MarioWiki:Anniversary/2008

Ceremony: Friday August 8th, 2008 @ 5:00P EDT August 08 2008 17:00:00 EDT See festivities from 2007 POLLS CLOSED (92/55) PRESENTATION/TOURNEY SIGN-UPS OPEN 1 Why? What?   2 Sign-Ups   3 Tournaments  4 Voting   5 Awards Committee   6 Userpedia Awards   7 Contact Why? What? The Super Mario Wiki was created on August 12th, 2005, 13:47 EDT. On August 12th, 2006, this wiki was off to a good start, but still there was only a small amount of active users. On Saturday August 11th, 2007 with a userbase finally forming, we celebrated our wiki's existence with an awards show on 30 of our favorite Mario topics, including favorite games, music, items, series, moments, enemies, and more. Now with 37,613 users and counting, that time is approaching again. An amazing 62 voted on our first awards last year, but before actual voting gets underway, we need all the help we can get – and that possibility comes with the Awards Committee. Sign-Ups Award Presentations The following is similar to the instructions given out last year. Thanks to all 92 people who voted for the Mario Awards, nearly a 50% increase from last year, as well as 55 for the all-new Userpedia Awards! During the Awards Show next month, the ceremony will reveal 40 award results based on these 90+ voters' opinions in a forum thread. However, to spice up the show, instead of making it plain, you get to customize 2 award results to your liking [you must be both a forum user (to actually do it in the ceremony thread) & a wiki user (to sign up here), sorry guests]. What can you do? Remember that the idea is to have an Oscar-like presentation with all the big stars (us!) who made this wiki what it is today coming. Suggestions: You come on the stage to announce the results, using your writing style and even having other members commenting/insulting you while giving out the nominees, even interrupting you. Here you can respond back and make a big funny script out of it. Have a Mario character come out to present the award (i.e. let Marioverse characters interact with us). There's some nice possibilities here – having users interrupt the character to ask it questions, for example. Create a comic to present the results, using whatever sprites you want, user or real, possibly incorporating the ideas above. This is particularly desirable for Userpedia Awards. You may do anything you want, not limited at all to the above, but please try to do something, and not be just plain. You should at least give out the nominees and have something like "The WINNER is..." and a few line breaks down for suspense (not too much). There will be short 3-5 minute breaks in-between each presentation. The idea is that users can comment on the previous presentation as well as continue script ideas spurred from past presentations or even have separate scripts off-stage, perhaps in chat as well. It's all supposed to be one big party AND show both in chat and on the forum. As soon as all the slots are filled (but before July 19), I will not only release the order of presentations scheduled, but also privately communicate the results of the awards to the signed-up presenters. The order of presentations will be Userpedia first, then Mario, will start with U/A1 and end with U10/A30, but will be somewhat randomized, somewhat ordered so that more important awards come towards the end. Unlike last year, I will post the order also before July 19th. This way, multiple users can coordinate scripts for in-between presentations – such as a presenter being kidnapped and being missing until there is a delay, and then s/he is saved and finally presents. This also gives time to accomodate users who cannot stay the whole show (which is likely to last past 10p EDT) and make sure they present early on. Now, finally, the sign-up. Each award can only have one