The Wipeout HD Cup

[il_mago_di_Doz]

Mago - Bart : 2 - 4

Nice races, I had fun and Bart did very good expecially in rapier; the only regret was the plenty of lag that there was tonight. Never seen something like that O.o

Anyway good luck to Bart for the merlin final!! :rock :hyper

[Sagiftangeri]

Since when lag-pads were introduced?
ouch.

[SpeedKAng96]

OK, people. The vids are up now, not the best races I ever had but not too shabby either.:g8)

Click here (http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=74C83F32B7F0C01F)

[haiku]

I laughed on sebenco rev when you heard that missile just as you turbo jumped over the snake and looked in reverse on your way up the hill to make sure you out ran it. Had that hit, it would have cost you the race!

[kanar]

Big thanks guys for your updates, & a special thanks to all the pilots who fought @ Kestrel & Owl : big :+:+, these 2 divisions are right on schedule.
Vartazian quitted so Rezatron advances to round 4. Keep it up guys, we're almost at the end of this wipeout odissey lol. Can't wait to know who's in the "Death Brigade" eh eh.

[blackwiggle]

Regarding Buzzard Group.
I've sent messages twice to Lolode1978 & Elois-13 [last logged on to zone 6th March] asking what is happening with their race and haven't received a reply so I don't know what to do about it, maybe you could try via Arena Kanar.

As for Morfeo378 V's Luxoflux, well Morfeo378 has been trying to get Luxoflux to race but he hasn't been replying to his messages, Luxoflux hasn't replied to me either, MIA.[last logged on to zone on 5th March]

[Colonel]

Surprised to hear Luxoflux is MIA, would have thought he'd be well up for this :?

[Jav]

Sad to see you go out Mago, oh and I told you... ;) :D

[OBH]

Can anyone help me to contact kingheim???
Only have the ps3 for about 5 more days but my friend requests aren't being accepted :?

Man, there's 2 potential opponents waiting!! Really need to get this done! Sorry, sorry :(

[Temet]

Arf, sorry OBH, I don't know the guy :|

[OBH]

You a member of wo arena? :) I need anyone who's french to come to my aid! :beer

[kanar]

hey OBH, I'll contact kingheim tonight, telling him you only have the ps3 for more 5 days. The guy is connected every day, so I think the only problem here is the same as usual... bored wth hd. I'll do my best to motivate him, if it's unsuccessfull I'll give you a fastpath :blarg.

[zero3growlithe]

Hmmmm, i have over time, so i must play quickly with "???":g:g:g

Lolode1978 Vs Elois-13
(gotta send them a nudge, becouse i don't wanna fastpath)

[OBH]

kingheims added me :)
hopefully it'll be done asap.

Sorry to the guys waiting on me....

[greenymac]

Bart MDMA I raced against you online a day or two ago on my first attempt at online... Good races even though I failed miserably.

[Temet]

@OBH : Kingheim already left WOHD when I got a ps3, I've never been in touch with the guy.
WOarena almost died also with GT5 :| . Very few activity now, chatbox often empty...

[tug_14]

:naughty Temet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

how u can say that !! blasphemous

[leungbok]

^_^ !

[DJ Techno]

Great stuff ID and bad luck DJTechno :clap

Falcon board update (http://wohdcup.sommarpojkarna.com/clouds/falcon)

Just three more matches to play and my work is done :g

yeah

you should see my fifth playstation 3 controller

broken in half.

took me a while to find the topic...

[Aeroracer]

hopefully my two round four matches will be done by wednesday..mine being one of them..:)

[KGB]

Where's Yeldar, he's disappeared off my friends list, last activity here 7 days ago :|

[R3BU5ER]

Yeah he's off my list too!

[kanar]

yeah, looks like a goodbye. Chester will probably face a fastpath situation there. :turd

[R3BU5ER]

This is strange....

[kanar]

tbh I just hope it's a drama queen goodbye wipeout thing & nothing more serious. Just hope he's ok.

[R3BU5ER]

Yeah offcourse, but it seems nothing like Yeldar-style imo?

[SpeedKAng96]

Yes, he's gone from my friend list too...

I'm surprised to see the others have the same problem:|

[Jav]

I must admit, I didn't expect Yeld to do a Bilbo Baggins.

[Colonel]

Haha. Sorry but that's ace, What the hell does "to do a Bilbo Baggings" mean?

[chesterknight]

yeah, looks like a goodbye. Chester will probably face a fastpath situation there. :turd

yeldar is still in my friends list, and last connexion was 2 days ago. He send me a PM 1 week ago to race. So he's still in the cup, and NO fastpath :naughty. We will race and i'll lose with honor (i hope ^^)
:rock

[Jav]

You're probably the only one still in his list then, lol.

[Challenger #001]

The guy's been having a bit of personal problems as of late - I haven't asked him much, but I think he's been under a lot of stress lately, most of it from approaching university deadlines (something I can entirely sympathise with). I think you guys should start cutting the guy some slack. :S Somehow if someone else goes missing for ages on end, it's a catastrophe but if yeldar goes it's high time for public bashing. He hasn't removed me from his list, nor ACE-FLO, I don't know why or who he's removed from everyone else. But for the record, I think yeldar would have told us if he was doing a complete runner. Cut the poor guy some slack, kanar. The guy was one of the first to get his other races done after all.

[SaturnReturn]

I think mostly people are just showing concern here. If anyone's concerned then just send the guy a messages to let him know. I'm sure he'll appreciate that, even if he doesn't feel up to explaining or replying.

Other than that let's try and keep the thread on track and not make it all about one person, eh?

What's the next big match that people are looking forward to?

[Jav]

How is Kanar supposed to know he's still around when he's deleted almost everybody and hasn't been on the forums, nor in the chat for longer than a week? Plus, I don't think anyone's giving him crap, nobody's bashing him, I think we all really respect Yeldar and we're just showing concern.

[KGB]

Long as he's OK, he can do what ever he wants. He's been on my friends list for over two years, so I just thought it was strange to go like that without saying goodbye, but I always take it personally when someone disappears off my list, I'm a bit soft like that :P.

[chesterknight]

Ok guys. I think SaturnReturn is the one who is in the truth. I just send him a message and he replies. So He's still in, and fine.
SaturnReturn answer's is exactly what i'm expecting from my friends but i understand kgb feeling to. So, we should give up with rumors and wait quietly.
i'll let you know the result of our match
(sorry for my english)

[kanar]

okkkkay, seems like the cup stuff froze; so let's try to reboot some systems then.

Got a pm from Luxoflux, good news, he's not bored wth hd, he had to deal wth a broken ankle + studies so that's why he disappeared a bit. I suppose the other pilots are experiencing the same kind of problems (studies, job, real life things...), as I had no withdrawal reports so far. Sincerely I can't blame you as I had myself to go back almost entirely to my real life obligations these last few months.

So, considering the number of overtimes there, I'm obliged to put the calendar on pause (I mean the division finals). I'll send you all a reminder, PLEASE guys show some respect to the competition, I know you're probably enjoying the moment lol, you went really far in the competition and so on but now it's time to play your meeting asap. We CAN'T WAIT for the next rounds, almost 100 000 views here so please gentlemen, start your engine, fasten your seatbelt & finish the job you brillantly started. Oh of course it would be even better wth some good vids too 8).

[Reezy]

How long before the remaining players can be shown in one bracket?

[Aeroracer]

@colonel gaddaffi..

yeldar going all bilbo baggins is reference to lord of the rings film..there was a hobbit called bilbo..one day he just got up and left and wast seen for like years but he had his special reasons that i wont get into cos itll take like 6 hours to explain just like lord of the rings..

tbh i think yeldar must have real life things to deal with.yeldar wouldnt do drama queen exit cos he is quality player and quality person..

@kanar..i been in contact with shaun we race in a few days..

bazzman and g-pilot too as im going online to bollock them right now :mr-t

[OBH]

Despite adding me to his friends list I'm still struggling to get any meaningful contact with kingheim. I've sent him my track choices on the weekend and told him I'm free all this week but haven't had any response. (despite him being online since the message)

I can't keep my brothers ps3 forever, so what to do about our race needs to be resolved one way or another sharpish. We're way, way behind now....

[Temet]

I have to say that I'm a lot disappointed by the lack of respect from so many wipers!

It's not normal that OBH have to chase Kingheim like this! And he's not alone in this situation.

Of course, I understand some delays, YOLD, etc... but Kanar has foreseen 3 ****ing weeks for each round! And some match have more than 1 month delay???? Come on!!!

This is a total lack of respect for the game and above all the players that want to play and the organizers that have to be the police and chase everyone.

That's my opinion, you may not like it, but I'm really disappointed! :evil

[Colonel]

Couldn't agree more Temet.

[Jav]

I agree. Get on with it wipers - give this game the finale that it deserves :/

[Aeroracer]

spoken to g-pilot..he has had to do his exams and has not been able to play..he is on vacation this friday and will play bazzman32 during it.

i hope to play shaun this week when we are both on:)

[SpeedKAng96]

Very strong words Temet, couldn't agree any more.:clap:clap

[OBH]

@Temet
I don't want to put all the blame on kingheim. He's a nice bloke, and I was just as busy as him the 1st week I had the ps3.

