The Wipeout HD Cup

yea ive been getting addicted to Uncharted 2, but i cant stop playing wipeout, its way way to addictive :p

So, Kanars "gift" to me arrived today :)
Except when he kindly told me he'd send me his broken ps3 which is in need of a new bluray, and I have a perfectly fine bluray, i didnt realise he meant he meant broken as in -- IN PIECES!! :beer

Honestly, I've never had a parcel delivered to me that rattled so much. The outer shell is in 2 pieces (amazingly split right in between the ps3 logo!), there are nails falling out the box everywhere, the hdd is missing, the bits of the ps3 that are "intact" and split and falling off anyway.

Then we get to the bluray itself..... its so battered and burnt it looks like you removed it using only a crowbar and a blow torch! :g

I cant help but wonder this poor thing was thrown out of a window after a particularly bad race? :D

Subtotal eh? Should be a good matchup > : )

Ok, I'm in :) I couldn;t leave any post cos I just registered :D I didn't play for a little of time but hopefuly I will win at least the first race! Triboy killed me yesterday.... no chances with him, be aware :D

@martin did you find yourself on the challonge board? so you know whats waiting for ya I mean?

I contacted dariusz1230, are we free to play our match before the official Cup start (20th)?

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Originally Posted by Oryx Crake

@blackwiggle some really good tips there! but you might want to try and practice your BRs too if you (like me) are facing tough opponents in the first races and are unsure about how you'll do.

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Every attempted BR is practice for me.
I never have got them down pat like others have.
I have a very small "Optimum Racing Zone".
Timing is everything, any SL or TT person will tell you that.
I can hold my own when in "MY ZONE", but that has been a long time since I was in that state of racing mind.
I think it could be said of most people in the zone.

LET's RACE !

QUOTE:I contacted dariusz1230, are we free to play our match before the official Cup start (20th)?

ANSWER: YES.

Just report the results of the best of 7 races back to the head of your group of 32 pilots.

THIS GOES FOR ANY MATCH.

If you don't report the results, well how will you know who you will be racing next?

@blackwiggle exactly how I feel, I have some good days but alot of the time my timing is a little off.

Well, it would be sad to be kicked out before the cup actually starts though :-p .. I'm up with il_mago_di_doz... Tuff 1st round I must say whahahaha :)

I know my brothers already sent him a message, but if there's an italian speaker here who who fancies contacting Robe-94 for me to say im free to race from 24th to the 27th that would be awesome :)

Just use google translate, have two instances open of it, one English to Italian, the other Italian to English.
Write what you want to say in English and have it translated to Italian, copy & paste the Italian translation into the Italian to English translator, run that to see if it makes sense, if it does write the translation down and then type it in as a PSN message.
If it doesn't make sense adjust your original message and go through the process again till it does.
It really doesn't take more than a few minutes to do, I know, I've just had to do it for Polish, German, Spanish & French.
The hardest part is typing out a foreign language as a PSN message.

I'm in. I'm going to need some practice though.

@bw
id love to mate, but I wont be near a ps3 till xmas eve :)

I just found out who my opponent will be; "Amplificated" .How in the heck did I draw that seed (#10) & why am I going up against "The Moderator" of Wipeoutzone himself.I know that I'm going to die now, lol.

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Originally Posted by TorquedSoul

I'm in. I'm going to need some practice though.

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!! mate!! good to see you there, welcome to the cup!

I'm affecting you into the kestrel board, your opponent for first round will be jodiroga (FRA). Glad you're joining us!

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I think you've gotten a few things confused, mate! Firstly, the seeds aren't numbered. Hell, if the list was numbered, I'd probably be #64... and secondly, if you're saying I'm a moderator, or any "the" moderator, this is not the case, I'm just a regular poster! :lol

Lastly, all the match-ups were random as far as I know.

(But you will probably still die)

Hey guys, how do I register for the Cup?

Dont worry too much DaMiGi63. Amped never plays online anyway.
Hes a Speed lapper :P

Infact iv not seen him play online once in the 1.5 years iv been playing this game lol
You'll be right!

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Originally Posted by blackwiggle

World Cup Tip 1
Feeling overawed at drawing against a Seeded pilot first round?

I think people are forgetting that you can choose to have Barrel Roll's OFF in your 3 selections.
It's usually the ability of the elite phantom pilots to pull them off consistently that gives them the ability to get well ahead and stay there makes them elite, remove that option and you give yourself a much bigger chance of taking out a top seed.;)
You still have to beat them at THEIR 3 chosen tracks though, and you can bet your last $ they will be BR's ON

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Cool to try to make people more confident about some of the opponents distributed on the different leagues ^^
...but, if you look at the recent winner of the avalon cup, luxoflux, his strategy to win was to choose phantom no weapon races, and that means 1 BR per lap (a 6th is possible if you loose less than 10% of shield). I do believe almost everybody on wipeout hd/fury is able to succeed one BR per lap on most tracks ! :P
So, best advice IMO is to choose weapon races at a slower speed ! You'll have more chances to perform clean lines and item effect will be decupled. Of course luck will help also ! ;)