Ah gees this again....well I think everyone knows my feelings on this matter and that I think green races are key to my enjoyment of this game online now. In fact this is the way kanar and I always used to train for our doubles matches. I think that is indeed how the idea started to begin with.
Those who seem to oppose this league are mentioning things like ‘fairness’. Now let me state here, in plain English – NOTHING about this game is fair. Nothing. Online MP races are a joke to me now, getting smashed around the track and slowed to a halt every 5 seconds is not my idea of a fair race, or even a race for that matter. I’ve achieved better times in weapons on races through sheer luck. A while ago I scored a no #10 slot on AP rev in a normal race because I recieved no less than 7 turbos in a 5 lap race. Is that fair? No. Is racing against people who clearly have no idea what they are doing fair? Most certainly not, yet you admit to doing it yourself. Frankly I’d rather take my chances in a green room full of skilled pilots than TT against some level 1 player who’s 15 seconds behind. That to me is not the way the game was supposed to be played either.
Now to address the issue of ‘new players’...well when I first started racing seriously online there were times at the top of the leaderboard that I had no understanding of how they were achieved...shortcuts etc that I didn’t know about helping people to get faster times. However that didn’t stop me playing as it was never about that, it was about fun...and as you keep stating, that’s what the game is supposed to be. If new players don’t understand how things are achieved then they should practice more or check out youtube vids like the rest of us. Personally I don’t agree with shortcuts, but I have no problem with people using them if that’s what they want...it’s again all about personal choices.
The point that everyone keeps missing here is that NO-ONE is playing these races to get faster times, really no-one is. It’s all about being able to go 5 laps without the constant stopping and starting that goes on now in online single races. I get so frustrated sometimes that I honestly feel like smashing something. This is not the way this game should be played either. I want to have fun, and the way online is now, I can’t do that anymore. I want to play with my friends and go FAST! I’ve never made a fantastic time in green races, I’ve only had a fantastic time. And that is the point of the green league, not to get better times. Frankly most of the people here have already mentioned that MP records don’t mean much to them, and that TT and SL are the only true measures of racing skill. I agree with that statement wholeheartedly and think that most people probably do.
ACE I understand you came to the party late, and do not know how the game was pre Fury, but you must understand the disappointment of many people who played HD previously. Weapons slowed you down yes, but not like they do now. I never came across a last place bomb or set of mines...in fact doing comparisons between version 1.25 HD and the current version of Fury (we have both, one for offline, one for online), AnE and I have discovered that mines last waaaay longer than they used to, and that in general weapons were tinkered with to be more powerful in slowing down the opposition. That is a fact.
I think you should understand that the green league isn’t some kind of cult looking to rule the MP boards, it’s just similar minded friends racing in speed like AnE has just mentioned. It’s all about fun and losing because of your own mistakes, not anyone elses. I agree with everything that OBH, Leung , AnE and Amp have said and hope that some part of you will understand why this league was born.
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