Wipeout HD Fury - OMNIUM Tournament

[Hellfire_WZ]

He did say he was having some issues with his copy of the game

[Colonel]

I feel your pain, mate. :( I'm not that consistent as I used to be on Zone; perfect laps are getting trickier to nail.

There's light at the end of the tunnel I think. One high score PB so far, and two high zone PBs. I've got over the initial "Oh f**k it I can't do this anymore", and now I've got that familiar itch to be Zoning all the time :g

[Hellfire_WZ]

Just done my first few runs. I think it's gonna be a case of a maximum of two attempts on each track as I have a lot of other stuff to do this week. Not looking too bad, but I doubt I'll see any world beating runs this end...

[Rapier Racer]

lol 2 runs per track is also the limit I set else I'll end up spending stupid amounts of time on the first few tracks and not have time for the rest!

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Argh, I just haven't had the time to start my run of this and am running out of time! http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/images/smilies/francis.gif

[AGSys]

I still have one and half days to complete this. Unfortunately for this round as well, I may not be able to participate since there's an issue with my TV not working with any devices at all, including PS3. Oh but this doesn't mean I'm dropping out.

[TheConzio]

It still means you're stuck on 23 points though...

[Ace3000]

AAAARRRGGHHH! I have such a lot of stuff to do, I'm afraid I am unable to do the zone round, sorry.

[AGSys]

It still means you're stuck on 23 points though...

Perhaps. But I'm doing this for fun believe it or not.

[scarfrogers]

I zoned out last night and submitted my results as going away now until Sunday on jolly! Found Zone a real challenge especially the tracks I had never played before! Unless it comes up again in one of these events in the future I don't think I will play Zone mode again lol
2 lonely!

[UB3R~JKP]

Done 2 so far...going to do 4 tonight, Probably single runs on each!

[GekkoP]

I'm so newbie at zone, 2 runs for each tracks and I'm already tired.

[blackwiggle]

I've been playing Zone for the last 5 hours and I am dizzy as you can get, 6 new PB's out of 8 tracks so far

[onlykpop]

Erased all the previous videos and made a playlist with no audio. Damn youtube.....some peeps were having trouble viewing in other countries :/

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqznx03etHDyoByhdUKShtFaIHPaQ0Xq2&feature=edit_ok

[Light Buster]

I was able to submit my Wipeout videos just fine. Though there are some that are blocked in Germany mainly.

[Mikahail]

Round 3 done pretty fast : only one attempt per track, so it won't be really high.
But, at least, it's done.^^

[Liod19]

New PS3 arrived this morning, have been zoning almost all day. Just sent results in :)

[Hellfire_WZ]

AGH! Mach 1 is really irritating me now. All good in terms of speed, but I can't see where I'm going!

[UB3R~JKP]

I found Moa Therma's mag strip to take a ridiculous view in the higher speeds, its just waaaaay too close to the ship...

[Hellfire_WZ]

One day left to get your results in guys!

[Colonel]

My head is pounding. I tell you what, you'll hear no excuses from me about not having enough time for this round. I have put hours and hours into it, and I intend to get as close to the deadline as I can.

Making incremental improvements on each track. Apart from Anulpha, which can go to hell. When this round is finished I'd like somebody to tell me what I'm doing wrong on that track, because I'm stumped.

[TheConzio]

Not much time left, and have received nothing from group 1, im guessing there's gonna be a big rush of results being sent at the last minute.

[Colonel]

There's still quite a bit of time. Remember any time zones ahead of GMT have until midnight GMT, that's 14 hours from now.

[Knux_Chaotix]

So much Zoning... Must resist licking walls and drooling...

[TheConzio]

oh okay, its only 6 hours till midnight here, but forgetting about time difference.

[GekkoP]

Just submitted my results to Dark_Phantom_89. Poor zones, I can't help it.

[Defjukie16]

Ok, I decided to do each Zone once and then submit my score, didn't wanna spend a day on it :D Sent the results to theconzio. Group 2, I've only received results from LightBuster88, LJtheZombie, and XxSuperRyugaxX. XxSuperRyugaxX, I need for you to resend Syncopia's first picture because the picture was broken in the link you gave me. I only need that one, the rest in group 2, finish up soon.

[Feydius]

Same here DefJukie. Did each zone race once in 90 minutes not because I don't want to race more it's because I had no time this week. But better a result than nothing. :\

Btw. the track colours at Super-Phantom are really ugly, or not? :)

[Medusa]

So much Zoning... Must resist licking walls and drooling...

Knux, you owe me some screen cleaner!! :lol

Sorry I had no time for this round...but I did a couple of runs on AP just now so I can send in a token "I'm still alive and aware of this tournament" entry. :p
*Stupid responsibilities!*

[Hellfire_WZ]

I've got two in from Group 7, still waiting on another five.

[Defjukie16]

I like all the colors in each zone but I'm into a lot of electronica and trippy is where I'm at home.

[UB3R~JKP]

All submitted to JF. :D

I suppose it could have been worse. Average though.

[firefang9212]

I've submitted all my results to you now Hellfire.

[Colonel]

I've had results from theconzio and blackwiggle for Group 8. Still waiting for Ace3000_42, Lazer0pz and CJ4717. 4 hours left guys.

[DuCkyLAT]

Done zoning :hyper

[Hellfire_WZ]

Thanks guys, just waiting for Azurooth now and that's Group 7 complete :)

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Just a reminder to the Group 4 guys to send your results in to me before the deadline in 4 hours. I've got 3 so far.

About to send my results in. After having a super-busy week, I didn't really have enough time to put in than I would have wanted, but hopefully it'll be enough. :/

[ericd7]

I sent my results to Jan.Thanks for your collecting work guys :+


Group 6 - this weekend I can only play on Sunday evening - 8pm start would be great if suits everyone else. I will try and PM/psn you all. Now there is Gold, Silver and Bronze to fight for there is real incentive :)

I'm ok with sunday evening too.
See you :)

[LJtheZombie]

Only 2 results from group 3 so far, better get a move on, guys.

In regards to Group 2 Round 4, unless anyone has any objections, I'd like to go for the same time as last week - 19:00 GMT Sunday?

[Feydius]

scarfrogers, ericd7: Sunday 8pm is good for me too.

[blackwiggle]

Ace3000 said a few posts back that he was too busy to do the zone round, I don't know if he intends to continue with the other rounds, nothing has been mentioned either way.
Laser0pz said a few posts back that his TV broke or something like that.[if you have a PC monitor that accepts HDMI plug your PS3 into that]
I don't know what has happened to CJ4717, he hasn't answered my friends request that was sent before round 2, he told me that he had to wait till the rest of his family had gone to bed before he could hook up his PS3 online.
I guess that never happened.

