Mario Party Results!

(Not So) Happy New Year!

2011-01-01T11:11:00.000-08:00

Well, the good news is that 2010 is now behind us... and it marks the last time EVER we will let the computer beat us at Mario Party!

Yes, it happened last night as we celebrated New Year's Eve with a start at St.Andrews, complete with three rounds of Barnyard, and ended with Mario Party at Salon Moore!

In the spirit of new beginnings and closure to all things past, well done computer. 2011 won't be your year!

Bringin' (Mario) Party Back! YEAH!

2010-12-18T09:01:00.000-08:00

The Party's Back! And so too is Todd Moore as SuperStar!

Amy, John, Jesse, Todd and The Captain enjoyed an impromptu Mario Party after Salon Moore closed last night and Todd emerged victorious with a whopping 11 stars (out of 20 on the board)! Granted, he got two bonus stars (awarded to everyone, in truth), but 13 > 10 (Jesse) so Todd won!

Not going to lie, the best part of the entire party was the amazing 'Picture This' finale where Amy raced to a 2-0-0-0 lead, but the boys stormed back to force sudden death at 2-2-2-2. It was frantic and dramatic and loud and Copper was confused and Jesse found the pink car passing the blue car to take the final Mini Game -- as well as the Mini Game Champion title altogether. Well done, JP!

After a Long Break...

2010-04-18T19:14:00.000-07:00

We returned to Mario Party action on fine Saturday evening. Not hurt by the break, John whipped up on Jesse and I (and the computer) to take the first championship in some time! Well done, JW!

Vacation Champion!

2010-01-03T20:35:00.000-08:00

We enjoyed a rousing 34,000' adventure on our way to Orlando for our DisneyWorld Christmas/New Year extravaganza. In our one and only, winner-take-all, tete-a-tete-a-tete Mario Party, Amy Weaver emerged as the MP Champ! Congrats Amy!

Long Time Coming!

2009-11-08T00:27:00.000-08:00

It's been a long time coming -- a Mario Party Blog Update! And a Todd Moore win! Double WOO HOO!

Indeed, John, Amy and I were finally able to get a great game of MP in and Todd emerged the victor! It was a tough race, however, and Amy was in it until the Bonus Star awards which pushed Todd over top! Next time, JW. Next time! (Or not.)

It's been months, but...

2009-10-16T09:52:00.000-07:00

We have another Mario Party Winner! After a rousing SpaceShip round, Todd and Amy bubbled to the top of the Mario Party heap with four stars each after two bonus stars. However, with a few extra coins, Todd emerged victorious in our first MP in months!

New MP'er, Copper, also got in on the action and had a GREAT time! So excited that she peed twice in the house, in fact! (Yay! Boo.)

Look Who's Back!

2009-03-29T20:52:00.000-07:00

Indeed, Jesse Paulson made a triumphant return after the Sounders game by sneaking the green space star to become the Mario Party Champion!

ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME?!

2009-03-28T07:48:00.003-07:00

Played Mario Party last night with John & Amy Weaver. Results are in. Sucky.

And... Sucky x2

Unusual event... Seemingly usual finish.

2009-03-16T21:43:00.000-07:00

Yes, indeed, Jesse, John and I were able to complete another Mario Party event this past weekend. With Amy out of town, JaceMan down & out and a Paulson mother-in-law in town, the gents were able to convene for another bout with the computer -- this time doing everything possible to ensure we didn't have to take a shaming photo of the threesome.

This shameful photo did NOT occur! JW took top honors with eight (8) stars to not eight (8) stars by the other contestants. Well done, John Weaver! Yet another win... a seemlinly consistent finish!

Side note: one knows it has been a while when Jesse Paulson forgets what the games are!

Bizarro World

2009-01-17T10:33:00.000-08:00

There is definitely something wrong in the world. First, Johnny Weaver beat me at Pokey Pummel -- a game I have NEVER lost in our years of Mario Party. Second, for Guys Night, we lost to a female character... played by the computer!What is up with THAT?!

Merry Christmas, John!

