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Hi Gamers, WCE7, the World Championship of eSports for 2023, will begin on Friday March 31st 2023. All gamers from around the world are welcome. Yes that's you too 🙂. There are some rule changes this season to make the competition even more fun, and as we are playing arcade games, they are pretty tough too! Competition: The gamer with the highest total competition score over the tournaments MGL55, MGL56, MGL57 and MGL58 will be the World Champion of eSports for 2023. This is a tough 32 weeks with 48 games season, competing world wide on the most challenging arcade video games on the planet. If there is a tie on the overall scoreboard, then a head to head game win count will be used to determine the final placings. If there is still a tie, then the accumulated game scores will determine the placings. Prizes: In January 2024, the World Champion will win, as well as the prestigious and undisputed title of World Champion of eSports for 2023, 440 USD in cash. 2nd place will win 175 USD, 3rd place will win 130 USD, 4th place will win 120 USD, 5th place will win 110 USD, 6th place will win 100 USD and 7th place will win 90 USD. Additionally, in each MGL, every gamer that plays all of the games has the chance to win the mystery prize. So if there are 12 games and you play and submit for all 12, then if you are drawn from the pool of qualifiers, then you will win all of the prizes. Whether you finish in the top half or the lower half of the tournament, you still have a chance to win. Prizes will be cash and/or video gaming memorabilia. For example, in MGL55 there will be 8 mystery prizes. Points system: The incremental points system will be used for each game. 1st place will earn 100 points, 2nd place 99 points, 3rd place 98 points and so on. All gamers will earn competition points for their scores and the points system may be adjusted incrementally higher due to the number of submissions for that game. Games: Games are nominated by the competitors and sent by PM to the Gamemaster. Games must be selected from 1973 to 1993. The number of games that can be nominated by each competitor will be posted for each MGL. The games to be played in the competition will be randomly drawn from the pool of nominations. Only unique games will be in the pool, as there will be no duplications from nominations. The order of game play will be determined by the Gamemaster and each game will be released weekly for competition. Settings: The game settings will be posted in each MGL and gamers must ensure they compete on these settings only. No continues are allowed when submitting a score and must be played from the beginning of the game. No pausing allowed. No auto fire allowed. No cheats allowed. No stitching of inps from using save states in MAME. Any WolfMAME version can be used. Only the version 0.106 ROM set will be posted for each game and the equivalent for other MAME versions can be used. Games can be played at the arcade. You must ensure the arcade operator has the game at the MGL game settings for the submission to be valid. Submissions: Gamers are to post a screenshot/photo of their score with initials in the game thread. Games are only open for 17 days and any score submissions made after the game is closed will not be accepted. Scores at aussiearcade.com will be combined with scores from twingalaxies.com to form the World Championship Scoreboard. Gamers: Professional and casual gamers can play all or just some of the games. Gamers do not need to nominate games to play, they can play any game during the tournament. Streaming games and posting/sharing tips are encouraged, as is friendly banter in the gaming community. Striving for PBs, learning and playing the best a gamer can are all highly encouraged. As all members at AA are registered, there is no additional registration process for the championships. Changes to the World Championship of eSports: Compared to last season, 6 changes have been made. 1. 48 different games will be played this season, compared to 44 different games last season, an increase of 4 games. 2. Each MGL will have 12 different games, compared to 11 each last season. The MGL started in 2006 with a 12 game schedule! 3. 4 games will now be launched at the start. The 2023 season will be 32 weeks and this has not changed compared to last season. 4. The prize money has been increased in season 2023, compared to WCE5. 5. If 60 or more different gamers play in one MGL, there will be 2 mystery prizes for 2 gamers, instead of 1 mystery prize for 1 gamer. If 100 or more different gamers play in one MGL, there will be 3 mystery prizes for 3 gamers. 6. Games can now be selected from 1973 to 1993. This is an increase of 3 years on last season, which was from 1976 to 1993. Further details will be posted at the launch of each MGL. Good gaming and good luck to all competitors, let's have a great game! OOO