I sent him my track choices and stated I was available till the weekend. I didn't want to pester him with constant messages or anything so I didn't chase him up for his.

It's now Friday and no word, so I'm tempted to just pull out so Speedkang and Billchan don't start going grey while waiting.

[Dark_Phantom_89]

I'll say it f nobody else will - kick out kingheim. OBH has obviously been trying hard to get the match done and kingheim doesn't seem to be bothered.

[OBH]

Eeeerrr I wouldn't say I've been "trying hard" at all :|
I just did my bit - send track details and left the rest to him.

I've seen him online playing Tekken 6, so I know he's read my message. Like I said I could have chased it up but haven't, so we're both as bad as each other.

[Aeroracer]

people are more bothered with stalling their games cos they wanna practice then dont practice cos they cant be bothered and yet stalling some more.so it goes on and on.it takes 20 minutes to have a match.to say you havnt got time to do this is garbage..ive been lazy bum myself more interested in other stuff till i rememebered what im playing world cup for in first place.

many players have forgotton that this world cup is only about honouring markus memory.drop outs insult his memory unless its due to a acceptable reason such as you no longer have a ps3 to play on.

so to the players who have dropped out without a good reason ask yourself wether you did marcus justice or not and be truthful.

no one really care who wins and who does not.i cant remember any games from last cup apart from i lost my first match and id reaper won the whole thing..everything else is a fuzz thats how much it means to me and i read most threads.
but playing for markus everyone will rememeber that..well i will for sure..

so please let us all play our games and lets get world cup finished early rather than behind kanars schedule..

[kanar]

:rolleyes:

[Luxoflux]

So morfeo and me had our match today,

Morfeo 4-3 Luxo
Morfeo's races all flash wp on 5 laps

Seb rev: Morfeo, Didnt stand a chance. I suck at flash as you me know
Uber rev: Morfeo, Same here
Seb fwd: Morfeo, This one was a bit closer, but i still didnt manage to take the win

My tracks all phantom wp off
sol rev: Luxo, His AGS take the lead, altough i managed to pass him on the hard left chicane in the last lap.
Metro rev: Luxo, Same as the above, First corner last lap i managed to pass him.
Moa rev: Luxo, Managed to pass him somewhere in the 2nd lap and never lost my lead.

Last race, default ap fwd rapier wp on: Morfeo, sadly we couldnt get to an agreement on going for phantom, so i basically lost this one from the start. Sadly i didnt get any turbo's unlike my opponent. I did got a quake which i should have waited with using till he was on the skybridge.

Good luck to everyone who is still in the cup, WOHD was a lot of fun but i think we all agree that there should be a all new succesor ASAP, And not some weak rip-off on a system that's basicly a downgrade.

Sorry for the delay, but as Kanar has told you I had\have broken my Elbow (not my ankle). So i couldnt move my left hand for a month cause the muscles were to stiff after they put my elbow back in place.

See you later everyone

[OBH]

What a scalp :)

[Nutcase:259]

Woopzilla Vs XBARNSTERX

any news?
you have to win the whole cup remember Woop :gHint Hint! :lol

[kanar]

sadly no news of them for now; everyone looks frozen anyway. Time to REALLY freeze a few of them btw;

Elois-13, Lolode1978 & Kingheim are disqualified. Reason is : way too much lazzy there.

So OBH will face Billychanxtr33m @ Hawk & Zero3growlithe is directly qualified for the Buzzard finals.

cheers.

[Dark_Phantom_89]

I can't believe that people cannot be bothered to take 30 mintues out of their time to do some races. Why did they even bother to sign up if they didn't intend to participate properly? Sorry, but I'm glad that they have been disqualified. This just makes a mockery of those who actually took the time to complete their races, and most of all, to Marcus. :-

[leungbok]

Yes, let's disqualify all the remaining frenchies ! :lol

[OBH]

I'm gutted.
Was really looking forward to racing my old pal kingheim.

[zero3growlithe]

No race....:redface::cold

[kanar]

I can't believe that people cannot be bothered to take 30 mintues out of their time to do some races. Why did they even bother to sign up if they didn't intend to participate properly? Sorry, but I'm glad that they have been disqualified. This just makes a mockery of those who actually took the time to complete their races, and most of all, to Marcus. :-

I strongly second that.

If I remember correctly kingheim is member here, & at wipeoutarena. He only showed interest for the cup through a few -real few- psn pms. OBH, to the contrary, always showed some interest for the cup & wipeout in general. OBH doesn't even have a ps3 anymore, & had to borrow the one of phlanj.

What can I say about lolode & elois, except the fact elois never answered to me & BW, & lolode barely said to me 2 weeks ago "ah yeah, we should play our meeting yeah..." cool. Vive la France.

[leungbok]

Sorry, but I'm glad that they have been disqualified
People didn't responding to messages when they have an engagement on some event deserves to be disqualified even when they're Wipeout legends, but there's no need to be glad of it ! :rolleyes:

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Leungbok - I understand that they are WipEout legends, but they have been given so many chances to play their matches and they still haven't. That's just ridiculous IMO.

WipEout legends or not, they shouldn't be allowed to bend the rules. Kanar and the Raptors have done an absolutely fantastic job in keeping this Cup going and it's not fair that everyone else has to wait for other people to get a move on, 2 months after the rounds should have been played.

[leungbok]

They musn't and are not allowed to bend the rules. They're are disqualified and it's normal ! I repeat it's not something that should make people happy with... I'm sure Kanar's not, even if he takes the right decision !

[Woopzilla]

@Nut, I've had no success contacting Barnster so far, so I'm not sure what's happening unfortunately. :<

I sent a profile message here on the zone 1 month ago and another last week. I also sent a friend request + a 2nd PM on PSN too. But I'm not sure he's seen any of them. So, I'll just have to wait for now. :shrug:

[R3BU5ER]

Woopzilla, I have also been lazy ass hell so I'll check if he has been online and I'll send him a message.

Edit: last seen online 17 days ago :(

[OBH]

Sent billychan a friend request.
Hopefully we can get this thing moving swiftly again :)

@Woopzilla
Says on my friends list that barnster hasn't signed in for 17 days. He's generally a polite chap who's always up for some racing, so I'd imagine he's just currently busy.

[Temet]

What can I say about lolode & elois, except the fact elois never answered to me & BW, & lolode barely said to me 2 weeks ago "ah yeah, we should play our meeting yeah..." cool. Vive la France.

Please don't make this kind of shortcut Kanar.
I can ensure you that for my 2 matches, I contacted my opponents in the first days of the round.
Fortunately, my opponents answered me quickly and we could organize the meeting in good conditions.

My first opponent, which was just a casual wiper, showed more respect to the game and the cup than the disqualified people.
I fully agree with these disqualifications, which is obvious taking into account my previous message in this topic... but I'm offended by this "Vive la France"... this kind of remark reminds me of a famous banned pilot :?

[UB3R~JKP]

Being Kestrel Raptor is easy :p

[KGB]

Got a message off Yeldar

Yeldar 6 v 0 Chesterknight

Well played Yeldar and commiserations Chesterknight

Falcon Update (http://challonge.com/falcon)

[amplificated]

I can't tell you how much I hate this, but... I think I'll pull out of the Cup.

Along the lines of what Jas was saying a couple of pages or so ago is the problem for me: I just haven't played pretty much at all since my last Cup match, and as much as I like the game and want to do well in a tournament like this, I just haven't been playing it, and it wouldn't reflect my actual skill at the game if I were to play a match like this any time soon. As it is, I've been the main problem in not getting my R4 match against Skrotos32 done, apart from some time difference issues.

I can't seem to find the time to practise at all, and amongst a couple of new games I'm playing, it's even harder to do that.

It really sucks that I just can't find the effort in me to continue on at this point. I was enthusiastic about the cup when it started, and I still like the idea of it all and appreciate the work that's gone into it; hell, I even kinda feel like I'm representing Australia in it... but unfortunately my enthusiasm for the game is just not there when it needs to be.

This may seem a bit ridiculous, but I also don't feel that comfortable logging into the PSN while Anonymous is attempting to hack/disrupt Sony's services.

Sorry.

That all said - if anyone feels they want to encourage me to try and find something that makes me want to play and people aren't overly concerned about round 4 overtimes just yet, feel free to try and change my mind, as long as there's time left I may eek up some desire to play... but yeah... at the moment I'm just not feeling it.

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One thing I read that I feel strongly against in regards to those people pulling out like me....

many players have forgotton that this world cup is only about honouring markus memory.drop outs insult his memory unless its due to a acceptable reason such as you no longer have a ps3 to play on.

I disagree that this tournament is about one person. I signed into this before Marcus' suicide; and as much as I'm happy to play the game in remembrance of someone who loved the game, I think it would be more respectful to play the game as it was meant to be played or leave the tournament to those who are prepared to do so - not out of what would in my case be a shallow dedication to complete it.
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Lastly, I'd really like to thank Kanar and everyone else that put time into this event - it's been fun, and I've been nervous all the way through. I'm sorry I can't find it in me to care enough to continue on and have felt this way for weeks, because everything is there to make this tournament great. I guess it just went a little too long for me.