presenter. Please be 100% sure you will be here for the entirety of the event before signing up. Failing to tell me in advance that you will only be here part of the time may mean a loss of the presentation, including your script, as I will do all backups and simply use a default script to present the award. Try to limit the chances that something will come up unexpected; clear your schedule, etc. If a presenter realizes before results are given out that s/he cannot make it for any reason, the first on the "waiting list" (backups) will be substituted for the presenter. The backups thus have no choice in what awards they will get if they are called upon. You may sign up for up to the number of awards in parentheses and underlined below, in the link, between the two award sets. This is first-come, first-serve. You may not sign anyone else up but yourself. A user should only not be both a presenter and a backup. TERM OF AGREEMENT: YOU ARE BY SIGNING UP FOR ANY AWARD OR BACKUP ROLE ABSOLUTELY AND COMPLETELY AGREE TO NOT RELEASE ANY RESULTS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES UNTIL IT IS TIME TO PRESENT. VIOLATION OF THIS MUTUAL TRUST WILL LEAD TO THE STRIPPING OF YOUR PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS AND ALL FUTURE AWARD SHOWS, AS WELL AS A BAN FROM BOTH FORUM AND CHAT FOR THE ENTIRE DAY OF AUGUST 8, THEREBY ELIMINATING YOU FROM THE FESTIVITIES. CLICK TO SIGN-UP (2) Awards Slots A1. Favorite Game Soundtrack (Original) – User:Snack/Sig A2. Favorite Mario Party Game(s) – A3. Favorite Mario Kart Game – A4. Favorite Mario Platformer – A5. Favorite Obscure Game – A6. Favorite DK Game – A7. Favorite Wario Game – A8. Game with Best Online Experience – A9. Favorite Yoshi Game – Super-YoshiTalk? C??? A10. Best Other Medium – A11. Favorite Major Character – A12. Favorite Minor Character – A13. Favorite Koopaling – A14. Favorite Enemy – A15. Hardest Boss – A16. Favorite Power-Up – A17. Favorite Mario Kart Item – A18. Favorite Mario RPG – Phoenix Rider A19. Favorite Pixl – A20 Favorite SSB Character – A21. Favorite Puzzle Game – A22. Best Remake – A23. Favorite Sports Game – A24. Most Innovative Concept – A25. Favorite Spin-Off Game – A26. Favorite PM Partner – A27. Best Secret – Phoenix Rider A28. Favorite Mini-boss – A29. Favorite Place – Uniju :D (talk) A30. Favorite Game (Overall) – Super-YoshiTalk? C??? U1. Favorite Fad – User:Snack/Sig U2. Favorite Collaboration of Sprites – U3. Favorite Comic – MarioBros777 U4. Favorite Game – U5. Favorite Non-User – U6. Favorite Rename of a User – U7. Favorite Spriter – MarioBros777 U8. Favorite Location – Uniju :D (talk) U9. Favorite Artist – U10. Favorite Retired User – Backup 1 – Backup 2 – Backup 3 – Backup 4 – Backup 5 – I tried to make myself as clear as possible on my intentions for user scripts, but sometimes I don't make myself clear enough – if you feel any confusion, contact me via user talk, forum PM, or chat, and I'll try to make to explain it more to you. Thanks, and enjoy! Wa TC@Y SSBB & MKWii Tourneys The details can be found in the section below this one – we need 12 MKWii players, 16 Brawl single players, and 8 Brawl teams. Tourney Slots CLICK TO SIGN-UP Brawl Singles 1. Super-YoshiTalk? C??? 2. – 3. – 4. – 5. – 6. – 7. – 8. – 9. – 10. – 11. – 12. – 13. – 14. – 15. – 16. – Brawl Doubles 1. Super-YoshiTalk? C??? and Knife (talk) 2. – 3. – 4. – 5. – 6. – 7. – 8. – Mario Kart Wii 1. Wa TC@Y 2. Super-YoshiTalk? C??? 3. – 4. – 5. – 6. – 7. – 8. – 9. – 10. – 11. – 12. – Tournaments Starting around August 8th, two tournaments for Super Smash Bros. Brawl and one Mario Kart Wii will be available for entry. Thus contestants can enter a total of three tournaments, however, it is not necessary for contestants to join all of them. <showhide>__HIDER__<show> Super Smash Bros. Brawl A Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament will be taking place during the anniversary. Sign-up is welcome to anyone, although it is recommended that contestants are at least good enough to beat a level 9 computer. The banned stages list: Rumble Falls [match will constantly be disrupted by moving stage; aerial attacks are given a lot more priority here] Spear Pillar [too many hazards] WarioWare (SUPERBANNED) [the mini-games have different awards like giving invincibility to some and restoring a little health to others] New Pork City (Team tournament only)[one on one matches will take too long because of of the stage's large size; team battle is okay since the match will be at a speedier pace] 75m [ladders obstructs attacks, falling bumpers, and DK can do a ot of damage] Mario Bros. [chearacters with reflecting capabilities have the obvious advantage on this stage, since the easiest way to KO on this stage is to throw a shell/crab] Flat Zone 2 [stage is too small] Temple (Melee) (Team tournament only) [one on one matches will take too long because of of the stage's large size; team battle is okay since the match will be at a speedier pace] Mushroomy Kingdom (ground) [KOs are much to easy to land here] Mushroomy Kingdom (underground) [one on one matches will take too long because of numerous blocks preventing KOs; easy KOs if on top of the bricks] Big Blue [moving vehicles make easy suicides] Yoshi's Island (Melee) [middle section is easy to fall in] Hanenbow [leaves absorb projectiles and attacks] Jungle Japes [easy to suicide in river] Port Town Aerodive [no ledge + car hazards are too strong] If you want to discuss any stages that should be banned/unbanned, please say so on the talk page. The banned items list (for Team Tournament): Containers [includes exploding containers, which can mess the match up] Blast Box [characters with fire attacks have the advantage to set this off] Maxim Tomato [recovery is too great and easy to get] Heart Container [recovery is too great and easy] Home-Run Bat [too strong when swung and thrown] Fan [Fan spamming can rack up over 50 damage] Hammer [too strong and disadvantageous for the user on moving stages] Golden Hammer [too strong and disadvantageous for the user on moving stages] Ray Gun [certain characters with bad recovery (e.g. Ike) can't survive against a barrage of Ray Gun shooting] Bob-omb [sometimes found in clusters, which can give a free KO] The rules for the singles tournament are: 4 stock. No items (including NO Smash Balls). Stages on the banned list cannot be chosen, if they are, the match will have to be reset. If a contestant wishes to pick a random stage without risking picking a banned stage, they must turn off the banned stages in the stage switch option. Win 2 out of 3 to advance to the next round. Contestants are not limited to one character and may change characters after each match. Up to two contestants can be entered from one Wii. To prevent people from creating a "back-up" contestant, the two contestants from one Wii may be tested in a standard battle to see if the other person in the tournament is real. If a contestant stalls the match on purpose so that he can win by having more lives than the opponent by the time the timer ends, the contestant will be disqualified. If lag is an issue, the match will still be continued as normal and will not be an excuse to forfeit the match. If the lag is due to a moving stage, the match can be moved to a non-moving stage for less lag. No illegal techniques like infinite chain grabbing or suicide win. Although optional, matches can be viewed. This means that up to two other people will be able to watch the actual match without interfering with it. However, if the match starts to lag, we can kick the spectators out. There is a secondary tournament, one for doubles. However, this will take place