Spanky has got the right hump

Spanky_McCoy · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:13 pm Post subject:

You guys should go metric, just because Brussels let us off the hook doesn't mean we can forget its a better system Laughing

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Steve · Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Posts: 852 Location: Sunny Wales

Metric sucks. Will they ever manage to change the pint of beer??

And, not sure about this, but im guessing time is imperial....They going to change that??

Spanky_McCoy · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:56 am Post subject:

bunsenjetson · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1119 Location: Stuart Hall

Yes, it was the advent of the railways that led to Great Britain adopting unified time, as every city had its own time and it played havoc with the timetables. Modern rail users might wonder why they bothered.

I believe it was the Babylonians who first adopted the 6-centred measurements whose legacy survives today in time, months, degrees and feet/inches. 60 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20 and 30, so it's very good for apportioning into whole numbers (better than 100, in fact).

Moldo · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject:

I dunno where you guys are going with this, but back to Spanky: I won't finish after a late start anymore ^^

Today I late started and could have won, decided to just let it go.. then after all had finished the winner appeared to be a late starter anyway. Kind of annoying indeed.

Though sometimes I can't help it, same as Tom.. getting half a second behind the first corner chaos because of my connection or something. Im not gonna let it go then, can't help that..

Another thing is, when I crash after a minute or so, half way in the game, I restart because I get the feeling I wont finish it anyway. Sometimes it happens that the guys still in front of me crash too, and then I still win. That wouldn't piss you off? Razz

( I wouldnt want to do that of course Wink

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retoon · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject:

one thing i do now is if i have to restart and by the end of the race am not infront of the leader i just slow down so that they still get there first place.

DaCheese · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject:

Spanky_McCoy · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject:

Moldo · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:53 am Post subject:

I know you meant deliberate late starting, and of course I've never done that. I just feel sorry for the person that finishes first and then I (or some other late-starter) just bumps in and wins the race (yes, even if the first one to finish was Steve Wink

). The first one to finish has to win, not the one with the best time. The one that comes later but still has the best time had an advantage, as in missing the first corner chaos, and that's unfair.

Steve · Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Posts: 852 Location: Sunny Wales

An easy way to stop late starting, is put it on rounds, one round and winner gets 10 points. Put the point limit to 10.

It would stop late starting becausze if they pressed enter, it would retire Twisted Evil

But i like laps because if you crash, you can restart and mess around at the start/finish, or practice the track without finishing.

Moldo · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:24 pm Post subject:

Yup, laps is better than rounds, in this case

bunsenjetson · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1119 Location: Stuart Hall

It's a good idea Steve. Plus you'd get to spec the race with all the cool camera angles!

The only downside is that there's always someone who leaves the computer and gos for a poo or whatever and if everyone crashes the game stops while everyone tries to get the offender to press enter. But that happens only rarely.

Anyway, you can leave the server and come back in and restart the race, but the operation would take about 20 second min which would probably rule out doing it on purpose.

CRJ 127 · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:43 pm Post subject:

bunsenjetson · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1119 Location: Stuart Hall

... and CRJ's avatar is squeezing one out Mad

CRJ 127 · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject:

roflmao

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Moldo · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject:

Hmm today I had problems, meaning every race I started .4 seconds later
Then I noticed: Late-starting only backfires, as I would come in a chaos of crashing people that didn't latestart but simply crashed all the time.
If I didn't have to late-start, I could have stayed in front of them and focus on the road Laughing

retoon · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:41 am Post subject:

moldo i think we all get it sometime or another. anyways i think it would kill the server changing it to rounds. like steve said it is good that if you do crash you can restart and mess around or learn the track. i would hate to have to sit there for 3 mins watching someone else race.

just like to add, people going on about the first corner chaos i dont think its that bad when im racing am looking what is coming up not whats just infront of me. but i must say it is CRAZY in the gp's on the first corner.

Tred · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:57 am Post subject:

Supergrinch · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 51

As long as everyone else has had a say (and looking at the # of replies everyone has), I would like to state that it seems there are only two responses being given for late starts.

1) I'm not that good and I want credit for my record time if I manage to run one (usually stated by someone with a good ranking and well above average winning pct.)

My thoughts: Too F'n bad. If you run a record, you can do it again, ya lazy git.

2) I chose to do other things rather than prepare for the beginning of the race, so I retstrted cuz I'm an insensitive, self-centered prick (I paraphrase).

My thoughts: Go to a time attack track until you have a block of time for racing. Yes this is the best server on line, but there are times, for a variety of reasons that I use other tracks. You can do the same y late starting jerk. You'll be greeted more friendly when people know you are there to race, not killing time between PMs with your boyfriend.
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Moldo · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject: