GameFAQs Contests

Note1: Write down your tiebreaker somewhere (even if you're not going to post your bracket right now), because it often disappears after lockdown.

Note2: Boo_Mario is working on a script to automate bracket entry (like he's doing for BOP) but it's not ready just yet. I want to get this topic up early so we don't miss out on some brackets, but if you wait until tomorrow you might be able to save yourself some typing.

Note3: POST YOUR CHAMPION ALONGSIDE THE BRACKET LINK as the bracket doesn't cover that
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Welcome to the Guru Contest for this huge, intense 2018 CBX bracket! Normally we try to launch this right around bracket lockdown time, but with four matches happening every day we're going to try to get everything entered a little sooner this year. If you've never played before the Guru is a competition open to everyone on B8, just post your bracket in this topic and we'll get it uploaded to the website which will track everyone's progress automatically from now through Christmas when a winner is raised to everlasting fortune and fame. Before you enter though just keep in mind the two parts of the Guru Contract:

1. You must congratulate the winner in your board signature and keep that up for two weeks.
2. You will owe one of your nominations for the next Contest to the winner, who gets to pick any entrant of their choice for us all to support.

If that sounds good then it's bracket posting time! There's a prefered method for posting your bracket this year. Post a link to your bracket directly using the source code, saving yourself some typing. Follow along with these steps:

1. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/features/cbx_entry In Chrome you can right click and select “View Page Source”
2. Do a search for <table class="bracket"> (should be around line 262), highlight from there to the end of the bracket aka <th colspan="4">Start Again</th> (around line 1380) and Copy
3. Go to https://jsfiddle.net/ and Paste into the box titled HTML
4. On the top black bar click Run, then click Save. Your url bar will update with a new, unique link.
6. Paste that link in here.

Doing that will get us only your bracket though so post your TB manually alongside the link.

Okay that should cover it, good luck everyone!
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Clarification 1- the Guru should be identical to your "official" prize-winning (if you're eligible) bracket, not what you "meant to put." Double check https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/features/cbx_entry NOW to make sure you're not stuck with a misclick come lockdown time!

Clarification 2- if you're still not sure about some picks, DON'T POST YOUR BRACKET YET! You'll have 48 hours after lockdown to get it entered; we'd rather have you submit a little late versus having 13 corrections for us to make on the website later.

PS - Would you like to help me and Guru co-host Ange with bringing the site up to date? We could use assistance with getting brackets entered on to the website; if that sounds like something you're interested in let us know and we'll assign you a page you can work on!

Tag like nobody's business.

I would love to help with data entry but I am way too busy this semester. I'll barely have enough time for match pics.

Thanks for the topic bro.

Tag for later.

Taggg.

woo!

https://jsfiddle.net/a9eLvt02/

TB: 6111117
Winner: Monika

https://jsfiddle.net/gjq4zonc/

tiebreaker: 3,000,000

Winner: Link

Tag.

https://jsfiddle.net/mx40nfe2/

i'm not sure how clear this makes who i have winning (but you are right if you think it's Link!)
Tiebreaker: 3324000

let's goooooooo

Tag but I'll wait to post mine until I know I'm not changing

tag.

https://jsfiddle.net/2jnc5phr/

TB: 2000000

https://jsfiddle.net/dmtcLk7a/
Winner: Link
Tiebreaker: 2500000

https://jsfiddle.net/4ebj0krn/

Winner: Link
Tiebreaker: 3982500

Posting now so I'm not tempted to do a last minute change

https://jsfiddle.net/4y386kmp/
Tiebreaker: 8,045,760

Went Link over Cloud in the final cuz I'm boring. But I have Bowser to winner's semis (thinking Bowsette will give him a boost) and Waluigi to winner's quarters.

Hmmmm yes these brackets display Match 150 and who is in it, but not who is picked to win.

POST YOUR CHAMPION ALONGSIDE THE BRACKET LINK

(if it's someone besides Link, otherwise we'll just assume it's Link)

(PS - Link)

https://jsfiddle.net/u8d5chtp/

TB: 4,273,847

Behold, how NOT to make a Bracket.

Also Link as the champ.

Is there a way we can see the % for every battle after each round? Not just the % who got each one right.

Let's be honest-we want to see the % of people who said L-Block will win again!

Yeah, if we are doing jsfiddles, don't forget TBs and WINNERs.

https://jsfiddle.net/cah2Ldjg/
Mario > Link
TB: 2222228

https://jsfiddle.net/y2aktcr3/

Tiebreaker 2550000

Oh. Link as the champ.

