Poll
Question:
Who will be the winner of USL 2010?
Option 1: Gutix
Option 2: CTG
A very thin maybe for a head to head contest again... if there's a need.
why not?
why not?[2]
I would really enjoy seeing 8 positive replies on this topic, though. It should be possible, I guess :)
Hm maybe, why not. But to lure me back, I'd prefer a simple monthly competition (without special rules, percentages, leading time bonus etc.), like USC. I may drive some tracks in the near future.
Standings: 4-1... well, it needs 8 pipsqueaks.
DUP, POO, ZAK, CTG so far.
Others?
Puedo participar también...?
Me
6... two slots left.
If rounds are weekly, I can take part too.
I will be there, if USL opens again! ;)
Quote from: Chulk on February 15, 2010, 11:29:39 PM
If rounds are weekly, I can take part too.
Uhm, well... Akoss Poo said he will participate if rounds are bi-weekly. Difficult decision.
8 declarations anyway. :)
The earliest possible start: 1st March 2010.
Quote from: CTG on February 18, 2010, 09:43:43 PM
Quote from: Chulk on February 15, 2010, 11:29:39 PM
If rounds are weekly, I can take part too.
Uhm, well... Akoss Poo said he will participate if rounds are bi-weekly. Difficult decision.
8 declarations anyway. :)
I meant weekly at least, so bi-weekly is not a problem at all for me.
Quote from: Chulk on February 19, 2010, 06:06:25 PM
Quote from: CTG on February 18, 2010, 09:43:43 PM
Quote from: Chulk on February 15, 2010, 11:29:39 PM
If rounds are weekly, I can take part too.
Uhm, well... Akoss Poo said he will participate if rounds are bi-weekly. Difficult decision.
8 declarations anyway. :)
I meant weekly at least, so bi-weekly is not a problem at all for me.
Great! Prepare for 1st March, details will be aired in a few days.
No poll about cars, just following the traditions:
Round 1: Porsche 962 IMSA
Round 2: Lamborghini Countach
Round 3: Lancia Delta Integrale
Round 4: Lamborghini LM002
Round 5: Melange XGT-88
Round 6: Chevrolet Corvette
Round 7: Porsche March Indy
Quote from: CTG on June 22, 2008, 03:50:42 PM
Like last time... (select "pipsqueak no. 8." from my latest post)
round 1
1 vs 2
3 vs 4
5 vs 6
7 vs 8
round 2
4 vs 1
6 vs 3
8 vs 5
2 vs 7
round 3
1 vs 6
3 vs 8
5 vs 2
7 vs 4
round 4
8 vs 1
2 vs 3
4 vs 5
6 vs 7
round 5
1 vs 3
5 vs 7
2 vs 4
6 vs 8
round 6
1 vs 5
3 vs 7
2 vs 6
4 vs 8
round 7
7 vs 1
3 vs 5
8 vs 2
4 vs 6
Again... ;)
So let's see these rounds after randomization:
1 - CTG
2 - Gutix
3 - Akoss Poo
4 - AbuRaf 70
5 - Chulk
6 - Super Brian
7 - Duplode
8 - Zak McKracken
Round 1 - Porsche 962 IMSA
CTG vs Gutix (ouch)
Akoss Poo vs AbuRaf 70
Chulk vs Super Brian
Duplode vs Zak McKracken
Round 2 - Lamborghini Countach
AbuRaf 70 vs CTG
Super Brian vs Akoss Poo
Zak McKracken vs Chulk
Gutix vs Duplode (kind of duel I'm really waiting for)
Round 3 - Lancia Delta Integrale (SA and Euro Cup)
CTG vs Super Brian
Akoss Poo vs Zak McKracken
Chulk vs Gutix
Duplode vs AbuRaf 70
Round 4 - Lamborghini LM002
Zak McKracken vs CTG
Gutix vs Akoss Poo (USC 2004/05 feeling)
AbuRaf 70 vs Chulk
Super Brian vs Duplode
Round 5 - Melange XGT-88
CTG vs Akoss Poo (a real prestige match with one of our favorite cars)
Chulk vs Duplode
Gutix vs AbuRaf 70
Super Brian vs Zak McKracken
Round 6 - Chevrolet Corvette
CTG vs Chulk (ouch again)
Akoss Poo vs Duplode (past vs present)
Gutix vs Super Brian
AbuRaf 70 vs Zak McKracken
Round 7 - Porsche March Indy
Duplode vs CTG (revenge for Montreal?)