[Oryx Crake]

Honestly if people are dragging their tails because the feel like they wont perform well enough then let me share my thoughts before the first match:
I was picked to play my first match against Greenix who allthough rusty was one of the players in team england for the world cup or in other words not a pushover(plus the fact that I'd just recently started doing phantom races), had I against all probability won that match I'd be up against texasalex who well lets just say the man is damn good at wipeout. I in other words knew I was in for a short run but I'd rather go out swinging than giving up before I'd at least given it my all.

As it happens I lost to greenix (I lost big) but I was happy to have participated and I feel I can hold my head high for having done what I signed up to do.

Or in other words if you feel like you're going to lose then do so with pride. To quote a hollywood movie I think I once saw "there is no shame in losing to a stronger opponent".
If nothing else then just play your match so that you can say you did it.

much love Oryx

[amplificated]

I don't believe that's what I said if that was a response to me, but thankyou for the input Oryx.

[Oryx Crake]

oh no no amp I didn't mean that you were stalling as such I didn't specifically address you either because well... it wasn't entirely directed at you either. I mean sure the part about getting your match done and being proud of it and all that yes. But I get the feeling that people lose interest a little because maybe they think they'll lose and therefore it's not fun anymore, I was just trying to show another way of looking at it. :g

[stinkleroy]

Hmmm Amplificated, whilst I totally apprecite how you feel about the game I really don't see why you would need to pull out. Whilst this is a competion, it's also about meeting new and old friends and a shared spirit of comradery.

I hadn't played wipeout for months when I entered the cup (and believe it or not I used to be pretty good), I never even bothered to practice for my cup matches either because my love for the game had faded with many bad updates and such. I wasn't expecting to get far, or even win one match because I was so out of practice. I only wanted to realise the dream of kanar...to be part of the biggest wipeout gathering ever held!! :)

Of course, I failed miserably in my matches but that was my fault...my choice even, because I could have practised if I wanted to...and so can you...if you want to. If you can't take part for yourself, then please take part for everyone else who has contributed their time and efforts to do so. Being lazy and unmotivated is a poor excuse to let so many people down, including yourself.

Just have fun with it, it doesn't have to be so serious :)

[zero3growlithe]

Oh, come on everyone, is this some kind of novel or something (i began to read those posts to sleep becouse they are really like a novel, nice lecture). I like wipeout, my blueray even don't want to come out of PS3, so i'm forced to play it (of course im kidding). When weekend comes, i'm playing about 3 hours and i have time for everything else (and to play Avalon). Sometimes i cant play so long though (those people and their weapons), but that won't make me not play wipeout anymore. I'm just addicted and it doesn't seem to change:g
Through all of those unnecesary words i just want to say... it gets boring in here :blarg

[Medusa]

This is starting to make WipEout sound like a chess game!!!!!!!
Did we or did we not read the rules and regulations and know full well we were agreeing to take about 20 minutes from life for each match we played, before signing up for the Cup?!

All this dropping off, stalling, and just plain apathy towards an event people willingly (dare I say eagerly?) joined is yet one more confirmation, in case we needed it, that chivalry is indeed dead.

Less typity-type, more racity-race!!!

[amplificated]

I signed up nigh on 7 months ago now (http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/showpost.php?p=181863&postcount=41)... tbh that's a long time to remain chivalrous to a game you don't play for cash. Alas, 'tis true though: I did sign up with the full intention of playing my games 'til the end, and have fallen short of that endeavor.

And I'm good at typing :(

[OBH]

With 260 odd people competing it was never going to be a quick tournament :)

Just try and get through as many rounds in quick succession as you possibly can?

[Nutcase:259]

if you can't bee bothered to play your match then why can you be bothered to cluck on some big speech about leaving?

just let skrotos through and be done with this :brickwall

[kanar]

I signed up nigh on 7 months ago now (http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/showpost.php?p=181863&postcount=41)... tbh that's a long time to remain chivalrous to a game you don't play for cash. Alas, 'tis true though: I did sign up with the full intention of playing my games 'til the end, and have fallen short of that endeavor.

And I'm good at typing :(

As you said, 7 months ago. That means too the cup could have been played twice if everyone have been really motivated. But I understand your point of view though, one withdrawal after another, sure that's not quite motivating. I was eliminated first round so I didn't experience that. Must admit I'm taking my part of responsibility there anyway, I failed to motivate you guys, that was my baby but it seems i quickly rejected it, due to my real life and so on. I wanted to shoot video reports each week and so on, but yeah as you said too ampli, I'm not a Sony community manager & this is not the kind of "powerplay" we dreamed off. I really hope they will organise some official tournaments and online events in the next ps3/NGP episodes.

Because the best wipeout pilots on earth really deserve it. I'm sad to see the cup hijacked by all these withdrawals. I can understand some of you guys are fed up wth the game a bit now, and for sure, you're probably not as good as you used to be. But for god's sake, let the REAL wipeout hardcore pilots play. I know a few guys still qualified & still at 100% of their capacities; so let them pull off their final fight.

So please if you want to withdraw JUST A SIMPLE PM HERE OR ON THE PS3 OR on WipeoutArena.net.

http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=210&pictureid=3340

[Jav]

I'd be positively surprised if this cup will finish without at least 10 more disqualifications.

[Ace3cube]

I just know that my brother lost against Tiduch !
If I know it was the "Owl final".
Go go Tiduch ;-) you became impressive in few month \o/
@+

[Dark_Phantom_89]

It seems that the cup is losing steam, which is a real shame. I actually thought that it would be easier to arrange matches as the player numbers went down, but obviously not! Very disappointed in all of this.

Anyway, I'd still like to think that there's hope for this cup and will continue to support it for as long as it goes on. Even if people don't really want to play the game, can't they at least do it for Marcus or Kanar? Look how much effort he's put in here, and it seems that people are being very disrespectful.

I'm going to message Luna soon and see if we can play our match on the weekend. All hail the Kestrel Cloud - the only one to play all matches on time! 8)

[UB3R~JKP]

Kestrel :d

[Aeroracer]

I can't tell you how much I hate this, but... I think I'll pull out of the Cup.

Along the lines of what Jas was saying a couple of pages or so ago is the problem for me: I just haven't played pretty much at all since my last Cup match, and as much as I like the game and want to do well in a tournament like this, I just haven't been playing it, and it wouldn't reflect my actual skill at the game if I were to play a match like this any time soon. As it is, I've been the main problem in not getting my R4 match against Skrotos32 done, apart from some time difference issues.

I can't seem to find the time to practise at all, and amongst a couple of new games I'm playing, it's even harder to do that.

It really sucks that I just can't find the effort in me to continue on at this point. I was enthusiastic about the cup when it started, and I still like the idea of it all and appreciate the work that's gone into it; hell, I even kinda feel like I'm representing Australia in it... but unfortunately my enthusiasm for the game is just not there when it needs to be.

This may seem a bit ridiculous, but I also don't feel that comfortable logging into the PSN while Anonymous is attempting to hack/disrupt Sony's services.

Sorry.

That all said - if anyone feels they want to encourage me to try and find something that makes me want to play and people aren't overly concerned about round 4 overtimes just yet, feel free to try and change my mind, as long as there's time left I may eek up some desire to play... but yeah... at the moment I'm just not feeling it. ----
One thing I read that I feel strongly against in regards to those people pulling out like me....


I disagree that this tournament is about one person. I signed into this before Marcus' suicide; and as much as I'm happy to play the game in remembrance of someone who loved the game, I think it would be more respectful to play the game as it was meant to be played or leave the tournament to those who are prepared to do so - not out of what would in my case be a shallow dedication to complete it.
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Lastly, I'd really like to thank Kanar and everyone else that put time into this event - it's been fun, and I've been nervous all the way through. I'm sorry I can't find it in me to care enough to continue on and have felt this way for weeks, because everything is there to make this tournament great. I guess it just went a little too long for me.

"get some nuts amplicated and just play your games.. :mr-t

No one cares who wins or loses your wins or losses will be forgotten in a micro second. But you will always be remembered for being a quitter and a runner.
you may not have signed up for this competition because of Marcus but you were in it when it was dedicated to him and its common courtesy to play.it is also courtesy to the players who have spent time to organise this and too the other players too

i hadn’t played for like 2 months either im bored of game but im happy to play and lose my next game this week to a very hard oponent.better to lose than be a quitter with a lame excuse.
it takes 15 minutes to play your games probably 15 minutes longer than you spent writing your excuses here..hours longer than you spend reading posts here....

sorry to be harsh but quitting is quitting and i expect more from an elite player like you than running away cos you didnt practise much and were scared you might get beat.
to all the other elites who didnt practice yet played and lost i respect you all and you can all feel proud that you supported the cup cos you wanna be part of community for me you will be remembered for the right reasons get some nuts amplicated and just play your games.. ;)

[IndoorSnowStorm]

Ya' know, since people are so frustrated for all the players who dropped out, why don't I fill in for the missing players and race the waiting racers! :g

Anyway, sarcasm aside, this cup is taking forever. I remember back in December I won the first round of my first competition ever! I was so excited to play the next challenger, I felt invincible. Then came Vartazian to let me eat his dust, and he beat me.

