The action heats up this weekend, with our first-ever Open Super Smash Bros: Melee tournament, inviting all players ages 13 and up to come and fight against the best SSB:M players in the area for a shot at giftcard prizes: $40 for 1st place, $30 for 2nd, and $20 for 3rd. Doors open Friday night at 6:00 PM in the Downtown Library Multipurpose Room, and the Tournament will start after 6:30. The format will be 2 or 3 stock, 4-player battles, with all items and stages enabled, earning points for wins, with the highest scorers moving on to elimination brackets. Registration is now open.

Then, on Saturday, we've got AADL-GT Round 3, from Noon - 5 PM at the Downtown Library, including Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart Single-player and Team Events. Doors open at 11:30, and Preregistration is open now. Winners of each event advance to the Sur-Prize round,, where they'll play a MYSTERY GAME to determine who will take home the $70, $50, and $30 gift cards.

This round's commentary teams will be:

Melee: Tom & Leinad
Backup: Muffincat, Mouse

Kart: Joe S & Sravan
Backup: Duck, Pickwick the Second

Surprise Round: Tom & Leinad
Backup: Joe S, Sravan, Pickwick, Duck, Muffincat, Mouse, depending on who is still around

Only two commentators at a time. We will have a separate, quiet commentary booth this time, with 8 screens on which to watch the uninterrupted action and comment on it accordingly, with real commentator headsets and everything. It should be a big improvement.

Questions? Let me have 'em!

Oh, goody; I get the first post! Thanks, Eli!
Not, of course, that I have anything interesting or useful to say; I would like merely to comment briefly on one or two subjects.

It has just come to my attention that I am a candidate for substitute announcer; I am honoured by this distinction, and shall attempt to do my best if called upon, though I must warn you, Your Majesty: as my prestigious and redoubtable co-nominee, the Right Honourable Sir Ducksalot, may, if it be his will, confirm, I tend to speak with less clarity and volume than those[[or that? it's too early for my internal grammar processor to function...]] with which I write. This is not to say that I cannot, or will not, perform the function admirably, especially now that you have notified me well in advance so as to allow for certain (or uncertain) preparations and practice.

I do, however, have one question: Will the competition on Friday be worth points that are applicable toward the greater series of tournaments?

Good Luck to all!
---------Pickwick the Second---------

Excellent, Pickwick, I hope you enjoy it. The friday Melee tournament will not count towards your overall score.

I can't register a kart team. I got a DB syntax error.

Why are you posting before 3 AM?

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

well if the doors open only at 6pm then i might as well come on the late bus so i'll be there around 5:45. yay i get to commentate with joe!

Ummm, one thing... Is there any way we can switch the commentary teams so Leinad and I do Kart? Or is this pretty much set in stone? I don't know about Leinad, but I know that I don't know as much about melee as I do about Kart. If that's the only thing I can do, then I can handle melee, it'll just take a few battles for me to get into the swing of it.

And yay for all of the new comentary equipment, especially the headsets. Also, can we make some sort of provision that NOBODY can interrupt the commentators while they are commntating, because that was a real problem last time.

Also, for future consideration, we should switch up the pairings, at least for the two main events. I.E.: Tom & Joe, Sravan & Leinad or vice versa. That would be fun, rather than having one clan for one event.
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Duck: "If you could coordinate 100 people to register within 30 seconds of the event openings I would demand you to be in some office somewhere running something right."

What the right after I go to bed you guys start posting.

Having rival clans commentate togather is a great idea. It would give the (few) viewers different views.

Well I didn't think I did that great of job as a commentators but I see Galen and Moses didn't get in. I'll have to tell mouse and muffincat that they are commentating.

Wow, the last couple posts all have interesting times. 2:22, 7:11, 7:27 did you guys plan that.

"The typewriter pretends to be the Siamese bowling ball."-sjgames.com
"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

problem...
I cant make it to the beginning of this, I have to be somewhere till 7:15 pm on friday but it is very close to the library. I can be there at only 7:30. Is there something I can do about this eli?

Wort-Wort-Worthog

Eli, come on, how come I'm not commentating this time? I'm still happy though. 3 days! Then more fun the next day!

Giggity Giggity Giggity, Alllllll Right!

You're not commentating because Eli didn't think you were good enough. Frankly, I agree with him. You were too bland.
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Duck: "If you could coordinate 100 people to register within 30 seconds of the event openings I would demand you to be in some office somewhere running something right."

thats not nice tom. this is sravan at darksoul's house. i wanna commentate mario mario just cuz but since we are doing melee first we can do the 1v1 march madness!! anyway ttyl

I agree with Tom that I know more about Kart than Melee. On the other hand, I'd love a shot at melee commentating. I'm fine with the sets as they stand now I guess. I think that switching the pairs up is a good idea. But me and Tom work well together, so I'd like to keep that pairing for at least some.

Anyways, I absolutely love that commentary will be quiet and away. That makes me beyond happy :-) :-) :-) :-D :-D !!!! :-D

"Faulheit ist eine Tugend"

Dude, did you hear him commentating? I'm trying to put this as nicely as I can... cause it was pretty not all that good.
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Duck: "If you could coordinate 100 people to register within 30 seconds of the event openings I would demand you to be in some office somewhere running something right."

He could have been much worse Sravan. I found Moses' comments to be very broad and unrefined.

Sravan you know you can login from multiple computers.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Oh, Duck, we're thinking of switching up the teams this time, is that Ok with you to do?
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Duck: "If you could coordinate 100 people to register within 30 seconds of the event openings I would demand you to be in some office somewhere running something right."

i know u can duck but he was already logged in and i was too lazy to log myself in.

Is this format with SSBM being the earlier of the featured games set in stone for future competitions??

Just wondering, since I would rather not miss archery on saturday mornings for the next couple of months.

I don't think I'm going to make it to either SSBM competition this month :( (my main partner is busy, in addition to preferring archery)

will there be a consulation prize like a t-shirt for the melee only tournament. being the 4th best means something!

