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Thanksgiving Weekend Tournament Registration

by eli

We've got 4 videogame tournaments coming up Thanksgiving weekend, and registration is now open. To register, first login or create an account if you haven't already, then go here to preregister for events. Depending on turnout, latecomers who haven't preregistered may be turned away, so be sure to get registered, and be on time to get your spot in the brackets! Click read more for more details about next weekend's tournaments.

Dance Dance Revolution Tournament for Grades 6-12
Friday, November 25th, 1 - 4 PM, Downtown Library
Standard / Heavy Bracket Prizes:
1st prize: $40 giftcard, 2nd prize: $30, 3rd prize: $20.
Beginner / Light Bracket Winners win AADL t-shirts.
Register Now!

Dance Dance Revolution Tournament for All Ages
Friday, November 25th, 6 - 9 PM, Downtown Library
Prizes include $40, $30, and $20 giftcards, distributed among skill level depending on turnout.
Register Now!

AADL-GT Round 4: Super Smash/Double Dash for Grades 6-12
Saturday, November 26th, 12 - 5 PM, Downtown Library
Doors open at 11 AM
1st prize: $70 giftcard, 2nd prize: $50, 3rd prize: $30, 4th prize: T-shirt
Last Chance to pre-qualify for the December Grand Championships
This event will be televised live on CTN, Comcast Channel 18. To participate, you'll need a Release Form.
Register Now!

Mario Kart Tournament for Grades 1-5
Sunday, November 27th, 1 - 4 PM, Downtown Library
1st prize: $40 giftcard, 2nd prize: $30, 3rd prize: $20, 4th prize: T-shirt
Register Now!

Get registered, get practicing, and we'll see you at the library.

Comments

<em>There are to Mouses in the team registration.</em>

Yeah, we've got a lot of duplicates in the database because people have walked in, then registered later online. Or they've created two players with two different library website accounts.

I'll be going through and cleaning up the data soon.

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I laugh at Lenad in the wild card!"y exactallally do u thnk im so dum" P.S. hibby is D-REX incase you colidn't figure that out and his clan are all going to the grand championchips! I heard that the are bringing something extra anoying, I could tell you what but then what would the fun be in that?

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yeah dude...ur clan is lame..."im so annoying now im cool" no one's ever gotten any with that kinda attitude. Sravan-who should be on my mkdd team and ssbm team? (u, galen, or darksoul) oh yeah and the 25th i be there.
also, that ad was pretty sweet. i thought it was kinda funny in black shark's interview...dont know why. and THANK YOU SO MUCH ELI FOR NOT PUTTING ME IN THE AD!
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Joe, you're welcome. However, I think you at least owe us an explanation as to why you were so adamant to not be in the ad, even though you're willing to commenate on live television... is it because the 'COOL KIDS' don't watch CTN?

Perish the thought! =)

ok i didn't want to be in the ad too so i must confess. the ppl who know us would see these ads and be like omfg u go to a nerd convention and when i try to explain it to them they'd just go and spread rumors that i go to a nerd convention. the "cool" kids in my school are obsessed with south park(kinda childish), family guy(giggidy), and american idol. i think i asked this before but have u guys seen the decline of video gaming series on flashplayer? joe i'm not so sure about the melee teams but ur with galen for mario kart. for melee it might be me and galen, u and meng not sure we'll figure it out on the 25th. flare i know u called me a week ago when i wasent there but could u call me again sorry for the inconvience.

GO MI KICK OHIO'S ASS

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In reply to by TheKoolAidGuy

I won't be at the November or December. In fact I don't think any TC1 members will be. So the TC1 is dropping out of the runnings. I am happy with how my clan and I have done. I hope to be able to attend more tournaments next year. I am happy that I can leave while in first and with my clan in 2nd. I hope the rest of you have a great rest of the season.

"TORTURIS EXUVIAS EUNT"

Pro watch your language. Pro, Joe and anyone else that didn't want to be in the ad you have the ultimate defense of "I'm just in it for the money" you'll be hard pressed to find a 12-24 year old that doesn't acknowledge that as a perfect reason to be at these "nerd conventions" (which they aren't). They’re free events where you can win money wants the downside to going to them. It’s not like you are going to a Barney concert.

Well without the Turtles it won't be the same. At least other people get a shot now. Well it looks like clan T-unit will be replacing them at the clan finals if they don't show.

"Round up the usual suspects."
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omg duck its one word i've seen it in G movies. ppl are stereotype like that they'll be like wow 5 hours of video games, gotta be a nerd convention. well the TC1 can get subs for the clan cup but those subs will probably be TC2 if they don't make it in for the november tournament because its a battle between them and the BSC for 8th place. GO MI
when i register for team mario kart after i'm done picking my partner and team name it says register info complete but when i go back to the GT page it says status not registered for mkdd team
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Good luck this weekend guys, particularly the VMC. Eli, you didn't announce commentators. Who's doing it in my absence?

Tom... I told you I wouldn't be there, but I'm registered for team right now...

"Faulheit ist eine Tugend"
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Pro remember you need a primary member to compete as a certain clan, since no TC1 members will be there then they can't compete under that clan.

5 hours does not a nerd convention make. Plus nerd conventions are a lot more interesting then people think. They are basically a 3 day party with several hundred people.

"Round up the usual suspects."
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<em>Submitted by Sir Ducksalot on Sat, 11/19/2005 - 1:37pm.
I thought I prereged for teams with Major Tom, but it says I'm not prereged.</em>

Duck, I see Major Tom pre-registered with Leinad for both team events at this point.

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Ok, thanks EJK. Tom must have canceled it.

Wow the Harry Potter movie isn't even the barebones of the plot. So much was dropped. If you haven't read the books the movies seem to be more and more dissociated. Very little is foreshadowing the later books they just leave everything to be suddenly announced in the later films.

"Round up the usual suspects."
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I'M BACK! THANK YOU ELI, U MADE ME A HAPPY MAN! TO REPAY U< I WILL NEVER SPAM AGAIN! HA HA!

Giggity Giggity Giggity, Alllllll Right!

In reply to by California Love

I need 2 know If I can commentate. And I emailed u a new logo, Eli. Update it ASAP

Giggity Giggity Giggity, Alllllll Right!
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In reply to by California Love

So pushy about speed Moses. Are you trying to get into business school or something? <em>(That's why it's been so quite)</em>

"Round up the usual suspects."
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Curses, the silence was sooooooo nice.

Too bad for TP2, that you can't come to any more tournaments. It was definitely fun while it lasted, and we'll miss you for the last two. (We'll be sure o give you a shout-out on the broadcasts from now on ;-))

Yeah, sorry about the registration mixup, I forgot that Leinad wasn't coming. Duck and I will be a team, and Beebles and our sub will be our other team. Our sub's name is Scuzzy4242. That's all th at you need to know.
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

Major Tom how come i don't get a shout out. Am i just the underated brother or somethng well I guess he has more points in melee and in the suprize round in kart though I have almost as many points, though he did great last season I am catching up because i am getting use to the high expections (brothers first place) and pressure and we are a really underated team. what does anybody think about an innvotational only tourney or all star match. And hi scuzzy4242 is there any meaning in the name?
"Eli Is awesome"

Hey, Eli, can u please respond soon? I need to know if I can possibly commentate and I've got an idea, for the the next tourney, y don't u hire more computer geeks to help out with the technology if there would be another problem(which I'm predicting there will be) instead of having it be just u, ejk, Diego, and that guy who I forgot who's name is who looks kinda like u do.

Giggity Giggity Giggity, Alllllll Right!
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In reply to by California Love

How can you forget Kip. <em>You know Black Shark considering how much money they spend on us aready I'm sure 40,000-80,000 more to hire new staff would be approved.</em>

"Round up the usual suspects."
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if u look up impatient in the dictionary it will have a picture of noah trobe. if u have an idea y don't u tell us thats what the blog is for.....and its not for spamming.
flare call me soon the thing is on friday(sorry that i didnt get ur earlier call)
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No, I think that comment about hiring new staff <em>was</em> his *ahem* brilliant idea. Ok, Bad Driver, I'll give you a shout out too. I didn't neglect you on purpose, I just only saw TP2's post. I still consider you one of the cool ones, because you've been here (almost) since the beginning. Therefore, you are cool.

Eli, you still haven't responded about the iPod. Joe and I have been talking, and we assume it's going to be a video iPod, since that's <em>all</em> that they make now, and I hope indeed that it is.

Black Shark, how on Earth could you forget Kip!!! Jeez!

Eli, I also am interested in who is going to be the commentators for this Saturday. I know Sravan posted something about the commentary situation, and it's not that I don't trust him, it's just that I'd like an official confirmation. Once more, Leinad won't be here, so he won't be able to lend his services to the commentary booth.

Also, I would like to request information from the powers that be: I know the information is scattered around through various topics, but I would like a full set of information as to how many and under what circumstances people are going to be accepted for participation in the Grands. I know that if you qualify for a Prize Round one month, then you get in, blah blah blah, but what about those who can't qualify for any prize round. Is the only way to get in then if you enter and win the wildcard? Are you taking a certain number of people fropm the leaderboard that haven't qualified? Same thing with the clans, how many and from where are being accepted? I only want an answer from eli, ejk, or somebody in charge, because, frankly, I don't really believe that anyone on this board who is not in charge will know what they're talking about. So can we just have a post, it doesn't have to be a whole topic or anything, just defining once and for all what the qualification reqiurements are for the Grands?

Thank you. That will be all. I'm off to be a slacker in my class now. :-D

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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

This blog is for something, Sravan, I don't know what? And if u look up mysterious in the dictionary, u will find a picture of Eli Neiburger and the definition will be "Can't answer questions because I'm "mysterious". Eli, do u know if there will be open play at the DDR tournaments, I hate DDR. Would I have 2 register to play Open play?

Giggity Giggity Giggity, Alllllll Right!
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Moses - it take Eli more than a day to answer a question. He'll get to you, he reads everything that we post here eventually. Just give him a little while. You asked 3 times in two days. Once would have sufficed, he'll get to it.

"Faulheit ist eine Tugend"
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Naw, I'm just mostly kidding. I will now endeavor to answer all questions asked thus far.

First of all, it will be very interesting to see what happens in the power vaccuum created by the absence of the mighty savage brothers, who have always been first and foremost a completely class act. Sorry you can't make it to the rest of the season, guys.

Now, as for you, Moishe:

As you know, I select Commentators based on my estimation of quality, variety, experience, and if I think they have something to add to the broadcast. This month's booth staff will be Tom, Joe S, Sravan, Duck, and Muffincat.

Also, I got your new logo, and I will update it before the tournament. I think your old one was better. As an aside, when you tell me to 'Update it ASAP', I assume you mean "when you can get to it, if you please". Is that not what that stands for? I never have been good at acronyms, especially when they're used by rude, demanding people.

Again, I apologize profusely that I still hadn't responded to your posts an entire 24 hours later. I will try harder, just for you. However, I'm sorry to hear that you think that the 4 of us don't work hard enough for you. That's a great way to get back into my good graces, though! Impugn the motives and efforts of my staff, and the financial priorities of the Library, all in one fell swoop! Nice work!

