The Wipeout HD Cup

[erich123]

Have contactet zoth long time ago,but no answer.
Talked to jjpap about it and he thinks zoth is away with his work or something

[KGB]

Hi All.

I decided on my withdrawal from the HD Cup.

Tnx to Kanar for friendship and all your big efforts in this adventure.
Tnx to Kgb for the correct advise.

Good luck to DjTechno.

Read You Soon
CdRom

This is a shame but understand your reasons mate .

DJTechno through to the next round, he hasn't raced at all yet ! IDReaper awaits so there should be no problem with time differences.

Board update

[kanar]

Ouch! my mate Greenix! argh so many brillant pilots already out, what a tough competition . Hopefully I've still some fellow french pilots to support lol. Once again guys & gals, big thanks for your reports here, big thanks for the great show, Wipeout HD really deserved a last dance like this one.

Alterego; well if you have to go, you have to go, no worries, I'm just sad to see Techno in the third round without any matchs in his cup log... Not his fault, not your fault, fault is mine, should have DEFINITELY organised a qualifying TT in order to rank & set everyone in the boards before the start. Anywaaaaaay.

Amplificated you have a clear example of the right thing to do with Saturn vids -lol-. Feel free to upload one big, or several vids of your rounds, it doesn't matter in my point of view.

Erich... Well. As for the others, I'm giving you both a few more days (fingers crossed Zoth could approach his ps3 for a couple of minutes in order to meet you), tbh I'd prefer to see all these meetings in overtime played instead of giving _once again_ stupid fastpasses.

[amplificated]

lol, alright, but I don't think I'll be achieving that level of quality TBQH

Did them individually (see initial post), but I made a playlist as well if anyone can't be bothered clicking the individual links, too.

[JJPAP]

Talked to jjpap about it and he thinks zoth is away with his work or something

Erich: I don´t think - I know!
Zoth-man occasionally leaves home for several weeks of work - (just to keep the world spinning, when the rest of us are lazy, doing nothing, but wiping ...lol). I don´t remember exactly, when he´ll be back, but you know and I know, that he´ll be ready to rumble

Regarding The Hawks:
OBH and AG are fighting right now, I think.
Spinninggenius and DjM1 are in contact and setting up their match, I think.
Haven´t heard much from Kingheim and Greif.

ATM I have some connection-problems w/ the PS3, so I haven´t checked PSN-messages for the last couple of days ... There might be some news regarding the matches yet to be played. I hope

[OBH]

Osama-Bin-Haydn vs Annoying_Git
(am i the only one who loves 2 "offensive" names racing each other? )

This was a brilliant tournament. Having never had the pleasure of racing him I had no idea what to expect.

Annoying_Git's choices (All Rapier Weapons OFF):

Metropia Reverse:Annoying_Git*** Annoying Git was in the lead until i took it at begging of final lap, however i hit the pillar attempting a br before the mag strip and lost by 0.2 of a second.
Talons Junction Reverse: Osama-Bin-Haydn*** I lead from beginning to end, though never pulled out any more than a .3 gap.
Modesto Reverse: Annoying_Git*** Took me 3 laps to get used to this track on a slower speed. I caught up, but it was far too little, far too late. Great racing mate.

Anulpha Pass (Default choice):Annoying_Git
We added Anulpha pass to Annoying_Gits choices as it happened to be rapier, but didnt really think it was meant to be weapons on. I was winning until i failed my br off the bridge on the final lap and the Annoying Git (hehe) took the win

At this stage I realised nothing less than victories on all my track choices would seal the win.

Osama-Bin-Haydn's choices (All Phantom Weapons ON):

Vineta K Reverse: Osama-Bin-Haydn*** 4/5 perfect laps was just the start i needed.
Anulpha Pass Reverse: Osama-Bin-Haydn*** THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC. Having seen Annoying Giy get a number of early boosts he disappeared into the lead. I was consistantly landing double brs but was not catching. Then on the final lap, just before the triple speed pads, I got a boost br followed by a missile. The missile hit Annoying Git meters before the finish line, and i just managed to squeak by for the win!!!!!!!!1
Chenghou Project: Osama-Bin-Haydn*** I was really confident going into the final race on my favourite track. The tournament was ended in style with an 8 second lead.

