Doubles Ladder (Official)

[Vartazian]

RESULT Winner = Folie Ã* deux
SCORES

Folie Ã* deux : 201
CoVarianz: 167

After a Horrible thrashing recieved from Folie Ã* deux and an absolutely embarassing performance by CoVarianz, Folie Ã* deux came out on top.

The Racer Scores are as follows

TarotcardKiller : 109 AG-Systems
SaturnReturn : 92 Goteki 45
Vartazian : 88 AG - Systems
Connavar : 79 EGX

[Connavar]

Just to add, I played correctly I think, but most of the pads were Vista'd here,
in the first 15 races! So I almost had no weapon => no turbo, quakes, rockets,
and more importantly maybe, almost nothing to recharge my shields!
(and BR worked fine so ... even worse)

Might just be lag because I took some pads 1st but the ship behind had the
weapon then shot me...

How can I expect to win anything under those conditions? :(

[JJPAP]

RESULT:

Enthropic Decay vs. Holy ***king Arsebandits

Enthropic Decay: 164 points
Holy ***king Arsebandits: 204 points

Congrats to Haydn and Hellfire :clap

Well, if Hell is like this match, I want to stay alive a little bit longer!
We were spanked, that´s it. It was hotter than Zoth´s sauna in there, I tell you.
The Bug doing 1.45.?? on Sol2! Cheers!
Hellfire, even hungover, doing good through almost every 16 tracks!
Well, been there - done that. Now figure-skating for the rest of the spring ...
Thanks for the match Bandits :dizzy

See you

[yeldar2097]

looks like OBH has his eye in...
cheers for the update JJPAP :D

[SaturnReturn]

Match Result:

Aerodynamic vs Folie Ã* deux

Folie Ã* deux: 206
Aerodynamic: 162

TCK is man of the match again with 110 points.

Thanks for playing guys. Was much fun.

P.S. Against CoVarianz, we only got 201 points. I think we both added up wrong at first. Oops!

[stinkleroy]

You well and truly kicked our behinds. A desrved win.

Good fun all the same. Thanks guys :)

[OBH]

great fun last night JJPAP, Zoth & Hellfire.

I look forward to a rematch :)

[ericd7]

Hi everyone.:)
With Fgdk we would like to participate to doubles ladder.
I'm new on wipeoutzone, my name is eric and i live in paris.
Escuse me if it's not the right place to do that, i didn't find a thread for presentation.
We'll choose a name for our team soon, Fgdk is waiting for complete his registration.
See you soon online.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Hey there, I've raced you and fgdk quite a few times :)

Good team there, should spice things up a bit!

[OBH]

deffinitley. both very fast. thought both you were clone psns of someone else! :beer welcome aboard.

[JJPAP]

Upcoming Match:

Enthropic Decay vs. Folie Ã* deux

Sunday the 17th of may - 21.00 GMT

[OBH]

Anyone fancy a race against myself and hellfire? :) first race was a barrel of laughs, well up for another one.

[TarotCardKiller]

Results of Enthropic Decay vs. Folie Ã* deux.

Folie a duex won.

edit: 212 - 156

[yeldar2097]

cheers boss.

now then, can someone please beat folie? they're running away with it :P

[OBH]

Will do :) hehe

Not totally sure when, but Ericd7m + fgdk would like to race me and hellfire. Thatll be a great race :)

[yeldar2097]

i'll whack it up as TBC :D

HFA Vs. FaD would be awesome :P

IDEA
I just had an idea, feel free to shoot it down in flames but it might help to get the ball rolling (as goes teams that haven't played any matches so far) :
how about arranging a 'doubles weekend' during which we could have lots of matches between different teams. not a tournament as such but just arrange a round-robin type affair?
i know that a few pairs will doubtless be unavailable but nevertheless i think it could be good fun.

any takers?

[stinkleroy]

Sounds like a plan yeldar! :D

[Hellfire_WZ]

Now that would be a laugh :)

[kaori]

Good idea yeldar!
We must to determinate a date!

[TarotCardKiller]

I think the idea of a doubles weekend would indeed start the fire. I see there are 7 Teams that are still neutral in points. I'm sure setting a date would get things spurred.

I had an other idea that might sound interesting (Idk if its been said already). During or around the time of the WOWC, there can be a doubles "ladder" tournament. You can pick beans out of hat or something to determine which teams race; it would be like the Superbowl less the commercials.

