> GD Rich 11.20.2004
Hosted by: Rich

Event Highlights
Total Annihilation Champion:
Whoop-Ass, Phule (tie)

GDX Champion
Ed

Mario Power Tennis Champion
T-Mac / Ed def. Rich / Adam

MVP
T-Mac

MVP Controversy - Split Decision

The Coaches Poll MVP voting was supposed to be a formality - a simple end-note to put Rich’s Guy Day in the record books. But controversy erupted when Doc lapped the field on the way to winning the Coaches Poll MVP. Pre-voting favorites T-Mac and Phule finished second, while host Rich garnered the fourth-place vote.

“I’m not surprised. Doc put up a really good showing,” said runner-up Phule. “He was really a force in the Tennis warm-ups, and he put up solid scores in Moon Patrol and Popeye. There’s probably only 5 [of 7] guys or so that could beat him in of those events.”

Due to the convulated nature of the GDCS player rankings, T-Mac retains the overall MVP honors. Rumors are circulating that GD members want the GDCS rankings scrapped, in favor of a playoff system that would produce a single winner.

“I’d look forward to a playoff against the Doc,” said Phule. “That Guy’s got mad skills.”

FInal MVP Voting
Doc - 5; Phule - 2; T-Mac - 2; Rich - 1

TA Returns

Game 1: Greenhaven Showdown
Whoop-ass (T-mac) Ted, Dumbass - Rich, DJLA - Len, and D.Slayers - Dan square off in the initial rumble. 

Map - Greenhaven

Greenhaven was no safe haven on Friday night as major battles broke out early. All four players had corners and attempted to entrench themselves but Whoop-ass (top left) attacked Dumbass (top right) for an early Phoenix Bomber kill.

Whoop-ass then turned South to attack DJLA (bottom right) and D.Slayers (bottom left) simultaneously. DJLA got the knock out punch against his brother D.Slayers with a typical massive air attack. Whoop-ass' pressure against DJLA by ground and air forced the DJ to attempt to relocate but Whoop-ass found the contingency base and "sent him to a better place."

Game 2: Coremaggedon Clash
A six-way battle on Coremaggedon. With metal in (over) abundance, players raced to put up get their offense and defense set up. DJLA was first to be shown the door, losing a positional battle with T-Mac. Raven bombed out Host Rich (Dumass), while Phule launched an unrelenting bertha attack against Juan. T-Mac spent most of the game fending off various attacks, and couldn’t get his game in groove. Raven eventually provided the finishing blow.

Controversy at the finish, as the game terminated with T-Mac’s exit. Host Rich commented derisively, “Whoop-ass took his bat and ball and went home. If he can’t play, no one can.” Score one win (tie) for Raven & Phule

Game 3: East Indeez Fracas
Another six-way battle, another bad day to be in the middle of the map. Raven and Juan battled vigorously form the middle, but the difficult starting position sealed their fate.

Dumass took out DJLA, while Phule took an all-out assult to Whoop-Ass for the second straight game. Saving the best for last, Phule combined a massive attack on Dumass with a impenetrable defense (2 vulcans, anyone?) to secure his second victory.

Game 4: Painted Desert: 3 Yards and a Cloud of Dust
The midnight matchup - what do you get when you rule out air units and dragon’s teeth? A power-on-power, no-holds-barred scrum in the middle of the desert. Whoop-Ass and DJLA proved champions of the offense in this matchup, each staking out a corner and building up their all ground-unit war machine. .Whoop-Ass took the crown with a final assault of Commandos that punched through DJLAs base.

TA Results
Victories:
Whoop-Ass - 2
Phule - 2
Raven - 1

> GDX Tournament

> Mario Power Tennis Tournament

The tennis tournament received an upgrade at the guy day tournament this time, as Mario Power Tennis (Gamecube) made its debut.

Host Rich (Dumbass) randomly assigned two-person teams, and luck of the draw put the top two tennis players together on the same team. T-Mac extended his tournament win streak with Ed as his partner.

Results (round robin):
Ted & Ed (Boo & Mario) def.
Juan & Derek (Luigi & DK)

Rich & Adam (Peach & Yoshi) def.
Juan & Derek (Luigi & DK)

Ted & Ed def. Rich & Adam (2x)

Reviews of Mario Power Tennis were mixed. Cracking out a giant hammer to make a shot has a certain luster, though not everyone enjoyed the gimmick shots. Further, T-Mac noted the star-powers from the fully unlocked N64 game were missed.

> Quotable

Are you going to be a little bitch all weekend?
T-Mac heckles DJLA during the Mario Golf tourney.

Moon Patrol
T-Mac - 36,590
Ed -   35,110
Rich - 23,400
Dan - 14,750-
Lem - 14,200
Doc - 8,950
Adam - 6,500

Popeye
Lem - 46,290
Ed - 43,660
Adam - 35,100
Rich - 34,660
Dan - 34,650
Doc - 15,230
DJLA - 13,200
T-Mac - 10,600

Galaga
Ed - 162,800
Lem - 138,550
T-Mac - 106,170
Dan - 86,090
Len - 66,040
Rich - 52,400
Adam - 18,750

Space Invaders
Ed - 3,040
Lem - 3,020
Dan - 2,270
T-Mac - 2,020
Rich - 1,740

Frogger
Adam - 12,810
T-Mac - 12,180
Lem - 10,430
Ed - 9,100
Rich - 8,590
Dan - 5,850

Donkey Kong Jr.
Ed - 58,500
Adam - 23,000
Rich - 21,500
DJLA - 5,300
T-Mac - 4,500

GDX Tourney Totals (first / second / third)
Ed       - 33 (3/2/0)
Lem     - 25 (1/2/1)
T-Mac  - 21 (1/1/1)
Adam  - 18 (1/1/1)
Rich    - 18 (0/0/2)
Dan     - 16 (0/0/1)
Doc     - 5
DJLA   - 4

Tournament Highlights
.T-Mac Sets new GD record for Moon Patrol
After picking Moon Patrol in the GDX Tournament, T-Mac set his sights on breakthrough achievement. His path to victory was not without tense moments, as Ed posted a competitive score of 35,000. T-Mac confidently settled in and jumped and shot his way into the record book, scoring 36,590.

Adam Sets new GD Record for Frogger
In another surprisingly challenging game, Adam outlasted the other Guy Frogs to take the top spot in the Frogger tournament. His score of 12,810 bests the previous record (held by Lem) by more than 3,000 points.

Popeye & Space Invaders make inaugural debut
Two new games made their GDX debut at Guy Day - Space Invaders and Popeye. Lem earned a spinach-eating top spot with a score of 46.290, while Ed eked out the top spot in Space invaders with a score of 3,040.

Last Updated on
November 22, 2006