Lurker > MZero

I'm not sure how a leaderboard for SMW would work, unless we go by time

Anyway I've collected all the Triforce pieces and just need to go kill Ganon

Oak

Yuna
Rikku

Gross

I remember watching game 7 in 2001, but I was only 9 so I wasn't that invested. I think I was more excited that I won a bet... for 50 cents lol

Voted for Type-0 but you can't go wrong with Hat

Teddie and Morgana are both great

I like Kanji too but the rest of 4's cast is varying degrees of decent to me, but none of them are bad at least

5 by a mile but the only other one I've played is 4

ass

not what I was expecting

guffguy89 posted...

FFIX lost the most characters this round out of any single game with a total of 4 characters defeated, completely eliminating the game in the process.

good round

also pleasantly surprised to see Locke still going strong. His dud of a finals appearance didn't inspire a lot of hope, so I had him losing to Seph in my bracket

Victor Wembanyama is good at basketball

Lightning
Tidus

LeonhartFour posted...

Or are the Suns frauds...!

very possible but we still haven't seen them at full strength!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWZf_ijmSdo

this song has no reason to go this hard and normally you would never even get to the best parts but it absolutely slaps. I remember just freezing mid-battle the first time it plays and listening in awe, wondering where it would go, and it just keeps going up. I could listen to this for hours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1-VyHIx_SY

an absolute classic, this one tugs the nostalgia strings hard

Steelers/Titans 5-
Chiefs/Dolphins 10+

Bonus: 5

I don't like any of the level 4 picks this week so just getting it over with asap

Level 7
Leonhart4**
th3l3fty**

Level 6
Arti**
Camden***
changmas***
Crescent-Moon**
DpObliVion(****)
resistance_pro*****
ZeroSignal***

Level 5
5tarscream**
andel***
KCF0107***
Meow1000***
Runemistress****
Shattered**
terpaholic****

Level 4
Fiop**
foxhead84**
HanOfTheNekos***
HBJDubs***
Jakyl25*
KommunistKoala***
Mewtwo59(***)*
MZero*****
SirChris**
theawesomestevr***
thekitchensink(**)***
VeryInsane**
Whiskey_Nick******
Xuxon***

Level 3
Bartz***
Cody11533***
fortybelowsummer***
Jukkie*
mccheyne**
MegamanX**
MMXcalibur*
MysteriousStan*
Paratroopa1***
pepper2012
Stripperiffic***
Suprak**
SwiftyDC
Thorn***
VengefulKaelee*
wallmasterz*
Wigs*
Wizardsfan1000**

Level 2
BlueCrystalTear*
Dancedreamer*
Eddv
KokoroAkechi*
WickIebee*

Level 1
Bossman_Coolguy
guffguy89
StifledSilence*
ZaziGuado*

@Suprak_the_Stud you didn't specify Nick or Joey for the bonus, but both got a sack so I gave you the bonus point

Wickle once in Arizona and Menji three times in Japan

I usually make the offer if someone says they're coming out here but I haven't been able to link up with anyone else

Would have preferred a Zack win but great day overall

Locke
Auron
Balthier
Cecil

pain

TP best Zelda game

hell yeah

pepper2012 posted...

Idk where Im at on the ladder I think its still level 3

yes you're right

Mahomes slid against the Jets in Week 4 and 5 weeks later I'm still on Level 4

Seinfeld never really hit for me. Like it's okay but nowhere near Friends imo

I randomly beat Super Mario World just because

Also I have beaten two dungeons in Zelda 1

Crescent-Moon posted...

The Chargers only bring 3 points favorites over the Jets? This is an offense that should be able to break the Jets defense by late on the third quarter at worst.

should be able to but also Chargers

Robazoid posted...

Tifa beating Vivi but Aerith losing to Rikku means I officially don't understand SMFFFC power levels I guess. My bracket is ruined!

Called both of these results my bracket is in good shape

Little

A few ground rules:
-If I have you blocked you aren't allowed to participate (Note: I don't have anyone blocked)
-Please say which level you are on when you post your pick. In most cases it will be obvious, but this makes it easier for me to record the picks.
-The deadline to make a pick is before the official kick-off time of the game in question. You cannot pick a game that has already started. Some levels may have different deadlines, so read carefully.
-The deadline to answer the bonus question is at the start of games on Sunday (1 PM ET).
-Please don't edit your picks. If you'd like to change, please do so in a clearly labeled new post.
-I get my spreads from an online site providing lines from several sources, both in Vegas and out. Although these sources may continue to change their lines throughout the week, the ones I post in the topic are frozen and final for our purposes.
-You may use bonus points to skip any level after it is guaranteed you cannot pass it (at the end of the week's games, typically). You may only skip the level before I have posted the next week's topic. The price for skipping is in proportion to the level you are skipping. Skipping level 1 would take 1 bonus point, level 2 will take 2, level 5 will take 5. So on and so forth.

Explanation of Levels:

Level 1: Pick a winner. Simply pick one team to win their game. If they win, you go on to level 2.

Level 2: Pick an Underdog to win. You must pick a team that is an underdog to win their game. Underdogs will always be the team listed second.

