Friday, September 27, 2013

TNU Video!

Announcements:

1. The RVP is sold out!
2. The FOAP is sold out!

The video is finally uploaded!


Tuesday, September 10, 2013

TNU Challenge 24 Results!

Announcements:

1. The SHAP is sold out!
2. I gave out two final Team Switch Passes (Secret Pass) to random players. They were Dark Link/MegaPixarFan, and Silver/lucariopokemon1. They have switched teams. So now Dark Link is on Team Triforce and Silver is on Team Warp Star.

Sandile: Sorry for the wait. I had to wait an extra day to send this out due to YouTube maintenance. First off, I will give my opinion on Virtual Reality gaming, as I said I would in the challenge message:

I'm kind of controversial about the idea. It sounds cool in theory. I mean hey, who wouldn't want to experience of being in a video game at least ONCE. Being able to walk through a fantasy world and kill monsters, and (hopefully) not having to worry about dying in real life. But there are just too many bad things about it... I could see a lot of people becoming too absorbed in these games (especially if they became like the way they are in Sword Art Online, not just seeing in a first person view, but actually being able to touch and taste in the game) and losing track of time. Some people would spend HOURS inside these virtual reality worlds and start to forget about their real life. And then there would be the people that would kill people in the game, and transfer it to real life. I don't really think Call of Duty can affect people that badly (at if they are sane), but killing people in Virtual Reality would feel too realistic, and it could mess people up. I also don't want regular games to die out. Certain genres such as turn-based RPGs and platformers wouldn't fit in well as a Virtual Reality game. But I still think it's too early to form a concrete opinion. Because Virtual Reality is still taking its baby steps. I still see REAL Virtual Real as something that won't happen for a little while. So I'd rather just wait and see what happens then form some big opinion and stand by it.

Now here are the results of the challenge:

1. Team Triforce (8/8) (100%) (Safe)
2. Team Warp Star (9/9) (100%) (Eliminate 1)
3. Team Screw Attack (9/9) (100%) (Eliminate 2)

Toad: Every single player did the challenge. Some took awhile to do so (past when I said I would end it). But still, great job guys! I didn't send any reminders and everyone got it done. I am especially happy considering the fact that this challenge actually required you to type a little, and not just give me two sentences.

Some players could have written a little more, but no one wrote such a low amount that I couldn't give full credit.

Sandile: You may be wondering how I decided which team earned which ranking. I decided to give first place to Team Triforce since they were the first to have every player complete the challenge. Next was Team Warp Star, and last was Screw Attack. So Team Triforce is safe, Team Warp Star must vote off one, and Team Screw Attack must vote off two players. **Warp Star Members: Make sure you vote TWO players, or your vote will not count!**

Toad: I was originally planning on giving you guys the order in which the players on your team completed the challenge. But I decided not to, as some of the early send-ins didn't have as much effort as some of the later ones. So I thought it would be unfair for someone who was the last to do it but did an amazing job got bombarded with votes.

Plus, I wanted this to be a close elimination. There will be a lot of them in the merge, so you better get used to them now!

Sandile: Explain your votes, leave confessionals, and BUY PASSES! The Nintendo Shop will close as soon as the elimination video for Eliminations 94, 95, and 96 is released. (Two eliminations from now) So if there are any passes you still want, buy them very soon!

The player list and Nintendo shop are below, as always.

Symbol Legend:

♦-Strike
♣-Immune
♠-On vacation but not immune
★-Did Challenge
•- Did Challenge Late
▓-Won Challenge
◙- Challenge incomplete
◘-Responded but never did the challenge
◄-That Players Turn in Current Challenge
☠- Out of current challenge

List of Players:

Team Triforce (1st)
1. Hammer Bro/Lohuydahutt (c) ($72) (GP) (ASP) (IP2) (TBP) ★
2. Boo/pitmarthroy ($45) (DV) (FCP) (VS) (DP) ★
3. Tom Nook/TheACF12 ($65) (IP) (NTCP) (CP) (IP) (VP) ★
4. Blue Toad/darkknigh11 ($15) (AP) (GEP) (PP) ★
5. Slime/PoryfulZ ($21) (VS) ★
6. Tails/gopokemon121 ($80) ★
7. Link/hyrulequest21 ($40) (NTCP) (ABTP) ★
8. Dark Link/MegaPixarfan ($175) (IP) (TV) ★



