Omegathon Games

Sylvanbabe

What games do will be for the Omegathon?

Quethal

Round one: Diceland.
Round two: DDR.
Round three: More DDR.
Round four: A marathon (26.2 miles)
Round five (if you can still stand): The Gauntlet*
Round six: The secret surprise round. Rumors have it that the round consists of Tycho and Gabe suiting up in small-sized Mechs and hunting down the last two Omeganauts. The one to survive wins the Omegathon prize, half of the Penny Arcade fortune, and their freedom.

*Something involving lots of whips, chains, and hungry lions.

Raiden333

Quethal wrote:

Round one: Diceland.
Round two: DDR.
Round three: More DDR.
Round four: A marathon (26.2 miles)
Round five (if you can still stand): The Gauntlet*
Round six: The secret surprise round. Rumors have it that the round consists of Tycho and Gabe suiting up in small-sized Mechs and hunting down the last two Omeganauts. The one to survive wins the Omegathon prize, half of the Penny Arcade fortune, and their freedom.

*Something involving lots of whips, chains, and hungry lions.

I hear the only way to win is to look up the cheat code.

Quethal

Raiden333 wrote:

I hear the only way to win is to look up the cheat code.

Dude, I'll leet hax the source code to find out what it is!

*tries to leet hax*

Holy crap, lions! Why must they bite!?!

Sylvanbabe

I'm gonna learn to play hungry hungry hippos

ctishman

I don't remember ever actually playing Hungry Hungry Hippos (or H3 for the hip crowd) by the rules. I just enjoyed working my mechanical hippo.

Sylvanbabe

All I remember is Gabe and Tycho saying something about Hungry Hungry Hippos.. so knowing them.. it might actually be a game

Grimblade2401

Are there actual rules for "H3" beyond hitting the lever as fast as you can and then counting the number of marbles you grabbed? If so, I never bothered to learn them.

Quethal

Stolen from the Omeganaut thread:

Poorochondriac wrote:

I got my call from Khoo, at around one in the afternoon. I was actually on the highway when I received it. It was a brief affair -
"Are you still going to PAX?"
"But of course."
"Do you still want to be in the Omegathon again?"
"Most definitely. Do you know what the games are gonna be?"
"I think they're up on the schedule already."
"Oh wow, really?"
"Wait, I lied. It's not up. First round is going to be Diceland again, though."
"What a shocking turn of events."

Good luck, everyone! It's pretty nerve-wracking, and intense, but is still a lot of fun. My only goal is to not go out first round - that would be terribly embarrassing, to get second one year and not even clear Diceland the next.

So, looks like we have a pretty solid confirmation that Diceland is first round again.

Woohoo!

Poorochondriac

Quethal wrote:

Stolen from the Omeganaut thread:

Poorochondriac wrote:

I got my call from Khoo, at around one in the afternoon. I was actually on the highway when I received it. It was a brief affair -
"Are you still going to PAX?"
"But of course."
"Do you still want to be in the Omegathon again?"
"Most definitely. Do you know what the games are gonna be?"
"I think they're up on the schedule already."
"Oh wow, really?"
"Wait, I lied. It's not up. First round is going to be Diceland again, though."
"What a shocking turn of events."

Good luck, everyone! It's pretty nerve-wracking, and intense, but is still a lot of fun. My only goal is to not go out first round - that would be terribly embarrassing, to get second one year and not even clear Diceland the next.

So, looks like we have a pretty solid confirmation that Diceland is first round again.

Woohoo!

Well, seeing as how Diceland was the first game the past two years, that's a pretty safe bets.

Other safe bets would be Mario Kart: Double Dash, Quake, and Guitar Hero. The first two because they happened both years (At least, I think Quake happened first year, too), and Guitar Hero because the stage game seems to change, and the PA dudes are pretty fond of Guitar Hero, and it's a real crowd-pleaser even in a small setting.

Quethal

Poorochondriac wrote:

(At least, I think Quake happened first year, too)

Nopes, actually, it was Doom II the first year.

Which made me tingle delightfully all over when I heard about it.

Poorochondriac

Quethal wrote:

Poorochondriac wrote:

(At least, I think Quake happened first year, too)

Nopes, actually, it was Doom II the first year.

Which made me tingle delightfully all over when I heard about it.

Ah, I was indeed mistaken. So the FPS is up in the air, still.

Well, Doom II was 94, Quake was 96... Quake 2, maybe? Assuming a forward procession, that is.

Taramoor

Poorochondriac wrote:

Quethal wrote:

Poorochondriac wrote:

(At least, I think Quake happened first year, too)

Nopes, actually, it was Doom II the first year.

Which made me tingle delightfully all over when I heard about it.

Ah, I was indeed mistaken. So the FPS is up in the air, still.

Well, Doom II was 94, Quake was 96... Quake 2, maybe? Assuming a forward procession, that is.

I'm hoping they drop something like Daikatana on you guys.

Garthor

I hear there's going to be rock-paper-scissors.

You get to slap the other person for every round you win.

Quethal

Garthor wrote:

I hear there's going to be rock-paper-scissors.

You get to slap the other person for every round you win.

Hahaha.

I think that wouldn't be fair to the fairer of the sex competing. Unless they're big and tough like German women. Seriously, I have been on a couple German airliners staffed with mostly female German flight attendants, and no terrorist would *ever* try to take over one of their planes. I mean, those girls could take me in a fight easily, and I'm 6'4" and in pretty good shape.