Final Score:
Osama-Bin-Haydn - 4 / Annoying_Git - 3

No surprise Annoying_Git said he was gutted after the race. It was an epic battle and he deserved to win as much as I did. I thought choosing "weapons on" had come back to haunt me with Git's many boosts on AP Rev, but I somehow pulled through.

Think I need some rest before round 3!

[Aeroracer]

its sad to see players withdrawing from the cup in round two after commiting themselves.... must of had a really good reason not to be able to spare just 15 mintues in a whole month to play a match...maybe going to the moon.... it helps spoil the competition for the 99% that commited themselves and did stay commited..and wastes the time of the volunteers who wasted a lot more than 15 mintures chasing people to play games they said they wanted to play...

guess it takes all types..

[Temet]

No vid OBH? :'(

[OBH]

Sorry mate no vid this time. No idea where my camera is as i havnt needed it for so long. ill try and sort it out next time (could be against the mighty kingheim too )

[erich123]

Lol jjpap
Ofcourse l know.

[mic-dk]

but you know and I know, that he´ll be ready to grumble

There, fixed it for you!

[Jav]

Okay just so my next oppo knows, I've got myself a new PS3 (Slim 160gb ), so I can play the next round fortunately, the question is... against who?

[AiiRW0LF]

Update from Kestrel division:

AiiRW0LF VS Constrictor4U

AiiR:
Phantom - Wep on - 5 Laps - Anulpa Pass Rev --->AiiR
Phantom - Wep on - 5 Laps - Moa Rev ---->AiiR
Phantom - Wep off - 5 Laps - Uber Rev ---->Constrictor

Constrictor4U:
Phantom - Wep off - 5 Laps - Sebenco Rev ---->Constrictor
Phantom - Wep on - 5 Laps - Sol2 Forw ----->Constrictor
Phantom - Wep off - 5 Laps - Chengou Rev ---->AiiR

Race off Death!
AP Rapier Quake on!------>AiiR


C4U hosted his 3 tracks first .

1st race: Seb Rev
I screwed up badly and wasn't really close the whole race.

2nd race: Sol Forw
A better race from my angle ,but C4U was faster and sailed to victory

3rd race: Chengou Rev
We had a restart at this race, we started the race and after half first lap my little son started the other ps3 and by accident logged in on my account,resulted that i was logged out.
I told C4U what happened and that im ok to give him the victory,but he insisted that we should restart and have a fair race,thx for that my friend
I managed to win this extremly close race within 0.2 sec,pheew!

4th race: Anulpha Rev
I was saved by a lucky rocket and managed to keep him off all the way

5th race:Moa Rev
CU4 took an early lead and i think it was at lap3 i did a double tap with quake and rocket to take the lead,sorry for that
At the last lap i secured my win with a well placed bomb

6th race: Uber Rev
A pretty close race with a lot of wall scrapping and missing speed pads,by now both pilots had problem with their nerves

7th race: Anulpha
Well it wasnt anything special at all,i was saved by some cheap mines
and managed to race to victory

Wow what can i say, i think i was lucky to win this battle and if it had been all weapons off you would had pulverized me.

I had a great time racing and in the chat room.
As always i recorded the races and here they are

So thx again C4U !

[stinkleroy]

Finally got round to playing my 2nd round match tonight against SKYLAR-69. The results are in SKYLAR-69 5 - stinkleroy 1

SKYLAR's choices were (all phantom, weapons off except Talons) Talons Junction forward, Modesto Heights forward and Tech De Ra reverse
stinkleroy's choices were (all phantom, all weapons off) Moa Therma reverse, Sebenco Climb forward and Sol 2 forward

It was really no contest against a washed up old HD pilot like myself lol, but all credit to skylar, he whooped my ass. The only race I won was Sebenco and I'm still not sure how I managed that!

Good luck to you Skylar for the rest of the cup

Thanks to all the organisers, you've done a great job with this, even though I bet it's been a bloody nightmare to cope with

And most of all I want to say we miss you Luri, the entire reason I signed up for this competition was to race in your honour. I hope wherever you are, you are proud of us.

[Golgofier]

Congratz on advancing, Aiirwolf
Nice race log with those little recaps. I can never seem to remember more than one or two races from a tourney so I'm always impressed when I see people give a full written statement on what went down

[Constrictor]

Well, that's it for me. I'm out and to some degree I'm angry w/ myself that I screwed up on this.