after the singles tournament and most of the rules are the same. The rules for the doubles tournament are: 5 stock. All items allowed, but only on low-medium. Some items are banned and items CANNOT be turned off unless they are on the banned item list, or be put on high. Item choice has to include non-banned item in the game, no item in particular can be turned off. Stages on the banned list cannot be chosen, if they are, the match will have to be reset. If a contestant wishes to pick a random stage without risking picking a banned stage, they must turn off the banned stages in the stage switch option. Some of banned stages are allowed only on the team tournament. Contestants are not limited to one character and may change characters after each match. Friendly Fire is ON. Win 2 out of 3 to advance to the next round. Up to two contestants can be entered from one Wii. To prevent people from creating a "back-up" contestant, the two contestants from one Wii may be tested in a standard battle to see if the other person in the tournament is real. Contestants are allowed to pair up with any other contestant, as long as it is okay with both contestants. If a contestant joins the team tournament without a partner, he will paired off with another contestant based off of results in the singles tournament. However, if a contestant did not enter in the singles tournament, he or she will be pair up with another random contestant. If two contestants share the same Wii, they can also automatically join to be on the same team, although it is not required to do so. If lag is an issue, the match will still be continued as normal and will not be an excuse to forfeit the match. If the lag is due to a moving stage, the match can be moved to a non-moving stage for less lag. No illegal techniques like infinite chain grabbing or suicide win. Mario Kart Wii MarioWiki will also be hosting a Mario Kart Wii tournament. Sign-up is welcome to anyone, although it is recommended that contestants are at least good enough to race on 150cc. The rules for the racing tournament are: To determine who wins, there will be three races. The racers who rank lower than 8th place in the first GP will be disqualified and the racers who ranked lower than 4th place in the second GP will be disqualified. The third GP will be between four racers. If a tie comes up in any of these matches, the racers will have to race one on one to determine the rank. If there are more than 12 contestants, another game will be made with similar rules. The winner of that game will go one on one against the winner of the first game. All courses are open for selection. If anyone is caught using cheap tactics, they will be disqualified. This specifically applies to those driving backwards to get good items and purposely mess up the race. Two people may enter from one Wii. However, they must be in the same race. The MKWii tournament will be done on August 8th and the Brawl tournaments will span over a month, two weeks each. The first round of the singles tournaments starts on August 9th-August 11th, meaning the contestant's first match will have to be completed in that timeframe. The second round will be on August 11th-13th. The third round will be on August 13th-15th. The final will take place on August 16th. The team Brawl tournaments start the day after the finals, which is August 17th. Likewise, the first round will be from August 17th-19th. Second round is 19th-21st. Team Finals will be on August 22nd. </show></showhide> Voting Polls are finally CLOSED! A record 92 voters sent their opinions in on 30 categories of everything Mario, as well as 55 voters on the 10 Userpedia Awards. The award choices are kept here as an archive. If this table does not show up: click here. Mario Awards (30) A1. Favorite Game Soundtrack (Original) A2. Favorite Mario Party Game(s)* A3. Favorite Mario Kart Game A4. Favorite Mario Platformer A5. Favorite Obscure Game N1. Super Mario Bros N2. Yoshi’s Island N3. