[NvPinder]

Friday Night Retro Rumbles proudly presents

In association with clan Terror Australis

The Australian National Super Mario World Championships!

On Friday the 30th of September (Date subject to change), four of Australia’s best gamers will be competing in this years official Super Mario World Drinking Race on SNES emulators! It will be kicking off at 9pm AEST, and if the DKC Championships are anything to go by, it’s shaping up to be one hell of an event for spectator and players alike.


Last week’s race summary:

+ Show +

(Original thread: http://www.sc2sea.com/showthread.php?t=2243 )

Official Placings:

1st - Bigman Krunch: Came in as the underdog, but his previous DKC plays have paid off. Definitely deserving of first place, his game knowledge was superb. Had no real trouble with the game, and led the whole way through. Congratulations to Krunch!

2nd- Tie!! A huge comeback by Cosmic was on the cards as he flew through the final levels after struggling hard to come to grips with the alcohol content of Wild Turkey early on. Pinder the strategist that he is, tailed slightly behind Krunch, learning and mimicking what he saw through Krunch's stream. However this was of no help as he struggled for hours at a particular level, while Cosmic slugged away from behind to edge even closer. Pinder and Cosmic duked it out right at the very end as Krunch clocked the game to try and see who could take 2nd place on their last life, but it was not to be. Strong effort from both!

4th- EdgE: Being the battler that he is, EdgE came into this with no idea what to do. Coming to terms with his poor performance, he began to alternate between Goldeneye007 and various adult media sites to calm himself. While Krunch conquered the game, EdgE was finishing the 2nd world. Great showing by EdgE, but better luck in the next event!

Once again a big thankyou to all who tuned in and spent their friday night with us! Also a shoutout to Nirvana who got my stream up and listed on SC2SEA.

It was definately a fun filled night for the boys, albeit extremely rage-inducing, but at the end, it was all a great laugh.
Cheers!

The Rules:

• The race will last 4 hours from the start time, at this point if no player has completed Super Mario World, placings will be based on how far we have progressed through the game

• All players must be in teamspeak for the duration of the race

• Use of the 'save state' function, or any emulator function that you would not be able to do in a snes is considered cheating (this includes use of the tilde (~) key

• A player is not to enter star world at any time. Doing so will make you forfeit the race (any other alternate paths however are allowed)

• Use of the 'top secret area' where you get free lives and free mushrooms/feathers/fire flowers is banned

• After completing a level, you must not re-enter the level to gain easy lives. Re-entering the level to get to an alternate exit however is allowed

• Use of the cape to fly is banned, accidental slip ups are okay but obviously flying over levels (especially hard parts) is not

The IMPORTANT Rules:

• Whenever a player passes a level, the player must drink

• If that player is the first player to pass that level, he must drink again

• Whenever a player passes a castle or haunted house, all players must drink (Person in first drinks twice, if two players are both on the same level, regardless of progress through the level, they're considered equal first)

• If a player loses all his lives and ‘game overs’, he must finish the rest of his drink

• If you manage to score 300,000 points, you must finish your drink (and 600,000, 900,000, etc. This is to stop gosu's from not having too drink due to never game overing)

• If you run out of drinks before the end of the race, you are disqualified

The Competitors:

Cameron 'TAEdgE' Murrin

" Get the **** out of the game ****"

Whilst Cam was coming in at long odds last week, no one expected his performance to be quite the way it was. Whilst he started out surprisingly strong, even ahead of favourite Cosmic at points, his progress rapidly waned and he performed multiple game overs in the first hour, resulting in him finishing most of his goonbag incredibly quickly, causing a decrease in coordination and attention span alike. This caused him to spiral down and for over half the night to cam’s cam could be seen dying to the first guard of golden on agent setting multiple times, and look at various, albeit entertaining and distracting, videos located at various websites on the internet.

However this week Cam comes in with new motivation, having some previous experience with Super Mario World and a competitive spirit to make up for his lacklustre DKC performance, expect to see a fired up EdgE ready to take it to the leaders, and perhaps even a strong enough showing to peek his head up to the top 2.

