 March 11th, 2010 by Newbs -
Hello and welcome to Shufflingdead’s annual look back at the world’s most grueling and infamous two-day, liquor soaked, Pizza-Pop-encrusted sweat fest, the Nerd Olympics.
A special message from Newbs: We posted an opt-out sheet at Nerd Olympics for those who didn’t want to appear in the videos, but no such sheet was available for photos. We’ve never had a problem posting pictures from previous Nerd Olympics, but if you don’t want your picture to appear in this article, or on Shufflingdead more broadly, please let me know. For the Shufflingdead readership sick of hearing about Nerd Olympics, don’t worry, this article will be it until next year.
This year’s official slogan came from the classic film and Nerd Olympics favourite, Starship Troopers:
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March 4th, 2010 by Newbs -
With GameFAQs’ Character Battle VIII well under way, and Oscar night this Sunday, awards season is in full “swing,” which means it’s time for everybody’s favourite parody of meaningless contests, Cock Wars!
What is Cock Wars?
Cock Wars is the ultimate battle for supremacy in the universe. Competitors use their strength of dong to claim superiority over others.
How does it work?
I will post the polls in the Cock Wars 2010 forum, you vote for who you think is the most awesome in each, the winner moves on to the next round. Polls will run for a full week, and, until the final, four will be posted at a time.
→ Continue reading Cock Wars 2010: The Dong Strikes Back FAQ
February 18th, 2010 by sulci -
This week, sulci takes a look at the last 4 event taking place at Nerd Olympics this year: Mario Kart Wii, Halo 3, Rock Band 2 and Nerd Trivia.
Mario Kart Wii
The sixth game in the Mario Kart series, Mario Kart Wii adds motorcycles, a bunch of new characters, and a huge collection of 32 tracks to race on. The Wii version also allows you to steer your cart or bike with a steering wheel, although Nerd Olympians will have the option to use Classic Controller as well.
This year the INOC has decided to run 4 player races on random maps. Items will be set to strategic (no shells). The top two players of each heat move on to the finals. Tiebreakers will be a single run on the course Delfino, so make sure you practice that one. You can practice Mario Kart on any Nintendo console.
→ Continue reading Nerd Olympics 2010 Games Preview Part III
February 11th, 2010 by sulci -
This week, sulci takes a look at 5 events taking place at Nerd Olympics this year: Warcraft III: Frozen Throne Tower Defense, Settlers of Catan, Magic the Gathering, Tetris, and Bomberman.
Warcraft III: Frozen Throne Tower Defense
In this year’s Blizzard Strategy category at Nerd Olympics 2010, we will be playing the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Element 3.0 tower defense map. Warcraft III is known for Blizzard’s epic story telling and instantly recognizable UI and gameplay. In Tower Defense mode you must place and upgrade towers to survive waves of enemies (called creeps), carefully investing earned resources into new buildings and research.
The top two players out of each 8 player preliminary will move on to the final round. Warcraft III is exclusively for PC, but you can also practice with the immensely popular Element TD flash game.
→ Continue reading Nerd Olympics 2010 Games Preview Part II
February 4th, 2010 by sulci -
This week, sulci takes a look at the first 4 events taking place at Nerd Olympics this year: SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos, Call of Duty 4, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2, and R-type Leo.
SNK vs Capcon: SVC Chaos
Starting out the events this year at Nerd Olympics is an old school, button-jamming arcade fighter. SNK vs Capcon: SVC Chaos is based on the play style of King of Fighters, and features 24 initial characters from KOF, Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Samurai Showdown. and more. You can perform special moves by filling up your “groove” gauge to level 2 or maxing it out at level 3. You also get a special “Exceed” move when your health is less than half.
At the NO (Nerd Olympics) event this year, the game will be played best as a best-of-3, single elimination tournament, with stock characters only. You can practice this game on a Neo Geo arcade or X-Box.
→ Continue reading Nerd Olympics 2010 Games Preview: Part I
February 1st, 2010 by Weskimo -
Local ShufflingDeaders can check out the Event Guide for the 2010 Nerd Olympics.
May 18th, 2009 by Newbs -
The official Nerd Olympics logo.
Since we were children we have all been battling the same things: the space invaders, the little plastic cavalry valued at five, the artist’s rendering of a goblin printed on a piece of cardboard. We have battled them on kitchen tables and on basement televisions. We have fought with valiance and honour, yet something has always been missing.
→ Continue reading Nerd Olympics Development Kit
May 4th, 2009 by Newbs -
The Honour of Competition
Nerd Olympics is about the purity of sport, and its ability to elevate mere mortals to the echelon of gods. The demonstration of camaraderie in preparation for the Rock Band event, below, illustrates the commitment to excellence our athletes embrace.
→ Continue reading The Nerd Olympics 2009
April 27th, 2009 by Newbs -
Cock Wars 2009 was begun with 64 aspiring Cock Master Generals, and was concluded with the crowning of one supreme being of legendary status. Lord of the Rings, Alien, Chrono Trigger, Batman, and Spiderman characters warred against the wealthiest of men, the harsh Russian winter, and video game consoles. A Tetris piece did slay a rock star. Napoleon’s tactical ability was no match for the Alien Queen. Iron Man outmaneuvered Dr. Octopus. Bill Nye the Science Guy outsmarted the Mongol cavalry.
→ Continue reading Cock Wars 2009 Summation
April 6th, 2009 by Newbs -
Frog – Description by Weskimo
Frog, otherwise known as Glenn, is a knight in the service of the kingdom of Guardia, and joins Crono and Lucca in a rescue attempt for Queen Leene in 600AD. Once an all-around sissy boy, after watching his best friend being murdered by a dark wizard and being turned into a walking, talking frog all in one day, he realizes that nice guys really do finish last, and its enough to turn the marshmallow into a valiant, monster-slaying, pint-sized badass. Though tormented by his failure to help his best friend, he vows to protect the kingdom and slay Magus. Armed with the mythical broadsword Masamune, watery magical abilities, and one hell of a tongue, this frog is out for blood.
Famous lines: “Lower thine guard and thou’rt allowing the enemy in.”
What others are saying: “You’re a marshmallow, Glenn” –Cyrus, “A…a FROG!? Crono, it’s a talking FROG! I hate frogs!” -Lucca, “Riiiibbit!!!!” -Slippy Toad
Special Move: Frog tongue
The Alien Queen – Description by Psycho Limey
It is a well known fact that the maternal instinct can turn anything female, from docile, into a destructive force like no other. The movie Aliens has a lot to do with those maternal instincts, and what they can bring out in us. Spill a man’s drink or insult him and a fight is likely, but give a mother cause for violence and you can forget all hope of leaving uninjured. The alien queen, standing at 15′ tall, will make you wish you had one last bullet.
The Alien Queen is smarter than the average human. Her capacity for learning means no matter how smart you think you are, she will find a way to get you and considering she usually has an army of the deadliest creatures going on her side. You are pretty much hooped.
She can shrug off almost all injuries, that’s if you’re even capable of damaging her. She can reproduce an army in days, and even if you do somehow manage to escape or kill her, her entire genetic memory is passed on. Leave even a single egg alive and that one facehugger will find something to hatch an alien from, that one alien will find the nutrients to molt into a queen, and that queen will remember you, and will never stop trying for vengeance.
→ Continue reading Cock Wars 2009 Contestants – Delta Quadrant
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