Hi Gamers, Welcome to the FINAL video gaming highlight of the year ... MGL58 - ARCADE GOOSEBUMPS. All gamers worldwide are welcome to play. You can join in at any time. Please watch the trailer above for the official tournament launch with important competition details. Competition: The gamer with the most points in this tournament will be the MGL58 champion. There will be 12 games played over 8 weeks, competing world wide on the most challenging and toughest video games of all time. 4 games will be released at the start. Then 2 games 2 weeks later, 1 game 1 week later, 2 games 2 weeks later, 1 game 1 week later, and 2 games the following week for the finale. Games are only open for 17 days each, so gamers must play their best in that time and post their scores before the game is closed. At the end of each MGL, points will be accumulated for each gamer toward the World Championship of eSports Scoreboard. The highest score after the four MGLs are completed will be the undisputed World Champion of eSports for 2023. Prizes: Every gamer that plays all of the games has the chance to win the mystery prize. So if there are 12 games and you play and submit for all 12, then if you are drawn from the pool of qualifiers, then you will win the prizes. Whether you finish in the top half or the lower half in the tournament, you still have a chance to win. Prizes will be cash and/or arcade memorabilia. In MGL58, the mystery prize will be 8 prizes. Points system: The incremental points system will be used for each game. 1st place will earn 100 points, 2nd place 99 points, 3rd place 98 points and so on. All gamers will earn competition points for their scores. If there is a tie on the overall scoreboard, then a head to head game win count will be used to determine the final placings. For example, if two players tie for 18th place in the world, then whoever has scored higher per game on a head to head basis will earn 18th place and the other gamer will earn 19th place. If there is a tie also on head to head game count, the gamer who has the highest accumulated game score points will be the winner. Games: Games are nominated by the competitors and sent by PM to the Gamemaster. Games must be selected from 1973 to 1993, where trackball, steering wheel and dual stick games can be nominated. The number of games that can be nominated by each competitor is 7. The games to be played in the competition will be randomly drawn from the pool of nominations. Only unique games will be in the pool, as duplications of nominations will not be placed in the pool. The order of game play will be determined by the Gamemaster and each game will be released weekly for competition. If you would like to nominate games and have a say in what is played, please send them by private message (PM) to OOO by midnight Sydney time on Wednesday November 22nd. The number of games you can nominate is 7. The first 4 games will commence on Friday November 24th. All games from MGL51 to MGL57 are excluded from MGL58. These games cannot be nominated: 1942 Armored Car Baluba-louk no Densetsu Bank Panic Battlezone Black Widow Buggy Boy Jr. Bump n Jump Cabal Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Chase HQ Commando Continental Circus Cool Riders Crazy Kong Cyber-Lip Defender Dockman Donkey Kong Junior Exed Exes Flicky Frogger Galaxian Ghouls'n Ghosts Gyruss Horizon Ikari Warriors Jr. Pac-man Kangaroo Lizard Wizard Marble Madness Mortal Kombat Mouser Mr. Do's Castle Mr. Do's Wild Ride Ms Pac-man Nibbler Ninja Clowns Out Run Pandora's Palace Pang Phoenix Pickin' Pig Newton Pigout Pinball Action Pirate Ship Higemaru Ponpoko Pooyan Q*bert Qix Raiden II Rainbow Islands Roc n Rope R-Type Scrambled Egg Smash TV Snow Bros. Street Fighter II CE Super Cobra Tank Force Teddy Boy Blues The King of Dragons The New Zealand Story The Simpsons The Speed Rumbler Time Pilot Time Tunnel Tutankham Uniwar S Vendetta Vigilante Vs. Balloon Fight Vs. Mighty Bomb Jack Vs. Super Mario Bros Xybots Wardner Warlords Water Ski Wonder Boy Settings: The game settings will be posted in each game thread and gamers must ensure they compete on these settings only. No continues are allowed when submitting a score and must be played from the beginning of the game. No pausing allowed. No auto fire allowed. No stitching of inp files from save states. No cheats allowed. Any WolfMAME version can be used. Only the version 0.106 ROM set will be posted for each game and the equivalent for other MAME versions can be used. Games can be played at the arcade. You must ensure the arcade operator has the game at the MGL game settings for the submission to be valid. Submissions: Gamers are to post a screenshot/photo showing their score with initials in the game thread. Games are only open for 17 days and any score submissions made after the game is closed by the Gamemaster will not be accepted. Scores at aussiearcade.com will be combined with scores from twingalaxies.com to form the World Championship scoreboard. Gamers: Professional and casual gamers can play all or just some of the games. Gamers do not need to nominate games to play, they can play any game during the tournament. Streaming games and posting/sharing tips are encouraged, as is friendly banter in the gaming community. Striving for PBs, learning and playing the best you can are all highly encouraged. As all members at AA are registered, there is no additional registration process for the championships. Good gaming and good luck to all competitors. OOO