2008-12-21T19:19:00.000-08:00

The Weavers were over to celebrate Christmas over this past weekend. In so doing, of course, we had a full evening to enjoy a Mario (Christmas) Party!

John proved to be a good boy in Game One as we ventured through Windmill Central (and learned that 10 rounds is just not enough; rule change implemented: 15 rolls through the Netherlands!). John scored the path to the three-star windwill and took the game with six stars.

Game Two was an entirely different story. And yes, John won. But this had nothing to do with JW's actions this year! In fact, the match game down to this. If Amy's character OR if the computer won the final star, she would have been champ. Had Todd won the final star, he would have been champ. Same, had JW won, he would have taken the match.

That bloody final star... turns out it was the shopping star. JW and I TIED in what we spent during the round so it came down to coins. JW: 4. TM: 0. ARRRRRRRGHHHHHH!

Mario Party Revisited!

2008-12-11T09:01:00.000-08:00

In spite of JW and Amy now being married and Mario Parties seemlingly ending as we know it, we forged ahead in the face of this dry spell and played Mario Party last night! Once again, JW dominated. While TM dominated Game One, random bonus stars put JW on top of the Tower of Mario Party Power:

In a desire to have a rematch, Amy and Todd decided to take JW on again, this time in the Dutch world of bidding on windmills.

JW kicked even more Mario Party butt in the second match, garnering six (6) stars by bidding only -- not even to mention bonus stars! The rest of the competitors won three, three and one star, respectively -- before bonus stars were even awarded.

Interestingly, for the first time we saw a bonus star awarded to NO ONE! Literally, not one competitor landed on the Green Question Mark space, yet the system chose that as a bonus star. With that, not one player could have gotten all three stars even to tie JW and he walked away with the second win of the night.

Final Tally:
JW - 2
AW - 0
TM - 0

Good times altogether. And we finally Mario Partied after so much time!

Surprise Party!

2008-09-12T23:15:00.000-07:00

Jesse Paulson made a surprise visit to my place for some hang out time -- and for Mario Party! Unfortunately, Boo enjoyed the spoils of victory, but we bested him with some serious bonding time nonetheless!

Boooooooooooooring

2008-06-27T07:47:00.000-07:00

Or was it?!Yes, another match of Mario Party has now (finally!) taken place. It seems to have been a VERY similar outcome with Soon-To-Be-No-More-Bachelor Johnny Weaver taking top prize. However, the championship was in hot dispute until the FINAL Bonus Star (red spaces of all things!) which gave Waluigi the win over Peach (Todd) with 67 to 57 coins.

Not that anyone's upset, but this one is being protested. Red spaces?! FFS.

Birthday (Mario) Party!

2008-05-26T00:30:00.000-07:00

As part of the finale of my Birthday Weekend, John & Amy ventured over for Sunday evening dinner and Mario Party! We played two outstanding rounds with two separate winners...

In the first round, John -- played in the game by Boo -- eeked past Amy, the computer and I on his way to yet another victory with the ghost. John is hereby also banned from being Boo... if we haven't already banned that character from his repertoire (along with Toad):

In the second of two highly contested matches, the Birthday Boy himself took the crown:

A Perfect Match!

2008-03-28T10:54:00.000-07:00

Not only did Amy win last night's Mario Party with the boys, but it was a perfect match from the start!

1. Amy rhymes with Yoshi.
2. She was wearing green in honor of her character!

The boys didn't approach the game with such a selfless paradigm, and instead ended the evening green with envy:

Poor boys!

A Tight One!

2008-03-08T23:59:00.000-08:00

The most recent Mario Party was indeed a tight one! To let you share in the suspense, instead of posting the winner straight away, I'd prefer to walk you through the step-by-step of what John, Amy and I experienced last night...

First, we ended Pagoda Peak in a four-way tie with 1 star each!

When it came to coins, Amy won the final game to take a 1-coin lead over Boo (JW):

So we all knew that the Bonus Stars would lead us to the winner. Little did we know however, what they would be, and once announced, who in the world won them:

But Luigi (Todd) took the Mini Games star! A shocker as JW frequenly wins this star!