Now for some good news: the iPod prize will be a new 30gb iPod, including video. Also, this year, the grand champion gets first pick of the prize pool, 2nd prize chooses from what's left, etc. So, no 'Ducking' in the finals this year. =)

Also, as for Grand Championship qualification, here's what I've decided. In addition to the players who are already marked as qualified for having placed 4th or better in an event, <strong>all members of clans who qualify for the clan cup will also qualify for the grand championship</strong>. Because the competition has been so intense this year, I don't want the wildcard tournament to be choked with solid players who just got beat by more solid players when it counted. I want wildcards to have a chance. Thought you'd like that.

Noah, it doesn't seem to be mysterious to anyone else in here why it takes me a day or two, sometimes more, to answer your questions. However, if you think it's mysterious, maybe it is! Maybe you can figure it out! Just like Encyclopedia Brown! That would be awesome!

<img src="http://www.eliworks.com/dav/encyclopedia.jpg&quot; width=465 height=92>

I just have to say: reading that last post on my cell phone made it a <strong>lot</strong> easier to read the inverted text. I don't think I could have turned over my monitor that easily.

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lol ducking i like that verb. good its a video.
WHAT ELI THE PEOPLE WHO DIDNT MAKE IT INTO A SUPRISE ROUND DIDNT EARN GOING TO THE GRANDS. U SHOULD HAVE TO EARN THE PRIVILAGE BY GETTING IN THE SUPRISE ROUND OR MAKING THE WILDCARD TOURNAMENT. JUST CUZ TOM AND LEINAD ARENT IN IT YET DOESNT MEAN THEY WONT MAKE IT OVERALL ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. please eli take back this rule the players won't earn their spot in the grands. and also u do realize u will be qualifying 32 players and the other good people that are not in clans which would come up to about 50-60 players then 8 from the wildcard it would be 58-68. Thats too many people to do the grands with.
commentary looks good i think it should overall be a fun event cuz less people due to thanksgiving.
could someone tell me what the upside down text says i'm too lazy to tilt my head

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Sravan technically without them the Vaccinated Monks would not have won round two if I remember correctly, so they did earn their place. Plus Sravan the way the system is set-up it allowed 80+ finals qualifiers, so 68 isn't too many. Ok right now there are only 56 people qualified with Eli's new rule. Now there will be some new people that qualify in this tournament (4-20) and the wildcards new 8 people. That can go as high as 84 people so if you stop complaining and do math you would know that the 8 people that come in from the clans don't matter (in fact they work as a buffer giving a few matches lighter brackets in first rounds of the finals).

"Round up the usual suspects."
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Haha, even though he is my teammate, and a generally all-around good guy, I do find the "Ducking" verb funny. So, I assume this means that there won't be any nifty engraving on the back of the iPod this year, since there's no telling exactly who will win it? Man, that's going to be a tough choice for first place, I mean, they could pick the iPod, which is a great MP3 player <em>and</em> it plays videos, or they could pick the PSP, which also plays MP3's and videos, and it also plays games. Having said that, it has removable storage, and it takes a lot of work to encode the movies right away, whereas one can utilize iTunes to simply put videos and MP3's onto an iPod. Or, they could forgo all of that and simply pick the DS, because deep down inside we're all gaming nerds, and the DS is by far the best gamin machine there. Interesting choice.

Also, Sravan, yes, Leinad and I could probably make it in through the Wild Card tournament, but if we get screwed by either a stalling n00b in Melee, or get hit by so many Master Shells in Kart because of our pure dominance throughout the whole race, then we wouldn't be in the Grands. And we would cry. I also have a tendency to hit small children when I lose, and in an environment such as the AADL-GT, with the age balance being what it is, that would not end well for anyone. I like Eli's way of putting it: <em><strong>"Because the competition has been so intense this year, I don't want the wildcard tournament to be choked with solid players who just got beat by more solid players when it counted. I want wildcards to have a chance."</em></strong>

Also, I second Eli's comment about TP2 <strong>and</strong> his brother. Even when all of us where quibbling and squabbling (lol, what great words) about useless little things on this board, they always seemed to keep their comments a little bit above most of ours (Though Bad Driver's posts do leave a bit to be desired in the way of spelling and grammar, but hey, it's the internet, we'll let him slide> :-D)

Finally, for those of you too lazy to turn your heads (or computer monitors) upside down, here is the inverted text of Eli's post.

<em><strong>"Encyclopedia Trobe figured out that Eli sometimes takes a few days to respond to inane questions because he's busy, and videogame tournaments are just a small part of his job! Plus, he has a new baby! Encyclopedia Trobe smacked his head against the wall as the epiphany rolled over him like a wave of molasses. "Maybe I should try being more patient and polite!"</em></strong>

Also, finally, thanks for making it a video iPod. I figured that you probably hadn't purchased it before they switched it, but I just wanted to double-check, for my own greedy sake.

Ok, bye for now all!
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

thank Tom and Eli u guys raised my self esteem dramatically. Eli i do apprecaite being ranked with my brother. He is better than me and i crack under pressure easy. Also Tom and Leinad might be having bad seasons but, they have done a lot for the sport( yes i think it is a sport i will explain it later) and we should all appreciate that. when u all are playing games in the crowded smelly viedo game heaven rember me. peace
"Eli and Tom are awesome"

Tom close your tags. </strong></strong> Why did you have two strongs.

I'm glad to have made a memorable contribution to the game's vocab.

Sravan Without that 1000 points your clan would have won that round.

"Round up the usual suspects."
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Sorry, it looked just fine on my computer. Didn't realize there was a close tag missing.

Okay, Sravan, so you're saying that the only people that this could possibly benefit ever, are me and Leinad. Sorry, that's just a lie. Not an untruth, not a little bending of the truth, just a flat out lie. First off, Duck is right, though we may not have been the best (actually, neither of us did that well), we did make it possible for our clan overall to win that one tournament. Also, there are probably a lot of people in the other clans who deserve to get in just as much as we do.

Except the Noise Machine. They can stay out. It won't bother me at all.

And yes, shame Sravan for defending Black Shark. Shame, shame, shame.
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

To bad the entire Noise Machine made it to the surprise round last round. Plus Tom and Leinad are seniors that couldn't make it to some tournaments. As it is the Vaccinated Monk clan has the oldest members and unless I find suitable replacements for next year the clan will die this year. Depending on clans for next year I might be able to extend the life of our clan one or two years. You Sravan won't graduate until what 2010+ so you have plenty of years to win your prizes including two full years without Joe, Tom, Leinad, TP2, Miniblin, jlgelinas, Beebles, Pickwick, Dragoonblack or myself so letting Tom and Leinad come to their last round as finalist is hardly a burden to you since you have plenty of tournaments to go to after we're gone. Plus since The Turtle Clan won't be present you need a little more competition.

"Round up the usual suspects."
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Hey, Eli, how did u do that? Sweet! Sravan, u didn't have to stand up 4 me, let me do the talking. Major Tom, u should not insult me just because u r jealous and I have more points than u do, if u say that usual stuff about me being bad at MKDD and SSBM, look at the leaderboard and we'll see who's talking, y don't u just stick 2 commentating. I'm sorry I had 2 do taht, but u left me no choice.

Giggity Giggity Giggity, Alllllll Right!
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noah hes right. its not my fault that they couldnt go to the tournaments
on those days and they need to get their priorities straight. are u saying u want me to pity them or something? who else does it benifit?

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Skippy, Vash, Padouk, FES, Moses, The Loser, and Nilofar. I guess there are 9 not 8 must have missed Padouk the first time around.

I just think it makes Clan more important, which makes teamwork more important and makes better television. Plus I think your being too uptight about this. The tournaments are for FUN and you who has more time to win stuff then many of the strong players are obsessing over who gets in automatically. I mean come on this is Tom and Leinad's last season. This is Skippy, Vash, FES, Pickwick, DragoonBlack, Miniblin, jlgelinas, and my second to last season what happens here doesn't matter to you because you still have 5 years to beat up all the noobs and take the prizes. I mean in 4 years everyone is gone except You, Galen, Bad Driver, and the SDK clan you will have no competition and can just battle over who gets the iPod and who gets the Xbox 360. We only have this year and maybe next year to enjoy these tournaments so I'm not asking you to pity them I asking you to stop making such a big deal that 2 good contestants are getting in because Eli said so.

"Round up the usual suspects."
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if it is ur last season then u guys should have been good enough to get into the prize round cuz u are older and played the games more. i am so not pitying u eli come on take this rule back.

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Hello these tournament started <strong>last year</strong> if they had started in our 7th grade we would be the best in the city but we didn't bother playing them after a certain point because we had more interesting games to play, you know ones with storyline. We only played these games when we all got together and needed a party game. With the start of the monthly tournaments we started playing them again because we now have fun playing them since there aren't just a bunch of bots to play against. There that's why we aren't the far and wide strongest players at the tournaments. If you paid attention though <em>(like you would remember it)</em> you would notice that we tend to have better tactic and use more advance techniques then the younger players. Plus we have lifes outside videogames so we don't spend 4 hours playing SSBM everyday.
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Black Shark, you are an imbecile. I'm not insulting you because I think I'm better than you. I'm insulting you because the number of fingers and toes you have on your body add up to more than your IQ number. All you do all day is sit at your computer, and think of stupid things to say that make no sense to anyone yourself, and all the while you deface, mutilate and brutally slay the English language. Yes, according to the Leardboard, you have more points than me. Yet, think about it. The one match of SSBM that you and I were in together, what was the result again? Oh yes, I think you came in 3rd, while I came in first. That would be the only logical comparison of our skills against eachother, and therefore, according to that, I am better. But, if you would like to have another try before I wipe the floor with your lousy self, then let's fight before the next tournament on Saturday. 1-on-1. If you win, then I must have been on drugs. If I win, then you have to come on here and admit that I am a better melee competitor than you. If not, that's ok too, sissy.

Now, I turn my linguistic cannons onto you, Mr. Rengarajan. I also am not saying that I am better than you, because I am not. You, good sir, are much higher on the leaderboard than I am. Also, the one time we met in battle, you beat me fair and square. Although, I would like to point out that I <em>did</em> come back from losing one life to bring you down once as well, thereby taking the match into Sudden Death. However, once the match reached that point, I was doomed, because I am simply horrible in Sudden Death. AANYWAYS!!!! If you believe that all of the people who will qualify for the Grands in this manner are unworthy of particiation, then why don't you just come and beat us, Hmmm? And as to your comment about my inability to attend the August Tournament, I would just simply like to ask what you think the best way for me to get down to Ann Arbor from <strong>TRAVERSE CITY</strong> and back in time for the tournament, <em>all</em> without my Band director either noticing or caring. Second of all, you can obviously see that this benefits more people than Leinad and I, I believe it was about 9 or so, so why don't you just drop the argument now. If this were a real live debate, you wouldn't have an argumentative leg to stand on. Now be quiet, and just resign yourself to the fact that Eli has spoken, and that, short of murder, there's not a whole lot you can do about it.