Team Screw Attack (3rd)
1. Ness/Farvaful (c) ($49) (PRP) ★
2. Toon Zelda/TheMysterious2634 ($23) (GEP) (HP) (HP) (HP) (HP) (FOAP) (FVP) (SHAP) ★
3. Yellow Toad/goldenzoomi ($70) (IP) (IP) (IP) (IP) (GEP) ★
4. Amaterasu/TheRockMusicLover1 ($205) (IP) ★
5. Solid Snake/BulletBillCannon ($10) (VR) (FCP) (FCP) (SIP) ★
6. Pikachu/vaporterra ($80) (NP) ★
7. Ridley/jdpfeifer93 ($120) (IP) (AP) (EP) (HP) (SASP) (QV) ★
8. Mew/shadowshayminakyform ($220) ★
9. Vector/chimcharman123 ($70) (HAP) ★

Team Warp Star (2nd)
1. Ike/xtiandg0914 ($46) (c) (TV) (HAP) (ABFP) (VS) (EP) (HP) ★
2. King Boo/supernova1001000 ($85) (IP) (QV) (QV) ★
3. Dark Samus/redfrog45 ($220) (IP2) ★
4. Zant/MegaSader ($33) (DV) (DV) (GEP) (VR) (*JP*) ★
5. Kirby/TheDementedPalkia ($117) (DV) (TBP) ★
6. Birdo/GamersFan2 ($30) (DDP) ★
7. Popo/masterofflam ($55) (IP) (CP) (FOAP) (ATEP) (FOAP) (ASP) (HP) (EP) ★
8. Yoshi/yymastaconfuctious ($30) (NTCP) (ABFP) (IP) ★
9. Silver/lucariopokemon1 ($100) (HP) (IP2) (EP) (EP) (HP) (ASP) (ASP2) ★

Nintendo Shop:

RVP- Reversal Pass - Reverses elimination onto another team (x1, $100)
DP- Destruction Pass - Automatically eliminates a player. Only passes that negate the effect of other passes can save the player. (x2, $160)
SP- Switcheroo Pass - Switches two players teams (x4, $80)
EP - Easy Pass - Makes me send you an easier challenge (x3, $30)
RPSP - Random Player Steal Pass - Steal a RANDOM player from a RANDOM team. Cheaper than PSP (x3, $70)
ATEP - Auto Team Elimination Pass - Make a team automatically face elimination (x4, $80)
HP - Help Pass - Get a hint on a luck or quiz challenge (x3, $8)
CP - Collab Pass - Collaborate with a teammate to complete a tougher challenge. (Partners scores are put together and counted as their own score. Ex: Mario gets 8/10, Luigi gets 9/10. This causes both players to get a 17/10 on the challenge (x1, $20)
VP - Veil Pass - Hides your passes for 3 eliminations so no one knows you have them (x5, $20) SVP - Super Veil Pass - Hides your passes for 5 eliminations so no one knows you have them (5x, $40)
STOP - Shuffle Team Order Pass - Shuffles the team order (x1, $30)
SIP - Shuffle Item Pass - Shuffle the passes of everyone on your team (x1, $80)
ASP - Abolish Strike Pass - Rids of the strikes of chosen player (x1, $15)
SASP - Super Abolish Pass - Rids of strikes of 2 chosen players (x2, $30)
ASP2 - Abolish Strike Pass 2 - Rids of strikes of a chosen player and prevents them from getting a strike on the current/next challenge. (Results will say that they completed the challenge) (x4, $35)
DDP - Daredevil Pass - Gives you an automatic vote for 3 eliminations, but then keeps you safe for 5 eliminations. (x4, $70)
NUP - Nuke Pass - Get rid of half the money of EVERY player on a team of user's choice. Also force them to eliminate 2 players and have every player get rid of 1 pass. (If used during merge, every player of user's choice must do as above says.) (x1, $300)
FOAP - Forced Alliance Pass - After choosing a player, you cannot vote them, and they cannot vote you for 5 eliminations. If either of you vote each other, you will automatically be eliminated. (The vote will count, but you will be eliminated with no way of saving yourself. No passes can save you from elimination and you cannot cancel your vote once it has been sent. (x1, $30)

