GBAtemp Tournament Week - join us for fun game tournaments and prizes!

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Hey everyone! Enjoying the newer, faster GBAtemp experience? We certainly are! But beyond that, now that server migration is settled...that means, yes, it's time to return to our regularly scheduled tournament bonanza!

How's quarantine life suiting you? Settle in with some nice games to pass the time, yet? As fun as having unexpected days off can be, the circumstances behind it can be a little stressful, so the lovely staff here at GBAtemp have decided to help out by hosting some fun tournaments for everyone stuck at home these next few weeks! Starting tomorrow, we'll be kicking off two whole weeks of exciting game nights to allow for as many people as possible to join in. And we've got prizes to offer for each and every day, too!

March 29th - Mario Kart 7


Dust off your Nintendo 3DS to join in on the fun, and jump back into the racing mayhem of Mario Kart 7! Show up at 11AM CDT, where we'll begin our first race. Whoever manages to dodge the onslaught of Blue Shells and banana peels to win first place will walk away with a prize of $15!

The community will be called GBAtemp, with a code of 49-1989-0065-3197.

March 30th - Street Fighter V


The second game tournament will focus on Street Fighter V--but don't worry if you're not into it, because we've got a whole bunch of other games scheduled, like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Overwatch, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Rocket League! And fear not, banned Switch users, because we're dedicating two of the days to LAN-Play, so you can join in, too!

As previously mentioned, we'll be running a tournament for Street Fighter V. It'll kick off at noon (12pm) central time. That's two hours ahead of PT, one behind ET, and 5pm GMT. The best at inputting those quarter circles and crazy combos to come out on top will net themselves $10 gift card, how fun!

Let us know if you want to partake in the tournament, where we'll add you to a competition bracket, facing off in the best 2/3 matches against your fellow GBAtempers!

March 31st - Rocket League


Prepare your engines, because this is Rocket League! 1v1 matches will take place in the game's built-in tournament mode, where we'll find out which one of us here is the best at hitting balls with an R/C car! We're starting to up the ante, because whoever wins first place will get $20!
April 1st - Pokemon Showdown


The festivities continue into April Fools with Pokemon Showdown. If you don't own Sword/Shield, or you're not into paying for Switch Online, then this is your chance to shine, Pokemon masters! We'll be playing with some wacky rules too: National Dex AG. That's right--pure madness. If you prefer more vanilla style rulesets, then join us for the Sword/Shield tournament day, which we'll discuss in just a bit! Survive the madness for a $25 giftcard!

April 2nd - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (LAN-play edition)


Get ready for more racing mayhem on Thursday, with a LAN-play tournament for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe! Banned Switch users unite! If you need help setting up LAN-play, you can learn more in the official thread. This one will also be for $25.

April 3rd - Overwatch


For those that prefer not to play on a Nintendo console, banned or not, or just want a different genre, then we'll also have an Overwatch tournament for everyone to enjoy! We'll queue entrants up in 1v1 mystery hero matches, to see who's got the best sharpshooting skills to win a sweet 25 bucks.

April 4th - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe


On Saturday, it's Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 2: Electric Boogaloo, featuring legitimate online play. This is for all you Nintendo Switch Online subscribers out there. 150CC, 12 races, no teams, normal items. We'll race it up and find a winner, with a tantalizing $30 gift card as the take-home prize.

April 5th - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (LAN-play edition)


If you've been wanting to take your stress out by playing some Smash Bros. you'll be able to settle things in smash on Sunday, with our Switch Super Smash Bros. tourney, feat. banned Switches and a reward of $50 to the best fighter!
April 6th - Pokemon Sword and Shield


Have you been raising your Pokemon well? Build a great team in the latest generation of the games? We hope so, because you'll be putting your favorites to the test in a Pokemon Sword and Shield tournament, to decide who wins $50!

April 7-10th - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate


Join us for a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament, which will decide GBAtemp’s best Smash player! For this one, we wanna see a ton of people join in, so we’ll be hosting this event for four days, after which we’ll settle it in Smash, for real, giving a $70 gift card to the winner of the four-day extravaganza! Not to mention, the winner of each day’s qualifying rounds will net themselves a $10 gift card, to boot!

Final Competition - Animal Crossing: New Horizons home design


The last event will be Animal Crossing themed! By April 7th, all our Animal Crossing players will have had plenty of time to build up their island, and prettify their home. But who here is the greatest decorator? We'll find out in an adorable competition, where you get to send us a picture of your Animal Crossing: New Horizons home, to which our staff and patrons will decide who's got the best-looking house! We've got 20 bells--er dollars, to give away to the winner! You can submit your picture via PM at any point during the two-week period!

We'll have more specific rulesets or relevant information updated within the thread at the start of the day for each competition, so stay tuned! We hope this gets everyone pumped up, and that we can all join in together for a fun community event!