Akoss Poo vs Chulk
Zak McKracken vs Gutix
AbuRaf 70 vs Super Brian
Come on, you should change that. Gutix vs Duplode in Round 2 kills the excitement.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on February 22, 2010, 11:44:07 PM
Come on, you should change that. Gutix vs Duplode in Round 2 kills the excitement.
Okay, 2nd <---> 6th round sounds better.
Round 1 - Porsche 962 IMSA
CTG vs Gutix (ouch)
Akoss Poo vs AbuRaf 70
Chulk vs Super Brian
Duplode vs Zak McKracken
Round 2 - Chevrolet Corvette
CTG vs Chulk (ouch again)
Akoss Poo vs Duplode (past vs present)
Gutix vs Super Brian
AbuRaf 70 vs Zak McKracken
Round 3 - Lancia Delta Integrale (SA and Euro Cup)
CTG vs Super Brian
Akoss Poo vs Zak McKracken
Chulk vs Gutix
Duplode vs AbuRaf 70
Round 4 - Lamborghini LM002
Zak McKracken vs CTG
Gutix vs Akoss Poo (USC 2004/05 feeling)
AbuRaf 70 vs Chulk
Super Brian vs Duplode
Round 5 - Melange XGT-88
CTG vs Akoss Poo (a real prestige match with one of our favorite cars)
Chulk vs Duplode
Gutix vs AbuRaf 70
Super Brian vs Zak McKracken
Round 6 - Lamborghini Countach
AbuRaf 70 vs CTG
Super Brian vs Akoss Poo
Zak McKracken vs Chulk
Gutix vs Duplode (kind of duel I'm really waiting for)
Round 7 - Porsche March Indy
Duplode vs CTG (revenge for Montreal?)
Akoss Poo vs Chulk
Zak McKracken vs Gutix
AbuRaf 70 vs Super Brian
Quote from: CTG on February 22, 2010, 09:54:14 PM
No poll about cars, just following the traditions:
Correct, and racing the LM002 after all these years of USx is a good idea too.
Quote from: CTG on February 23, 2010, 12:00:43 AM
Round 2 - Chevrolet Corvette
(...)
Akoss Poo vs Duplode (past vs present)
I am eagerly awaiting for this one already... ;) :)
Quote from: CTG on February 22, 2010, 11:59:30 PM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on February 22, 2010, 11:44:07 PM
Come on, you should change that. Gutix vs Duplode in Round 2 kills the excitement.
Okay, 2nd <---> 6th round sounds better.
;D And BTW...
Quote from: CTG on February 23, 2010, 12:00:43 AM
Round 6 - Lamborghini Countach
(...)
Gutix vs Duplode (kind of duel I'm really waiting for)
...the car is the most appropriate for this match as a whole.
Quote from: CTG on February 23, 2010, 12:00:43 AM
Round 7 - Porsche March Indy
Duplode vs CTG (revenge for Montreal?)
You bet! :P ;D
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Round 1 - Porsche 962 IMSA
Duplode vs Zak McKracken
No way.
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Round 2 - Chevrolet Corvette
AbuRaf 70 vs Zak McKracken
My weakest car perhaps. We'll see
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Round 3 - Lancia Delta Integrale (SA and Euro Cup)
Akoss Poo vs Zak McKracken
Akoss's favourite car.... bad luck. But his skills are rusty :)
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Round 4 - Lamborghini LM002
Zak McKracken vs CTG
I'll give you a hard time here!
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Round 5 - Melange XGT-88
Super Brian vs Zak McKracken
Again a bad car for me. Will not be easy to bear Brian, depends on the track (manual vs. auto)
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Round 6 - Lamborghini Countach
Zak McKracken vs Chulk
OK, that's lucky. Chulk usually beats me, but hey, that's my car! :)
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Round 7 - Porsche March Indy
Zak McKracken vs Gutix
No way #2
3-5 victories for me...
Prepare for the start - Monday... ;)
The first track's map - quite an easy one for warm-up with P962... ;)
Quick update of the site, don't expect any new stuff. Just the usual frames crap... ;D
Track name: Athens
Car: Porsche 962 IMSA
Deadline: 14th March 2010, midnight
Predicted winning time: 44.00
Difficulty: 2/5
Try it! ;)
So Gutix is expected to be a podiumer for sure (7/7).
Quote from: CTG on February 28, 2010, 10:32:04 PM
So Gutix is expected to be a podiumer for sure (7/7).
The only sure thing right now ;D I would add that the line-up for this third USL is very interesting and will give a distinctive feel to the contest :)
Gutix seems to be really fast...
Quote from: CTG on March 07, 2010, 10:08:33 PM
Gutix seems to be really fast...
Its easy when you find the right shortcuts ;)
Ooops, I should not have to say that
I think as for a pipsqueak, I am the veteran (joined a competition: March 2000) instead of AbuRaf.