[Hellfire_WZ]

scarfrogers, ericd7: Sunday 8pm is good for me too.

Yep, suits me :)

[Mikahail]

Fine for me too.

[Laser0pz]

Ace3000 said a few posts back that he was too busy to do the zone round, I don't know if he intends to continue with the other rounds, nothing has been mentioned either way.
Laser0pz said a few posts back that his TV broke or something like that.[if you have a PC monitor that accepts HDMI plug your PS3 into that]
I don't know what has happened to CJ4717, he hasn't answered my friends request that was sent before round 2, he told me that he had to wait till the rest of his family had gone to bed before he could hook up his PS3 online.
I guess that never happened.
I don't remember saying that :?. The game froze when I was playing on Übermall, that's all (and that rhymed!). I just keep on forgetting to submit times, which is really bad of me considering I signed up for this in the first place :(. I was looking forward to Zoning on AP since I almost always play Zone Mode, and it's always on that map.

No times, Colonel. I kinda screwed up on this one :/, and I'm on holiday for the whole of next week, so I can't do the Speed Laps.

Group 8: I can do the Eliminator as long as it's tomorrow since I'm leaving for the Coromandel on Sunday and I'm not getting back until the 20th. In that case, would we be able to do the Zone Battle on the Sunday night?

[blackwiggle]

Well Hellfire has yet to announce what is required to complete the eliminator round, but in theory I can participate tomorrow if we know what tracks etc, but we need what's left of this group to be able to do so as well.....it seems rather pointless having a eliminator round with just 2 or 3, even though I think I have played Eliminator for grand total of 5 times, ever.
I'd start sending PSN message to the others now if I were you, to get the ball rolling.

Yes we can do Zone Battle on the 20th.

Why don't you do a few speed laps of each track and each speed NOW, take photos of the times and keep the photos on a USB stick, then you have at least got something to submit come speed lap round.

I dont's think Ace3000 and theconzio, both in Perth WA, will be going anywhere this weekend, there's a Cyclone about to hit them.
http://www.perthweatherlive.com/

[Rapier Racer]

Group 5 still need results from juanblaze209 and fab0810, just over an hour and a half to get them in guys!

[Defjukie16]

Just sent out the results for Lightbuster88, XxSuperRyugaxX, KloakinDevice, and LJtheZombie. I checked everything of mine and these are the only results I've gotten.

[stin]

Hellfire!, you are a very cruel cruel man!, this fooking Zone are soo fooking BRUTAL!!! Honestly, my eyes are dying but barely alive.

stevie:g

[Colonel]

Thanks for the heads up blackwiggle and Laser0pz. Bw, I checked and it was CJ4717 a.k.a. AGSys with the TV issue..


I still have one and half days to complete this. Unfortunately for this round as well, I may not be able to participate since there's an issue with my TV not working with any devices at all, including PS3. Oh but this doesn't mean I'm dropping out.

... and yes as you say, Ace3000 can't do this round, but it doesn't sound like he's dropping out:

AAAARRRGGHHH! I have such a lot of stuff to do, I'm afraid I am unable to do the zone round, sorry.


... so with Laser0pz out of this round too, it's just theconzio and blackwiggle. I'll send your points over to Hellfire shortly.

Charlie, may I suggest that if groups are short of players this weekend for the Elims, that the target is lowered? Personally I'm relishing the prospect of eight 500 point Elims, nobody's fluking 500 points and it'll be an awesome session... but if there were only a couple of people that would be torturous. I don't tend to set it over 240 - 260 if there are only a couple of people.

Edit - oh but blackwiggle, Elims with just 2 or 3 of you can be fun, very cat and mouse rather than the carnage of a full room.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Yeah, that's not a bad idea. Let's say any group competing with four or fewer players can negotiate their own score target, as long as it is consistent across all races.

[MrBlakemore]

I've sent my R3 results to theconzio via PSN, gotta run to work now. DefJukie, have has Group 1 chosen a time for Round 4 yet?

[Defjukie16]

I believe same time, we'll know for sure tomorrow.

[TheConzio]

Group 8: Does this sound good for you, 6pm Perth time for Eliminator?

[bpinflag]

Conzio, I'm having issues submitting my Zone runs to you.

[Ace3000]

EDIT: I am able to compete in the other rounds, just not the Zone one.

EDIT2:

Group 8: Does this sound good for you, 6pm Perth time for Eliminator?

What day?

EDIT3: I bet you everyone will use Triakis. But that's ok, because AUSSIE POWER!

[TheConzio]

6pm tomorrow, because that's the only time Lazer0pz can do it.

EDIT: Hellfire, can we set the score points for eliminator to 200 (The lowest) because we have a very small group?

[Ace3000]

Yeah, I'll be able to do 6pm tomorrow.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Yep, as long as everyone in the group agrees and it's the same for all races

[JFthebestJan]

@group 5:

what day should the eliminations begin? saturday or sunday? im free on both days, except in the later hours. poker you know ;)

[GekkoP]

@Group 4

I'm available anytime in the weekend, except for 9am-12am (GMT+1) on Saturday morning. Your call.

[Colonel]

Unless I hear anything to the contrary from firefang9212, Group 7 will be starting at 7.00pm GMT on Saturday. We'll meet in the Omnium Group 7 chat room as before. I'm really psyched for this round, should be a lot of fun.

firefang - give us a shout if you read this mate, not had replies from you to my PMs or PSN messages.

[TheConzio]

Is round 3 over now or...?

[blackwiggle]

I'm good for tomorrows group 8 eliminator round, just somebody PSN message me a reminder a couple of hour before we are due to start, I think I might play this round on the projector.
Use the same chat room as before.

Yeah round 3 is over, Hellfire just hasn't put the round 4 info on the first page yet

[TheConzio]

Wow, a projector with Wipeout must be awesome!
In that case if it's over, here's a video of my attempt at round 3 :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLv9Ocxa2qk

[Hellfire_WZ]

Yeah round 3 is over, Hellfire just hasn't put the round 4 info on the first page yet

That's because today is a day off. Round 4 starts tomorrow :P

[blackwiggle]

[QUOTE=TheConzio;224934]Wow, a projector with Wipeout must be awesome !

