I have to say it was some turnout for the first day of our new tourney. Let's keep it up! Anyway, I was surprised to see so many VERY close matches, but that's the way the bracket fell this time around. Here are yesterday's winners:

64 - Adrenaline SL
32 - TestaALT
49 - Karpah
48 - Yami Shuryou
8 - DSimpson
40 - CMoriarty
9 - BSulpher
41 - marshmallow

The bracket, complete with CRP links to all participating authors (use them please) can be found here:

http://web.njit.edu/~dbm7/pbracket8.htm

Good luck!

4 - Psycho Penguin
vs.
61 - JCulbert

29 - SinirothX
vs.
36 - Red Scarlet

13 - Kao Megura
vs.
52 - MKim

20 - JChamberlin
vs.
45 - Aaron Baker

5 - Split Infinity
vs.
60 - Minesweeper

28 - Stinger 3:16
vs.
37 - EOrizzonte

12 - kylohk
vs.
53 - Apathetic Aardvark

21 - DJ Tigresa
vs.
44 - shoecream

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Devin Morgan | CRP #3579
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For future reference, we're opening and closing rounds at 5pm Eastern time. It still gives 24 hours to vote for each set, so keep the time change in mind for future voting...

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4 - Psycho Penguin
vs.
61 - JCulbert

One of the more active authors today... his newer RPG stuff is fantastic. Really the clear winner there.

29 - SinirothX
vs.
36 - Red Scarlet

You can tell from looking at his FF stuff that a lot of work went into that... plus his stuff is good overall, so he's the winner.

13 - Kao Megura
vs.
52 - MKim

\m/

20 - JChamberlin
vs.
45 - Aaron Baker

He's a good writer... hardly ever gets credit for it though.

5 - Split Infinity
vs.
60 - Minesweeper

Fantastic worker, and right to the point, good author.

28 - Stinger 3:16
vs.
37 - EOrizzonte

12 - kylohk
vs.
53 - Apathetic Aardvark

kylohk's a good writer although his ToS guide is completely filler-tastic.

21 - DJ Tigresa
vs.
44 - shoecream

Abstain.
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36 - Red Scarlet... Good matchup.

13 - Kao Megura

20 - JChamberlin

5 - Split Infinity

37 - EOrizzonte

12 - kylohk

21 - DJ Tigresa.. blah. Bad matchup cuz they both kind of suck.
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Psycho Penguin rules!

4 - Psycho Penguin
29 - SinirothX
13 - Kao Megura
20 - JChamberlin
60 - Minesweeper
28 - Stinger 3:16
12 - kylohk
21 - DJ Tigresa
^^^^^^^^^

I love your work DJ. Your guides I'm sure have helped out man, many people and I think you're one of the best writers on the site. Keep it up

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4 - Psycho Penguin

36 - Red Scarlet

13 - Kao Megura

45 - Aaron Baker

5 - Split Infinity

37 - EOrizzonte

53 - Apathetic Aardvark

21 - DJ Tigresa

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"I will give you a show that you have never, ever seen before. Why? Because I can." - HBK

4 - Psycho Penguin
29 - SinirothX
13 - Kao Megura
20 - JChamberlin
5 - Split Infinity
28 - Stinger 3:16
53 - Apathetic Aardvark
44 - shoecream
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"You found a ppv without HHH! Now, can you find Waldo?" - Me
"I found 172 waldos in HHH's nose. Thats where they all hide." - PsychoPenguin

4 - Psycho Penguin
36 - Red Scarlet
13 - Kao Megura
20 - JChamberlin
60 - Minesweeper
37 - EOrizzonte
53 - Apathetic Aardvark
N/A

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Devin Morgan | CRP #3579
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Good matchups for the most part.

