Well pretty much anything March says in response to me has always been negative and without understanding.... and then to tell me to STFU?

Bunch of CTRA noobs (yes you March) ganging up on me, fantastic.

So it does me great pleasure in saying something IN PRIVATE to him. And still, he doesn't understand me, so I am absolutely THRILLED that he goes and does this.... top marks to you March :up: :rolleyes:

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=11131

I've been begging for it to look better for ages now.....

You even have your own related thread on this already XCNuse

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=27589

CSS has to be, by far, the best FPS game for having a quick go whenever you want, get pissed off here and there, start 'pwning!', have a funny nickname, act completely stupid on most maps.... and all with a very high level of adrenaline pumping through your veins when you've got a huge gun fight on your hands (me ).

I've been bored of most AWP enabled servers, and only play on a few local ones over here. Quite frankly, I am a big fan of Assault, and it has always been underrated as being home of tons of camping noobs... however the server I play one (vagueserver) has kickass players on it, and they have good rules, and admins always on having a good time. CSS on any other server is just lame.

DOD Source is fun too, friend and I play it. Best server is one called Blitzkreig Whores... and there are some really good chicks on there that kick some serious butt! That server is the same way, always good times there too.

Lately I have been bored of TF2 already. Custom Maps are all I play, but it's far too repetitive now for my liking. (Not much skill required to kill someone really). So I just whore it up with engineer and build an unstoppable turret

Quote from SamH :

I'm having difficulty separating out the "he started it" mentality from your post, and I know that can't be what you're saying.. so I think I need you to explain it to me. Sorry!

Sorry but, I wish I could curse on here....

I am ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, NOT SAYING THAT. Nobody is at fault for "starting" any of the foul driving, and like I've explained throughout, accidents happen, rules are learned. HOWEVER, from a standpoint of being someone under fire by quite a simple report and not getting any retribution or counter-claim opportunity against someone that is by far one of the SHITTIEST drivers I have ever seen on CTRA (and calls himself clean).... how do you think I feel?

I mean, sure I have a few nudges here and there, bad calls, everyone does? (And I don't care if I got a caution -- I am not in it for the points like a lot of frequent drivers are). But holy shit-stain, it is unnervingly obvious what needs to be done.

I thought I was done here, but that just about sums it up.

Quote from SamH :

The argument "I shouldn't be penalised because I didn't report THAT guy for ramming me 4 laps before" holds no water. At all.

Then I guess pre-pubescent 'hyped-on-clean-driving connoisseurs' can go on with that reporting mindset without being investigated further themselves? Likewise, proof of them is needed for any other report or counter-report, but my god.... reporting is a sure-shot kill weapon if it is this narrow (e.g. Nothing done unless it is actually using the reporting feature ). Don't get me wrong, or view me as being a scrooge of this subject... this just frustrates me to see actions taken like this (and I base what I said earlier all on fact).

That's like saying Player A was crashed by Player B, and Player A reported it. Yet Player A violated rules on numerous accounts in so many other races, but nobody is going to (or can) do anything about it thereafter? It is most certainly not hearsay if Player B knows exactly when other incidents happened.

I am sure you review countless reports, and job well done of course... so I can understand if making such reports gets too complicated, it will just take up your time I guess

Last edited by Tweaker, Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:52. Reason : I am done on this subject. Flame On Johnny!

I didn't mean it had to have a 'world' image... hell that is far too cliche for my taste. I too could have someone holding their arms up for a label on a carton of orange juice.... It just doesn't make sense. You see what I mean? Besides the fact that this reminds me of JZ's BOTT logo entry, and old school dEmporium illustrations, I think it is fair to say you can get a bit more creative... Settling on this and compare it to WRC or WTCC logos, comeon :rolleyes:

Last edited by Tweaker, Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:11.

I assume you have some kind of deadline for this Arrow?

ElvisArg's logo is kinda nice, but it looks like it has to always be on a white background, or else you have floating hand. To me though, it doesn't embrace the feeling of a 'world' series of nations and such.

Quote from PaulC2K :

If theres any balancing being done, wouldnt it make sense to put +20kg and +30kg back onto the cars and that way they're mechanically identical as they were before and they weigh the exact same as before too.

