ZONE / Zone Battle thread of vEry awEsomEnEss

[Colonel]

Out of interest, I've done 1700 laps of Syncopia, how many have you guys done? Be interesting to see !

Had a look last night and I've done 3,342 laps of Syncopia. Next highest is Anulpha pass with around 2,200. I've also got over 164hrs of race time, and I've only had the game three months!

[Jav]

Can't belief it, just over a week ago we were talking to Lurifax about his new PB and now he's gone...

[Challenger #001]

Does anyone else think it would be a good idea to have a Zone Battle meet with several of us all in Icari as a sort of memorial race for Luri? I know I haven't posted in here before - been a bit too scared of all your skills from reading it - but the idea's been niggling at me for a while now.

[leungbok]

count on me

[Nutcase:259]

That sound like a cool idea , u could also do something like DP89's Speedlap challenge, some one picks a track and we all zone like crazy and post it to see who gets the best. post like the amount of speed pads, perfect laps and zones and overall laps and see who comes out on top in each catagory.

[Ace3cube]

On Saturday,
We tryed to start a Battle Zone night.
We will start at 7PM & 30 minutes (GMT+0).
I want see if there will be somes zoners
Ace3 & PDenton will be ready. I will record all BZ. If pilots like, maybe we could think about that BZ tournament.

I stay there and on PSN.
See ya

[Colonel]

On Saturday,
We tryed to start a Battle Zone night.
We will start at 7PM & 30 minutes (GMT+0).
I want see if there will be somes zoners
Ace3 & PDenton will be ready. I will record all BZ. If pilots like, maybe we could think about that BZ tournament.

I stay there and on PSN.
See ya

Sorry gotta go out so won't be able to make this (think it's happening now?) but would love to do one another time.

[Ace3cube]

Yeah soon. And dont worry, it's my fault. Try to create a meeting without a 'before' thread lol :x

[Jav]

I would play if you had informed beforehand..

[SonicChaos]

Zone Battle... one of the most awesome and under played modes in the game due to people afraid to go at speeds any higher than Flash. One of my favorite modes to play.

[Oust]

my favorite , pity i dont find much zone battles online

[Ace3cube]

Well we were online for 3 hours BZone. It's very difficult to stay with that speed.
I got around 12G HD video. I will encode in SD and youtube for those who like. I played 99% internal view.

[ProblemSolver]

... Dreaming of a WR one day ...

In memories...

[yeldar2097]

Truly amazing mate

A great tribute

[Reezy]

Very nice ProblemSolver.

[ProblemSolver]

Thx guys.

As I was turning in on zone 148 I was already on a new record going
by score as my body started to fill up with adrenaline like nothing else
while approaching zone 150. My blood pressure was rising as well, could
feel it everywhere. Man, what a feeling! Only under theses circumstances
I really feel myself challenged.
And so I was crossing zone 151 (old record) while something interesting
started to happen. I was fully in sync with the track and there was
nothing I could improve on, everything was aligned perfectly. Knowing
this while crossing 151, I mentally closed my eyes and said to myself -
ok here we go - and the feeling left inside me was just hope!
In retrospective, I believe this feeling helped me quite a lot, since I
had to let go of thinking being able to rationally control the situation.
Something carried me through the remaining nine zones. And man, it
took ages. But it was so amazing! I essentially lost the craft while
thinking about taking a picture out of zone 160. Well, I'm fine with it.

Next up; Metropia. Time to get my record back and to put some solid
numbers up there. Will be my last stint for this year, I guess.

Hey Raza, I took note of your records on most of the standard Fury
tracks. Good job, mate! And Reezy, keep going on TDR Reverse! I want
to see you fighting!

[Colonel]

I love reading ProblemSolver's tales of extreme zoning, there's something poetic about them.

Congrats on the new W.R dude, and the tribute to Marcus is a touch of class.

While my efforts pale into insignificance, I've recently been trying to beat my P.B on Syncopia - currently around 290,000, and something quite worrying has been happening... when I get to really high speeds (in the 90s) I realise I'm not breathing properly. Adrenaline's coursing through my veins, my blood pressure's through the roof and I'm suddenly aware I've been holding my breath! Worse still, even though I know I'm doing it I can't stop and my breathing comes in fits and bursts until I feel quite feint

Has anyone else experienced this frightening phenomenon?

[UB3R~JKP]

I like ZBs but i'm absolute crap, doing them more often now though .

[Jav]

Haha very nice PS, that sounds all too familiar. You just have to let the situation take over, if you think about doing anything wrong you WILL. Even a split-second... it's awesome.

You'll have Metropia back no time, the record I set aint unbeatable by any means.

[ProblemSolver]

Metropia : 76 / 51 / 196041 : ProblemSolver : 2010-11-08

SUPER SONIC


@Jav: Well, the cool thing about all us addicts is that we know about
each other without talking. I really can share the feeling everyone is
experiencing while being at its limit. This somehow draws us all together.

@Colonel__Gaddafi: Thx Colonel. I literally had tears in my eyes tributing
the Syncopia record to Marcus. It's quite tough setting such a record
knowing a friend of us, who was in love with Syncopia as well, were gone
the other day.
About the experience you're describing. I guess your body is shocked
at times when you are on your limit, esp. when you are very close to the
end of a very good run. I know this feeling but I do not experience it very
often. It also happens in daily life now and then. Perhaps the brain needs
so much energy in this moment such that breathing becomes secondary
for a few seconds.