There was a two-way winner for Orbs used -- Boo & Toad! Darned small fries...

The final star would mean that whoever won the Running Star for movement on the board would win the whole thing! If Amy won, she'd have two stars and the most coins! But it was not meant to be...

Boo secured the third and final bonus star and effectively gave John yet another Mario Party win!

And we hereby state that JW can no longer be Boo either. Boring.

Wario ees zuh WEE-nuhr!

2008-02-09T22:59:00.000-08:00

Wario (aka John Weaver) triumphs in our first February Mario Party outing!
Note: he did not win @ Sally's earlier in the evening on the Wii. That game did not exist -- there is no photographic evidence. So there.

Guy Weekend Champion!

2008-01-26T23:59:00.000-08:00

Having won two out of the three Mario Parties of Man Weekend Jan2008, John Weaver is the CHAMP! Congrats on another fine finish, JW!

What this photo is not telling you, however, Avid Reader, is that Todd won the Man Weekend Jan2008 Barnyard Championship. Just sayin'.

Man Saturday, Game One

2008-01-26T12:16:00.000-08:00

To keep our tradition of Man Weekend alive, JW and I relived the Mario Party adventures of a not so unrecent Thanksgiving. Sadly, with a similar start:

Dice Block Tie-Breaker!!

2008-01-25T23:09:00.000-08:00

Are you kidding me?! For the first time ever, we ended Mario Party in a dead heat! Seven stars and ten coins for both Jesse Paulson and I. How do our friends at Nintendo choose to decide the SuperStar?
A Dice Block Tie-Breaker, of course!

Who rolled a three and who rolled a nine?

Indeed, Jesse Paulson takes the victory THIS time.

We have seen some amazing finishes friend; this one may go down as the all-time craziest!

Twas the Night Before Friday...

2008-01-24T23:04:00.000-08:00

...and all through the house,
Todd was not stirring,
and Amy won at Mario Party!

Indeed, friends John & Amy McWeaver stayed with me Thursday night. After crashing for the night, they arrived to take Mario Party by storm! Turns out, Amy/Luigi took John and the computer to the cleaners and captured this photo for me to find on my camera the next day!

Wah WAAAAAAAAAAH

2008-01-17T23:46:00.000-08:00

Perhaps it was the week away in Dublin or perhaps it was the month away from Mario Party. Whatever it was, it was enough to enable the BLOODY COMPUTER to beat John, Amy and I. BLAST!

Return to the Champ Stand!

2007-12-15T23:59:00.000-08:00

Amy McKenna makes a splash of a return to our Mario Party Adventures with a stomping of John Weaver and Todd Moore! After a seemingly long break and the birth of Jace John Paulson, Amy made a statement. She's ba-ack!

The Best Party EVER!

2007-12-03T22:03:00.001-08:00

The best parties are always birthday parties.
Today is NO exception!

Happy Birthday Jace John Paulson!
3:01PM Monday, December 3, 2007
9 lbs. 22" Loves Uncle Todd

*

2007-11-24T21:22:00.001-08:00

* -- enough said.

Yes, Jesse Paulson won a game. But it was on the Wii. And it was, like, Mario 17. Which is NOT what this blog is all about. But he forced the issue. Jesse Paulson is a whiner.

TMoore takes the final match!

2007-11-23T22:58:00.000-08:00

Inasmuch as Jesse wanted to make the blog... ALAS, he did not! Todd took the final Mario Party of the night and ended up winning by coins over the computer (Jesse was a distant 3rd. Sorry French!

JP wants in, too!

2007-11-23T21:56:00.000-08:00

Jesse was jealous from all the Mario Party Turkey Tourney action, so decided to put some skin in the game. However, in so doing, the computer stomped us!

Turkey Tourney Tie @ Twos!

2007-11-22T23:37:00.000-08:00

SHOCKER! The computer wins the final contest of the night forcing a three-way tie for First Place in the 2007 Turkey Tourney!

