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30 SEP 2007 at 5:01pm

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[IMG]http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2803/week1sg4.jpg[/IMG]

In order to get everyone warmed up, the first week of the tournament is quite simple. Above are 35 icons from various games. These icons are all found either on the game discs or on your computer after installation, though they are not necessarily the icon that is put on your desktop. Simply identify what game they are from.

There are a possible 100 points accrued as per the text in the picture. There is no limit on guesses.

Incorrect guesses will result in a 2 point penalty, but it only counts against potential points earned on a given icon. In other words, your score won't ever go down, you just lose the opportunity to get the points.

What this means in practical terms is that you only get 1 guess for each easy icon since -2 depletes all the points. You get 2 guesses to get one from the normal category but only receive 1 point on your second guess. You get 3 guesses for each hard, but receive only 3 points on your 2nd guess and only 1 point on your third. And so on for nightmare.  

Bastich Instant Win #1: One of the above icons has been chosen by a random number generator as an instant winner. The first, if anyone, to correctly identify it will win a game to be claimed as per the tournament rules.

Send guesses by forum PM or by email ([email]agtournament@comcast.net[/email]) ONLY!!

You have until Oct 7, 12pm CST to submit guesses.

Don't forget to check the Official Tournament Info thread for any general tips and guidelines and Good Luck!


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01. The Curse of Monkey Island
02. Duckman
03. Tony Tough & The Night of the Roasted Moths
04. The Feeble Files
05. Bad Mojo (Redux)
06. Grim Fandango
07. Runaway
08. Simon the Sorcerer (1 or 2)
09. Syberia 2
10. Stupid Invaders
11. Barrow Hill
12. Harvester
13. Broken Sword 2
14. The Last Express
15. The Longest Journey
16. The 7th Guest
17. Resident Evil 2
18. Shadow of Memories (Destiny)
19. Mystery of the Druids
20. Post Mortem
21. The Dagger of Amon Ra
22. Blade Runner
23. Sanitarium
24. Shivers 2
25. Riddle of the Sphinx
26. Dreamfall: Longest Journey 2
27. Blackstone Chronicles
28. Crystal Skull
29. Necronomicon
30. Black Mirror
31. Amber
32. Adventure at the Chateau d'Or
33. The Dark Eye
34. Backpacker
35. Cosmology of Kyoto

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30 SEP 2007 at 6:17pm

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Scores

Aya & Val  -  90
Gonchi  -  74
Blount  - 71
SuperEdy  -  66
Andromus  -  65
pollodiablo  - 57
Lady Kestrel  -  41
Shany - 34
Taio  -  31
Lucien21  -  21
Ozzie  -  20
Panthera  -  16
skeeter  -  13

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30 SEP 2007 at 6:43pm

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Correct Guesses by icon:

01. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lady Kestrel, Lucien21, Ozzie, pollodiablo, Shany, skeeter, SuperEdy, Taio
02. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lady Kestrel, Lucien21, Ozzie, Panthera, pollodiablo, Shany, skeeter, SuperEdy, Taio
03. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lady Kestrel, Lucien21, Ozzie, Panthera, pollodiablo, Shany, skeeter, SuperEdy, Taio
04. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lady Kestrel, Lucien21, Ozzie, Panthera, pollodiablo, Shany, skeeter, SuperEdy, Taio
05. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lady Kestrel, Lucien21, Ozzie, pollodiablo, Shany, skeeter, SuperEdy, Taio
06. Andromus, Aya & Val, Gonchi, Lucien21, Ozzie, Panthera, pollodiablo, Shany, SuperEdy, Taio
07. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lady Kestrel, Lucien21, Ozzie, Panthera, pollodiablo, Shany, skeeter, SuperEdy, Taio
08. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lady Kestrel, Lucien21, Ozzie, Panthera, pollodiablo, Shany, skeeter, SuperEdy, Taio
09. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Panthera, pollodiablo, Shany, SuperEdy, Taio
10. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lady Kestrel, Lucien21, pollodiablo, Shany, SuperEdy, Taio
11. Aya & Val, Gonchi, pollodiablo, Shany, skeeter, SuperEdy
12. Aya & Val, Blount, Lady Kestrel, Taio
13. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Lucien21, pollodiablo, SuperEdy
14. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lady Kestrel, Ozzie, pollodiablo, Shany, SuperEdy
15. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lucien21, Ozzie, Panthera, pollodiablo, Shany, SuperEdy
16. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Lady Kestrel, skeeter, SuperEdy
17. Aya & Val, Gonchi
18. Aya & Val, Gonchi, SuperEdy
19. Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, pollodiablo, SuperEdy
20. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lady Kestrel, pollodiablol, Shany, SuperEdy, Taio
21. Andromus, Aya & Val, Gonchi, pollodiablo
22. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lucien21, Ozzie, pollodiablo, SuperEdy, Taio
23. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Panthera, pollodiablo, Shany, SuperEdy, Taio
24. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, pollodiablo, SuperEdy
25. Aya & Val, Gonchi, Lady Kestrel, pollodiablo, Shany, SuperEdy
26. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lucien21, Panthera, pollodiablo, SuperEdy, Taio
27. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Shany, SuperEdy
28. Andromus, Aya & Val, Gonchi, SuperEdy
29. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, pollodiablo, SuperEdy, Taio
30. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lady Kestrel, Ozzie, pollodiablo, Shany, SuperEdy, Taio
31. Andromus, Aya & Val, Blount, Gonchi, Lady Kestrel, SuperEdy
32. Aya & Val, Lady Kestrel, pollodiablo
33. Aya & Val, Lady Kestrel
34. Aya & Val, Blount
35. Andromus, Blount, Gonchi