I would rather consider the number of finished racetracks. A veteran is someone with a lot of experience in something -> more races = more experience = "more veteran"
And AbuRaf is 7x years old. ;D
Replay sent ;)
Tengo 76 años, desde el mes de enero...
Exciting finish is expected and maybe 42.xx as winning time.
Results updated, unconfirmed (expecting some weird mailing system issues, it will be official in the morning).
But new track is here, enjoy! ;)
Track name: Minsk
Designer: Akoss Poo
Car: Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
Predicted winning time: 55.00
Difficulty: 3/5
Deadline: 28th March 2010, midnight
0.20 lost at the final banked corner... :-X In any case, this was a nice start to the contest. And I am very motivated for racing against Akoss :)
Result confirmed, Congratulations To Gutix (hahaha, who found this linguistic joke few years ago?)!
Quote from: CTG on March 15, 2010, 10:22:25 AM
Result confirmed, Congratulations To Gutix (hahaha, who found this linguistic joke few years ago?)!
Lingüistic joke made in Krys Toff
Well, I was crappy with IMSA and couldn't improve but at least I won my match. This one is with my best car (I think) so expect more form me.
Quote from: Chulk on March 15, 2010, 06:22:58 PM
Well, I was crappy with IMSA and couldn't improve but at least I won my match. This one is with my best car (I think) so expect more form me.
First round evaluation:
strong points: car, opponent beatability
weak points: racing after 2 years of break, track design
Second round hopes:
strong points: my track design
weak points: car, opponent beatability
I've just sent my first lap out of the pit.
Duplode vs Poo is a big 1. ;D
News: it seems I won't be here in Budapest at the weekend, coming back only on Monday. Deadline of Minsk is delayed to 29th March, midnight.
I'm going for the final lap tonight... ;)
Quote from: Duplode on March 28, 2010, 08:34:37 PM
I'm going for the final lap tonight... ;)
me, too ;)
Quote from: Akoss Poo on March 29, 2010, 08:37:06 AM
Quote from: Duplode on March 28, 2010, 08:34:37 PM
I'm going for the final lap tonight... ;)
me, too ;)
What a surprise: me too. ;D Even if Akoss Poo is not my opponent, I want to kick his shitty ass. (the mega hot chick from the train knows that you pooped!!! :P)
Quote from: CTG on March 29, 2010, 03:29:12 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on March 29, 2010, 08:37:06 AM
Quote from: Duplode on March 28, 2010, 08:34:37 PM
I'm going for the final lap tonight... ;)
me, too ;)
What a surprise: me too. ;D Even if Akoss Poo is not my opponent, I want to kick his shitty ass. (the mega hot chick from the train knows that you pooped!!! :P)
ANYÁD!!! Btw is the deadline intentionally one hour later (due to the summer time) than midnight? That is important! :)
it depends: when will you go to bed? :P ;D
Since this question just appeared (totally forgot about the summer time setup), let's say the deadline is when the countdown finished (01:00 in Hungarian time).
New track in the evening, I had no time and energy to build one.
The last hour helped me, I had a time above 59 at midnight. :) I managed to do the loopcut at around 0:40 CET, improving my time from 58.75 to 58.00 with it. Personally I really liked racing my own track, except for the bridge-sharp corner-chicane part before the boulevard... The final result and table: oh, damn... at least I should have beat Gutix's time...
Congrats top6, really tight battle. :)
My first USL round victory, finally! it took too damn long :) Amazing race, folks - racing like that is the best way to propel the motivation of your fellow pipsqueaks. Congratulations to all and specially to Akoss for his exceptionally effective track design.
It seems
-I made a very good start
-decent first slide jump
-decent sharp corner/chicane combination+banked road jumps
-mediocre pipe slide jump (a bit too much break, landing location not perfect)
-very good double corner (great leaving speed)
-transmission error at the final straight... ::) ??? >:( :( :-\
Quote from: Akoss Poo on March 30, 2010, 10:30:27 AM
-transmission error at the final straight... ::) ??? >:( :( :-\
It also happened at Roznava... :P
Site update with new track: soon.
The competition manager is very very lazy...
Quote from: Akoss Poo on April 03, 2010, 09:26:32 AM
The competition manager is very very lazy...
Very busy and damned tired.
Quote from: CTG on April 03, 2010, 10:28:24 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on April 03, 2010, 09:26:32 AM
The competition manager is very very lazy...
Very busy and damned tired.
That is no excuse/reason. F*ck you!
Chulk, Zak: don't forget to race!