[SaturnReturn]

I think Folie Ã* deux is going to take a bit of a break to pursue solo projects. Once some other teams have played more matches we'll come back stronger than ever. Either that or we'll be completely out of practice and get our arse and ass kicked by everyone. We shall see. But TCK and I have both mentioned taking a bit of a break from doubles after this weekend just gone. It's healthy for our ("not in that way") relationship :D

[KGB]

i'll whack it up as TBC :D

HFA Vs. FaD would be awesome :P

IDEA
I just had an idea, feel free to shoot it down in flames but it might help to get the ball rolling (as goes teams that haven't played any matches so far) :
how about arranging a 'doubles weekend' during which we could have lots of matches between different teams. not a tournament as such but just arrange a round-robin type affair?
i know that a few pairs will doubtless be unavailable but nevertheless i think it could be good fun.

any takers?

Yeah great idea Yeldar, although i did suggest doing something like this somewhere in this thread :P

[yeldar2097]

sure you did kgb, sure you did :P

(probably why i thought of it in the first place ;))

[KGB]

Ha!

http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5908&page=11

How sad am I, I actually found it in the original thread for doubles. Post 108 :g

[SaturnReturn]

Yeldar often conveniently forgets where ideas came from :p Not that I'm jealous at the success and praise he gets for this after the few doubles games I tried to set up failed epicly months ago, or anything. (I'm so jealous :()

[yeldar2097]

:clap fair enough mandem

although i was thinking more along the lines of multiple 2v2 races as opposed to 2v2v2v2. that said....i think i feel a MASSIVE event coming on, with BOTH 2v2 and 2v2v2v2 :D

it will be massive, trust

@saturn: i'm pretty sure i credited you at the very beginning, it was the best/least i could do.
at least the idea has come to fruition and people are enjoying it (at least i hope they are...)
that reminds me; thanks again to everyone for joining in, wouldn't have been possible without you :D
my first and last ever thanksgiving speech :lol

[SaturnReturn]

I know you did from your point of view and mine. I think others missed it though so I was a bit gutted. Anyway, Feisar31 has really made it with the whole ladder thing and rules (which I try to uphold where possible, and when I remember them). So most credit goes to him for that side and to you for the upkeep. But just for the record, I'll always be a little jealous :p

[yeldar2097]

true, it was pretty much all feisar31, a true unsung hero of the doubles world :D

[Feisar31]

Nah, I just helped with the beginning stuff; you're the one running the show (and doing a good job of it too). :banzai

I like the Doubles weekend idea as well. I have been taking a little break from Wipeout but I'm sure I'll be back for that, whenever that might be.

[JJPAP]

Upcoming matches:

Enthropic Decay vs. Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity
Saturday the 23th of may - 19.00 GMT

Enthropic Decay vs. The Flying F**ks
Sunday the 24th of may - 20.00 GMT

Looking forward to it Zoth, OLO, Soc, Mic and DrManne ;)

[mic-dk]

Yeah, after a rather slow start, The Flying F's is open for business!

[yeldar2097]

any results for the match yesterday?
:D

[Zoth-Ommog]

Enthropic Decay vs. Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity

Had to be postponed. Soc was missing in action.

[JJPAP]

Yes, sure. Result: Postponed :|
If anybody sees Soc around, please help him get home safely :eek
Nice chat with OLO and Zoth, though.
Well, it´s another day in WO-Land. Yet another match scheduled today - let´s hope it´ll be a show :o
Edit: Zoth faster than me .......

[Zoth-Ommog]

Photofinish for me :lol

[JJPAP]

RESULT - Enthropic Decay vs. The Flying F**ks

Enthropic Decay 200
The Flying F**ks 168

Big thanks to our good friends Mic and Manne :+

Racing brilliant as always - chatroom hillarious as always.

Greetings from Santa-Zoth and Rastapappy :lol

NB! Still don´t believe your dog-story, Mic! 67 kg! Have to Google ...

[Zoth-Ommog]

It's not a dog.. it's a baby warthog! I'm sure of it! Mic just doesn't know it.. and it's better that he doesn't because it will be 250kg in couple of years! He's monthly income will be spent in feeding of that.. THING :lol

And thanks for the races guys! funny and not so funny mishaps, tight racing and funny chat. Pappy, Mic and Doc you made my night! see you in NS!

[mic-dk]

Haha, I speak the truth and I got the pictures to prove it!
I am, as always, cursed on the reverse tracks, which accounts for our score. Sorry Doc...

