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[therealbountybob]

Trying to keep these MilkRunners on our heels ... at last 78,750 on Atari GP. There's definitely a big issue with that bunch of cars, had a great go, lap 3 or 4 stuck at 118mph for ages on last bend and all my precious time was drained away - any hints on what to do apart from crash into the bleeders I could try braking I suppose

OK just one more go now! (x5)

p.s. I did manage to take two other cars out in one crash! (is that an achievement Well I was pleased with myself anyway )


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79,100

Getting close... One final go then...

[littleman jack]

This may have been mentioned, but I can't find it anywhere--what do the *B* marks stand for on the score chart?

[sloopy]

littleman jack, on Sun Dec 26, 2010 4:09 PM, said:

This may have been mentioned, but I can't find it anywhere--what do the *B* marks stand for on the score chart?

bonus point for best score on that race...

sloopy.

[Divya16]

littleman jack, on Sun Dec 26, 2010 4:09 PM, said:

This may have been mentioned, but I can't find it anywhere--what do the *B* marks stand for on the score chart?

It means that you drove so much and so badly that your bumpers are bent from dealing with all those cars. Badly Bent Bumpers so "B".

[therealbountybob]

Divya16, on Sun Dec 26, 2010 4:30 PM, said:

littleman jack, on Sun Dec 26, 2010 4:09 PM, said:

This may have been mentioned, but I can't find it anywhere--what do the *B* marks stand for on the score chart?

It means that you drove so much and so badly that your bumpers are bent from dealing with all those cars. Badly Bent Bumpers so "B".

It's a bit late for the psychological warfare I really must go to bed but one more go then that is it 4me, good luck everyone (on the thereandbacksters US shift!)

[zylon]

Divya16, on Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:24 PM, said:

zylon, on Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:04 PM, said:

A: Zylon= 28,200
B: Divya16= 38,950
C: Divya16= 39,200
D: Roadrunner= 57,800
E: Zylon= 104,450
F: Divya16= 57,250
G: Roadrunner= 55,000

Current team update.

I think roadrunner just updated his score.

Yes, he did. I put it into the summary before posting. I'll make another couple attempts tonight but don't expect much.

[littleman jack]

sloopy, on Sun Dec 26, 2010 4:28 PM, said:

littleman jack, on Sun Dec 26, 2010 4:09 PM, said:

This may have been mentioned, but I can't find it anywhere--what do the *B* marks stand for on the score chart?

bonus point for best score on that race...

sloopy.

Wow! Good job on your races sloopy.

[littleman jack]

Aaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh- (I'm not a pirate).

On lap 5 of 8 (race E), I ran out of time just before the white line. I'll try a few more races and then call it a night.

[atariksi]

littleman jack, on Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:07 AM, said:

Aaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh- (I'm not a pirate).

On lap 5 of 8 (race E), I ran out of time just before the white line. I'll try a few more races and then call it a night.

Oh, no don't try to steal our Pooh. We need the Pooh.

WinningThePooh
motto "Slow down before the black sign."
atariksi (N) 57:19 , 4ks (N), marius1976 (N) 57:68
A: 27,700 (4Ks)
B: 36,450 (4Ks)
C: 39,350 (Atariksi)
D: 60,050 (Marius)
E: 103,550 (Atariksi)
F: 106,450 (Marius) *B*
G: 93,150 (Atariksi)
Team Total 452,150

Just got 93,150 in Atari Grand Prix. Made it to 7th lap and then crashed a few times just for fun. Also got 103,550 in Race E, but no picture currently (shouldn't affect the results).

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[littleman jack]

Still can't complete race E. I ran out of time on lap 5 yet again, right in front of the white line. I have some photos of this for laughs, if anyone needs a laugh..

Improved my qualifying time on Datasoft 500 to 58'45, tied my race A high score, and have run race E many times in futility.

I'll try to beat the Pooh once again on Race E, one more time, and then call it a night. Good morning to all the UK folks. I see snow on the Trafalgar Square webcam. We have snow here too. Nice and chilly.