It is awesome, I played HD/FURY almost exclusively for nearly 2 years through a PJ.. the screen is 2.2m across.
I think I have turned it on once since I bought the 46" Sony 3D TV back at the end of April, that sits under the motorized drop down screen.[I did all my Zone PB's in 3D by the way]
Here's an old thread where we we talking what everybody was play HD on ... see post #154 for some old photos of my setup.
http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/showthread.php?6418-What-do-you-play-WipEout-HD-on/page16&highlight=what%27s+your+gaming+setup

I chopped that media center down so it only has the bottom part, the surround amp changed to a new Yamaha 11.2 channel job, and the old 4:3 TV was replaced with a Sony 46" 3D model, all switching units got scrapped as everything now runs via HDMI.
I press one button on a selected source and everything else starts up automatically as I have programmed it to .... I'm a bit of a old tech head if you haven't guessed already.
Speakers are still the same, Main fronts Harbeth SHL5's and the rest are B&W, I don't use the subwoofer anymore as it's just overkill and annoys the crap out of the neighbors.

Back on topic: Isn't 6pm WA time midnight NZ time?
I would of thought that was a bit late for the NZ guys, as last time we raced at 4pm WA time.
I'm fine with whatever time you guys in NZ and WA decide on, as it doesn't really effect me as I'm smack bang in the middle of a 5 hour time difference.

[Ace3000]

Not quite, 11pm NZDT

[Knux_Chaotix]

GROUP 4 The sooner the better for me ^_^ Saturday would be awesome, just choose a time

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GROUP 4 The sooner the better for me ^_^ Saturday would be awesome, just choose a time

[novide]

Round 3 Zone Playlist with internal view :) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xjpyJErvjs&list=PLlOk2k4iJVw2qFW4Raby-m0GUIB4XGF8q)

[TheConzio]

.

Back on topic: Isn't 6pm WA time midnight NZ time?
I would of thought that was a bit late for the NZ guys, as last time we raced at 4pm WA time.
I'm fine with whatever time you guys in NZ and WA decide on, as it doesn't really effect me as I'm smack bang in the middle of a 5 hour time difference.

Its 11pm there, we will just have to hear from Lazer0pz and AGSys to confirm that time, otherwise we will arrange an earlier time.

[Rapier Racer]

Okay GROUP 4 for the Elimination event We're potentially looking at Saturday, still need input from most group members. I've seen Gekkos post and Knux so if anyone else has any input let me hear it.

Preliminary start time for Eliminator event : 18.30 GMT Saturday

Let me know how you all feel about that, ASAP.

[Medusa]

Hi Group 1!

I'm available on Saturday, from 1500-1800 GMT
and on Sunday, from 1900-2200 GMT

Whatever the group decides, please drop me a PM
Thanks again hope to race you or maybe even eliminate you soon :)

[GekkoP]

Okay GROUP 4 for the Elimination event We're potentially looking at Saturday, still need input from most group members. I've seen Gekkos post and Knux so if anyone else has any input let me hear it.

Preliminary start time for Eliminator event : 18.30 GMT Saturday

Let me know how you all feel about that, ASAP.


I'll be there.

[Knux_Chaotix]

Okay GROUP 4.

Preliminary start time for Eliminator event : 18.30 GMT Saturday


[/B]

I'm there. Looking forward to the Elims the most :P

[Liod19]

18.30 gmt fine with me :)

[Meesiash]

@Group 5:

I'm available anytime in the weekend but please... not in the morning :D. I think after 12:00 will be nice!

[stin]

Right, Group 3, Saturday, I`m free all day and Sunday between 2pm till 4pm, but I must leave my house just after 6pm to pick up my daughter from her work. And I`m free after 7pm.

Is group three video out yet?

stevie:)

[Colonel]

Here are my Zone runs for Round 3:

Part 1 - HD Tracks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOYnOldYxsw
Part 2 - Pure Four - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TC1tZNL4dw

By the way, does anybody else see loads of interference over Youtube vids at the moment? All of mine look dreadful, but I know there's nothing wrong with them. Some of novide's were doing it earlier too, and that was on a different computer.

[Ragsus Maxima]

Group 3. I'm also free this weekend. May I suggest 19:00 UTC onwards for this Saturday? I'm more flexible at Sunday, but I'm fine if we end doing this tomorrow.

[fab0810]

@group 5,not available Saturday
Sunday when you want (why not in the morning, I have a chance to knock meesiah)8)

[Hoooof]

Group 5: any time on Sunday is fine for me too.

[TarquinFarqhuar]

Round 3 Zone Playlist with internal view :) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xjpyJErvjs&list=PLlOk2k4iJVw2qFW4Raby-m0GUIB4XGF8q)

Yes I tried this on, Mallavol. I made it to Zone 40 & had to quit, I think I almost had both retinas detached?

Group 5!... Im good for Sunday.

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[Hellfire_WZ]

Here's the first half of my Zone attempts - http://youtu.be/j_BmrAt25B4

Only a couple of results to clear up in and I should be able to publish the revised spreadsheet. By the way, I will be removing any players who have not showed up at all for the first four rounds and have not been in contact

[Hellfire_WZ]

Round 4 is now open, details are on the first page!

Event managers, please make sure you record the scores at the end of each race. Thanks :)

[Knux_Chaotix]

You have no idea how excited I am about the Eliminator events!!! Prepare to eliminate!!!

[novide]

Yes I tried this on, Mallavol. I made it to Zone 40 & had to quit, I think I almost had both retinas detached?
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Hey cool, you tried it mate... :rock – great pity DrMannevond and Xtriko (also Woopzilla, who flies great with internal view) which did not participate.

i had no detached eyes, they've just been bleeding ;)

[Feydius]

Hmm, JF sent the group 6 results in? The PM with my results wasn't touched yet (got no confirmation my PM was read). Maybe he's busy, then it's no problem. Just to make sure my PM isn't lost somewhere and I got disqualified in round 3. :)

[TheConzio]

GROUP 8: We are competing for round 4 at 6pm Perth time today, if you want to have an earlier or later time, we can change it without a problem.

[Laser0pz]

GROUP 8: 6PM Perth Time is a bit late considering Round 2 took two hours, so I'd be competing until 1am my time :eek. 4PM would be a lot more helpful since I'm leaving pretty early in the morning for my holiday.

[TheConzio]

alright, we can change it to 4pm

[Ace3000]

Also, I might not be able to record. I mean I can record, but the time it says it'll take to upload for me is ridiculous.

[onlykpop]

Haven't heard anything from LJ yet for Group 2. Keepin an eye out... O.o

[TheConzio]

Right, is everyone in group 8 good for 4pm Perth time today? that means we are starting in about 1 1/2 hours

EDIT: now 1 hour.

Edit 2: now 10 minutes

[UB3R~JKP]

So, Group 6 - Tomorrow evening I presume? :)

[LJtheZombie]

Haven't heard anything from LJ yet for Group 2. Keepin an eye out... O.o
Sorry mate, haven't had much time to get things organised, but I made a post about this earlier.

In regards to Group 2 Round 4, unless anyone has any objections, I'd like to go for the same time as last week - 19:00 GMT Sunday?