Good day to you all.

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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

actually out of the 6300 points u guys got in round 2 tom and leinad combined got 1000 so it was u and beebles. they still did not earn their spot individually or as a team of 2 so i dont think giving them the privilage is fair. take moses for example his clan might not qualify for the cup and he might not qualify for the suprise round but if he is higher on the leaderboard than tom or leinad then it isnt fair to him(omg i just stood up for him*smacks self*). but yea the concept is still unfair to other skilled players who dont make into the suprise round. tom u forgot to close the HTML thing for bolding

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Goooood afternoon everyone!
Are you ready for the next round of our GT? Heck I sure am! (im like, really high right now) I have 2 subs that are ready to go and kickin....butt! The Reds are good to go!!! (I have had about 4 tablespoons of birthday cake frosting before this post) I feel sooo weird right now!
Start the Countdown! 1 week left!

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"Hein ist mein tag"
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In reply to by EvilBusDriver

i dont wanna be in the ad cuz i have to make my "its not lame i get paid" speech. this happens enough and i would have to make it like 500 more times if it was at quality 16. i wanna video ipod.

my friend saw harry potter on friday night and he said he saw the ad like 5 times. he said it was good and he was commenting on ugo and mario. good jobs with the ads guys. me nor darksoul can register for team mario kart...
when can black shark post again(he asked me to ask u guys)

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The 4th harry potter movie was good, but it barely followed the storyline and they took out the quidditch world cup instead of the Yule Ball :( it skipped about 4/5 of the book (i would know, iv read it more than u all). What's so bad about the ad at quality 16 anyway? The death eater looked like jesters from Gauntlet Dark Legacy as well, which suked even tho i have 3 different lvl 100 jesters in my game WAAAGGGGHH
Wind to thy wings, my bretheren[gtlogo:SDK]

I need to see the 4th HP soon. What do you guys think is the correct ettiquite when someone comments on the ad. Some people said to me today "hey Daniel, we saw you in an ad at Q16 yesterday." You can't really say "thanks" since none of us are really responsible for the ad. So what do you people think?

"Faulheit ist eine Tugend"
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Tom (PW2) are we putting your brother in for FES?

Oh yeah, Eli can you update our clan logo?

does anyone know how the DDR tournaments are run? i mean like do they just do game mode, or what? and is it scored by points or difficulty of the song? im new, so anyone feel generous enough o give a little info please?

Haven't checked the blog in a few weeks due to a school crunch and I see I've missed at least one or two interesting things &gt;_&gt;.

As for the Quality 16 commercial, that thing is sweet. And there's no saying that the cool kids don't watch CTN, half the crew team and a someone in my chem class commented on seeing me on the coverage last month xp. And despite the fact that my primary motivation is in fact the prizes, I can't use the "It's not lame I get paid" excuse since I've yet to get paid. =p

Second, letting eight clans in to the clan cup was excessive IMHO, now you want to let eight clans in to the single player grands? The grands is supposed to be the best of the best, that doesn't mesh with letting over 75% of the people who bothered to make a clan in. The wildcard is about giving solid players a last chance, if someone who has failed to qualify thus far wants to get in, they should have to do so through that channel. Qualification should not be handed to them on a silver platter on the merit of having simply cobbled together three friends and invented a name. =P

edit: tom posted while I was writing this, and although my problem was not with his exclusion specifically, in addition to the argumentative leg above I'd like to add another in responding to "If you believe that all of the people who will qualify for the Grands in this manner are unworthy of particiation, then why don't you just come and beat us, Hmmm?"

The same reason they don't let everyone in to the olympics. It's not that they are worried the random folks might win, it's that they have no reason to even suspect that they will win, since they have offered no proof of their potential to in the qualifiers. Why waste the time?

jlgelinas, think about it. A lot of the people in those top 8 clans <strong>have</strong> already qualified, so it doesn't really add a whole ton of people to the single player mix. I do agree with you though, 8 clans for the clan cup might be a bit much. Cause that allows the Noise Machine to qualify, and that will just never do. ;-)
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

<em>jlgelinas, think about it. A lot of the people in those top 8 clans have already qualified, so it doesn't really add a whole ton of people to the single player mix. I do agree with you though, 8 clans for the clan cup might be a bit much. Cause that allows the Noise Machine to qualify, and that will just never do. ;-)</em>

Top four would be stomachable =p

Hey Tom, I got in 2nd Place u dumba##, the only reason I lost was because we were fighting on Big Blue. I hate Big Blue. I really don't care about fighting u or not. Sure, I'll fight u, I might lose, I don't really give a flying f***, ok? Tom, just focus on the tournament and stop focusing on me and Sravan, u r acting like a child and u r almost graduating high school. U r a man and u should act like one. Stop being such a god damn baby and just shut the f*** up. I'm tired of u talking about me, I'm just tired of u talking at all. How 'bout this, y don't u just not post until the tournament and save ur voice for commentating, because if u keep taliking, u might lose ur voice and not be able to commentate this Saturday, or u can post when u actually have something INTERESTING TO TALK ABOUT. O, and when I have not made sense on any of my posts? And I'm a boy who SWEARS sometimes, ever heard of the word, u should really try it sometimes, not around here unless u want to be banned, u can always use these(*#%@!&^)

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Someone is agitated. You know telling someone to act like a man when you yourself are acting like a kid is pretty hypocritical. Yes Tom made a bit of an a** out of himself but he's pointing out flaws in your and Sravan's arguments not just whining about how someone is picking on him like you are.

"Round up the usual suspects."
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OK, first off, I have something to say to Black Shark

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First off, it doesn't matter what place you got, the point is that you lost. Second, you obviously <strong>do</strong> care about fighting, otherwise you wouldn'tve brought it up in the first place. Oh, just to make sure it penetrated your ultra-thick skull and got all the way down through the vast emptiness of your cranium to the mass of tissue that can maybe every once a month be referred to as a brain, I meant in melee. I wasn't quite sure if you got that. Thirdly, I am focused on the tournament, I've been practicing more now than ever this season, but I still can devote enough time to visiting the message boards, and I still feel the need to comment on whatever mindless drivel you spew out on here, because frankly it gets in the way of the real conversation. Sravan and I are actually debating something, and I am perfectly fine with agreeing to disagree, as I'm sure he is as well. You, on the other hand, need to take your own advice : "<em>...or u can post when u actually have something INTERESTING TO TALK ABOUT.</em>" You have no right to tell me that I have nothing interesting to talk about, when you're the one who got banned for a week for spamming, then were stupid enough to create another account to try and sneak by Eli, just so you could spam again. Fourthly, while you may be tired of me talking (which I can understand if it happens every now and again), I have two things to say to you. First off, I don't care. Secondly, I (and several other people on this board) are just as tired of hearing you being affected with Diarrhea Of The Mouth. Fifthly, you are a complete and utter disgrace to humanity if you believe that by not posting on these forums, that it will save my voice for commentating on the tournament. If you were smart (which, given every indication on this board to date, you are <strong>NOT</strong>), you would've told me to start being like you and posting everything that comes to your mind, so that my fingers would get tired for the tournament this Saturday. Sixthly, I believe that if a sane individual were to read every one of your posts and understand more than 10% of what you spew out through your keyboard, they wouldn't be allowed into a casino in Las Vegas because they are undoubtedly the most lucky individual on the face of the planet. Seventhly, and I hope finally, I do swear. I swear all the time. I simply refrain from it on this board to try and keep the dignity level up around here, and there are children who visit this board, and if they do learn those words (which they undoubtedly do, going to Ann Arbor Schools), I don't want to be the one contributing to it. Also, if you were to read my flame against Monkeyman in a previous thread, I have sworn on here before, and used the various number-key symbols to cover parts of the word (Actually, I think I only used asterisks). TurtlePerson2 was kind enough to point out the futility of this, since everyone basically know what you're saying anyways, and from that point on I have refrained from doing so on these message boards. Swearing is a very bad habit, and I am partially sorry that I have picked it up, but sometimes nothing else works when you're so angry that you need to swear. You are <strong>obviously</strong> anrgy enough to feel the need to swear. I, however, feel that swearing at you would be a waste of my time and energy, both of which could be devoted to more important things.

<strong>To everyone else</strong>: I'm sorry that you all have to be subjected to my long-winded rants, but there really isn't another way to express my feelings to this ingrate, except for on here or at the tournament, if we happen to be placed in a bracket together. If any of you actually have real concerns, or things that I do that you don't like, please let me know. I'm trying to be as nice to you as you are to me, but if I am flamed, I will turn around and flame you right back.

<strong>To Sravan:</strong> I must admit, you do have a mostly valid argument against the clan members also qualifying for the Single-Player tournament as well. The only flaw in your logic that I see is that it doesn't just benefit Leinad and I. Like I told jlgelinas, it doesn't really add all that many people into the Grands, and even if it does, and they only got in through the success of their clan, it just simply means easier points and matches for you, right? Also, I have to ask, if you were in my situation, wouldn't you want this new rule? Yes, I will admit, I can see your side of the issue too. But, I am me, and so therefore I must agree with me. If I didn't, some sort of paradox-type thingy would happen, and that will just never do. I do however, beg of you that neither you or I will let our debates sink to the pond-scum level of the conflicts between myself and The Loser Formerly Known As Black Shark. Besides, we'll probably meet in the Grands, and you can kick the crap out of me then like you did last time :-D.

Ok, I believe that is enough for now, unless Mr. BS himself (hahaha) comes back with another unintelligible reply, then I shall return. Like I said before though, if any of the other rational members of this board have any real complaints against me, please let me know. Save for the members of the Noise Machine, and the insult to the Jewish Religion as a whole (Black Shark), I don't want to offend anybody on this board.
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k this sounds so lame but i've always wanted to say it
good thing theres snow outside cuz u just got BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRNED.
o and also
call the paremedics cuz u just got BURRRRRRRRRRRRNED
*crowd goes OUCH*

k im done. u are right if i was in your position i would support the new rule so i'm gonna stop arguing about the new rule cuz i can do nothing about it but it ends our very well thought out debate. tom in that long paragraph/blaze i didn't quite catch if u accepted his challenge.

eli u forgot to add in this thread the link to the release form. it would be wise to add it cuz of all the ppl that will come to the site after seeing the ad. as for which commentators which game i think me and joe should do melee cuz we are more knowledgble(lol im saying i'm knowledgble and i can't even spell it) in that game not saying u guys aren't cuz u are more in mario kart. when one of us has to play one of the other 2 will take over as reflief. i liked the commentary booth last time one of the best parts especially garunteeing pizza(thanks diego).

not asking for too much, during the wildcard tournament in december can there be seperate room for the clan cup ppl to wait in where we can play some open play rounds(because the clan cup is in the beggining and since all the clan cup ppl are qualified)till the wildcard tournament is over because i predict the grands will be PACKED with people and it will be a lot more roomy(weird adjective) in the multi-purpose room. we don't want to watch a bunch of noobies play anyway. i am watching the wildcard from last year and i saw at least 3 races where 1st place over lapped someone.

