Jihhaa! What a tension and what a races that where! Superb action. I had a great laugh while reading it on the tip of my chair. :+ Very well and detailled written down, again I was on the track in the same moment.
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Jihhaa! What a tension and what a races that where! Superb action. I had a great laugh while reading it on the tip of my chair. :+ Very well and detailled written down, again I was on the track in the same moment.
Lunar!, Do you realised, it did took me a while to remember for my stupid memory to pick that up! and I did read it three times and I can actually feel the tension there and I`m absolutely loving it! It`s like I`m there to race you all guys through Kai.
Anyway, Thank you for me to remember this and I can say one thing for you on the last bend!, I picked up Plasma Bolt on the last weapons and shoot whoever there is, then I hit Lunar first then ASA and two of their did ships exploded and I burst out laughing so hard while I cruise to win the league!
Lastly, I`m soooooooo glad you kept that story which you just did!
stevie:g
LOL! WOW!! Its like I'm right there listening to the announcer!:clap You should go into sports broadcasting!!
I wish I was there to witness it all - when was this?:D:+
Ben, I think it was back in January.
Stevie, I never realised it was really a plasma that did the damage. I heard a missile warning only, and assumed it was that. I have re-edited the story to get the facts right. ;)
It was a fantastic tale with the Missile, it's even better with a Plasma!
Good shot stin! 8 O
Getting back on topic, I finally have my own "best Pure experience"!
So I'm doing the SR for Blue Ridge, and it's a hell of a tough fly in my high-speed, low-thrust Tigron, but I need to manage it in a high-shield ship if I want to survive since I'm getting eliminated with disturbing frequency. I've got the TT beat already, so I should have a good enough line, but I do TT with Zone, which hardly handles like a Tigron.
So it's my first attempt, and I'm flying fine, trading weapon fire with opponents as I pass them, doing barrel rolls, slamming the occasional wall, and partway through the fourth lap I've achieved first place! I've got a mad Goteki on my tail though, and he really wants 1st place back! Unfortunately, we're headed towards the final section where I'm at my worst and he's at his best, I can see him passing me there. Oh, look, a speed boost pickup! Great, I'll just hold this for a couple seconds till I've made that last corner and the prize is mine! Here it is, going through the final S nicely, hard right airbrake for the turn... "Plasma Bolt!" Oh no, he's got me in his sights! Quick! Hit the boost!
...
Any my flaming carcass shoots over the finish line!
I actually got 4 lap times, but I didn't get the gold! Or any positional ranking, since I was eliminated.
Here's the best part of the story though: It took me the rest of the day to get that gold. I've been doing Free Play and Single Race on that track all day, and until just an hour ago it was all 2nd and 3rd place finishes. Or not finishing at all. Several times, I lost it on that final corner. Several times he was 12 seconds ahead of me at the end of the 3rd lap and I just couldn't quite make up the gap.
Some of these tracks, man...
Nice story, similarly some of the other greatest Pure moments we`ve had on Kai are those occasions where someone crosses the line in flames, but still gets the result. In multiplayer tournaments you can be eliminated, but still get the points if you crash and burn over the line, which rocks. In other finish line dramas, we`ve even had a couple of dead-heats with both pilots getting the same time, to the hundredth. In these cases I think it gives the 8 points in alphabetical order. When you`re racing Asayyeah this can hurt, which is why I have already reserved Aardvark as my handle for Pulse online. :p
Yeah, I'm sure I've read at least two posts in this thread alone about crossing the line in flames. It's just so dramatic, it's really great that you don't magically vanish off the track when you die or something. I wonder how much thought/planning went into the death sequence for WO:Pure?
Was it determined ahead of time that dying shouldn't kill your lap if you make it over the line? Was there an item on the development to-do list that you couldn't win a race being dead, but you could set a lap record? I doubt it, but it's always possible!
Wow!!! I've never went up in flames while floating over the line!!! Sweet!!! :o I downloaded all the Wipeout pure stuff for euro ver., but I think theirs so much stuff on their now, that when things get a little heated up, my game freezes, so so much for greatest moments on the Euro Version... :(
What I would recommend is side-shifting whilst looking behind you. That way, you may be able to avoid the bolt. That's what I did, and the guy in front(zone, 1st position)got blasted instead! I finished in first! I, sadly, can't do it again. :(
I don't think I've ever had the fun of crossing the line in flames, normally they kill me way before that (occasionally lol) and by they I mean ARNAUD!
I hope Pulse is the same in that you can get points on multi player when crossing the line with a falling to bits ship adds a little realism, example, if a NASCAR crosses the line on its roof the driver still gets the position and points :g
Hi All.