I was thinking the same thing Tom. The question is which team gets which name.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Mayb I should commentate be the TC rep. Eli can you make the voice deeper because if am commentating with a high schooler I'll sound like a little kid (well i guess comparitlevly I am) Or mayb a pre schooler who just woke up from naptime.LOL
Sweet I can come to the melee tourtament except I don't like melee as much as MarioKart Eli "The Awesome one" may I request a middle school MarioKart touney
"Eli Is awesome"

Good news and bad news..
I am going to the gt. Obviously I am happy for this.
On the other hand, I cant show up to the SSBM tourney until 7:30. So I will be at SSBM tourney. But... mostly to cheer on my clan and my fellow clans (Vaccinated Monks "represent"-Major Tom).
So, see you all at the tourney.

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Wort-Wort-Worthog

P.S.
We got a few new recruits that ill get their sinature down at the gt or the SSBM tour:
Green Jeans
and uhh.... a few more that I forget their names right now.

I think I will be the only Vaccinated monk there. I think there is a pioneer football game so Tom, Leinad, and Beebles all are in band.

Why is the tournament under Adults?

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

uhh ok? I guess Ill b cheering on The Reds, Duck, and Green Jeans.
Its all because im getting there late that I cant do anything, unless eli will let me join late, with like since Ill be missing some games that I have less points. I dont care, I wanna at least play some.

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Wort-Wort-Worthog

Good Morrow!
My computer still returns an error message when I attempt to sign up for teams; is this true for others?
Good Luck!
-----Pickwick the Second-----

ummmmmmm...yeah....i agree with tom...BUT
Eli-sorry u didnt get to reading my post...I'm not gonna be able to go to the tournament this saturday cuz its my mom's bday celebration.
I would be more than happy to commentate for the next one since theres nothing going on in my life then...That is unless i make hockey in which case i will be able to look at my schedule and inform you if i will be able to attend.
sravan-soory i cant commentate with u that woulda been sweet.
moses-u dont represent quagmire in any way shape or form sooooo dont try to say gigidy.

GO ASTROS!

I like futurama better then family guy. south park is stupid and simpsons are classic. i'll just commentate with galen then he hasent been on this blog in a while cuz hes playing counter strike a lot. duck its under adults cuz its for ppl also over 18. we could do the mixed commentating thing i don't mind but i know more melee then mkdd and they know more mkdd then melee so maybe we should switch if its ok with eli. yay we're actually gonna do 1v1s!

is it the top 8 clans or top 4 clans cuz it should be the top 4. 8 is too big a number.

also joe did danny f. go to greenhills for high school or middle school for a year cuz one of my friends at the party reconized him.

From my understanding, I thought the Friday Melee even was going to be individuals only.

Will there be teams as well? If so.....I'll need a teammate.

o yea eli u said there will be more then one event? will it be team cuz i have a partner.

Good Morrow!
It seems, as read from the options available on the Registration page, as though the Friday competition is to be based on a single-combatant paradigm. The Saturday event is, of course, to be all four variations. The team sign-up function does not, however, seem to be operational quite yet.
Good Luck!
--------Pickwick the Second---------

Yes yes we all knowthe Team signup has a syntax error. I would guess it has something to do with the code Database since it says DB.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Good Morrow!
Quite so, indeed; I was merely responding to Sravan's query regarding the availability of team battles on Friday.
Good Luck!
---------Pickwick the Second---------

I think Eli put the commentators with Tom and Leinad on Melee and Sravan on MKDD because there is a better chance that those people will be sitting in the commentator booth longer with said event instead of then the other event. Also while you guys don't know everything about the game you certainly know quiet a bit more then most people.

We are doing top 8 clans because frankly it's more fun that way. 4 clans limits it to who can win tournaments.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Good Morrow!
A question addressed to all experienced commentators: What, precisely, is one who is to fit into this role to say? Thanks to the well-appreciated efforts of the Noise Machine, I was unable to hear a single word last month. Methinks it was good planning on Eli's part to pair me with a veteran... Duck, may I request your advice and/or aid tomorrow?
Good Luck!
---------Pickwick the Second---------
Edit: Oops, grammatical error!

Good Morrow!
Why is there no one else on the forum? It seems as though you all disappear after midnight, except, occasionally, Eli.
Good Luck!
---------Pickwick the Second---------

Good Morrow!
Duck, I'm going to follow your advice and try to do without caffeine today; you may have to wake me up when you go to Analysis. Just a heads-up.
Good Luck!
-----Pickwick the Second-----

y are u pulling all nighters on school nights. eli said in an email that he wanted to do more then 1 event cuz more ppl get into the prize round if we do it like the mkdd ones last year. maybe we will make teams at the tournament cuz not everyone will show. well if we're doing the top 8 then the 4 last place clans will get owned anyway. again i will be there with a paper and pencil to record the 3 clans' scores. they are the ones that actually count. turtle clan, vaccinated monks, and troube monkeys. just out of curiosity duck what character does that stuck up guy that u want me to beat use in melee?

Like everyone else he uses Link.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Eli - I accidentally registered for the Melee tournament on Friday which I will not be attending. How do I fix this?

"Faulheit ist eine Tugend"

a pansee i presume as well. leinad i guess u dont show up but if u do that then 3 ppl will have a 3 player battle and thats not good. at the august tournament everyone used swordsman but in the september one lots of ppl used fox and falco. they didn't know how to use them though.

I dont know about the rest of your computers, but the team signup was just fine for me.

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Wort-Wort-Worthog

Ok they fixed the Team Registration. Tom and Leinad I just signed up with Tom for both events we can change it at the tournament if we want to.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

sravan i should just sign up with galen now right? if so what should the team name be?

"The false face must hide what the false heart doth know."

Well, we were originally planning on going the other way, but we'll talk about it tomorrow at school.

