The Wipeout HD Cup

Welcome there slow-train! And a warm welcome to DJTechno & trinity17 (you probably burned the matrix with her mate uh?) too!

Kanar, good news. ;3 P_Denton wants in.

Sweeet :D

I've been away a long time recently and suppose I should take part. This is all still in preparation, right?

So, if you're still accepting, please sign me up. ^^

Woop Woop!:rock Welcome to the cup mate, really glad you're taking part! All details, rules, infos first post of this thread btw. Around 50 slots left, beginning mid-december! WooooW. the line up is definitely

LEGENDARY:mr-t

You are right Kanar! Looking awesome Already :) But I've got the feeling we're Still missing some japanese and German pilots....What's up with that!? :brickwall

We're missing a LOT of Japanese pilots yes, & Aka-sho is doing lots of efforts to recruit them, like here : http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/wipeout2/... And a LOT of pilots who simply stopped playing or giving news here. I'm acting as a lobbyist for a while now, keep saying "biggest wipeout event ever" "Fairest way to compete" "No lag, no framerate stuttering (at least really less)" "racing for unity", or "in the name of our common memories"... Now I think everyone around is aware there's a big cup coming in the next months, & we can't force anyone to join lol.

Ok time to make a little progress report btw;

-We need to boost the registrations as there's still around 60/70 slots left (counting the very useful waiting list). December is coming quickly, and we'll need time for completing the registration process (mails, drawing lots, tournament boards...). I'll make a last wiper psn IDs spam this week, then we'll have to go "public", trying to contact the official sony boards from all over the globe. We have high quality teasers & pics, and an awesome line up already, I'm sure we could get the last pilots we need this way. As I said, I tried to privilegiate the pilots from this place & from wipeoutArena, but I think we reached the zone limit here lol.

-I've no news from Connavar or anyone else regarding a dedicated webpage for the cup. Tbh, this is not a big deal as we have the zone, and I'm sure we'll find a way to highlight the reports & the important news from here. So if nothing happens, I've my own ideas anyway :P.

-There will be a 64 seeded player list, & Blackwiggle will draw the lots as soon as the 256 will be known (he found a very nice tournament board generator).

-8 Cup community managers will be in charge of group of 32 pilots for round 1 (number of cup managers will be decreased to 4 for round 2). Here's the list of your new friends :P:

Kanar, JJPAP, KGB, Jasmin, Blackwiggle, challenger001, triboy, R3BU5ER

You'll have to report anything (results, complaints...) to your designated cup manager.

-An "Official" wipeout HD cup Tee-shirt will be available in the next few months, nutcase is working on the design and should see with Rob what can be done with Cafepress. We're also working on a custom/limited serie t-shirt only available as a prize, as nutcase found a crazy website where you can do whatever you want regarding print zones.

-I'm thinking about a trophy set too, as I've already the design in mind (mmm panda trophy with "wipeout HD world champ" written on it ah ah...)

So here we are now. We're on the brink of making a fantastic event all together, but there's still a lot of work to do. And one last thing.

Just look at Counter Strike or Trackmania. At least I know these two. There's a rock solid online community for both of them, and these games are available for ages now. So don't tell me we're unable to do the same, & offer an incredible challenge to the wipeout community. Jeez this is the hardest & the best game ever after all!:rock

I'm up with you, mates!!!!

warming up and training hard again

Awesome il_Nik, you just gave me a lil' smile on my face; really good to see the old guard mobilizing. Like in the "300" movie ah ah. We must stop that christmas invasion of crappy game releases lol

Oh btw important info ;

CUT OFF DATE FOR ENTRY IS DEC 17th 24.00 GMT
Official starting date for round 1 will be December 20 (then 3 weeks to play your meeting; deadline scheduled to Jan. 9, 23:59 GMT)

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CUT OFF DATE FOR ENTRY IS DEC 17th 24.00 GMT

I'm up for it. PSN id: tomcatziggy

Welcome piranha2097, eh eh we just exchanged some psn pms & you're already here, superb!

I've just been looking at the long, long list of prestigious names that will be competing in this and wondering; how on earth could i ever pick a favourite for this? :)

Annoying, due to his ridiculous consistency... only one name crops up in my head... :beer

I think the Uni will give him some sort of handicap lol. Speakin of this prestigious list, please Saturn or Rob or Xeik or Lance, could you guys help me to sort the code I'm trying to put on my first post? It's been 3 hours I'm trying to sort this out, & my laptop is going out of battery lol

Ears - burning :P


I know who my favourites are. Maybe we should whack out some odds on people and do some betting :banzai

@kanar - I've sorted the list according to the number order now (in Excel, not pasted in yet). What else did you want? Just bold black text?

grrrr I'm so dumb. Just wanted to add Vartazian on the list & I completely messed up with the code. Thanks a lot Saturn, and sorry I ruined your work there gah. If you have some time could you explain this stuff to me by pm?

Is that our startnumbers? I remember when I was roadracing, everyone wanted the same digit numbers, because then you'd only have to buy one pack of stickers. I like 111.

1-1-1 The Number of the Fail

:D

(no odds are given)

ah ah no mik, it's not your definitive startnumber, as we still have to implement the ranked seeded player list (64 pilots, protected by blackwiggle magic randomizer tournament board maker)

095

I likes it :P


What's the purpose of the numbers Kanar mate?