Weapon of Choice: Smirnoff double blacks

Strengths:
Determined to not go on adult media websites
Proven to be a strong starter and finisher
Quick learner
Ability to pick up games quickly
Fan Favourite

Weaknesses
Legitimately thinks that going off cliffs is the idea of platform games.
Limited experience with SMW compared to other racers
Not a strong platform game player
Has no controller and must use keyboard
Easily tempted by other media when intoxicated.

Odds: 20-1

Maxwell 'TAKrUnch' O'Callaghan

" **** i dunno what i want for a quote”

Last week’s victor, he came out of the gates strong and held the lead for literally the entire race, whilst his play definitely declined towards the end of the night, the lead he obtained through consistent strong play allowed him to still easily take the victory in the first ever Retro Rumble.

He’s going in with strong experience this week, however his major edge last week, the experience with the game, has been stripped from him, with all competitors having decent experience with SMW, he’ll have to prove it wasn’t just a one-off victory he pulled out of his ass, and will be looking to go 2 for 2 in the Retro Rumbles.

Weapon of choice: Miller's Draft

Strengths:
Strong consistent racer
Going in with huge momentum from a big win last week
Good experience in Super Mario World
Wants to prove last week wasn’t a fluke

Weaknesses:
Last week was a fluke
Over-confident and possibly too cocky.
Still sucks at every game.
No controller and must use keyboard

Odds: 4-1

Timothy 'TAcosmic' Roots

"~~~~~~~~~~~~"

The nerves definitely got the better of Mr. Roots last week, going in the favourite, he failed to live up to the hype, and in the first hour was even seen to be behind 10-1 racer EdgE even with his stream-lead. However, that being said, he finished incredibly strong, (with a bit of help from some performance enhancing tildes…) and is definitely the competitor to watch in the final stages of the race.

Going into this week’s race, if Roots can compose himself early and finish strong once again, he’ll be looking to improve on his tie 2nd last week to take the gold. Confident and pumped, he’s definitely one to look out for.

Weapon of Choice: Wild Turkey

Strengths:
Strong finisher, handles alchohol well
Strong experience in Super Mario World
Strong platform gamer
Stream appears ahead of everyone else

Weaknesses:
Poor starter
Has actually kept playing Super Mario Bros 2
Easily frustrated
Still looks a little too smug

Odds: 5-1

Jonathan 'JP$' Pinder

"Yeah gg, dickhead"

The 2nd place finisher of last week Retro Rumble, he will have everything to prove this week. Coming 2nd thanks to the cheating effort of TACosmic, he blasted through the game, often challenging for the lead, before the alcohol consumption started to ironically consume him.

He’s going in with arguably the most experience with SMW, and with previous speedrun experience and last week to prepare him, he looks to be the favourite coming into this week to dethrone the king of last week.

Weapon of Choice: Jim Beam and Cola

Strengths
Has controller, no need to use keyboard
Strong Jawline and incredible cheekbones
Experienced in Super Mario World
Very experienced in other Mario Brother’s games.

Weaknesses
Weak Finisher
Folds under pressure
Does not handle alchohol well

Odds: 3-1


The Help:

Winson "TAMiles" Yong

Throughout the race, at the penality of a drink, players may ask Super Mario World expert TAMiles, famous for making cheekyduck cry on stream, for advice on how to get through tough puzzle levels, such as the haunted mansions.

Dylan 'TAscarlet' Arbon

For all the fabulous graphics, including the overlay!



Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/cosmicxo (All four racers in split-screen style)

So what will happen come the night of the race, will KrUnch perform back to back wins? Will Cosmic or Pinder knock KrUnch off his cocky high horse? Will Cam spend the majority of the night surfing red tube again? Only one way to find out! Tune in and enjoy the shenanigans of the TA crew as we waste our Friday night getting far to drunk infront of our computer screens for some more relaxed gaming by some of Australia’s finest sc2 players.

As always leave comments, and maybe some suggestions for the race, below!