Level 3: Level 3: 2 Games with Spread. Using the spreads I provide, pick 2 games. You must get both correct to move on. Spreads work by giving (-) or getting (+) points. The team that is the favorite to win "gives" points to the underdog. If you choose the favorite to win, they must still win after "giving" those points to the underdog. If you choose the underdog, you would be correct if they win the game after "getting" those points. For example, if a game says "Giants (-2.5) vs. Cowboys," if you pick the Giants, they must actually win the game by at least three points; if you pick the Cowboys, you would win if they actually won the game or lost by two points or less.

Level 4: 2 Game differentials. Pick two games and specify them to have a score differential of either 10+ or 5-. Make sure to specify which you pick, if you pick a score to be 10+ and the score ends up 3 apart, you do not advance. You do not need to pick the winner, as long as the differential is correct, it does not matter which team wins.

Level 5: 2 Over/Unders: I will now provide over/unders for each game. This number relates to the final score. You must choose 2 of the games and decide whether the final score will be OVER the number I provided or UNDER the number I provided. You must get both of these correct to advance.

Level 6: Pleaser: Pick one team to win using the spread, but with the pleaser, you lose 6 points on the spread. In other words, add six points in whichever direction makes it harder to win. For example, a (-2.5) spread becomes (-8.5), a (+3.5) becomes a (-2.5) spread, etc.

Level 7: QB, RB, WR: Pick 1 player to throw a touchdown pass, 1 player to rush for a touchdown, and 1 player to catch a touchdown pass. They must all be from different teams, and must also combine for at least 4 touchdowns in their respective positions. Typically you will be picking a QB, RB, and WR, but you may pick players from other positions to fill those roles (i.e. a TE or RB to get a receiving touchdown). You must make it clear what role you are picking the players for if it is not the standard QB/RB/WR or QB/RB/TE. If the player gets a touchdown in a different way (i.e. your rusher getting a receiving touchdown), it does not count.

Schedule (Favorites listed first; home team in CAPS):

Thursday, November 2nd
PITTSBURGH (-2.5) vs Tennessee 36.5

Sunday, November 5th
9:30am (GERMANY)
KANSAS CITY (-2.5) vs Miami 50.5

1pm
ATLANTA (-4.5) vs Minnesota 37.5
CLEVELAND (-7.5) vs Arizona 37.5
GREEN BAY (-2.5) vs Los Angeles Rams 39.5
NEW ENGLAND (-3.5) vs Washington 40.5
NEW ORLEANS (-7.5) vs Chicago 41.5
BALTIMORE (-5.5) vs Seattle 42.5
HOUSTON (-2.5) vs Tampa Bay 39.5

4pm
Indianapolis (-2.5) @ CAROLINA 44.5
LAS VEGAS (-2.5) vs New York Giants 37.5
PHILADELPHIA (-2.5) vs Dallas 45.5

8:20pm
CINCINNATI (-2.5) vs Buffalo 48.5

Monday, November 6th
Los Angeles Chargers (-2.5) @ NEW YORK JETS 41.5

Bonus Question: How many touchdown passes will be thrown in the Bills/Bengals game?

Squall
Zack
Kefka
Yuffie

Pittsburgh
Miami
Atlanta
Cleveland
LA Rams
New England
New Orleans
Seattle
Houston
Indianapolis
NY Giants
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
LA Chargers

Heck yes

I've been distracted playing Super Mario Wonder and Pokemon. Some new games dropped recently. Yay going backwards!

GB:
Castlevania Legends

NES:
Devil World
Mysterious Murasame Castle

I really need to get back into the groove

Football posted...

Feel like theres going to be a lot of runs in this game

good call

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/9/AAN-f8AAE_c1.jpg

oh ya go my cards not super ass

plasmabeam posted...

Oh man, you will be sorely disappointed. I didn't play SMRPG till 2014 and found it to be dated and bland after playing Paper Mario 1 and 2. Ended up dropping SMRPG after about 3 hours.

conversely I played it in 2020 and had a great time

James Harden traded to the Clippers in the middle of the night

surely nothing will go wrong

BK_Sheikah00 posted...

Has actual best boy in FF16 not been done yet?

Nope Ambrosia hasn't been up yet

Edit: oh wait

Tifa
Yuna
Cloud
Rikku

Since when are Aeris and Tifa a duo?

Palom - 4
Porom - 5
Zorn and Thorn - 1
Fujin - 3
Raijin - 3

I forgot about half sacks

sure why not that counts

Lightning
Ardyn
Faris
Tidus

Surprised I'm only the second

Good

one step closer to the crash

Fran - 5
Jessie - 4
Cindy - 6

Kind of a boring day so have a ratings dump

Tifa - 8
Lulu - 7
Rosa - 6.5
Seifer - 4
General Leo - 6
Kuja - 2
Edea - 3
Rufus - 6
Selphie - 7
Fang - 7.5
Paine - 4
Red XIII - 7.5
Mog - 8
Torgal - 8
Cyan - 6.5
Freya - 3
Ignis - 8.5

andylt posted...

Did others who haven't played XIV vote Auron anyway?

psh as if I'm going to not vote a character I like just because I haven't played the other game