[littleman jack]

Na mas. Oh the Pooh!

[atariksi]

littleman jack, on Mon Dec 27, 2010 1:16 AM, said:

Still can't complete race E. I ran out of time on lap 5 yet again, right in front of the white line. I have some photos of this for laughs, if anyone needs a laugh..

Improved my qualifying time on Datasoft 500 to 58'45, tied my race A high score, and have run race E many times in futility.

I'll try to beat the Pooh once again on Race E, one more time, and then call it a night. Good morning to all the UK folks. I see snow on the Trafalgar Square webcam. We have snow here too. Nice and chilly.

Okay, I just completed race E at 105,450. A bit nonchalanted it at the end when I knew I would finish with 75 seconds left going into lap 8. Picture is in my camera but no way to transfer image. I used my relative's camera for the Grand Prix image before he went to sleep. If you play Atari Grand Prix 2 hours like I did today, the Namco race will seem like a joke.

Yeah, there's snow here-- a blizzard (2 foot in NJ). That's why our holiday get together is in "extended play" mode until the flights/roads are in operation.

WinningThePooh
motto "Slow down before the black sign."
atariksi (N) 57:19 , 4ks (N), marius1976 (N) 57:68
A: 27,700 (4Ks)
B: 36,450 (4Ks)
C: 39,350 (Atariksi)
D: 60,050 (Marius)
E: 105,450 (Atariksi)
F: 106,450 (Marius) *B*
G: 93,150 (Atariksi)
Team Total around 470K

[Marius1976]

atariksi, on Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:31 AM, said:

Looks like BountyBob is beating you at race C. Maybe want to give it a last go before contest ends.

Race C is your race...
Or did you mean race D?

Greetz
M.

[therealbountybob]

The race is over

After a late sprint by the WinningThePooh team they overtake the MilkRunners on the final bend and take the chequered flag (can I have it back for next time please )

Thanks to all who played, hope you have enjoyed this as much as I have, we've set a new record for replies to a HSC contest too

Final Standings Post 230
any corrections please post

I've updated the season's Current Point Standings. Special Delivery is still playing for another day or two and then it's some serious shooting action to end the season with the excellent Wizard of Wor. Please add any games you would like to play to the Season 8 Games List, even if it's a couple of games, especially if you only have a few in your collection (littleman jack!). For inspiration checkout Atarimania or the HSC Ratings and Records

[atariksi]

therealbountybob, on Fri Dec 17, 2010 5:38 AM, said:

Pole Position Scoreboard

- Final Standings 27/12/10 -

Teams please post a summary declaring who is driving what, remember each driver must do at least two races! You can now play with two players doing 3&4 races... while you are waiting for a driver. (maybe you can message them or contact some of the other HSC regulars ) If anyone else wants to play please post

To save confusion please do not reply to this post - add a separate reply

1st 14+1=15pts
WinningThePooh
motto "Slow down before the black sign."
atariksi (N) 57:19 , 4ks (N), marius1976 (N) 57:68
A: 27,700 (4Ks)
B: 36,450 (4Ks)
C: 39,350 (Atariksi)
D: 60,050 (Marius)
E: 105,450 (Atariksi)
F: 106,450 (Marius) *B*
G: 93,150 (Atariksi)
Team Total 468,600

2nd 12+3=15pts
Milk Runners
motto "the cream has risen to the top!"
a8isa1 (N), orpheuswaking (N) 55:38 *B*, Fres (N)
A - 28,000 (A8isA1)
B - 39,450 (Fres) *B*
C - 38,300 (A8isA1)
D - 58,200 (Fres)
E - 109,750 (OrpheusWaking) *B*
F - 78,400 (Fres)
G - 104,550 (OrpheusWaking)
Team Total 456,650

