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THE TRIPLE-THREAT DREAD ROUND

Type: 10-Minute Time Match, no customs

Stage: Any Stage

Items: None

Character: Any of your chosen 3

Reward for Victory: You gain an amount of points equal to your score at the end. If you finish with a score of 0 or a negative score, you receive 0 points.

Do you sit back and wait for your opponents to get damaged before swooping in to steal the kill? Do you mercilessly attack a single target? Or do you deny anyone a moment of safety? This may well be the round where fates are decided, so prepare yourself for the beginning of the end!

NOTE- the one that wins the match should post in this topic saying so, ALONG WITH EVERYONE’S SCORES. A screenshot of the scores would be best. You may want to save the replays of your matches, and posting them here would be pretty cool.

Match-ups

Remember- if your name appears twice then you cannot earn points in the match in which your name is underlined. But still- try your best.

Match 1

Francis vs. Gold vs. Sandy (Wii U)

Match 2

Ph1r3 vs. Slim vs. Viddd (3DS) (If viddd gets kicked, I’ll draw another name)

Match 3

Metanaito vs. Grievous vs. Megamaw (3DS)

Match 4

Iggy vs. Doops vs. Claus (Wii U)

It’s almost over, just finish your damned matches. You knew what this was when you signed up for it, stick to yer damn commitments and get shit done.

OBLIGATORY DRUNKEN CHRISTMAS BRAWL

Type: 3 stock, no customs allowed

Stage: Any of the following, normal or omega:

3DS- Rainbow Road, Paper Mario, Yoshi’s Island, Dream Land, Magicant, Flat Zone 2, WarioWare, Inc., Tortimer Island, Balloon Fight, Find Mii/Streetpass Quest, Tomodachi Life, Pictochat 2, Green Hill Zone, Pac-Maze.

Wii U- Woolly World, The Great Cave Offensive, Palutena’s Temple, Gamer, Town and City, Smashville, Wii Fit Studio, Wuhu Island, Windy Hill Zone, Pac-Land, and any custom stage with the fifth background (the one with the wacky and colourful structures).

(These are the stages for which crates/barrels take on the appearance of presents)

If you choose to use custom stages, try to make them fair. Nothing completely ridiculous or game-breaking. If your opponent chooses a custom stage you believe is unfair or cheap, save the replay (or even a screenshot of the stage) and post it on digibutter. I’ll decide if you need to have the match again or not.

Items: Containers, Food, Super Star.

Character: Any of your chosen 3

Reward for Victory: 5 points

Time to celebrate Christmas the only way we know how- by beating the shit out of each other! Get ready to deck the halls with your opponent’s blood!

NOTE- the one(s) that win the match should post in this topic saying so. You may want to save the replays of your matches, and posting them here would be pretty cool.

Match-ups

Players booted- DBA

Remember- if your name appears twice then you cannot earn points in the match in which your name is underlined. But still- try your best.

Match 1

Metanaito vs. Sandy (3DS)

Match 2

Megamaw vs. Ph1r3 (3DS)

Match 3

Iggy vs. Grievous (Wii U)

Match 4

Francis vs. Claus (Wii U)

Match 5

Slim vs. Viddd (Any version)

Match 6

Doops vs. Gold (Any version)

I won't post the next round until the New Year, since this could be a busy time for some people and it might be difficult for them to smash it up. Not to mention I'm still waiting on a match from 2 rounds ago. So yeah- hurry up, get your shit together and finish your match(es)!

Yoshi + Baby Mario sold on eBay for $99. You can probably make your own by getting a small baby mario figure

Mine is Scoz8theGreat

CUSTOMS MATCH

Type: 3 stock, customs allowed

Stage: Any Stage

Items: None

Character: Any of your chosen 3

Reward for Victory: 5 points

How good is your pre-battle strategy? How well can you augment your characters to suit your play style? Buff the shit out of your characters and get ready to rumble!

SOMETHING TO REMEMBER: Items are turned off in this match, therefore equipment that gives you the ability to start the match with a certain item will have no effect.

NOTE- the one(s) that win the match should post in this topic saying so. You may want to save the replays of your matches, and posting them here would be pretty cool.

Post the custom build you used to win, as well!

Match-ups

Remember- if your name appears twice then you cannot earn points in the match in which your name is underlined. But still- try your best.

Match 1

Iggy vs. Doops (Wii U)

Match 2

Francis vs. Slim (Wii U)

Match 3

Ph1r3 vs. DBA (3DS)

Match 4

Megamaw vs. Metanaito (3DS)

Match 5

Grievous vs. Viddd (Any version)

Match 6

Sandy vs. Gold (Any version)

Match 7

Claus vs. Gold (Any version)

Hurry up, get your shit together and finish your match(es)!