***Secret Passes*** (All Secret Passes Discovered!)
TP - Toxic Pass - Steals $5 from you for 3-5 eliminations. (Even if you have $0) (x1) (DISCOVERED!) VR2 -- Vote Revealer 2 -- Reveals who everyone voted for, but you can choose to not show certain players votes. You can also choose to show votes of one of the other teams. You can only choose one team's votes to show. (x2) (DISCOVERED!)
DCP - Double Credit Pass - Will give you double the credit in challenges for 2 challenges. (x2) (DISCOVERED!)

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

TNU Challenge 24!

Announcements:

1. Hammer Bro is the new team captain of Team Triforce.
2. Team 1-Up's team members have split between Team Triforce and Team Warp Star. I decided to give both Team Triforce and Warp Star two members each and give Screw Attack none. Why? Well, Screw Attack has been doing very good, and in order for the other teams to compete with them, they need the extra players.

Team Triforce Add-ons:

Tails/gopokemon121
Link/hyrulequest21

Team Warp Star Add-ons:

Popo/masterofflam
Yoshi/yymastaconfuctious

All four of these players are very capable, so I'm expecting a lot of competition between the teams now. Now for the challenge!

Sandile: Lately I have been watching an anime called "Sword Art Online". This show involves virtual reality gaming, and it has got me thinking. Virtual Reality gaming used to be just some crazy, futuristic idea. But it's starting to become a reality. (The Oculus Rift will be a Virtual Reality system, but I honestly know little to nothing about it.)

So for this challenge I want you to answer a question:

"What do you think of Virtual Reality gaming?"

Do you like the idea of it? Hate it? Are you interested in playing virtual reality video games? What are the positives and negatives to Virtual Reality gaming?

So just give me at least a couple of paragraphs about it. Please don't just write something like this:

"I think it sounds cool, I would buy it."

I actually wanna hear your full-out opinion. Not just a sentence saying it sounds cool.

I'm gonna grade simply this challenge. If you put effort into your answer, you will be marked as completing the challenge. If you write me two effortless sentences, you will be marked as only half-completing it, and you will only get $5 instead of the usual $10.

Toad: Only three teams remain. Two challenges remain until the merge. I want too see some competition! Third place will eliminate two, and second will eliminate one. So you are gonna want your team to be the one that's safe!

Sandile: The challenge will (hopefully) end on Friday or Saturday, so get going!

List of Players:

Team Triforce
1. Hammer Bro/Lohuydahutt (c) ($60) (GP) (ASP) (IP2) (TBP)
2. Boo/pitmarthroy ($35) (DV) (FCP) (VS) (DP)
3. Tom Nook/TheACF12 ($55) (IP) (NTCP) (CP) (IP) (VP)
4. Blue Toad/darkknigh11 ($5) (AP) (GEP) (PP) ♦♦
5. Silver/lucariopokemon1 ($90) (HP) (IP2) (EP) (EP) (HP) (ASP) (ASP2)
6. Slime/PoryfulZ ($11) (VS)
7. Tails/gopokemon121 ($70) ♦
8. Link/hyrulequest21 ($30) (NTCP) (ABTP)


Team Screw Attack
1. Ness/Farvaful (c) ($37) (PRP)
2. Toon Zelda/TheMysterious2634 ($63) (GEP) (HP) (HP) (HP) (HP) (FOAP) (FVP)
3. Yellow Toad/goldenzoomi ($60) (IP) (IP) (IP) (IP) (GEP)
4. Amaterasu/TheRockMusicLover1 ($195) (IP)
5. Solid Snake/BulletBillCannon ($0) (VR) (FCP) (FCP) (SIP)
6. Pikachu/vaporterra ($70) (NP) ♦
7. Ridley/jdpfeifer93 ($110) (IP) (AP) (EP) (HP) (SASP) (QV)
8. Mew/shadowshayminakyform ($210)
9. Vector/chimcharman123 ($60) (HAP)