So in short here is my message to the lazy racers: Remember the time when you actually won something for the first time, and the joy and excitement that came with it. Pretend like you're a kid again, with no care in the world, where there the only thing that matters is having fun. So play your round in the cup, don't make excuses about it, and just have fun with it.

[novide]

come on, pilots :) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQh4ng6nSps)

[OBH]

Lets try and not get too agitated. Everyone was pleased as hell to be involved first of all, would be a shame to lose that.

[Danterich]

Reminder: Wipeout is a GAME !
...and its not "Call of Duty" (man i hate ego-shooters)
----------------------
-thanks to kanar and crew-

[Dark_Phantom_89]

I have actually made an effort to contact my next opponent and should be doing the Kestrel Division Final the weekend after next.

[Tiduch]

Results from Final Owl group Match. :rock

Tiduch vs Fyue3

Fyue3's tracks:
- Single race, The Amphiseum Forward, Phantom, Weap on, 5 laps Tiduch - I take the lead on start and keep 1st to finish but Fyue was be always close to me!
- Single race, Sebenco Climb Forward, Phantom, Weap on, 5lap Fyue3 - Fyue3 take lead on the start and keep 1st for whole time, in 4 lap i was destroyed by bomb (I thought that i got shield before bomb but that was be turbo :brickwall)
- Single race, Tech de ra Forward, Phantom, Weap on, 5lap Tiduch - Lucky with weapons for me, on 1st lap i got turbo and autopilot in good position and ~3 turbo in other laps.

Tiduch's tracks:

- Single race, Modesto Heights Reverse, Weap off, 6lap Tiduch - Very stressful race for me, I only thought, not to do any mistake.
- Zone Battle, Moa Therma Reverse, Target 55 zone Tiduch - The best track on zone battle for me :)
- Zone Battle, Modesto Heights Forward, Target 55 zone Tiduch - Barrier, barrier, barrier...!! :)

Final Score:

Tiduch 5:1 Fyue3

Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqWgAqAo_Tk Part 1 (all 4 Single Races)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rlSJztUCO8 Part 2 (all 2 Zone Battles)

Thanks for very good races :)

[Aeroracer]

eagle update

bazzman vs g-pilot will be on friday

me vs shawn will be as soon as i see shawn online.i sent messages already and im ready any night

eagle final will hopefully be on sunday..fingers crossed

[JABBERJAW]

You guys should just say that if the games are not done in a week, it is a forfeit for whoever will not race, that way, you can have it end quicker, and hopefully it gets finished

[OBH]

Some people are genuinely busy within a week though.

Just to clarify things --
you cannot pick the same mode 3 times correct? Billychan would like to do Zone Battle 3 times, though I thought it was only twice maximum?
Hate to sound like I'm winging here.... just remember reading before that no one was adhering to the rules properly, myself included. I picked all races 5 laps, phantom, weapons on last time.

[kanar]

if you guys can't reach an agreement, default rules is : no more than twice the same game mode (game modes are sr weapons, sr no weapons & zb).

[Jav]

If YOU don't want him to pick ZB 3x, he is not allowed to.

[OBH]

Cheers for that.
Damn, now i feel bad. On the one hand I want to let him pick whatever race types he chooses..... on the other hand I'd like to try and win :)

I've included a weapons off race in my selection; simply so I could abide by the rules this time. Think i'll probably be a nasty evil man and make him follow the rules too :P

[Temet]

You should not feel bad OBH!
I someone would have proposed me 3 ZB, I would have refused.
It's not bad, it's just the rules!

For my first round, I asked "green" for 2 races but the guy was a casual gamer and didn't understand ... so it was "weapons on". But it was not a problem, I've been lucky enough to have someone slower then me for first round :g
(and second was Woopzilla! :blarg )

[Dark_Phantom_89]

The Kestrel Division Final between myself and Luna will take place on the 24th. We're still here, even if some others have given up.

[triboy]

Owl Cloud updated.
http://challonge.com/owl

Tidek, :clap :clap :clap

Congratulations man, you made an incredible thing. When I look at the list of players who competed in our group, my admiration grows even more. You left behind the leading players in the world! Hats off.

:clap :clap :clap

And this probably ends my participation in this tournament. I must admit that it was amazing. Collect as many participants, give them a chance to fight in an organized event on this scale. Historic event.

:clap :clap :clap

Although I played many years, I have never pulled so hard in one game and never took part in the event of this kind.

I would like to thank you Kanar, thanks for inviting me to the organizational group.

:beer :beer :beer

Thanks also for each of the Raptors, and to every single person who has taken part in organizing this tournament.

:clap :clap :clap
Although it is not the end, I think we can say: We made it!

:hyper :beer :rock

[Challenger #001]

Congrats in no small part to you, triboy. ;) You've done a great job. Apologies for my friend Raagentreg once more, but hopefully he'll get a race in with some of the members of the distinguished owls.

Also, I decided to fill in some of the blanks on the challonge threads - I can't see the results for texasalex's match against morfeo. What was the score there? That's the only one I haven't been able to update it with.

[blackwiggle]

I haven't received a result from them yet, I'll message Morfeo and ask.

[OBH]

My race with billychan will take place either today of tomorrow.
Already spoken with SpeedKang as well seeing as the man's been patiently waiting for ages. So the hawk group should come to a swift conclusion :)

Nice to see this thing moving along again :)

[kanar]

Everything updated from my part too, & true obh, really nice to see the cup is still alive; Triboy massive thanks for your job at Owl, & Tiduch makes a fantastic division champion, the first member of the best bling brigade on earth eh eh. Can't wait to know the others :cowboy!

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Still no outstanding matches played? Figures... http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/images/smilies/facepalm2.gif

[KGB]

I can't say I ever got in touch with JFthebestjan or IDReaper about their match but looking at ID's profile page JF got in touch with IDR at the end of last month. I'm sure something will happen soon :! I'll send them both a message later.

[slow-train]

bazzman32 told me he won his round 4 match yesterday :nod

[kanar]

eh eh yeah, just read that on the arena; 4-2. tbh it's well played tactically, he won one of GS's phantom choice (from what I read it was an epic Talon junction fight), then he made no mistake on his 3 own flash choices. It was 3 no weapon flash races, Bazz took the Icaras and well, GS didn't take it lol. Arh I'm sad to see GS eliminated so early, but yeah well done Bazz, you nicely won on GS's ground, then you were flawless on yours, so congrats and good luck for the Eagle finals!

GS Vs Bazzman small report;

GS choices (phantom no weapons)
Modesto R GS
Modesto F GS
Talon R Bazzman

Bazzman choices (Flash no weapons)
Talon R Bazzman
Tech R Bazzman
Amphi R Bazzman

[Aeroracer]

congratulations bazzman on winning your super hard match with a uber fast and skillful hunter greg..

[Temet]

What about your match Jasmin? :paperbag

[blackwiggle]

Morfeo replied that he will have his match with Texasalex the same weekend as the Avalon meet.
As soon as I get the result I'll message Zero3growthie who his opponent is and try and get that match happening ASAP.

[IDReaper]

Sorry guys, some crazy stuffs been happening over here, got electricity and internet back now but we got hit by a couple of tornados over here :/ I think im just a magnet for bad luck is all. But everything is cool now waiting for insurance company to come fix up the house.

[JFthebestJan]

hi IDR, i hope u and ur family re alright.
i wondered, cause u wasn't online for 17 days.
now i know why. if u want, we can do our match this WE.

[SpeedKAng96]

Ouch IDreaper, hope it was nothing too serious:frown:;)

[Colonel]

Blimey IDReaper, you're having a bad run recently aren't you? I'd buy a lottery ticket if I were you, I think you're due some good luck.

[kanar]

Woah ID, glad to know you & your family are ok. Hope insurances will pay the bill asap! Tbh I wasn't worried about your meeting (I'm starting to know you after all these years lol), I was worried about you; as Col Gad said you should buy a lottery ticket, you deserve some luck now.

[kanar]

Ok, small update, a sad one, business as usual these days I should say, ShawnnFrecle dropped out; so Jasmin advances to the Eagle finals. Woopzilla, I think Barn is awol too, so feel free to arrange your meeting wth our last French hope. I'll update the boards today or tomorrow.

[SaturnReturn]

Seriously? He could have saved me a couple of hundred quid for the slim that I've barely touched since our race, and dropped out in the previous round.:brickwall

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Are you serious?! Not to be rude or anything, but he comes all this way and then decides to give up? What a joke!

[leungbok]

It becomes difficult with all the withdrawals and network issues, but you'll finish your "grand final" of HD, Kanar, i'm certain ! :+

[Challenger #001]

Surely at this point we should stop relying on fastpaths and let the AWOL guy's previous rival proceed instead? So instead, jasmin would face SaturnReturn? He's reliable enough to deserve passage through and would get his match done on time.

