I'll admit, I do sort of hope the seeds are reseeded for the next round  Because I'm against Myles  And similar to Louis, me vs. Myles is a lose-lose situation for me since he's another of my top picks.

Pobre when did I say anything about "getting 3" or "7-9"?

well

I thought of a campaign slogan

vote duff   (responsibly)

actually I did vote for him, so my vote was the deciding vote.  That was purely off of forum activity.

I also voted for ben, hue le (cause he visited our chat room--free votes if I have no idea who your opponent is)
and chen (because he was my initial competition--well not really at first cause I was ahead...)  and since I've never seen met or ever heard from wonn that was an easy decision for me.

edit (other than for formatting the earlier slogan)--I guess I'll share my vote for Eise cause he's the only person from this community (other than chen) to actually at one time bothered to have a convo with me every once in awhile.  [not that I blame any of you, lol]

Closing in on the 2nd round...

Ben Miller vs. Oliver Segarra Gonzalez
Voted for Miller. For one, it is never "Gonzalez Time," so he was at a disadvantage to begin with. Ben had a lot going for him though. He has been pretty cool on AIM for a few years, though I haven't talked to him in quite some time, I presume because we're usually not active at the same time anymore. He has also been a firm supporter of PAL rights, and even though I'm firmly for NTSC, I do have respect for that. In conclusion, something about "Men Biller"...the end.

Sebastien Holmiere vs. Hue Le
Voted for Hue. Though it seems that Hue can be slightly on the obsessive side of things (look at his GV2 play or the fact that he once sent me 40 pictures from an SMK rom in one AIM conversation), he is a regular at the IRC room and has been pretty nice there, so that wins him enough points for me over Sebastien, who I've never talked to. Plus, his whole name is Hue Van Le...that's so much easier to type.

David Wonn vs. Ruokai Chen
Voted for Wonn. Though my fake chats may suggest I hate Chen, that is not the case. I don't really know him for anything much other than Booth's tape deletion. Besides, my fake chats also suggest that I think Wonn is totally insane, and while that is true, it just shows that I don't discriminate. Wonn gets my vote based mostly on his contributions to the SCs of Kart (when he actually deems us prepared...).

Marcelo Almeida dos Reis vs. Drew Blumfield
Voted for Drew. The thing I remember Marcelo (MAD R - sweetest initials ever) most for was hitting his old WR literally minutes after I hit my BB lap NTSC record, which was roughly the gaming equivalent of being kicked in the junk. He did, however, come back into the chat room to congratulate me when he forgot to do so in his brief WR announcement. That seemed really nice to me, especially after I said all those bad things about him stealing my spotlight.
Duff maybe steals the vote here because of his participation in the IRC chats where he has been fairly cool, if a bit odd. Plus, being Duffjr makes him like...the son...of Duffman, the character that practically holds The Simpsons together. Oh yes, and anyone who beats Louis at SMK is cool by me...I sure as hell can't do it.

Figures that I win the close match this day and lose a different one.

Round 1, Final Group
(and what the hell am I gonna post about tomorrow?!)

Simon Laflamme vs. Jonathan Bennett
Voted for Simon. Simon is the only of the two that I've really talked to, though I think I had an e-mail or two shared with Bennett. Simon always seemed like a good guy in our AIM talks, he wrote a monster of a fake chat, and he seems to speak his mind - something I like to see. That was plenty for me. Plus, my youngest brother is named Simon..which is...um...unrelated.

Gerard Roodhorst vs. Andreas Runnelid
Voted for Andreas. While I haven't talked to him in quite some time now, I have always enjoyed chatting with Andreas. He is always pleasant and humorous. We mostly got to chatting over something unrelated to Kart (Metal Gear Solid time trials), which is somewhat interesting given that Kart is the primary connecting force between all of us. Anyway, his story alone in the bios section was worthy of at least one round of votes.

Steven Zwartjes vs. Jonathon Halford
Voted for Zwartjes. I barely know Steven, and it's true that Jondy is far more active in the community, but I remember a while backing reading multiple posts from Jon that struck me as somewhat bigoted or unnecessary. Perhaps an unfair assessment of the guy, but I don't read every thread so I can't judge him by any other means. Maybe a mistake on my part here, but Zwartjes still won pretty soundly, so I don't have to feel any potential guilt about being a deciding vote.

Robin Usher vs. Tom Gaffikin
Voted for Usher. Robin was the only guy to actually go out of his way to try to bribe me for a vote during my match. I figured that means he's a quality guy. And as a notice for future matches of mine - attempting to bribe me will not be humorous. It has been done and all my (1) special "bribe votes" are used up now, so if anything, I'll just assume you're completely uncreative.

3/4...big surprise. Bring on the 2nd round, where 3/4 won't exist!

Day 16 votes:

Simon Laflamme vs Jonathan Bennett
-My vote: Simon Laflamme
Despite the fact that me and Simon seems to disagree on about 95% of things we discuss, I still enjoy our chats. I've met Simon on 2 seperate ocasions now, and it's been alot of fun each time.  

Gerard Roodhorst vs Andrea Runnelid
-My vote:Andreas Runnelid
I read both guys bio, and learned about Gerard that he was against the NBT. I'm not gonna start debating the topic, but I think beeing against the evolution of the game is ridiculous. So he lost some points there. Andreas bio was quite original I think, and he used some words I have never seen. So he gets bonus points.