RANDOM ROUND

Type: 3 stock, no customs

Stage: Random Stage (Regular; NOT OMEGA)

Items: None

Character: Random Character (The ? on the roster)

Reward for Victory: 5 points

How well can you cope outside of your comfort zone? Or, alternatively, how lucky are you when it comes to the random button? Work with what you’re given and claim victory!

Unfortunately, there’s no practical way to know for certain whether or not everyone is actually hitting the random button or cheating and choosing a character/stage. It all comes down to trust- but if you cheat, when we’re all dead and our collective consciousnesses are absorbed into the ether, we’ll discover what you did and we’ll be mighty upset.

NOTE- the one that wins the match should post in this topic saying so, as well as the character they got from the randomiser. You may want to save the replays of your matches, and posting them here would be pretty cool.

Match-ups

Match 1

Iggy vs. Viddd (Any version)

Match 2

Francis vs. Gold (Wii U)

Match 3

Ph1r3 vs. Doops (3DS)

Match 4

Megamaw vs. Slim (Any version, but Wii U is only available Fridays and Saturdays)

Match 5

Claus vs. Metanaito (3DS)

Match 6

Grievous vs Sandy (Any version)

Hurry up, get your shit together and finish your match(es)!

DOUBLE TEAM MATCH

Type: 2v2 Team match, 3 stock, no customs

Stage: Any Stage

Items: None

Character: Any of your chosen 3

Reward for Victory: 5 points (each)

Use teamwork and strategy to *crag* up your opponents! Many have struggled to get together for a 1v1, so I’m a little worried about how this will turn out. Please try your best to organise a time to do it within the next 2-3 days.

NOTE- the one(s) that win the match should post in this topic saying so. You may want to save the replays of your matches, and posting them here would be pretty cool.

Match-ups

Players booted- Shadeston

Remember- if your name appears twice then you cannot earn points in the match in which your name is underlined. But still- try your best.

Match 1

Ph1r3 & Gold vs. Viddd & Grievous (3DS)

Match 2

Metanaito & Doops vs. Slim & DBA (3DS)

Match 3

Megamaw & Hex/Sandy vs. Claus & Slim (3DS)

Match 4

Francis & DBA vs. Iggy & Claus (Wii U)

Hurry up, get your shit together and finish your match(es)!

Pier Solar and the Great Architects is a 90's style RPG by WaterMelon. It was released in 2010 on a SEGA MegaDrive/Genesis cartridge. This was the last Genesis game ever made, and it pushed the hardware to its limits, from what I've read. An NPC in the game even makes a joke on SNES games having loading times. Recently, though, the game was given a brand-new set of graphics in HD, and released for modern home game platforms, OUYA, Android, and even the old Dreamcast. I Read about it on Wii U Daily. Until then, I had never heard of this game, but it looked cool, and I Had to have it. It's the only Wii U game of its kind not in the category of Virtual Console. The Wii U version is basically the same as the other versions, but people claim that it's best played on Wii U, for a reason I'll explain below. But if your Wii U is not your main game console, then you may rather want to get it for your PC or 8th gen console for the convenience.

The game starts it's story with Hoston and his dad, Rudy, who is dying of an illness that a certain doctor hasn't shown up to heal yet. Hoston wants get the legendary Meinshu herbs to heal him, so he treks into the forest with his friends to find them. But this triggers a chain of events leading up to the uncovering of The Society, and their desire to obtain a device that can rewrite time and space.

Each character has HP and MP, and various spells he/she can use. The Battle command system has commands like "attack" and "spell" that cycle in a wheel when a directional input is used, similar to Paper Mario 2. An Auto Fight feature is there, but how and if you use it is up to you. Each party member can "gather" on a turn, accumulating a point of gather each turn. Each member can hold up to five of these at a time, and can even "send" his gather to another party member when needed. Gather is important because it increases attack power and Magic potency, so ice blasts get colder and healing feels better. Some attacks and spells require a certain quota of gather, too, to be used at all. And if a character falls in battle, he gets 1 HP when it's over, so HP recovery can be done as normal without needing to cure unconsciousness (that's one thing I really appreciate as an EarthBound fan).

apart from fighting, the towns and dungeons are layed out in an elaborately designed mix of sprites and modern graphics. The cutscenes combine both sprites moving around and the usual RPG-style dialogue boxes, with some events being depicted with drawings of certain events, like a manga. Even on old CRT TVs and monitors (my TV), Nintendo fans like those on Digibutter must agree that the game looks gorgeous. Even if you don't like the HD graphics, or are a longtime fan of the original, the game has all the original 16-bit MegaDrive graphics included just an option away. The Story has pretty good/sassy humor, on par with EarthBound's, but has some very serious, and unusually disturbing moments for games of the genre, it had me hooked especially near the end. The Soundtrack? That's in HQ too! The music of Pier Solar HD was beautiful, went well with the story, and makes for a good YouTube listening playlist. As with the graphics, the original 16-bit soundtrack can also be chosen if you would like. On the Wii I Gamepad screen, you can put a Status screen showing your HP and MP, and a radar .

