The Points Champion is... + Thanks
Apologies for the double post, but now is time to announce the overall winner of the third season of the Live For Speed Destruction Derby League.
For the second season in a row, the overall title was taken by a driver from the United Kingdom. This driver debuted last season, and had a good performance, especially in the Race Points title chase, but was marred by his absence in Round 3 which led to him losing the chance of winning the Race Title, eventually won by 02 Wheeling (then racing under #12). This season though, he has been much better on a whole, performing some great hits and kills while still being able to gain race points in an effective manner, ending 3rd in the Race Points behind 13 Agtem and 69 Reginald Molehusband.
Entering the final round, he did not look like he would win the title, being 3185 points behind 616 Jam in 5th place. However, with Jam and his only real rival 808 Tim being eliminated early on in the ever-unpredictable "Elimination Extravaganza!", he then went on to win the Extravaganza, and in the process surpassed the four drivers ahead of him in the table and has ended up taking what could possibly be the final Live For Speed Destruction Derby League title.
So, with any further hesitation, your winner of the 2011 LFS Destruction Derby League title is:
:laola::woohoo: :clapclap: 76 Clyde! :clapclap::woohoo::laola:
One of only four drivers who raced every round this season, Clyde took the title in the final round after seemingly looking like he would never take it. Despite not making ridiculous scores, unlike major crashers 07 Fire Rocky, 21 Master Twenty-One, 616 Jam and 808 Tim did, he had an excellent consistency to score well in every round, getting a score of over 2000 in each of them. He also becomes the first non-RB4 driver to win any League title in his trusty orange-and-black XRT.
Clyde finished on 17,930 points, 585 ahead of the FXO of Jam in second and 870 ahead of Tim's RB4 in third: only the second time that the final top 3 has compromised of all 3 TBO cars, and also the first-ever all-British top 3!
For the next season (whenever that will be) Clyde will be allowed to race under #1 if he wishes to do so. No other driver will be allowed this number.
Now it's time for my thanks:
This could have never been done without the support of the drivers who signed up and raced (and also those who never got around to racing for whatever reasons they may be). Once again, none of you have disappointed me, even in that first round with the warning nonsense. I've seen some great racing, some great crashing and definitely some great wrecking. I do have to say though that this will most likely be the last proper season of the Live For Speed Destruction Derby League, and I am thinking of running 5 races next year as a "Destruction Derby League: Best Of" series, but more about that, if it occurs, will come nearer the time.
Here is a list of everyone who raced this season... and some who didn't:
02 Wheeling
4 Jetter
005 J.MAY (a.k.a. mr souter)
06 Magnanimous
07 Fire Rocky (a.k.a. rockclan)
08 AntonM (a.k.a. EliteAti)
09 AlexW (a.k.a. AW06)
13 Agtem
14 Eddy (a.k.a. eddy678)
16 JoeX (a.k.a. jrd.racer)
21 Master Twenty-One (a.k.a. UnknownMaster21)
22 Scott Pilgrim (a.k.a. Chrisuu01)
23 General Hybris
29 Pierre (a.k.a. theodinho29)
34 Sobis
42 Ablablabla (a.k.a. Uke)
51 Believer
69 Reginald Molehusband (a.k.a. Robinm)
87 ACCAkut
76 Clyde (a.k.a LineR32)
98 Wazzaaaaaaa! (a.k.a. hp999)
210 CelticFang (a.k.a. DieKolkrabe)
326 Sam (a.k.a. Sam326)
427 Mookster (a.k.a. mookie427)
500 Eclipse
555 GotSpeed
606 RIOT SQUAD (a.k.a. Jon606)
616 Jam (a.k.a Racon)
740 KJD (a.k.a. pandaboy)
760 Ryano (a.k.a. Badger440)
808 Tim (a.k.a. Subphonic)
834 uiop
889 BREATHE (a.k.a BriZz)
997 Rik (a.k.a. rik97)
999 Rotikas (a.k.a. VTiRacing)
Also many thanks to Hybris for hosting the online standings, morpha for maintaining the server, and everyone who has supported the DD culture of LFS since it first properly came to life in 2008. I don't know if it'll still be here in 5 or 10 years' time, but they're memories that I, and many others, probably won't forget in a hurry.
For the second season in a row, the overall title was taken by a driver from the United Kingdom. This driver debuted last season, and had a good performance, especially in the Race Points title chase, but was marred by his absence in Round 3 which led to him losing the chance of winning the Race Title, eventually won by 02 Wheeling (then racing under #12). This season though, he has been much better on a whole, performing some great hits and kills while still being able to gain race points in an effective manner, ending 3rd in the Race Points behind 13 Agtem and 69 Reginald Molehusband.