The races were thight and a lot of fun. Thanks! This double thing is quite challenging - one cannot just drop mines and bombs pr reflex any more... (again, sorry Doc, although you got me later with machine guns... :lol )

[LOUDandPROUD]

The match that was scheduled for today between Semper Feisar and Aerodynamic had to be postponed. :? I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever get to officially play against Aerodynamic. :lol Anyway, I will make an announcement once we reschedule...

[kaori]

UPCOMING MATCH : tuesday 2th june
Enthropic Decay vs AG-Rapides, 22.00 Paris (GMT+2)

[LOUDandPROUD]

Match Results - Semper Feisar vs Aerodynamic

Aerodynamic - 201
Semper Feisar - 168

Breakdown -

Forward Tracks:

Stinkleroy - 56
TheFrostE - 46
Kanar - 43
LOUDandPROUD - 40

Reverse Tracks:

Kanar - 53
Stinkleroy - 49
LOUDandPROUD - 41
TheFrostE - 41

Totals:

Stinkleroy - 105
Kanar - 96
TheFrostE - 87
LOUDandPROUD - 81

MVP

:clapStinkleroy:clap

Congrats to Aerodynamic! Had a lot of fun! Thanks to all! :)

[kanar]

Damn insomnia here. Stupid red bull can. GG to Semper Feisar, we enjoyed a lot these races. We saved enough energy from mayday to win an awesome, stressing & tied match. Seriously the points don't exactly reflect what happened. Ok Stinkleroy was extremely focused tonight, but I was always near to burn with my fkin 1% shield (all by myself : BRing like hell, for nothing ah ah, dumb racing lines). We definitely looking forward a rematch soon, well, of course we need a rest after last week-end and the endless practice sessions we had these past days... Gah definitely TOO MUCH WIPE OUT. Again, thanks a lot LOUD&PROUD & FrostE. See? I still can't sleep ah ah.

[TheFrostE]

yes, it was my first time in the doubles circuit and i must say it was a blast....even after getting rammed off the track of sol 2 by my teammate AHHH! it was his revenge for me accidently quaking him lol. cant wait for the next challenge.

FrostE out

[mic-dk]

A bit short notice, so I hope I'm forgiven for posting in this thread.

Is anyone up for a match with us (The Flying F**cks) on sunday evening GMT? 2x8 races, 5 laps, Weapons on. PM me.

[stinkleroy]

Yeah awesome times last night guys, was a blast!! Hope to do it again soon :D

Oh yeah and don't worry about team rivalry, my team mate mined me twice hahaha :lol

[kaori]

Thirsday 4th june, 22.00 Paris (GMT+2) : Vanina's Brother vs AG-Rapides

[Hellfire_WZ]

The Flying F*cks vs Holy F*cking Arsebandits

Sunday 31 May at 21:00 GMT

[OBH]

Best take cover boys! Hellfire was RAMPANT last time!! :g

[yeldar2097]

you just wait till asa and i make our comeback (yes that is a challenge :banzai)

[mic-dk]

Oh, man... I guess that's what we get for issuing blanket challenges... :eek

Time to start writing names on my bullets... :)

[DrMannevond]

Thanks Mic for getting us such an easy challenge.:D Here is a graphical representation of how I felt when I saw who we're racing :
:eek :eek :brickwall:cold
And this is how I feel now, after psyching my self up :
:mad::bomb:pirate

[Hellfire_WZ]

RESULT:

Holy F*cking Arsebandits - 216
The Flying F*cks - 152

Thanks to all who played :)

[OBH]

the bandit train keeps rolling on! :)

[mic-dk]

Congratulations to HFA! Strong game!
(yes, we basically got raped...)

I actually set 4 PBs tonight, allthough that may be more telling of my game than yours :)

Thanks for stepping up at rather short notice - if you ever need a team to pad your stats, just give us a call!

[OBH]

HFA Vs fgdk & ericd7m next sunday. hope i can record a few of those, will be very tough :)

it was all about doc bombing you mic :) made me giggle

[mic-dk]

LOL, that happens every time. When the heat is on, reflexes takes over. Besides, he owed me for a missile... ahem... :)

[yeldar2097]

nice work boys, all lovely and up to date :D
now if everyone could follow enthropic decay's example and arrange LOADS of matches that'd be wizard :P

[DrMannevond]

Who, me? Bombing Mic? I didn't do it that many times.. I think. As you said Mic - instincts take over:D
I also distinctly remember eliminating Haydn once. Now that felt goood!:nod

[OBH]

and i distinctly remember a quick stomp around the living room in frustration :)

[kaori]

Tuesday 9th june, 21h30 (Paris GMT+2) :

AG-Rapides vs FriK7 (as I call ericd7m & fgdk)

[OBH]

good luck for that one mate. :) rooting for ya!