[TheConzio]

Group 8 just finished with some crazy as races

[Ace3000]

Fun, but crazy.

So what race scores do you need?

[blackwiggle]

Who place where in each race/class I think would be the needed info, then amalgamate the scores together to get a 1 /2/3/4 placings.

[Ace3000]

when I said scores, I meant results, sorry. I have the images, so which ones do you need, theconzio?

[Hellfire_WZ]

Consider each block of four races to be a mini-tournament, so give out normal ranking points according to position for each race. Then add them all up at the end of each block to get the position for the block.

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Group 3, please let me know your availability ASAP. I've pencilled in Sunday at 5pm, but I think it may be best to push it back to 8pm.

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Group 3, please let me know your availability ASAP. I've pencilled in Sunday at 5pm, but I think it may be best to push it back to 8pm.

[Ragsus Maxima]

I'll repeat this just in case someone didn't see my post yet.


Group 3. I'm also free this weekend. May I suggest 19:00 UTC onwards for this Saturday? I'm more flexible at Sunday, but I'm fine if we end doing this tomorrow.

I mean, I have no problem if we end doing this today, but I'm better on Sunday (I'm fine with that time too).

[stin]

Just in case you missed it. :)

Stevie:)

[Rapier Racer]

GROUP 4 Eliminator round will begin at 18.30GMT. Still had no response from SoA_Booney or Pandiloco but seeing as the majaority of the group have responded with an OK, this is when we will be starting.

[JFthebestJan]

@ group5: sunday 18:00 GMT+1 same time as last week ;)

[Hellfire_WZ]

By the way, there's one factor I hadn't accounted for - what happens if we have a points draw at the end of the tournament! :eek

What I'll say is the deciding factor will be whoever has the higher numer of 8-point finishes over the whole tournament (going down accordingly if this is also drawn)

[Hellfire_WZ]

Here's the results for Round 3. Also posted on the first page

[UB3R~JKP]

Wow...Eliminator is going to be very interesting then. :+ Loving the scrap for the Bronze finals Charlie! ;)

[Rapier Racer]

GROUP 4 20 Minutes to go guys!!!

[Colonel]

Charlie, it looks like the subtotal column for Group 4 has gone wonky, it goes from SUM(AZ38...) to SUM(AZ40...) instead of SUM(AZ39...), and so the totals are wrong from pandolico down to INNERVISION.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Sh*t, well spotted. That changes the overall rankings for Group 4, I'll get that corrected and uploaded ASAP. Bloody hell, I'll get this right first time one of these days!

EDIT: Here's the correct version

[Colonel]

Group 7 are still missing MightyJordan and firefang9212, we were due to start 30 minutes ago. I'll wait until 8 o'clock but then we're starting regardless.

Edit - In fact sod that, we're starting in 10 minutes.

[stin]

Checked the results, genuine thought I was getting there but not to fooking be!!! WoW!, these guys are insane!!!! O.O Ok, I do need to work hard on eliminator!!!!

stevie:/

[Colonel]

Well Group 7 had a nightmare tonight. 2 no shows, then a series of disconnections that rendered the two matches we played useless. We're starting from scratch tomorrow at 5.00pm GMT. So if MightyJordan and firefang9212 read this, you've got another chance to take part in round 4. Or another chance to tell somebody you won't be playing.

[MightyJordan]

Sorry, Colonel. I got swamped in my coursework and forgot about it again. I definitely won't miss tomorrow's run.

[Colonel]

No worries dude, these things happen. Bit peeved at firefang though, he's not replied to any of my messages all week, on here or on PSN. Anyway I think tonight just wasn't our night, let's try again tomorrow.

[MightyJordan]

If the connection issues come back for an unwanted encore, I should be able to host; I'm on Virgin Media 50Mb broadband, so 5Mb upload, which is more than enough to host an 8-player session.

[LJtheZombie]

Right, I've already spoked to most of the people involved, but just to confirm - the Group 2 match will start at 19:00GMT.

[Feydius]

Wohoo , today is the group 6 "elimination"-day. I'll will probably lose, but it'll be fun. :)

[Hellfire_WZ]

It is indeed ;) Just a reminder that Group 6 will be starting at 8pm GMT tonight

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Group 3 - We are starting at 8pm GMT today. Don't forget!

[stin]

I`ll be there ;)

stevie:)

[firefang9212]

Sorry about that Colonel, I had a power cut last night that lasted a good few hours but it's all sorted now. Will definitely be the at 5pm GMT.

[SoA_Booney]

a little disappointed about round 4, 2 hours to get through venom was a bit too much, at that rate we were looking at an 8 hour event, i haven't got that sort of free time anymore which is a shame, i know sometimes problems cant be helped but i hate looking at the menu for hours at a time, i just wanna race! i just hope this doesn't have too much influence on my final results in the group stages, thankfully its only one more online event xD good luck in the speed laps guys :)

[TheConzio]

Video of group 8 doing round 4!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmP3Kh8u8pk

[scarfrogers]

Group 6 - I will be online at 8pm for races! :)

[stin]

Guys, in group three. Got an appointment tonight in the hospital for me, I`m having problems with my skin, because, everytime I accidentally bumped a spot, then it`s starts bleeding alot but it took me nearly 30 mins to stop the blood flow. Now it`s delicate and fear to touch in case it might go off again. That is the third time it happened since Thursday night.

I`m starting to get pissed off with it but I just want it fixed before anything further.

So, if I`m not there by 8pm?, just go without me. Seriously, I`m really sorry about that.

Will let you know the update.

stevie:(

[Colonel]

Group 7 is starting in the next few minutes.

[amjw]

sorry group 3 i can't do tonight i'm busy partying at work! peace

[stin]

Well, just got back from hospital. I just have to wait till it`s heals properly, then my wife will know of what it causes it and hopefully nothing but we will find that out eventually.

I`m playing tonight! :)

stevie:)

[Colonel]

I hope it gets better soon Stevie.

Okay Group 7 marathon session finished. It was good but sadly we lost a couple of people along the way, lots of connection problems for Liger and Azurooth. I'll send PMs with results in about 20 minutes.

[UB3R~JKP]

4 races in. 4 Disconnects.

[Hellfire_WZ]

What is it about Eliminator that's causing all these issues? This didn't happen last week... :?

[scarfrogers]

Sorry Group 6, I am going to have to pull out the tourny for various reasons each one important. Really sorry as an amazing tourny :(

Have fun!

[UB3R~JKP]

Yeah, Eliminator is completely killing the servers.

[Hellfire_WZ]

I'm dropping the target for Group 6 to 300, maybe that way we can finish a race with everyone...

scarfrogers, do you mean this round or the whole thing?

