The 'Shroom:Ultimate Character Tournament

=Welcome= Welcome to the 1st annual Ultimate Character Tournament! I'm Ralphfan, and I'll be your host. What is the tournament? It's a series of polls in a bracket to determine the best character from the Mario, Sonic, Kirby, DK, Zelda, Banjo, and Conker games! Right now, we're in the planning stages. Meetings are held every week at #ralphchat, but you'll have to use Userpedia, Darkmyst, Mibbit, mIRC, or Chatzilla, etc., because the MW Applet doesn't work for my chat. Meetings are on Wednesdays at 7:30 pm Eastern (Thursdays at 0:30 UTC). We are also on the forum! Please vote on the current polls to determine certain events.

=Meeting 1=  SUMMARY 

SMB and I covered the Banjo and Conker series with help from MG1 and SLNO.

Agenda
We determined a schedule:
 * 9/16: Conker and Banjo
 * 9/23: Zelda and DK
 * 9/30: Sonic and Kirby
 * 10/7 - ?: Mario

Mario might take a long time.

Entrants
14 Conker and 7 Banjo characters were accepted, and 4 more from Conker are on the bubble:
 * Jolly Roger
 * Gobi
 * Cheato
 * Roysten

=Meeting 2=  SUMMARY 

We covered Zelda. SMB missed a lot because of dinner, Tucky was there for most of the meeting, SLNO was logged on but inactive, Castle Toad was there towards the end, and MG1 was there throughout. We didn't have time for DK, plus I pinged towards the end.

Agenda
New schedule:
 * 9/16: Conker and Banjo
 * 9/23: Zelda
 * 9/30: DK
 * 10/7: Sonic
 * 10/14: Kirby
 * 10/21 - ?: Mario

Entrants
We added 18 Zelda characters, and two others are on the bubble:
 * Agahnim
 * Evil Wizard

=Meeting 3=  SUMMARY 

We covered DK. SMB was there for the last half-hour because of dinner, but MG1 was able to cover, and Tucky was able to drop by.

Agenda

 * 9/16: Conker and Banjo
 * 9/23: Zelda
 * 9/30: DK
 * 10/7: Sonic
 * 10/14: Kirby
 * 10/21 - ?: Mario

Entrants
We added 18 more, and put 6 on the bubble:
 * Bjorn
 * Kiddy Kong
 * Swanky Kong
 * Kalypso
 * Kutlass

=Meeting 4=  SUMMARY  We covered Sonic. SMB helped out, as did MG1, Turboo, Noahp89, and Tehchomps. Tucayo was probably watching the Yankees-Twins game.

Agenda

 * 9/16: Conker and Banjo
 * 9/23: Zelda
 * 9/30: DK
 * 10/7: Sonic
 * 10/14: Kirby
 * 10/21 - ?: Mario

Entrants
We added another 17, and put one on the bubble:
 * Super Sonic

=Current Info=

It's another GoogleDoc.

=Current Polls=

Jolly Roger
 Should Jolly Roger be in the tourney? ">

Gobi
 Should Gobi be in the tourney? ">

Cheato
 Should Cheato be in the tourney? ">

Roysten
 Should Roysten be in the tourney? ">

Agahnim
 Should Agahnim be in the tourney? ">

Evil Wizard
 Should Evil Wizard be in the tourney?</a> ">

Bjorn
<iframe width="276" height="300" vspace="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src=<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://www.mariowiki.com/polldaddy.php?id=2061970"> Should Bjorn be in the tourney?</a> ">

Kiddy Kong
<iframe width="276" height="300" vspace="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src=<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://www.mariowiki.com/polldaddy.php?id=2061990"> Should Kiddy Kong be in the tourney?</a> ">

Swanky Kong
<iframe width="276" height="300" vspace="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src=<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://www.mariowiki.com/polldaddy.php?id=2062004"> Should Swanky Kong be in the tourney?</a> ">

Mumbo Jumbo
<iframe width="276" height="300" vspace="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src=<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://www.mariowiki.com/polldaddy.php?id=2062016"> Should Mumbo Jumbo be in the tourney?</a> ">

Kalypso
<iframe width="276" height="300" vspace="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src=<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://www.mariowiki.com/polldaddy.php?id=2062028"> Should Kalypso be in the tourney?</a> ">

Kutlass
<iframe width="276" height="300" vspace="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src=<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://www.mariowiki.com/polldaddy.php?id=2062029"> Should Kutlass be in the tourney?</a> ">

Super Sonic
<iframe width="276" height="300" vspace="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src=<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://www.mariowiki.com/polldaddy.php?id=2092264"> Should Super Sonic be in the tourney?</a> ">

Tourney Format
<iframe width="276" height="300" vspace="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src=<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://www.mariowiki.com/polldaddy.php?id=2031666"> How should we format the tourney?</a> ">

This one's a bit confusing. The tournament will be a bracket. The question: Do you want all the people mish-moshed into one, or do you want a Mario subdivision, a Kirby subdivision, etc., and the champs face each other?

Colors
<iframe width="276" height="300" vspace="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src=<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://www.mariowiki.com/polldaddy.php?id=2062031"> Should we include different colors of characters in the tourney?</a> ">

Example:
 * Shy Guy
 * Blue Shy Guy
 * Yellow Shy Guy
 * Green Shy Guy
 * Black Shy Guy
 * Gray Shy Guy

Brawl Characters
<iframe width="276" height="300" vspace="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src=<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://www.mariowiki.com/polldaddy.php?id=2062044"> Should we include Brawl characters from other series in the tourney?</a> ">

Vote Margin
<iframe width="276" height="300" vspace="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src=<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://www.mariowiki.com/polldaddy.php?id=2091171"> What percentage will a vote need to pass by?</a> ">