This weeks theme was... "Live For Speed CD Cover".

Voting rules:
*You have one vote that you can use.
*You can vote for anyone, but not yourself. (The votes where people vote for themselves will not be counted, but deleted at the end of the voting.)
*Getting more votes in an unfair way (asking others to vote four your picture etc.) is NOT allowed. (If I find out, you won't be able to participate in the competition anymore for some time and also your image will be deleted from the voting.)

The winner will be the person with the most votes.

Voting Closes at 15:30 UTC on Monday 12th, September 2011.


The entrants were:

Hector UA

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Fors

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FRZN - 95

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cooba53

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wody21

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skiper
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Last day to send in your entries.

Quote from ZnoCz :

so - anybody knows who could do it?

Do what?
What does it change if a person from Baltic countries will comment on live stream? He will anyways talk in English, so what's the difference.
And I'm sure Tommy has his own guys that he knows are good at this and will get them if he needs help, but in other words, Tommy is great commentating himself, so I don't see why should there be someone else, but it's up to him to decide if he needs help, not us.
And saying names and surnames hasn't been a big problem before, why should it be now? You think that Baltic names are harder to pronounce than other country names? I think Tommy or the guys who will be commentating will deal with it with no problems and even if they do pronounce someones name wrong, it's not big of a deal.

Baltic Cup 2012 will be broadcasted live!
We have great news! Tommy Østgaard accepted to sponsor our upcoming season with a good live stream he has been working on to improve lately. The live stream will also include commentary by him and others to be announced. He has recently invested in new and upgraded hardware, to be able to stream events at a high quality from different computers. He has also been streaming some of Live For Speed's biggest leagues such as: iTCC 2011, Kyoto 250 and the GT2 WS Round 2. The live stream is now better than before; no lagging, higher quality and we have a chance to have it for Baltic Cup 2012.
For more info check:
http://www.livestream.com/tommy24
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=75946

Last edited by andRo., Tue, 6 Sep 2011 19:35.

Rules have been added here: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=76044
I advice everyone to read it, to avoid being surprised of something during the season, since there are quite a lot new things added since the last season.

Arriving to the server you must obey these rules at all times (also at forum).

1. Participation
1.1. To participate in Baltic Cup 2012 Season, you must be from one of the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania), there are no exceptions this season also, so please don't ask if you can race if you are not from Baltic States.

2. Qualification
2.1. Qualification is 1 hour long.
2.2. Each community's representatives must organize the qualification for their own country and inform about the upcoming qualifications date, time and server at LFSForum.net Baltic Cup section (it is also advised to do it at your community forum, if you have one to get as many drivers as possible).
2.3. There is no limit for the drivers during the qualification, anyone from particular country is allowed to participate in his qualification, but only drivers with the TOP10 fastest lap times at the qualification get to race.For each country it is separately, so 30 drivers in total during the race.
2.4. Each country must have their qualification at least 48h before the race.
2.5. After qualification, each country's representative must save replay and send it to me.
2.6. Layout will be used if needed.
2.7. It is forbidden to bumpdraft or draft on purpose during the qualification. (In case where you can't avoid the draft, it will be forgiven, but try to avoid it even if the driver in front of you is on your perfect trajectory. Let go off gas if you are not sure your time will be counted).

*Failing to obey the rule 2.7, 1 second time penalty will be added to your qualification time.

3. Race
3.1. Each race will be ~45min long.
3.2. Drivers who didn't take part during the qualification can still participate in the race if there is a place left in case if there weren't 10 drivers during the qualification or someone withdraws before the race. They will be placed at the back of the grid (To do this, you will first have to show that you are able to do a lap in that combo within a 105% of WR and that you have done at least 30 laps on that combo). This is because we don't want drivers to cause any trouble during the race only because of the reason that they haven't had any practice.
3.3. Each race will start with a "lag lap". There will be a restart before the race leader finishes his first lap.

4. Pit Stops
4.1. 1 mandatory pit stop during each race (free work).
4.2. Cutting exit pit lane with at least 2 wheels is forbidden during the race. It is also not advised during the qualifications.
4.3. Making a pit stop in the first lap or last lap is forbidden (Unless you have a damaged car after a crash on the same lap -> damaged car only means if you have huge problems with the steering or if it can affect the other drivers in any way with you being on the track for another lap).

*Failing to obey the rule 4.2. will result in +15sec (for each time) time penalty added to your finishing time.
*Failing to obey the rule 4.3. will result in +15sec time penalty added to your finishing time if done during the first lap and automatic +30sec penalty given by server if done on the last lap.