4 - Psycho Penguin
29 - SinirothX
13 - Kao Megura
20 - JChamberlin (His RCT guide was the first guide I ever used)
5 - Split Infinity
37 - EOrizzonte (His Zelda guides = winnar)
53 - Apathetic Aardvark
21 - DJ Tigresa
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The Light At Board #19313

4 - Psycho Penguin
29 - SinirothX
13 - Kao Megura
45 - Aaron Baker
5 - Split Infinity
37 - EOrizzonte
53 - Apathetic Aardvark
ABSTAIN
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Mattman

4 - Psycho Penguin
29 - SinirothX
13 - Kao Megura
45 - Aaron Baker
60 - Minesweeper
28 - Stinger 3:16
53 - Apathetic Aardvark
21 - DJ Tigresa
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RPG Elite (298) Nemesis : little_jewell
| A.K.A | FAQs: 11 (2853 KB) | Reviews: 5 (20 KB) | Codes: 152

4 - Psycho Penguin

36 - Red Scarlet

13 - Kao Megura

45 - JChamberlin

5 - Split Infinity

28 - Stinger 3:16

53 - Apathetic Aardvark

21 - DJ Tigresa


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4 - Psycho Penguin
29 - SinirothX
13 - Kao Megura
45 - Aaron Baker
5 - Split Infinity
37 - EOrizzonte
12 - kylohk
21 - DJ Tigresa

4 - Psycho Penguin
29 - SinirothX
13 - Kao Megura
20 - JChamberlin
60 - Minesweeper
37 - EOrizzonte
53 - Apathetic Aardvark
21 - DJ Tigresa

4 - Psycho Penguin
36 - Red Scarlet
13 - Kao Megura
20 - JChamberlin
5 - Split Infinity
37 - EOrizzonte
53 - Apathetic Aardvark
21 - DJ Tigresa

Go Split!

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4 - Psycho Penguin

36 - Red Scarlet

13 - Kao Megura

45 - Aaron Baker

60 - Minesweeper

28 - Stinger 3:16

53 - Apathetic Aardvark (kylohk's guide for Wind Waker is pretty lacking. A Zelda guide should definitely have a few sections listing Pieces of Heart locations, etc. instead of forcing readers to look through the entire guide for what they need.)

44 - DJ Tigresa (neither are very detailed, but shoecream didn't have a Table of Contents in the guide I looked at. A big mistake when FAQing, even if DJ does have rather sloppy SMB guides)

Not quite as exciting as the first matches, but I had to think/read about it for a few. I hope Crazyreyn records this on that FCB site of his.
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No worries, I will.
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4 - Jump kick.. turn left... Erm, Penguin <_<!
29 - SinirothX
13 - Kao Megura
20 - JChamberlin
5 - Split Infinity
uhh.... I don't recognize either of these names O_o
Hrrm, the one guy looks like me, better stay out of this one too.
44 - shoecream

No reasons tonight, I'm really tired...

61 - JCulbert
29 - SinirothX
13 - Kao Megura
20 - JChamberlin
60 - Minesweeper
28 - Stinger 3:16
53 - Apathetic Aardvark
21 - DJ Tigresa

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Reyn | Y.T.W.S.R. | FAQs: 43
The Official FCB Profiles and History - http://homepages.tesco.net/vicky.reynolds1

uhh.... I don't recognize either of these names O_o

That's what the CRP links on the website are for...
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Reyn | Y.T.W.S.R. | FAQs: 43
The Official FCB Profiles and History - http://homepages.tesco.net/vicky.reynolds1

I know reyn, but the problem is, I've never used either of their works. And I'd just vote against the pokemon person for liking pokemon... so, I feel in order to be fair, I should just abstain it!

4 - Psycho Penguin
36 - Red Scarlet
13 - Kao Megura
45 - Aaron Baker
60 - Minesweeper

37 - EOrizzonte
I didn't really like either one of the writers here. Neither had a really appealing format, although the information was pretty decent.

53 - Apathetic Aardvark

44 - shoecream
DJ has really, really bad format. If you're reading this, please fix it up. Read some of the higher seeded FAQers in this tournament and see how they have the headers and etc.
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4 - Psycho Penguin (through our thick and thin moments, Steve's ability to write has never been in doubt, though some of his guides have HORRIBLE format).

