WIPEOUT WORLD CUP! (its a go FINALLY!!!!) xD

[SaturnReturn]

Thanks Hellfire. That was a bit of a schoolboy error there on my part.

Anyway, here is the small PSP friendly (hopefully) version of the breakdown.


EDIT: Image re-uploaded with updated Sebenco Climb scores.

[DrMannevond]

Congratulations to Team England for completely destroying us out there. Just look at those results
And a special thank you to Hellfire for pushing me into the wall at the exact moment I used a turbo on Anulpha rev. It did not end well.
(Hint : Kaboom!!)
Other highlights include getting blasted off the track twice on Sol II rev, and me generally hitting walls left and right because I was too busy trying to figure out if I could shoot the guy in front of me or not.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Actually from my view, you were on top of me. I was up against the wall

JJ, I'm a little too far back to get a good view of the Sebenco Reverse climax, but I did catch Greenix's plasma on Chenghou Reverse

[yeldar2097]

Greenix + Plasma = Hello ladies/lots of swearing

[DrMannevond]

Actually from my view, you were on top of me. I was up against the wall

Weird. For me it looked the exact opposite. You came up on the outside and "gently" nudged me into the wall. I could be wrong, it's hard to tell from internal view, but the conclusion is the same : Turbo+Wall=Bad

[JJPAP]

but I did catch Greenix's plasma on Chenghou Reverse

Oh no!!!
I´ll watch it over and over again in a remote mental institution, drewling and sweating

[Hellfire_WZ]

Videos are now available

http://hellfirewz.blogspot.com/

[KGB]

Well done England, a great start!

[OBH]

Table updated.

What a lovely sight, England on top of the world

[Hellfire_WZ]

Nordic had 143 you plum

[OBH]

Woops!! giving UK an early unfair advantage there

[Mad-Ice]

Saturn and I have been discussing about the difficulties getting 8 pilots from 2 teams together for a match. Especially because there will be a lot of racing going on coming months.

We suggest: 3 pilots per team or even 2 pilots per national team for a race is allowed. As long as there is an equal number of pilots per national team present. We do not need a full grid to determine the best team of the world. It will be a lot easier to organise for everyone.

3 points for a win and 1 point for a tie. So no more adding up all points from the 16 races for the total overall score.

We can still have the total overall points as stats though!

Okay, what do you all think about this?

[kaori]

I agree, it's a good idea for little teams like Italy or Austria. But I think too a big team can win a match with 3 players vs 4 players...

[Mad-Ice]

Thanks Kaori for the reply and your vote.

As long as there is an equal number of pilots per national team present. We do not need a full grid to determine the best team of the world.

[OBH]

i didnt realise teams would only be competing with less than 4 players in a single race .

in all honesty i prefer a running total, but clearly we'll have to change the scoring system if this is the case, or a running total would be hugely unfair.

[ShawnFrecle]

Well, could be, but I think a minimum of 3 pilots per team is better. I don't think race 2 vs 2 is properly for a world cup with national teams. But for now, I think the formula is quiet good, unfortunately (and obviously) there are some pilots that can't race everyday, but doesn't matter, this is not a world cup, this is the world cup ... So, maybe a team must challenge in 4 days 4 races, one after the after, but doesn't matter, this is the competition of the strongest and fastest pilots around, so... You want it? Good, take the time for it! And I speak by our little team, we are 5-6 pilots available and of course if someone is missing, we can't race... Doesn't matter, we must race another day, maybe one race after the other, but again, this is THE wipeout world cup

[SaturnReturn]

Another element to the suggestion was that we take the month to try to organise and complete the 4v4 matches, and then at the end of the month have a "clean-up" period where everyone has to have their matches, whether they are only 3v3 or 2v2. This is a kind of plan B that could work. I still think this World Cup is really a first crack at the tournament from which to learn lessons for future tournaments. So it's probably the best time to experiment with an alternate plan if needed.

In terms of the points system - to be honest I'm not a huge fan of the current system where the total racing points decide the winner of the group because potentially Team A could win more matches than Team B and still lose on points. Doesn't seem right.

[kaori]

Good idea Saturn, it's better.
I explain : tomorrow, 3 of our best players won't be able to race against North America. It will be unfair if I ask to our 7th & 8th player no play, because I will believe we have more chance to win with 3vs3 tournament !

[OBH]

massively unlikely youd win more and not go through, but whatever you guys want.

3 points for a win it is.

[Vartazian]

Absolutely under no circumstances should 2v2 be allowed.

A Punishment should be instituted for the team that needs to get 3 players for WWC. I dont see Soccer leagues cattering to teams with less members.

Im undecided on the new point system. it has equal pros and cons.