Quick Comments

	Maynarde:	I love it.
	Frogmite:	Another mythic stream session in approach
	neon:
	TAminimat:
	TAsCarLet:	keen muffin
	TADivinity:	Keenest of muffins

[TAEdgE]

Why the **** am i 20-1

Quick Comments

	cRSenSei:	rofl!
	NvPinder:	It's not about how you get knocked down, its about how you pick yourself up again.
	TAkrunch:	unfortunently your odds were definitely about how you got knocked down
	TADivinity:	Lol

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by EdgE

Why the **** am i 20-1

Really good question. I got my money on you for this thing, 20-1 odds is huge and retarded to pass up. and you're obviously an incredibly strong Mario speed runner provided you don't gg early and play Goldeneye. And then get killed by the same guard 5 times. Or look at porn.

Quick Comments

	TAEdgE:	porn top left; goldeneye top right; SMW middle. now there are no long distractions
	TAkrunch:	ha i watch bits and pieces of the vods on twitchtv/cosmicxo, and by far the funniest bit was skipping forward and seeing 3 ppl playing DK and cam on redtube

[TAkrunch]

Originally Posted by Maynarde

Really good question. I got my money on you for this thing, 20-1 odds is huge and retarded to pass up. and you're obviously an incredibly strong Mario speed runner provided you don't gg early and play Goldeneye. And then get killed by the same guard 5 times. Or look at porn.

well my rep failed

ha i watch bits and pieces of the vods on twitchtv/cosmicxo, and by far the funniest bit was skipping forward and seeing 3 ppl still playing DK and cam clearly watching redtube videos

[frequency]

Originally Posted by EdgE

Why the **** am i 20-1

I agree, I think 50-1 is much more accurate.

Quick Comments

	TAEdgE:	sounds like your odds for winning an sc2 game
	cR.spider8]:	sounds like your odds for hosting a good lan

[dippa]

learn to spell summary jp "jawbones" money

[TAkrunch]

Get excited, this time I'm thinking it will come down to how well someone can handles their booze over how well someone can play mario.
I Also like that we're crowning the Australian championship despite it being a strict invite only of however was on teamspeak when we thought up the idea. NIIIIIICE

[TAVoices]

lmao. TA Retro Rumbles ♥. Cash is on u JP

[iM yang]

"~~~~~~~~~~~~"

Best part of the entire writeup

Quick Comments

TAsCarLet:

fuckup yang

[TAsCarLet]

cant wait to fap to this

[syfMiley]

I'll have my Curly fries and Onion rings ready to guide you drunk fucks through the haunted houses.

Quick Comments

	[TA]LoSt:	AHAHAHAHAHAHA brilliant
	TADivinity:	lol

[Maynarde]

EdgE drinks UDLs? LOL what a lady!

Still has my bet though.

[TAEdgE]

Originally Posted by Maynarde

EdgE drinks UDLs? LOL what a lady!

lol judge me based on my retro rumble choice. after going goon last week i want something i can actaully finish that wont kill me

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by EdgE

lol judge me based on my retro rumble choice. after going goon last week i want something i can actaully finish that wont kill me

Good strategy. Cosmic's wild turkey and Pinder's beam almost garauntees that they're gonna be out of the race before the finish due to chunder.

Take note, fellow retro rumble punters.

[TAsCarLet]

**** that, absinth it is.

Quick Comments

	TAkrunch:
	TAEdgE:	you're the worst at actually drinking it

[NvPinder]

Originally Posted by TAsCarLet

**** that, absinth it is.

You should play along and drink any time one of us have to drink, but only have to drink instead of finish when we gameover :P

[TAsCarLet]

nah dont have the money, its like 70 bucks for a bottle, pipe dreams.

[TAkrunch]

pretty sure u can get a bottle of cheap absinth from dans for 50$. And nothing says a good night light cheap absinth

[TAEdgE]

you already drunk max

[Zanderax]

I put 5 grand on JP

[TACosmic]

Sooooo psyched for this event!

Krunch you're going down mate!

[TAEdgE]

Will be changing my drink - check this thread for updates on the upcoming developments

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by EdgE

Will be changing my drink - check this thread for updates on the upcoming developments

May increase or withdraw my bet based on the drink choice. If the drink is even girlier than UDL then I increase the bet as they're really easy to drink and handle, if it's more hardcore than UDL I may withdraw the bet as it could be too much for you your seasoned liver.

