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Calling all Omeganauts!
ThatOneGuy
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Erik Bergman here. Well, I’m in and I’ve started warming up. DDR is going to be tough for me, but I’ve started training. Double Dash might be a bit tricky too, but I’m going to try to learn all the courses. I’m planning to take a good part of a day and focus on each of the games that are announced. Hopefully the last game will be Super Mario Brothers 3, like at the end of The Wizard. That would be fu*king sweet.
Just thought I’d let people know what’s going on with at least one of the Omeganauts. Any others out there?
Just thought I’d let people know what’s going on with at least one of the Omeganauts. Any others out there?
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I've been playing a lot of HALO (I bought an XBOX on launch day and I only got HALO because of this contest.
Regardless of how I do, i'm totally getting my hands on more Diceland stuff. That game is fun, I'm glad OMEGATHON gave me an excuse to try it out. I
The KB Life
Yea, Im totally pysched up about this contest. Im throwing a gaming party at my house on sat and its gonna be lan halo and lan mario kart all night long. Im a little rusty on DDR, but I do have 2 years of experience under the rust. Im in love with stratagy so i think diceland will play to my favor, unless luck totally doesn't. My biggest worries are Doom, which I don't even know if I'll get to practice at all, and the mystery game.
I hope to make it far, just for the sake of saying, 'hey, look at me'. Im big on the glory aspect of this contest, although the prize is nothing to sneeze at. I figure if i win Im gonna let my friends rumage through and pick out some stuff they want, and then Im gonna sell all doubles of what i already have and donate the procedes to childs play.
Well, its just about a week now, and with and luck, I'll be ready for you all come sat at 10.
Peace out, Jersey style.
-Matt 'the BEAST' Foster
As for the reasoning, the schedule puts the omegathon halo in the console room and the Doom in the PC/LAN room. Also I bet Its going to be Doom 3 because the machines are gonna be top notch, so I'm sure they want to be running the newest, but I can't gaurentee it.
"With a keen eye for details, one truth always pevails."
I figure I'll be decent at diceland, be in the top 4 at Halo, scrape through MK:DD, win DDR, then get knocked out in the 5th round. I'll be honest with you guys, sure it'll be fun to play but that prize is a powerful source of motivation. I'm gonna be mighty disappointed if I lose.
Hasta la siguiente vez,
Yo
My predictions:
In Diceland, I'll be the dude scratching his head wondering why I can't just knock all your dice off the table and be the winner. Hopefully I can still make it through to the next round anyway.
In Halo you shall know me as the guy with all the "Kill-taculars".
In Mario Kart you shall know me as Mr. Co-First Place with whichever one of you is my most-badass teammate. Unless of course we draw the sucktastic Waluigi and Peach combo. In that case, it's anyone's game.
Then day two will come. As long as I haven't been stricken by the aforementioned Waluigi/Peach jinx, you shall see me bright and early once again.
In DDR, I'll be known as that big awkward guy that stumbled like a drunk with a bum leg through whatever crappy Techno song they've selected for me to boogie to. If they do regular DDR tourney rules (By Score rather than by dancing against whomever you are lucky or unlucky enough to be paired against)...who knows. Maybe I'll be up against others who suck at DDR, and have a shot at advancing. Otherwise, the 2 or 3 of you that spend your evenings at Gameworks dancing to impress the girls are going to wipe the floor with the rest of us gamers.
However....if I can channel John Travolta for even the briefest of moments....then you shall know me in Doom as Mr. Fragtastic once again....AKA, the same motherfucker with the Kill-Taculars in Halo, now dishing them out once again, but without the cheesy voice overs and in much lower resolution.
Of course....I got all of these predictions from Miss Cleo three years ago before she went to prison with Martha Stewart, so this could all be bunk.
Are there going to be any Doom (I and/or II) tournaments? I didn't see it on the PAX site, though I may have missed it. If not, could it be possible to set one up? I have Doom 95; it's Doom II with a GUI interface. I could also bring the Doom1.wad, and maybe some others, if I still have them, if anyone's interested.
-Kyle
Personally, I play a lot and I'm better than most, but I'm not phenomenal. I'm usually somewhere in the top 25% in big games of dedicated players. Halo shouldn't be a problem.
By the way, what's this about random karts in double dash? It mentions random pairings, but that includes random kart assignment?
I will after next weekend.
Nooch!
In all seriousness though....I don't know. I think I'll do alright. But it's wishful thinking. I'm sure there's someone at this thing that will be better than me. WAY better than me. Whether they're in the Omegathon or not....I know that's just bound to happen. It's a shame the Diceland round of the Omegathon is going on at the same time as the Halo tourney though....cause I'd love to try my hand in there with a few friends.
Bottom line though is that no, I do not have the misconception that I'm the best Halo player there. I'm just talking some smack. Having some fun. Playing the mind game with all the schmos I'm about to send home early next weekend.