Also, it's too bad that Joe S. can't come, he would've been a good commentator. Bad Driver, it's not really possible to lower your voice any without really, really expensive equipment that the library doesn't have and doesn't have a need to have.

Eli, who are we going to get to replace Joe? My first vote would be for Duck, and my next would be for Galen. Somewhere down the line would be Muffincat, then Mouse. Way down at the bottom, past the lawyers, the lawyers' laywers, would be Black Shark.

And yes, Beebles and I won't be able to make it to the Friday SSBM tournament because of the stupid Pioneer/Huron game that night. Stupid football, what good is it anyways? It's just an excuse for muscular guys to hit eachother over and over again. Hockey is a much better sport.
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Duck: "If you could coordinate 100 people to register within 30 seconds of the event openings I would demand you to be in some office somewhere running something right."

Hey Pickwick, I actually like your idea of having coffee fueled all-nighters. Since I leave for school friday at 6 am, I wont be home until midnight because of a very long party after the ssbm tourney, I might as well pull an all nighter practicing for the gt.

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Wort-Wort-Worthog

P.S.
GO HURON!!!

P.P.S.
River Rat is a horrible mascot for Huron though

P.P.P.S.
Yes, Hockey is a much better sport.

P.P.P.P.S.
heh, heh .....P

chiokee we'll figure it out at the tournament but yea i guess u can pre register u and galen for melee first and u guys will be trouble monkeys and we will be trouble monkeys 2. i'm thinking of a better name then trouble monkeys 2 and having it more halo 2 related. im gonna pre register with darksoul for melee.

Team registration is now functioning, indeed. Thanks for finding the bug.

Also, two new features for this weekend:

1) A self-checkin station for pre-registrants to speed your way past the registration line and into the open play before the SSBM tourney. SO PRE-REGISTER!

2) A new display in the gaming room with a continually updated scroll of the current event's leaderboard. No more leaning over geeks' laptops to see who's tops in qualifying.

P.S. As a Huron alumnus (class of '95, thank you very much), I must disagree with the assessment that the "River Rat is a horrible mascot for Huron though"... Know your History!

/*== ejk ==*/

Hey, I already know my history.
I just dont like being called a "Rat" because when I am, it is usually used as an insult. Its not that I hate it. Id just rather have something a little different because "Rat" is kind of used as a strong word.

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Wort-Wort-Worthog

Yes speedy registration. That makes me feel warm inside.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Well, it's nice that the students actually cared about something that much (that would never happen these days, most of the students would just skip the class where you'd have to vote), so it's nice to see that sometime in the history of the universe, people our age could get together on something other than legalizing marijuana.

And I'm not saying that Pioneer has a better mascot, we don't. We just have a better marching band. Huron's march style is quite laughable. Pioneer Bands pwn Huron bands. To the max.

...

Like DANG.

Also, for a long time now, whenever I click on the "Vaccinated Monks" link in my Player Information thingy on the aadlgt board, it sends me to a page that lists our four members, but the logo is borken. Is there any way to fix that? It's not that important, just one of those little things that will nag you until you implode.
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Duck: "If you could coordinate 100 people to register within 30 seconds of the event openings I would demand you to be in some office somewhere running something right."

Good Morrow!
It would be much appreciated by that individual to whom I commonly refer by using the perpendicular pronoun, were any of those eminent persons with experience in the field of commentating to provide aid and assistance; I am rather worried about Saturday. Should I look up multitudes of obscure facts to bring up in conversation, or should I focus on what occurs on the screen?
Vielen Dank, Grazi, and Das Vedanya(phonetic)!!!!!
Good Luck!
---------Pickwick the Second---------
"Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat."

Could I be a comentator sometime?
(I know my stuff)
"GO GOLDEN GOPHERS!!!!!!!!!"

I would second the opinion that Pioneer's marching band is superior to any in other in the area.

Of course, I'm not exactly impartial.

Sorry, as much as Pioneer rocks, Saline has a pretty pimpin marching band. But Pioneer's is still the purplest. :-)

"Faulheit ist eine Tugend"

pimpin and marching band don't go together. good that we have a fast pre registration line. maybe monkeyman if u give a tryout like joe. where is this seperate room with the commentators and 8 monitors gonna be? in my school we are the gryphons but at least its better then river rats. lots of ppl want it changed to the greenhills lawnmowers lol.

PLEASE ELI CAN WE DO A TEAM EVENT TOMMAROW PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

iT GIVES ME SYNTEX ERROR when I put up symbol... sorry team
testing other than that...
"OBLIVION AWAITS YOU...MORTAL!!!" (moo): [SKB]

what ever.

right now, i am a tappan trojan. in 1 year, i am a pionner purple guy

Trojans are tasty, they don't have too much meat on them though(wahh)
Undead priest- "OBLIVION AWAITS YOU MORTAL!!!" [gtlogoSBK]
(no colon on purpose)

does anyone here know what thermoplie is? pickwick can u bring ur memory card tommarow?

yes eli would it be possible to do a team event? It would be much more effecient then single player, because it would discourage campers. (Just for an elimination round or something)

李 治 學 leaving

Auf Wiedersehen-

Tom a regular sound board can change voice pitch, even xbox live can do it.

River Rats are unique. Anyone can be a pioneer. (Although not anyone can be a rainbow zebra (laugh))

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

i agree with tom that hockey is frickin sweet. stop stealing my hat.
ASTROS WON!!! THEY'RE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER YUSSSSSS!

PS river rats really suck. and i will tell you why.
The Story of Huron High.
Way back when, Pioneer high was named Ann Arbor high. Their mascot was the Pioneers. One day some liberal person in congress decided they needed a second high school. They wanted to then put it in the middle of nowhere, in which only 5 ppl lived at. People made fun of those 5 people who went to Huron by being called "river rats" since they were quite near the huron river. These 5 ppl were not the brightest of all, so they thought the ann arbor high kids were laughing WITH them. These 5 ppl then decided that river rats must be a slang for someone cool, so they made that their mascot. Generations after blindly continued this tradition without thinking that any kind of rat is frowned upon by all. Then Ann Arbor high had to change their name to Pioneer so that it did not sound superior to Huron High even though it already was.

