Lol I also pre-ordered GT5 (unless I already said this), but I'm not playing it yet.
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Lol I also pre-ordered GT5 (unless I already said this), but I'm not playing it yet.
Will anyone be recording the matches? If so, I'd really like to watch them; I have no recording hardware myself and I can't enter the tourney. D:
yes for sure, lots of meeting will be recorded mate. We'll open a feedback/log/vids/report thread I think, when the cup will start.
i hope people wont judge me for my low rank in the cup :|
'til the end of this journey in World of WipEout.
Wanted to post a small update, especially with Gt5 release. I think we need to clarify some stuffs right now.
83.98% of red pills, that's already a fantastic performance, so I would like to thank all the pilots who confirmed their participation. Special thanks to my Raptor mates, you guys did a fantastic job so far, spending ages sending pm, mails, phone calls, smoke signals to every pilots who previously signed in this cup. To be honest, I realise 256 was somewhat unrealistic, wipeout hd is awesome but was released long time ago now, so motivating such a big number now is def. mayhem. But I can't forget these 200+ pilots who are definitely IN, that's just amazing, & this is already such a nice picture for the record.
Less than one month before the start now. Among the people who didn't confirm yet, I'm certain half of them will pop up in the next few days, as they're well know members here. There's some special cases too (the (P) status, who just can't give me a definitive answer right now). I'm rather confident & I respect these people, busy with their real life probably, but who'll give me a head up as soon as they could for sure. I'm insisting on this point, as what's I'm about to say below is definitely not aimed at everyone in this sad, blue status.
I'm dedicating this major, BIG :- to the dudes who made me/us loose my/our time, in this order :
Number 1, the ****ing campers in the boards who just popped up at some point & never gave any news from now. Once again, behind internet & psn IDs, there's people so the least you can do is to answer to the pms we send you. We're not dogs, we're human beings.
Number 2, the dudes who quitted for stupid reasons. Right from the start, I just proposed a major wipeout pilots piss up, nothing more. Of course there's some bots registered in the cup, and I should say hopefully too, just for the show & some future great uber high skilled yt vids. But for the majority of us, including me,
this cup is nothing more than a farewell to one of the best game ever made. So to the motivated ones, you'll never walk alone. My fighting spirit will compensate my lack of skills, and I'll give my best to pass the first round at least lol. I just want to feel this joy of racing in a big, intense wipeout competition a last time. I waited for 5 years to play gt5, so the stig & the Lambos can wait a bit for me now. I gave you my word there, I won't disappear, I'm not that kind of man. Because I respect way too much all the pilots who confirmed their attendance to this GRAND FINALE.
Now the upcoming schedule. Deadline for the blue IDs is around Dec. 5/10, at least for the (P) status & for some well known zoners & pilots we all know. For the others, I mean the IDs we never heard about, they'll be put in the waiting list as soon as we find motivated pilots ready right now to enter the comp.
PS Home ceremony is still scheduled for the early days of December, we could organise maybe (maybe) a rehearsal for some teaser needs before, as I think we need some kind of counter attack with this gt5 release. I'm sure at 100% a teaser featuring 50/100 wipeout pilots dancing all together at the wipeout museum could have a great & positive impact on the registrations.
I've been confident in these registrations so far, but of course we're starting to wonder what to do in case we couldn't reach this 256 magic number. Perhaps the best thing is to draw lots anyway, & offer the opportunity to some unseeded pilots to pass the 1st round without racing. This is the worst scenario there of course. Cos' as akirapill could say, it could be somewhat insulting for them in this case.
At least I'm sure we'll have a great competition after this critical round 1.
hi kanar,i still have loads of wipeout buddies who haven't registered for this event ! so im gonna do some bullying n tell them to put there ego's aside n register asap :rock
Hi Kanar and blackwiggle, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I'm indeed in. Just sent a psn message to you blackwiggle to confirm.
hi, xdjope and AIR-HEAD33 both want to join! if you need more racers?
No worries there Eloï, I knew regarding your internet problems and so on. Really glad you're definitely taking part!!!
slow-train, big thx for your scouting report eh eh. I'm registering xdjope in my board already (Vulture board, I will send him a confirmation registration pm tonight, hope you or Triboy could help him if he needs translations), & I'm registering AIR-HEAD33 in the waiting list for now, but as I didn't turn my ps3 yet I'm sure I have some "sorry but I'm way too much busy" pms waiting for me, so he'll probably receive a confirmation registration pm too.
Hi, newbie to forum, but not to wipeout (joined up to go for bb as there is a dedicated thread on here), i would be well up for this! please consider me. PSN ID : JEEGEE. I will reply as soon as i get inboxed.
Hey Jeegee, thanks for your interest there! I'm registering you on the waiting list for the moment, but you can already consider you're in as I'll find you a slot before the end of the day.
Ok thanks, i will keep an eye on my inbox!
Any idea when we'll find out who our opponent is???
I'll have easy access to my brothers ps3 over Christmas, so i'd like to try and sort out a time frame with my opponent as soon as I can.
Buzzards FTW! 100% confirmation :D
Pretty excited to see if Wellington still got it. Of course, if I draw him, he'll be back in top-form, I'm sure ;)
ok blackwiggle just drawed the lots for buzzard group, I have my sis in law & his boyfriend at home atm, but I'll update the whole stuff in a few hours (including the buzzard board). jeegee I'm thinking about you too, sorry guys now they fked my wz access at work I can't stay up to date lol.