So what exactly is this contest? Is it just who ends up having the best bracket or are there other aspects to look out for?

BetrayedTangy posted...

So what exactly is this contest? Is it just who ends up having the best bracket or are there other aspects to look out for?

Best officially submitted bracket, yes.

tag!

And sign me up for a page to enter

tag for tomorrow

http://jsfiddle.net/eo4mj1af/

Winner: Link
Tiebreaker: 2020020

https://jsfiddle.net/2cfp4u8m/

link

75000000 (lol)

https://jsfiddle.net/7f3r8mgk/
Link
5691369

tag. I'll submit some time closer to lockdown. Still nibbling my fingers.

https://jsfiddle.net/mcx07djb/

Winner: Link
Tiebreaker: 2523000

Guru fodder reporting in.

https://jsfiddle.net/1po2a9hu/1/
Obviously Link
TB: 3.6E6

https://jsfiddle.net/s21uw75v/

Tiebreaker: 3,750,000
Winner: Link

https://jsfiddle.net/2qd1r6em/

Link is my champion.

tb: 4484329

good luck Gurus!

https://jsfiddle.net/4az1mjfp/

Winner: Link
TB: 2,150,001

https://jsfiddle.net/68jqo2h0/
Winner: Link
Tiebreaker: 2256071

Cool, thank you Leon

https://jsfiddle.net/d8rgham3/
Winner: Link
Tiebreaker: 3387647

https://jsfiddle.net/Ls5z2ecq/

Tie-breaker: 2,216,812
Winner: Link

Thanks for running the Guru again!

https://jsfiddle.net/gcjtz5f8/

Champion Link
Tiebreaker 4498790

Ngamer64 posted...

Hmmmm yes these brackets display Match 150 and who is in it, but not who is picked to win.

POST YOUR CHAMPION ALONGSIDE THE BRACKET LINK

(if it's someone besides Link, otherwise we'll just assume it's Link)

(PS - Link)

<span id="b150-1" class="picked"><a onclick="pick( 150, 129)">Link</a></span><br>
<span id="b150-2" class="not_picked"><a onclick="pick( 150, 132)">Not Link</a></span><br>
Hmm, sure looks like it shows who you picked to me!

https://jsfiddle.net/3eo4br1f/

Champion: Link
Tiebreaker: 4232092

tag

NewerShadow posted...

Ngamer64 posted...

Hmmmm yes these brackets display Match 150 and who is in it, but not who is picked to win.

POST YOUR CHAMPION ALONGSIDE THE BRACKET LINK

(if it's someone besides Link, otherwise we'll just assume it's Link)

(PS - Link)

<span id="b150-1" class="picked">Link</span><br>
<span id="b150-2" class="not_picked">Not Link</span><br>
Hmm, sure looks like it shows who you picked to me!

Nice observation, didn't notice.

Sucks it cant show on the preview but kinda cool that we can at least serach for "b150-1" to find what the user picked if we need to.

bracket: https://jsfiddle.net/qt98dczp/
Champ: THE LAW

tag

Tiebreaker: 4620509

Winner: Link

https://jsfiddle.net/4depkac7/

Also, I noticed if you make changes and then view the source code it doesn't update. So I had to back out and try again to get it to show correctly when I pasted the code.

@Ngamer64 hit me up, I'm down to help enter brackets again homie

NewerShadow posted...

Ngamer64 posted...

Hmmmm yes these brackets display Match 150 and who is in it, but not who is picked to win.

POST YOUR CHAMPION ALONGSIDE THE BRACKET LINK

(if it's someone besides Link, otherwise we'll just assume it's Link)

(PS - Link)

<span id="b150-1" class="picked">Link</span><br>
<span id="b150-2" class="not_picked">Not Link</span><br>
Hmm, sure looks like it shows who you picked to me!

Ah, good catch Shadow! We'll check this if there's a mistake/dispute.

Goosio posted...

Is there a way we can see the % for every battle after each round? Not just the % who got each one right.

Let's be honest-we want to see the % of people who said L-Block will win again!

There will be exact stats for what percent of the board picked a character to win each match, once the Guru site is updated. For the site-wide results, SB is only going to give us the % who called each match correctly. If we ask nicely though I'm sure he could post additional stats on the board for us, like how many L-Block champ brackets were put in.