While Pier Solar is a great game, there are still several flaws and quirks. The Battle system is especially tedious and repetitive. The Animations do take some time, and I, being a somewhat attached EarthBound fan, became fidgety when I got impatient with these. (There's a spell that gives temporary amnesty from encounters, but it's MP cost isn't feasible for repeated use)Areas have like 4 enemies in them, and the random-encounter rate gets annoying when you are trying to solve a puzzle. Halfway through the game, I started running away from like a third of these fights! An sabes que? Later into the game, enemies get recolored an reused. In fact, late in the game the same sprites from earlier in the game aren't recolored at all, and though they look like oldr enemies, their stats are updated to keep up with yours. Also, you may find yourself wandering aimlessly a lot: this game is anything but linear. I consulted a walk through sundry times because there were moments that it just wasn't obvious or findable what to do next. The Save system is...weird. If auto-save is enabled, the game will automatically save at the entrance of certain buildings or caves. This makes the game lag sometimes. (Even if Auto is not enabled, you can still use manual save points. Don't fret) for these reasons people call Pier Solar mediocre, and say that its genre did not age well (it's a 90's game in 2010's)

In my own opinion, I think that this game is great. It is commendable for the developer's first game, and if you like games like Breath of Fire and Chrono Trigger, this game is perfect for you!

Both versions of SSB4 are out so it's time to stop being lame for once in your life and step up to the challenge. Rather than your typical tournament, where the winner advances and the loser doesn't, each time you win a round you earn points, which go towards your final score. Everyone plays in every round and the person with the highest score at the end wins. This way, anyone who only has one version of the game can still participate, they'll just be limited to who they can fight.

The tourney will consist of ~10 rounds, each with their own unique quirk to make things interesting. You'll have about 2 days for each round; that should be enough time for you to organise a time to fight your partner for that round. The matchups for each round will be determined via drawing names out of a hat or *crag*ing something I don't know. Before the tournament, you'll choose 3 characters and those will be the characters you are allowed to use in most rounds of the tourney.

The first place reward will be a gift of a shitty ~$15 game off steam or something from your old pal Doops.

CURRENT STANDINGS (As of the end of Round 4)

Claus- 10 points

Doops- 20 points

Ph1zzl3- 10 points

Metanaito- 10 points

Furnace- 0 points

Slimslam- 10 points

Grievous- 10 points

Iggy- 10 points

Viddd- 5 points

Sandy/Hex- 5 points

Megamaw- 10 points

Gold- 10 points

DBA, Shadeston and Teleportpass- BANNED FOREVER -1000000 POINTS ULTIMATE SHAME AND DISHONOUR

POST VIDEOS OF YOUR SHITTY GAMEPLAY, CAMCORDER LPs WELCOME

FLAMING HOMOSEXUAL MATCH

Type: 5-stock, no customs allowed

Stage: Any Stage

Items: Fire Flower, Hothead, Superspicy Curry, Fire Bar, Blast Box (High).

Character: Any of your chosen 3

Reward for Victory: 5 points

Dress your chosen character in their queerest outfit and get ready to burn your way to the top. Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!

NOTE- the one that wins the match should post in this topic saying so. You may want to save the replays of your matches, and posting them here would be pretty cool.

Match-ups

Players Booted- TeleportpASS

Match 1

Iggy vs. Gold (Wii U)

Match 2

Doops vs. Shades (Any Version)

Match 3

Francis vs. DBA (Wii U)

Match 4

Metanaito vs. Slim (3DS)

Match 5

Megamaw vs. Viddd (3DS)

Match 6

Ph1r3 vs. Grievous (3DS)

Match 7

Sandy/Hex vs. Claus (Any Version)

Hurry up, get your shit together and finish your match!

THE BEGINNING OF THE END

Type: 3-stock match, no customs allowed

Stage: Battlefield (Regular)

Items: Smash Ball (Medium)

Character: Any of your chosen 3

Reward for Victory: 5 points

Show off your skill and cease the first points in the tournament! NOTE- the one that wins the match should post in this topic saying so. You may want to save the replays of your matches, and posting them here would be pretty cool.

Match-ups

Since there's an uneven amount of contestants, one person will have to play two matches. However, they can only earn points in one. If your name is underlined, it means this is a match you have to play without earning any points, and you're basically there only to try and prevent the other person from gaining points. Don't be a dick and just give the other person the points, that would be lame. This will be the convention for the entire tourney.