[TAEdgE]

Originally Posted by Maynarde

May increase or withdraw my bet based on the drink choice. If the drink is even girlier than UDL then I increase the bet as they're really easy to drink and handle, if it's more hardcore than UDL I may withdraw the bet as it could bee too much for you your seasoned liver.

I promise you, Mr. Mandalov that what i get will be harder to handle than UDL's. At popular request, not strategic choice, i shall change my drink.

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by EdgE

I promise you, Mr. Mandalov that what i get will be harder to handle than UDL's. At popular request, not strategic choice, i shall change my drink.

I love that you announce announcements Mr. Murrin, getting giddy from the hype. I shall eagerly await your drink decision.

[Benji]

Waiting for the FF7 version of this ^_^

Quick Comments

TAEdgE:

oh my, that would be an adventure

[TAkrunch]

Two more days guys, get excited. With the recent change of drink for edge of UDL to double blacks, its looking to be one messy for at least one person.

Quick Comments

TAEdgE:

ur gay

[TAsCarLet]

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

Quick Comments

	Nvdeth:	one too many yeahh's
	NvPinder:	Way too many, I think you should take a moment to evaluate yourself as a person.

[HuT]

What are the chances of Crazy Taxi being one of the next installments of this series?

[NvPinder]

Originally Posted by nGenHuT

What are the chances of Crazy Taxi being one of the next installments of this series?

Maybe! We might have to have community suggestions and then a poll for the next game, something pre-2005 is obviously a requirement tho!

[TAEdgE]

Sorry for caps lock moderators but GET THE **** HYPED EVERYONE!!

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by EdgE

Sorry for caps lock moderators but GET THE **** HYPED EVERYONE!!

I wouldn't infract you or anyone for hyping this incredible event, and what better way to hype something than in capslock? I've bought popcorn for it, I'm not even joking.

PS. don't lose.

PPS. RETRO RUMBLES!!!!! SUPER METROID FOR THE NEXT ONE PLEASE!

PPPS. I really like Benji's idea of FF7, one of the greatest PSX classics, but damn man that's not a game you can finish in a night! It'd have to be a "Retro Rumble Weekend Extravaganza™" which I fully endorse, just quietly.

[TACosmic]

Originally Posted by Maynarde

PPPS. I really like Benji's idea of FF7, one of the greatest PSX classics, but damn man that's not a game you can finish in a night! It'd have to be a "Retro Rumble Weekend Extravaganza™" which I fully endorse, just quietly.

How does one stay drunk for the entire duration of the weekend? Herein lies the problem.

Obvious sponsorship is required for a weekend long event such as you speak!

[Benji]

Originally Posted by TACosmic

How does one stay drunk for the entire duration of the weekend? Herein lies the problem.

Obvious sponsorship is required for a weekend long event such as you speak!

5 hours and see who goes the furthest, Drink on every Boss battle, every Cloud levelup, every phoenix down used and everytime you rage over random monster battles :P

[Bugalugs McScruffin]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

5 hours and see who goes the furthest, Drink on every Boss battle, every Cloud levelup, every phoenix down used and everytime you rage over random monster battles :P

Gah, can't give you rep Benji, but this is an awesome idea. Would love to see you guys take a stab at this.

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

5 hours and see who goes the furthest, Drink on every Boss battle, every Cloud levelup, every phoenix down used and everytime you rage over random monster battles :P

I reckon do the run and end it when the first player makes it out of Midgar That should be about 5 hours. I like your drinking rules too.

Maybe drink on limits as well?

[NvPinder]

Also just letting everyone know that the production value of the show has risen dramatically from last week. We will now not only have a sweet graphic splitting the screen in four, but we have found a way around the problem we had last week of players streams being up to 2 minutes out of sync, and all four corners of the stream displaying the different players FPVod should now have a max of about 2 second delay, with the shoutcasting from the players themselves perfectly synced with the stream, and the rest of TA only ~20 seconds behind that... YOURE WELCOME, EARTH.