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door N4. M&L: Superstar Saga N5. Super Mario 64 N6. Super Mario World N7. Super Mario Galaxy N8. Super Paper Mario N1. Mario Party 1-3 N2. Mario Party Advance N3. Mario Party 4-7 N4. Mario Party 8 N5. Mario Party DS *by console N1. Super Mario Kart N2. Mario Kart 64 N3. Mario Kart Super Circuit N4. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! N5. Mario Kart DS N6. Mario Kart Wii N1. Super Mario Bros. N2. Super Mario Bros. 2 N3. Super Mario Bros. 3 N4. Super Mario World N5. New Super Mario Bros. N6. Super Paper Mario N1. Mario Paint N2. Hotel Mario N3. Dr. Mario 64 N4. Mario Picross N5. Yoshi’s Safari N6. Mario Clash N7. Wario Blast A6. Favorite DK Game A7. Favorite Wario Game A8. Game with Best Online Experience A9. Favorite Yoshi Game A10. Best Other Medium N1. Donkey Kong Country N2. Donkey Kong Country 2 N3. Donkey Kong Country 3 N4. Donkey Kong 64 N5. Diddy Kong Racing N6. Donkey Kong: King of Swing N7. Donkey Kong Wii N1. Wario Land series [1-4 + VB] N2. Mega Microgames & Party Games N3. WarioWare: Twisted! N4. WarioWare: Touched! N5. WarioWare: Smooth Moves N6. Wario: Master of Disguise N1. Mario Kart DS N2. Mario Strikers Charged N3. Super Smash Bros. Brawl N4. Mario Kart Wii N1. Yoshi's Island N2. Yoshi's Island DS N3. Tetris Attack N4. Yoshi's Story N5. Yoshi Touch & Go N6. Yoshi's Cookie N7. Yoshi N1. Super Mario Bros. Super Show! N2. Adventures of SMB3 N3. Super Mario World N4. Super Mario Bros. (Valient) N5. Super Mario Bros. The Movie N6. Donkey Kong Country A11. Favorite Major Character A12. Favorite Minor Character A13. Favorite Koopaling A14. Favorite Enemy A15. Hardest Boss N1. Mario N2. Luigi N3. Toad N4. Peach N5. Yoshi N6. Wario N7. Donkey Kong N8. Bowser N1. Daisy N2. Waluigi N3. Birdo N4. Toadette N5. Toadsworth N6. Diddy Kong N7. Bowser Jr. N8. Petey Piranha N1. Larry N2. Morton Jr. N3. Wendy N4. Iggy N5. Roy N6. Lemmy N7. Ludwig N1. Goombas N2. Koopas N3. Lakitus N4. Cheep Cheeps N5. Boos N6. Piranha Plants N7. Shy Guys N8. Bloopers N1. Shadow Queen N2. Bonetail N3. Giga Bowser N4. Cackletta N5. Culex N6. Elder Princess Shroob N7. Tabuu N8. Bowser (PM) N9. Shadoo A16. Favorite Power-Up A17. Favorite Mario Kart Item A18. Favorite Mario RPG A19. Favorite Pixl A20. Favorite SSB Veteran N1. Mushroom N2. Fire Flower N3. P-Wing N4. Starman N5. Kuribo’s Shoe N6. Feather N7. Hammer Suit N1. Red Shell N2. Blue Shell N3. Star N4. Lightning N5. Boo N6. Fake Item Box N7. Triple / Golden Mushroom N8. Mega Mushroom N1. Super Mario RPG N2. Paper Mario N3. M&L: Superstar Saga N4. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door N5. M&L: Partners in Time N1. Tippi N2. Boomer N3. Thudley N4. Carrie N5. Cudge N6. Barry N7. Dashell N8. Piccolo N1. Mario N2. Kirby N3. Link N4. Fox McCloud N5. Samus N6. Donkey Kong N7. Pikachu N8. Yoshi A21. Favorite Puzzle Game A22. Best Remake A23. Favorite Sports Game A24. Most Innovative Concept/Game A25. Favorite Spin-Off Game N1. Dr. Mario N2. Yoshi's Cookie N3. Tetris Attack N4. Wario's Woods N1. Super Mario All-Stars N2. Super Mario Bros. DX N3. Super Mario 64 DS N4. Super Mario Advance (series) N5. Diddy Kong Racing DS N1. Mario Tennis (N64) N2. Mario Golf Toadstool Tour N3. Mario Power Tennis N4. Mario Superstar Baseball N5. Mario Strikers Charged N6. Mario Hoops 3-on-3 N1. Super Mario Bros. N2. Flying (SMB3) N3. Yoshi (SMW) N4. Eatin' n' Throwin' Eggs (YI) N5. Super Mario 64 N6. Bros. Attacks (M&L:SS) N7. Dimension Flip (SPM) N8. Gravity (SMG) N1. Luigi’s Mansion N2. Super Princess Peach N3. Mario & Wario N4. Wario’s Woods N5. Mario is Missing A26. Favorite PM Partner A27. Best Secret A28. Favorite Mini-Boss A29. Favorite Place