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Welcome to the seventh annual Alphabetolympics tournament! For those of you who don’t know about it this is held every fall and usually is the largest single round tournament on the site, with up to 27 people competing.

So how do you enter and what is it all about? Well pick a number in this topic from 1-27 and post it in this topic. You can have any number that isn’t taken already by someone else. I’ll try to update this list often but unfortunately can’t sit in front of my computer all day so don’t rely on it. Once every spot is filled (or it’s pretty close, we’ll see) everyone will be assigned a letter from A-Z or #. Now you must review a game that begins with whatever you get. It could be any game from any genre as long as it begins with that letter. So if your letter is ‘M’ you can review Mega Man or Metal Gear Solid and can’t review Viewtiful Joe or Deus Ex (hopefully someone gets that reference).

Finally we’ll need three judges for this. Anyone who is interested in that let me know.

IMPORTANT!!! READ BEFORE ENTERING:
Please only enter if you are willing to get ANY letter. We don’t know what you are going to get. It could be your dream letter or it could be Y or Q or #. Therefore you might need to resort to ROMs. If you’re not willing to download ROMs and don’t own at least a game you’re willing to review for every letter it’s probably not smart to enter. Obviously some are going to drop out, but we don’t want half attendance because everyone with a less than perfect letter quits. So only enter if you’re open to every letter and can make a deadline that will most likely be in the second half of November.

There will be no trading letters after the deadline. In previous years it got out of hand and kind of defeats the purpose of the whole thing. I’m undecided about allowing people to pick up dropout’s letters but don’t count on it.

Now pick away!
If there isn’t a name next to the spot you can take it by posting what number you want in this topic.

1. Overdrive (by force)
2. Iraff
3. Will
4. Pickhut
5. Venter
6. Genj
7. Wolfqueen
8. Timrod
9. Dagoss
10. True
11. BELISARIOS
12. Lewis
13. Sportsman
14. Penguin
15. Ulv
16. EmP
17. drella
18. Suskie
19. Bboobb
20. Blah
21. Cario
22. Darketernal
23. Sho
24. Zippdementia
25. Bluberry
26. Janus
27. DoI

IF YOU WANT MORE BEATS FOR YOUR BUCK THERE'S NO LUCK.

Also I apologize for the tardiness and making people wait, I had to run out and couldn't make it back in time.

IF YOU WANT MORE BEATS FOR YOUR BUCK THERE'S NO LUCK.

18

You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it.

7

God I hope we get enough people for this. >_>

[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will

I don't know. This one actually requires one to write a new review.

You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it.

don't worry buddy, I get the reference.

Oh no, it's a Goomba!

and I pick (3 + 4i)(3 - 4i)

you better figure it out and put me in real quick so all of the nerds who don't know their complex numbers don't step on my pick.

Oh no, it's a Goomba!

I would pick 8 and disrupt your plans, but it seems I've already chosen a number.

...

...

...

...Yes? Did I get it?

You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it.

I haven't done complex numbers since high school so I'm relying on Maple for this one.

IF YOU WANT MORE BEATS FOR YOUR BUCK THERE'S NO LUCK.

16

For us. For them. For you.

I have humbly entered with much modesty.

I'm not afraid to die because I am invincible
Viva la muerte, that's my goddamn principle

6 come on give me my dream letter

_

(a + bi)(a - bi) = a^2 + b^2

geeks, go outside more

Oh no, it's a Goomba!

The number I claim is 1 (one). I will continue to claim it until it sticks.

I'm not afraid to die because I am invincible
Viva la muerte, that's my goddamn principle

This is usually the only contest I end up partaking in every year, but since I was forced against my will to write two reviews for the last contest, I was gonna skip this.

BUT SUDDENLY, I WAS BLACKMAILED. 4.

I head spaceshit noises.

Oh no, it's a Goomba!

As I am unwilling to leave matters of such importance to the Random Number Gods, I shall use a simple mathematic equation to determine my spot.

We'll start with the number of reviews I've submitted: 13. Then we take the median of hits for each reviews, which happens to be 390, divide that by the number of times our beloved webmaster has messed up the site this month(10), and add it. Now we subtract the number of people who think genj is funny(3) multiply the number of times EmP would normally have to nag me to join(42), and divide by the number of days remaining in lasthero's jail sentence(686).

That gives us 3. I'll take that one, please.

"Either, sir, you're an ass or masquerading as one."
- Nero Wolfe

14

http://backloggery.com/main.php?user=psycho_penguin

Interesting.

I can avoid death by not having a life.

22

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I'm clearly #9

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17

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27 for me.

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I believe I will rock Numero 2

Jerec you're judging. But you knew that already, right?

IF YOU WANT MORE BEATS FOR YOUR BUCK THERE'S NO LUCK.