36 - Red Scarlet (Close, but I rather like how Red Scarlet approaches her self appointed duty as a translator of games for those seeking to play the Japanese versions. Also, she has a rather understated way of communicating information with a bit of a smirk in her words).

13 - Kao Megura (Sorry MKim, but you are not even on the same continent as this guy).

Neither (Both have ups and downs, but neither stands over the other in a clear victory).

60 - Minesweeper (much love for Split, as he has progressed along, but the now essentially retired Minesweeper still rules the roost here. Here's hoping Unnatural Selection is still a welcome haven for me after this vote!). ;)

37 - EOrizzonte (In ma match where neither stands out, the simplistic and clean format from Orizzonte wins over the more obscene offerings from Stinger).

53 - Apathetic Aardvark (more varied work combined with a much better layout for the FAQ beats out kylohk. The old school flavour did not hurt him/her either).

44 - shoecream (although I am not a huge fan of his work, shoecream gets the nod simply because DJ's work is sloppy, incredibly badly formatted, incomplete, and lacking in any real effort for a large part. That may sound harsh, as the work is older than most FAQing "careers", but the lack of effort mentioned includes not shining up old work with new knowledge or better wording, instead just shovelling out quantity that leaves a reader wanting better).
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Sine - This isn't about picking people you "know" either. I've voted down my friends and they've voted me down too - it's a matter of who's done the better work, period. If you feel uncomfortable about a certain matchup, feel free to abstain like you did, but to say you abstained because you don't know who either of the authors were is sorta iffy. Familiarize yourself with new work! :D

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Devin Morgan | CRP #3579
NES Completion Project: http://web.njit.edu/~dbm7/

4 - Psycho Penguin

29 - SinirothX

13 - Kao Megura

45 - Aaron Baker

60 - Minesweeper

ABSTAIN

53 - Apathetic Aardvark

44 - shoecream
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Minstrel in the Gallery

4 - Psycho Penguin
36 - Red Scarlet
13 - Kao Megura
45 - Aaron Baker
60 - Minesweeper
28 - Stinger 3:16
53 - Apathetic Aardvark
44 - shoecream
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"Women are like Voltron - the more you can hookup, the better it gets." | Y.T.S.W.R

4 - Psycho Penguin
36 - Red Scarlet
13 - Kao Megura
20 - JChamberlin
60 - Minesweeper
37 - EOrizzonte
12 - kylohk
44 - shoecream
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Vyers: "Can't afford it."

4 - Psycho Penguin

29 - SinirothX

13 - Kao Megura

20 - JChamberlin

5 - Split Infinity

37 - EOrizzonte

53 - Apathetic Aardvark

44 - shoecream
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Don't **** with Da Hui

Psycho Penguin

SinirothX

Kao Megura

JChamberlin

Minesweeper

EOrizzonte

Apathetic Aardvark

shoecream
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4 - Psycho Penguin
29 - SinirothX
13 - Kao Megura
20 - JChamberlin
5 - Split Infinity
37 - EOrizzonte
53 - Apathetic Aardvark
21 - DJ Tigresa
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4 - Psycho Penguin
29 - SinirothX
13 - Kao Megura
45 - Aaron Baker
5 - Split Infinity
28 - Stinger 3:16
12 - kylohk
44 - shoecream

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Sine - This isn't about picking people you "know" either. I've voted down my friends and they've voted me down too - it's a matter of who's done the better work, period.

I happen to know that a small number of the people who voted for me yesterday didn't even look at the other guy's work. I only mention this, which sounds like I'm putting myself down, to point out that in the end, it doesn't always work out that way. No matter how hard they try to avoid it, most people are still going to vote for their friends >_>

I know I sound like a pessimistic old fart, but I'm not complaining or anything, tournaments are badass. ;)

Go Split and EChang!
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Devin - by "know" I simply mean familiarized with their work. Steve is the only person in today's lineup, aside from myself of course, who I could even make a claim to knowing well.

