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G: thanks.
there is a lot of speed still left in that track. my driving was pretty smooth on that record, but i missed some boost pads.

zargz: i'm expecting that you will soon be expanding the number of circuits you compete on. [dammit][ ]

xEik: yeah, there seems to be tighter competition in NTSC these days. wonder of wonders! a big change from the way it was when i first came to the wipeoutzone in um.... september [?] 2001. apart from the Al and Joel duel on Manortop, there wasn't any active competition. Al owned [and still owns] phantom class. and Jay pretty much owned everything else. my early duels with Jay in vector class [when i finally had enough skill to get in the top ten] were great fun, when we would often pass each other's best every day or two. we set a couple of what at the time were 'world' NTSC records. but jay always finished with the edge, and at P-mar, more than just the edge.

right now there are at least 5 still active pilots plus 2 or 3 others who may be around somewhere, who do occasionally try to improve their NTSC times. every once in a while, someone comes along and gets to or near the top, but then disappears after entering one set of times. odd.
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