[Woopzilla]

Alright, I'll get to contacting Bart next. I was hoping Barnster would show up soon. :\

[Jav]

Yea I'm all for Saturn going through. This is ridiculous, besides, Sat is better anyway.

[SaturnReturn]

Appreciate the votes of confidence but I wouldn't re-enter again as I was pleased with the way I went out. It was still a really fun and close match and the video was enjoyable for folks to watch. I don't think I could emulate that now. Plus I'm in guitar mode once again and have pretty much abandoned video games for the time being.

I just don't really get it as I thought Shawn was really peaking, especially with almost equalling yeldar on Metropia TT. I didn't expect him to lose interest.:?

[blackwiggle]

I noticed Barny hadn't been online much at all over the last few weeks [pre PSN outage].
Long periods of not logging in.
When the PSN is back up again I'll message him to see what's happening, it's out of character for him to drop out, but then again looking at who else has/is dropping out I guess the passion has well and truly subsided with HD/Fury for a lot of old timers.

They will all be back like ants on a sugar cube when a new Wipeout is announced, it's a certainty.

[JJPAP]

Hello, my friends :)

First of all: Sorry for my long absence from the forum. It´s due to the WOW - World Outside WipEout. Hmmm. Long story.

Well, I´m about finishing another WOHDC-vid, but need some info to finish it (tried everything, but without luck so far).

First of all, I need the nationalties of the following wipers:

airhead33
mm83944
silicone_blonde (Brazil?)
skylar69

Secondly:

Is matplayer1 and piczyone the same wiper? And if so: What is his/her PSN-name (matplayer1 or piczyone)?

In advance: Thanks for the help! And hopefully see you around Makana Island soon!

JJ

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Here you go JJ:

airhead33 - Australian
mm83944 - Austrian
silicone_blonde (Brazil?) - No Idea
skylar69 - American (I think)

[kanar]

you two; JJPAP & DP => I love you guys, truly. I know it's totally out of context but I just wanted to say it. I'm in the middle of a friend's party in the WOW (world of whatever), and tbh these last 2 posts made my day.

JJPAP, I'll check my old datas & I'll do my best to give you these infos.

[JJPAP]

I´m very happy to present my 4th WOHDC video :)

THE ZONE
YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA5TL3QN8Iw) | MegaUpload (PS3) (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=55HDTQGY)

It´s one big celebration of the participants of the WOHDC - 232 wipers from 29 countries :+

A lot of thanks to XpanDrome2097 (music), Novide (graphics) and Kanar :nod

The footage used is vids uploaded by our friend in speed, LurifaxFlux - and my recordings from the Nordic Sessions held the night before his life tragically ended :frown:

If I´ve made any mistakes (lots of names and nationalities to keep track of!), just leave me a note :)

ENJOY!

[Colonel]

Awesome video dude, well done!

[zero3growlithe]

Great video:) It must've taken much time and work to finish... wasn't that better to play wipeout or something? :g

[mic-dk]

That's some piece of work, JJ, Excellent! :+

[SpeedKAng96]

Extremely nice work JJPAP!

I hope the PSN will be up again soon. Can't wait to face my next opponent.:nod

[kanar]

Brillant stuff JJPAP, & nice attention to the details; thank you so much for your dedication to this cup mate. What a bunch of pilots involved in this one lol, now I just hope the servers will be back online asap, we're dying for new reports there.

[Bombel2000]

good video!!! I have some good house music if you wont to do another video i can give you a good sond track !!!!

[JJPAP]

Thx, Bombel-mate :) (And also very very much to the rest of you!)

I suggest you post a link to your tune at WipeoutZoneVideo (http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/group.php?do=discuss&group=&discussionid=393) - for everybody to use for upcoming projects.
Really looking forward to hear it, but atm I´m - unfotunately - occupied by other things than WO-vids ... Let´s see.

Greetings JJ :)

[SpeedKAng96]

I hope the WOHDC will start moving again, things have been slow as it is IMO.:cold

[Mr Phlanj]

i feel bad because ill be taking my ps3 back off haydn tomorrow but ill give it back when it kicks off again

[Subsonic Retinal Burn]

Like the video :D . However I'm not English :p I know I'm in no position to complain since I rarely post but just thought I'd say so.

[Dark_Phantom_89]

In an attempt to kick-start this cup back into action, myself and Luna will have our Kestrel Division Final match this Saturday during Avalon.

[Colonel]

That'll be a hell of a match. Are either of you recording it DP?

[Dark_Phantom_89]

It should indeed be a very good match and yes, I'll be recording it. :g

[SpeedKAng96]

That should be a helluva' race, DP!;)

Looking forward to the results already.:twisted

[OBH]

i feel bad because ill be taking my ps3 back off haydn tomorrow but ill give it back when it kicks off again

Was just about to say that I cant race but my bro's beaten me to it :)

Can't really argue, you did kindly leave it here for a long, long time. If you could sign in as me and send billychan a message explaining whats going on that would be awesome.

Maybe i should just back out of this, I'm taking long....

[billychanxtr33m]

I certainly don't mind waiting if the admins don't have a problem with it


Seems like the PSN outage really killed the momentum on the tourny D:

[kanar]

Tbh I don't know what to say. Sadly I haven't the financial resources to travel the world & bring you back behind your ps3 screens in order to play your meeting.

We faced personal issues, withdrawals, the speed glitch thing, then again withdrawals, & finally a Sony tsunami. And of course our worst enemy; little by little, lack of interest for an old ps3 game.

I'm totally powerless there. This competition was mostly based on the individuals. If the remaining meetings are still pending by the end of june, I think we should close definitely this cursed chapter.

And wait for better days.

Thanks DP for playing your meeting tomorrow, good to read that.

[KGB]

Maybe us raptors should come out of semi-retirement for a bit to get it back on track, a friendly hello to the remaining players should awaken their interest.

[JFthebestJan]

hey, short update:
IDReaper and me will have our round 4 meeting tomorrow.
i'll let u know the results

[KGB]

My ESP must be working today :)

[kanar]

good to read that JF; hope I could update some boards in the next few days. Eh eh KGB, see you tomorrow for the friendly hello @ avalon. Should be awful on the track for myself, but a nice experience on the chatbox anyway lol.

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Let's face it, this is getting rather ridiculous now isn't it? These matches have been outstanding for almost 3 months now, and it limits other people in that they can't continue. Come on guys, even if enthusiasm for the game has reached zero at least finish what was started.

[JABBERJAW]

I definitely want to see it continue, maybe give people one week for these matches, then if one won't play, then give a fastpass to the person who wants to continue. If neither are responding, then delete them out. should go quick this way

[kanar]

You're right Jabberjaw, and well my fresh new sl phantom pb on amphi rev got 10 mn ago did the rest lol.

[leungbok]

and well my fresh new sl phantom pb on amphi rev got 10 mn ago did the rest lol
Damn you ! :p

[Woopzilla]

I'm in contact with Bart_MdMa, we will play in this week or next weekend. We have agreed on track choices so far. :)

I posted on his profile here a while ago and he replied... but I didn't see his reply because he posted it on his own profile instead of mine so I didn't get a warning (and I didn't think of checking there... oops, sorry).

[JFthebestJan]

hey, falcon update:


JF host 1st 3 races

ZB55 sebenco - JF
ZB55 sebenco rev - JF
SR4laps rapier wep on ubermall - JF


IDR host 2nd 3 races

SR10laps phantom wep on modesto - IDR
SR10laps phantom wep on ubermall rev - JF
ZB55 malavol - JF

[Challenger #001]

I'm sorry this isn't exactly a recent update, but I thought this belonged here rather than the 1v1 room.

TarotCardKiller talked to me to apologise for his absence during December, when he needed to focus on his work. He offered to do a 'make-up' cup event that we never had in the first round. I thought with all the news of the recent dropouts, I thought we could use a good story.

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TarotCardKiller (Fury AG-Systems) vs Challenger001 (Fury Qirex)

TCK's Races:
Sebenco Climb Forward, Phantom Race, Weapons On: TarotCardKiller
Sebenco Climb Reverse, Phantom Race, Weapons On: challenger001
Ubermall Forward, Phantom Race, Weapons On: TarotCardKiller

challenger's Races:
Tech De Ra Reverse, Phantom Race, Weapons Off: TarotCardKiller
Modesto Heights Reverse, Phantom Race, Weapons Off: challenger001
Mallavol, Zone Battle, Target 55: challenger001

Standard Race:
Anulpha Pass, Rapier Race, Weapons On: challenger001

4-3 to challenger001

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I'd just like to say thank you to TCK for being an absolute sport, and a real gent. I just hope other pilots have the goodwill to do something similar. :)

[Dark_Phantom_89]

There has been a problem with my match against Luna. I went 2-0 up and Luna told me that she was ill and would not continue. So I don't know what happens now.

[greenymac]

That sounds kinda weak....

[Oryx Crake]

well greeny usually I'd agree, but Luna is certainly a trustworthy pilot I trust her if she says she's ill.