I've already been humbled in the whole tournament play thing before. I once thought I was a really darn good Soul Calibur player. Then I played in the Penny Arcade sponsored tourney at Vegas Comic Con last year. Yeah....I won my fair share of matches, but I wasn't even in the top 5.
And the guy that beat me REALLY beat me.
There's always someone better. All the smack talk and all the practicing in the world won't change them owning you next weekend.
I just hope when that time comes....they just beat me, and own someone else so I can keep advancing.
Like I said though...wishful thinking.
And I don't.
Unless they'll let us play with controllers instead of the dance pads.....I think it's all up to who you draw as an opponent. I just hope whoever I get is worse than I am.
Step 1. Diceland - Three of his competitors can't make it because their mommy won't let them go. One other can't get off work. Erik has no such problems; he's an unemployable college student. Even though he can't figure out why he can't just win by knocking his opponents' dice off the table, a strategy he's be working on under my tutelage, he's already in the next round by default. Easy as cake.
This is where plan "slosh" commences. I show up in a clever disguise with a bunch of lemonade for the other competitors spiked with Bacardi 151.
Step 2. Halo: Combat Evolved - By this time a couple of people are passed out because of the copious amounts of rum. Two more have ingested enough to be unable to see straight and Erik gets enought frags on them to barely make it into the next round. Score two for Bergman. I continue pumping lemonade into the other contestants until the next round.
Step 3. Double Dash - Erik, by sheer luck, manages to get paired with a world champion double-dash player, one who hasn't succumbed to the curse of my piratey beverage. Although he drags down the game, his partner manages to pull them through to day two. All right! Way to leech off of someone elses gaming ability!
Step 4. Dance Dance Revolution - My protege is one of the few people in the morning to show up for the competition without a hangover. One competitor has such a bad hangover he can't get out of bed. Another counters by drinking enough caffeine to be hallucinating that he thinks he's a pixie. Two more are incapacitated by the pretty lights and crappy techno. Another last place victory for Erik.
Step 5. Doom - One participant goes crazy from the stress of all the gaming and attacks another one. One arrested, one hospitalized. Again, victory by default. Awesome!
Step 6. Mystery Round - Game turns out to be minesweeper. I drop my disguise, and I look enough like Erik to get myself in there and win hands down. Ah yes, minesweeper: the only game that I have any skills at. That's right 108 seconds on advanced. Beat that! I "own" all of you. And I get 10% of the prize! (unbeknownst to him, it's in the contract I made Erik sign upon taking me as his personal trainer).
Later all.
I'm actually mulling over dropping out due to reading about this awesome strategy.
Any ways, I have a question for my fellow omeganauts about Diceland. Do you think Orange (Deep White Sea version) should be banned? In my gaming they seem to be very overpowered, especially Micro and one of the Henk brothers. I believe Micro has 5 or 6 omni-directional all-range sides and a jump, not to mention awesome defense. Then the Henk brother is only 6 points for a warrior with far, far better defense and attack than any comparably priced warrior. What are your thoughts?
Now....banning creating your own armies from combinations of the colors? That I'm down with. You could build a pretty invicible army with a combo of a few colors.
i hope you get parkinson's disease and die slowly of rectal cancer
EDIT: same goes for all the people in the omegathon
(Oh, and just so you know, Jim Bach, checking in.)
....wait.
Saying that Erik should get parkinson's and rectal cancer is just like saying Jesus should get parkinson's and rectal cancer....it's probably already happened. That being said, I feel like I'm detecting a small amount of hostility towards a man who makes up for in heart what he lacks in competence.
Best of luck to all Omeganauts and may the best man (or woman) win.
Still, we all know luck plays a factor regardless of armies.
The KB Life
And yeah, when the game is all about rolling dice luck is a big factor, but it seems that good placing and awful luck beats decent placing and awesome luck.
While we're on the subject, what army do you like? I'm partial to white, they're a tricky breed.
As for armies, I can't really say since I've only played the basic version. There are a bunch of expansions...
The KB Life
Since it doesn't seem like any of us have been contacted to do these profile things they were talking about putting up awhile ago....I wonder if we'll have a chance to meet each other or at least know who our opponents are before the gaming begins. Personally, I'd like to say hi and/or chat a bit before we get to the competition.
It seems only right to say hello before the games start and you all become my sworn enemies.
Don't hate the players, hate the game.
(And bet on me to win!)
*Blows a Conch and looks around*
I'm Kevin Potter, a 17 year old high school student who favors strategy, fps and ddr. Now to me, comrades!
*Points gaudy ring in the air*
Earth!
Are you kidding! That sucks. I mean, I have to take a plane out to seattle which means i can't bring MY sword with me. You know how airport people are about brings weapons on a plane. And without my sword, i'll definetly get owned in the last round. I mean, fighting with someone elses shitty sword? Thats soooo below me. Come to think of it, I can't even wear my damn armor becuse of metal detectors. FUCK!
Guess I just need to drop out of the omegathon....
ps. I said below me....hehehe
I've been practing riding a big wheel through some mashed potatoes all week. Fear my skills.