My racing session is scheduled for tomorrow, around lunch time. Don't know how good my racing mood will be by then, let's see how it goes :)
RED ALERT: CHULK, DON'T FORGET TO SEND YOUR REPLAY!!!
Time is up, my replay is here (to avoid Akoss' crying).
Update and new track: in the afternoon/evening, gotta sleep now.
Catch This, Gutix! :D (sorry, couldn't leave it out)
Congrats to everybody, where are you Chulk?
Site updated, try the new track!
...which is here:
Track name: Tomsk
Designer: CTG
Car: Lamborghini LM002
Difficulty: 2/5
Predicted winning time: 57.50
Deadline: 25th April 2010, midnight
New track looks nice. At least it will be fun to race on it, unlike the previous one.
Sorry I missed last track... I wasn't around the forum and as I didn't get the track to my usual hotmail address I thought it was delayed for some reason I didn't know for not being around the forum. And as I only check gmail account when I KNOW races are going on, I didnt check that either or else I would have realized raced had started... SORRY AGAIN!
PS: I voted for CTG 2, Poo 0 for 5th round. I have the feeling Duplode and me will pull a great show there, right pal?
Quote from: Chulk on April 13, 2010, 05:38:38 PM
I have the feeling Duplode and me will pull a great show there, right pal?
It's SDR time... :) Well, I'll do my best ;)
About the poll: CTG 2, Poo 1 is the most realistic, since CTG beat Poo in all the previous 3 tracks, while on all the previous 3 tracks, Poo beat all the opponents who are destined to lose in this round (this destination is again based on the previous 3 tracks). 8)
I voted for CTG 0, Poo 3 just to annoy CTG... but I wonder how the others thought about their vote. :o
Btw come on, Chulk, I'm crazily waiting for this battle for that 1 pt. :)
My vote is CTG-Poo 2-1. Hopefully 3-0. ;D :P
My vote: CTG 2, Poo 0
Perhaps these results encourage to Akoss to beat ctg :o
Wow... so much about 5th round when 4th is still half-way! (BTW, I'm working on a replay right now). I don't remember such great expectations for a track except z100...
Site update in the evening, sorry... I'm quite busy these days.
Quote from: CTG on April 16, 2010, 04:53:42 PM
Site update in the evening, sorry... I'm quite busy these days.
Again... (I'm at work now)
Quote from: CTG on April 20, 2010, 05:21:39 PM
Quote from: CTG on April 16, 2010, 04:53:42 PM
Site update in the evening, sorry... I'm quite busy these days.
Again... (I'm at work now)
Bah, tomorrow... :-\
Quote from: CTG on April 20, 2010, 09:58:57 PM
Quote from: CTG on April 20, 2010, 05:21:39 PM
Quote from: CTG on April 16, 2010, 04:53:42 PM
Site update in the evening, sorry... I'm quite busy these days.
Again... (I'm at work now)
Bah, tomorrow... :-\
In that case I will provide you at least a listfiller to cheer you up a bit :)
I will send a listfiller to if it helps...
Thanks. But the problem is different: I'm really busy these days, spending only 1-1.5 hours online (/day), 80 percent of it is gone by chatting with girls (I mean a certain girl ;D), the other 20 is my official mailing. On the other hand I'm ill again (Chulk: "something is wrong with your immune system"), having terrible pain in my neck when turning my head (probably I can't stand the strong air conditioning in the lab) - that also keeps me away from the internet.
And of course I'm still at work.
Finally updated.
Quote from: CTG on April 21, 2010, 05:41:12 PM
On the other hand I'm ill again (Chulk: "something is wrong with your immune system")
I insist...
Quote from: CTG on April 21, 2010, 10:19:37 PM
Finally updated.
Something is wrong with my mailing system...
Quote from: Chulk on April 23, 2010, 05:32:40 AMSomething is wrong with my mailing system...
No rpl from you. Where did you send it - freemail or hotmail?
The usual riverkiller one. I'm not home right now and I won't be until monday morning so I don't have my .rpl here to send again. In case it doesn't arrive, I have sent you my time via PM.
Despite the silence it's been a very hard race thus far... and Brian definitely deserves at least a point from it (and probably more! :o although I am still committed to trying to avoid that).
Quote from: Chulk on April 25, 2010, 01:18:27 AM
The usual riverkiller one. I'm not home right now and I won't be until monday morning so I don't have my .rpl here to send again. In case it doesn't arrive, I have sent you my time via PM.
Chulk: I didn't get. :-\ I trust in your result told via PM but please send it as soon as possible!
Brian: I will race 'till the deadline. One third of the lap to go...
Ideal scenario for me right now: Akoss wins the round and Gutix doesn't improve his time...