[Azurooth]

Yeah it's weird about the disconnections. I've never had this many dc's before, had a total of 8. But i was still logged into psn and internet as a whole still worked. Only had to restart the game to join up again. Anyway, i gave up after the 8th one since i was certain it would happen again. Sad but true. :/

[scarfrogers]

I gotta pull out the entire tourny mate, sorry.

I will do some SL for fun but count me out.

[Ragsus Maxima]

I had to pull out this round due to that evil being called "The Yellow Light of Death". I've been able to end some elims but my PS3 couldn't take it anymore.

Andy, Luke and Stin had to end the remaining "races" without me. Hopefully, I'll get a new PS3 Slim before the Saturday. But until then, I'll make the funeral arrangements. :(

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Finally finished, and my word, it was exhausting. Only three of us were able to stay until the end and I had to lower the score because it would have gone on for too long. Thanks for the games though gents, was carnage as always.

I do think that four tracks per class was a bit too much in this instance, but at least it's done now. :)

[Mikahail]

Just finished too in group 6.
It was a mayhem of disconnections (Brendan(UB3R-JKP) here got 5 in a row) and freezes but we did it at last. :)

Oh, and IIIrd World War in each race, of course. :)

[UB3R~JKP]

That's put me off Eliminator for life. :lol

[MrBlakemore]

Sorry about today, Group 1. Got flooded in at my bud's place until the water reced. Did any other groups have the same connection issues?

[Hellfire_WZ]

Guys, I'm sorry about the 500 target, that was a really stupid decision. If anyone has still to play for whatever reason, please feel free to drop the target to 300 or whatever you think is appropriate within your group.

And on another note, I've been thinking about how this tournament is panning out regarding online meetings, and I'm really not sure this format was a good idea. It seemed like it at the time, having a month-long tournament spanning all game modes, but looking at all the issues regarding organising so many meetings and people dropping out left right and centre for reasons understandably beyond their control (or just not f*cking showing up at all)... I have to be honest here, I'm really reluctant to organise another tournament like this in the future, it really doesn't seem to be working from my point of view...

[UB3R~JKP]

I'm sad to hear you say this Charlie, and it's unfortunate that there are loads of drop-outs. Obviously those with issues and those who just decide not to show up. Regardless of all the problems that keep arising, I really appreciate the effort you have went to here. The level of competition is intense, and it's really rekindled my love for WipEout (even with that Elim round of doom I just had), I'm not one of the 'big players' in the WipEout world but things like this really do make me realize that this game is easily still where it's at!

A big thank you from me, for the hammerings you are dishing out ;) Same to you Eric and the rest. :lol

[Knux_Chaotix]

Guys, I'm sorry about the 500 target, that was a really stupid decision. [...] I'm really not sure this format was a good idea. [...] I have to be honest here, I'm really reluctant to organise another tournament like this in the future, it really doesn't seem to be working from my point of view...

500 is a high target for the lower speed classes IMHO. The Elims were by far the longest and most pain staking event so far. I thought the Elims may have been 2 tracks per speed class with a target of 300 - 500 depending. I love Elims, I love high point Elims, so this wasn't so much of an issue for me ^_^ Aside the DC issues with the Elims, I had a blast (literally :P) yesterday.

The format is a great idea IMHO. The problems of people being no shows etc cant be helped really. I love the way this has gone on through out the month and I'm sure plenty others feel the same way. I appreciate the effort that you and all the people participating have put in with this. The idea was ambitious and risky. There is nothing wrong with that. For events like this, maybe keep note of the people who have stuck it out and the ones who have shown up for it and maybe limit to the more reliable ones to avoid issues of no shows etc. It's a real shame that this has happened. I'd love to do another tourney like this again, I'd be well gutted if it didn't happen but I understand where you're coming from.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Maybe, it's just the way things seem to be tailing off just says to me that it's going on too long. I think any future tournaments need to be shorter.

Round 5 is now open - the Speed Lap round. You have until Thursday 15th January to get your results in.

[Colonel]

I think it's worked brilliantly so far. We've been unlucky with connection issues, but I've enjoyed every round thoroughly so far. Don't be disheartened Charlie, this is the best thing that's happened in Wipeout for years.

[Medusa]

TBH, if I'd anticipated dealing with a suicide, a workmate breaking bones, friends moving away, all in about 2 weeks, no way in hell would I have joined this tourny.
Also, while I really do think putting everybody in a similar time zone is a grand idea - for people with screwed up lives who work night shifts (me), trying to meet up with people who live normal lives (even on the same bleeding continent!) is a bit more difficult.

Still this tourny was a great idea, is great fun, and I don't see why it shouldn't be considered a success considering how compactly it is being played (you've got x# of days, do it, move on). I'm having fun when I can make it happen. Race on, me hearties! :twisted

[LJtheZombie]

Round 4 done, and even though it was a bit of a marathon for my poor group-mates, we got through with only 1 disconnect, in the first race. Fun times, and 32 points on the board for me. It's all downhill for my score from here!

[blackwiggle]

Well for me, this tournament has rekindled a love for a old flame.
I hadn't played Wipeout for ages, mainly because I thought I had pretty much played it to death over the previous 3 years.
The Time Trial I found I was slow getting into, but come the first online tournament it brought back fond memories of weekend long AVALON events, where it didn't matter what timezone you were in, at least a few wipeoutzone and ARENA players would be online, plus great banter in the chat rooms.

Sure this tournament has had some drop outs, it was inevitable, it always happens.
It's always disappointing when this happens.
I don't know if it has been people not realizing what they had promised to commit to, or that those that seemed to have dropped out first are the ones that heard about the tournament via other means than perusing the Zone or Arena pages.
It's all very well reading a Facebook page while commuting while on your mobile, and deciding, that sounds cool I'll be in that .... then come the crunch of "Turning UP" ... these tend to be the same people that don't turn up.

I'm from a different era, nearly 2 generations from the current one, one where you always try not to let people down, especially when it's a friend who you know has put a lot of time and effort into something that they thought would bring some joy into your lives.
Which this tournament has for me.
So it's a success as far as I'm concerned Hellfire.:rock

Big UP's for organizing it . :+ :clap :rock

Now for the speed lap round.
I haven't looked at the tracks yet ...... hopefully I can beat a PB like the 6 I did in Zone.:nod

[Solid]

Forgive me if Im being blind but have the zone results been published yet?

[Hellfire_WZ]

I think the big problem I'm seeing is the large number of windows in which to compete. While I've tried to be as flexible as possible it seems the sheer number was always going to prove too ambitious. Thanks to those of you who are managing to put up with this, I do think though that things need to be looked at again next time.

Solid - yes, they are up. Check the first page.

[Solid]

What is the BSB technique?