I was thinking that. Just ultimately put the patch-x style balancing back on for the rest of the season. The only thing that I think would be different is to not add 80kg to the FZR GT1, but maybe only a little less, like 60kg. That would at least compensate for the new shifting.

Shame though, FZR and XRR looked so even all season until Patch Y came along We'll be alright though

Last edited by Tweaker, Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:22.

This is for GT2 I assume?

Having a look at the old GT2 X-patch specs, the previous power & weight values are not much different... the FXR is only 20kg lighter to match an 1100kg weight across all three cars now. Both XRR & FXR have 356 bhp so I am not too sure that the FXR is still on par, and we might consider the XRR just having a tad less power, but nothing too extreme. I wouldn't consider giving it more weight since it still needs agility versus the FXR.

With GT1, we are still unsure. By the looks of things, the FZR is very quick, but at the cost of having clutch heating problems. I still think it can be maintained throughout a long race with moderate shifting speed... though without its handicaps, it will be much quicker by far. Old Patch-X handicaps were like so (incase you forgot):

FXR: no ballast = 1120kg
XRR: 30kg ballast = 1130kg
FZR: 80kg ballast = 1180kg

We may consider keeping the XRR as is with 1100kg weight, and only putting on a little extra weight to the FZR.

However, this kind of testing before next weekend is just what we need help with. So keep testing, and we'll have to come up with new restriction values (if any) before next weekend.

Thanks

Quote from Lateralus :

:rolleyes:

What a load.

Something wrong with people misunderstanding me???

I never said anything about the admins being biased. I only explained the fact that I cannot "prove otherwise" that the reportee is the one who should be penalized through the current appeal system.

Not to mention, I don't know where all this talk of insta-vote-banning has come from, I wasn't talking about that.

If you want a perfect example of this reporting behavior, look at Mr. Teedot.

Last edited by Tweaker, Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:11.

Quote from JJ72 :

Wasn't that "LFS FILES" instad?

no, it was not.

Quote from al heeley :

Still can't get Portal running

Al, you need a new computer don't you

Quote from March Hare :

You do know that revenge wrecking is not allowed?

I never said anything about revenge wrecking? And why would I do such a thing?

Quote from SamH :

Is there some problem with the way that the reporting system works? Does it fall short? If so, in what way? Is there something to your statement, or is it just some more rhetoric?

Well, if I file an appeal (which I did just recently) and get an admin response, it would be nice to respond back again, rather than it being a done deal. There is more I'd like to say, not to argue on the ruling, but to reinforce the situation, which I did not get to state in my first appeal message.

Hint: Look at a few race replays before and after (forget when it was) the reported incident of me, and you make your call on who should get penalized........

Quite frankly, I think the reporting is starting to become somewhat of a "befriend the admins" tool... so those people can have their way. I truly thought it was for SERIOUS race incidents... but now it seems people's interpretation of one's driving mistakes is just a game of fighting with reports to try and get people banned. Personally, it is NOT fun for knowing you've done quite well coming and going on CTRA... to then find an admin message that says you have a report against you -- and ultimately not have a fair say of the story at all. Huge turnoff, coming from someone (me) who is NICE enough not to be cocky and report people.... because I can accept that accidents happen.

I don't play often on CTRA, but it does feel very uninviting to be shafted by self-proclaimed "report warriors", who can't even drive cleanly themselves.

Last edited by Tweaker, Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:40.

Quote from Riders Motion :

Such a nice news, for such a noobie mistake (Read Title).

That's what happens when you get Pecker as an anchorman.

This is always a hard topic when racing on CTRA.

I for one never have had "Sorry" bound to my keyboard. People use it too often, even when it isn't their fault. If I REALLY have to say "sorry" to the person in the accident, I will actually type it, so I truly mean it. Either that or I pull over and let them pass (But even when I do that, they don't move and resume the race!!... so then my race is ruined too as I just wait and wait ---- So I'll pull away after that, if they don't even make an effort to recognize my courtesy). However, there are other times that I KNOW I am not in the 'wrong' and I continue driving. Situations where people made an obvious mistake in front of me, and come across the racing line to cause the accident. Then they'd start moaning at me about how it was my fault, and to be honest, I don't even want to argue about it at all... some people are just so uptight with accidents on the CTRA server.

