• Internet Gaming Bash of the Year Returns - 2016!



    IGBY is returning in July!

    Players can sign up for the contest at tournaments.twingalaxies.com and pick what team they wish to play for.

    Who will win this time? Will it be one of the MARP teams or one of the newcomer teams such as Screenshotties or Virginiawillbehad?

    1. - Selected games will be played for the entire five week period July 5th to August 2nd

    2. - Each team sends in 2 Games. send your game selections to Wolf no later than June 23rd. Wolf will inform all sites of game selections upon receipt of selections. Should duplicate game selections be received, the team with the highest number of registered players will yield to the team with the smaller number of players. The smaller team will select another game. Wolf will advise of all details once final list of games have been posted. Once games are selected and posted by Wolf. Games will be played with default dip switches

    3. - Auto fire is not allowed

    4. - AdjudicationAll Submissions require inp, stream, video, or ru. If submitting inp must be wolfmame .106, latest wolfmame, or ru. if submitting a stream or video make an attempt to show dips and romset. Verifying scores each team will have 1 or 2 people reviewing scores for other teams

    5. - Submissions: players should submit their scores via tournament.vg – as we want to maintain as live a scoreboard as possible, please submit early and often. Please do not hold on to score submissions. no recording can be uploaded 24 hours after you recorded it. If these periods are violated, then that person's score for that game will be disqualified.

    6. - All games must be completed and submissions received no later than 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time on August 2nd. Any scores submitted after this time will not be valid. Again, submit early and often.

    7. Scoring will be Top 5 from each team per game will score points for their team.

    8. Teams are required to have a minimum of 10 players. Any team that does not have 10 registered players by the beginning of the event will be required to be placed in a state of "partnership". This is essentially a merger of two teams. For example, if Team XYZ is partnered with DKF, then the two teams will become "DKF + XYZ", essentially working as one. It is the sole discretion of the event organizer (wolf) if and how partnerships will occur, but in the event they do occur, they will be engineered to ensure overall tournament-wide team balance.

    9. Scoring is based on placement and top 5 per team score. 1st and 2nd get more points so if there are 50 scoring positions 1st gets 55 points and 2nd gets 53

    10. Banned game list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
    igby 2016 wolfman24
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    1. Conjured Entertainment's Avatar
      Conjured Entertainment -
      Looks like the Donkey Kong Forum team is a powerhouse on the first day of registration.

      ...send your game selections to Wolf...
      How should we contact you?
      I do not see any contact info in your profile.

      Do the teams have designated captains, or what? (who nominates)
      I assume there will be separate forums for the teams like the Yolympics had.

      Sorry if my questions seem silly, but I am new to this competition.
    1. wolfman24's Avatar
      wolfman24 -
      the teams usually discuss the games with their team. my email is [email protected]
    1. ssdninja's Avatar
      ssdninja -
      I hope it's reconsidered to cancel the MARP team balancing rule.

      If they have a strong team, they have a strong team. Making an explicit rule to weaken them so other groups have a better chance I find a little bit demeaning. That's just what happens when people can pick their own teams. If they're that good then other teams need to get better if they want a shot at winning.
    1. pwnasaurus's Avatar
      pwnasaurus -
      "I've altered the rules once (Kappa), pray I don't alter them further" - Wolf
    1. spectre's Avatar
      spectre -
      What stops people from joining what appears to be the strongest team?

      I joined Team Twin Galaxies as this is the place I spend the most time. I was on Retro Uprising before TG, and even on MARP way before Retro Uprising.

      Anyways, I'm looking forward to this tournament, as it is my first.
    1. francoisadt's Avatar
      francoisadt -
      How does prospective team members know which team will send in which TWO games. So most likely a gamer wants to join the team who will be sending in the TWO games they are most likely to play.

      Is there any team leader for each team that a prospective member may conatct to make sure that he/she select the best team he/she feel fits?
    1. francoisadt's Avatar
      francoisadt -
      Another question: The banned list is that definite each year how does this list grow and ammended? Also How does certain games that are now banned becomes unbanned to be able to come back into the list of allowable selectable games?
    1. wolfman24's Avatar
      wolfman24 -
      people are allowed to join any team they want, typically it is the place you spend the most usually.

      in years past, the teams discussed the games in private or in the open.

      the banned list is games that were played in the past yolympics and igby. I think it should be 2 to 3 years before games makes appearances again
    1. Dr. SaGe's Avatar
      Dr. SaGe -
      I just joined Team PNS, but I'm not showing up.

      http://tournaments.twingalaxies.com/.../igby2016/main

      Anyone else have the same problem?
    1. Conjured Entertainment's Avatar
      Conjured Entertainment -
      What stops people from joining what appears to be the strongest team?
      I thought the same thing when registering. This free choice of teams is a lot different than a draft like the Yolympics. It wouldn't be a bad idea to hide the members names list for the teams until after registration. That way you could see a team has 5 players, but not know who was on the team. Friends can of course personal message each other disclosing it, but it would be up to each player to spill the beans before hand about which they had joined. That would help the teams from getting lopsided by people joining the strongest looking team, rather than the site they really want to represent. It may not be a problem anyway though, only time will tell, but it looks as if it could cause potential problems by showing that list of names. I joined Twin Galaxies, even though at the time the Donkey Kong Forum was looking strongest.
    1. WCopeland's Avatar
      WCopeland -
      I just joined Team PNS, but I'm not showing up.

      http://tournaments.twingalaxies.com/.../igby2016/main

      Anyone else have the same problem?
      This should now be fixed--
    1. bensweeneyonbass's Avatar
      bensweeneyonbass -
      Looks like the team balancing rule has been stricken, right? I don't see it anymore. I support that.
    1. Don Atreides's Avatar
      Don Atreides -
      Unfortunately, I won't be able to participate this year due to a packed schedule. :(

      Assuming my budget allows it (and it should), trophies are still on for the top three overall and the top three of the winning team. Good luck everyone!
    1. ratix00's Avatar
      ratix00 -
      team PNS all the way. I know this is still in the process of getting underway, but when is game submission going to take place? Will it be once the teams are formed?
    1. WCopeland's Avatar
      WCopeland -
      Looks like the team balancing rule has been stricken, right? I don't see it anymore. I support that.
      Yep, that rule is history
    1. wolfman24's Avatar
      wolfman24 -
      with how it looks like it will only be 7 teams we will switch to 3 games per team if we get more than 7 full teams then we will switch back to 2 only
    1. Dumple's Avatar
      Dumple -
      Yay, tournament! I'm not really sure which team to join...should I roll an 11-sided die?
    1. wolfman24's Avatar
      wolfman24 -
      Yay, tournament! I'm not really sure which team to join...should I roll an 11-sided die?
      could always join team casual virginiawillbehad Kappa
    1. Flash IV's Avatar
      Flash IV -
      I won't be able to play this year, vacation calls. Don't think the wife would be happy with "But honey it's IGBY 2016!!!!" LOL!
    1. S.BAZ's Avatar
      S.BAZ -
      This should now be fixed--
      hi, I'm having the same problem as Dr. SaGe, I joined Team AtariAge/Highscore but am not listed there.
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