But first things first: Thx AiiR for this 90 minutes ever increasing intense and heart attacking races and the nice chat.

As the log says I got a perfect start. AiiR messed up at first lap in the first race on SC rev. Sol2 was closer but still somewhat calm on my side. I was on the winning road - I thought. CP rev was IMO the key for me. The race was until lap 4 ok, though I wasn't able to pass AiiR. In lap 5 I tried some things I'm not experienced with and finished as runner up.

Now it was my turn to lose ground. AiiR did some pretty good job on the weapons deployment. After AP rev and Moa rev (my quake didn't save me here) it was 2:3 ... Well, now it got really exciting - or stressful. I had to win Uber rev and that race was draining my last energy out of me. We both did stupid mistakes and the lead changed a few times. In the end I was able to win this. 3:3 ...

Well, death race at my 'favorite' track AP ... I did change from Feisar to Icaras. Don't know why, maybe because I always race Rapier and below w/ Icaras. After the race start I instantly hit a few mines. From that on I wasn't able to catch up. I f'up all possible BRs and the only one I managed to pull off was stalled by another pair of mines. Even the turbo in lap 4 didn't help to win. I tried a boost BR+BR+BR on the last upper straight before the finish line. Did work - somehow - but AiiR won by more than an second I think.

Let me say that I was without any energy and enthusiasm for W'O'' after the race. To be honest, deep inside me I did not expect to lose, even that I know that AiiR is a great pilot. On paper and my confidence told me: Well this is the first real battle (no offence to Tragedia and Ichigo) in the Cup but I am good enough to advance to round 4. Big, BIG mistake.

So thx again for this great experience AiiR! Contratulations! And good luck within the Cup.

And also a big thx to Kanar, the Cup's Command Centre and all dedicated pilots for organizing and partizipating in this epic event. I'm proud being part of it.

Did I miss something? Maybe, but I'll be around.

CYA!

[il_mago_di_Doz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxy_k2GUm5s

Me vs R3BU5ER.
We did lots of mistakes, both of us could have won, had a really great time!

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Result from the Kestrel Division:

Round 3: Dark_Phantom_89 Vs Andybob35

Dark_Phantom_89's Choices:
Chenghou Project Reverse, 5 Laps, Weps Off - Dark_Phantom_89 Won
Metropia Reverse, 5 Laps, Weps Off -Dark_Phantom_89 Won
Sol 2 Forward, 5 Laps, Weps Off - Dark_Phantom_89 Won

Andybob35's Choices:
Sol 2 Reverse, 5 Laps, Weps On - Andybob35 Won
Moa Therma Reverse, 10 Laps, Weps On - Dark_Phantom_89 Won
Modesto Heights Forward, 15 Laps, Weps On - Dark_Phantom_89 Won

FINAL SCORES: Dark_Phantom_89 5 - 1 Andybob35

We both filmed the event so you can see a full report when we've uploaded them.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Andy for the awesome races. This was not easy and he was a very worthy contender who made me nervous throughout the entire match. Thanks again mate.

[Zoth-Ommog]

Have contactet zoth long time ago,but no answer.
Talked to jjpap about it and he thinks zoth is away with his work or something

Yes you have sent me a PM, sorry i've had no time to contact back, i'm away one more week, but we're able to race before deadline. (which may be a easy win for you since i have not touched WO in over a month )

But anyhow when i get home i'm ready to grumble.. i mean rumble, i mean.. DOH!

[texasalex]

Ouch, what a mess I was

Congratulations to texasalex for the well earned victory!

Texasalex's tracks:
Modesto Heights Forward/ Weps ON/ Venom - Texasalex
Amphiseum Forward / Weps ON/ Flash - Texasalex
Sebenco Climb Forward / Weps OFF/ Flash - Greenix

Greenix' tracks:
Chenghou Project Forward / Weps ON/ Phantom - Greenix
Sol 2 Forward / Weps ON/ Phantom - Texasalex
Sebenco Climb Forward / Weps OFF/ Phantom - Texasalex

Anulpha / Rapier / Weps ON - Texasalex

Texasalex 5 - 2 Greenix

I'll be cheering you on in the cup, good luck !

Wipeout HD Cup - Round 2 - Greenix vs. texasalex on YouTube

here are the vids