[blackwiggle]

Yeah she must of been ill, Luna is not the sort of pilot to drop out for no reason or to fake an illness.
She hasn't been online much, which is out of character.

I'll get on to Morfeo and see what's happening with his match against Texasalex.

[kanar]

Yeah I agree guys, we can fully trust Luna there. There's nothing in the rules for that kind of situation, but I think you could keep the actual score (2-0) and delay your meeting 'til Luna recovered. Of course it's just a suggestion, just let me know by pm of here if you & Luna have something else in mind.


Challenger. Tck. That's a nice attention there, thanks for that, greatly appreciated.


And last but not least; IDReaper out!, big congrats JF, was a big opposition there, now the division final and... OMG guys please record that.

[Mr Phlanj]

ill drop my ps3 off at haydns tonight because i still hope for a OBH VS Woopzilla semi-final.

im still torn between who to cheer for.

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Yeah I agree guys, we can fully trust Luna there. There's nothing in the rules for that kind of situation, but I think you could keep the actual score (2-0) and delay your meeting 'til Luna recovered. Of course it's just a suggestion, just let me know by pm of here if you & Luna have something else in mind.

Ok, that seems fair to me. Thanks Kanar, top man. :+

[Woopzilla]

Ok, I think it's sorted... Me and Bart will be racing on 3rd June (next friday) @ 9pm BST (10pm CEST). ;)

[flaflasat]

Luna is one of the pilots more accurate and stronger than I've encountered, I think there was a serious reason to abandon the race, two great champions like DP and Luna are well worth a full race :D

[KGB]

hey, falcon update:


JF host 1st 3 races

ZB55 sebenco - JF
ZB55 sebenco rev - JF
SR4laps rapier wep on ubermall - JF


IDR host 2nd 3 races

SR10laps phantom wep on modesto - IDR
SR10laps phantom wep on ubermall rev - JF
ZB55 malavol - JF

Missed this result, congratulations JF

I would update the board but forgot how :)

Remembered http://challonge.com/falcon

[Aeroracer]

well done to dp89 for getting anything off of luna (she super fast) but then your also super fast too :)

I hope you get well soon luna..I hope you are ok :)

[Woopzilla]

Match Report

Woopzilla vs Bart_Mdma

(Round 5, Merlin Group-Stage Final)

Woopzilla's Tracks (Phantom, 5 laps)
Modesto Fwd (Weapons Off) - Woopzilla
Modesto Rev (Weapons Off) - Woopzilla
Sebenco Fwd (Weapons On) - Woopzilla

Bart's Tracks (Rapier, 4 laps)
Sol 2 Rev (Weapons On) - Woopzilla
Amphiseum Rev (Weapons On) - Bart_Mdma
TDR Rev (Weapons On) - Woopzilla

Woopzilla 5:1 Bart_Mdma

Videos here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0607D6AAB1C8EC6A (they start half way down the list)

The phantom weapons-off races were quite close. Bart was very close behind me most of the time but I managed to stay ahead. I had not played for a while and the nerves didn't help me avoid the walls much but I still luckily managed to remain infront. Sebenco climb was lucky for me and unlucky for Bart... I got a boost first thing and Bart had a little trouble first lap.

On Sol 2 rev I was leading in the 4th lap and then a PSN error struck for Bart. It's probably because of the high volume of people online and downloading Sony's 'Welcome Back to PSN' stuff from the store and lagging it up. I agreed to replay and managed to win again, but was rewarded by the game with many many boosts+mines. :( Bart displayed his true abilities on Amph Rev and left me eating dust. :) And the final race was very close too on TDR Rev. All in all, a very nice, friendly race.

Thanks for the games!

[Bart_MdMa]

Nice moment and good races for you ;)
i lost the round in sebenco climb in the first lap ://

good luck for the final round and i hope see you online !!

[jesse9705]

Hey is it too late for me too sign up i just got wipeout HD/Fury and im itching too participate in a race event

[zero3growlithe]

Jup, it's too late :g But don't worry ;) There's always 1vs1 Challange thread (http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7691) 8)

[drr1984]

Sorry for the delay, the race held today rezatron! Pass your turn with partial reza 6-0. I do not think I would pass the same because I consider reza a true champion, but I regret having played the match at a time of inactivity due to long work and family, is not able to give you the best!
Thank you for your patience in the first place Kanar and Rezatron , then the rest of the entire community of wipers for the long wait in the match play.
I wish you continued good Reza Tournament

drr1984

[kanar]

Nice to see a few more results; glad you could finally sort this out. I'll update the boards in a few hours. Thanks a lot for playing guys.

[yeldar2097]

From Rezatron:
Rezatron in Feisar+ (Canada) vs drr1984 in AG Systems+ (Italia)

(Round 4, Vulture Group Semi-Finals)

Played on June 4, 2011, 9am GMT

drr1984's Tracks (Phantom, 5 laps)
Chenghou Rev (Weapons On) - Rez (1:58:xx / 2:00:xx)
Sebenco Climb Fwd (Weapons On) - Rez (1:59:54 / 2:06:74)
Amphiseum Fwd (Weapons On) - Rez (2:16:79 / 2:21:29)

Rez's Tracks
Talon's Junction Reverse (Phantom, 10 laps, Weapons Off) - Rez (3:53:07 / 4:02:42)
Sol2 Reverse (Phantom, 5 laps, Weapons Off) - Rez (1:44:93 / 1:48:10)
Sol2 Reverse (Zone, 55 target) - Rez (55.3 / 28.2)

Thanks to drr1984 for playing the matches. Before the PSN outage I was trying to track him down but he was never on. It was sheer luck we found each other this morning. As for the results, i'm playing WOHD almost daily and (I think) drr1984 hadn't touched the game for a while which explains the one-sidedness. I know he is a quality player with some top 10 zone scores and lots of other quality records.

The first race (on chenghou reverse) started out with some weapons exchange on top of the hill after the first mag-strip. Drr had the pole and maintained the lead after the first chicane until I shot him at close range with an unlocked missile but he was holding rockets and immediately fired back sending me into a wall. I recovered and passed him on lap 3 using the boost shortcut. Luckily enough I had the pole on the next 4 races and maintained the lead in each of them from start to finish.

I think the road is nearing an end for me as i'm matched up with Skrotos32 in the Vulture finals. If I get past him it's against Yeldar in the top 8! :S

...or JFThebestJan

[Colonel]

I hope either yourself or Jan can video your match Yeldar, it's a hell of a match.

[Temet]

Arf, Woopz, you eliminated my last French buddy!
Congrats to both of you guys!
Good luck Woopz, I was happy to play against you, I hope you'll win a few more ;)

[kanar]

Texasalex reported to me his win 4-1 against morfeo, so Mr Zero, you know who's your Buzzard final opponent; thanks guys for playing, good to see this cup is once again up & running. I'll update all the boards after the work tonight, I promise, sorry for the delay btw.

New, final deadline for round 4 scheduled to june 12, 23:59. Division finals meeting reports are more than welcome too btw.

[zero3growlithe]

Finally... :P that's what i was waiting for 8)

[OBH]

My brothers back, I have till sunday or so to race, if i cant contact bllychan ill happily give up. Sorry to keep you all waiting sooooo long....

[Medusa]

Please, go forth all ye worthy contenders! Leave not this crowd to wait forevermore...forevermore...forevermore...

Let's see how it turns out! It's getting more like an enduro-tourney, I'm still excited to see who will hang in the longest and eventually win the marathon!

[OBH]

I'm going to step down. Didn't see billychan on in the few times i got on the ps3.

:( Sorry everyone...

[KGB]

Give over Haydn, if your making all the running trying to get in contact with him how can you step down. Who's the Raptor of your group, maybe they can get in touch with him?

[billychanxtr33m]

havent gotten any psn messages from obh, please send me a date and time and i will be there

[KGB]

ESP working again :+

[OBH]

I didn't do all the running to get in contact, I didn't find time to get on the ps3 during the few days I had it here.

I'm just going to pull out. As sad as it is to say that, I just feel ridiculous now. :paperbag

[kanar]

Ok then. Billy & speedKang, you guys are free to arrange your division finals.

[IndoorSnowStorm]

Wow, the cup has taken over half a year so far! I would've never guessed it would last this long!

Kanar and others I must congratulate you on keeping the cup this organized, as I would imagine it would get quite stressful. :clap I can't wait to see the finals! :rock

[D.P.M Racing]

awww man looks like ive missed all the fun :(

are you guys planning on starting another cup any time soon ??:+

[Oryx Crake]

anything is possible dpm though I think we'd all like to see this thing through first ^_^

[D.P.M Racing]

ok cool :) and yeah it has taken a while for this cup 8)

[Dark_Phantom_89]

I think that if there ever was another cup, it'd need to have fewer players than this one. This one started out brilliantly and Kanar and all of the crew involved have done a fantastic job, however people are getting lazy and uninterested. This really should have been finished months ago, but oh well.