Quote from: Duplode on April 25, 2010, 11:42:32 PM
Brian: I will race 'till the deadline. One third of the lap to go...
Ideal scenario for me right now: Akoss wins the round and Gutix doesn't improve his time...
My final time is 47.85, replay at midnight.
And the new track, place of the future heroic (?) Poo vs CTG battle.
Track name: Kashiwa
Designer: CTG
Car: Melange XGT-88
Difficulty: 4/5
Predicted winning time: 1:02.00
Deadline: 9th May 2010, 23:59
as promised
Official results: as soon as I get Chulk's replay (latest: in the evening).
One thing is sure: surprise just happened, one of the great aces stayed without point in this round...
oh, deadline already passed? damn.
Quote from: CTG on April 26, 2010, 01:02:15 AM
One thing is sure: surprise just happened, one of the great aces stayed without point in this round...
Am I a great ace or could I manage to get (at least) a point? ::)
Quote from: CTG on April 26, 2010, 08:25:47 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on April 26, 2010, 12:19:06 PM
Am I a great ace...?
No. ;D :P
LOL point for me? How? :D :D :D
Btw we'll see in this round if I'm the ace against you or I'm just a respectful skilled driver who lost against the RH machine. :P
BÖFF!
Quote from: Akoss Poo on April 26, 2010, 08:36:41 PM
Btw we'll see in this round if I'm the ace against you or I'm just a respectful skilled driver who lost against the RH machine. :P
3rd option: you are too weak to beat me. :P
Well, to put it bluntly: in order to win this thing I "just" need three overall victories. Or, in what may be a more likely scenario, win rounds 6 and 7 and, in Kashiwa, defeat Chulk and pray for CTG and Akoss' motivating insults against each other being effective enough to make one of them beat Gutix.
And about Brian: Heaven's sake, he should be fighting for ZakStunts victories already. At this point, I am almost feeling like asking Cork for a temporary unpaid leave only so I can convince him that he really really should switch to manual gears, even if it "only" seems to mean one or two seconds per lap.
Amazing result by Brian! He should really change to Manual Gears and fight for podiums in Zakstunts. CONGRATS BRIAN!!!
@CTG: Replay sent, it was a second faster than I remembered, so validation is up to you.
Quote from: Chulk on April 27, 2010, 02:15:55 PM
@CTG: Replay sent, it was a second faster than I remembered, so validation is up to you.
Since you had better time than AbuRaf - he could know about your 1:01.60 from USL site - I'm going to keep 1:01.60 on the scoreboard of Tomsk.
Finally, I managed to download that damned Melange from somewhere (IMSA Cup web site... shameful that I couldn't found it elsewhere). After some training laps with Jaguar on Tuesday, I drove two laps with the Melange without sound and replay handling today (auto gears) - so the race has begun. (The better lap of those two was 1:21.60.)
CTG MUST DIE!!! ;D
Quote from: Akoss Poo on April 30, 2010, 12:07:34 PM
Finally, I managed to download that damned Melange from somewhere (IMSA Cup web site... shameful that I couldn't found it elsewhere).
It is provided as a stand-alone download at the Southern Cross website (http://scr.stunts.hu/mods.php), though I agree it is not exactly a well-marketed and popular service :)
Quote from: Duplode on April 30, 2010, 04:35:29 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on April 30, 2010, 12:07:34 PM
Finally, I managed to download that damned Melange from somewhere (IMSA Cup web site... shameful that I couldn't found it elsewhere).
It is provided as a stand-alone download at the Southern Cross website (http://scr.stunts.hu/mods.php), though I agree it is not exactly a well-marketed and popular service :)
I had the same problem to find the Melange. Finally I found it at USC site
Quote from: Akoss Poo on April 30, 2010, 12:07:34 PM
CTG MUST DIE!!! ;D
Poo will send his first lap in the very last minute (I really mean next week's Sunday, 23:59) if he feels the chance to beat me (he has no chance anyway). If not... well, he'll just stay away and cry about cheating or telling he doesn't care about Stunts at all. COWARD! I will beat out the crap from you!!! :P
Quote from: CTG on April 30, 2010, 09:15:37 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on April 30, 2010, 12:07:34 PM
CTG MUST DIE!!! ;D
Poo will send his first lap in the very last minute (I really mean next week's Sunday, 23:59) if he feels the chance to beat me (he has no chance anyway). If not... well, he'll just stay away and cry about cheating or telling he doesn't care about Stunts at all. COWARD! I will beat out the crap from you!!! :P
I'm playing (I have a 1:07.60 lap at the moment), and I'll send my rpl 23:59 CET on Sunday. I want to know your time in that moment exactly.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on May 04, 2010, 11:10:03 AM
Quote from: CTG on April 30, 2010, 09:15:37 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on April 30, 2010, 12:07:34 PM
CTG MUST DIE!!! ;D
Poo will send his first lap in the very last minute (I really mean next week's Sunday, 23:59) if he feels the chance to beat me (he has no chance anyway). If not... well, he'll just stay away and cry about cheating or telling he doesn't care about Stunts at all. COWARD! I will beat out the crap from you!!! :P
I'm playing (I have a 1:07.60 lap at the moment), and I'll send my rpl 23:59 CET on Sunday. I want to know your time in that moment exactly.