OBH as soon as your board reach 100% we'll draw the lots & you'll know your opponent & you could arrange your meeting
Hi kanar, I had a chat w/ Mateo (Mister_Mateo) my Melon mate from Xpand. I don't think he'll confirm as he's very busy w/ his study ATM. I gave my best to get him back on track - though I might have failed. Maybe you'd give him a final call to confirm .. or leave the slot.
Nice one :):+
Jeez big thanks Darkdrium for the technical help, I'm a real jerk with these hypertext link codes. Mic I'm really sorry, I couldn't believe it myself when I saw the toss, especially after I read your post above; all blame on this internet site lol : http://www.random.org/lists/
We have a serious round 1 already there, some crazy meetings for sure! You guys are free to already contact your opponent now, we'll see if we can maybe launch the cup earlier. Ok I've more work to do, must check the pms I received on my ps3 for updating the first post of this thread
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7...visionicon.jpg <<<<====== CLICK CLICK CLICK
AND oooops I forgot : the official WOHDC Hymn will be unveiled tomorrow, stay tuned for more infos real soon!
Cant believe it - "mic-dk99 vs Wellington86". Did you know something the rest of us didnt? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mic-dk
That's freaky, I'd love to know the odds of picking that.
What I did is copy & paste each unseeded pilots name in Buzzard group from the first page in the order that they appear into Notepad, then pasted that into the random list generator, ran the program and that's how they came out.
IMHO looking at who is in it, Buzzard is the toughest group of the lot.:frown:
I'll find it hard to judge. Many names are very new to me :)
Just confirming receipt of invite. I have forwarded the details you requested. I am happy to race in any speed class. Ooooo am 'cited x x x Kestrel (super strength) FTW x x x
Hahahaha, I fscking knew it...! But I am really looking forward to racing Welly. Last time we raced I had just come off the trainingwheels and probably didn't even finish within the timelimit :redface:
Ah well, at least I'll go out in style 8)
Luxoflux - bollocks.
Doesnt get much more difficult for you my friend :g
Friends in Speed!
It´s a great honour to present to you the very first WipEout HD Cup Hymn ...
WIPE IT OUT
YouTube | PS3 (141mb) | PSP (13mb) | PC/Mac (71mb)
Again I have to thank Kanar for his extreme dedication setting up this huge monument of the "Friends in Speed"-philosophy.
Thanks to Papastyle ... You don´t know him, but I do :) A late saturday night he accepted doing some music for the WOHDC if I gave him a descent bottle of redwine. I´m not the one to just give away a bottle of sweet red, so we made a compromise: If he could finish the tune in 6 days, he could have the bottle for free ... Maybe I was too kind, but after all his my brother :lol
Thanks to Novide and O_BR for delivering graphics for the vid :+
But most of all (the above people included!): Thanks to everybody keeping the WipEout Spirit high and enjoyable :)
Excuse me if there´s any probs with MegaUpload - It/(they) sometimes seem to act as if they´d had too much wine :rolleyes:
Enjoy!
Go-te-ki-for-ty-five-five-five-five....
lool. That's the best bit.:D
I noticed that one of my videos was linked to in related vids too, so youtube somehow gave me my videos back after I moaned at them in the feedback form they sent. Yaaaaaay!
Wow, that music video is the business! well done to all involved!:clap
Epic music FTW! :rock
BTW, I can't believe the Vulture group is still somewhat dead last. I hope the guys (indicated with blue names) would confirm their participation and has not left suddenly :|.
I say he earned that bottle of red! Great track and great video :+
Dammit, now I can't get that Goteki forty five-five-five-five out of my head :lol
Can I have my cup ID card please fine sirs? :g
........, I second thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Dark_Phantom_89
What software was used to create that stunning vid?
Incredible echo effect for Goteki 45. I felt like as though there were Mirages of Goteki 45 craft.
And thanks to those who are doing all the logistics and planning.
lol guys sorry for the ID cards, my bad, I promise to send a first wave tonight. JJPAP & Papastyle FTW! :hyper Awesome job, neat quality, and now we have an hymn eh eh. Goteki forty five five five five 8).
Regarding the remaining blue pills first page, we'll try to slowly put 'em in the waiting list, replacing them by fresh new recruits not lured by gt5 yet lol.
Propellerheads´ Reason + Record for the audio - Premiere CS5 for the vid.Quote:
Originally Posted by F.E.I.S.A.R
If Luxoflux doesn't get in contact by 9.37 tomorrow night does he start to forfeit his choices? :lol
oh, are we Buzzards supposed to arrange our first match already?
No I was only kidding mic-dk, I'm just desperately trying to handicap Luxoflux in some way.
Top quality video guys :):+
For the last couple of hours I've been updating myself on the status of the Cup, reading through the thread, checking out all the incredible artwork, videos, graphics and fanart.
It is simply astonishing the amount of dedication and effort you guys have poured into this. I'm really blown away! :o
I myself signed up pretty early on but have since almost forgotten about the whole thing and thus, have not kept myself up-to-date with all the awesomeness that's been going on here.
I can tell you though - I'm pretty damn excited now! :P
A truckload of :cake goes out to all the many organizers and content contributors!