[GekkoP]

I love it, Hellfire. I just love it. I obviously can't race pilots such as SoA_Booney or Liod19 (not yet!), but I'm having so much fun despite some real poor driving by my side. And I'm learning some things too. I couldn't ask more, actually.
Of course, it is not easy to set an event as huge as this. And, as I was joking pages ago, my wife is not entirely happy of my countless hours of zones and time trials. Maybe you're right, maybe it should've been shorter than a month, because the schedule is impressive. You, and all the event managers, are going through a great deal of patience for it, and the community should be grateful to say the least.

I say keep going. So far it's going pretty well, looking at the results I see good competition.
Plus, I need another tournament. I'm improving, I want to get back to some of Rapier Racer's plasmas!

[Azurooth]

This tournament was a brilliant idea. It's the most fun i've had with wipeout for several months. Plus it has allowed me to meet some new people. I can't see any failure here at all, at least from my view. :) So big thanks Charlie!

[stin]

I'll make it brief. Charlie, keep going because now l'm starting to love wipeout again.
Last night were brutal, alot of disconnections, freezes and resets internet router! lol, but we got there in the end.
Anyway, here comes the speed laps this week.

stevie:)

[blackwiggle]

RE: Question
What is the BSB technique?

It was a technique that was available to multiple pre boost before hitting the start line of a speed lap [it involved Turboing, BRing and getting a second Turbo and using it all before hitting the start line of a lap], thus giving the pilot [Who could pull it off] a similar equivalent to a extra Turbo boost.
It was pure ingenuity that thought of the process, I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure it was Piraphiac from Wipeout Arena that first discovered the way to do it, then Leungbok got PSN messaged about it [Those two have always ben in comp with WR TT and SL's,] I, and several other diehard wipeout pilots at the time, got Youtubed private messages with video evidence on how to do it, then it was on for young and old who could beat the world record for each track.
It wasn't long before the chant of "Cheating" reared it's ugly head.

Much discussion both at this forum and at Wipeout Arena went on at the time regarding the legality of times achieved via those that were able to poll off the maneuver.

It ended up with Studio Liverpool considering it such a problem that it recoded the game so a update made it impossible to do it.

[Liger Inuzuka]

Every organization is not without its hiccups or faults, but overall I think this tournament is well organized. It's enjoyable and brought many racers together all fans of the Wipeout. If you don't make a tournament in the future like this one, perhaps a smaller one would be easier to manage but both would be welcomed with open arms surely.

- - - Updated - - -

I'm glad someone asked and answered this question, I was wondering what BSB meant. Thank you for answering~

[Colonel]

Actually it's still pretty easy to do it, but that's neither here nor there. For something like Omnium it's only fair that it's banned.

[blackwiggle]

It's not the same as the original BSB, as you could press the START button to reset the lap in the original version.
That's what SL took out of the equation ... no longer able to do it.

Just as well ...it caused a hell of a lot of fallout at the time, I'd hate for old arguments to resurface and start off again.:|

[Rapier Racer]

Don't be too disheartened Charlie the tournament was an awesome idea. I think a large part of the problem like blackwiggle mentioned is maybe people who aren't members of Wipeoutzone or Wipeout Arena seeing something flash up on Facebook or twitter and commit without fully knowing all the details or just not bothering as they aren't a vested member of the Wipeout community as such. I'm not trying to sound elitest in any way, just what I think.

Maybe future tournaments could be slightly smaller scale ? Maybe only a singular game mode or maybe 2. Omnium is demanding, but you know, its all there in black and white when you sign up .

On to the speed laps !! Keep on racin :)

[UB3R~JKP]

This BSB business has always confused me. Just to clarify, it's legal to use a boost juuuust before a lap begins?

[Colonel]

Yeah that's absolutely fine, it's the standard technique for Speed Laps. Nobody's doing BSB by mistake, it takes a fair amount of practice to get right. I've never used it for any of my times, but I did play around with it for a bit, just to see what all the fuss was about.

[UB3R~JKP]

Aaaaaah, thanks Adam!

[MrBlakemore]

As a matter of principle-and to improve my laps on Campaign mode-I got in the habit of absorbing my boost and relying on BRs and honing my side-shift skills. It made me learn the tracks better.
As for Charlie's concerns, I have plenty to say, but don't want to attempt to cover it all until I am on a computer. My smart phone won't make the cut this time.

[Light Buster]

Damn, I didn't think @XxSuperRyugaxX was this crazy in Zone mode. Props to you man, I can't even get close to your zones.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Ryuga has withdrawn from the tournament

[bpinflag]

Hellfire, Charlie, whatever you prefer us newbies calling you, thanks for organizing such a monster of a tournament. I've never participate in anything like it and it has kindled and undying passion for AG-Racing. It sucks another guy dropped out, but don't get demoralized. Ask some of us to help you organize the next one, to streamline it! This tournament (Although group one's eliminator felt like trying to rub a cheese-grader on your forehead) has been a blast. So keep your chin up.
As for the rest of you, absolutely fantastic racing and spirit on the track. I hope to race you all in the future again.

[novide]

some explosions from round 4, group 7, venom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9wuh2-qTXA

[GekkoP]

Another reason I love Omnium? I keep improving. I'm doing my best speed laps in a while, even though I should give up cause of that crazy fast Booney.

[Colonel]

I managed to get 3 PBs on Speed Lap last night, and it was a fairly hurried attempt. Tonight won't be possible but on Thursday I have the place to myself, so I'll nail the rest of them then. I've got about 16GB of Elims uploading atm :eek

[Feydius]

@Hellfire, saw the first part round four on Youtube before a minute. And now I know who got the quakes the first races. :) Can't wait for the next uploads of the elimination round.

@group 6: It were great races with much fun, good luck for the speed laps.

[Hellfire_WZ]

I will be updating the spreadsheet with the Round 4 results tomorrow. I am genuinely depressed by how bare the results table looks...

[UB3R~JKP]

:( How many drop-outs is there now?

[Hellfire_WZ]

Eleven in total, but I'm also looking at the number of DNFs all over the place in that round. I know it couldn't be helped in a lot of cases, but...

[Medusa]

I will be updating the spreadsheet with the Round 4 results tomorrow. I am genuinely depressed by how bare the results table looks...

Sweet Jesus, you are not allowed to be depressed over a Wipeout tournament! I know this was huge work for you, and it's not panning out wonderfully, but...Don't make me come over there, Hellfire!
Just think, next round all the flops will be weeded out!

Wish I had better logic to cheer ya up, but hey...I'm not coming up with anything else...

[Knux_Chaotix]

Thats so sad to read :( Try not to let it get you down Hellfire. Theres still a load of us competing. Granted there has been drop outs and no shows, but you still have the solid fan base with you. Don't be sad :(

[Ace3000]

Off topic, but why can't we add attachments to PMs and stuff?