I'm going to write that 1:07.60 on the scoreboard. :P
Btw if Poo is telling the truth, I guess he's going to play as much as never before...
Quote from: CTG on May 04, 2010, 07:05:08 PM
I'm going to write that 1:07.60 on the scoreboard. :P
You didn't... BTW, warmup lap sent, done in about 15 mins. I promise to improve!
Seems like I have my final lap (better than 1:05.80). Not the lack of time, not the lack of motivation, just my left eye is in pain. I give 70 percent on Poo's victory now.
ZAK : WHERE ARE YOU AGAIN???
My replay... results: in the evening.
Congratulations, ehh... hard fought battle, I spent the most time on this track so far since my return.
Though there was no Ayrton, and maybe he's a different class from everybody else... I'm relieved, the golden era generation is equally good related to the current one.
Provisional results:
1 CTG 1:03.90
2 Gutix 1:04.00
3 Akoss Poo 1:04.10
Though it's a league, I'm always considering these tracks as a normal one.
I'm waiting for an USC or a competition like the old USC after this league.
Congrats to the podiumers and the non-podiumers. ;)
C o u n t a c h t i m e ! ! !
Track name: Tampa
Track designer: CTG
Car: Lamborghini Countach
Difficulty: 4/5
Predicted winning time: 1:00.00
Deadline: 23th May 2010, midnight
Quote from: Akoss Poo on May 10, 2010, 12:28:32 AM
I'm relieved, the golden era generation is equally good related to the current one.
Did you ever really had doubts about that? For instance, after I established myself as a "top" driver I never thought that comparing the pairs Akoss Poo / CTG and Mark L. Rivers / Duplode could result in anything but a quadruple draw :)
---
As for the championship, I am obviously in trouble. Considering the availability of best loser bonus points and how my advantage in time difference has now evaporated I have little option but to get two overall victories. Given the current state of affairs, though, I will read the
lucky victory I just scraped against Chulk as a sign - and will fight to death.
@CTG: I sent you my usual Monday opening replay already... did you receive it? (I'm asking because I'm not trusting my mail delivery entirely as of late)
Quote from: Duplode on May 13, 2010, 07:33:09 PM
@CTG: I sent you my usual Monday opening replay already... did you receive it? (I'm asking because I'm not trusting my mail delivery entirely as of late)
Yes, but I'm quite busy... Sorry. I have 1:04.65 anyway. If anybody wants to take the lead.
Quote from: CTG on May 13, 2010, 09:32:36 PM
Quote from: Duplode on May 13, 2010, 07:33:09 PM
@CTG: I sent you my usual Monday opening replay already... did you receive it? (I'm asking because I'm not trusting my mail delivery entirely as of late)
Yes, but I'm quite busy... Sorry. I have 1:04.65 anyway. If anybody wants to take the lead.
Update: tonight. I'm really sorry about the delay - life of a working man sucks. :D
Zak, Chulk: again... come on!
Quote from: CTG on May 23, 2010, 08:25:58 AM
Zak, Chulk: again... come on!
8 pipsqueaks on the track for sure. :)
To be fair: my final time is 1:00.65.
Well, Duplode lost the chance to win the league. ::)
Next and last race is coming...
Track name: Monza
Designer: CTG
Car: Porsche March Indy (what else in the last round...)
Difficulty: 3.5/5
Predicted winning time: 58.00
Deadline: 6th June 2010, midnight
Quote from: CTG on May 24, 2010, 12:13:23 PM
Well, Duplode lost the chance to win the league. ::)
Yay, keeping my tradition of flopping in special events! ::)
Don't think it's over though, I have two good reasons to motivate myself for the final round:
1. Beating CTG (I miss an adequate smiley for that)
2. Defeating a ZakStunts champion in a direct USL match for the first time.
Oh, by the way: I
demand that Akoss reverts his decision of skipping the last round. I didn't threaten anything of the sort after losing to Brian, which more than anything else may have costed me the title (not just because of the two points, but also for a couple notches of determination being lost due to the standings and so on)
Quote from: Duplode on May 24, 2010, 04:08:31 PM
1. Beating CTG (I miss an adequate smiley for that)
I'm quite a "popular" opponent from the aspect of rivals' motivation level: lowest sum time of opponents in 2008 and in the current event, too.
