Winter Meat: Video Game Tourney??

[WhiteSpy9]

So I have been toying around the idea of a winter games triathlon....

Teams: 2-3 people
Games: Wii Sports Assortment, Rockband, GHIII

Possible to accept a nominal entry fee to award 1st/2nd place with a bit of cash incentives.

Tournament style with bracketing. Your top score vs your opposing teams top score.

Variant: Instead of this being done at someone's place, create strict picture posting guidelines to allow scores be submitted via forums. (All team members must be present in picture, date/time stamps, etc.)

Thoughts??? I think it would be fun considering how cold it is outside.....



Edit-

So far we have several games that people are interested in seeing.

Rockband
Guitar Hero 3
Burnout
Wii-fit/sports/play
Mario Party
Mario Kart (in SOME format)
Goldeneye

I'm thinking one from each would suffice, my guess is one racing, one Wii-themed, mebbe an FPS of some sort, and one of the guitar type games. It has seemed to be determined that Mario Party will be used to determine the overall winner from the last two teams standing.

[dmention7]

Sounds like fun! Count me in.

[mndsm]

I like it. But I propose a revision to the games, since far less of us have access to Rockband.

[dmention7]

Certain events could be hosted by those who do own the games, I suppose. Heck, I'd be all for hosting some Wii Sports or GH3 action!

[mndsm]

I can host Wii sports as well.

[Picklz]

I can host GH3 on X360 - Complete with 100" Screen :D Ive been kicking around the idea of picking up Rockband but as of yet haven't pulled the trigger.

BTW Does this in some way involved steak or chicken? ("Winter Meat") or did you mean meet? :)

[mndsm]

Steak, Chicken, who cares. They're all tasty.

[Picklz]

I had the Drunk n Dirty Sirloin @ Axle's Bonfire last night...damn is that a tasty steak!

[mazdamn02]

I had the Drunk n Dirty Sirloin @ Axle's Bonfire last night...damn is that a tasty steak!

Do want. Also, count me in to the meat.

[ij1889]

if yall set up conkers bad fur day for the n64, ill be there in a heart beat

[Picklz]

Goldeneye for the N64 is where it's at!! But yeah Wii sports and GH3 would be killer :)

[WhiteSpy9]

I have an N64 w/ 4 controller. Golden Eye and Mario Party if we do want to add that in.

Exactly.....

Certain events could be hosted by those who do own the games, I suppose. Heck, I'd be all for hosting some Wii Sports or GH3 action!

[mndsm]

Mario Party would be excellent as like the showdown between the final two teams..... set the handicap based on score from the last round of GH or whatever.

[WhiteSpy9]

that is one gold mine of an idea Tom!




Mario Party would be excellent as like the showdown between the final two teams..... set the handicap based on score from the last round of GH or whatever.

[dmention7]

Mario Party FTW

Lemon Party FTL

[Picklz]

Not sure how well using the score from GH for a handicap would work, I would rock the house at GH but I've only played Mario party like twice...but I'm up for whatever, we just need to get this going. Maybe I'll get my place cleaned up a bit and have some people over this weekend for some GH3 if anyone's interested.

We would have to decide on the format for GH3, like best score between two people in co-op, or if we are doing battle against different people, etc. And what difficulty setting we are using.

[mndsm]

See that works perfect. You get additional starts based on the fact that you'd pwn me at GH, but I can even up the score with Mario Party, since i'll likely be better at that than you.

[dmention7]

Maybe each game could have a qualifying round or something to judge handicaps

[mndsm]

Something like that.... I think the idea might be to make sure you have an even team, to do decent in all events, or have a team that pwns all in one event.... as long as we have a way to judge scores fairly.

[WhiteSpy9]

This is where team member selection is vital......


Not sure how well using the score from GH for a handicap would work, I would rock the house at GH but I've only played Mario party like twice...but I'm up for whatever, we just need to get this going. Maybe I'll get my place cleaned up a bit and have some people over this weekend for some GH3 if anyone's interested.

