Team Nordic vs. The Flying Dutchmen

[yeldar2097]

tragic goive, we'd win even if the server was on your doorstep
now let's all play nice...

[JJPAP]

I think all of them is the only option. Half hosted by the Dutch and half by your lot.

All right.

The Flying Dutchmen hosts: The 8 tracks Forward
Team Nordic hosts: The 8 tracks Reverse

Phantom. Weapons On.

I´ll let you know, who´ll be the Team Nordic-host, when qualification-races are over (friday).

I´ll suggest that the wipers, who are going to race, will be on each others PSN-friendlist to minimalize "outsiders" interrupting the start-up of the first race.

All set.
Only 1 problem to solve: How are we gonna keep track of the points for each of the 16 races?

[yeldar2097]

we could delegate one person on each team to count the points just to make sure it's all fair. yesnomaybe?

[JJPAP]

I wouldn´t like being the one taking notes - in 6-10 seconds - after all 16 races

Idea/hint:
Some might want to capture the event on video.
(I know you´ve only have 69 other videos to upload, Yeldar ).
I know SaturnReturn is able to do it as well.

[yeldar2097]

true, i was planning on recording them anyway (assuming i make the dutch team).
good plan.
OR, does anyone round here have a FANTASTIC memory?

[JJPAP]

true, i was planning on recording them anyway (assuming i make the dutch team).

Me too (assuming I make the nordic team).

[yeldar2097]

i thought you were captain? besides, you're plenty fast enough.
not fast enough for the dutch though

[SaturnReturn]

I am fine with catering to your superstition

However, consider the example of joining a CS, TF2, quake, etc server as an admin - it doesn't give you any ping advantage. Same principle here (provided WOHD is server hosted). Your ping time will be dependent on your distance and routing to the server.

I would do just that, if I'd ever played any other game online before HD. But I haven't, so I can't. I feel there's a difference. If I perceive it, it's real.

JJPAP - If every player just makes a note of their own score then that should be adequate. They can also make a shorthand note of the player above them and below them in case anyone forgets. They can post them here and we'll add them up at the end. If someone takes video or a photo of the screen at the end of each race then that should be good for verification in case anyone makes a mistake in the rush.

I may not be recording this as it's a bit of a distraction. The camera basically has to sit between me and the TV. I probably will in the end though, just in case anything really crazy happens.

[JJPAP]

The camera basically has to sit between me and the TV.

Just race while watching the screen of the camcorder .

Photos of the results would be ok.

[FrenkyV]

So saturday 1300 GMT+1 ?

o damn, i can't, i'm not home that whole day

[JJPAP]

After a mind-blowing Qualification Match, I´ve got the participants for Team Nordic:
Soccermums
Golgofier
Zoth-Ommog
JJPAP
Reserve/stand-by:
machiasu

SaturnReturn: When you got the participants for The Flying Dutchmen, I´ll sent you a draft, you can put on top of this thread: Wipers, host, skins, time, tracks, etc.

Team Nordic is ready to rumble!

[Luxoflux]

damm, the last few days i have been unable to race online. it keeps saying that an error has occurred whilst conecting to the server. so ill be probably using a different account. ill let you know which one

[SaturnReturn]

Luxoflux - That's cool. I hope you can get on with a different account.

JJPAP - Thanks. The dutch team is still as listed on the first page on green.
I probably won't choose my ship until right at the last minute though. It could be Feisar, AGS or Goteki. Whatever it is I'll stick with it for the whole thing. Should we impose that as a rule? I think we should as it would be the case in a tournament game.

[JJPAP]

Yeah, you choose one ship and use it in all the races. Good idea.
What I meant with skins: One team uses silver skin and the other uses a color that differs as much as possible from the silver skin.
I wouldn´t like serving Golgofier a missile because I thought he was Jaller65 (aka Luxoflux ).
Tomorrow I´ll make a draft, you can put on top of this thread.

NB: I´ll record the battle on video from my humble Feisar.

[SaturnReturn]

To be honest I don't like silver skins. I'm colourblind (please no stupid questions or comments - I get enough of them in the real world) and for some reason the silver skins just confuse my defective brain. I have tags turned on anyway so I always know who is who.

Unfortunately it seems Yeldar got all excited about half term, probably drank one Grolsch too many and confused Sunday with Saturday. So he's unavailable. Best laid plans eh?

Anyway, FrenkyV, are you still available? If not, I'll have to find someone else. Let's just hope I don't have to resort to recruiting a Belgian

[AnErare]

Wuh ho, Saturn, that post makes me think the fight is on saturday. Otherwise yeldar simply needs to cancel his interfering plans

I'm still on and preparing!

[SaturnReturn]

Just to clarify - Team Nordic vs. The Flying Dutchmen is arranged for Sunday 22nd, as per the first post in the thread. Yeldar can't cancel so we'll need another player. I think FrenkyV is the only other player who is available. If he's not then I will contact TheMuse and DjManiac.

Mad-Ice has also been trying to arrange a match for just the Flying Dutchmen to play against each other on Saturday 21st at 1300 amsterdam time I believe, which is something separate to this thread but is mentioned here a couple of times. This is because we were trying to arrange them both not to clash etc.

[AnErare]

Good. Too bad yeldar

Only ten hours left to consolidate the 4th spot for tomorrow!

Been online for a bit but that didn't go too well, must have enthused you Nordics even more

[yeldar2097]

sorry i can't make it chaps but i'm sure we've got this one in the bag already
there's a lot of fast dutch pilots so finding a replacement shouldn't be too hard.
in any case due to my own rules i'd have to race auricom so it's probably best i sit this one out...

@saturn: i don't drink beer so unlikely that i was confused by grolsch, absinthe is the more likely culprit .....yeah whatever yeldar...

good luck! oranje boven! hup holland hup! you get the idea

[R3BU5ER]

Sorry guys, had to go off to work just now, but I think we have a promising team

I don't know what or where, but tomorrow I'm off, so if the dutch team will be needing a pilot let me know