(Each prize will come in the form of USD, and if the winner is not from the States, the currency conversion amount of the above-stated denominations in giftcard form.)

We're also open to ideas, or to just gauge what times would work best, to get the most amount of users involved! Let us know which events you'd be interested in joining in on and what times work for you, so we can get a rough estimate of how many people to prepare for, and try to best include everyone in every timezone!
(If you're joining for a game that's multiplatform, please include your system of choice, too!) :yay:
 

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Wait, you were playing again!?? I was waiting lol
We have no idea what match was what and which ones line up with the competition. I'm sure Chary gave up as well and that nobody will win €15.

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If all of us agree we could say that due to technical problems there wasn't a winner. In fact, I've messaged Chary of an idea for a tournament Mario Kart 7 related, maybe the proper Mario Kart 7 winner could be decided there.

What do you think? @Rioluwott @Trash_Bandatcoot @VinsCool (IDK who the other two are ^^')
 
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If all of us agree we could say that due to technical problems there wasn't a winner. In fact, I've messaged Chary of an idea for a tournament Mario Kart 7 related, maybe the proper Mario Kart 7 winner could be decided there.

What do you think? @Rioluwott @Trash_Bandatcoot @VinsCool (IDK who the other two are ^^')
im okay with that
 

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If all of us agree we could say that due to technical problems there wasn't a winner. In fact, I've messaged Chary of an idea for a tournament Mario Kart 7 related, maybe the proper Mario Kart 7 winner could be decided there.

What do you think? @Rioluwott @Trash_Bandatcoot @VinsCool (IDK who the other two are ^^')
Ehhh no
 

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It’s a shame—it was working so well on the first set of races. We could always just add the prize back into the pool, or use it as stated above for a theoretical MK7 custom tournament, should we ever have one. I’ll let those involved discuss what they’d like before making a call.

I apologize for the online errors—I suppose having so many people online on a system not so up to date on online capabilities all at once would have been a bit chaotic. I hope everyone at least had fun, because that was the goal!

Regardless, every other upcoming game should go much smoother, considering those games have their own servers in most cases, or just better online features overall.
 

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It’s a shame—it was working so well on the first set of races. We could always just add the prize back into the pool, or use it as stated above for a theoretical MK7 custom tournament, should we ever have one. I’ll let those involved discuss what they’d like before making a call.

I apologize for the online errors—I suppose having so many people online on a system not so up to date on online capabilities all at once would have been a bit chaotic. I hope everyone at least had fun, because that was the goal!

Regardless, every other upcoming game should go much smoother, considering those games have their own servers in most cases, or just better online features overall.
It was all about the fun, indeed. I don't know how many people play custom Mario Kart 7 tournaments (idk if you mean a regular game with custom settings or CTGP-7), so that is still up for a debate.
 
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It’s a shame—it was working so well on the first set of races. We could always just add the prize back into the pool, or use it as stated above for a theoretical MK7 custom tournament, should we ever have one. I’ll let those involved discuss what they’d like before making a call.

I apologize for the online errors—I suppose having so many people online on a system not so up to date on online capabilities all at once would have been a bit chaotic. I hope everyone at least had fun, because that was the goal!

Regardless, every other upcoming game should go much smoother, considering those games have their own servers in most cases, or just better online features overall.
I agree on adding the prize back to the pool. About the online errors, it's not normally like that, no idea why this has happened today, hopefully it's a one time thing.
 
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About the online errors, it's not normally like that, no idea why this has happened today, hopefully it's a one time thing.
I love how this bullshit happens RIGHT when I enter my first GBAtemp competition, and this happens so often to me.
Call me Donald Duck from now on, thank you.
 
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It was all about the fun, indeed. I don't know how many people play custom Mario Kart 7 tournaments (idk if you mean a regular game with custom settings or CTGP-7), so that is still up for a debate.
Well, I already know a lot of people that are interested. I was already thinking of making a tournament for CTGP-7 for some time (and in fact, I planned on using the prize for such tournament if I won lol) but I thought that more people would participate if it was organized here instead, that's why I messaged Chary about it.
 

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Well, I already know a lot of people that are interested. I was already thinking of making a tournament for CTGP-7 for some time (and in fact, I planned on using the prize for such tournament if I won lol) but I thought that more people would participate if it was organized here instead, that's why I messaged Chary about it.
this was also the only game I could play, if I would win, I would've used the money on Rocket League so I could've entered that
call me a sellout, but my 2DS isn't modded, and it never will be, so I'm now fucked :/
oh well, better luck next time
 

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Regardless, Street Fighter V will be next up, with presumably much less issue. A thread will be available later today for people to sign up so we can organize matches easily :)
 
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