Quote from: CTG on May 24, 2010, 07:47:36 PM
Quote from: Duplode on May 24, 2010, 04:08:31 PM
1. Beating CTG (I miss an adequate smiley for that)
I'm quite a "popular" opponent from the aspect of rivals' motivation level: lowest sum time of opponents in 2008 and in the current event, too.
Interesting statistic. But of course there is another important factor which is whether you have your weak opponents on difficult/long tracks or short/easy tracks. Still, I think your conclusion is reasonable.
Monza is a track for real pipsqueaks :) In most cases I tend to embarass myself when racing in pure, flat tracks - specially when my motivation is not very stable - but I actually liked this one quite a lot. ;)
I'm still out of motivation, though I'm still trying to gain back my motivation pills... My weekend seems to be a free one, but I'm not planning to participate in the closing round. CTG knew how to keep me off stunts racing again the shortest way after luring me back some months ago.
This can only happen in a CTG championship, this can only "happen" to a team-mate of CTG, and this can only "happen" to me...
Yes, Super Brian had the right to do his best, but it's his (and YOUR, CTG) only explanation on the case. And being legal and being fair, the two expressions are very far from each other.
After driving a time which was impossible to be beaten with automatic transmission, I travelled to Debrecen for the closing months (weekend) to have a rest and a party with a friend of mine. Of course CTG knew that probably I wouldn't improve my time. And what happens? Super Brian, CTG's team-mate (very important to emphasize this), by using automatic transmission for the very first time in the league, just beats me, while I'm away (after being relieved with a driven time impossible to be beaten with auto trm.). There were tracks which were also hard to compete with auto transmission, there were opponents which would have been able to be beaten by Super Brian with manual transmission, but Super Brian insisted on driving auto trm. against them. And by the "help" of my eternal rival, CTG (who even showed on the USL site that it's not suitable to reach a fair result on this track with auto trm.), Super Brian changed his mind. Exactly this time, exactly in this league, exactly against me, exactly by being CTG's team-mate.
Okay, my time was crap (though I knew it's perfectly enough against auto trm.). But if Super Brian (and YES, YOU, CTG) had been fair and consequent (the same enthusiasm and transmission against each opponent), I would have won this battle.
I didn't have the motivation even to write this comment, but I wanted to tell this before the league closes.
Because of these, I'm not about to drive in a CTG competition for a while.
BÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!
ZakStunts welcomes every disappointed pipsqueak :)
As I told before: typical Poo crying. Learn how to lose - it happened 4 times from 6... :P
Bad news: after an unlucky "accident" (hitting the wall with anger because of the loud and retarded neighbours) my right wrist injured seriously, it's probably broken. It means 1:01.40 is my final time on Monza... Sorry DUP, I wanted to fight with you. Now it seems I can't... :-\ >:(
Edit: I'll give a short try... :)
Quote from: CTG on June 05, 2010, 10:23:02 AM
As I told before: typical Poo crying. Learn how to lose - it happened 4 times from 6... :P
When one doesn't have a good reason to explain why the other is wrong (because he's right), the person reacts this way. CTG, if you had stayed shutted up, it would have been a wiser decision.
No replay from me, as I told.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 06, 2010, 08:10:31 PM
Quote from: CTG on June 05, 2010, 10:23:02 AM
As I told before: typical Poo crying. Learn how to lose - it happened 4 times from 6... :P
When one doesn't have a good reason to explain why the other is wrong (because he's right), the person reacts this way. CTG, if you had stayed shutted up, it would have been a wiser decision.
No replay from me, as I told.
Still typical... ;D
Improving but still not enough. My wrist is in ruins.
Sorry about your stupid neighbours (been there already...) and wrist, CTG. Even under such circumstances I still think you will win this final match. In any case, I am driving a bit right now - nothing serious, just cleaning Parabolica a bit...
Like in the latest rounds: my final lap.
Update: in the evening.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 04, 2010, 08:28:45 PM
I'm still out of motivation, though I'm still trying to gain back my motivation pills... My weekend seems to be a free one, but I'm not planning to participate in the closing round. CTG knew how to keep me off stunts racing again the shortest way after luring me back some months ago.
This can only happen in a CTG championship, this can only "happen" to a team-mate of CTG, and this can only "happen" to me...