I think Joe just hit the nail right on the head there, so to speak. And even though Saline's marching band may be pretty cool, Pioneer's is still the best in the area (you traitor :-P).

At last, a World Series worth watching. The White Sox haven't been there in God knows how long (though it might be because they don't know how to spell their name), and the Astros have never been. I'm really glad the Yankees didn't make it in. You know why? Because I hate the Yankees. I hate the Yankees almost as much as I hate... Well, I'm not sure, but the point is that I REALLY hate the Yankees.

Also, to answer Pickwick's comment (though I'm not quite sure who it was directed to), my general rule that I use (that I've come up with during the, oh, 2 times that I've commentated), is to mainly focus on the action on the screen, but if you come up with some interesting tidbit, or there is a break in the action, then you can go off on a short tangent, assuming it doesn't take a whole hour for you to complete a thought. (Let's just all pray his commentary is shorter than his comments on here, hmm? :-P)

Once again, I am quite angry that I won't be able to make it tomorrow night, I hope everybody has a lot of fun. Go Duck, Sravan, and anyone else who I like.

Oh, and beat that one guy who's over 18 for me. Show him how real players roll in Super Smash Bros.
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Duck: "If you could coordinate 100 people to register within 30 seconds of the event openings I would demand you to be in some office somewhere running something right."

lmao joe i love your story. GO TEAM EVENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO PIONEER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol in a greenhills vs. pioneer field hockey game i wore purple and cheered for pioneer. yes the yankees are bad the red sox are actually a team the yankees just make a lot of $$

Heh. Excellent choice, my friend. Excellent choice.
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Duck: "If you could coordinate 100 people to register within 30 seconds of the event openings I would demand you to be in some office somewhere running something right."

BTW THIS IS TP2 NOT BAD DRIVER.

It's the same story as yankee doodle.
If you don't know that story that makes you unpatriotic which is okay in Ann Arbor, but not so much in other places.
Joe I doubt you would know this, but the new high school is being built in the middle of no where. Huron was built for easy access to U of M because, more people from Huron go to U of M they wanted to make them close together. They put Pioneer near the football stadium because, that is the only way Pioneer people go to U of M.

"08"

Yea, I know that I have not right to be here considering that I haven't posted in like forever, I just want to say that I will enjoy seeing you all on saturday, so everyone do your best and try not to unite into an evil mob of gaming lemmings!
Much Joy
Muffincat or Supersunflower

Oh and minblin sprained his ankle so be nice to him, for me K!

Anyone here interested in me wearing Biker Scout (Strom Trooper) armor to the gt on Saturday? I wanna do like what my brother did at the DDR Tournament. He played DDR while still wearing that armor.

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Wort-Wort-Worthog

Dude. Do it. Seriously.
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Duck: "If you could coordinate 100 people to register within 30 seconds of the event openings I would demand you to be in some office somewhere running something right."

You can still post here Muffincat. Lemmings are fun they will blowup if you tell them to.

Evil Bus Driver wear the armor and bring the badges. Also could you tell me what size the Badge is.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Greetings!
I am not currently in possession of the affiliations associated with membership in a clan, but would like to participate in the team competitions in DoubleDash and Melee this Saturday.
Also worthy of note:
I was referred to the confederation by Pickwick, and it is most highly and urgently (!!) recommended that he be awarded excessive, unparalleled and unprecedented, veritable bushels of points for this most noble and charitable act of service.

"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you."

u talk like pickwick so u must have been refered by him. not saying thats a bad thing. what are u guys for halloween. i know its kinda childish but i'm doing it for my 5 year old sister...
fall out boy rules

Good Morrow!
Thank you, Major Tom! I promise to be among those to beat the specified entrant into the competition.
Regarding pr0's request: It is certainly a distinct possibility that I may be accompanied by the memory card which has the distinct honour of belonging to me; there is one question, however, which perplexes me. For what purpose is this to be done?? I realise it is somewhat late to pose this question, and, should you not be able to reply ere 11:30, I shall, of course, comply with your request.
"Hey Pickwick, I actually like your idea of having coffee fueled all-nighters." Good Heavens!!!!!!!!! Well, I must inform you that my observations of my mental state after performing three of the said all-nighters in one week, almost consecutively, have led me to the belief that it is not a good idea to deliberately perform said function on a school night; I will allow you to form your own judgment on the wisdom of doing so on any other night. In brief, some examples of my experiences with total lack of sleep for an extended period of time: A tendency to fall asleep with hand and head in air, while in the process of actively taking notes; A tendency to view the world, and everything in it, as being slightly unsteady and constantly shifting up and to the right; A tendency to wander, midsentence, in your notes without noticing(to this day, I wonder as to the meaning of 'braccgren', a 'word' taken from my Analysis notes; A tendency toward irritability and overt hostility toward any other being; and a tendency to vot...(or perhaps not, at least on this forum). You must remember, this was my state of being while caffeinated; I shudder to think of the result should I have missed my cup(s) of coffee in the morning. In conclusion, I have been sufficiently alarmed by the result of my experiences with lack of sleep that I have determined on going to sleep before midnight regardless of any task(s) I have not completed (Until, of course, the Robotics Build Season, which, to use a cliched phrase, is 'a whole other story.') So: take my advice and learn from my example! (I hope you weren't being sarcastic, because that would remove the whole point of this portion of my post.)
As to Major Tom's point of concern, rest assured, that I am not nearly so prolix through a verbal medium as I am in writing; I am used to this method of communication, wherein one may edit one's remark until it is perfectly tailored to the occasion for which it is required before submitting it for the inspection of all. Thus, it is my worry that I shall not be verbose enough, rather than the contrary. Your advice is much appreciated.
I have invited an acquaintance of mine, Finklestein, to the competition tomorrow and the one on Saturday; he has posted already, but I wished to acknowledge his existence, the truth of pr0's statement regarding him, and the undeniable merits of his injunction to award me many points. Duck has, I believe, a passing acquaintance with him that may never have involved the exchange of words or introductions.
With that,
Good Luck!
---------Pickwick the Second---------
PS: It is highly likely that I am to pose as a high school student for Halloween, a task which I perform, I am pleased to say, with great skill.
"[A]s you know, these are open forums, you're able to come and listen to what I have to say."

i just wanna see the trophies that u have gotten. lol i am the most random famous person ever. take a wild guess.

