Board 8 > * 2018 CBX Guru Contest - Results, Discussions and Eliminations, Part Two *

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Ngamer64
12/10/18 1:14:21 AM
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All brackets are entered, we're officially off and running! Big thanks to Ange and his team of bracket-entering-superstars (Spike, Wigs, hylianknight, ShonenBat) for getting us all up to date.

http://thengamer.com/guru/

- clicking your name on the ranks will display your personal bracket page complete with notifications for all your risky picks and mistakes
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Now, as for those Special Features...

Here's this year's Cookie-Cutter Bracket, meaning it makes all the most-likely picks based on the B8 hivemind.

http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=2

Every time you make a pick that defies the Cookie that's considered a Risk. The median number of risks taken this year was 29. Boring Bracket award goes to pirate and Joelypoely who took only 6 risks, while Most "Exciting" Bracket goes to Zazi who went with a jaw-dropping 69!

The dropdown on the front page will display everyone's picks for whichever match number you select, you can use that to say things like "Sweet, I'll move up two spots today to #14 if Garrus can hold on!".

The Matchup Stats page is my favorite, it show how many picks we had for every matchup of the season.

http://thengamer.com/guru/stats.php

Clicking the link on the top will give you the exact breakdown of who picked what for that match. For instance here's where we ended on the hottest pre-lockdown debate, Who Will Win Division Three?

http://thengamer.com/guru/stats.php?match=115

That covers everything, have a fun season Gurus!


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paulg235
12/10/18 5:51:05 PM
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Do we have an update on what the remaining gurus need to win?
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SpikeDragon
12/10/18 7:56:41 PM
#3:


Oh my God one point ahead of XIII - and I messed up he has Mario tomorrow oh boy I'm screwed
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NewerShadow
12/10/18 8:03:15 PM
#5:


Updated scenarios for the last 4 matches:

sA4RbAD

XIII said in discord that he has Mega Man > Cloud in his bracket, which matches with the site leaderboard, and these winners reflect that.
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Ringworm
12/10/18 8:11:09 PM
#6:


So can the Cookie entry still "win" this? I see it is still listed as being alive.
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SpikeDragon
12/10/18 8:27:12 PM
#8:


I am suddenly a Cloud fanboy
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TsunamiXXVIII
12/10/18 8:32:34 PM
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Ringworm posted...
So can the Cookie entry still "win" this? I see it is still listed as being alive.


Based on that table, no. Currently COOKIE has the same score as Advokaiser, but COOKIE has Link, Cloud, Snake, Link while Advo has Link, Cloud, Cloud, Link. Seeing as how Link, Cloud, Zelda, Link is a SpikeDragon win, not an Advokaiser win, COOKIE is out of it.
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Ngamer64
12/10/18 8:35:02 PM
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Okay I've updated the Guru site to show only the four from above as still alive.
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TsunamiXXVIII
12/10/18 8:37:33 PM
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Ngamer64 posted...
Okay I've updated the Guru site to show only the four from above as still alive.


Five. There are 5 in that table.

Don't worry, I missed Xuxon at first too. D.Va and Waluigi both being in Zelda's division means that a RallyFEAR bracket based on one of them got full losers' bracket points from Zelda's run.
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ShatteredElysium
12/11/18 7:03:20 AM
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Sucks that I did my bracket last minute and forgot to enter the Guru this year. Well I say forgot, traditionally I don't enter anyway as I've only ever had like 2 good brackets

I was just looking at the brackets to see what could catch me. Is XIII's bracket actually possible? Unless the wrong result was fixed? Looks like he has Megaman winning losers R5 but Mario winning losers final. That's not possible if he also has Mario winning R4 losers.

I assume he had Megaman R4 losers and then Mario losers R5 and losers final. Which means he can catch me I think
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XIII_rocks
12/11/18 7:53:05 AM
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The wrong match was corrected there.

I had MM > Cloud yesterday and Mario tomorrow

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Advokaiser
12/11/18 7:31:11 PM
#14:


This is so hype!
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iGenesis
12/11/18 8:13:42 PM
#15:


Just curious, which of you guys are eligible for prizes? >_>

Barring major surprises, I'm expecting my Official Entry to finish anywhere between ~15th and ~35th. In prior contests that awarded 10 monetary prizes, ~16th has historically been the threshold, though it's gone as far down as 23rd.

I'm not too optimistic, but in case I do win one of those $25 gift cards, it's $25 - $8 state+local taxes - $10 notary fee - $3 parking or bus ride to notary = ~$4 net profit. :D
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NowItsAngeTime
12/11/18 8:16:54 PM
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XIII_rocks posted...
The wrong match was corrected there.

I had MM > Cloud yesterday and Mario tomorrow


fixed
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OrangeCrush980
12/11/18 8:28:37 PM
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*pours a cold one out for Mr Bad Picks*
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Advokaiser
12/12/18 9:56:27 AM
#18:


iGenesis posted...
Just curious, which of you guys are eligible for prizes? >_>


Unfortunately I live outside the US, so I can only aspire to finish up on the leaderboard.

