Board 8 > (!) The 2018 Guru Contest - Deciding B8's Best Character Battle X Bracket

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Ngamer64
10/17/18 10:07:51 PM
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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!
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HaRRicH
10/17/18 10:09:09 PM
#2:


Tag like nobody's business.
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LeonhartFour
10/17/18 10:09:42 PM
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Advokaiser
10/17/18 10:12:10 PM
#5:


Taggg.
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SuperNiceDog
10/17/18 10:12:34 PM
#6:


woo!
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abdou
10/17/18 10:13:20 PM
#8:


https://jsfiddle.net/gjq4zonc/

tiebreaker: 3,000,000

Winner: Link
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davidponte
10/17/18 10:15:18 PM
#9:


Tag.
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Ranticoot
10/17/18 10:18:41 PM
#10:


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
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pyresword
10/17/18 10:21:31 PM
#11:


Tag but I'll wait to post mine until I know I'm not changing
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Congratulations to BK_Sheikah00, this year's guru to achieve contest enlightenment!
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WiggumFan267
10/17/18 10:21:41 PM
#12:


tag.
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dimi161
10/17/18 10:26:57 PM
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Lord Bob Bree
10/17/18 10:27:23 PM
#14:


https://jsfiddle.net/dmtcLk7a/
Winner: Link
Tiebreaker: 2500000
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NowItsAngeTime
10/17/18 10:29:41 PM
#15:


https://jsfiddle.net/4ebj0krn/

Winner: Link
Tiebreaker: 3982500

Posting now so I'm not tempted to do a last minute change
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jcgamer107
10/17/18 10:31:11 PM
#16:


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.
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Ngamer64
10/17/18 10:31:28 PM
#17:


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)



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Natwaf_akidna
10/17/18 10:31:47 PM
#18:


https://jsfiddle.net/u8d5chtp/

TB: 4,273,847

Behold, how NOT to make a Bracket.

Also Link as the champ.
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Goosio
10/17/18 10:32:50 PM
#19:


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!
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_SecretSquirrel
10/17/18 10:33:39 PM
#20:


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

https://jsfiddle.net/cah2Ldjg/
Mario > Link
TB: 2222228
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junk_funk
10/17/18 10:39:02 PM
#21:


https://jsfiddle.net/y2aktcr3/

Tiebreaker 2550000
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junk_funk
10/17/18 10:39:26 PM
#22:


Oh. Link as the champ.
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BetrayedTangy
10/17/18 10:42:20 PM
#23:


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?
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LeonhartFour
10/17/18 10:43:11 PM
#24:


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.
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Menji
10/17/18 10:46:11 PM
#25:


tag!

And sign me up for a page to enter
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cyko
10/17/18 10:52:16 PM
#26:


tag for tomorrow
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Yay - BkSheikah is the guru champion of awesomeness.
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nkansas13
10/17/18 10:54:23 PM
#27:


http://jsfiddle.net/eo4mj1af/

Winner: Link
Tiebreaker: 2020020
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GaryOak151
10/17/18 10:57:39 PM
#28:


https://jsfiddle.net/2cfp4u8m/

link

75000000 (lol)
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DpObliVion
10/17/18 10:59:11 PM
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azuarc
10/17/18 10:59:19 PM
#30:


tag. I'll submit some time closer to lockdown. Still nibbling my fingers.
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KanzarisKelshen
10/17/18 11:02:11 PM
#31:


https://jsfiddle.net/cgadx963/

Winner: Link
Tiebreaker: 5400000

Let's do this
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JONALEON1
10/17/18 11:04:20 PM
#32:


https://jsfiddle.net/mcx07djb/

Winner: Link
Tiebreaker: 2523000
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SgtSphynx
10/17/18 11:07:32 PM
#33:


Guru fodder reporting in.

https://jsfiddle.net/1po2a9hu/1/
Obviously Link
TB: 3.6E6
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Congrats to the BYIG Guru Winner, BKSheikah
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AxemRedRanger
10/17/18 11:09:23 PM
#34:


https://jsfiddle.net/s21uw75v/

Tiebreaker: 3,750,000
Winner: Link
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ZenOfThunder
10/17/18 11:11:29 PM
#35:


https://jsfiddle.net/2qd1r6em/

Link is my champion.

tb: 4484329

good luck Gurus!
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t_kizzle
10/17/18 11:12:56 PM
#36:


https://jsfiddle.net/4az1mjfp/

Winner: Link
TB: 2,150,001
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Keltiq
10/17/18 11:15:00 PM
#37:


https://jsfiddle.net/68jqo2h0/
Winner: Link
Tiebreaker: 2256071
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BetrayedTangy
10/17/18 11:18:54 PM
#38:


Cool, thank you Leon

https://jsfiddle.net/d8rgham3/
Winner: Link
Tiebreaker: 3387647
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HaRRicH
10/17/18 11:24:27 PM
#39:


https://jsfiddle.net/Ls5z2ecq/

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

Thanks for running the Guru again!
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BK_Sheikah00
10/17/18 11:36:01 PM
#40:


https://jsfiddle.net/gcjtz5f8/

Champion Link
Tiebreaker 4498790
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NewerShadow
10/17/18 11:43:08 PM
#41:


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!
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NFUN
10/17/18 11:53:28 PM
#42:


https://jsfiddle.net/3eo4br1f/

Champion: Link
Tiebreaker: 4232092
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kateee
10/17/18 11:57:52 PM
#43:


tag
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NowItsAngeTime
10/18/18 12:02:43 AM
#44:


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.
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MZero11
10/18/18 12:10:11 AM
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bracket: https://jsfiddle.net/qt98dczp/
Champ: THE LAW
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dilateDChemist
10/18/18 12:13:14 AM
#46:


tag
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Menji
10/18/18 12:21:43 AM
#47:


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.
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SpikeDragon
10/18/18 12:35:50 AM
#48:


@Ngamer64 hit me up, I'm down to help enter brackets again homie
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Ngamer64
10/18/18 12:36:21 AM
#49:


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.


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haloiscoolisbak
10/18/18 12:37:29 AM
#50:


Tiebreaker: 3605700
Winner: Link

https://jsfiddle.net/8cfakxsr/

Feels good to finally get this done and stop worrying about bracket edits. I'm finally satisfied with my selections, or close enough to it.

Came second last guru, here's to doing one better this time around!
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