Team Warp Star
1. Ike/xtiandg0914 ($34) (c) (TV) (HAP) (ABFP) (VS) (EP) (HP) (SASP)
2. King Boo/supernova1001000 ($75) (IP) (QV) (QV)
3. Dark Samus/redfrog45 ($210) (IP2)
4. Zant/MegaSader ($33) (DV) (DV) (GEP) (VR)
5. Kirby/TheDementedPalkia ($107) (DV) (TBP)
6. Birdo/GamersFan2 ($20) (DDP)
7. Dark Link/MegaPixarfan ($165) (IP) (TV)
8. Popo/masterofflam ($45) (IP) (CP) (FOAP) (ATEP) (FOAP) (ASP) (HP) (EP)
9. Yoshi/yymastaconfuctious ($20) (NTCP) (ABFP) (IP) ♦

Nintendo Shop:

RVP- Reversal Pass - Reverses elimination onto another team (x1, $100)
DP- Destruction Pass - Automatically eliminates a player. Only passes that negate the effect of other passes can save the player. (x2, $160)
SP- Switcheroo Pass - Switches two players teams (x4, $80)
EP - Easy Pass - Makes me send you an easier challenge (x3, $30)
RPSP - Random Player Steal Pass - Steal a RANDOM player from a RANDOM team. Cheaper than PSP (x3, $70)
ATEP - Auto Team Elimination Pass - Make a team automatically face elimination (x4, $80)
HP - Help Pass - Get a hint on a luck or quiz challenge (x3, $8)
CP - Collab Pass - Collaborate with a teammate to complete a tougher challenge. (Partners scores are put together and counted as their own score. Ex: Mario gets 8/10, Luigi gets 9/10. This causes both players to get a 17/10 on the challenge (x1, $20)
SHAP - Super Handicap Pass - Have a player have an automatic vote for 5 eliminations (x1, $50)
VP - Veil Pass - Hides your passes for 3 eliminations so no one knows you have them (x5, $20) SVP - Super Veil Pass - Hides your passes for 5 eliminations so no one knows you have them (5x, $40)
STOP - Shuffle Team Order Pass - Shuffles the team order (x1, $30)
SIP - Shuffle Item Pass - Shuffle the passes of everyone on your team (x1, $80)
ASP - Abolish Strike Pass - Rids of the strikes of chosen player (x1, $15)
SASP - Super Abolish Pass - Rids of strikes of 2 chosen players (x2, $30)
ASP2 - Abolish Strike Pass 2 - Rids of strikes of a chosen player and prevents them from getting a strike on the current/next challenge. (Results will say that they completed the challenge) (x4, $35)
DDP - Daredevil Pass - Gives you an automatic vote for 3 eliminations, but then keeps you safe for 5 eliminations. (x4, $70)
NUP - Nuke Pass - Get rid of half the money of EVERY player on a team of user's choice. Also force them to eliminate 2 players and have every player get rid of 1 pass. (If used during merge, every player of user's choice must do as above says.) (x1, $300)
FOAP - Forced Alliance Pass - After choosing a player, you cannot vote them, and they cannot vote you for 5 eliminations. If either of you vote each other, you will automatically be eliminated. (The vote will count, but you will be eliminated with no way of saving yourself. No passes can save you from elimination and you cannot cancel your vote once it has been sent. (x1, $30)

***Secret Passes*** (All Secret Passes Discovered!)
TP - Toxic Pass - Steals $5 from you for 3-5 eliminations. (Even if you have $0) (x1) (DISCOVERED!) VR2 -- Vote Revealer 2 -- Reveals who everyone voted for, but you can choose to not show certain players votes. You can also choose to show votes of one of the other teams. You can only choose one team's votes to show. (x2) (DISCOVERED!)
TSP - Team Switch Pass - Will force you to switch to a random team. (x2) (DISCOVERED!)
DCP - Double Credit Pass - Will give you double the credit in challenges for 2 challenges. (x2) (DISCOVERED!)
JP - Jackpot Pass - Receive $50 three eliminations in a row. (x1) (DISCOVERED!)

Monday, September 2, 2013