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Bah, no. Evil Bus Driver was right, there's no way to hold him accountable to his end of the bargain. It'd be very noticeable if I gave up my commentary spot, but even if he did say I was better than him, he wouldn't believe it himself. So no, I didn't. I do thank you for keeping our debate, as you put it, thoughtful indeed. I'm trying not to sound too whiny, and to not argue over things that are pointless, but yes, I believe we've said all that we can say. People know our positions, and if they want to state theirs, that's fine as well. And, your comment was pretty good, given the current conditions outside. :-)
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Yeah, I saw.
I'm fine with that, Duck and I will do Kart, since we probably would be better than that anyways, like you said. However, I do like the way that it was last time, where if someone was in a round, then we just grabbed the nearest available person. I think as long as the people who are assigned to a specific game get a large majority of the commentating time on that game, it's fine. If Duck or I commentate on a melee match while you and Joe are playing, or if you and Joe commentate on a Kart race, I think that'll be fine. And, as long as muffincat keeps her commentary clean (lol, that time when she swore was <em>hilarious</em>), then we can let her on as well.

And, I think we can all agree that we need to keep Galen out of the commentary room. For everybody's sake.

As far as the other room goes, I don't think the library has enough systems, games and/or TVs to satisfy that requirement, I think that everything that the GT uses will be put to use for the Wildcard. If they do that, then it will go faster, and we won't have to spend quite so long watching said n00bs battling. :-P

Oh, Sravan, one word of warning: Just don't let commentating get in the way of one of your matches... ;-)
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

U think I got burned, didn't u, well aren't u proud, Tommy Boy,r u a sissy urself for not accepting the wager on which I wagered for this challenge? Let me just say that I don't believe u swear at all. U r a f###ing GEEK. U r 100% a Geek, if not 100, then 1000% a GEEK. If u really think I was affended by that comment, then u really r quite stupid, for a GEEK. Tell me Tom, do u enjoy commentating, do u? Well, for the wager, I don't want to take ur place, u can keep that awful job. I would never get it anyway. Apparantly u would have 2 be a GEEK to commentate, u would have 2 talk about stuff like the history of MKDD and SSBM, no sports style either, apparantly, u PEOPLE hate sports. Tom, u sound boring, I think Stephen Hawking would do a much better job than u, I bet even a 95 year-old man would sound better than u, if u were to ever commentate a football game, John Madden would probably beat u up for an eternity. So, y don't u commentate for these last 2 tourneys, it will be ur last, u will be going off 2 college and maybe while ur at Harvard or Yale, u would probably be made fun of and very lonely and u would have no choice but 2 drop out and go back and live in the library and u would have 2 commentate again, but wouldn't it be silly 2 commentate as a college chum, for the tournament filled with High Schoolers and Middle Schoolers, u would have 2 do that 4 the rest of ur life. Who wants 2 commentate for a video game tournament for kids at the age 20? I sure as hell wouldn't.

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Moses, if you are honestly throwing 'Geek' around in here as if it's some sort of insult, you've been paying even less attention than it seems, and if anyone deserves the label of '1000% a GEEK', it ought to be me, King of Geeks.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I think that a career as a professional videogame commentator would be pretty incredibly awesome. What we're trying to do with the commentary owes its existence to the traditions of sports broadcasting, which was once more about history, knowledge, and insight than about sportscenter-style catch phrases and guttural interjections.

So, since you don't want to commentate, Moses, does that mean you won't ask me about it this Saturday, not even a single time? That would be nice, because last month you asked me about 15 times. =)

As I've always stressed, Moses, I'm looking for high-quality commentary, and we all know that the Tom and Leinad show delivers. I'm sorry you're bitter. I was actually hoping that Tom and Leinad would be available to commentate at some tournaments next year as volunteers and elder statesmen.

Anyway, enough about the squabbles of yet another trainwreck of a thread. There will be open play at the DDR events, and registration is not required. As for my apparently controversial decision to allow the clans to get players into the Grands, first, we all know that making it into the Grands bracket doesn't mean much. The competition is going to be brutal. I'm also looking for ways to decrease the pool for the wildcards so that it doesn't take as long as it did last season, and while this decision has a small impact, every little bit helps. I'm also thinking about a leaderboard-based Grand qualification, to further decrease the wildcard pool, what would you guys think of that?

Furthermore, I'm hoping to increase clan participation next season, and we'll discuss that at the planning meeting, but I think that if clanship increases your chances at a shot at the big prizes, that's excellent enticement to form a clan. As for my 8-clan inclusion, you may notice that results in a number of players that matches our capacity for simultaneous players.

Also, welcome, leboogieman. Ian K. is a bit of a standout at our DDR tournaments, but he is a very, very skilled player, as is Piratey Critter. Ian K.'s signature piece is Break Down on Heavy, and at one tournament, he got a 300+ combo on it. However, if you play at standard or heavy and can get A's on 7-9 foot songs, you've got an excellent shot at a prize. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Sravan, we won't really have a specific place for the Clan Cup players to wait during the wildcards. However, that is a moment that Kart DS was born to fill...

wow ppl posting while i sleep.

i think a leaderboard based grands is an excellent idea(mainly cuz i'm 2nd soon to be 1st i hope). maybe we could do it seeded. decreasing the wildcard is also a good idea have like 32 wildcard people and 4 of them qualify for the grands(in melee qualifications they can all play at once and same with kart eliminations). in the mario kart DS will the library provide a DS that we can use to play?
To pickwick:if u still read this blog me and darksoul want to play u in melee on saturday(he's still mad about that sudden death victory even though u beat him fair and square in october). just for fun no bets or anything. i too want to play you because i was playing darksoul yesterday in 1st to 25 wins 1v1 and the score was about 25-3 me.

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I'm probably one of the people who would be in wildcard and then qualify, I just hope there will only be 3 other good people in the wildcard. O, Eli, y do u know go with scheduling SSBM then MKDD, u did that last time, y? Lions play in 1 hour, 8 minutes!

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Oh I just realized I never explained why I was laughing at Moses' post. First off Tom swears quite a bit because of varied reasons but saying he doesn't is like saying Leinad is a trouble student. Tom isn't a 100% Geek he has yet to beat me in geekyness (not like he tries). I mean come on I came up with the idea of 'Badges'. Being a geek isn't that bad if you think about it. When you are 35 you will have your football team to follow and that's about it for excitement in your life. Big deal it only happens in the fall. I on the other hand will be able to go to conventions almost every week where I can see old friends, play games, go to panels, and all around have a great time. So being a geek isn't all that bad after you get out of middle school. Ok next funny thing BS said was tom going to Harvard or Yale yes he could go there if he was so cheap. Seriously he is so hard to get money out of that people give up after the first school year. Plus I would like to commentate video game tournaments if it's just in my free time (or I get paid for it). Should I point out that Eli is 30 and he commentated last year?

"Round up the usual suspects."
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Eli commentated? Ok, then forget what I said, Geeks can be cool(I'm not one, but I'm still cool) I was angry that day and my brother was telling what to write, he had a knife in his hand.

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Good Morrow!
Ah, it's good to be back; my computer was, alas, divested of its functionality for some time by a defect in its hard drive.
To Sravan: I would be only too happy to engage you and Darksoul in combat. I will attempt to arrive at the Library at or before the time at which it is to open in order to facilitate this operation. Oh, and I, for one, would enjoy possessing knowledge regarding Black Shark's sordid secret.

To Major Tom: Sir, I would like to congratulate you on your 'flame' of the forum's resident 'angry person'; the degree (literally) of your success may be measured by the temperature reading of the responding post. I think you and Leinad are superb commentators, and it would be a sad day for the gaming community as a whole if Black Shark were granted access privileges with regard to microphones.

To Eli, Great and Mighty King of Geeks: Sir, I have rented "Paper Mario 2: The Thousand-Year Door" (which, previously, I had played only briefly), and intend to finish it, as with its predecessor, within two or three days, at which point I shall know whether I may safely stick to my original statement, made in a state of semi-informedness[pronunciation: in-for-med-Ness], or whether I should bow down to your expert opinion and beg forgiveness for my error in judgment.

To All: Happy Thanksgiving, good luck on Saturday, and
Good Day!!!

-----------His Mightiness, the Twice-Returning Single Melee Champion, The Right Honourable Lord Pickwick the Second, Earl of the White House [his last name=White], Member of Parliament.--------

Pr0, that wont be needed. Pickwick, if u read the other posts, I said I didn't want that job anyway.

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<em>"Pickwick, if u read the other posts, I said I didn't want that job anyway."</em>

Wow. Just freakin' wow. Black Shark, if I went back through all of the threads in this forum and counted the number of times you had asked, nay, <strong>begged</strong> Eli to let you commentate, then it would take approximately 3,000 hours of my time today that could be well devoted to eating delicious Thanksgiving food. Second, I <strong>do</strong> swear a lot, as Duck, Leinad and Bubblingbeebles can well attest to. Also, I am a geek. I will admit it, and in this forum, wear your inane and idiotic comment as a badge of pride. As for your wager, I didn't accept it, because, let's be honest, Helen Keller herself could've seen how stupid and idiotic that wager was. There was no way to hold you accountable to your end of the bargain. We all know that you would rather be smacked in the face 42 times with a large metal chair (which I would be happy to do) than to admit I'm better than you. And furthermore, even if you were to admit that I am better than you, we all know that you would never really mean it, and that you would be lying through your teeth every time you said it. As for my commentating abilities, I again state that I don't care at all for what you think. I don't care about your so-called <em><strong>"Sports Style"</strong></em> of commentating, because throwing around mindless catch-phrases and banter back and forth are sure signs that one is a complete and utter idiot. Also, if I ever was unfortunate enough to have to commentate on a football game, and John Madden <strong>did</strong> try to beat me up, I would merely have to grab a piece of fried chicken, and he would run his fat butt whichever way I through it. I don't hat sports at all. I actually love playing sports, as long as it's with my friends, or at least with people I know won't try to rip my body limb from limb after each play (emphasis on <strong>try</strong>). The thing that I hate most is idiots like you. People like you are the kind of people who have taken hundreds of thousands of tackles in football <em>without</em> realizing that it would be better for you to wear a helmet, so you can try and save what little is left of that piece of crap you sometimes utilize to perform functions that would be normally performed by a regular person's brain. As far as Stephen Hawking's commentating, I wouldn't know; I do, however, know that he is quite a good rapper, for having a computerized voice. Also, I'm shocked, stunned, and amazed that you even know who Stephen Hawking is, let alone that you have the mental capacity left in your brain to retain such information along with the plethora of utterly useless sports trivia you keep in that hole that your face sits on. Finally, I am not going to Harvard or Yale for college. I am going to Eastern Michigan University. Now, before you start calling me names again, let me point out that I want to become a teacher, and Eastern is by far the best school in the country to become a teacher. I know, their football team isn't the greatest, but I don't care. I <strong>also</strong> know that they do take people with lower grades, which means that if I was still attending Eastern in oh, 2019 or so, then I would be unfortunate enough to meet your sorry carcass again. Fortunately, I will be gone long before then, and you probably wouldn't get into Eastern, they generally want applicant's test scores to be in the double digits when applying. Yes, for your information (and Eli's, and everyone else's, for that matter), I will be returning next year to every tournament, and competeing in the adult tournaments (and maybe even the major 6-12 tournaments, if I can convince Eli well enough ;-)), and I will also still be an active message board participant. While that unfortunately means that I will have to see you again, I believe that the pro's far outweigh you, which must mean that there are a <em>heck</em> of a lot of pro's. Finally, I will again issue the same challenge to you that I did before. A one-on-one Super Smash Bros. Melee match before the actual tournament begins. I'll even let you pick the level that we fight on. If you accept, you need only to post your response on here by Saturday morning, and I will be sure to show up early enough to wipe your sorry character sprite all over the virtual arena.