So I guess one spot less for you to worry about!
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Xuxon
12/12/18 3:40:19 PM
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wait was i not actually eliminated when you said i was earlier? and Link beating Zelda was what actually finished me off? pretty crazy if i actually lasted that long.
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NewerShadow
12/12/18 3:50:40 PM
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Xuxon posted...
wait was i not actually eliminated when you said i was earlier? and Link beating Zelda was what actually finished me off? pretty crazy if i actually lasted that long.

XIIIs correction is what brought you back from the dead, since you gained 8 points on him there. Otherwise it was just luck that your rally pick came from Zeldas division.
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Advokaiser
12/12/18 7:16:07 PM
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I can't believe that Cloud not only pulled the upset, but also eliminated XIII, who I thought was going to win.

@SpikeDragon, this is it! It's just you and me now. The decisive battle begins!
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_SecretSquirrel
12/12/18 7:18:08 PM
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*salute*
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NowItsAngeTime
12/12/18 7:19:27 PM
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So basically Zelda wins, SpikeDragon wins

And Cloud wins, Advokaiser wins
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MetalmindStats
12/12/18 8:56:45 PM
#24:


Hmm, does anyone know why Advokaiser's Guru bracket is 8 points behind his site bracket?
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Advokaiser
12/12/18 9:05:59 PM
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Good observation. Let me check if everything's in place.
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NowItsAngeTime
12/12/18 9:11:47 PM
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Going to assume one of the Legends/Losers bracket picks is incorrect
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Advokaiser
12/12/18 9:20:14 PM
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I just checked both full brackets and everything's in place. =/
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Advokaiser
12/12/18 9:30:01 PM
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Wait, I found it.

The site incorrectly says Pikachu lost against Mega Man.
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NowItsAngeTime
12/12/18 9:41:13 PM
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Advokaiser posted...
Wait, I found it.

The site incorrectly says Pikachu lost against Mega Man.


In which Match Number?
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Advokaiser
12/12/18 9:56:59 PM
#30:


NowItsAngeTime posted...
Advokaiser posted...
Wait, I found it.

The site incorrectly says Pikachu lost against Mega Man.


In which Match Number?


No, nevermind. i thought #129 was Mega Man vs. Pikachu, but it was Ganondorf vs. Mega Man.

We're back to the mystery score.
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dimi161
12/12/18 10:23:05 PM
#31:


Guru hasn't updated for match 148 results, SwiftyDC is also missing 8 points (and is on the leaderboard)
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haloiscoolisbak
12/12/18 10:26:48 PM
#32:


I'm missing 8 too. I guess cloud victory points haven't been paid yet
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NowItsAngeTime
12/12/18 11:53:39 PM
#33:


Oh whoops I put Cloud as a winner but didn't click the buton to actually update the scores

Should be good now
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Ngamer64
12/13/18 3:15:30 AM
#34:


Still, it was a fun mystery while it lasted!
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SpikeDragon
12/13/18 7:01:58 PM
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It was fun. Easily my best showing.
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MetalmindStats
12/13/18 7:07:52 PM
#36:


Congrats on your Guru win, Advokaiser! Huge props to you for retaining faith in Cloud when most people had bolted, and we can only hope the circumstances can cause him to threaten Link.
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NowItsAngeTime
12/13/18 7:08:20 PM
#37:


Congrats Advokaiser in advance
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Oxbridge
12/13/18 7:18:00 PM
#38:


SpikeDragon posted...
It was fun. Easily my best showing.


Same here, my previous best was in CB9 where I was 44th. Almost certainly would have been on the leaderboard had the Tifa/Zelda rallies not happened.
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Team Rocket Elite
12/13/18 7:22:30 PM
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Congrats Advokaiser!
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ZeldaTPLink
12/13/18 7:23:26 PM
#40:


Congrats, man!
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tennisboy213
12/13/18 7:30:46 PM
#41:


Congratulations!
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_SecretSquirrel
12/13/18 7:35:10 PM
#42:


Congratulations to the true greatone.
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swirIdude
12/13/18 10:04:55 PM
#43:


Congratulations to yet another user who has conquered me.
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SuperNiceDog
12/13/18 10:09:25 PM
#44:


so Advokaiser won?
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Advokaiser
12/13/18 11:26:36 PM
#45:


I... I'm in shock.

I made it...

I made it!

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Ringworm
12/13/18 11:27:27 PM
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Congrats!
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XIII_rocks
12/14/18 12:00:09 AM
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SpikeDragon posted...
It was fun. Easily my best showing.


What he said

Congrats advo
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DpObliVion
12/14/18 12:00:33 AM
#48:


Nice, congrats, Advokaiser!

I guess I have to work on a sig.
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ChichiriMuyo
12/14/18 12:32:31 AM
#49:


Well, that's that.
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Cavedweller2000
12/14/18 2:50:13 AM
#50:


Congrats man!
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SpikeDragon
12/14/18 3:05:01 AM
#51:


:(
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XIII_rocks
12/14/18 3:05:51 AM
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I'm pretty devastated but you had it even worse than I did. Sorry man.
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