[ericd7]

We finally choose a name for our team: Ag racers (no more original than frik7 :) )
I agree for this date and will tell it to fgdk if you didn't do it.

[JJPAP]

RESULT

AG-Rapides 192
Enthropic Decay 176

Big thanks to Kaori and Leungbok for a great night in WO-LAND :D
Take care, these guys use a very nasty tactic: Kaori runs crazy fast on the forward tracks and then Leungbok do the same on the reverse tracks!
And then it´s over. Not fair :P
I´ll definately have some serious nightmares because of a certain quake on Ubermall Forward!

Congrats, mates - See you soon

[leungbok]

lol, don't give everybody our tactic, mate :lol
I'll have nightmares too with those 2 bombs side by side on sol2 :cold
Great races anyway ! :beer

[kaori]

Nice races tonight and lot of fun. I loved Ubermall, I was third behind JJPAP when Zoth-Ommog passed me. But I got a quake, I launch it : I killed Zoth-Ommog, and JJPAP took a wall and exploded!
Thanks to Enthropic Decay!

http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/12/06/70/68/th/sans_t10.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=129&u=12067068)

[leungbok]

Vanina's brothers were hot tonight and we sucked, lol. Huge victory for them ! congrats mates ! :beer

[kaori]

10 wins for Wotan, 6 for Luxoflux. 215 points to 153. (maximum 224...)

http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/12/06/70/68/th/sans_t11.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=130&u=12067068)

[yeldar2097]

Quick question: Should we incorporate the new modes and stuff into this league (like a monopoly of sorts) or should we leave it to others (like KIGO and his eliminator league)?

Personally I'm for the second proposition seeing as it's nice to have big leagues run by different people and peple can choose to compete in whichever leagues they want at any time etc... Not to mention the fact that I'd sort of be hogging the limelight (which I'm sort of doing at the moment (even though feisar31 is the real brains behind this league)).

Nothing urgent, just a thought :D

keep up the good work people :+

[kaori]

I prefer the second too, this league is awesome!

[JJPAP]

Definately agree! Leave it as it is (perfect). Of course the 4/8 new tracks has to be included, but not a prob at all - just 2 x 12 race-tournaments, instead of 2 x 8 race-tournaments = even more fun :p

[LOUDandPROUD]

Agreed! Leave as is!

[yeldar2097]

Glad to know we're all on the same wavelength :D

[Hellfire_WZ]

I'm no longer available this evening, could we postpone for midweek? Shitload of course stuff I need to deal with.

[OBH]

If you cant do it, you cant do it :) No worries. Ill let ericd7m and fgdk know.

[OBH]

We ever gonna arrange a doubles weekend?? We could get loads fo games in!

[yeldar2097]

we most certainly will have a doubles weekend at some stage, i'm in the middle of A-Levels atm but i finish on tuesday so i'll have a think about it then.
in the meant time feel free to suggest dates/arrangements etc...

KAO: Did the match against AG-Racers actually happen?

:D

[ericd7]

Thanks to Leungbok and Kaori for racing toonight, it was great :D.
AG Racers: 201
AG rapides: 167

[kaori]

Good game AG-Racers, be careful, these guys are really fast!

[leungbok]

ouh yeah ! :eek

[kaori]

Results AG Racers vs AG-Rapides : http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=849&d=1244910227
Results Vanina's Brother vs AG-Rapides : http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=820&d=1244388931

[JJPAP]

Enthropic Decay vs. THEREDANDWHITE

Monday the 22th of june - 20.30 GMT

Looking forward to the races, mates :banzai

[eLhabib]

Yep! Bit out of training myself, but it's gonna be a blast anyway!

[eLhabib]

20.30 GMT

Could you please clarify the time? I always get confused with summer time, seeing as UK is GMT+1 now, and Austria is GMT+2. So as of me posting this, it's 18:00 here in Austria, that would mean the Doubles match is 22:30 my time - correct?

[Zoth-Ommog]

21.30 your time. Because given time 20.30 GMT is already +1 by default during the daylight saving period. I don't know if it's the "right" way to deal with it, but imo it prevents confusion this way because you only have to worry about the gap between your country and UK.

