Probably, but who says I use custom firmware? I certainly didn't, but I have already laid out exactly what sort of time investment I've sunk into this game (probably more than anyone to date), so if I say more, I'll be repeating myself. Just know that like you, I've honed my technique and earned my keep. Couple that with a massive amount of persistence that has me running laps around a single track in three and four hour increments on average, and well -- method to the madness right there which no amount of firmware limitations would or could hold back. Quite simple really. Wipeout is pretty much the only game I play.Originally Posted by Mad-Ice
I set records because I don't fear the accomplishments of a Kandang or Asayyeah or Mad Ice. For me there are no barriers. I neither see them nor create them, and that's why I succeed. It's also why Packetmon, barely a few months of Pulse under his belt, will succeed as well. He is in exactly the same mindframe as I concerning belief and effort as it relates to achievement. Despite the recent fracas surrounding him, I uphold him as an up and coming champion, and on that I stand firm.
Having explained all of that previously, It's little more than mildly concerning to me that anyone would ignore the fact to home in on whether or not I'm using custom firmware, almost as if the nearly 500 hours I've dedicated to playing this game are of secondary importance. Is it?
Such impulse, man, and all this before we've even analyzed the race. Number of speed pads hit? Number of successful barrel rolls? How about why the Agsys is able to eat up corners unlike the Icaras and Piranha, both of which are rather digitally assumed to be the "fastest" ships in the game when all the while Egg has stated that, taking into consideration all characteristics, the ships are balanced? And how about the clearly established fact that "perfect" laps aren't necessarily fast laps, just as imperfect ones aren't necessarily slow? What, those things don't matter? There is logic in there and when it doubt, it's our job to dig it out. There is neither logic nor sense in ignoring the big picture, Ice.
Like I said, I'm in the wrong place to even entertain the idea of objectively discussing CFW, because there is an almost singular and unanimous viewpiont around here that it is evil, for reasons largely assumed, and likely entertained by those who've never seen it in action. To even offer a syllable of conversation on the topic is met with derision on one hand, bans on the other. Just saying. That isn't to critize either; it's simply the way the place is run and I respect that, but I do mind when I'm baited out on it, mostly on account that I care less about it than most others, so if I ignore responding to your messages, it's for a reason; I don't engage in close-ended debates on open-ended matters. No response on my part is just that -- no response. Draw all the assumptions you wish, but I should hope and trust nobody would take them to be factual.
No disrespect, but despite the question marks in my post, I honestly don't want to debate the matter with anyone, because I've -- we've done it to death.
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