We would have to decide on the format for GH3, like best score between two people in co-op, or if we are doing battle against different people, etc. And what difficulty setting we are using.

[mndsm]

EXACTLY. I think the idea would be to name the games first, and then follow with the team selection. We could even have a draft lottery if 4 people wanted to set as captains. So say, Jay, Andy, Matt and AJ, set as captains. Everyone else throws names in, and you all draw straws to see what order you get to choose.... that could make things a LOT more interesting.

[Picklz]

Yeah, I'm thinking maybe have a points system - 1st 2nd 3rd place team in each game gets X points, after all games are played the totals are added up. You would want a well balanced team so you could do alright in all games versus win 1 but loose horribly to all the others.

[WhiteSpy9]

I like it....


EXACTLY. I think the idea would be to name the games first, and then follow with the team selection. We could even have a draft lottery if 4 people wanted to set as captains. So say, Jay, Andy, Matt and AJ, set as captains. Everyone else throws names in, and you all draw straws to see what order you get to choose.... that could make things a LOT more interesting.

[Picklz]

I like the idea of random team selection

[dmention7]

we could run a practice tourny first to work out some kinks before we starting having prizes or anything

[mndsm]

Yeah, nothing like taking peoples money and then fucking the whole thing up. The big question is, do we have enough people to make this work?

[WhiteSpy9]

Looks like we have four so far..... Me, Tom, Jay, Matt. Throw in counter parts, Taya and Nanami(sp?) and we are at 6.
I'm sure Josh and his lady would be in? we are atleast 8....

[dmention7]

Let's start a sign-up sheet.


A co-worker's husband (who works for a video game devloper) has an annual office "video game olympics" retreat. Basically it's a long weekend of beer and video games in some big resort cabin, and they have random trophies at the end of the weekend (besides the obvious ones for winning games) for things like most beer drunk, most taco bell consumed.

we should sooooo do that.

[Picklz]

Might help to rename this thread to have something to do with video games, more people might look at it, hard to say.

[Picklz]

Let's start a sign-up sheet.


A co-worker's husband (who works for a video game devloper) has an annual office "video game olympics" retreat. Basically it's a long weekend of beer and video games in some big resort cabin, and they have random trophies at the end of the weekend (besides the obvious ones for winning games) for things like most beer drunk, most taco bell consumed.

we should sooooo do that.

I've found I get better at Guitar Hero the more beer I drink, so maybe I can win two trophys! lol

[dmention7]

I've found that too. Running a slight buzz seems to make my hands coordinate better.

[WhiteSpy9]

That's what she said!!!!! :bullrider: :shibby:


I've found that too. Running a slight buzz seems to make my hands coordinate better.

[mndsm]

You know, if the winter version works, and given our penchant for having too many electronics, running this over camping weekend would be rockin.

[dmention7]

I concur.

[mndsm]

We could also assign bonus points if a player elects to play with a handicap, IE, eye covered, standing in a bucket of ice water, whatever. The possibilites are endless!

[ij1889]

im up for it if we include n64

[AJ]

I have GH3 and Rock Band, and I can join anyones Rock Band with xbox Live.

This sounds sweet. I will play in the nude.

[AJ]

And I will fuck some Goldeneye shit up!

[mndsm]

I will dominate Mario Party. You cannot defeat me. Also, racing games. I say we throw some forza in there too.

[dmention7]

Nah if we do racing games it has to be something from the burnout series

[mazdamn02]

Nah if we do racing games it has to be something from the burnout series

Fail.

[mndsm]

Burnout it is. I vote ps2 on that one.

[dmention7]

Fail.

Indeed, you do. :p

[mndsm]

Josh wants something easier methinks. Anyone have a copy of Sesame Street 123 for the NES?

[Picklz]

We need to make a list of games that we want to include, and then figure out how each will work, like racing is it best of three each of the 2 people on a team drives once, then the tiebreaker they can choose who drives? Or if its 4 player points could be awarded for places 1-4.