Steven Zwartjes vs Jonathan Halford
-My vote: Jonthan Halford
Kinda hard match for me. I don't really like any of the 2 guys. Even though I never got to talk to Steven, he looked like a talented karter and a nice guy 3-4 years ago, but on his "recent" apparition, I think he acted like an ass. On the other side, Halford seems like an odd guy to me. I find myself disagreeing with him in most of his posts. Anyway, I somehow decided that Halford was the way to go, but if you asked me to revote today, it might change. So yeah, it was close.

Robin Usher vs Tom Gaffikin
-My vote: Robin Usher
With Robin started this rivalry page a while ago, I thought I should give him the vote for his contribution. Also, some of Tom's post on the board seemed anipropritate to me, so no vote for him.


LpS

Round 2 has begun! Unfortunately, this one might drag slightly as many of the matches will be lopsided, I think. Our vote totals have been lagging a bit too. I find it hard to believe that between the multiple kart communities and t-e.n that we can only muster 35 people per day that have any interest in the matches. Oh well, I guess we'll just have to make the best of what we've got. Here goes...

Stanley Jeram vs. Pier-Yves Lemire
Voted for Jeram. This was a tough match for me. I have talked to Jeram a bit a while back, and not so much with PY. Jeram always seemed like a nice guy, and he never yelled at me for accidentally calling him "Stand" over and over. I'm not sure what it is with that typo and me...
Still, Pier is a more active poster to my knowledge, especially in the game I tend to have my focus on (K64). In the end, it just came down to Stan being the guy I've talked with more and what he has added to the SMK community. Pier took quite a commanding win though, and I think he's still a plenty good addition to the 3rd round.

Derek Clark vs. Julien Holmiere
Voted for Clark. This one was an easy pick for me. For one, my only connection to Julien is that he plays a Kart game...something that I can say for anyone here. Clark, however, has always struck me as a really cool guy, both in IMs and through his work in the karts/t-e.n. He also has competed in a few games I've been interested in - Kart 64, Mario Golf (N64) and Mario Golf (Gamecube), and even the Yahoo game Word Racer, where he thoroughly trashes me. Plus, I'm pretty sure I have his vote in almost any round of this contest (if he's even voting). He still owes me for the last minute "help" I gave him in the Mario Golf tournament Nintendo hosted that netted him a $25 Target gift card...that's right, I've got him in my pocket. Or was that his buddy Eli? Oh well...hopefully they're both voting for me.

First day down, and of course, how did I do? That's right. 3/4. Oh...nevermind...1/2. Yay!

Stanley and Julien...0/2

I went for:

Julien as I never talked with Derek even tough I knew he would win since he has played more game and has done a lot of things. But I talked with Julien recently and he helped me and he seems a pretty nice guy.

Btw I was a bit surprised by my win now I only hope there will be some reseeding and I get to face a not too strong seed   (Not that there are any left tough  )

JWhalls   wrote on 09/26/04 at 05:52:40:


lol. It's funny cos it's true.

Pier and Derek. Pier has posted tons to the boards and seems a great guy. Derek is just plain funny and I hope he does in this competition.

Pier, it looks like you did a little better than Clark over the 2 rounds, so so far you're the #1 seed for the next round...hehe..but there's a long way to go. You'll be up against someone worse than Clark is up against though, if that makes you feel good?

JWhalls   wrote on 09/27/04 at 18:58:56:


yea talk to me jason, talk to me!    i am here!  nah wait , oh sorry i am not here anymore



Louis767   wrote on 09/30/04 at 18:25:28:


oh julien used to be quite competitive at f-zero (super nintendo) competition   , considering the very short time he had dedicated to it

check who is number 14   , but its only 5-laps , julien had better f-laps
http://www.mrfixitonline.com/List.asp?ListId=492

Eric Habrich was my only vote this time, because of how he's doing in MK64.

Because this thing is set up to take so long that by the time we finish it, we'll have already started the 2005 contest.

However, my vote sharing for the day...

Chris Rayola vs. Marius Mollenhauer
Voted for Rayola. I've seen Marius post a little more on the MB since the first round, and he seems to be a nice addition to the community (and his avatar is kind of humorous), but I've known/known of Rayola for a few years now. I don't claim to be really close to him, but from all my experiences, he has been a pretty good guy. Plus, he does have the staffer thing going for him, which is just a pile of cheap points in my book.

Eric Habrich vs. Stefan Baczynsky
Voted for Habrich. This one wasn't quite as easy as it would appear for a MK64 based guy. I have been assured that Stefan is a pretty good guy, and even though Hab is from Kart 64, I don't know him well (as is evidenced in my 2nd chat). However, the difference maker came in the form of the videos that I have of Hab's. While they haven't really helped me improve my times yet, they are mighty impressive, and something I can understand better than MKDD. Not the most fair of voting criteria perhaps, but I think Hab is only going to be put in more difficult positions (as it relates to my vote) in later rounds, as people I know much more are approaching.

2/2 today! 100% How did you people let that happen?

Btw, I must say that I am extremely glad to see round 2 go back to 4 matches per day. It should keep people more interested, and it will get this done a bit faster.

So ends my post with the least jokes ever.  :'(

Come on people. Louis and I can't carry this damn thing on our own. One of you has to hate one of these guys. Let him have it...he deserves it...and think of how good you'd feel.

Well, until they switch votes because of it.

Small price to pay for publicly smiting your enemies, I think.