I would also like to issue that same challenge to any other people who visit this message board; If any of you would like to take me on, I will gladly accept. I make following stipulation for our match, however: our match must be on Final Destination. That way, nobody can complain about the level making them lose. Black Shark, you can pick whatever level you want for us to fight on.

Finally, Black Shark, I must issue you a warning. I have now flamed you an equal number of times that you have (tried to do) me. However, I do warn you of the following: <strong><em>IF YOU POST ONE MORE FLAME AGAINST ME BETWEEN NOW AND SATURDAY'S TOURNAMENT, I WILL RETURN ON YOU WITH A FLAME SO VICIOUS THAT I WILL MOST CERTAINLY BE BANNED FROM THIS FINE MESSAGE BOARD COMMUNITY FOR AT LEAST A WEEK, IF NOT MORE. BELIEVE ME, I AM PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF STOOPING TO YOUR LEVEL, YOU NEED ONLY TO PROVOKE ME ENOUGH.</strong></em> I beg of you to consider this the next time you sit yourself down at your computer keyboard. Also, another word of warning. Once we're outside the library property, I have not problems with rending you limb from limb, until the pieces left of you are so small that they would be smaller than a McDonalds Chicken McNugget.

To the rest of you, I again apologize for making you all sit through my return-flame again, and I thank you for bearing with me while I deal with this ingrate. Yes, Duck, I don't believe there is anybody who comes to this tournament who can out-geek you (and I mean that in a good way).

Finally, to everybody (except Black Shark), have a wonderful rest of your Thanksgiving, and remember: The average amount of food consumed today is 4500 calories worth!!! ;-)
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Why would I want 2 go to EMU? That filthy school has nothing but a bunch of men who rape women and a low IQ, they don't have a single good sports team. I'm going to Michigan, a place that is ACTUAL A COLLEGE UNIVERSIY. Wolverines can kill Eagles anytime. I least I have a life with a GIRLFRIEND. U want ur girlfriend to be some princess from one of those geeky computer games u play everyday. Hello, how can u f*** a digital person? Good Luck at EMU, u will need it. U will probably be raped, by a WOMEN.

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You want to know something Black Shark (like you would), rapes happen in great numbers at all collage institutions. Plus I don't think you stand a chance to go to Michigan if they looked at the mindless babble you posted here.

Ok on a lighter note Tom has had a girlfriend. Geeks tend to do better with women then sports freaks since you know we listen and appreciate them. So when your 30 living alone waiting for the football season to start we'll have lives.

Oh yeah I'm at my Grandparents also. Thankfully they live in town.

"Round up the usual suspects."
[gtplayer:139]
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You know, I was going to post a very long (almost Pickwick-esque in length) post on here, containing very offensive language, but then I realized something, Black Shark. You are not worth my time. You are simply a disgrace to humanity. I cannot believe that you were actually created. I'm going to stop listening to anything you say on here from now on, because I am purely convinced that nothing you have to say will be relevant. However, I will warn you, should you get in my face ever, I will have no qualms about taking "Mama"'s advice: They weren't joking when they said "Mama said knock you out!"

Frankly, in response to your post, I think you are a despicable human being, and whatever day you are thankfully taken from this Earth should be made into a worldwide celebration day. You contribute nothing good to society, you have nothing useful to say, and, to be perfectly honest, I hate you. I wish you would go away and never return. Sadly, that cannot happen, so I will have to content myself with the knowledge that I am, and always will be, better than you. Not necessarily at one thing in particular, just better than you in general.

Oh, one more thing: Lusting over a girl who sits on the other side of the room from you in your 4th Hour <strong>DOES NOT</strong> make her your girlfriend.
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

Also, to anyone who is interested, I'll be holding an impromptu Mario Kart DS Tournament this Saturday. If you want to participate, just post here. If you don't own a DS or don't own Mario kart for it, I'm sure someone will be glad to loan you their DS, as long as you treat it nicely.

(This is obviously for everyone <strong><em>Except</em></strong> Black Shark)
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

...Ah, the silence is wonderful...
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

In reply to by tomcove6888

I don't care what u think, U think I have a made up girlfriend, fine, think that way, ur just jealous. I'm going to ignore everything u say form now on. People like u shouldn't belong on this "thing". Y don't u go back to ur mom and take a s*** on ur turkey and let ur mom smack u into the next century.

Jealous of what? Of you? I don't think it's physically possible for someone to be jealous of a walking, talking, piece of shit like yourself. People like <strong>YOU</strong> don't belong here. All you do is come in here to try and annoy people. Well, it's worked. And I swear to God, if you ever try to insult me face-to-face, so help me <strong>I</strong> will smack <strong>YOU</strong> into next century. And <strong>that's</strong> a f***in' promise.
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

wow noah u have gone far enough and i'm gonna reveal your secret.

u guys know we used to respect black shark when the new website was first created in early july until he started getting into fights with the older players(not me he knows what i'm capable of). Then we all started to hate him including eli and basically declared him the outcast of the blog until he blames all those flames on his brother....funny story is it WASENT his brother it was HIM. i remember a post from duck saying ur brother has an attitude of an 11 year old but it turns out his brother is 17 an he is 14 can u believe that. 14 and still in 8th grade with an attitude of an 11 year old WOW. as for your so called "gf" i will find out if u are really telling the truth i have connections.

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Go Sravan. Find that poor girl, and reveal to her what she is in fact, getting herself into. And who she's letting get into her.
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

Hey Eli, can we make some sort of restriction as to where the Noise Machine can be? Like: "Either you stay in [x position] or you don't make noise at all" Last tournament I had a few matches with members of their clan, and one of the Durskis got so annoying with that stupid little party horn that I wanted to punch him in the face. Just warning everyone, cause this time, I <em>will</em> punch him in the face.
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

I agree with this. The drums also pissed me off. Infact, I lost a match because of that goddamn horn... It sucked...

Also, I'd like to ask whether or not items can be disabled in the 1 v 1 matches if both players agree to take them out and if the final match could be played on a neutral map (Dream Land 64, Final Destination, Fountain of Dreams, Battlefield, Yoshi's Story(the 3 platform one), etc.)

I just think it shows the true winner on a map that doesn't advantage one character. The reason I think items should be optional is that it adds a new factor into the match; RANDOM CHANCE. If a hammer spawns next to a person in the middle of the fray, or a Maximum Tomato or some other cheap item, the match can be over, even if the other player is not as good his/her opponent. I got knocked out once because my opponent got a legendary pokemon, a maximum tomamo, two hammers and a starman, all of which I had no chance of getting.

That was all about SSB:M , by the way.

i dont mind items on or off but i perfer them off cuz u cant get lucky.

the noise makers are such nice people outside of axis. i met them at mcdonalds and they let me cut in line thanks guys. also they are friendly, athletic, nice, and humorous. i find it funny that they are trying to mess people up but its just a game guys u shouldnt get too worked up about it. there are always people watching you screaming USE THE MUSHROOM or USE THE COUNTER. they are basically the same thing. they even apoligized for monkeyman cuz his brother is in the clan i think he is tub o lard or d-rex.

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I actually agree with all of u, seriously, I want to beat the s*** out of those Noise Makers. Tom, I was wrong about u, u do have some spunk, but Eli might ban u 4 a week. Let's forget about this whole mess and let's focus on beating the s*** out those Noise Makers, Whose with me!

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Not me, I like dumb luck, because Im not one the better SSBM players, someone really goood might agree with u, but people who r bad at SSBM(like me) wouldn't agree with u.

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But the glory of it is that if you don't want items on in your game, you don't have to have them on. If your opponent asks if you want items on, just say "yes", and it's all good.

If two people don't want items on in a 1v1 match, they shouldn't have them on. What good is an L-Cancel or a Wavedash if your opponent just got a Maximum Tomato and the Hammer?

lol like no one uses advanced techniques in ann arbor. i actually have some combos and i short hop. i used to sheild grab but not that much anymore. fox's reflector rules. which character do u use?

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In reply to by TheKoolAidGuy

I play Fox and Ice Climbers for the most part. Shinespiking is the win.

I actually wavedash all the time with the Climbers. It's pretty much how I move. Unfortunately, I didn;t have a GC until a bit after last tourney, so now I'm better. Just gotta work on my Shuffling.

I would say if you can't deal with the unknown you can't be expected to win. Would the army say you can't use AK47s or you can't use guerrilla tactics because they work to well or we can't fight in cities or in the desert, well they might not like people using them but they don't expect them to not. I find that even if I'm farther away from an item I can grab it first because I learned how to grab items at even possible chance because I play marth and he needs them to fight long range. I am the only person here that prefers to fight with items on then items off and that's because I saw them and said "I'd like to use these to there full potential" when other people a said they were unfair. Plus I like randomness because they never know what’s coming.

Moses why do you need something to hate, can't you just have fun without demonizing someone?

"Round up the usual suspects."
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Duck, it's a hard life but I got to hate something, I'm a H8R. I actually hate the Noise Clan sooooooooo much, that the hatred 4 Tom is gone, it's like it's blank now. I just want to whale on those noise-making f***wads. I agree with Rupert, Sravan, these people are not funny if money is on the line! Think about it! So who will help me with sabatoging the NM clan? I was think of bringing some kind of poking instrument to cut their drumbags. U see, if me or we cut their drumbags, they'll be total DOUSCHEBAGS. (Eli, tell me if that was a naughty word to say on the post, if it is, give me a warning)

O, I ate 1 leg and 1 wing, and 4 pieces of pie
1 apple
3 pumpkin
How did u guys do?

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<em>I would say if you can't deal with the unknown you can't be expected to win. Would the army say you can't use AK47s or you can't use guerrilla tactics because they work to well or we can't fight in cities or in the desert, well they might not like people using them but they don't expect them to not.</em>

The whole "if you can't win under any circumstances you shouldn't win at all" arguement is so ridiculous. You shouldn't have to be able to triumph at any odds in order to claim victory in a tournament, simply triumphing given even odds (ie: no items) is what proves that you are better than someone elese. In war fighting over resources and ideals being able to win under any circumstances is important, but professional competitions worldwide agree, when it's about simply determining who is best, even odds are the only option.