Seems that every1 likes the idea of me dressing up, I guess I will. Look for the Scout Trooper at the gt and maybe the SSBM Tourney.

As for you Duck, I will bring the extra badges. In an earlier post I said:
250 pixels length
179 pixels width

I, for once had found a slight issue for this. It needed to be a bit smaller so I made them:
235 pixels length
168 pixels width

The only problem is that I had already printed them out in the bigger size so I just have to deal with that.

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Wort-Wort-Worthog

Good Morrow!
It shall be done. I have, as I mentioned, 285. I know the identities of only two of the five missing: Diskun and the Pikmin trophy(I forget its name.) For the Diskun trophy, I believe that the only bonus remaining is the Power Shielder.
Would you, by any chance, be Henrico Fermi?
Good Luck!
---------Pickwick the Second---------
PS: I would like to go on the record as saying that the new high school is to be located in one of the most eminent and distinguished regions of Ann Arbor; namely, within half a mile of my house.
"And I am an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find something to be pessimistic about, you can find it, no matter how hard you look, you know?"

Pickwick don't worry about Evil Bus Driver being sleep deprived he like myself goes to Cons and knows all to well the tricks and problems with sleep deprivation. Oh and you (Pickwick) will do fine as a commentator.

Evil bus driver thanks for the specs.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Good Morrow!
What, precisely (or imprecisely), are/is 'Cons'?
Gracias! Are you at all nervous yourself, or do you feel prepared?
Good Luck!
---------Pickwick the Second---------
"My job is to, like, think beyond the immediate."

With Cons I am referring to Conventions namely the ones devoted to sci-fi, anime, fantasy and gaming. They have an interesting time schedule with planed activities starting as early as 8am and going as late as 4am or so. Plus with free pop and snacks there basically are really large parties that last a whole weekend.

Oh yes your second question. No I'm not nervous. Even though I haven't practiced much I probably practiced more then most people. Plus I know I can win stuff and have commentated before. But you should do fine at both the competition and the commentating.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Eli, my subs will be Santa and Ashly. Nick11 and Nilofar can't make it, so count Santa's and Ashly's scores towrads our clan, I'm not sure whether u counted Santa's scores last time, ok? And Santa accidently signed up with someone else for one of the events. Can u change that and make Ashly his partner, thanks.

Giggity Giggity Giggity, Alllllll Right!

Errr....Am I going to commentate since Joe isn't coming? Also when does the Super Smash Bros. tournament end?

I was just wondering if anybody was interested in throwing together a super smash brothers tournament for the older N64 version? I haven't had a chance to get really into Melee yet, but I am killer at the old version. Let me Know what you think.

And even though Saline's marching band may be pretty cool, Pioneer's is still the best in the area (you traitor :-P).

if Leach won't let me march, then I'm only supporting the band 99% in protest instead of 100%.

Saline has a seperate marching band from regular band so, 1) They're made up of only people who want to march 2) I could have marched every game since freshman year at Saline (unless I didn't make it until the next year, I'm not sure how auditions work).

"Faulheit ist eine Tugend"

TP2- please stop talking. That is the story exactly how it happened and pioneer was built first so u dont make sense. Huron is more close to the hospital and wcc. Pioneer is located much more close to the university AND stadium. You just dont make sense. I dont like hearing ppl not make sense. And IDGAF if the new school is in the middle of nowhere...their mascot will probably be the highway hobos or frog lovers or something like that since they are near a highway and their schools supposed to house lots of frogs on the roof. They suck too for these reasons.

Pioneer is the sweetest.

sravan-was it a varsity field hockey game?

Leinad and Tom the commentary booth is awesome. I won't disclose the place because people will bug us if we do but the set up is nice and is in a quite place.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Wow I was beat by the kid that came in 2nd. The kid that came in 2nd got pwned by peach. It was the most one side battle i've seen in a while. My first match had Hank (the first place winner) in it and we both got bad scores thanks to IM and sudden death.

EDIT:
Nice job everyone for beating up alokin. He really wasn't as good as he thought he was, he was only on my level and I get beat up my several people. Yes I have more points almost to 4k.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

If there was an award for being the highest person without a prize than I would have one it all three tournaments I've been to this season. Argh!

The guy who beat me was incredible I don't know how he didn't get first. At least I beat Pickwick.

Duck it's not a hidden chamber. Furthermore people would see you going in and out and realize where it is.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

Quite Turtle Person IT'S a hidden chamber if I want it to be. Plus it has a lock so we can lock people out.

EDIT:
Evil bus driver these badges are perfect. I don't have to scale down at all.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

God that idiot still thinks he is the best. I doesn't even know that peach when used right completely owns Link, even if the link player is amazing. He is trying to play off losing to me as "oh I wasn't trying". Stubborn idiot.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

that arrogant little loser i mean ang who does he think he's fooling when i played him he did two attacks spin attack and link's smash attack lol he wa afraid to play me and my friend with secret caracters

"False face must hide what the false heart doth know."

That arrogant little loser. I mean dang who does he think he's fooling? When i played him he did two attacks, spin attack and link's smash attack. lol he wa afraid to play me and my friend with secret caracters

this is for the high schoolers who arew obsessed with grammer an decent enough spelling
"False face must hide what the false heart doth know."

