HD Online Meetings

[CaptainWipeout]

Great race tonight with Chiryu007 and TearsToShreds. Chiryu joined us in one of our tournaments and TearsToShreds must have got suddenly warmed up or something cause he whipped Mr. Chiryus rear end good and proper............until TearsToShreds Playstation froze and then Chiryu beat me in a 12 race tournament by two points.

Very hard luck TearsToShreds - where did all that come from - you were on fire tonight lad.

LoudandProud - I understood what you meant coughbullcoughsh**cough

[TearsToShreds]

Just been practicing a lot, really. Man it really pisses me off when the PS3 freezes like that. Happened two more times afterwards. Also, I really don't like Weapons On races, especially with 8 players in the field. Everyone's ramming and quaking and if you don't get a good lead right away you're toast.

[CaptainWipeout]

I love it - it's a right hoot when everything goes nuts - even if I do come last.................. although I hate Phantom as it just gets annoying when you re-spawn 5 times in a race. I mean, the hardcore crew like Yeldar and all love it but I prefer the slightly more sedate pace of Rapier. I'm nearly 39 you know and a bit at the old Phantom. Come to think of it - I'll be dead soon.

[TearsToShreds]

Exactly. I myself prefer Rapier online, Phantom offline (in SL and TT), unless I'm racing one on one with someone.

Oh, and 39? Seems like Wipeout attracts a lot of older gamers. I myself am 21 so I'm probably one of the younger ones, though.

[yeldar2097]

haha, glad i'm counted as being one of the hardcore racers. i'll take it as a compliment

anyway, i'm not hardcore, i just can't adapt. every race i do that isn't phantom loses me at least 2 seconds when i go back to phantom.

i think i know what tearstoshreds' secret is: he's a flying dutchman, of course he's fast!

[Eloï]

"Also, I really don't like Weapons On races, especially with 8 players in the field."

Sometimes, you're forced to love it:

- When, on Sebenco Climb Reverse, you start first, get a bomb on the first pad. Launch it in the first chicane, and hear that wonderful and instant "BAM" just behind... Race is quiet after this...

- When, on Sol 2, you start last, you get a quake on the first pad. Just launch it, and look as they all fly in the sky...

These are particulary good weapons-on moments... I wish we could get a mode making powerful weapons more often available, like in Mario Kart. 5 quakes in a race, mhhh...

[blackwiggle]

I was racing yesterday [chengohu reverse] and missed the start badly as I was messaging someone,but I then picked up 3 quakes in a row.

I must of eliminated the entire field as there was multiple red elimination alerts popping up after the 2nd quake, and just as many after the 3rd.

I couldn't stop laughing.

[Mateo]

Had other races with Mister Mateo - this man is untouchable and I haven't got a Scooby Doo how he does it. He pilots Mirage and in straight line speed it's faster than my Icarus?????? I have NO idea how he is consistently so fast.

the trick on a straight is to don't adjust the direction. as you can see on yeldars speed and thrust analyses there is just a tiny difference between the top speeds, so getting immediately the perfect line on a straight and stop steering and adjusting is very important. i wish i could do that on phantom too

and i guess you just met me on my "uber-day" this week, when i got for about an hour in every (and i mean EVERY) race i joined 4 or 5 turbos and broke a couple PBs.

@connection: i do have sometimes connection problem, especially in the afternoon, but it doesn' makes me faster, it's the opposite, it even forces you to quit: the start lags and i start 2-3 seconds behind everyone else. also everybody is zigzagging through the air (and i guess i'm zigzagging the same way on their screens), i never know on which rank i am at the moment and the weapon pads don't work. if i get something, i get it 3-5 seconds after passing the pad, but mostly i don't get anything. also the items love to disappear when activating them. so lag definitely don't makes you faster.

[yeldar2097]

as you can see on yeldars speed and thrust analyses

haha, i wish i had the patience to do that. i think you mean darkdrium777
what you say is correct though, if you need to move, use the sideshift

[KGB]

Just to say thanks to everyone i raced tonig.........CONTENDER ELIMINATED!

Not ****ing again!!!!!!!

[Mateo]

oh sorry darkdrium, i didn't want to link this huge amount of work to the wrong person, i just messed up with the names.

[eLhabib]

Thanks to everyone I raced tonoght (sorry, can't remember all the names ). Also, I got to meet my fellow Austrian pilot Mateo online today for the first time, and man, he is fast! Looks like we can get a serious austrian team going here, together with Danterich. All we need is one more, and we're set for a 4on4 nation grudge-match

[Darkdrium777]

I've got a question though, how come this is still in the pilot's lounge and not in the WipEout HD section?

[KIGO1987]

Great races with Alterego earlier today. Good to see Melbourner Guggle on the tracks too. Icarus is a great ship for random BRing.

[Mad-Ice]

I will be online in a few minutes. See you there!

[yeldar2097]

well today nearly made me stop playing wipeout forever. i nearly deleted it i was that angry.
it was dire beyond all belief.

but then...

i decided to come back online after killing lots of stuff in KZ2 and had an awesome time with elois-13 especially.
wipeout, I'M BACK FOR GOOD!

[Asayyeah]

Elois is a very skilled french pilot, i had pleasure to race few tours with him, we were neck to neck all the time racing, plus he is very polite and a member from here

I am back in le Havre today so I shall be online tonight around 8/9 GMT

[Zoth-Ommog]

Had great races with oolproo today, also Blackwiggle popped up to have couple of races. Good times guys, i was even able to break couple of my personal best's. See you again mates!

[guillaume]

Just finished a very intense session with oolproo and Zoth-Ommog, thanks guys!
I usually can't help myself from doing at least one stupid mistake in a race, but apart from that, it was a blast!

[Seraph]

Hello to all HD wipers! I've got my hands on that one too so I will be seeing you online soon