Sorry it was the turkey talking and the whole working with a strange keyboard (seriously it drove me nuts). I meant to say "if you can't handle". Well who said we are professionals. We aren't out to prove who's best at a single aspect we are looking for the whole package so we play with anything goes. Plus these are mainly for fun and to increase youth library attendance not really to prove who is the state champ at Melee or DD.

"Round up the usual suspects."
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flare u gotta call me, or will u be at the ddr tournament. i'm bringing a friend who says he can beat ian after i told him what all ian has done.
come on guys watch those videos they are funny making fun of video games.

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I was Uncle Meat, but back then I was a Falco player who sucked, seeing as I didn't have a gamecube/no mojo.

FPS Doug is from Purepwnage, dude. PurePwnage.com I think. Just google it.

Oh, and Duck, I have a lot more fun playing A FAIR GAME than getting owned by a friend who I consistantly beat out of the tourneys, just because he got lucky with items.

EDIT: Also, you're talking about EVERY ASPECT! Items is not the only aspect of play. If you say that, do you mean the entire tournament should be played in things varying from Heart Containers set on very high on tiny melee, to 20 stock no timelimit invisible melee with no items?

Also, if the tourney is about fun, then why shouldn't two people play no items if they both agree on it. It's gonna be more fun if you both get to do what you want.

Ok if you find playing the same game over and over again fun, by all means have fun. In the so called expert tournaments all they do it the same move sets over and over again. It gets very boring when all some one ever does is shuffle, wavedash and L-cancel. That's why I play with items; I like the change of pace. I remember playing you at the melee open, that was such a boring match because I could see you were going to win it and the DK stage we were on destroys a good number of items so there wasn’t much chance of me getting what I needed to turn the balance.

I would love to have the very extremes but we have a time constraint and everyone here would yell at Eli for it.

As for the two people agreeing on it I don't see why not as long as you put it back into the regular form after you're done.

"Round up the usual suspects."
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OK, Black Shark. You're right, we should both can drop this. It was getting pretty bogus by the end there. But, don't break any of the Noise Machine's stuff, that's just being too savage about it. The best thing to do would be to take it from them, and hide it somewhere where they'll never think to look for it.

I think that the no items idea is very bad, because it's not a part of the original idea of the game. The whole point of the items in both of these games is to even the playing field for the people who aren't as good. For some reason, most of you guys don't seem capable of really grasping that concept yet. Don't worry, it'll come to you eventually. Besides, Mr. Faraway, like Duck said, these are more for fun, with prizes thrown in. If you want to be really all that serious about it, then go to someplace like www.smashboards.com. That's a place for people more your speed. Just because you get beat because you do the same things over and over again while people hit you with items doesn't mean that you can complain enough to take away items so that you can win by doing the same things over and over again. That's not how we roll here at the AADL-GT. If you don't like it, well, too bad, cause we ain't changin' it.
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

yea fps doug is funny. BOOM HEAD SHOT. I CAN DANCE ALL DAY I cAN DANCE ALL DAY. tom and duck watch the decline videos they are hillarious. the 1st one isnt that funny but the 2nd and 3rd ones are good.
for example they make fun of the mario games because they make too many so in the distant future they have like mario accountancy and mario sete the VCR to make fun of it. then they have Final Fantasy XVIXVIXIVXIVIXVIVIVIXIVXI with a bunch of roman numerals. its funny trust me.
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Alright, I will. I can't right now, cause I'm on my slow computer, but I will later.

Lol, it was funny... I was watching the DVD from last year's Grands (cause I had nothing better to do on Thanksgiving), and during the Battles for the Grands, Leinad was like "I hope Sravan loses." That just made me laugh for some reason. I'm not too sure why, but it did. :-D
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

I have watched them. I watched them some time ago. I would have to agree that Mario games seem to be heading into every gimmick there is but at least they haven't made it a card battle yet, Snake I'm looking at you. The good thing is they are bringing back the old school super Mario world and they are making another Mario RPG both for the DS.

"Round up the usual suspects."
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In reply to by Sir Ducksalot

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!THIS SUCKS! NOW ALL OF THE BAD PEOPLE LIKE TOM, LENAD AND MAYBEE EVEN T-UNIT! (no offence t- unit but you are not that good to say the least) so all of the people who stink but have good freinds coughtomandleinadcough get in and Tom why do you think that the noise machine sucks, because their whole clan is ahead of you.
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In reply to by ryanhibbs4@gmail.com

I made no indication of their skill, you putrid, vile and idiotic piece of crap. First off, no, they're <strong>not</strong> ahead of me, they're in 5th while the Vaccinated Monks Clan is in 3rd. And as far as I know, 3rd is a better place to be in than 5th. Read the leaderboard before you open your fat, annoying mouth. I was referring to their annoying tactics during the tournament. Although, I guess it's not that bad that they're all there, because then I can laugh right into their faces when I wipe them all over the place.
As for you, you don't bother me. I know that you may think you're something, but you're not. You're an insignificant speck on the windshield of life, and I'm about to turn on the wipers.
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The only reason they do well is because of there stupid out of game tactics. If they didn't bother people so much with there noise they would do well at all. It's just like last year Derek (sp?) distracted Leinad during the final round of a event and the trouble monkey steroid use only Eli is allowing it. It's really getting annoying and I have been pushed to actual violence against them. I could handle cheering and even something with rhythm but they just make noise and it's not cool.

"Round up the usual suspects."
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In reply to by ryanhibbs4@gmail.com

Well, this is why we can't have nice things. I'm glad that you guys have put this flamewar behind you, but it doesn't change the fact that both Tom and Moses said some highly inappropriate stuff, and your comment about EMU, Moses, was WAY over the line... as someone who just got posting privileges back, and whose clan points are already in jeopardy due to your antics, you ought to think a little harder before you post.

As for the rest of you (especially you, Major Tom), don't feed the troll.

Now, Rupert, I'm glad that Sir Ducksalot agrees with your no items agreement proposal, but he (as he well knows) does not have the authority to make that kind of decision. While you're welcome to play without items during open play, it's important to have the same rules for everyone, and the rules for our tournaments (at least this season) are to fight with items set to med. I totally consider the item and stage setup to be on the table for next season, however, so if you want to advocate for no-item fighting, come to the february planning meeting and make your case. For this weekend, your scheduled matches have got to conform to the rules, even if you and your opponents agree to break the rules together.

However, this isn't a contest of who is best. It's a contest of who is best at Super Smash Brothers Melee, and Super Smash Brothers Melee is a game with ITEMS, and tough stages, and lots of other chance elements. Playing Super Smash Brothers without items is like playing Mario Kart without items. That's what the game is! If you don't like it, take it up with Masahiro Sakurai.

You all ought to now that I treasure the effects of chance in a videogame, and I love the opportunity it gives the less skilled players to you know, get <em>lucky</em> and defeat a more skilled player. It happens in all forms of competition. It's something you ought to be able to handle. Also, I'm driving this boat, so my opinions count. =)

However, I am willing to compromise, although not in the middle of a season, and I would accept a reduced item and stage set for next season, similar to the PAX rules, with a list of banned stages and items that those of you who are unable to accept random defeat feel are the 'cheapest'. We'll talk about it at the planning meeting.

As for the Noise Machine, let me remind you (and them) that I have banned them from using any percussion instruments, and I think that their impact at Round 3 was sufficiently managed as a result.

And Monkeyman, I think that people who think that the Noise Machine sucks don't think that it sucks because of their scores or abilities. Maybe it's something else! The Noise Machine, who are all great guys, have inspired a lot of rage and ill will this season, and I'm not sure that their tactics have been worth it. Hopefully next season, they'll take a less obnoxious approach towards their fellow players.

OK, DDR starts in 45 minutes. Hope to see you all here!

Yeah, Eli, you're right (as usual), and I'm sorry for the stuff that I said that was a bit harsh (which was quite a lot of it, actually).

Garrrr, really? Shoot, I was going to try to come to that. Wait, is there open play?

EDIT: Yes, there is. Shoot.
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

Yup, there's open play, and open play will actually continue all the way through tonight's all-ages DDR tournament.

The Gamecube network is open until 8:30 PM tonight, come make the most of it!

I'm sorry 2 Eli, at least I but all of that behind me, C ya tommorow, no more naughtyness from these lips. My lips r sealed.

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At the last turny we(noise machine) didn't made any noise exept in the begining WHEN WE DID BAD.
we got 2nd for the whole thing including 2 mario kart 2nd overall by me.

I don't ever annoying lenad last year,and it was I who won the sp.

oh snap its like 21 hours oh snap. 70 bucks richer 70 bucks richer!
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Good Morrow!
Mr. Noise Machinist, I must inquire as to the veracity of your statement regarding the presence, or lack thereof, of aural interference during the preceding month's event. There was a flute/whistle-wielding miscreant (I won't dignify them by attaching the designation "musician") whose vile, reprehensible attempts at bringing harm to the performance of competitors via the production of piercing sound waves at a near proximity to the auditory receptacles of the intended victim were ubiquitous throughout the day. Are you denying that the discourteous poltroon was of a kin to the infamous tribe of base ruffians who have been charged with similar acts throughout their miserable history of blighting the face of this planet with their presence? The implement with which the noise was made was in the possession of an ignoble entity which I have tagged in my mind as being one of those despicable creatures in command, at a certain point, of the drumset utilised for the selfsame purpose in September.

I have been fortunate enough not to be afflicted directly by such a cretinous attempt at sabotage as of even date, but I would like to volunteer my services for the early divestment, and, with luck, defenestration of any and all such noise-producing implements, with or without their owners, and I urge others to do the same.

Mr. joesmo, I really must thank you for congratulating me on my soon-found wealth; I shall be sure to send a full measure of pre-emptive gratitude with this post.

The newly-proposed item plan meets my full approval. At what date in February is the planning session to be, Monsiegneur des Roy de la Geeks? If it has not yet been set, may I humbly request a time late in the month, so as to avoid the Robotics Season which shall inevitably consume much of the first two months of the year for myself, in addition to the eminent Sir Ducksalot, finklestein, and vwampage, if not others who have, as yet, not appeared in my admittedly-faulty memory in the form of their names? If this is not possible, let it be known that no highly-important reordering of the heavens will occur, not a star will blip out of existence, and the Four Horsemen will remain content merely to reshoe their horses, rather than riding across the face of the planet atop them.
As always, good luck, and
Good Day!
---------Pickwick the Second---------
PS: Actually, Mr. Chicken, I regret to inform you that it shall be the Foreign Exchange that is to be the dominant clan among the august assembly tomorrow.

In reply to by Pickwick the Second

Well, Pickwick, the Planning Meeting will be Sunday, Feb. 12, from 1-4 at Malletts Creek Branch, and there will be open play. However, if you can't make it, rest assured that there will be an accompanying thread here where you will all be able to yell at anyone you missed yelling at in person.

And, don't worry, Foreign Exchange, I got you covered.

How did DDR go? Who won? Omid, if ur there, will u be at the AADL tommorow? Eli, when do I get my new logo? I really don't wnat to rush u. Its just that u mentioned that the new logo would come in sometime b4 the tournamnet.