3rd 10+3=13pts
There and Back
motto "Lets make this an administrative nightmare!"
therealbountybob (N) 55:82, sloopy (N), littleman jack (N) 58:45
A 27,950 (lj)
B 39,450 (sloop) *B*
C 39,500 (sloop) *B*
D 61,250 (trbb) *B*
E 79,300 (lj)
F 78,750 (trbb)
G 90,600 (sloop)
Team Total 416,800

4th 8pts
Drift Kids
motto "There's a parrot on the loose"
Divya16 (N), roadrunner (N), zylon (N) 57:29
A: Zylon= 28,200
B: Divya16= 38,950
C: Divya16= 39,200
D: Roadrunner= 57,800
E: Zylon= 104,450
F: Divya16= 57,250
G: Roadrunner= 55,000
Team Total 380,850

5th 6pts
Team GOPE
motto "Hope not GOPE"
Gwobby (P), bluecat (P), mopchop (P)
A 20,850 (21,450-600) bluecat
B 32,200 (33,200-1,000) bluecat
C 30,450 (31,450-1,000) mopchop
D 57,450 (59,450-2,000) gwobby
E 100,800 (104,800-4,000) gwobby
F 30,850 (31,850-1,000) mopchop
G 98,150 (102,150-4,000) gwobby
Team Total 370,750

6th 4+2=6pts
The Aging Racers
motto "The slow starters!"
Mister VCS (P), Goochman (N) 56:00, phaxda (N)
A 28,350 Gooch *B*
B 36,350 (37,350-1,000) Mister VCS
C 39,500 Gooch *B*
D 55,800 (57,800-2,000) Mister VCS
E 90,200 Gooch
F 78,000 Gooch
G 40,000 santa
Team Total 368,200

7th 2pts
The Road Warriors
motto "Ride to live, live to ride"
atariron82 (N), Official Ninja (N), atarianna (P)
A-20,000(Santa)
B-39,200(OfficialNinja)
C-37,350(atariron82)
D-55,900(atariron82)
E-42,500(OfficialNinja)
F-54,600(atariron82)
G-44,800(OfficialNinja)
Team Total 294,350

Please check these scores guys as I am relying on your posted team summaries to keep this updated (Race details are in Post #1)

Here's an alternative hint to using the border or brakes although too late but helped me get past the hump in races E and G: certain patterns repeat in races E and G. For example, in lap 1 race G, you usually get a slow car on left and two fast ones on the right so you wait in the left lane and jerk right after the 2nd car -- that keeps you on the road and avoids accident, brakes, and border. It's hard to remember patterns but there's 3 or 4 that always occur in the first few laps in G. That's enough to get you past 3 laps without an accident and build up a good time. Once you crash, the pattern may not occur as the timing is all screwed.

[atariksi]

Marius1976, on Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:40 AM, said:

atariksi, on Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:31 AM, said:

Looks like BountyBob is beating you at race C. Maybe want to give it a last go before contest ends.

Race C is your race...
Or did you mean race D?

Greetz
M.

Yeah, I meant D. It was hard remembering post 230 race letters and best scores for various people. Anyways, I had to put in a few hours as I couldn't afford to lose by 4K with 4Ks on our team.

[roadrunner]

I'm sorry i let my team down.
I did ok at Race D, but Race G not so good.

This is how i feel about the cars in race G.

[sloopy]

damn fergot today was last day of PP... was gonna play last night and forgot :'(

and i could have been a coontender for fastest qualify...

damn...


sloopy.

[Divya16]

roadrunner, on Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:54 PM, said:

I'm sorry i let my team down.
I did ok at Race D, but Race G not so good.

This is how i feel about the cars in race G.

You did fine as I didn't fare much better on the Atari Grand Prix. We should have had Zylon do one of those two hard races.

[zylon]

Divya16, on Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:02 AM, said:

roadrunner, on Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:54 PM, said:

I'm sorry i let my team down.
I did ok at Race D, but Race G not so good.

This is how i feel about the cars in race G.

You did fine as I didn't fare much better on the Atari Grand Prix. We should have had Zylon do one of those two hard races.

Might not have made much difference since I only had about 80k. Then again, I wasn't focused on those.

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