5. Grid Sorting
5.1. TOP 10 drivers from each country are sorted by lap times.
5.2. If two or more drivers have the same time, the one who did the lap first will get the higher starting position.
5.3. In order to start the race on time, each driver must be in server 10 minutes before the start of the race to setup the grid.

6. Country Code and Name Format
6.1. Country code: Must be colored blue for EE (Estonia), red for LV (Latvia) and green for LT (Lithuania).
6.2. Name format: - F.Surname (white, also the dash).
Example:
· EE – R.Rōōts
· LV – A.Pavars
· LT – M.Runas

*Failing to do so will result a +15sec time penalty to your race finishing time if done during the race or +1sec to your qualification time if done during the qualification.

7. Chatting Rules
7.1. It is forbidden to chat during the race and not advisable to chat during the qualifications although it's not forbidden, since it is each country's own decision during the qualification.
7.2. It is forbidden to use rude and offensive language, be provocative or in any other way disrespect any of the drivers or countries at forums or servers. (We will be harsh with this rule, because of the behavior during some of the previous seasons.)

*Failing to obey the rule 7.1. during the race will result in a warning for the first time and +10sec time penalty for any other line after warning, which will be added to your race finishing time. (This means, that even a smiley or a letter counts as chatting and the penalty will be given.)
*Failing to obey the rule 7.2. during any event (qualification or race) or forums which have something to do with this league, can lead to ban for the whole season or even permanent ban for the league after organizers/admins decision. What is considered as provocative and offensive can be decided by league organizers.

Chat Open! & Chat Closed! commands will be used.

8. Short cutting
8.1. Short cutting is forbidden at all times. 2 of the wheels must be on track at all times (including curbs). You must let go off gas after the incident to not gain any advantage over the other drivers. If not, then the time penalty will be added to your finishing race time.

1 time = Warning
2-5 times = +10sec
6-10 times = +15sec
11. - ... = DQ from the race

9. General rules
9.1. It is not advisable to attend the race if you have problems with your internet connection or if you are lagging. (In this kind of cases you might not be allowed to race if the organizer or the administrator thinks it is not safe for the other drivers.)
9.2. During the races and qualifications it is forbidden to stand or leave your car on track. (You can leave it in the pit area.)
9.3. You must race with the same car in the race as you raced during the qualification.
9.4. In case of timing out or loosing a connection, you should come back to server and continue racing. We will total up the laps you did before loosing connection and after in order to find your final finishing position.
9.5. In case of a withdrawal after qualifying for the race, you must notify us about it at least 1 hour before the race.
9.6. There are 2 drop rounds during the whole season, meaning that the 2 rounds where you will have the least points from all the season will not count in the standings.
9.7. Server password will be changed right before the race start when the grid sorting is finished. The new password will be told in the server right before it is changed. This will be done to prevent random people joining the server during the race, because the server password is always told on public forum where anyone is able to see it. Also, that means you can't be late for the race or you won't be able to get in the server.

*Disobeying rule 9.1. in case where organizers/admins don't notice the problem with your connection during the race can lead to penalties in case if other drivers suffer from it. That's why it is advisable to make sure that everything is good with your connection if you have any doubt.
*Disobeying rule 9.5. you will be penalized with -10 points in the standings.
*Rule 9.6. does not drop rounds, where the least points per round is caused by disqualification, ban or penalty* from the race. *By penalties meaning penalties where you have been forbidden to attend the race for some reason, and not the time or point penalties given after the race.

10. Behavior on track
10.1. Pile driving, dive bombing and unfair game play is forbidden at all times.
10.2. You must obey Blue Flag* and Yellow Flag* at all times.
*In case of a Blue Flag, you must let the faster driver to overtake you in a safe and respectful manner and at an appropriate location.
*In case of a Yellow Flag, you must be ready to let go off gas or even brake to not cause any further trouble on the track. You are forbidden to crash or make an unsafe move on the overlapped driver on purpose, only because you have an advantage on him.

*Disobeying the rule 10.2. you will be penalized after the race according to the situation.

11. Other Penalties
11.1. All the other penalties will be dealt with after the race depending on the situation. Penalties will be given only after driver reports. Unless someone is being very ignorant about the rules and ignores the warning from the organizers/admins, then it can lead to penalties even without reports. .
11.2. All the penalties will be dealt with a time added to your finishing time during the race or points subtracted from the standings.
11.3. In case of using hacks or cheating to get an advantage in qualification or during the race, you will be disqualified from the race, your points will erase for the whole season and you will get a permanent ban for all the ongoing and upcoming season of Baltic Cup.
11.4. Disobeying any other obvious behavior rules or disrespecting the organizers/admins can lead to a disqualification for the whole season, meaning that also your points will be erased. In a very strong penalty case, it can also lead to a permanent ban for the upcoming seasons.