[Colonel]

Totally agree DP. I applaud the ambition of aiming for 256 players, but I think it would have run smoother with only 128. Shame really; but there are still some great matches to be played.

[SpeedKAng96]

I just spoke with billychanxtr33m, we will hit the tracks saturday this weekend. Can hardly wait for it.:nod:clap

[OBH]

I think that if there ever was another cup, it'd need to have fewer players than this one. This one started out brilliantly and Kanar and all of the crew involved have done a fantastic job, however people are getting lazy and uninterested. This really should have been finished months ago, but oh well.

Definitely a good idea.
It's still been a great feat though. I can't imagine many communities of any game have ever attempted some of the audacious things that we have :)

Oh, and good luck to SpeedKAng96 and billychan. Sorry I kept you guys waiting.

[amplificated]

I think some of the fun was being able to include a lot of players that don't necessarily play the hell out of the game like some of us here at the 'Zone... which means they probably got knocked out early :P

I think as long as those guys had fun, it's not so bad. The rest of the tournament is down to a lot of people we all already know, and I suppose could be replicated at any Avalon event. It sucks that things died down a lot, but it happened after the largest amount of activity that was ever going to happen - 128 matches, nearly all of them played for round 1 - that's good going.

The PSN outage didn't help things, either.

...And I hate how this feels like I'm writing a post-mortem :S It totally isn't; GO THE REST OF THE TOURNEY, WOO!!! :P Still lots of good players left, even if it's taking 4+ weeks to get the matches for each round done :lol

[Colonel]

Can't wait to see the video of yeldar VS Jan, I think they're playing this weekend.

Oh and a belated congrats to Tiduch for winning his division, only just noticed the vids on his Youtube channel. Your progress in the cup shows what an all round great player you are, not just at Eliminator. Good effort mate :)

[kanar]

i'm taking my part of responsibilities there, as it has been said it's started smoothly but i failed miserably to keep the hype around this event and motivate the pilots enough (real life obligations and so on). Was a fool to set up a 256 pilots competition lol, as you guys said 128 would have been better and far more easier to manage. Now the major flaw was the lazy people imo. The majority of the pilots who dropped out did that for selfish reasons. Only a few minority had good reasons. Fact it was an online, round by round based comp didn't help too. So that's why I'd like to deeply thank all the pilots who respected this competition and the other pilots by playing their meetings. Definitely looking forward to the next matchups, please guys youtube vids!

[JABBERJAW]

256 was a great idea imo, just you were too nice :) Since they decided to join, they knew they had to play, and maybe if you did it again, maybe a 1 or two week window per round maximum, if it is not played, then they are out (unless one wanted to play, and the other wasn't cooperating).

[Frailavi]

The amount that showed up and played was astonishing to me. Definitely not your fault at all kanar, this tournament was the best I've ever participated in. Hell, I'm still following it after being eliminated in the beginning of January.

[SpeedKAng96]

I'm back from the Hawks division with results from the final. Here goes:


SpeedKAng96 vs. billychanxtr33m


We started off with his choices:


Syncopia - Zone battle, target 55: Billychan wins
It was a really tight race, but I screwed up with barriers and handling:paperbag


Anulpha pass FW - Zone battle, target 55: Billychan wins
Just like Syncopia.:)


Sebenco Climb FW - Single race, weps on, BR's on: Billychan wins
It was a good start, 'till he shot me down. I managed to catch up though to 1 second marginal:P


Then, it's my choices. All phantom speed:


Ubermall FW - Single race, weps off, BR's on: My win
A pretty comfortble win without any weapons :)


Sebenco Climb RW - Single race, weps on, BR's on: My win
Luck went my way, lots of BR's and turbos 8)


Anulpha pass RW - Single race, weps on, BR's on: My win
Not the best race, but I won :)


Then it's the RACE OF DEATH!:
I got an early lead and held him off all the way: My win


FINAL RESULT: 4 - 3


Massive thanks to billychanxtr33m for the races, was a blast racing you!:clap:clap



Vids will be up tommorow

[Tiduch]

Congratulations SpeedKAng96 :)

After 2 months finally i know who is my next opponent :D

I will write to you on PSN about tracks and term to play.

[JABBERJAW]

Hey I think you are the first to come back from 3-0

[Colonel]

Congratulations SpeedKAng, that's one hell of a comeback.

[Oryx Crake]

Oi! Kang! Congrats man! the entire north is behind you man give em hell in the finals!

Billy I'm sorry to see you go as you've really been a good racer throughout the tournament and from what I hear a good sport! keep the good racing up man!

[Medusa]

:clap Good job to both of you for making it this far, and wow SpeedKang, nice comeback!

[billychanxtr33m]

here are my races with speedkang
part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIEo1pVGlm8
part 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaWuNofssdk

had some problems with the vids but finally got em working

ggz speedkang and good luck in the rest of the tournament!

[Challenger #001]

Awh, I was sort of hoping that I could at least say I went out to the winner of the cloud, but I'm just pleased to see we have one of two very worthy pilots at the end, and the Hawks are done. Well done everyone, and especially to JJPAP, who kept us going despite his own issues IRL. A toast to you this evening, my good man.

[SpeedKAng96]

Thanks for the comments, guys and girls.

The vids are up now, click here to see them (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PL0106E92225909BE9):hyper

As I was down 3-0 and my heart was ready to explode of nervousity. Some sequences was accidentaly cut out in the start of some races, I forgot to hit the "Record" button:D

[kanar]

Wow thanks a lot guys for arranging your meeting so fast, and whaaat a meeting, Speedkang & Billy, big congrats!
So it's finally the fastest Swedish pilot who's joining Woopzilla & Tiduch in the World Bling Brigade. Still 5 names to be known, please guys remember the ultimate deadline!

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Will finish the match with Luna this Thursday.

[zero3growlithe]

And me with texasalex this weeks wednesday evening :)

[SaturnReturn]

...Was a fool to set up a 256 pilots competition lol, ...


There's not a fool on here who ranks higher on my 'big list of awesome'. :)

[Dark_Phantom_89]

I forgot to upload these before, so here they are now. This is my Round 2 match against UB3R-BR3NDAGE. Sorry it's late, but I thought I'd post a note in here anyway in case anybody wanted to see it:

UB3R's Choices:

Race 1 - Moa Therma Forward - Weps On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rEDKfIRxgA)

Race 2 - Metropia Forward - Weps On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtNt6qILEUU)

Race 3 - Sol 2 Forward - Weps On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEecRPZ29TE)

My Choices:

Race 4 - Chenghou Project Reverse - Weps Off (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IG8nOXmbZs)

Race 5 - Sol 2 Reverse - Weps Off (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFUxCsyqFT8)

Race 6 - The Amphiseum Reverse - Weps Off (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC5T3FxQISM)

Default Race:

Race 7 - Anulpha Pass Forward - Weps On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4uri56pBPU)


I've also uploaded the first two Round 5 races between myself and Luna so you can all see what happened there.

Luna's Choices:

Race 1 - Sebenco Climb Forward - Weps On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3FwvU91lFo)

Race 2 - Chenghou Project Forward - Weps On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAyLfNq2zTY)

[JFthebestJan]

Falcon Division complete!

i proudly present the result of

yeldar(9) vs. JF(27)

JF hosting first 3 races
single race venom anulpha fwd wep off - JF (very close 0.0x)
single race venom anulpha rev wep off - yeldar (was restarted/close again)
zone battle 55 syncopia - JF (very close again/57-52)

yeldar hosting second 3 races
single race phantom chengou rev wep off - yeldar (NOT close)
single race phantom sebenco rev wep off - yeldar (NOT close again)
single race phantom chengou fwd wep on - yeldar (again, i sucked horrible!)

[Colonel]

Unlucky Jan, and congrats Yeldar!

[Medusa]

Will finish the match with Luna this Thursday.

I hope you guys have a good match in the end. It's crazy the sort of stuff some of the participants have had happen to them...just goes to show, a true worldwide event like this is subject to all other worldwide events!
Just going by dodgy memory, there's been car crashes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and of course the earthquake/tsunami, and then broken bones, etc...

I think some of the super-pilots are just trying to prove they're human after all. ;)

Thanks for posting all the videos! Now to watch them...

[JFthebestJan]

looser bracket, anyone?
all runner-up players from each division final could compete for
'RUNNER-UP AWARD'
just an idea, but i would definitively take part

[KGB]

I think we will let you organise that JF :g

Anyway, bad luck there mate and well done to Yeldar :+

Board update http://challonge.com/falcon

Big G, aka Radical Radley, aka Yeldar2097 (the housewives choice) is the Champion of the Falcon group, I'm sure all members of the Falcon fraternity hope he goes on to win the whole thing (unless he's playing DP of course who I hope wins :D)

[Oryx Crake]

Great stuff this week! well done yeldar JF is a tough man to beat! good luck in the finals! and bad luck Jan (if you want to do a loser's bracket just give me a pm or something if you need help setting up a challonge board.)

[yeldar2097]

Hello. Just a quick word about the videos...they're hardly 'clean', the language is quite colourful, but it's all in good fun (and sorry for being a bit stoned, I was talking **** most of the time, as were my mates). I had a great time racing JF, it was lovely to race him. I'm going to get him back for that cheeky ZB victory though :banzai.