Quick Comments

	TAEdgE:	dollar is what i need
	TAkrunch:	hey hey

[TAsCarLet]

yeah dont mention a shoutout for me for doing every single graphic this show has to offer **** YOU ALL TO HELL

Quick Comments

TAkrunch:

all i hear is winge winge winge winge

[NvPinder]

Is FF7 pretty easily ran on PC? I remember having some trouble with it last time i tried to get it working =[.

[Bugalugs McScruffin]

Twas released on PC. It ran fine last time I installed it, but I'm still running XP so, not sure about other OSes.

[TAkrunch]

yeah as one of the few nerds out there who never played ff7 (nintendo owner) i installed the version for pc maybe half a year ago and it run perfectly fine pinder. Although i didn't keep playing it as i was use to playing the earlier final fantasy games on emulators at 400-800% speed, and it was just to mind numbingly slow after that. I recon a game that we could possible complete with a bit more variety in levels would be better. i.e. super meat boy!!!!!!

[TAEdgE]

I've never played FF7 properly (only watched/lightly helped a friend.) Pick a game we all have played or haven't

Quick Comments

TAkrunch:

agree

[NvPinder]

Well the day is finally here, in just over 12 hours of this post we'll be going live! This is your last chance to get in and call what you will think will happen in this thread

[syfMiley]

I look forward to the haunted mansion very much, would also like to see EdgE clutch under pressure.

[TAminimat]

Pinder to take this one convincingly, with Krunch coming in second, Cosmic third and Edge taking last place. $5 PayPal bet anyone?

[NvPinder]

A few interesting changes to the drinking rules to hold back someone in first (holding first for the entire race like krunch did in DKC is now practically an alcohol poisoning death trap). Under 9 hours now! GET PUMPED

[TAEdgE]

Support the edge foundation. Even if I don't win (most likely)
I will make your viewing experience worthwhile. I will put my pride on the line while showcasing the values I hold dear. Honesty, determination, cunning, persistence.

!

[NvPinder]

Originally Posted by EdgE

Support the edge foundation. Even if I don't win (most likely)
I will make your viewing experience worthwhile. I will put my pride on the line while showcasing the values I hold dear. Honesty, determination, cunning, persistence.

!

get on TS and make sure your skype is working with x-split damnit

[TAEdgE]

Raping my CPU usage is the plan? Guess if I can stream hon I can stream that

Im going to get my drinks now lol. You guys better not be practicing yet

[NvPinder]

Yeah, but we're doing it through skype now and need to make sure you can actually do it over skype since krunch is having trouble, lol

[syfMiley]

EdgE is practicing atm come check out this dark horse.
http://www.twitch.tv/taedge

[NvPinder]

4 and half hours till live, all competitors using their practice time wisely today (note: we were unable to touch the game from the announcement of the race until today!), and its shaping up to be a great event!

[Next_rim]

Yall should do Diablo 1 or Captain Claw next time.

[syfMiley]

Less than 2 hours to go, everyone get your bets in!

[Maynarde]

Still got faith in Cam even though he let me down with some shocking boss battles and miss timed jumps during training this arvo.

[TAEdgE]

Originally Posted by Maynarde

Still got faith in Cam even though he let me down with some shocking boss battles and miss timed jumps during training this arvo.

you are taking that as serious -.-
i fixed my lag half an hour ago, wanna prove i can do well

[NvPinder]

only 15 minutes till go time! GET PUMPED LADIES AND GENTS, STREAM GOING UP SOON!

[TAkrunch]

thanks to all who viewed our race it was a good time that was had by all. A bit of a shame it was over so quickly next time the drinking rules will be harsher for those out in the lead. and yeah we welcome all suggestions to games for next time, a good snes game would be optimal but we should be willing to try other consols.

[Smace]

Super Metroid or Mega Man X gets my vote!

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by Smace

Super Metroid or Mega Man X gets my vote!

I vote Super Metroid, Mega Man X is an incredibly good suggestion though!