I have lived both the situations: once I have won ending destroyed on the final line.
another time I have lost “discesa” tournament because of the ship destruction on the final line.
I believe that it depends on the point in which to the AI feels the result of “contender eliminated”… ;)
Read You Soon
CdRom
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Originally Posted by Rapier Racer
there's Aachen but mine will be Aaaargh : i could often hear that from other contenders being eliminated after a race :gQuote:
Originally Posted by lunar
Last night was awsome on kai, about 1/2 hour after you left anaurd and 10 - 15 mins after borell!
I am trying to remember the course....anyway rapier_racer was kicking my ass as usual:p but this is one of the few times he saw my true potential! Auuggh! What course was it ....*moments of intense thinking*...Modesto I believe.
It was the last lap, I was already in the mind set that (this was 1on1 btw) I was going to get silver with only 1 second between us:frown: - but just after an AP and at the big jump I BR and land on a weapon pad, bounce, pickup a turbo and fire it at the last possible second and land a second time just inches in front of RRA's nosecone taking the gold with about 20 or 30 [or so] centiseconds between us! W00T!
Here is his [and my] reaction:
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Rapier_Racer: WHOOOOOOO
Rapier_Racer: what the f*** lol
q_dmc12: i am dying of laughter
Rapier_Racer: that was so cool lol :D:D
q_dmc12: can;t stop laughing
Rapier_Racer: lol
q_dmc12: mere centeconds
Rapier_Racer: indeed, my last weapons was mines, useless
Rapier_Racer: considering you almost landed on my head
q_dmc12: ok, wooh - i am better now
lol I can imagine the moment - lovely. :D
but I recommend that we do not regularly start getting into quoting Kai conversations on WipEoutzone. What happens in Wipeout Club stays in Wipeout Club. Non-Kai players can find out all of our real personalities when we start playing Pulse online :p ;)
No chat with Pulse online though - we are going to have to use MSN simaltaneously, at least. A bit of friendly banter is part of the experience, although looking on the bright side we can filter out all the six year olds telling us how "too nice" they are at Wipeout, "u noobz."
You COULD use teamspeak or ventrillo to SPEAK to each other instead of typing lol. So you can hear trash talk in the middle of a race ^^
Yes, ideally for yous but not for me:(
stevie
Damn. Some #£$%@?% MEDIEVIL did just similar trick to me on single player venom Ascension Tournament in Sinucit just a minute ago, landing right in front of me. And I thought I was racing WAY ahead. This is so uncool it's actually cool :D.Quote:
...and fire it at the last possible second and land a second time just inches in front of RRA's nosecone taking the gold with about 20 or 30 [or so] centiseconds between us!
did you know that you can talk over kai:nodQuote:
Originally Posted by insertcoin
Lol - one of my coolest moments was when I crashed into MediEvil so hard I went underneath him and he went flying off the side of the track. Unfortunately I have neither a wireless router, broadband or the money for them. :(
I have three cool (or weird) moments for you.
1. I was racing on Manor Top in my true, blue Auricom. I was on the fourth 90 degree jump when I saw a row of mines with my name on it. It was unavoidable. :o I ran into them...and they went right through me! :hyper
I finished first. :)
2. I was doing a little free-play relaxation on Chenghou project. I was piloting the speedy Pirhana at Phantom speeds through the jumps. 8) I was racing on the wall-less section when my ship got onto the beginning of the left wall and was going over the edge. :o Well my ship went over, went THROUGH the side of the wall and went back on the track intact (and upside down :dizzy)
3. Lastly, I was piloting a FEISAR on Sol 2. I paused the game on the second "scissor head" turn. When I unpaused the game, multi-colored spikes were littered across the sky. :o To top all that, the ships had no color! They were gray! I turned of my PSP and gave myself a rest from the weird glitch I saw. :blarg
That's all for now! :D
Angryman, are you Canadian? Or just a Habs fan? =)
No, I'm not Canadian. I don't even know what a hab is! :)
Fine, forget it then ^^
Hey! I've got another weird moment! Today, I raced on Sinucit in a Harimau.
I heard an explosion and the screen flashed indicating that someone behind me hit some mines or a bomb. But when I looked at my position, I was in last.
Can anyone say, "ghost-ship"?
Nah, it was just the ship in 1st chasing you down. 8 )
Hah! Good one! :clap
Suppose I could add one.
At the Toronto meet that recently occurred, we (Task, Spaceboy, McLaren and I) were all on a Phantom class run of Modesto Heights. We were on the last lap and I was at the front with a boost powerup stocked. As I rounded the series of final bends leading up to the start/finish line, I decided to spend my boost over the massive jump.