Anyway...here's the breakdown (Click on the race for video linky :)):


yeldar2097 Vs. JFThebestJan

JFThebestJan's Races
Anulpha Pass - Venom - Weapons Off --> JFThebestJan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voUPbeQpmcA) - Hahaha the end of this was hilarious. I was so proud of my little move on the third lap, then my screen deceived me. Sorry for the music...my friends are somewhat cretinous
Anulpha Pass Reverse - Venom - Weapons Off --> yeldar2097 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHzF76Vrf4Q) - I knocked JF off the track (not on my screen but I suspected my connection was up to no good :/), we replayed this one later on
Syncopia - Zone Battle (55) --> JFThebestJan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4tmlVUNc5w) - I'm really annoyed I didn't switch from Harimau+ for this, was awfully confusing. JF 'ZBeast' out-battled me here fair and square though. I'm pretty sure he won with some risky barrel rolls at the end (that's what I was planning but I missed them lol), so big respect for that :+

yeldar2097's races
Chenghou Project Reverse - Phantom - Weapons Off --> yeldar2097 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB_X3rSIBvk) - Got in the lead after the first BR. Messy after that, but I managed to stay on the track (despite a few near misses)
Sebenco Climb Reverse - Phantom - Weapons Off --> yeldar2097 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvyKX94KQTQ) - Bouncy bouncy
Chenghou Project - Phantom - Weapons On --> yeldar2097 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gVYy2XO9D0) - Not sure what was going on here, I went into a really weird haze and...I dunno it was weird

Final Result: yeldar2097 4 - 2 JFThebestJan


Shortly after this we decided to replay JF's second race on Anulpha Pass Reverse since I had won unfairly when we'd done it originally (lag-ram off the track, sorry :/ ).
Here's the video for that one. Nice, close, weps off racing :)
Link :) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8B_CW3sa80)


Thanks a lot for racing JFThebestJan, it was my pleasure. See you in ZB :pirate

[Frailavi]

Oh man, that first video should be #1 highlight of the whole cup. From start to end it was funny and awesome.

[JFthebestJan]

@yeldar
first video is blocked in GER, cause of GEMA.
can u edit this particular video?

[Connavar]

Lol just watched yeldar-jfthebest videos, nice, especially the 1st one.

[kanar]

Eh eh WHAT a nice couple of news in this wipeout odyssey! Well done guys, once again two of the best pilots on earth delivered an outstanding show; half of the world bling brigade is known!

(WZ Boards updated)

[yeldar2097]

Here's race 1 for people in Germany who can't watch the original: Linky :) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2udmotsmjs)

[mic-dk]

Congrats Yeldar! Those videos has just saved my evening while She Who Must Be Obeyed controlled the remote :p

[Medusa]

:lol
Great videos, great races guys. Somehow I forgot how cool zone is...*rushes off to fire up HD*

[Nutcase:259]

wow great videos. the technique is so smooth especially on chengou reverse. looks amazing.

an inspirational message in there too "dont stop! never give up!" :lol

[slow-train]

great stuff yeldar n jf!!!! from the start of this tourney i reckoned it would be a yeldar v texasalex finalee, n i would love to be a fly on the wall for that one:nod
best of luck to all the finalists,your all awesome :rock

[il_mago_di_Doz]

thanks for sharing!

[blackwiggle]

That first race was a Master Class in side shifting.

Who were you talking too Yeldar?
Some of the conversations going on in the background had me laughing, especially you when you ask WTF was some added ingredient in something that was obviously meant to be smoked...and then what eventually became a conversation about the dubious racing ethics of Tarotcardkiller killing you with a Plasma bolt :lol:lol:lol

[yeldar2097]

I have a free house at the moment so there's a bunch of people here, all stoned to hell and talking tripe 24/7.

Mm maybe a masterclass on JF's part, I had a nice cockup going round the first bend which was rather depressing.

I quite enjoyed racing with people talking to me, made me much less angry about things when I made mistakes...also nice to explain things to people who are new to the game (and all love it for the pretty colours etc... :lol)

[blackwiggle]

The Dali Yelder has spoken :D

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Round 5 (Kestrel Division Final) - Dark_Phantom_89 Vs LUNA_bgd

Luna's Choices:
Sebenco Climb Forward, Phantom, Weps On - Dark_Phantom_89 Won
Chenghou Project Forward, Phantom, Weps On - Dark_Phantom_89 Won
Modesto Heights Forward, Phantom, Weps On - LUNA_bgd Won

My Choices:
Sebenco Climb Reverse, Phantom, Weps Off - Dark_Phantom_89 Won
Sol 2 Reverse, Phantom, Weps Off - Dark_Phantom_89 Won
Tech De Ra Reverse, Phantom, Weps Off - LUNA_bgd Won

Default Race (Changed to Phantom speed by mutual agreement)
Anulpha Pass Forward, Phantom, Weps On - LUNA_bgd Won

FINAL SCORES: Dark_Phantom_89 4 - 3 LUNA_bgd

Thank you for racing Luna.

Videos will be up soon.

[mic-dk]

Congratulations DP!

I didn't really have any doubt, but well played Luna for returning to finish this :+
Looking forward to the videos :)

[Medusa]

Yep big congratulations DarK Phantom for taking the group by storm!

And congrats to Luna for sticking it out, good for you. Now hang tough and drive carefully from now on :mr-t

[blackwiggle]

Yeah, LUNA bgd was telling me she was still getting over her problem.

Trooper that she is I knew she would return to fight it out, still close 4-3, it could of quite easily gone the other way.

BIG UP'S LUNA BGD :rock:rock:rock:rock the spirit of the HD CUP personified!

[Medusa]

Yep I think everybody here should be proud of IDReaper and Luna.
And even prouder when a zoner wins the HD Cup. (The odds have to be 100% at this point don't they? :lol )

Almost to the end of the Cup!!! Good job superpilots!

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Videos are now up:

Race 1 - Sebenco Climb Forward - Weps On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3FwvU91lFo)

Race 2 - Chenghou Project Forward - Weps On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAyLfNq2zTY)

Race 3 - Modesto Heights Forward - Weps On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8vPn0n0wuU)

Race 4 - Sebenco Climb Reverse (Kind Of) - Weps Off (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXY4xgu6hBE)

Race 5 - Sol 2 Reverse - Weps Off (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWnSQUW5Swk)

Race 6 - Tech De Ra Reverse - Weps Off (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtNEm61lvtg)

Race 7 - Anulpha Pass Forward - Weps On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0OJ1D_q9h8)

[zero3growlithe]

Can somebody tell me what is happening with texasalex? He's working or something? Becouse i have him offline for 5 days and he didn't showed on our race day :|

[blackwiggle]

No idea, he hasn't contacted me.
Maybe his PS3 has YLOD ?, I hope not.

[zero3growlithe]

If he had YLOD then he would have contacted with me through PM.

[Oryx Crake]

Congrats DP! sorry to see you go Luna.

might be time to set up the finals board soon methinks!:mr-t

[Medusa]

Great racing Dark Phantom! I loved your plasma shot on Chenghou, verrry nicely done!

[Aeroracer]

congratulations to dp89 for a well earned victory against a fantastic player...
two of the best pilots fighting it out..cant wait to see the videos..

maximum respect to luna for coming back and playing her games after her real life issues..

i got a lot on in my real life at the moment and kinda drifted away and dropped out of cup..seeing luna playing when she could have easily dropped out inspires me to plug in ps3 and get stuck in and play..
i look forward to my games now as i remeembered its about taking part that is most important in this cup..winning n losing are secondary for me..
though winning is better than losing :p

[kanar]

-5 days guys, please keep that in mind. If there's still pending meetings beyond sunday, I'll investigate for fastpath solutions or simple double disqualification. Gah! 6 months. Facepalm.

[zero3growlithe]

texasalex (online 8 days ago), says my friend list :frown: I'll PM him on forum now...
EDIT: Sent... however i don't think he'll answer (last activity: 8th June 2011)
EDIT2: Texasalex is now online :D We're playing on friday!

[kanar]

-3 days. http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/096/7/b/ag_systems_pilot_by_laurajaneart-d3dd9iv.jpg (http://laurajaneart.deviantart.com/art/AG-Systems-Pilot-203852407?q=gallery%3Alaurajaneart%2F29530290&qo=38) Prob. one of my favs, superb artwork by LauraJaneArt (http://laurajaneart.deviantart.com/). A nice metaphora too. I really hope we could have a full final board there, after 6 damn fkn months.

[zero3growlithe]

I have contacted with texasalex and we'll be racing tommorow night :hyper
btw. Why's that guy on that artworks is sad... and has AG-Sys logo too :o (good i already changed myslef to Qirex ;))

[mic-dk]

I think the picture was taken at the unveiling of the Fury AG-SYS. He then saw what had happened to the most sexy craft in the league and he was sad - "I'm flying THAT?!?" :nod

Oh and have a good match, zero and tex!

;)