[JJPAP]

Zoth is right: 21.30, Austrian time.
World Clock (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/)
See you tonight eLhabib, Amorbis and Zoth :banzai

[eLhabib]

Okay, thanks - see you there!

[SaturnReturn]

21.30 your time. Because given time 20.30 GMT is already +1 by default during the daylight saving period.
I'm not sure that's right Zoth. I think GMT is a datum so always stays the same. So when the UK goes into summer time and clocks roll forward one hour, GMT doesn't go with it. So right now we're not GMT, we're BST (British Summer Time [a.k.a. bull**** time]), which is equivalent to GMT+1, as eLhabib says.

I find the best way is just to say London time, or Paris time, or Vienna time etc. That way someone can type "London time" straight into google and see what the time difference is instantly.

[JJPAP]

RESULT

Enthropic Decay vs. THEREDANDWHITE

Enthropic Decay 163
THEREDANDWHITE 205

Big congrats to Amorbis and eLhabib :clap

We decided on Forward w/ Weps On and Reverse w/ Weps Off.
They kicked our arses w/ Weps On - and severely kicked our arses w/ Weps Off. Good job, mates.
Great fun - in a masochistic kind of way :D

See you ´round Makana Islands

:beer :beer :beer :beer

[Zoth-Ommog]

I'm not sure that's right Zoth. I think GMT is a datum so always stays the same. So when the UK goes into summer time and clocks roll forward one hour, GMT doesn't go with it. So right now we're not GMT, we're BST (British Summer Time [a.k.a. bull**** time]), which is equivalent to GMT+1, as eLhabib says.

Yeah i know GMT stays the same, the way we use it with pappy.. well it's just the way we use it. You misunderstood the point i was saying, ok i did explain it bit poorly but anyway.. by gones.

EDIT:

Gratz to REDANDWHITE, you whooped us good in weapons off. GG's.

[eLhabib]

Thanks for the match, guys - the races were much tighter actually than the score reveals! Great fun!

[Amorbis]

I have to agree with eLhabib, the scores really put ED down on the skill which they had. The races were very close in most cases and very enjoyable. I'd happily do a rematch with you, JJPAP and zoth, at any time and not just because we beat you ;).

eL you were a great team mate, thinking about the team instead of yourself. Too bad I can't really say the same for myself :lol.

[SaturnReturn]

Yeah i know GMT stays the same, the way we use it with pappy.. well it's just the way we use it. You misunderstood the point i was saying, ok i did explain it bit poorly but anyway.. by gones.


Yeah, no worries. I thought maybe that's where you were coming from, but figured I'd make the point about "London time" anyway, just in case it helped anyone else in the future. It does get pretty confusing. Took me a while to figure out the first time.

Anyway, well done THEREDANDWHITE :+ Perhaps me and TCK will have to play you some time soon. Hmm...

[eLhabib]

Looking forward to that - even though we're most likely gonna be frustrated afterwards ;)

[yeldar2097]

any takers on the doubles weekend?

actually, of course there are takers... what i meant was: datesdatesdates? when's good for who? this w/e is a bit short notice and EndGame is the w/e after so i suggest we have it after avalon :D
unless of course you want to coordinate a ridiculous attack on the servers during which people will be popping in and out of avalon/doubles rooms like pixies on speed :dizzy
i'm all for that as well but it might mean having a hideous amount of lag/pad issues. i don't really know to be honest, network bizzle ain't my forte.
hop to it people!

[stinkleroy]

Yes, yes, yes...but no to the same weekend as Avalon as I'm not sure I will have an internet connection then :(

I'm definately up for this though..wish my future wasn't so cloudy, otherwise I would suggest a date :lol

[yeldar2097]

well we definately need you for things to go ahead, wouldn't want to be without aerodynamic now would we?
anyone else got any suggestions? week after avalon? week after that?

[Amorbis]

Avalon is a big event so we should try to steer clear of it if we want as many players as possible to be able to join. I'm sure if Kanar wants to be in the doubles weekend he'd rather not have it very close to Avalon. The week after or the week after that would be fine, but if Cat is unsure about when she'll be able to participate we could wait to see if things become a bit clearer.

The best thing we can do is suggest a date and wait to see if everyone is OK with it.

[yeldar2097]

24/25/26 july?
howsat :P ?