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D-Rex, he wasn't talking about you. He was referring to Derek Vandelinder (sp), Joe Smolarski's former partner and one half of the original Trouble Monkeys. He was the one who was getting in Leinad's way. Lol, that match was funny. Joe was at station 4, and Leinad was at station 8, and everyone in the room (excepting for Eli and Co.) was either on one side or the other, there wasn't any middle ground.

*Looks at clock* Man, the network is still up. I is sad, because I couldn't make it today. My parents were all like: "You're going tomorrow, you don't need to go today!" And I was all like: "But Moooooooooooooom!"

Yeah. Well, good luck to all of you tomorrow. Yes, even you, Black Shark. Good night to all of you, and have a pleasant tomorrow. I'm Tom Coveney, and that's news to me.
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"To say that gaming is a platform-specific skill is declaring yourself a complete tool of the advertising industry." - Eli[gtlogo:VMC]

I just found out that Mr. Miyagi died today. I want to have a good game tommorow, even though when I have 2 play Tom I will lose BECAUSE HE IS MUCH BETTER THAN I AM. There, I said it, just deal with it. UGH!

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*sigh* I didn't win any money Today. My sister won a shirt 5 sizes to large for her so I'm going to steal that for tomorrow.

It's hard to defenestration someone when you're in the <strong>Basement</strong>.

Oh yeah I got Mario Kart DS today and have register with the library system. My friend code is 231988264664.

"Round up the usual suspects."
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defenestrate..to throw out the window i love that word. who is mr.miagi or w/e its hard to tell if ur being sarcastic..or stupid.

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*Sniff* Mr. Miyagi's real name (is? was?) Pat Morita. He played the character of Mr. Miyagi in all of the Karate Kid movies. He was also in some others. Poor Mr. Miyagi.

Yay! Ian got Mario Kart! Ok, tomorrow I'll tap into the library's Wi-Fi and finally get meself a friend code.

Black Shark, does that message of your proposed failure mean you accept my challenge? Or are you just saying that assuming we meet sometime in the bracket?
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hi everyone, I'm at my grandparents house right now. I wasn't going to post because the internet is really really slow here, but I have several things to say.

First off, Eli, I would absolutely love to come back for as many tournaments as possible next year. Although that will be much easier for Tom than me. As you heard him say, he's staying local for college. I don't yet know where I'm going, but I'm definately leaving the state. So hopefully I'll be able to come back for some tournaments next year, but we'll have to see how things work out.

The other thing is XD XD and XD at Black Shark not wanting to commentate now.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone (including Black Shark). Remember to think of things you're thankful for. It will make your day better, I guarentee it.

edit: I had not seen Black Shark's most recent post when I posted, and I would like to say that I think that rape is not a joking matter and that his post is offensive on multiple levels and IMO warrents another posting ban.

oh, and rofl at his made up girlfriend

"Faulheit ist eine Tugend"
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Well I know quite a bit about Melee but I think I'm better with kart. So I suppose we are give one commentary spot in the surprize round to Muffincat since she doesn't have a seat in the other events. Depensing on who is in the surprize round we'll figure out who the other person is. Shoot I never got to say "I sitting here with our Norwegian commentator Mouse." I really wanted to say that. Ok would a muffincat eat a mouse or mouse eat a muffincat? Since you know cats eat mice, but mice eat muffins.

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That was pretty catchy. Yes muffincat, do eat muffins or mouses? Mouse, do u eat muffins or mouses?

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Hahahaha that was so funny Moses. I was typing my other comment when you posted so I didn't put this in there.

I don't like sports because at least half the people always leave in a bad mood and many of my friends aren't capable of participating in sports. That's why I play card, board and video games.

Ok Moses that last post made no sense.

"Round up the usual suspects."
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To answer your question leboogiemann, The DDR Tournaments are done in 2 divisions. Beginner/Light division and Trick/Heavy divsions. Beginner/Light prizes are (lousy) t-shirts and Trick/Heavy prizes are $40,$30,$20 I think. As for the scoring, The POINTS are the means of scoring.
And thank you Eli for giving the rest of my clan a better chance. My other question is what do you plan to do with the Turtle clan? TP2 said he wanted to drop out.

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thanks

and by the way, about how good are the people that usually do the standard/heavy division?

Some kid named ian (not sure on the last name) pretty much always wins each and every one. My brother was at one of those tournaments, He was wearing Scout trooper (star wars) armor. He was playing DDR with it on. He came in second to ian. He said that he would have won but the kid picked Break Down which is his worst song ever.

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Hey, Noah cool your jets man. We know that Tom is sometimes like that. I think even he would agree with me on this but, Tom has to do at least one large flame on each thread, and I guess it was fowarded towards you. Its just a forum geeze. I'd like to keep this forum clean of unnessary word even if they have (*&^%$).
As for your problem with Big Blue, I cant help you with that, but how bout you get more practice with that particular level. The reason why I like Final Destination is because you cant have a reason to complain that the level somehow put you at a disadvantage. If there is a good chance that you might get the short straw and play on that level in the tournament, then how 'bout you just nonstop practice it before hand. Just plz dont complain about it. Complaining about game levels and characters is quite childish. Dont hate the level/Character, hate your uniqe skill with that level or character whether it is good or bad.

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k tom is better than noah, noah u have to admit that one day. i still think its not fair because they didn't earn the spot individually, they earned it cuz they are with good people in their clan.

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TOM, I challenge u a dawn this saturday! If u beat me, I will admit that u r better than me, if I win, u let me commentate in ur place. Deal?

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HA HA OMG! In sorry but that just tickled my funny bone. Noah, Tom has his choice if he WANTS to commentate. Eli has made the choice of WHO commentates. Tom really has no athourity of who commentates or who doesnt. And not to be rude, but your circumstances for winning really suck. You can easily just say screw it to thinking of him as your superior. Tom cant just say screw it and get his job back. Your circumstance is a way of opinion not obligation.

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how about u don't bet anything and just play normally and the winner can officially say i'm better than u. my money's on tom. eli might have answered this already but is there open play at the ddr tournament??

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Noah, I'm not very happy with you right now. I'm posting this after I got home, but I was at my grandmother's house as well. I was reading the blog for a while because of the sudden large number of posts, when I came across your post that is constantly talking about rapeing people. My grandmother looked over my shoulder and read that horrible post before I noticed her.
*sigh* My grandmother read that! Do you think that is appropriate for the elderly or small children?!? I didnt like your post. I wont ever like you. I want to say this in a way that wont be so vulgar. Please stop your constant swearing on this blog or any other blog. No one likes it. I'm serious, STOP, OR I WILL ASSIST TOM IN TEARING YOU LIMB FROM LIMB INTO TINY CHICKEN MCNUGGET'S. AND FOR THE REST OF IT, I DONT EVEN THINK MCDONALDS WILL SERVE THEM!!!!!

For everyone else, I'm very sorry that I did that. That is one of the first times I had an outburst on a website blog and I hope its the last.

Congrats, Pickwick on finally fixing your computer. I was wondering on why you havn't posted for a long while. I thought you were sick or somepthin.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you ate your fair share. I sure did. (I had a little wine so I feel weird right now lol) Hey, who says that I cant have wine on Thanksgiving?

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P.S. New sig, Like it?

EBD, u r joking, u had me going 4 a bit there, now y do u hate me? R u also planning on traveling 2 EMU for college? I think u should think 4 a sec, that wine might be getting 2 your head. Just sleep calmly rite now, the dizziness should go away, u might wake up with bad breath, though.

Kids, remember, NEVER BE A DRUNKIE!

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ya know Noah, there is a big difference of being a drunkie and celebratory wine drinking. Also let me point out that I am sober enough to actually type REAL words! Dont call me a drunkie and speak to me in 2's, 4's, R's, and u's.

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I agree with Pickwick II. We are putting finklestien in for FES right? Otherwise the Foreign Exchange will not dominate. But we will (hopefully).

Even though he had died like a month ago, I'd like a short moment of silence for Franky Gee, otherwise known as Captain Jack. One of the greatest Music composers ever. He had died at the age of 42-43 by a brain haemorrhage. If there anything any of you would like to say about Captain Jack, please speak now. (or before I go to sleep)

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OK, Foreign Exchange, you're all set, and your logo has been uploaded. Use gtlogo:FX in square brackets to add your logo to your post.

Also, Moses, I uploaded the new Black Shark logo. It shows up on the clan leaderboard, but because you've been manually attaching your logo to every post instead of using the gtlogo tag, all your old posts no longer show your clan logo. Sorry. Be sure to use gtlogo:BSC in square brackets from now on. Put it in your sig like everybody else, and you'll have more time to make your wonderful contributions to the community.

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Thanx, Eli. Personally, I like it myself because I put words on it. I made it from clip art. I think this BS looks more vicous. Tom, yes, I did mean for when we sometimes play against each other in the tournament.

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Forgive me for not living here like Tom, but in response to his comment about thirty posts ago where he called me stupid, said I did the same thing over and over again and said that items are how the game is supposed to be play, I have this to say. Firstly, I really don't care what you think about me all that much. There, short and simple so you can understand it! Second, I don't do the same thing over and over again, just because I L-Cancel my aerials doesn't mean that all I do is sit in the middle of the map using high lag aerials and then L-Cancelling them. I do it to improve my game. Last, although the game has items, you can turn them off. I wonder why that is? Honestly, the game wasn't intended to be played with items or without items, they're in there but they're optional. HAL Labs. wouldn't make no items a setting in the game if they intended the game to be played only items. So why not play the game both ways? It advantages everyone this way becuase if you're worse than someone, can get a better chance at beatting them by keeping items on, but if you're better you still have a chance at having a more fair match by agreeing on a no items game with your opponent. If they disagree, you're still better than them, it's just going to be harder to win.

EDIT: Is Smash before DD or DD before Smash? How long will the first event last (singles and teams)?

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Playing Smash without items is very boring because after you play someone 2 times you can predict every move they are going to make, items allow them to choose from a wider selection of moves. Items add an addition skill set that if taken out makes it feel like a 1-D game. That’s why I hate racing games they only have one objective, finish 1st, and one way of completing it, being the fastest. Plus not that many items are unfair, obviously the star and heart are cheap but those have a really low spawn rate and the star typically falls off the stage one second after it spawned. A good user of items can make them his/her beastly ranged attacks and can make more effective tactics then someone just using the regular skill set of there character. You can't have people playing by different rules because then you can't consider them even matches. Would you have someone do a time trial at 50cc and compare them to another person's 150cc time trial? NO.

Smash is first and will last till 2:00-2:30.

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<em>Playing Smash without items is very boring because after you play someone 2 times you can predict every move they are going to make, items allow them to choose from a wider selection of moves. Items add an addition skill set that if taken out makes it feel like a 1-D game. That’s why I hate racing games they only have one objective, finish 1st, and one way of completing it, being the fastest. Plus not that many items are unfair, obviously the star and heart are cheap but those have a really low spawn rate and the star typically falls off the stage one second after it spawned. A good user of items can make them his/her beastly ranged attacks and can make more effective tactics then someone just using the regular skill set of there character. You can't have people playing by different rules because then you can't consider them even matches. Would you have someone do a time trial at 50cc and compare them to another person's 150cc time trial? NO.</em>

Items offer a wider selection of moves? The "A" button has something like over a dozen context sensitive attacks that form well over half a characters total moves. When you are holding an item that is reduced to just one: use item (although some do have two different functions, the point stands).