Bastich Instant Winner: Aya & Val  (#28 was the randomly chosen icon)

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30 SEP 2007 at 9:41pm

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Hmmm. Maybe I should have made this week harder. Even my Nightmare level icon was guessed the very first day!!!

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1 OCT 2007 at 2:52am

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One person's nightmare is another's pleasant dream.  This icon idea is a terrific one, but I think they're just hard enough as is.  

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1 OCT 2007 at 12:23pm

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Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (1 OCT 2007 2:52am)
One person's nightmare is another's pleasant dream.  This icon idea is a terrific one, but I think they're just hard enough as is.  


I agree, the icon idea is very original.

Originally Posted By Bastich (30 SEP 2007 9:41pm)
Hmmm. Maybe I should have made this week harder. Even my Nightmare level icon was guessed the very first day!!!


In my opinion, the level of difficulty is ok & well balanced, although the 2 point penalty for misses is quite harsh.
Regarding the nightmare level, it all depends on how many players guess it correctly.
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1 OCT 2007 at 1:52pm

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i also think that the difficulty level is pretty much ok, although imo some normal pics fit better to easy... but then again, this layout gives a round 100 and i like that! and i love the 2 pts penalty! no guesses pulled out of the bottocks in this one!

You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.


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1 OCT 2007 at 2:06pm

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The 2 point penalty is mean. These types of puzzles should encourage you to guess, especially this week where it's almost impossible to find the answers with google.

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1 OCT 2007 at 10:34pm

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I completely agree with the criticism of the 2 point penalty being too much.

The point was to reward those who guessed on their first try while limiting the number of wild guesses. The problem was that I was rushed to get everything posted and didn't give it enough thought. I didn't even finish the icon picture in Photoshop until 5 minutes to noon sunday. I like working under pressure...


As such, I am making a change that still accomplishes the same goal without the same level of negativity. There is still a 2 point penalty, but it only counts against potential points earned on a given icon. In other words, your score won't ever go down, you just lose the opportunity to get the points.

What this means in practical terms is that you only get 1 guess for each easy icon since -2 depletes all the points. You get 2 guesses to get one from the normal category but only receive 1 point on your second guess. You get 3 guesses for each hard, but receive only 3 points on your 2nd guess and only 1 point on your third. And so on for nightmare.

The above is actually more like what I had in mind when I thought of the process, but it got lost in the mad scramble to meet the deadline.

All points will be adjusted to reflect the above change.

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1 OCT 2007 at 10:55pm

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Thanks for that change, Bastich.  It makes working on a hunch a little less intimidating.  

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2 OCT 2007 at 12:19am

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I really should have prepared a little better for this...

It has been brought to my attention that one of the icons can't be found on the game disc. It only shows up on your PC after installation of the game. I have fixed the instructions in the initial thread to rectify this.