We need to get some more organization going rather than OMG THIS GAME and OMG Ill OWNZ Y00z :)

This is IMO:
Guitar Hero III
Goldeneye
Mario Party
Wii Sports

[AJ]

Nah if we do racing games it has to be something from the burnout series


Forza 2 > all mankind :66:

[AJ]

We need to make a list of games that we want to include, and then figure out how each will work, like racing is it best of three each of the 2 people on a team drives once, then the tiebreaker they can choose who drives? Or if its 4 player points could be awarded for places 1-4.

We need to get some more organization going rather than OMG THIS GAME and OMG Ill OWNZ Y00z :)

This is IMO:
Guitar Hero III
Goldeneye
Mario Party
Wii Sports

In all reality, if you're going to go to the 64, might as well toss some NES Techmo Bowl in there. I have 3 working NES systems. lol

But yeah, too bad we couldn't keep it all to one system, like the 360.

[mndsm]

Yeah see, branching systems isn't a bad idea. Some have Wii, some have ps2, some have 360. (Only Joe has a ps3, so he doesn't count). That way, it levels the playing field even more, say a specialist on each system.

[dmention7]

Forza 2 > all mankind :66:

Go suck bill gates' nut, fanboy!

[mndsm]

Jay's just jealous because he doesn't have the goodness that is Forza. While I admit, I believe Gran Turismo to be a better game, Forza is teh hawtness.

[Picklz]

I'd say with Forza 2 the gap is much much smaller between it and GT, like real time telemetry is just insane.

[mazdamn02]

Forza's amazing. I'm starting a new thread do separate the men (forza) from the men who like little boys (GT fan boys).

[dmention7]

I'm not jealous of shit. If I thought I'd play xbox more than a few hours a month, I'd buy one.

[mazdamn02]

If that's the case then I want to play Sesame Street 123 for NES. :)

[mndsm]

We can make that happen, but I get to be cookie monster.

[StealthSpeed3]

i'm all in for this. Would even throw in Rayman Raving Rabbids. Or for the Sportsmen here maybe a little Rapala Fishing?

[mndsm]

Ooooh... now Adrian comes in with the big guns. We need to get a definitive list of games that we want to use.

[WhiteSpy9]

I don't know... maybe we should change the thread up and just have "who has the best CAI" meet instead....

[dmention7]

How about some Double-Dash? helllllls yeah

[mndsm]

Let's go old school. Track and Field, and the POWER PAD!!!11!!11!!!

[WhiteSpy9]

Track and field came out for the 360 in the Arcade!

[dmention7]

Wii Fit anyone?? DDR? Mario vs Sonic??

Cripes, we're gonna need the beer just to keep our energy up!

[WhiteSpy9]

Mario vs Sonic is fail....

[Picklz]

*sigh* I give up, you guys figure it out and let me know when/where/what we are playing.

[StealthSpeed3]

I could go for a little WiiFit. Whenever it finally comes to the US

[dmention7]

Oh come on matt, it's not like we were doing exactly what you told us to stop doing....





We need to get some more organization going rather than OMG THIS GAME and OMG Ill OWNZ Y00z

Hmm, ahh, okay, so maybe we were.

[mndsm]

So let's get a list of games together that would fit these genre, and set it up!

[Picklz]

*Snip*

Edit-

So far we have several games that people are interested in seeing.

Rockband
Guitar Hero 3
Burnout
Wii-fit/sports/play
Mario Party
Mario Kart (in SOME format)
Goldeneye

I'm thinking one from each would suffice, my guess is one racing, one Wii-themed, mebbe an FPS of some sort, and one of the guitar type games. It has seemed to be determined that Mario Party will be used to determine the overall winner from the last two teams standing.


My Vote would be for Guitar Hero 3, Wii Sports, Mario Kart, and Goldeneye.

Reasoning:
GH3 Because Its the game a number of people have, and also cross-platform so those with only x360 or Wii can still have played it.

Wii Sports is good fun, and resonably easy to get the hang of.

Mario Kart because, well, its Mario Kart, I'm willing to bet most have played it. For those that havent its a real easy game to pickup and get the hang of without learning proper drifting techniques.