A30. Favorite Game (Overall) N1. Kooper N2. Bombette N3. Lady Bow N4. Lakilester N5. Goombella N6. Yoshi Kid N7. Bobbery N8. Ms. Mowz N1. Special Zone (SMW) N2. Top Secret Area (SMW) N3. Warp Zone (SMB3) N4. Luigi’s Diary (PM) N5. Worlds 9/A-D (Lost Levels) N6. Ms. Mowz (PM2) N7. Grand Finale (SMG) N1. Fawful N2. Popple N3. Kamek N4. Mr. L N5. Jr. Troopa N6. Birdo N7. Bowser Jr. N1. Mushroom Kingdom N2. Dinosaur Land N3. Beanbean Kingdom N4. Rogueport & Other Areas N5. Flipside & Other Areas N6. Bowser’s Castle N1. Super Mario Bros. N2. Yoshi's Island N3. Super Mario Bros. 3 N4. Super Mario World N5. Super Mario 64 N6. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door N7. M&L: Superstar Saga N8. Super Mario Galaxy Userpedia Awards (10) U1. Favorite Fad U2. Favorite Collaboration of Sprites U3. Favorite Comic U4. Favorite Game U5. Favorite Non-User N1. Cheese N2. HEAD ASPLOSION N3. Snufit Ball N4. Pirate Goomba N5. Captain Falcon N6. NEEDZ MOAR N1. Supreme Sheet N2. King Sheet N3. Master Sheet N4. Rated E N5. Everybody N1. Legend of the Fallenstar N2. The Shadow Chronicles N3. When Sysops Attack N4. Kakumei N5. The Lost Adventures N1. Paper Lario N2. Legend of MarioWiki: Twilight Princess N3. Pirate Goomba: Spawn Chronicles N4. Super Mario Wiki: Different Parts of Italia N5. User Party N6. Mario Wiki ChaosDome N7. MarioWiki Island N1. Frijjle N2. Mastermind Troll N3. Dry Bones Jr. N4. Burt N5. Twink N6. Iggly N7. Wiggy U6. Favorite Rename of a User U7. Favorite Spriter U8. Favorite Location U9. Favorite Artist U10. Favorite Retired User N1. Great Gonzo N2. D N3. Moogle N4. Glowsquid N5. Monty Mole N6. Paper Luigi DS N7. Dry Bones N8. HK-47 N1. Uniju N2. Snack N3. Master Crash N4. Princess Alyston Koopastool N5. InfectedShroom N6. Plumber N7. Toadbert N8. Knife N1. New Wikisburg N2. Trollston N3. Smash Bros. Kingdom N4. Uniju's Realm N5. RAP's Mansion N6. Plumber's Plumbing N7. Cookie Island N8. MWiki Subway N1. 'Crypt Raider N2. Mcoolister N3. Stooben Rooben N4. Master Crash N5. Arend N6. Girrrtacos N7. King Mario N8. RAP N1. Sadaharu N2. Bigguy N3. Elite Yoshi N4. Shyster N5. KPH2293 N6. Son of Suns N7. Agentseethroo N8. Benio Awards Committee The AC has fulfilled their duties for this year – 30 Mario Awards (with a base of last year's to go on) and 10 brand-new Userpedia Awards. Thanks to the following for actively contributing: Wa TC@Y – Manager RAP... – Returning user here! And with Hooktail for the second time in the awards!! XD And maybe work on Userpedia awards too! The MissingLinkYEAH!!! Plumber I'm not working on user awards. Fly Guy 2 I'm so doing this. Xpike the hedgehog I'm be in Userpedia's too :3 BLOC PARTIER. Oh, sure, why not. ;) King Mario - I wasn't able to participate in the last one So I decided to be apart of these Awards :) Bean Master Crash - I am the 'crat thar, but i'll see what i can do. Chaos NEEDS MOAR NINJI Hope I can help. Shrooby Happy B-Day MW! :P Super-Yoshi Sure why not, Snack Userpedia Awards Userpedia is a sub-wiki of ours where many of our active users enjoy creating comics involving sprite versions of themselves or others. Encyclopedia speaking, it is a wiki covering this wiki, but articles about users, important pages and the like have additional details added to them to give Userpedia itself a whole different feel than MarioWiki. It is closing in on 1000 articles. Userpedia is included as a separate, smaller sub-set for this year's awards, as long as it is all in good fun, without any competition between the creators of the nominated works whatsoever. ChaosNinji (talk) led the AC to form the awards for this subsection. Contact marioawards@gmail.com You are free to bring up anything with us if you feel it appropriate. Suggestions to make the awards more interesting? Issues from last year that need to be resolved? Please, let us know.