Up my AG-SYS went, the curvature of the earth down below. Well, I wasn't that high, but we can exaggerate can't we? Anyhow, when I came down, I landed squarely atop the billboard at the end of the straight and bounced back upward for roughly a full five seconds, allowing McLaren to sail past me for the win (yeah guy!).
- F
I have two moments I can share.
1) Playing Free Play for the first time. I enjoyed Vineta K for a good 30min in my first session.
2) Seeing Sol 2 for the first time. That track is gorgeous.
I had some similar reactions with the Delta and Gamma packs, but Sol 2 was so close to my introductions to Pure.
The longest time I spent in freeplay was about an hour. I was seeing if I could do 100 laps on Mandrashee! :)
I'm getting all my TT medals (I'm on Venom in TT and Rapier in SR at the moment, with all Gold SRs in Vector through Flash andfor Alpha on Rapier) and I just had to wrestle with Mandrashee on Venom for a good 20min on Free Play before I could get the line just right. I know, I reek of nub-ness...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Angryman
I spent tons of time playing Freeplay. In fact my stats page says I spent as much as playing Tournaments. Freeplay is amazing to try out different lines and cornering techniques. I do hate it though when I beat one of my Single Lap TT records in Freeplay knowing those won't count for the records page here 8)
Had some great moments, too much to talk about them. What I like best is, when things happen out of pure luck the first time (one may think) but then all of a sudden occur on a regular basis. Like going left on sinucit and firing a plasma blindly uphill into the forking, eliminating someone :rock
I just like to look at the scenery in freeplay. You'll notice many neat things. :)
They do count - I would say that almost every Pure lap record on the tables has been set in Free Play, by making use of the previous lap`s turbo to start the record attempt lap. The main verification we have for our times is what is entered in our profiles and as the game does not distinguish between TT and Free Play times we can`t either. There`s no advantage in speed to Free Play, it just has the convenience of not demanding you to restart the races when going for hot laps :)Quote:
Originally Posted by phl0w
WHAT?! Oh **** I have re-do all my records... *begins hyperventilating into a brown paper bag*Quote:
Originally Posted by phl0w
*Breathing stills and tosses the bag out*Quote:
Originally Posted by lunar
Phl0w, don't scare me like that; last thing I need right now... ^_^
I remember when I broke 19 seconds on Karbonis IV. What a day that was! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by lunar
I've actually spent a lot of time on freeplay, playing each track per day up to 100 laps, one track each day, through the list about each week, that was my casual practice for a long while...Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinji16
Hi All.
Last evening on kai RRA(Rapier),513(Borell) and me run and fight so much ;)
i'm arrive last every time...i need training in fighting ;) but the first and last time when i'm second in a run (Sol2) a Pulse Ray blow up my Goteki on the finish line! aaaargh!
:D
Next Time it will be different....i hope ;)
Read You soon
CdRom
He guys and especially Alterego, who had his first kai sessions. I know it is so great to fight each other on kai. I am sure missing it after that superb time spent in Le Havre, together with all you guys. Ok enjoy some more, Pulse is on the way, so see you soon on the new tracks.
So here I was today, racing Sebenco Climb on Phantom in my AG-SYS (stubborn beggar that I am), trying for my first gold. Every race I'd get in front, then get quaked and watch the whole field zoom past whilst sliding downhill backwards. Which was getting annoying. I mean, how many silvers can you get without improving? Don't answer that.
So I hit race again...and off I go but this time I am stuck in sixth for 2 laps, right in the middle of the pack. Finally I get going so quickly that my PSP stops calling the weapons aimed at me - for an entire lap.
So here I am in my weak little ship, in a pack of rabid AI, literally racing in a haze of red because there are quakes, bombs, rockets and missiles flying around and at me so quickly that I swear the game actually slowed down in addition to my weapon warning system being SILENT! It reminded me of XL when the game sloowwwed right down on Phantom in the Qirex.
At this point I thought, I am getting my butt whipped by the supposedly poor AI in Pure! I just started laughing and couldn't stop, my PSP was shaking around and I was still racing in a reddish haze, and when I finally stopped laughing, I looked up to the corner of the screen and what do you know?
Lap 5, and I was in 2nd place! Up to the final curve before the starting grid, and I see who is ahead of me - just. Medievil. ICK!
This is the good part. Just as I am about to pass him with the beautiful thrust of AG Systems, I tap Medieval. Just a tiny little tap. "CONTENDER ELIMINATED"!! Yes, I eliminated him, not I, and consequently got my first gold in Phantom on Sebenco Climb.
This is the first time I can really say I had great fun playing Pure on my own (ie. not on Kai). That's what I call a love tap.