Finally Goldeneye, best FPS Console game ever IMO, its classic, pretty easy and tons of fun.

[upgtx]

Another game that NEEDS to be there (if we are tossing in retro games) and that I have is Tecmo Super Bowl. I will murder you all at it, and you will love it.

Also, rockband>guitar hero, up to 4 people at once, it's really fun.

[dmention7]

How about the overall structure? I do like the idea of teams, like the real olympics, because that way, even if someone sucks ass at a game (I've played Goldeneye maybe 4 times evar) the team can be competitive overall.

Once we get the list of games narrowed down (I think 4-5 is a good number), then maybe we can get a list of for-sure participants, and start to figure out how we can set up some evenly-matched teams. Perhaps, each person could rank the games we are using from 1-5 in order of their adeptness at each game. That would give us a start at being able to put teams together. From that point, I say it would be up to the individual team to strategize practices and sub-teams (for coop games), etc.

Another consideration for games: ones that have multiple possible "events" would be a plus. For example, different levels or gameplay styles. One-on-one and coop modes, etc.

[upgtx]

If it is an olympic style event, we need some sort of fighting game... *cough* capcom vs snk 2*cough*.

[mndsm]

Right. Using me as an example- i'd say a 5 @ Wii sports (have you seen me dominate bowling?) a 2 at Goldeneye ( I can't stand that fucking game) 5 at Burnout (I've beaten every Burnout. EVER.) 4-5 @ Mario Party (I can whup ass at strategy, but sometimes lack at mini-games) a 2-3 @ GH, mebbe a 2 since i've never played GH3 for more than 10 minutes. Put the ranks up, set captains, and call it!

[mndsm]

If it is an olympic style event, we need some sort of fighting game... *cough* capcom vs snk 2*cough*.

Make that Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and it's ON. Or Mortal Kombat 3.

[Picklz]

The next asshat that posts OMG THIS GAME is getting the uncle morty treatment!!! :D

In all honesty though, ranking yourself on each game might work out, but we need to get a Set list of games first to do that!

[dmention7]

I'm fine with the list you posted.

[upgtx]

The next asshat that posts OMG THIS GAME is getting the uncle morty treatment!!! :D

In all honesty though, ranking yourself on each game might work out, but we need to get a Set list of games first to do that!

Hater... You do need a fighting game though.

[Picklz]

Mortal Kombat does sound pretty fun, I owned MK2 back in the day. But we really need to try and limit the list. And we can have more than one of these switching the games up for future tournaments.

[dmention7]

Hater... You do need a fighting game though.

I suck at fighting games. Motion denied! :p

[StealthSpeed3]

one racing, one FPS, WiiSports, GH3 (which i have yet to play btw), and one fighting. One game from each main genre.

but we also need a witness present from one of the other teams to make sure that there is no cheating going on.

[mndsm]

Yeah, I was thinking about that. We need some sort of setup to prevent people from trying too many do-overs on games that are not direct battles.

[Picklz]

Once we have our games nailed down solid then we can work on 1) How we are choosing teams and 2) How each game will work as well as the overall tournament.

[mndsm]

Well let's get the games locked already. Are we solid with the 1 game from each genre vote? So one fighting, sports, FPS, racing, etc?

[Picklz]

That seems fair to me

[WhiteSpy9]

Seems fair, but I think for the first run we keep it simple with just a few games. Just my $0.02 though.

[mndsm]

But, this is MNMazda. If it's not terribly overcomplicated, it's not finished.

[AJ]

Another game that NEEDS to be there (if we are tossing in retro games) and that I have is Tecmo Super Bowl. I will murder you all at it, and you will love it.

Also, rockband>guitar hero, up to 4 people at once, it's really fun.

You have no idea the smackdown I will lay on you with TSB!

[asellus]

fsck consoles. :/

[Picklz]

fsck consoles. :/

Thank you for that wonderfull input! :score001:

[upgtx]

You have no idea the smackdown I will lay on you with TSB!

Dibs on 49ers... Montana, Jones, Rice, Lott, Haley, Waymer>you