Entering the final round, he did not look like he would win the title, being 3185 points behind 616 Jam in 5th place. However, with Jam and his only real rival 808 Tim being eliminated early on in the ever-unpredictable "Elimination Extravaganza!", he then went on to win the Extravaganza, and in the process surpassed the four drivers ahead of him in the table and has ended up taking what could possibly be the final Live For Speed Destruction Derby League title.
So, with any further hesitation, your winner of the 2011 LFS Destruction Derby League title is:
:laola::woohoo: :clapclap: 76 Clyde! :clapclap::woohoo::laola:
One of only four drivers who raced every round this season, Clyde took the title in the final round after seemingly looking like he would never take it. Despite not making ridiculous scores, unlike major crashers 07 Fire Rocky, 21 Master Twenty-One, 616 Jam and 808 Tim did, he had an excellent consistency to score well in every round, getting a score of over 2000 in each of them. He also becomes the first non-RB4 driver to win any League title in his trusty orange-and-black XRT.
Clyde finished on 17,930 points, 585 ahead of the FXO of Jam in second and 870 ahead of Tim's RB4 in third: only the second time that the final top 3 has compromised of all 3 TBO cars, and also the first-ever all-British top 3!
For the next season (whenever that will be) Clyde will be allowed to race under #1 if he wishes to do so. No other driver will be allowed this number.
Now it's time for my thanks:
This could have never been done without the support of the drivers who signed up and raced (and also those who never got around to racing for whatever reasons they may be). Once again, none of you have disappointed me, even in that first round with the warning nonsense. I've seen some great racing, some great crashing and definitely some great wrecking. I do have to say though that this will most likely be the last proper season of the Live For Speed Destruction Derby League, and I am thinking of running 5 races next year as a "Destruction Derby League: Best Of" series, but more about that, if it occurs, will come nearer the time.
Here is a list of everyone who raced this season... and some who didn't:
02 Wheeling
4 Jetter
005 J.MAY (a.k.a. mr souter)
06 Magnanimous
07 Fire Rocky (a.k.a. rockclan)
08 AntonM (a.k.a. EliteAti)
09 AlexW (a.k.a. AW06)
13 Agtem
14 Eddy (a.k.a. eddy678)
16 JoeX (a.k.a. jrd.racer)
21 Master Twenty-One (a.k.a. UnknownMaster21)
22 Scott Pilgrim (a.k.a. Chrisuu01)
23 General Hybris
29 Pierre (a.k.a. theodinho29)
34 Sobis
42 Ablablabla (a.k.a. Uke)
51 Believer
69 Reginald Molehusband (a.k.a. Robinm)
87 ACCAkut
76 Clyde (a.k.a LineR32)
98 Wazzaaaaaaa! (a.k.a. hp999)
210 CelticFang (a.k.a. DieKolkrabe)
326 Sam (a.k.a. Sam326)
427 Mookster (a.k.a. mookie427)
500 Eclipse
555 GotSpeed
606 RIOT SQUAD (a.k.a. Jon606)
616 Jam (a.k.a Racon)
740 KJD (a.k.a. pandaboy)
760 Ryano (a.k.a. Badger440)
808 Tim (a.k.a. Subphonic)
834 uiop
889 BREATHE (a.k.a BriZz)
997 Rik (a.k.a. rik97)
999 Rotikas (a.k.a. VTiRacing)
Also many thanks to Hybris for hosting the online standings, morpha for maintaining the server, and everyone who has supported the DD culture of LFS since it first properly came to life in 2008. I don't know if it'll still be here in 5 or 10 years' time, but they're memories that I, and many others, probably won't forget in a hurry.
Round 6 Results
Here are the results of the sixth and final round.
In comparison to last year, the eliminations were more spread out across the whole of the round: last year, there were only three cars left after the 3 minute mark, but this time around, only three had been eliminated, with 2 of them being eliminated in the first minute! The winner of the round, 76 Clyde, lasted 8:08 minutes, which was more than TEN MINUTES shorter than his same performance last year, in which he only placed second! 98 Wazzaaaaaaa! was put back in by two dead cars (427 Mookster and 808 Tim) mucking about, but since he was put back in before the 10-second window, I have taken the time of his second take-out instead.
Result
The League Standings will be updated for the final time tomorrow, with the online scoreboard already updated. The winner of the Points title will also be announced tomorrow, so keep your eyes open for this thread getting bumped!
In comparison to last year, the eliminations were more spread out across the whole of the round: last year, there were only three cars left after the 3 minute mark, but this time around, only three had been eliminated, with 2 of them being eliminated in the first minute! The winner of the round, 76 Clyde, lasted 8:08 minutes, which was more than TEN MINUTES shorter than his same performance last year, in which he only placed second! 98 Wazzaaaaaaa! was put back in by two dead cars (427 Mookster and 808 Tim) mucking about, but since he was put back in before the 10-second window, I have taken the time of his second take-out instead.