And, as for Daikatana? Hahaha, silly John Romero.

RadHazG

Daikatana is the monster that still lives under my bed, threataning to consume my pinky toes should I dare go to the bathroom with the lights off.

on an unrelated note- just thinking of the possibility of Guitar Hero as one of hte games makes me all twichy. The sheer awsomeness of that particular round would likely have my head dangerously near spontanious combustion.

BigRed

Pretty sure guitar hero will be one of them.

and if it is ill be watching it

Or it could be guitar hero vs khoo. Whoever loses the least gets to stay.

Sylvanbabe

WHAT WILL THE FPS ROUND BE???!!!?!?!?!??!

ctishman

It doesn't really matter, does it? The skills are fairly universal.

Practice with a good PC shooter. The current 'reference' shooter is Quake III (yes, the one that's five years old). It's cheap, you can pick it up almost anywhere, etc. Start with that, then as soon as you hear back on the real game, move over to that.

Sylvanbabe

do they tell us the real games!?!?!?!

Quethal

I'm pretty sure they'll let us know what the games are, unless they have changed policy since last year. Also, I am betting that the FPS round will be the Original Unreal Tournament. I think it would make sense to have it next.

Monkeybomb

Sylvanbabe wrote:

do they tell us the real games!?!?!?!

Yes. Wait for a post on the front page, most likely. Unless you Omeganauts get some special e-mail. Bastards.

RadHazG

no emails yet sorry to dissapoint. I'm thinking fri. maybe. I dont see why they wouldn't just announce the games though like they have previously.

Sylvanbabe

I'll just show up naked.... then everyone will be to distracted to play!!! BWAHAHA!!! solves all of my problems!

RadHazG

wtf?! no nude codes!

JoahW

Quethal wrote:

Round one: Diceland.
Round two: DDR.
Round three: More DDR.
Round four: A marathon (26.2 miles)
Round five (if you can still stand): The Gauntlet*
Round six: The secret surprise round. Rumors have it that the round consists of Tycho and Gabe suiting up in small-sized Mechs and hunting down the last two Omeganauts. The one to survive wins the Omegathon prize, half of the Penny Arcade fortune, and their freedom.

*Something involving lots of whips, chains, and hungry lions.

Lol.

They should have one of the rounds be a 24 hour GT4 endurance race. That'll teach those guys for... being selected for the omegathon.

Quethal

JoahW wrote:

Lol.

They should have one of the rounds be a 24 hour GT4 endurance race. That'll teach those guys for... being selected for the omegathon.

Haha, yeah, that'll teach us for being lucky, lucky bastards! =P I say the luckiest guy on earth is the guy who got chosen for the Omegathon last year after also being in the first one. Now THAT is crazy. The odds of that are incredibly low.

Sylvanbabe

It happened again this year too!

RadHazG

I don't see why the runner up from the previous year shouldn't be in the next one all the time. Might even make for some interesting long term interest, say some poor sap gets second place two years running, will he ever make it?! Though there is the issue that getting second place that much would net you some pretty awsome prizes even if you don't get the grand ole big one. So I'd say a max of 1 reapperance out of fairness for other attendee's eagerly awaiting their turn.

Robert Khoo

Actually, choosing the runner up from the previous year is intentional each year.

DJBreslin

The runner up from the 2004 Omegathon was automatically entered in the 2005 Omegathon. That's a rule. And it applies this year as well.

However, there was also another Omeganaut from 2004 who, by pure chance, happened to be selected for the 2005 Omeganaut.

So, in 2005, there were two repeat players: one intentional, one by chance.

At least, that's my understanding...

Sylvanbabe

I wish they would post what games i'd have to play already the suspense is killing me! i must train!

The Geek

The 4th round is actually "creating a new forum account and trying to survive in SE++ without crying".

Rankenphile

HAY GUYS GABE IS GOOD DRAWER I LUV PENY ARCADE!

A/S/L?

Monkeybomb

Rankenphile wrote:

HAY GUYS GABE IS GOOD DRAWER I LUV PENY ARCADE!

A/S/L?

Ranked 8 out of 8.

Sylvanbabe

Monkeybomb wrote:

Rankenphile wrote:

HAY GUYS GABE IS GOOD DRAWER I LUV PENY ARCADE!

A/S/L?

Ranked 8 out of 8.

Agreed, a small piece of my soul died when i saw that...

Quethal

DJBreslin wrote:

The runner up from the 2004 Omegathon was automatically entered in the 2005 Omegathon. That's a rule. And it applies this year as well.

However, there was also another Omeganaut from 2004 who, by pure chance, happened to be selected for the 2005 Omeganaut.

So, in 2005, there were two repeat players: one intentional, one by chance.

At least, that's my understanding...

This is correct

Quethal

The Geek wrote:

The 4th round is actually "creating a new forum account and trying to survive in SE++ without crying".

Hahahahahaha!!! That is a GREAT idea.

And, Rankenphile, great reply =P I'd give you only a 7.5 out of 8, though; you should have also inserted a picture that breaks the horizantal scroll. That would REALLY piss 'em off =P

Sylvanbabe

come to think of it if anyone lives around kitsap county, wa i need training partners... need to study up for the omegathon

Legacy

I live over in Kirkland. But that is over on the Eastside.

Sylvanbabe

GAR! I need to get my PS2 back from my grandmother.. she borrowed mine after hers broke a while ago... darn her and her KH and Balders gate need... Guitar hero must now be purchased..