Tonights scores will not count toward the season leaderboard; we just didn't get that change to the code yet. Thanks everybody who came to the Super Smash tourney, it was great.

Also, because Joe won't be there tomorrow, Tom and Leinad will be lead commentary for all events. Relief will come from Pickwick, Sravan, Duck, Mouse and Muffincat, as available.

I would just like to say that Pioneer is now definitely better than Huron.

Don't believe me? How does a 23-12 Pioneer win sound to you? Hmm? Sound good?

Also, VMC is gonna stomp the competition tomorrow. No question.

Good luck to everyone, it's going to be fun. :-D
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Duck: "If you could coordinate 100 people to register within 30 seconds of the event openings I would demand you to be in some office somewhere running something right."

o come on eli me and galen will commentate melee????? that link pansee was a loser he wasent that good u are better then him.

piclwick we are still for the first to 5 macth tomorrow right?
on an side note im just wondering whare i got this quote from;does any1 know what it's from? /Ithink it's from shakesphere but i don't know

"False face must hide what the false heart doth know."

tom-quite

we'll see tom

good luck to everyone may the best clan win don't worry we will!

good job galen on getting those 3 more recriutments. i think i have a weakness in melee chiokee don't tell anyone what it is.

sweet i'm #3 on the leaderboard now! tp2 cant make the november one so i'll pass him on that i hope. eli will we let the top 4 melee teams battle eachother for 1st-4th places? we did that for single melee.

if tp2 doesnt get a prize for the rest of the season he should get some sportsmanship prize cuz he came close 3 times.

i wanna play pickwick and tp2 1v1 is that ok with u guys?

Sravan sportsmanship is being a polite respectful player. Not coming close to winning.

Sravan I've beaten Pickwick and I've beaten you. I'll play you if I get matched against you, but not for any other reason.

TC1 only has 2 primary members today.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

Duck you're acting like the secret room is your secret fort and no one else can go in thier. First off thats not true second of all anybody with half of brain could figure out where it is also Theree hopefully there are going to be interviews and other people will go in thier. Also why would anybody want to go in there.
Sorry to be blunt but, good job beating me.

"Eli Is awesome"

Actually Sravan, the super smash bros tournament wasn't a recruitment opportunity.

Good Morrow!
Congratulations, tp2; you are a VERY, VERY good player!! I shall, of course, do my utmost to ensure that that particular turn of events does not recur, but we shall see how the future transpires. By the bye, who was the person that beat you?

Sravan and Val Laster (formerly known as Flare,) if there is time during the Open Play preceding the competition, I will, of course, be more than happy to duel each of you. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, I am likely to reach the library only at 11:45; if this is sufficient time, which it may very well be, then I say this: Let the games begin!!!

Good Luck to all, and may the best clan win!

--------------Pickwick the Second-------------

Bad Driver:

First off, no, he's not acting like it's a "secret fort", he's just telling us where it is, since Leinad and I haven't been there since the September tournament; Second off, I'm simply wondering that: since anyone with half a brain could figure out where it is, how on Earth could you find it without someone telling you; Third off, yes, other people will go in there, we've accepted that long ago, since, oh I don't know, We're not the only one commentating.

Finally, grow a brain stem you ingrate. Don't make ignorant and stupid comments just because you lost.

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Duck: "If you could coordinate 100 people to register within 30 seconds of the event openings I would demand you to be in some office somewhere running something right."

That was a little harsh Tom I think he didn't reallize I was just having fun when I acted childish.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Yeah, but I'm quite tired of people complaining about other things when they lose;

No offense Bad Driver, you're just the only one I saw. You're still pretty cool, cause you're one of the originals. Yay for originality!
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Duck: "If you could coordinate 100 people to register within 30 seconds of the event openings I would demand you to be in some office somewhere running something right."

He was a pretty good sport tom he didn't act like some people. It not like he said "I would have won if we didn't have items" or something stupid like that.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Here's a funny thread that mocks what some people say when they lose in Halo 2. Interesting read.
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=1093493

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"Eli Is awesome"

UGH! my clan did terribile!
"GO GOLDEN GOPHERS!!!!!!!!!"

Those brackets were so much harder then the previous tournaments. I would venture a guess that it is because most of the weaker players didn't come. Since we only had 80 people.

Man I got just beat twice this tournament.

TP2 finally won something this season.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Subs for TC1

JFin2000
WRXSTI

I ended my streak as runner up.

For those who care I think Piratey Critter got 1st, Darksoul 2nd, TurtlePerson2 3rd, CKX in 4th.

While I did pretty well we were missing 2 primaries so I don't know if TC1 did well.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

Good Morrow!
"UGH! my clan did terribile!"
As did mine; we only placed in two events. FES was absent, so Finkelstein was his able replacement. We were pitted against one another in the Melee semi-finals, which precluded our simultaneous advancement to the finals; had the match-ups been different, we would, of course, have taken first and second. The outcome of next month's competition will be rather different, I can assure you.
Many apologies for my tardiness are to be directed toward Val Laster and Sravan; we shall simply have to duel next time.
Congratulations to the winners!
Good Morrow!
-----Pickwick the Second-----
PS: In the Team Mario Kart event, were the top two or the top four karts to qualify?

For the kart bracket, for a short while my whole clan was tied for 30th place. that would suck. But we got booted back to 33rd place. My whole clan was tied with each other.

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ill drive YOUR bus

P.S. why when I go to the gt page it askes me if I wanna register for the Sur-Prize round?

I think every clan did bad in that tournament. I played Rainbow road 3 times and mushroom city 3 times. Those are my least favorite coarses. This tournament seemed liked it had the hardest brackets and the most turnover.

