Well, that's it for me. I'm out and to some degree I'm angry w/ myself that I screwed up on this.

But first things first: Thx AiiR for this 90 minutes ever increasing intense and heart attacking races and the nice chat.

As the log says I got a perfect start. AiiR messed up at first lap in the first race on SC rev. Sol2 was closer but still somewhat calm on my side. I was on the winning road - I thought. CP rev was IMO the key for me. The race was until lap 4 ok, though I wasn't able to pass AiiR. In lap 5 I tried some things I'm not experienced with and finished as runner up.

Now it was my turn to lose ground. AiiR did some pretty good job on the weapons deployment. After AP rev and Moa rev (my quake didn't save me here) it was 2:3 ... Well, now it got really exciting - or stressful. I had to win Uber rev and that race was draining my last energy out of me. We both did stupid mistakes and the lead changed a few times. In the end I was able to win this. 3:3 ...

Well, death race at my 'favorite' track AP ... I did change from Feisar to Icaras. Don't know why, maybe because I always race Rapier and below w/ Icaras. After the race start I instantly hit a few mines. From that on I wasn't able to catch up. I f'up all possible BRs and the only one I managed to pull off was stalled by another pair of mines. Even the turbo in lap 4 didn't help to win. I tried a boost BR+BR+BR on the last upper straight before the finish line. Did work - somehow - but AiiR won by more than an second I think.

Let me say that I was without any energy and enthusiasm for W'O'' after the race. To be honest, deep inside me I did not expect to lose, even that I know that AiiR is a great pilot. On paper and my confidence told me: Well this is the first real battle (no offence to Tragedia and Ichigo) in the Cup but I am good enough to advance to round 4. Big, BIG mistake.

So thx again for this great experience AiiR! Contratulations! And good luck within the Cup.

And also a big thx to Kanar, the Cup's Command Centre and all dedicated pilots for organizing and partizipating in this epic event. I'm proud being part of it.

Did I miss something? Maybe, but I'll be around.

CYA!