Match 1

Ph1r3 vs. Slim (3DS version)

Match 2

Megamaw vs. Hex/Sandy (3DS version)

Match 3

Metanaito vs. Shadeston (3DS version)

Match 4

Francis vs. Doops (Wii U version)

Match 5

Iggy vs. Claus (Wii U version)

Match 6

Teleportpass vs. Viddd (Wii U version)

Match 7

Grievous vs. Gold (Any version)

Match 8

DBA vs. Metanaito (3DS version)

You have precisely 2 days from the time this topic was posted to finish your match! Also, the initial topic will be locked after the first round, and hence your 3 characters will be unchangeable!

Not as good as the Brawl dojo posts, but you will be missed.

I'm nearing my goal to get my $5 eShop credit!!! I've only had my Wii U system since April, so I guess that's the only credit I'll be able to use. Sadly, it only applies to digital purchases, and not discs. To earn points, you must make eshop purchases before December 31, 2014. The next few weeks are your last chance.

Who got the Wii U deluxe set? If so, did you participate in DDP? Even if not, what eShop games do you recommend?

In an interview with Koichi Hayashida... “This is maybe a little bit of a strange story, but we never really went out of our way to decide on the sex of these characters, even though they have somewhat gendered appearances,” Hayashida said. “But I think what I can say is that Toadette and Toad are not siblings -- perhaps it would be more accurate to say they are adventure pals. And that’s certainly true here [in Captain Toad].”

Hayashida also clarified that Toads are not mushrooms.

• Mine Field: Any game type, big stage- Motion-senser bombs, smoke balls.

Everyone stumbles around a smoke-filled stage, constantly exploding because of the inconsiderate *crag* what threw a motion-sensor bomb on the ground. Guar Plain is a great candidate for the stage.

• Combo Town: Any game type, any stage- Superspicy curry, screw attack, super leaf, rocket belt.

Combos made easy! Whether the items hold your enemy while you punch, or they just help you chase them for a follow up, in this match you're bound to rack up some % quickly.

• Flaggotry: Time match, any stage- Special flag.

Beat each other up while occasionally taking the time to skulk off and steal an extra point. Can be played as a stock match, but generally takes a *crag*ing long time.

• Super Star Saga: Any game type, any stage- Super star.

Involves constant rushing to seize that glittering, bouncing son of a bitch that gives you a nice ~10 seconds of relief. Better get used to the invincibility music.

• Payback: Any game type, small/hazardous stage- Cucco, beehive.

Death is never too far away as characters are persistently harassed by a flurry of chickens and bees. Small stages or stages with terrible hazards like brinstar depths are ideal for that extra bit of mayhem.

• Guns Galore: Any game type, any stage- Steel diver, ray gun, super scope.

Pretty self-explanatory. BANG!

• Cheap Skate: Any game type, any stage with bottom edge- Boss galaga, beetle, pitfall.

Constant fear abounds as you scurry along trying not to be insta-killed by a variety of cheap items.

• Pinball: Any game type, ridiculously small stage- Bumper.

One wrong move and you'll be careening back and forth helplessly until you die a pathetic, embarrassing death. What fun!

• Flaming Homosexuals: Any game type, any stage- Fire flower, hothead, superspicy curry, fire bar, blast box.

Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! A match where everyone has a great time burning each other to death. The forest rangers would be proud.

Digi Smash Tournament starting time:

10 PM EST OCTOBER 3rd 2014

RULES:

• Winners Progress After Each Match
• All Matches 1v1
• 3 stock
• No Items
• All Stages Set To Normal stages
• Custom Movesets ALLOWED
• Character Switching Between Matches ALLOWED

First Round Bracket Matchups:

ANY PARTICIPATING PLAYERS OR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING MUST POST IN THIS TOPIC BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT

PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 

A Dice Roll From NerrBot (!nb roll 20)

Players Whose Numbers Match First Must Be Paired

Please Post Your 3DS Friend Code With Your Roll

If After A Half An Hour You Have Not Been Paired ROLL AGAIN And Post The Result

Please Add ALL FRIEND CODES Posted In The Topic!

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HAPPY SMASHING!!!

I realize that next to nobody cares about the hound, but I'm excited to play with him.  I am VERY excited to play with him.

Sorry for wasting any of your time.

now the world cowers in fear over what Notch might do with $2.5 billion dollars

2 packs coming.  Each has 3 characters, 4 vehicles, and 2 cups (8 courses). http://mariokart8.nintendo.com/dlc/

"The Add On Content packs include classics like Wario’s Gold Mine from Mario Kart Wii, as well as new courses, some taking place in the worlds of The Legend of Zelda and Animal Crossing. New vehicles will also arrive with each pack, including the Blue Falcon kart representing the F-Zero franchise in the first AOC pack."