Opps I just REGISTERED for the surprize round.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

HAH!
Now I am no longer in 33 place overall. No longer will I have the degrading place of being right after the leaderboard. Now Major Tom has to take that spot.

Oh yeh, I will be wearing the stormtrooper (not scouttrooper) armor next tourney. Tom, did that helmet bring you any luck?

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ill drive YOUR bus

To those that apply:
any1 who was trying my Scouttrooper helmet on and noticed that there was the visor that rested on the nose which was very sharp, The assult trooper helmet is different because it doesnt fold down, it is all one piece that is just put on. I will be wearing that outfit and helm next tourney. Nothing rests on the nose. No hurt. No ouchy.

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ill drive YOUR bus

I think every clan did bad in that tournament. I played Rainbow road 3 times and mushroom city 3 times. Those are my least favorite coarses. This tournament seemed liked it had the hardest brackets and the most turnover.

I think everyone did bad that tournament... I'm not sure if any of the veterans placed significantly in the kart finals <_<

I too had some hard times on rainbow road though. Eighth place in the team finals on that course... yeesh.

this is D-rex posting on my brothers server:
The noise machine clan did good, all of our members qualifed. But isn't there a point bonous for placing in the top 4 of an event?

I think that everyone was killed by that crazy bracket with me, Ian, Sravan, jlgelinas, Tom and a couple other of veterans.

"Faulheit ist eine Tugend"

Yeah the 6 veteran match on mario circut was horrible.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

All of you "veterans" were being killed by the noise machine

this is Tub o lard

lets go noise machine. This is john D. and i dont care i am bring the drums to the next turny. I am goin buck wild on you and am going 2 b louder than ever

at least you are until an unfortunate accident happens

"False face must hide what the false heart doth know."

what if u lose the drumsticks again? for once the tournament ended on time! i didnt fill out a form again but i'd give it a 5. yes that mario circut race was crazy i placed in 5th but i won every single elimination race after that. i think either our clan won, tp2's clan, or the noise machine but i doubt that. i don't think tp2 and bad driver can make the next 2 tournaments! good news for all of us. yay i'm in 3rd.

sorry eli about the team mario kart thing that was all galen's fault lol as usual...

the trouble monkey clan at this tournament was- pr0, c0N, darksoul, and Val Laster.

sweet i;m the only guy in the top 5 who hasent won a prize! pirattey critter only has been to 2 tournaments and he is in 4th.

Okay first off I would say verybody saying they did pretty bad well i thought i did pretty good getting 5th in the finals in Mariokart i had never made it that far and i was in fourth until the very end when my brother passed me. In single player melee I did pretty bad but, in team I got third. In team Mariokart me and my brother got out in the first round man. i think TC won because no big clan won a lot of events and we got third in sur prize and good showings in all events except for single player melee where no one really did that good. Well run tourney I think the right amount of people and went with mayb just a couple less than desired qualifaction matches but, Finished on time. I think melee frst was a good idea because A lot of people did't qualify in melee and then went home and didn't play kart. sorry about the run on post.
Also T unit sub
Dave K. or just plain dave i'm not sur he was on a team wih Tru dog and got 4th in team melee
"Eli Is awesome"

I do think the tournament was very well run this time also.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

This is John D. bring it

You know what I don't get? why do Major Tom and Leinad think they are so good? (Grand Mastersand veterans)(Iam in 11th but what credit do I get? Squat, zip none!)"GO GOLDEN GOPHERS!!!!!!!!!"

Good Morrow!
"sorry about the run on post"
Goodsir Bad Driver, for what cause are you expressing regret? Methinks it is but a little while since there were seen posts with a much loftier length, spanning all of five and two pages.

To all members of the despicable collective of cross-eyed, pinstriped, soon-to-be defenestrated badgers known as "Noise Machine:" If you bring your drumset next month, I shall take it upon myself personally to divest you of certain equipments necessary for the production of sound (assuming that Eli is not opposed to the use of temporarily, but not permanently, incapacitating force).

Speaking of which, I do believe that Most Honoured Commentator major Tom Coveney promised a reward for the removal of the Noise Machine's drumsticks during the second competition; my clanmate, Dragoon Black, performed the task, but has not received any sort of compensation. I hope that this error may be rendered antiquitous within a brief period of time, now that it has been brought to light.

Speaking of Commentators, I do believe we owe a furlong-deep debt of gratitude to our expert commentators, Major Tom Coveney, Leinad, Duck, Mouse, and Muffincat for their outstanding efforts!

Good Day!
--------Pickwick the Second--------
"It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind of human cloning to come out of that chamber."

PS: Mr. Peanut Gallery, it does not behoove you to parade your elevated status on the leaderboard as compared to those who have attained fewer competitions this year than the three which exist in your tenure, especially since, of the ten entities above you in the ranks, three have attended only two tourneys.

Why do we ignore monkeyman? Maybe because you're a kid while we're juniors and seniors. Plus you don't commentate or know anyone that is interesting, so we don't pay any attention to you. You're just a wildcard from last year.

I wouldn't mind the noise makers if they had any musically talent at all. As it is I find those Wire ties to make playing drums let only video games extremely difficult when they are used to tie your hands behind your back. Oh and doing that isn't violent at all.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

Duck, Monkeyman is #11 overall, his clan won Round 1, and it looks like he came in 1st in match 4 of the Round 1 team race. What place did you come in in that match? Oh yes, dead last. He's also made it to the prize round twice so far this season, once more than you.

You should check the facts before you strut like that to make sure you don't just look ridiculous. =)

I did ok at todays tourney. I think it was better than last time because I think I got 1,000 points. I got sooooooooooo close 2 making the surprize round in SSBM Team. I hate looking at the leaderboard and seeing that huge chunk of orange, and me being the lonely white in the middle of all that orange. Oh well, if I don't make it 2 the surprize round, it will be so easy because I wouldn't have 2 play u guys, yet. 22nd aint all that bad, is it? I clan points look bad because my 2 subs left just because they didn't feel like playing Mario Kart. They did really well in SSBM, though, but it cost us a lot of clan points The Loser and I were trying 2 make up 4. But we failed 2 do that. Those a**holes.