If you find people just driving away, accept the majority of those situations as purely a racing accident. If it is just absolute stupidity accidents and the other person is at fault, then just report them.

There is also always a HUGE difference of experience between so many drivers on the grid. And a lot of fast drivers trying to fight up from the back of the field means a very quick paced car approaching a very slow paced car. I often see people taking corners at least 20-30 mph slower :doh:

My point is... there are a lot of very respectful drivers out there that are not as bad as they may seem. Just because they don't say sorry, or just keep driving doesn't mean they are being a jerk.

Last edited by Tweaker, Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:07.

As far as I can see, the track itself is not set up for proper HLVC detection. So infact, I think this IS a number of bugs... for the track.

More importantly, what motherboard brand and model do you have.....?

I saw this comin! Duck is like Bawbag's squeeky twoy

Testrace for the 30th is not gonna happen. Not much interest in it around these holidays, and I want to give a chance for some internal/offline testing so teams can come and be ready with fairly developed setups for the 5th. I'll post a new thread this weekend for complete details.

We'll probably hold a test race next Saturday on the 5th...

2 hours @ Aston GP.

Going to have to confirm this over the weekend, but this is a definite outlook for a testrace.

I saw a special on 60 minutes or something about UFC a couple nights ago... It was pretty good because it was talking about how people are paying higher to see UFC/MMA fights than boxing has EVER had. Event count, viewer count, etc... all higher and bigger events than boxing these days.

Also the boxing federation(?) are quite unhappy about it all, and they still think their sport is the purest of man-to-man combat. But I highly disagree, and even some professional boxers have the same opinion, and actually turned to supporting UFC.

Was a really interesting mini-documentary about it. Probably the last boxing match I ever watched was De La Hoya vs. Mayweather, which was boxing's biggest match in history (viewer count and revenue). That was nothing though, and best argument was from UFC founder saying something along the lines of "I am not going to pay to go see a fight where they hardly fight at all --- intead I'll see lots of fights in one night".

Friends of mine are big fans of UFC, I go watch it at their place. I don't watch it enough to know what fights really matter though.

Last edited by Tweaker, Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:59.

Come on guys, chronic masturbation has to stop this new year!!!!!!!!!!

Quote from Andreas Grauel :

which track? time and so on would be some nice infos :-)

We aren't exactly sure what we track want to try, being a bit too focused on what we really need to balance with restriction values. For now, practice on Aston GP.

What we need all your help with is figuring out of GT1 is really balanced like the devs have made them in Patch Y. GT2 shouldn't change much since the only cars in that class are XRR and FXR --- and they both have sequential shifting and not much changes (other than FXR being a bit lighter). We understand now that with the new rev limits, the XRR and FXR have a bit better power at higher RPMs, and the FZR is a bit more restricted. Weight differences are back to normal, so handling characteristics should be a bit different... it is just power delivery has changed considerably.

So for as a first test, we might as well test the GT1 and GT2 cars with default settings in our first test (GT2 using old restriction values). And extend testing with some hotlapping next week... and maybe have another test next weekend. We don't expect many people to turn up this Sunday for the test, so that is why we are kind of unsure what track to use, and what time to race.

If anyone is interested in helping, please post here --- and post any thoughts you have on this. We'll try and see if we can arrange a time and track to have a 2-hour race with. If not, we'll possibly try and do some hotlapping in preparation for a race on the 5th (Saturday). If all goes well, that would give you 2 weeks of preparation for the 24hour race.

Last edited by Tweaker, Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:29.

Quote from paddy_racer :

:ices_rofl its rather silly, don't know why ISI spend to much time on a drift addon.

not a drift fan but LFS 1 ISI 0

:rolleyes:

Stop being such an LFS punk....

ISI have been making a lot of little addons for the community. Some were even intended to be private (eg the Lexus one). I doubt this took them much 'time' either.

Still kind of a lame gift IMO.