Final(?) results: JW 2; TM 2; Computer 2

Fans everywhere throw fits of temper and shout things like, "TM was robbed!" and "There must be a bug in the game!"

JW 2; TM 2; Computer 1

2007-11-22T22:33:00.000-08:00

It's getting close, kids! Todd Moore storms back to tie the lead with a 'Dry Bones' win... literally by winning the last MiniGame by a bony nose in FunRun!

All four contestants (JW, TM, Comp, Comp) finished the game with four starts. Only TM had 16 coins to JW's 13 to take the title and send the Turkey Tourney fans into hysterics!

JW 2; TM 1; Computer 1

2007-11-22T20:31:00.000-08:00

JW takes a commanding post-Flash Gordon lead with Victory #2. He's OH SO CLOSE!

JW 1; TM 1; Computer 1

2007-11-22T15:25:00.000-08:00

All things are becoming as they should be with Big Win #1 by TM!

JW 1; TM 0; Computer 1!

2007-11-22T13:33:00.000-08:00

Certainly NOT something we considered/expected/factored in to our Turkey Tourney Results... a win by the computer!
DAMMIT!

Mario Party Turkey Tourney! JW 1; TM 0

2007-11-22T01:35:00.000-08:00

JW takes a close one, 6 stars to 5, to take a one game lead in the 2007 Mario Party Turkey Tourney! High coinage and one mystery star pushed him over the top for a one to none lead over Todd Moore. No offense to JW in any way, but fans around the world lament.

Toad should be banned.

2007-11-18T21:59:00.000-08:00

As should John Weaver. Tonight, JW teams with one MrMikeWalton to take the Mario Party crown against Amy McKenna, Jesse Paulson and myself.

And let it hereby be rule: NO MORE JW & TOAD!

Wouldn't you know...

2007-10-26T01:52:00.000-07:00

It was JP's birthday, but John just had to steal the show...

Happy Birthday, Jesse Paulson!!!

2007-10-25T23:58:00.000-07:00

Not only did Jesse celebrate his birthday today, but he ALSO kicked some serious Mario Party B*tt!!

Congratulations Jesse Paulson -- and not just on being more 30+ than ever!

Jesse Paulson, we love you!

Amy takes 1st with BOO!

2007-10-20T12:01:00.000-07:00

John is back on top again!

2007-10-04T12:02:00.000-07:00

Todd is CHAMP again!

2007-10-01T12:00:00.000-07:00

John wins w/ Toad again. YAWN

2007-09-21T11:58:00.000-07:00

John IS Toad!

2007-08-31T11:55:00.000-07:00

Jesse, John & Todd thwarted by the CPU!

2007-08-25T12:46:00.000-07:00

JW takes yet ANOTHER win!

2007-08-24T11:51:00.000-07:00

John is starting to really get on my nerves.

John wins with Mario!

2007-08-21T11:50:00.000-07:00

John flip-flops. Now he LOVES this game. I hate John.

Todd and John LOSE TO THE COMPUTER!

2007-08-21T11:47:00.000-07:00

We hate this game.

Another big win for Johnny Weaver!

2007-07-23T11:43:00.000-07:00

Smug.

Victory for Johnny Weaver!

2007-07-22T11:42:00.000-07:00

Another win for TMoore!

2007-07-21T11:40:00.000-07:00

I believe I may have been indicating 'three in row' -- though sadly, I do not have the photo series to prove it!

Todd boasts beating Jesse in a COMPLETE SHUT-OUT!

2007-05-22T11:37:00.000-07:00

Amy McKenna tops the boys!

2007-04-21T09:53:00.000-07:00

Todd is CHAMP!

2007-03-21T11:35:00.000-07:00

Jesse bests Steph and Todd in NYC!

2006-12-17T11:32:00.000-08:00

Not only did Jesse come out the BYNYC Champ, he also bested Steph and Todd in Mario Party while in the Big Apple!

TMoore bests John Weaver AGAIN in New York!

2006-09-25T11:29:00.000-07:00

JW-TMoore battle it out in NYC!

2006-09-24T10:52:00.000-07:00