2 Eli:
My Subs for 10/22 tourney Were:
Santa
Ur Mom in a Swimsuit
And be sure to count Santa 4 last time, ok?

Giggity Giggity Giggity, Alllllll Right!

Moses your doing pretty good you are the higest ranked person who hasn't placed an a event one fry short of a happy meal.
"Eli Is awesome"

lol i love that analogy bad driver. pickwick what about me i was commentating! congrads to pickwick to winning twice in a row. bad driver i got 1st in single mario kart and i won all of my races except that mario circut one with 6 vetrans where i got 5th. darksoul got 2nd in the prize round and 2nd in single melee with all wins except 2(one was the bragging rights round). i won all my melee matches until the semi finals with 8 ppl left cuz of a stupid scissor pokemon(not that i'm complaining). in team melee we did really bad cuz we had to face u guys and it just HAD to be big blue and we got demolished congrads to u guys for getting 3rd but u should have gotten 2nd. actually the clan points should be farely close so i dunno.

black shark if u dont get in at the november tournament then u should be able to qualify for mkdd.

i'm suprised no new clans have joined. maybe cuz they only have one tournament left to qualify.

Thanx Bad Driver, where did u come up with that? Hey Eli, can I please commentate next time, please!? That room is so awesome and I can do better now that its quiet in there and I do better in quiet rooms and I would have an equal view. My commentating was not very good last time because I couldn't get 2 see the TV screen 4 most of the time. Please give me one more chance. If I don't do well next time, I promise that I wont commentate in the Grand Championship, ok? Think about it.

Giggity Giggity Giggity, Alllllll Right!

I'm NOT a wildcard from last year and who cares if you are older tom and leinad you stink!"GO GOLDEN GOPHERS!!!!!!!!!"

oops i forgot one thing

Moral of this weekend:don't underestimate middle schoolers
2nd Moral of this weekend:don't underestimate female characters or fox in melee.

EDIT:u didn't tie 5th and even if u did joe was better then u and so was tp2 and duck. i was in 12th and 5 ppl were tied for 7th and they were all 1 point ahead of me. eli what does parent mean in editing comments?

Oh, and I tied for 5th overall last year witch was better than tom, leinad, joe, stravan, galen and more. (I ondly lost to tp2 and duck first and second palce) "GO GOLDEN GOPHERS!!!!!!!!!"

i had alot harder time in the qulifiying rounds than in the elimenation rounds, pick wick the second beat me in the braggin rounds, he was probably the best marth player in the tournament

P.S. big blue is 1 of the worse stages next 2 flat zone

I did tie for 5th and who cares if they're better than me I did better!
"GO GOLDEN GOPHERS!!!!!!!!!"

I did tie for 5th and who cares if they're better than me I did better!
P.S. Sir Ducksalot: I want to be a commentator but no one let me
"GO GOLDEN GOPHERS!!!!!!!!!"

oops!
"GO GOLDEN GOPHERS!!!!!!!!!"

eli what happens if 1 of your clan members is'nt here during the grand championship? Does the sub get anything?"GO GOLDEN GOPHERS!!!!!!!!!"

Eli would i ever not check facts before I post I knew very well where Monkeyman stands.

That Team race I wasn't driving because tom instisted he drive the team races. His clan only won because the Trouble monkeys made mistakes about partners. Also I had some of the hardest brackets at the tournament I had two matches in the whole tournament that didn't have multiple strong people stacked agianst me. One of those matches no one but Sravan and myself could play so Sravan won because his boswer shell got me at a unavoidable point (it was either get hit or fall off) so I lost my trump card early on. I finished only 3-4 seconds after him while everyone else finished 20-40 seconds after me. I know that other people had hard times but look TP2 basically received two bys in melee single player. Plus monkeyman only got in from one event while I almost made it twice even with my hard brakets.

"Round up the usual suspects."
Sir Ducksalot

soo...who won?

p.s. shut your face monkeyman you probably PRACTICE playing mariokart. i used to just play for w.e. when i got it for christmas last year and was real good at it. my skill never wore off and i never practiced and got 1st in the regular season.
AND
Juniors and seniors are better than you because they can drive. you have no friends that can drive and therefore u suck. Oh and one last thing: u made your name from me and dereks team name u poser get a son.

If the leaderboard is accurate the monkeys won with 4390 points.

Joe you're not a junior or a senior.

Would it be possible to enable a feature that put the logo of your clan in automatically with your posts.

Duck if you were talking about the byes from single player melee on friday you should know that one of them was not a bye, but a 1 v. 1 against Dragoon Black who is a great melee player.

Does anyone play empire earth 2.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

Wow, Monkeyman, what's with all the hostility? First off, Tom and I don't think that we're better than everyone else. Second, although you are currently high on the leaderboard, Tom and I have been coming to these tournaments since the first one last year. We've been around longer than and more active than anybody except Joe and John D. We're not the best players there and I won't argue that with you, but we know our stuff, we know these games, we know the people at the tournaments, we know how everything works. So lay off, get a life and stop talking crap about people you don't even know who've never done anything to you.

"Faulheit ist eine Tugend"

leinad i was the first person who signed up for aadl-gt ever. i had my dad go and pre register on august 1st at noon in the main library cuz i was in india. yea monkeyman u are a poser just be quiet u have nothing more to say. duck launching the bowsershell was skill i did it at the spiral turn before the finish line on rainbow road and on the straight away before that huge spiral that goes upwards with all the rainbow strips. yea monkeyman i can't belive u practice mario kart i havent practiced since august and i got 1st in the event(it was a little lucky i'll have to admit). leinad and tom might not be as good at these games then everyone cuz well they are for gamecube but they probably know more about it then u do.

joe, pi