediction that Thatotherguy... or RJ would win the wii. Just chill out, these are only predictions.
Besides, I'm curious, who is MDigit IRL? Are you that one guy who won the retro gaming tornament?

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sweet people think i have a chance of getting in the top 4.
mdigits real name is nishant, i think he went 2 pioneer b4 he moved
thatotherguy will pwn every1 in the surprise round in the clan cup, which i dont really care bout since the shuffle is perfect 4 me and $10 duznt mean 2 much 2 me.
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