Tournament Nite 16

"rasherfrashersnasher"
- Muttley

So we got together last night to play tourney 16. Balki did loads of practicing and I did none (as usual). In fact, I didn't even pick my games this time as I've been busy. So Balki picked mine. "But surely thats just stoopid ?" I hear you ask. "Yep" is the answer.....

Choplifter - "We should play this first to get it out of the way as its too difficult" said Balki. The lying git. I wasn't expecting to do well and guess what ? I didn't. Balki scored poorly in the first game. Only to be beaten to the "worst score ever" by me. then Balki played his second game for about 4 hours claiming "I've never been this good before". Yeah right. Nuff said. 2-0 to Balki.

Fly Boy - Like I said, Balki chose my games. Well, I can honestly say this game is weird. Theres a button that doesn't appear to do anything and your "pilot" seems to die for no reason at all. Due to lack of practice and the fact that I'm so hard and cool meant I lost both games. Balki now leads 4-0. Incidentally, Balki discovered the button is used to kick planes/birds/whatever but only if you are above them. And the reason for dieing for no reason was flying into clouds. DOH !

Pooyan - Probably the best game of the 4 this week. Really enjoyed playing this one. You play as mother pig who has to stop the wolves from stealing her baby pigs. Honestly its a good game - old skool style graphics and sound with bonus levels and stuff. Balki took first blood as expected but then I took back the next two games. Balki leads 5-2 (at this point Balki has won the trophy but we carry on anyway).

Cabal - My last game which even though Balki picked it, I'd played back in the 80's at some holiday camp arcade somewhere. My first game seemed to go on for hours. Beat the top score and everything. Amazing. But then Balki managed to fluke the next two games - which was bad sportsmanship if you ask me. Balki wins 7-3.

Well, Balki did win fair and square and he gets to keep the trophy over the xmas break.

Next tourney is the "Farooqui Challenge Cup" kindly sponsored by my good friend Asif. For those who are interested, Farooqui is pronounced "Faa-roo-key".

Tournament Nite 15

"The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him."
- Henry Stimson

Jessicade is finally out of the garage and back in the house after a long hiatus. Looking splendid in her new yellow and red t-molding, I may finally have finished the cab I started over 3 years ago. Unless I can think of anything else to do on it. Like side art. And a proper bezel. Oh god the list goes on and on ....

Talking of lists, lets look at the games we played last night.

Hopper Robo - Buks chose this after trawling the MAWS site and clicking "Random" until he spotted a game that "looked alright". Balki practiced a little and Buks did no revision at all - yes he's that hard. Maybe thats why Balki won the first game 2-1......

GALPLUS - Balki loves Galaga and I'm pretty sure this is the follow up game. Although Balki didn't do too well on his first visit he did well enough to beat Buks' pitiful score. Balkis next visit saw him playing for around 15 minutes and amassing an unbeatable score. In fact buks threw the towel in and forfeit the game. Balki now leading 4-1.

Clash Road - Buks chose this using the same random method as above. Except where Hopper Robo was quite a good game, Clash Road is basically sh*t. Having played a couple of practice games and still not knowing what to do, Buks managed to win both games bringing the score to 4-3.

APB- Balki left this game till last. Probably deliberately as he knew Buks was rubbish. Except Balki somehow managed to completely screw up his first game and score what was probably his lowest ever score. Buks didn't fait much better but did manage to beat his score. Balki then pulled a corker of a game out of the bag and blew Buks away, meaning that the last game would either mean victory for Balki or a draw forcing a tie breaker. Balki stepped up and beat his previou score leaving Buks saying thinking that all was lost. But no. Buks somehow managed to beat Balkis best score despite the swearing and accusations of cheating. Buks drew level 5-5.

And so it was time to randomly pick a game........


Van Van Car- This game is basically pacman, in a car (or is it a van ?) that can shoot (so is it a tank ?) but it can also jump (what ?). A quick life each to get used to the controls and then we were off. Buks took first go as it was his tournament. Completely random skills resulted in what looked like a pretty good score. Balki then took his turn and looked like he was set to equal Buks attempt. Except he didn't. And what looked like a walk in the park suddenly turned into a nightmare as Balki lost life after life and finally the words "Game Over" flashed in front of his eyes. Read em and weep Balki.

Buks once again victorious. Balki was left to suffer the humiliation of his wife (again) and took the long solo journey home. While Buks paraded naked round the house except for a discreetly placed trophy. Until the police were called........

Next tourney will hopefully be better organised and plenty of practice will be partaken of.