[OBH]

oooh. should be sending ps3 off to be repaired on the 1st of july. with a bit of luck ill be able to get involved :)

[Hellfire_WZ]

Thank god for that, I was worried about missing this ;)

[OBH]

My ps3 will be ready. Even if it means busting out tthe super glue and gaffer tape :)

[Amorbis]

I should be available around late July, 24/25/26 should be fine. There is a month to go so if anything crops up I'll let you know.

I don't know if eL is up for this so I'll have to send him a message too.

[JJPAP]

24/25/26 july?
howsat :P ?

Always a good idea with a Weekend Double :redface:
I´m abroad - so not able to participate, unfortunately.
BUT virtual beers for anyone able to overtake the lead of Enthropic Decay!!!
Match-wise, that is :lol

[eLhabib]

As I just told Amorbis, I might be abroad with my work at that time, but I will know for sure next week.

[Lance]

oooh. should be sending ps3 off to be repaired on the 1st of july. with a bit of luck ill be able to get involved :)


Please let us know how fast they get it back to you. My neighbor sent off his X-box 360 after the RRoD and got it back in a week. It would be good to know how well Sony does.

[yeldar2097]

well if lot's of people can't make it we can shift it to when the new academic year starts (that's how i roll :P)

[blackwiggle]

Or how you have been told to roll.
I remember your fist post about your parents taking away your PS3 for non admittance of a physics paper.

Are your folks still riding you hard?

[yeldar2097]

well if i don't get 5 A's then i'm going to have to find somewhere else to live...

[stinkleroy]

Push them down the stairs Yeld :lol

[LOUDandPROUD]

@ Cat - I LOL'd :lol

@ Lance - Yes, I'd like to know how well Sony does too, as I also had a good experience when getting my XBOX repaired due to RROD...10-day turn-around time, which I was very pleased with.

[Vartazian]

My PArtner Went AWOL so I sont know if I could take part.

[OBH]

you MIGHT be able to take my place with Hellfire if youd like (and if the grumpy bastard will take you! ;))

As always, more bills stopped me from sending my ps3 off to be repaired as early as id have liked to, so im not sure if ill be back in time.

[blackwiggle]

Push them down the stairs Yeld :lol

Only a NURSE would post something like that .:lol:lol:lol

[Zoth-Ommog]

If anyone needs partner, i'm also available most of the time for the next 3 weeks or so.. Pappy has gone roadtripping and i got nothing to do here.. (that's if i'm good enough for any of you :paperbag)

[OBH]

zoth and Vartazian can team up sorted. :) i should be able to borrow a ps3 then too, so everyones happy! :g

[Amorbis]

Results for THEREDANDWHITE Vs. Foile á Deux:
eLhabib and Amorbis (THEREDANDWHITE):
Forward: 87
Reverse: 87
Overall: 174

SaturnReturn and TarotCardKiller (Foile á Deux):
Forward: 97
Reverse: 97
Overall: 194

Very close and intense races in both tournaments, in the end Saturn and TCK just managed to prevail with me and eL close behind. Well done Foile á Deux!

[eLhabib]

Congrats to the winners! Much fun it was!
I have to say this was much closer than I expected, so I'm actually quite satisfied with the results - even though we lost consistency as each tour reached the back 4 tracks...

Great stuff!

[SaturnReturn]

Well done to you guys. You pushed us real hard. That's probably the most exciting racing experience I've had in a while. You two really know how to handle the less spritely ships.

I'd encourage everyone else to get some more matches going so we can see how the league table will pan out when everyone has a few more matches under their belts.

[yeldar2097]

good plan sat
unless I can get to a computer I won't be updating till the 24th because I'm away. editing it using my lowly iPod would no doubt prove incredibly tiresome

[stinkleroy]

Only a NURSE would post something like that .:lol:lol:lol

But I'm not a nurse Wiggle...hehe

Would love some more doubles matches but my aquatic partner is away for 4 weeks, so no matches for me :(

[kanar]

Your aquatic partner? rubberduck FTW! Yeah I'm actually retired from the tracks, funny thing, I tried some online races yesterday in the afternoon, despite the fact I'm out of training, & it was awful. Everybody killed me, and then the servers took the decision of kicking me out cos' I was horrible lol. You're right Cat, I'll be away from my ps3 during the next 2 weeks but I'll be back in the early august days, so we could prepare the next aerodynamic season soon anyway.