[syfMiley]

VVVVVV it uuuppp

Quick Comments

TAEdgE:

[TAEdgE]

You Tube

You Tube

[Daboo]

Originally Posted by EdgE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf06P-_1lkU

Aahh..so thats the game gravity guy ripped off, had heard of this but never had the time to actually look at it, looks awesome. Is it on steam?

But megamanX , my vote goes there.

[syfMiley]

Originally Posted by Daboo

Aahh..so thats the game gravity guy ripped off, had heard of this but never had the time to actually look at it, looks awesome. Is it on steam?

But megamanX , my vote goes there.

It's on steam, frequently on sale.
Sickest soundtrack.

[syfMiley]

Soundtrack is fantastic, I can do a sexy dance to it.

[TAEdgE]

Bump! Need to keep this open to the public for ideas and results. Oh, we need a proper results write up t_t

[TAEdgE]

Doing my own delayed write-up just to add to the history of these events .

The second Retro Rumble was planned a bit more carefully than the 1st (more than 8 hours) but did not live up to the first one. It was still a great event, with fun shared all around and an increased viewership was attained. It was unfortunate that it ended in 1 hour 35 minutes (first one lasted 4 hours).

Unfortunantly, everyones favourite TACosmic had personal issues just under halfway into the event, so it was a 3 man race for a lot of it, until the newest GrandMaster, TAdippa hopped into action and took the embarassment away from me for a while.

The unfortunate few who drank when EdgE drank sure felt what EdgE himself was feeling too. Luckily, no one followed dippa, and he couldn't even drink according to the rules or we'd have a very very messy night.

KrUnch and Pinder played properly.

RESULTS!

1st - KrUnch. For the second week in a row, Max O' Callaghan was able to take down the race. Breezing through the start head to head with Pinder, he was acquiring a large quantity of lives and was taking alternative paths to the WCG 2011 Melbourne champion JPMoney. Despite dragging behind Pinder for the majority, a hiccup near the end from Pinder was capitalized on by KrUnch.

2nd - Pinder. JP Money, everyone's favourite (or least favourite, depending what side you are on) personality came in with high hopes and the biggest odds for victory. Pinder lived up to his odds, and raced away from EdgE, Cosmic and Krunch at world 3 to take the dominant lead. Unfortunantly, the drinks he consumed due to being in first caught up to him as the race came to a close. A plethora of anger inducing deaths finally lead to one big slip up, leading Pinder to second.

3rd - EdgE. EdgE was at 20-1 odds this week, much worse than last week, and he has experience with this game! For some reason, people believed in EdgE and EdgE was determined to rewrite history and give himself a better name then 'that guy who went on adult-media sites and played the wrong game'. EdgE was neck and neck with Pinder and KrUnch until the commencment of world 3, which EdgE was then stuck on for the remaining hour, as constant game overs led to drink after drink for him and his followers. EdgE was able to improve his official placement by 1, but thanks to the departure of Cosmic.

4 - dippa. The unlikely entrant, dippa was playing along himself for the fun of it and having never played the game before, was rumored to have died 50 times on the first level. Mr. Walker, as his mother knows him, was playing with nothing to lose and to his dismay by the end nothing was gained either besides 1 level advancement. We all acknowledge dippa for giving it a go and taking the 4th spot. Thank you Alex!

DNF - Cosmic. Cosmic was dominating the race early, but slowly calmed down. He looked geared to go toe to toe with Pinder and KrUnch as world 4 approached, but a personal issue forced him out of the race. We hope everything is ok Cosmic, and hope you are fit for the next race!

Mega Man is the current plan for the next race, but we are still taking ideas. Polls will be up to (possibly) decide the drink of each player, and possible rules.

[TAEdgE]

Oh wow - i'm playing through again, and i'm owning. 24 lives by world 3, and what the **** at Green Switch Palace, it's so incredibly helpful. Sigh, should have asked MiLes.

[syfMiley]

Originally Posted by EdgE

Oh wow - i'm playing through again, and i'm owning. 24 lives by world 3, and what the **** at Green Switch Palace, it's so incredibly helpful. Sigh, should have asked MiLes.

Love me and leave me

[TABottles]

lol so awesome