[blackwiggle]

You can add attachments, but they have to be small.
File sizes are determined by the HOST

[Ace3000]

Ah, thanks.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Results for Round 4 are here. Group 1 may be replaying their round as it was severely disrupted, so their grid is blank for the time being. I will update this in due course

[blackwiggle]

I just noticed that you have Thursday 18th Jan as the cut off for speed lap, actually the 18th of Jan is a Friday.
Which is it, cut off at midnight on the Thursday or Friday?

[Hellfire_WZ]

Sorry, should be the 17th. It's midnight Thursday

[stin]

At least my speed lap are done and dusted! Done seven tonight after 4 hrs intense racing!!!

A wee break for two days.

Still fourth :( needs to work hard!

stevie:)

[Hoooof]

Group 5: same time again this Sunday? 18.00 on GMT+1. I can't do Saturday but can do any time on Sunday.

Hellfire: thanks for the regular updates on the results table. Very professionally done.

[UB3R~JKP]

Ah man, Speed Lap has been great fun so far, just about finalized all my times. Go for that final push tomorrow on certain tracks.

[GekkoP]

Results sent to Dark_Phantom_89, as usual.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Gonna be doing all mine tonight. Speed Lap really isn't a strong point for me so I can see myself dropping a fair few points here.

[Rapier Racer]

Group 4 Online Zone Battle What times are people available this Saturday?

Proposed start time is 5.30PM GMT

Let me know if thats good for you.

[GekkoP]

I'll be available on Saturday. I would prefer around 12:30/1:00pm GMT, since the last online round lasted very long. The sooner the better, for me.

[Ace3000]

@GROUP 8: Let's schedule our times for Round 6, the Zone Battle.

May I suggest a time and date of Saturday, 3:30pm Perth time [GMT+8], for convenience of Lazer0pz, as he wasn't able to participate in the final Eliminator race.

Please feel free to suggest different times/dates, as I am just suggesting the time.

[Knux_Chaotix]

@Gekko, I think the earliest RR can do is 3.30, he's working till 2 on Saturday. I'm good for an early time though ^_^ Looking forward to ZB very much

[GekkoP]

3.30 would be fine too, no problem.

[Knux_Chaotix]

Awesome. I'll give him a prod after breakfast and let him know ^_^

[Liod19]

I sent my ss results in, all pretty rushed attempts. Every now and then I reach a point where I'm absolutely sick of this game and this point is now. So I wasn't really motivated to do my speed laps. :(

Anyway, 3.30 is fine with me. 12.30 would be a bit too early indeed.

[TheConzio]

@GROUP 8: Let's schedule our times for Round 6, the Zone Battle.

May I suggest a time and date of Saturday, 3:30pm Perth time [GMT+8], for convenience of Lazer0pz, as he wasn't able to participate in the final Eliminator race.

Please feel free to suggest different times/dates, as I am just suggesting the time.

Lazer0pz can only play on Sunday.

[Ace3000]

Ok, so 3:30pm Sunday, Perth time?

[Colonel]

Just a reminder for Group 7, as per my PM last weekend, our Round 6 meeting is at 7.00pm GMT this Saturday. I'll send PSN reminders this evening as well. Should be a cracking session this weekend, nothing gets the heart racing like Zone Battle :g

[stin]

From now on l am offically working seven days a week. I will let you know tonight after my daughter's arrangements. Looks like after 8pm on both nights.

stevie

[Rapier Racer]

I don't want it to drag out like it did last time either so I'm looking to be setting up and starting each race as soon as I can. Hopefully connection issues won't be such a problem this time.

Okay it looks like 4 out of our 7 are good for a Saturday 3.30pm GMT start, just waiting to hear from the rest of the group.

[scarfrogers]

For fun I have been trying to beat Cheng Rev SL on Flash, just stuck at 28.47s - can't get nowhere near my PB, BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! :)

[Colonel]

Me neither John. Most of my others I've set a new PB without too much fuss, but Chenghou Rev my ghost just runs away at the shortcut, and I spend the rest of the lap trying to reign him in. Can't get within half a second of my record here, and I've given up trying. Sol 2 at Phantom has been my other frustrating one, just got Vineta Rev left tonight and I'm done.

I have to say it's been better than I expected, although I'm hardly setting the record tables on fire.

[MightyJordan]

Alrighty, I'm gonna go and set my Speed Lap times now. It's gonna be a rushed job again, due to university work, so probably only 5-10 laps on each track.

- - - Updated - - -

All submitted. See the rest of group 7 online on Saturday!

[JFthebestJan]

@ group 6: recieved just 3 results so far.

@ group 5: round 6 this WE on sunday again? 18:00 GMT+1?

[Hellfire_WZ]

Jan, just starting mine now. Will get them over to you later on

Likewise, only three results from Group 7 so far

[Feydius]

My barrel roll thumb is hurting and the left analog stick on the wireless controller sounds a little bit weird. I've never done speed laps (except for the campaign modes) and now I see everything depends on the knowledge where to use the turbo and where to barrel roll.

I wish Wipeout had some kind of option to generate tracks (for an event) randomly because it would suppress memorising every corner and would show the real skill of the pilots. :p

Okay, round 6 is near! :)

[firefang9212]

I've sent my round 5 results to you Hellfire.

[blackwiggle]

The PSN is down for maintenance over here atm, so I can't send the missing photo of my Vineta K reverse time via the PS3.
I have sent you a PM colonel with the missing image.

I expect the PSN outage will effect everybody, here's a copy of the alert posted at the Playstation forum.
Please be aware that there will be major consumer impacting Network maintenance tomorrow [Friday] for 12 hours

Start time -03:00 (AEST) Friday 18th January - That was 5h 17m ago [compare to my posting this at the forum time, which shows on the left upper]
End time -15:00 (AEST) Friday 18th January

[Hellfire_WZ]

Okay. If anyone else is affected by this, please just send your times to your event manager. The screenshots can be provided later as long as they correspond with the time you have given.

Thanks for the response from Group 7, just waiting on one more now.

[Colonel]

I've only had times from blackwiggle and Ace3000 so far, nothing yet from Lazer0pz, theconzio or CJ4717.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Believe it or not, there is a tie in one of the races in Group 7! In the very unlikely event this happens, whoever hit the most speed pads will take precedence. Otherwise, just share the points

[Meesiash]

http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/3wSlJBkj%2BptOW2QVBnZCgdMrwc40PunbRKCqbJ8JCvReSmZk SBHbAYWGd0dgnmQk its my results :] very poor.