Also, although I haven't mentioned it, there is at least one icon that is used in multiple games of the same series. I have been accepting both answers from people up to this point, but in case someone is holding back a guess because of it, I am mentioning it now.

I'd also like to thank everyone for beta testing my tournament. Version 1.0 will come out next week.  


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2 OCT 2007 at 3:42am

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That's okay.  We love you anyway, especially because you're not playing against us.  :-*

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2 OCT 2007 at 3:47am

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Originally Posted By Aya (1 OCT 2007 1:51pm)
this layout gives a round 100 and i like that!


My goal is for all weeks to be exactly 100 points.

I'm considering a big 300pt finale in week 8 to hit 1000pts total though.

It would make things REALLY interesting that last week...


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2 OCT 2007 at 7:49pm

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Thanks for changing the points sytem. It makes more sense now, and now I feel like I can guess more!

Originally Posted By Bastich (2 OCT 2007 12:19am)

It has been brought to my attention that one of the icons can't be found on the game disc. It only shows up on your PC after installation of the game.

Oh, I think I know which game it is!

*goes to install said game*

Drat! That's not it. :'(

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3 OCT 2007 at 3:47pm

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got one question about the new penalty system... if somebody sends numbered multiple guesses, if one's correct, the following ones won't count as penaltys right? what i mean is, trying to guess #35 with a pm looking like this:

1. game1
2. game2
3. game3
4. game4

if game2 is correct, there will only be a penalty for the game1 guess, and 3 and 4 will be disregarded

You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.


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3 OCT 2007 at 5:21pm

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Originally Posted By Aya (3 OCT 2007 3:47pm)
got one question about the new penalty system... ...if game2 is correct, there will only be a penalty for the game1 guess, and 3 and 4 will be disregarded


Correct.


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4 OCT 2007 at 3:53am

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IMO this was a fairly difficult challenge. Don't make it too hard just because 1 person guessed #35.

Will we get the names of the games once the time runs out?
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4 OCT 2007 at 10:20pm

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Originally Posted By Gonchi (4 OCT 2007 3:52am)
IMO this was a fairly difficult challenge. Don't make it too hard just because 1 person guessed #35.


Most of us agree that the difficulty level is more or less ok, so I also vote not to make it more difficult.

Cool avatar. Is it Gabriel knight?.  


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4 OCT 2007 at 10:47pm

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Originally Posted By Blount (4 OCT 2007 10:20pm)
Originally Posted By Gonchi (4 OCT 2007 3:52am)
IMO this was a fairly difficult challenge. Don't make it too hard just because 1 person guessed #35.


Most of us agree that the difficulty level is more or less ok, so I also vote not to make it more difficult.


Several people mentioned it. I didn't mean to be redundant, but I had to post something so I could PM Bastich my answers.

Originally Posted By Blount (4 OCT 2007 10:20pm)
Cool avatar. Is it Gabriel knight?.  



Yep! I stole it from somewhere a while ago and I can't remember where. [smiley=doh.gif]
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5 OCT 2007 at 12:35am

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I can guarantee that many of the following weeks will be much easier.

I guess I could also mention that the majority of the tournament is based on visual identification of game art with a few twists and puzzles mixed in for variety.

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6 OCT 2007 at 3:20am

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Well, at least two people have guessed every icon now. Not bad.

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The answers have been added to the first post of this thread.

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7 OCT 2007 at 5:45pm

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Damn!  I thought it ended at midnight!  Ah, well...

Edit:  I would have had only one more correct for another point if I hadn't been so oblivious to the time, but it wouldn't have changed my position in the points list.  Even though I didn't do very well, I still enjoyed this one.

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7 OCT 2007 at 9:09pm

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ARG! I knew 16 looked damn familiar...

I had no idea 13 was Broken Sword, and I played that less than a year ago.  :-[

Oh, well.
But I'm not so complicated as to flee, &&or stand here in silence. &&But I'm not so simple as to not caution, &&that there aren't three minutes, or a hundred words, that could define me.&&&&[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlR-6Tw-5bE]Brief description of my person[/url] - Cuarteto de Nos

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Oh boy, I can't believe I never noticed there was a scroll bar! I missed 20 and 30....you'd think I would have seen the numbers, but no, I am oblivious. Good game!

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