[ericd7]

Hello all :)
Fgdk and me are ready for some matches this summer.
We're available after 17h GTM in the week.
See you soon :banzai

[silverfoxy]

I'm sure everyone who is interested already has a partner but if anyone wants to carry me round feel free to PM me and let me know.....

[OBH]

Just to re-cap, we still all set for a doubles fiesta on 24/25/26 july yeah? :)

ill be borrowing a ps3 so ill be there! :hyper

[yeldar2097]

yes we most certainly are!
and if nobody turns up we can just have another meet the following weekend :D

[OBH]

You guys best be about saturday & sunday! :g:rock

ill have a ps3 (no FURY) but hey, beggers cany be choosers!! :beer

[mic-dk]

Well I'll be there, but I'm not to sure about my partner :D If he's online we might come looking for a fight in between grinding Fury.

Is there a special chatroom set up for this, or are we using WOZone?

[Hellfire_WZ]

Bring it on! I may be pissed tomorrow night though ;)

[IxDELTAxI]

I would like to start a doubles team but i need a partner.

[silverfoxy]

A new team has entered the Arena !!

Comprised of myself and As_Heaven_is_Wide (Vic_Viper_85 on psn)

We have yet to think of a decent name for our team yet but when we do be sure to let you know.

If anyone wants a challenge over the weekend let us know and see if it can be arranged.

Will have to be on the old tracks though as neither of us are competent on the new ones yet.

[yeldar2097]

Hello everybdy I'm back
Feel free to turn up this weekend, it's an pen invitation sort of thing.

Having said that, what with Fury and everything, if the general concensous is that we should postpone til another time so people can have fun with Fury, that's fine by me.

now to update the table......

[OBH]

kinda partied friday night and errr, didnt get the ps3 before mate to work...... poo

[billychanxtr33m]

ive been looking around the wipeoutzone for a casual tourny to join becuase ill be headed down to school in late august and probably wont be taking my ps3. this seems like what i was looking for so if anyone needs a partner, im game!

[yeldar2097]

i know we're all very excited what with fury coming out and that buuuut...... matches....anyone?

Asayyeah and myself are looking for a match in the near future. Anyone game?

[RobCoxy]

Anyone looking for a doubles partner..? :beer :p

[yeldar2097]

Eh up lads, time for a bit of reinvigoration!

Pick up you relentless, grab some E's, knock 'em back and go :hyper

Now that all this Fury crapola is out of the way (i.e. people are over the initial excitement), it's time to get the ball rolling again!

You know what to do ;) Challenge away :g

That's an order :twisted

Edit: Just realised that there's a WWC going on...I don't care, this takes less organising so lets go! :)

[OBH]

I was thinking of this the other day!
thoughrally enjoyed doubles matches so far. will have to pm hellfire to see whos wife we want to widow next :g

[yeldar2097]

Well I'm not married so does that mean we have to beat you? :P

OBH your trashing ways seem to have rubbed off somewhat... :g

[OBH]

because its great fun! :beer
luckily this place isnt like many online communities thatll take the trash talking an itty-bit-too-personally :)

[yeldar2097]

OBH you're a meanie and I hate you :P like that? ;)

teehee, runaway!!! :dizzy

[kaori]

Hello, I see some things on this forum who tell me there are some people interested in a team competition.

Remember you this doubles ladder (http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6020).

I have the idea to relaunch this competition with some arrangements, in order to supple the rules.



Teams can contain from 2 to 9 pilots.
Pilots can't join several teams at same time.
Each month, a team can change 1 or 2 player(s).
Each team can play with 2, 3 or 4 players, regardless number of opponents.
No rules for team composition : national, ship addicted (eg Icaras team), or just friends, like you want.

New tournaments :
The HD Campaign Tour : 8 HD tracks forward
The Fury Campaign Tour : 8 Fury tracks
The No Campaign Tour : 8 HD tracks reverse
The Forward Tour : 12 tracks forward
The Reverse Tour : 12 tracks reverse
Enduro Tour : 3 free-choice races of 20 laps

You can play with or without weapons, Rapier tournaments are possible, you can increase the number of laps by race (I think 5 in Rapier & 7 in Phantom are good choices).

Designation of winners when the two teams haven't the same number of players.
Team A with 2 players, Team B with 3 or 4 players : Team A score the sum of his two players. Team B score the sum of his two best players at the end of the tournament. (and not the sum of the 2 best in each race)

Team A with 3 players, Team B with 4 players : Team A score the sum of his three players. Team B score the sum of his three best players at the end of the tournament. (and not the sum of the 3 best in each race)

So, have more players than his opponent can give an advantage, but it's not irremediable.

