Vandaeron

Hey everybody. Sorry, I kinda went quiet the last couple weeks. Some stuff came up that I wasn't anticipating and let's just say it's been hard to catch a free moment. Anyway, to make up for lost time I want to start spurring on the remaining matches. Looks like right now we're about 40% done. Keep your ears open! In the meantime, after getting the scores up to date, here are some stats: Everyone who has fought a match has at least one loss, so as of yet nobody is unbeatable. Everyone is currently capable of a final score of 6-1 or 5-2, so top 2 is still wide open, even if you have two losses. Stay determined!

That;s just the tope og peroplr er str. What is the meaning of life?

I love the cold so much. I don't even wear a coat until it's near-freezing. And even that coat is like, barely more padded than a windbreaker. Mmmmmmmmmm.

Banned because you banned the person that banned you on account of you banning the person that banned you! OH GOD MAKE IT STOP

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Schpp; os gpt odopytsd/ How am I so bad at this?

Banned for banning the person that banned you

Mercenaries Whatever, it's the same sound, don't judge me

Hariyama

Mozzarella and Provolone. Put both on a meatball sub and I'll love you forever.

6/10 that looks like an agonizing sunburn

I'm very anxious and withdrawn and pessimistic in practice, though I'm striving to be just the opposite of that. I'm very long-winded because anytime I speak, I feel compelled to obsess over wording things right and making sure I'm totally understood. This makes me very slow to respond in general. I have bad memory when it comes to specific things, like things I want to do or need to do. But it's weird. Sometimes I'm conscious aware of the things I want/need to be doing, but I just... can't compel myself to do them. I'll watch myself walk past the thing, or just refuse to stand up to go to it, while screaming at myself in my head to just get up and do it. Like some kind of subconscious failsafe or something. It's been suggested that this, too, is a form of anxiety. I always wind up speaking in reference to myself, or with excessive use of I. I'm very self-conscious about this, and try hard to avoid it when I can. Anytime anything I do is not met with immediate success, I'm constantly worrying that I have screwed up, and obsess and worry about it constantly until something happens. This leads to more wordiness and overqualification of statements and actions. In a similar vein, I'm constantly playing out potential conversations in my head. Again and again, constant what-ifs going through my head. I'm quick to speak out negatively about things. I despise this above all else, and judge myself very harshly about it. Other than that, micky and Unpro are like... literally me? I'm crying a little?

I would say the first two Mega Man Zero games are the hardest games I've played but not disowned. They stand just a touch above Valdis Story: Abyssal City, just because the latter lets you retry as much as you like.

This is amazing.

tfw you realize hanging out with people doesn't stop you from feeling lonely

Let's see. Most of my older pokemon were based on bands, but the only particularly creative one I can recall is a Kangaskhan named Princess, so named because her father was a Nidoking. I also once had a Skarmory named Shin Kazama, a pilot from UN Squadron/Area 88. As for the bandy ones, I had Manowar the Nidoking (who was once my namesake here) and Gamma Ray the Yanmega (before it was cool.) Pretty sure there were other band-based names, but I can't remember. Then some of the older and more droll ones were BeoWolf the Arcanine, and Heavy Metal the Aggron.

Alright, cool. That'll settle us into a nice 8. Since the tournament hasn't actually "started" started, I'll allow it. However, I inadvertently asked for votes on Showdown, and got like a relatively huge pile of Round Robin votes, so it seems like it'll wind up being that format anyway. There were two schools of thought on either end of the argument, one being that round robin would be nice to give everyone a chance to see what creative solutions the rest came up with for the team, and the other is full of money-grubbing cowards who want to get their hands on the money as soon as possible feels that fighting the same team over and over would get repetitive. OH MY GOD I CAN'T MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY IT'S ALL FALLING APART Basically the contenders are Round Robin at 4, and single match single elimination at 2, so unless there's a considerably staunch disagreement, it looks like Round Robin has it. Pineapple's already set to go, so with that, we can start. Here is the score card, which I will update with match results and standings as often as possible. Typically, I would like to be present for matches, but if I'm not around or unresponsive in Showdown, a replay thingy will suffice. Actually, PMing me a replay would be nice regardless, in case anyone wants to watch but isn't there. Don't post it in here, though; that'd let people get a look at teams ahead of time. And as my last statement... GO FORTH AND DOMINATE

With the oldest trace of my presence being my registration at the creation of these forums, I couldn't even say any longer when it was we met. Was it Cedar Woods, with Rei? That one forum with the RP game that had all the crazy stats and stuff, with Stars, KoG, and the rest of the old gang? Don't answer, that was hypothetical. Either way, I know I haven't been much of an active part of this particular forum's creation and growth, but it makes me happy to see everything, including your hopes and dreams, continuing to flourish. I suppose, above all else, that is what drew me back. This community, the community around you, is one of the few pleasant places from the last... long freaking time? that's still around. I've never been anyplace so diverse and welcoming. I left without a trace, or a reason, or a point. I couldn't give you one single clue why. Ultimately, I wound up making important personal progress that I don't regret making, but I still feel like I have years I didn't spend here that I'd like to earn back. And I will.

Virus-Buster Serge It's not very long, just do it.

Alright, so! Only 15 hours remain until the tournament starts. Entries are still open until that time, but in the meantime, I'd like to propose a discussion and a poll (in the first post) about what format to conduct the tournament in. There are currently 4 formats I'm entertaining: Round Robin, with top 2 facing off in a final match. Single Elimination, best 2 out of 3 Double Elimination Double Elimination, best 2 out of 3 Round Robin is the one I'm favoring, as it would guarantee everyone gets a chance to fight every other team, to basically engage in the spirit of the team building aspect of the tournament. But I acknowledge that 7 participants is the point where round robin starts getting up there in the match count, so I have the more traditional options up there as an alternative. I left out basic single elimination just because it offers a lot of potential for people to be cut out early due to a bad circumstance rather than simply being outplayed. Thoughts?