You are right, most items do simply amount to pointless distractions, but I don't see how that is incentive to include them =p. Items have rarely made or broken a match for me, I'd describe my average interaction with them as their being in the way.
You are also right that playing with and without items are two completely different game types, but without items is definately the far more skill-intensive "150cc" to the "50cc" of items.

I have had great victories due to my proficiency with items when people like you that don't use items thought it was all in the bag. I can use items so much better then the other players that I can turn the tide with a fan. But alas I'm the kind of person that prefers to make quick work of my oppenates. The items might change a few moves but the option to use items itself allows for more variety in attacks and movements. Plus you are only referring to the throwing items when you say the one. All of the bat like items leave you with your normal skill set only switching out a few moves for different moves. Other items, motion sensor bombs for example, allow you to set up great and quick finishers. Can any character shoot a projectile up without using an item? No, nobody has vertical projectiles. Items can give you the power and priority of a smash with good range. I don't see why you guys hate using them so much because once you get good at using them they provide just as much, if not more, advantages as disadvantages of your opponent using them. Frankly if you find them so alien that you would rather play without them then don’t use them.

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eli u forgot to add the event bonuses
1st place 400
2nd place 300
3rd place 200
4th place 100

hey tom wanna help me convince eli to take back the clan cup-suprise round rule now? it will benifit black shark's clan and we all don't want that do we? leinad can make it through wildcard dont worry. can me and joe commentate wildcard tournament cuz tom and leinad did last year and it was cool when we were quoting anchorman.
joe:u stay classy ann arbor
me:thanks for stoping by ann arbor
joe:but mainly stay classy
me:thanks for stoping by
joe:stay classy(in a rushed voice)
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Alright, idiot. Firstoff, I <em>don't</em> live here. Second off, I'm glad you don't care what I think. And ouch, I was <strong>so</strong> insulted by your keeping it "short and simple so [I] could understand it." I'm going to take 24 hours and re-evaluate my life. Thank You, Mr. RupertFaraway. You have really changed my life. I owe everything to you.

You're also quite arrogant and full of yourself, has anyone ever told you that before??
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OMFG! I'M IN THE TOP 20(For now). AND I GOT 1,020 POINTS(I think I'll get more). YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M ALSO GONNA BE IN THE GC'S.

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OMFG! I'M IN THE TOP 20(For now). AND I GOT 1,020 POINTS(I think I'll get more). YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M ALSO GONNA BE IN THE GC'S.

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Tom must be cool, 2. I am also so glad that my clan made it to the clan cup, I always believed, and it was all thanx to all my team members, which in one event, all of us made it to the qualifying rounds, but sadly, only I were to make it all the way, but then lost rite away, Nick was a good partner in both SSBM and MKDD and Niolfar and Omid were awesome! Let's hope we can do a great job in the CC. It was really 2 bad we couldn't get our picture taken. Did any clan get their picture taken?

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Eli, when is the Madden 06 Superbowl tourney? U said in February, when in Feb.?

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Wow, Moses, I'm so glad that after you asked me <em>in the middle of the tournament</em> when the Superbowl Week Tournaments would be, and I told you to ask me later, you were able to wait FOUR WHOLE HOURS until you asked me again.

Our Superbowl Tournaments are the Friday and Saturday before Superbowl Sunday, February 3rd and 4th.

Thanks for a great tournament, guys. Scores are updated, and the post will come soon.

On that Friday and Saturday, will they be both in my age category? Who else is going 2 do it?

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I should have changed my name to Moses at the beginning. Ever since I "threw away" Black Shark, I have done a lot better and I made it to the surprise round. It's The Luck of The Moishe. When I told Eli scores for me today, I almost said Black Shark, u guys call me that so much, it got into my head, I want 2 erase Black Shark, I want my thoughts to be on Black...... I mean Moses! Dammit! UGH!

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Here r my predictions for 3 weeks from now:

Wildcard Winners-Leinad, The Loser, Nilofar, Anime Andy, I forget who else.
Clan Cup Winner-Obviously Trouble Monkey Clan
Grand Championship Prizes- 1st-Pr0 2nd-Sir Ducksalot 3rd-Turtleperson2 4th-Joe S

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tp2 wont be able to make it and i dunno about me winning cuz its a suprise game. at least the kart elimination will eliminate the melee only players.

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I think Pickwick, jlgelinas and MiniBlin might win something in the finals and I don't think Joe will win something (sorry Joe but your not that good at melee). There is a lot that could happen so it's very hard to predict. Like I could get the short end of the stick and have baby park which makes me lose my control of the race. Dang that Dale W. guy did amazingly well he might make an upset in the finals. I'm not sure how well I will do I need to work on my melee.

I think the clan cup is up for grabs between the Trouble Monkeys, The Foreign Exchange, Vaccinated Monks and maybe SDK.

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Yes, Dale W. certainly did very well, especially for a raw recruit.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Sir Ducksalot, Knight of the Pound-Sign Table, but I think my dismal record in the Prize Round stands for itself: I've qualified every round, but never won a dime, nickel, or franc because I haven't played so well recently, don't adapt quickly to new games, and have never played most minigames out there. It's more likely that you, pr0, MiniBlin and jlgelinas will be forced, against your collective wills, of course, to take the prizes; my clan is rather tilted, skillwise, toward Melee, as Dragoon Black and BFTE don't even own Double Dash, so it seems unlikely that they will make it past the eliminations. :{ Finklestein, whose name, by the way, is pronounced 'fink - {insert upside-down 'e'} l - schtein, has a decent chance of winning the Wildcard tournament, as he very nearly, but not quite, qualified in multiple events despite his status as a relative newcomer to the AADL-Goat Trellising. More power to him!
I looked through some of the old threads, but couldn't quickly find the explanation of the process through which the Wildcard, Clan Cup, and whatever else works, though I know it exists somewhere. Could somebody please give me a quick explanation?
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I explain it to everyone who wants to know. The Clan cup, Wildcard and Finals are melee quilifing round, MKDD elimination rounds and surprize finisher. I think the Wildcard might not have the surprize finisher but I'm not sure on that.

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the wildcard doesnt have a suprise finisher. eli said he was thinking of doing team melee, team kart, then suprise finisher for the clan cup but also he was thinking of a leaderboard based grands which he would probably do which i think is a great idea. u guys still want that clancup/qualifying for the grands rule?

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Are there prizes for the winner of the Wildcard, or do they win entry to the Grand Championship?
I don't see why not, with regard to the clan cup rule. I agree wholeheartedly on the Leaderboard idea, as I fully intend to end up in second place (1600 points is a bit too much of a lead, unfortunately.) By this time, it is highly likely, or, indeed, almost certain, that Eli will have determined the format of the final round, which would render our opinions somewhat irrelevant.

but still we dont want the black shark clan to qualify for the grands do we? leinad will make it through wildcard he got 32nd last month in single melee and is an excellent kart player because he will be playing with noobs.

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I want there to be more incentive to be in clans, so that is why I want to have that boon. Do we really care if the black shark clan qualifies they aren't going to get very far and Moses has already qualified.

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You guys, come on, just COME ON! Just give us a break. And Duck, I'm suprised that u called me Moses. W/E, just stick 2 it, ok?

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Sravan - yes, wildcard will be pretty easy for me, however, remember the element of chance in both games. All it takes is one master shell at the wrong time in an elimination round and I could be out.

And the important thing is Duck's argument that it helps bolster clans.

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since no1 seems to be posting here i think that i whip out one of my more interesting theorys my theroy on ttime travel!!!!!

It seems to me that if you traveld in time you most likly went back to fix something but if you fixed that thing wouldn't you lose the need to travel back in time therefore resetting the time stream where that thing neeed to be fixed so t would create the second timestream but the second timestream leads back to the first one creating a knot in time and to overcome that knot the 2 timestreams would theroreticly spilt from each other and travel on there own perpendicular paths until they crossed paths the 2 timestreams would most likly merge and a merge of time between the 2 timestreams would either result in 1 single stable timestream or the force that would come out of the merging would compleatly unravel the space time continoum
well theres my theory comments any1?

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I don't know if it's possible for a human to prove either way, as we cannot, with our present faculties, perceive time as it flows in a particular direction; in fact, there is debate as to whether it <em>flows</em>, or merely consists of an infinitely-numbered series of Nows. It seems to me that we would have to test this by hands-on experimentation, which, given that it could, according to your theory, destroy every time thread involved, has inherent in it a certain danger to the experimenter and others of his particular timeline. That said--who's up for some time travel(keeping in mind that you may be the destroyer of all space-time)? :)

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I think that thinking of time as something that can be changed is the reason for time travel paradoxes. I believe that if time travel if possible, changing history will be impossible. You always have and always will be traveling to that particular period in time. Time does not flow, only our persceptions flow through it.

(Bonus points if someone can name the ancient philosophers who first came up with that concept).

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I think that thinking of time as something that can be changed is the reason for time travel paradoxes. I believe that if time travel if possible, changing history will be impossible. You always have and always will be traveling to that particular period in time.

leinad that is pretty much what im trying to say.If you chande something in time than It changes something in the future and if that thing is changed then it no longer needs changing erasing the need for change reverting back to the original structure but as i said before it would then revert back to the 2nd structure and so on and so forth. These changes would have to happen outside of time making it so that history recorded those events instead of the events that we belive to have transpired this would result in wat you saying leinad because history would not change to our perspective but it would still change.

I don't think of time as a flow but I used the term for lack of a better one.

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i thought the ones who thought of only one law should'nt be on there but i forgot aristotle :(

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Yes, but none of those philosophers thought of time as fixed while our perseption traveled through it. It was the Stoics (hence our modern word, stoic) that believed that change was impossible (not just time travel change, any change. ie, I can't get up and walk across the room).

Anyways, no, history would not change, because it has already changed. If I go back in time to change something, I have already done it, so events as I remember them cannot change. Example:

The grandfather paradox (traditional view):

My grandfather is alive
He has my dad
My dad has me
I build a time machine and go back in time
I kill my grandfather
hence I am not born and cannot build my time machine
My grandfather is not killed
(loop to beginning endless paradox)

The grandfather paradox (my view)
My grandfather is alive
time traveler from the future tries to kill him but fails
he has my dad
dad has me
I build time machine
I go do step 2
other stuff
end of time

I could not possibly succeed in killing my grandfather because history has shown that I did not, and change is impossible.

("So, how can we walk across the room, your argument is based on the premise that motion is impossible?")

Yes, it is, and motion is impossible. Our persecptions travel though time, not our material bodies. Everything is eternally fixed at every time period. I'll elaborate more when I have more time.

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i would wonder about that when i played the event match 7 years. if the olderlink wins then he won't have a past so he won't exist but if young link wins then he will not exist in 7 years.

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