When the teams have same number of players, all their points count.

The draws are possible.

I have no real idea for the ranking system. We can keep actual Elo system, or create a real championship, (win = 3 points, lose = 1 point, draw = 2 points), during two or three months, with play-off or final for 4 or 2 best season teams (depending of number of teams).
With these more flexible rules, it will be easier to organize meetings & tournaments.

[SaturnReturn]

I'd like to see something like this happen kaori. Playing single races gets a little repetitive after a while. I think we need to find a way to make the game a bit more interesting. I think a lot of us want to keep playing, but struggle to find anything new these days, especially when we're more of the copying type than the pioneer type (i.e. me).

The doubles ladder was a reasonable success, but I do think it was only a small number of teams who really kept it going for a while. Organisation is a big issue. It's usually one dedicated person that does the organising. Having only 4 players to worry about made it a little easier than full matches.

Another thing that I think made doubles enjoyable, was that there was less carnage, due to the lower number of players. There were less weapons flying around and less negative effects from lag etc. As well as meaning races resembled something closer to racing, it also meant people felt less hard done by when they lost. You didn't really have to worry about that side of things - you just had to race your arse off. I think EPSILON's ASTRAL went very well for quite some time. Then interest started to fade and I think it may have been partly because there was just too much carnage.

What you're suggesting sounds good to get more regular team games. I like your ideas. Having a large squad and any number of players able to play would be good to make it flexible. There are a few minor issues though. For a 3 v. 2 type game, one team would essentially have 50% more firepower and I think this would have a great effect on the outcome.

I was thinking though, what if we were to do something that did not require a preset team at all? What if we just had a weekly time when e.g. doubles matches happened. We could setup up a chatbox and people could join and just partner up and race another random team. Maybe an ELO system could still be used and players could be ranked as individuals, based on their team working skills, taking into account both the team score and individual score (so that team mates don't just start shooting each other at the end, if they're already way ahead :P). We could say that players shouldn't be with the same partner more than once, e.g. within a certain time frame. This would prevent anyone pair from going together each week and dominating together. Maybe we make that time frame the 'season' and declare a winner at the end. Matches could be short, so even if only four people turned up one week, they could play in one pair and then switch round and do another tournament. I think this could work well for a casual and fun league, perhaps. I guess it could be difficult as well in some ways, e.g. if loads of people wanted to take part then it could get difficult organising it on the spot. But I suppose we wouldn't know that until we tried.

I see the advantages as these:


Minimal players needed to get a match going=sustainable
Easy organization - just turn up at the same time(s) each week(end) and see who's in the chatbox
Less carnage and adverse lag effects
Competitive, but not dominated by any one in particular
Get to know new people by playing on a team with them


Maybe as a further idea, we could do a short season and then match the top players with the bottom players and then create a short knockout tournament of some kind.

Anyway, I'll stop now. I'm playing the game as I type this, so apologies if it's a bit muddled. I just wanted to throw some ideas out there and maybe help to drum up some interest. I think we need it. :)

[kanar]

signing up for the rebirth of the legendary double ladder. Hope we'll be more than 3 though.

[Connavar]

Can do a 1 vs 7 too then? :D

[yeldar2097]

Are you volunteering for that Conna? :P

Actually that'd be awesome! Like trying to run away from a pack of hunters, but WOHD style :nod

[Vartazian]

7 on 1 Vartazian hunt fest was already arranged... no?

[kaori]

I think no.

[yeldar2097]

I'm sure we could come to some sort of arrangement ;)

Connavar can be the guinea pig for suggesting the idea to us :g

[IDReaper]

This is pretty interesting, I think it would be great to revive doubles. Maybe current teams can send players to doubles matches? Rezatron team with me lol.

[KGB]

I really enjoyed the doubles nights but I think my partner has retired from playing now mostly due to the adverts. The game needs something injected in to it as the only interest at the moment for me is the TT/SL comp.

[Ace3cube]

I sign up !
How many pilots should be in one team ? 2 or more ?

[Challenger #001]

Wow, this looked fun! XD Shame I wasn't here while it was on... though Assayeah and Yeldar? :cold

In other news though, I know reviving the old championship isn't really an option considering the WipEout Cup in December and further on... but if anyone's getting misty eyed for 2v2, I've made a casual thread. :) http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/showthread.php?p=185650