Yes, Super Brian had the right to do his best, but it's his (and YOUR, CTG) only explanation on the case. And being legal and being fair, the two expressions are very far from each other.
After driving a time which was impossible to be beaten with automatic transmission, I travelled to Debrecen for the closing months (weekend) to have a rest and a party with a friend of mine. Of course CTG knew that probably I wouldn't improve my time. And what happens? Super Brian, CTG's team-mate (very important to emphasize this), by using automatic transmission for the very first time in the league, just beats me, while I'm away (after being relieved with a driven time impossible to be beaten with auto trm.). There were tracks which were also hard to compete with auto transmission, there were opponents which would have been able to be beaten by Super Brian with manual transmission, but Super Brian insisted on driving auto trm. against them. And by the "help" of my eternal rival, CTG (who even showed on the USL site that it's not suitable to reach a fair result on this track with auto trm.), Super Brian changed his mind. Exactly this time, exactly in this league, exactly against me, exactly by being CTG's team-mate.
Okay, my time was crap (though I knew it's perfectly enough against auto trm.). But if Super Brian (and YES, YOU, CTG) had been fair and consequent (the same enthusiasm and transmission against each opponent), I would have won this battle.
I didn't have the motivation even to write this comment, but I wanted to tell this before the league closes.
Because of these, I'm not about to drive in a CTG competition for a while.
BÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!
I cannot see why it's important to mention that I am CTG's teammate. Of course I understand your critique, but we haven't send replays to each other in the team in almost a year if that's what you're trying to say - And we haven't even spoke about the USL-competition. It wouldn't make sense either, because there are no team-standings!!
Furthermore I did not know that you were away that weekend, I just tried to beat your time so I could gain some more points. Despite of some pipsqueaks I do not always race for winning the whole track, I also race for secondary positions because of a statestic of my pipsqueak-profile which I update after every race.
- For instance it was the first time out of eight encountings between us, that I won.
So this was one motivation, and the other one was not ending up in the worst position, and I realised that I would very well do that if I didn't switch to manual gears. I also think it is important to emphazise that it wasn't the first time I have driven the Countach with manual transmission. I have done that plenty of times contrary to other cars, because the Countach sucks with auto trm. (Actually I drive manual trm - Countach in Zakstunts right now)!
So I think you have completely misjudged the result. It wasn't personal, it was mainly because of the car that I switched.
updated...
Como reza el dicho: "Todo lo que tiene un comienzo, tiene un final"...
Entonces, USL de CTG, no pudo escapar a la regla, y hoy tocó a su fin una linda competencia.
Como era también de esperar, yo tenía muy pocas posibilidades de ganar alguna de las batallas, ya que aquí corren los mejores pilotos del Stunts. Pero, afortunadamente, la casualidad quiso que mi oponente sea SuperBrian y con el March Indy, el auto que más me gusta manejar, y esta vez me ha tocado ganarle, a pesar de que últimamente me es muy difícil conseguirlo, ya que ha mejorado muchísimo...
Y que decir de Gutix... Un gran Maestro, por supuesto... impresionante el tiempo conseguido en Monza, "destruyendo" todos los relojes... además, de ser el Gran Campeón... FELICITACIONES PARA EL....!!!
Felicitaciones que hago extensivas para CTG, por la excelente organización del USL 2010... esperamos que se repita pronto....
And so another nice tournament is finished... in the bigger scheme of things, this USL further highlighted Gutix, who recovered the current #1 pipsqueak status, and SuperBrian, the up-and-coming star. As for myself... well, the truth is that right now I am in too much of a peaceful and non-competitive mood to truly care about "revenge" on Gutix (for ISM 2010) or CTG (for USL 2008). Part of me thinks I could have done a little better in other circumstances, but probably not considering the performances of Gutix and CTG. At least I won a round this time, that alone makes me happy :) You can count on me being around for the next USx, joining yet another colourful roster of pipsqueaks...
P.S.: I can't close this message without congratulating AbuRaf for his very cool victory over Brian on the final round ;)
Muchas gracias, Duplode...
Ok, guys. First of all, Congrats to Gutix! Well done Champ!!! Now, I want to apologise for not racing this last race, but the truth is I felt discriminated because Akoss raced against every other pipsqueak and decided not to do it against me... Nah, just kidding. I had a very strong flu and have been in bed with constant headache and around 39º fever for the last 10 days, so obviously I couldn't race.
Hope to be in nexzt content and have a better performance (University, Work, Illness and Death where around more than usual this last few moths).
I apologise AGAIN, specially to CTG for being the organizer of the event.
the important thing is that you are feeling better now - welcome back!
You mustn't apologize: health is the very first - everything else is secondary.