12. Points system
12.1. Each driver will get points according to their final finishing position and will be added in the Driver Standings after the final results are made.
12.2. TOP7 driver points (for each race) from each country will be added to the Country Standings.
12.3. Points will only be given if 50% of the race distance has been done.
12. 4. Bonus Points:

• 2 points = For the pole for each race (Pole between all the 3 Baltic Countries and not just your own country).
  

• 15 points = For attending the race for at least 9 rounds during the season and during these 9 races being able to finish with at least 50% of the race distance. (These will be added at the end of the season.)
  

12.5. Points system:

1st - 45
2nd - 40
3rd - 36
4th - 33
5th - 31
6th - 29
7th - 27
8th - 25
9th - 23
10th - 21
11th - 20
12th - 19
13th - 18
14th - 17
15th - 16
16th - 15
17th - 14
18th - 13
19th - 12
20th - 11
21st - 10
22nd - 9
23rd - 8
24th - 7
25th - 6
26th - 5
27th - 4
28th - 3
29th - 2
30th - 1


Respect admins and their decision and there shouldn't be any problem during the season.


Rules were written by andRo.


Rules might be changed or added in future if needed.

Last edited by andRo., Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:49.

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There is a reason why it wasn't made on the car that it suits best, but thanks.

r4ptor - Amazing!

And we are looking for someone who would be able to do organizers and representatives work from Lithuanian side.

The jobs you would have to do:
*Make sure LT's qualification is organized on time and correctly. (You don't have to be there, but you have to make sure that everything goes smoothly, perhaps ask someone else to take replay and organize it if you can't make it.)
*Be able to organize a race if me or Estonian representative isn't present, but you are. Basically just lining everyone up for the race, giving the commands and making sure things go smoothly.
*Help with other stuff if needed. (This is only if I'll need any help with posting qualification/race results or something similar.)

You have to be organized, polite and friendly and of course you must be a Lithuanian. Also it would be good if you have raced previous seasons. We won't accept anyone who we haven't heard of or with bad reputation.

If you are up for this and you are able to help, then let me know via PM.


Also other info:
There will probably be no streaming this year though since we are not ready to pay for it. But there will be 2 drop rounds and other new rules you'll find out about quite soon.

Last edited by andRo., Sun, 4 Sep 2011 12:15.

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Quote from skiper :

FiNAL ENTRY

Very unique and kinda professional look to it, I like it. I don't like the DVD box with the CD though... And please post preview picture. BTW, You also used your old edits, that should be removed as it clearly states to not use old images.
Overall, good entries everyone, will be hard to vote in the end.

Last edited by andRo., Thu, 1 Sep 2011 15:51.

Yes, well. It's not going to work, other representatives don't agree with it, so we'll just stay only Baltic.

Quote from kart-36 :

And for the rounds why don't you do 12-14 but with 1 or 2 drop rounds. It's always a shame when you miss a race and it ruins your championship

This is a good point with the drop rounds, I think we'll use that if we put more than 10 rounds.
Dmt - For now it's just an idea since other representatives haven't answered yet, but you remember how there is always 2 places left on track? We can fill them in with drivers from other countries, but then again, only the fastest and lucky ones would get a chance to race then, since it's only 2 places and some tracks don't even have 32 places on track, so I don't really know if it's a good idea to allow other drivers, might make a mess, but we'll see.

Quote from kart-36 :

Wish I could race this league >:|

I have an idea where there would be a small chance for other racers to compete, but I need to talk to other league admins and we'll see then.

So, you guys think 12-14 rounds would be better?

October maybe, but does everyone agree with the 10 round schedule or you want more?

I think 10 rounds is quite a lot. Usually, none of the leagues are that long. And I don't think we'll increase the number of rounds unless many people ask for this.

Yes, I know Russian, but it would be inappropriate to talk in this forum other language than English.

Quote from FRZN-95 :

Final

I like the front cover, very nice looking, but your preview image is too big, so re-size it please.

Good racing guys, was pretty fun. Thanks to the organizers.
Also, very good livestream (it's the first livestream that was not lagging for me and you could watch it clearly the whole race and commentating was also clear and understandable.)

Congrats to TOP3!

EDIT: You can delete this topic, we accidentally posted at the same time with Tōki.

Last edited by andRo., Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:50.

Thanks! Yes, I will try to improve those little/big mistakes next time. Thanks for advice!

Well, no. But to make it more "realistic" you can check the original sizes used for these covers, but that's not obligatory, it would just make more sense.

Hello!
I made a short video of some Tiger Express Motorsports footage. I am very bad at movie editing, so don't expect any cool effects etc.
This is not team's official video, nobody even knew I was making it, but it's just my try.

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Tiger Express Motorsports 2011