Alex - my memory could be wrong here, but I do recall adren having won either this tournament or the non-profo one at one point in time. It would be in the realm of possibility that adren has written many good guides. I also fail to understand how your telepathic powers informed you that people have never looked at adren's guides, but clearly mycorporeal mind can't process such universal knowledge.

Um, Adrenaline is one of the most known and respected people in the tournament and she's won it at least once before, prolly twice.
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Psycho Penguin rules!

I know, we're talking about some super veteran previous-tournament champion, but there wee still people voting for me. It was pretty obvious some of them would have voted for me no matter who I was against, just because it seems like the obvious you-my-friend thing to do. I'm not saying more people should have voted for me, I'm saying against me. o_O
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Actually, she beat the tar out of you all things considered. I don't think your match was the defining example of "popularity contest", although I'm sure we'll find about 30 examples before the tourney is over.
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Psycho Penguin rules!

Well if I didn't use myself as an example, not that it isn't true, it would just sound like pointless bitter complaining... which it probably did anyway. Oh well, it wasn't my intention ;)

ROCK ON.
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4 - Psycho Penguin

29 - SinirothX


13 - Kao Megura


20 - JChamberlin



60 - Minesweeper

28 - Stinger 3:16



53 - Apathetic Aardvark


44 - shoecream
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I'm not putting Adren down in any way. What I'm going to say applies to everything in general. A #1 seed losing to a #64 seed is blasphemy.
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true, DJ, but if that were the case, why bother having a tournament for anything in which the competitors are ranked coming in.

Remember, it's seeded in more quantity/less quantity. If it was seeded in veteran/n00b I'd the the one at #64. If it was seeded my number of bananas consumed / hour... who knows! It's a matter of perspective.
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4 - Psycho Penguin

29 - SinirothX

13 - Kao Megura

20 - JChamberlin

5 - Split Infinity

37 - EOrizzonte

44 - shoecream
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According to my math, I eat..... 1/18374th of a banana per year

Oops...forgot a guy.

53 - Apathetic Aardvark
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My mom packs my lunch for work on weekends when she's home. She always puts a banana in there. I'd be seeded pretty high on the banana scale.
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The quantity is used for seeding... the quality as seen by the voter determines the outcome. You need to seed everyone for a single elimination tournament, so quantity is easiest way of doing so.

As for #64 beating #1, I got a few from the sixth tournament that eclipse it in terms of sheer number seperating the two participants:

-#8 Joseph Christopher losing to #121 Ed Osciak III
-#5 Dingo Jellybean losing to #124 Coffee
-#6 Split Infinity losing to #70 Shdwrlm3
-#22 kayama losing to #107 hooi

All numbers are for is seeding... they do not determine strength of the FAQ writer. Hell, Adren is a two time champ, so losing to her for a first time entry and still refinin his art, Alex did damn well.
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The number next to each person's name shouldn't be the basis of anything though. The lower your number is, the more work you have posted on the site to date, that's all it's about. So how exactly is it a popularity contest or whatever because Adrenaline, who hasn't written in years and has way less posted, than Alex, and yet she won? To me that says a lot about Adrenaline that she can go inactive and people still regard her work well. Putting aside the outcome of all the past tourneys too, vote for who you feel is the best and move on.

I was sorta hoping it wouldn't turn into this sort of childish crap again, but if you have a problem with how this tournament is run or anything in regard to it, keep your thoughts to yourself (or at least outside of these topics). It's unnecessary.

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4 - Psycho Penguin
36 - Red Scarlet
13 - Kao Megura
45 - Aaron Baker
60 - Minesweeper
37 - EOrizzonte
ABSTAIN
44 - shoecream

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My votes go to:


4 - Psycho Penguin
29 - SinirothX
52 - MKim
20 - JChamberlin
60 - Minesweeper
28 - Stinger 3:16
53 - Apathetic Aardvark
21 - DJ Tigresa




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