[Hellfire_WZ]

That's it guys, unless you're later than GMT Round 5 is over. Event managers, could you send me the results ASAP? It's Zone Battle this weekend :)

[Colonel]

Believe it or not, there is a tie in one of the races in Group 7! In the very unlikely event this happens, whoever hit the most speed pads will take precedence. Otherwise, just share the points

Novide and I? I noticed it when I finished the lap, and check this out - it's the second time we've drawn. We also drew in Round 1 on a Time Trial, and our fastest lap was only .01 apart, otherwise it was going to SPs. Peas in a pod I'm telling you :)

I'll fire Group 8 results to you shortly mate.

[TheConzio]

That's it guys, unless you're later than GMT Round 5 is over. Event managers, could you send me the results ASAP? It's Zone Battle this weekend :)

Wait! I'm uploading my results right now, but will take half an hour, or am I too late...?

[Colonel]

Sorry conzio, you're too late mate. Oh well, at least you have a healthy lead in your group, one round shouldn't affect you too much. I'm just glad you haven't dropped out.

[TheConzio]

The results were up, but youtube rejected the file D:

[Defjukie16]

Sent mine on the east coast.

[camlet]

darn this week , conzio could not pilot this week had work

[novide]

Playlist from all eliminator races group 7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9wuh2-qTXA&list=PLlOk2k4iJVw3MieoUtKHfW0A4P3luVO9N)

Speed Laps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nboPegtv35g)

[Rapier Racer]

Group 4 players I've had feedback from everyone, who would be willing to start half an hour later at 4PM GMT Instead of 3.30? Innervision says he has work on the Saturday and would like a slightly later start time.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Thanks to those of you who have passed on your Round 5 results. I still need them for Groups 1, 3 and 5

Group 6, are you okay to do our Zone Battle tomorrow at 8pm GMT?

[Knux_Chaotix]

GROUP 4 - I'd prefer we started asap... Don't want it dragging out...

[Mikahail]

It's okay for me. :)

[Colonel]

Here's my Eliminator playlist, for anybody who has several hours to kill...
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlg8ZzZcXahgGorVXZl3HTxjrmkKoT7ax&feature=view_all :twisted

[UB3R~JKP]

8PM Should be fine I imagine...

[blackwiggle]

What are the tracks for zone battle?
I've been dreading this round, maybe I could ask the local zoo to send a chimp around to play in my place, I doubt anybody would notice a difference.

[GekkoP]

Ok 4pm, Group 4.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Details for Round 6 are now available

[Ace3000]

Urgh, scratch that, they DON'T have wi-fi. I've chosen to stay at home, because I really want to compete.

[blackwiggle]

Tech De Ra forward is listed twice, once in both 35 and 45 zone targets, is this correct?

[Ace3000]

If I had to guess, I'd say that one of them was supposed to be reverse, but Hellfire forgot to add that.

[blackwiggle]

Well the PSN is still down here in OZ.
I checked the Playstation forum and they have posted that it will hopefully be back in operation some time today, but no specific time frame has been given.

So since sending PSN messages are out for the moment, I suppose something should be sorted here regarding our groups tournament staring time, that's if and when the PSN is back up.

What time tomorrow does group 8 want to meet up for the Zone Battle round?
4pm or 6pm AWST?
I suppose to get everybody racing it will be up to what time Laser0 in NZ can be online, he said he should be back from holiday tomorrow.

[TheConzio]

Well It pretty much relies on him, whatever time he is available tomorrow then we will do it. I'm guessing 4pm AWST. Because we have always done it at that time.

[Ace3000]

Crap, I forgot, do the zone battle ships retain their original statistics (i.e 80 speed, 95 thrust, 90 handling and 80 shield for AG Sys) or are they like the standard zone ships where they are all at 100?

[blackwiggle]

Like Zone ships.

The PSN is finally back up, YAY!

[Ace3000]

Ah, yes. That's right. I just got confused between the actual Zone Battle ship and the unlockable livery for the standard Fury ship.

EDIT: @TheConzio, I will be able to record if you suffer a disconnection.

[TheConzio]

Thank you Ace

[ericd7]

Group 6: i'm ok for tonight at 20.00 gmt, see you then :)

[Feydius]

Same for me! :)

[Hellfire_WZ]

Oops! Well spotted. The one in the 35 target category should be Talon's Junction

[Colonel]

Here is my Speed Laps video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPyZZWkPTVM

[Hellfire_WZ]

Here's all mine so far

Round 3 - Part 1
http://youtu.be/j_BmrAt25B4

Round 3 - Part 2
http://youtu.be/STFCc_PceAI

Round 4 - Part 1
http://youtu.be/Ry5hwmk3cuU

Round 4 - Part 2
http://youtu.be/TzJJjST-PF4

Round 5
http://youtu.be/MOyE3u_J0nQ

[Medusa]

Group 1?
Has there been a change of plans or was this morning not an official plan?

Just wondering. Awfully silent on PSN.

EDIT:
Or, like me, do you keep getting signed out of PSN! Good grief, what else could go wrong? (...and from the sky, a house falls on Medusa)

EDIT2:
I guess PSN is down. Wish I'd thought of that before troubleshooting my router for 2 hrs.
http://www.vg247.com/2013/01/18/sony-provides-update-on-us-playstation-network-maintenance/

I think that effectively blocks my attempt at participating today. Nice.

[bpinflag]

That is a load of bull kiTTun, I got online right after you signed off. For group 1, since I haven't heard from Defjukie, I have no idea when we are going to meet up, as of now I'm sticking to our old standard of 3pm EST. So I'll be online for that.

Oh, and no this morning was not an official plan, everyone kind of fell off the board. I'll try to rally up these guys.

[Defjukie16]

Vlhad13, kiTTun, cam-let, and MrBlakemore, we're waiting on you guys.

- - - Updated - - -

Ok, kiTTun maybe out due to PSN problems.

[Medusa]

FFS, my PS3 can't even decide on a specific error anymore, they're getting more and more random. I'll keep trying, router and modem reset again maybe will help.
I'm really trying here guys, I'm sorry believe me

That PSN article, I googled really quick and it came up so thought it was legit. Sorry for misinformation.

EDIT: At the moment, my PS3 seems to be good to go. I will stay online the next few hours in case.

[MightyJordan]

Apologies to Group 7 for the very short notice, but I won't be able to make it tonight. :| Something's popped up and I have to head out. I'll still appear online, but just ignore it, it's my brother playing while I'm out (he's got sick and tired of EA's servers on FIFA 13).

I've already messaged Colonel on PSN, but just relaying it here so everyone knows. Sorry again, guys.


Oh, and just to reassure, I am not pulling out of the tournament; I'll still be taking part in the final round next week.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Here's the results up to Round 5.