Result
The League Standings will be updated for the final time tomorrow, with the online scoreboard already updated. The winner of the Points title will also be announced tomorrow, so keep your eyes open for this thread getting bumped!
Round 6 Replay
Apologies for double-posting (for the fifth and final time in this thread), but Round 6's replay can be found here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/bk4o69
Round 6 Post-Discussion
Well that's the end of this season, and it certainly didn't disappoint!
We got the same number of confirmations for this round as last time - 13 confirmed drivers - but there were two more drivers in attendance, resulting in 11 drivers taking part in the final round, at a confirmation turnout percentage of 84.6%, which is absolutely marvellous for this final round.
After a few... "aborted" starts, we finally got underway, and 889 BREATHE was eliminated within the first minute! Current leader 616 Jam was punted over the side barriers at around the 2 minute mark, with his rival 808 Tim being put over the same barriers some period afterwards; it'll be VERY interesting to see how long those two lasted.
Drivers kept getting taken out left, right, and centre, until there were three left: the two RB4s of 69 Reginald Molehusband and 98 Wazzaaaaaaa!, and the XRT of 76 Clyde (who reached the final 3 for the second season in a row)! Based on past Extravaganzas, Clyde was most likely to lose this, as an RB4 has always won. However, he prevailed and won by rolling Molehusband, formally winning the DD in a pretty speedy 8:08 mins and becoming the second British winner of the Elimination Extravaganza!
The overall winner will be announced alongside the points' results, but did Clyde last for long enough to actually have a chance of stealing the points title from the long-time table-topping dominators Jam and Tim? Well, you'll just have to find out later...
I'll get around to writing up a full thank you alongside the results, but I'll say one here anyway:
Thanks to everyone who has signed up, raced and helped with the running of this, and also for your support over the past 3-or-so months; I couldn't have done it without you. :thumb3d:
We got the same number of confirmations for this round as last time - 13 confirmed drivers - but there were two more drivers in attendance, resulting in 11 drivers taking part in the final round, at a confirmation turnout percentage of 84.6%, which is absolutely marvellous for this final round.
After a few... "aborted" starts, we finally got underway, and 889 BREATHE was eliminated within the first minute! Current leader 616 Jam was punted over the side barriers at around the 2 minute mark, with his rival 808 Tim being put over the same barriers some period afterwards; it'll be VERY interesting to see how long those two lasted.
Drivers kept getting taken out left, right, and centre, until there were three left: the two RB4s of 69 Reginald Molehusband and 98 Wazzaaaaaaa!, and the XRT of 76 Clyde (who reached the final 3 for the second season in a row)! Based on past Extravaganzas, Clyde was most likely to lose this, as an RB4 has always won. However, he prevailed and won by rolling Molehusband, formally winning the DD in a pretty speedy 8:08 mins and becoming the second British winner of the Elimination Extravaganza!
The overall winner will be announced alongside the points' results, but did Clyde last for long enough to actually have a chance of stealing the points title from the long-time table-topping dominators Jam and Tim? Well, you'll just have to find out later...
I'll get around to writing up a full thank you alongside the results, but I'll say one here anyway:
Thanks to everyone who has signed up, raced and helped with the running of this, and also for your support over the past 3-or-so months; I couldn't have done it without you. :thumb3d:
Rule Updates #2
I'd just like to bring the following additions to attention that I have made to the rules (viewable here) in regards to the final round. Here are the additions:
1. Section 1c, entitled "Final Round Schedule" has been added. I'll outline the important points below:
This is basically saying the following: the league table has been split into two groups, the UPPER HALF and the LOWER HALF, with these groups being the DD groups for the final round (because of the 16-car limit on the Autocross tracks).
This just explains how the multiple DD format will occur if the groups are necessary. In the event that one group has less than 8 participants on the night, then all of those drivers will automatically enter the Final DD.
2. Section 3e, entitled "Final Round Points System", has also been added. This points system is as follows:
The "10-points-per-second" rule only applies to the Final DD because the preceding two DDs (the lower half DD and the upper half DD) may not take place.
1. Section 1c, entitled "Final Round Schedule" has been added. I'll outline the important points below:
This is basically saying the following: the league table has been split into two groups, the UPPER HALF and the LOWER HALF, with these groups being the DD groups for the final round (because of the 16-car limit on the Autocross tracks).
This just explains how the multiple DD format will occur if the groups are necessary. In the event that one group has less than 8 participants on the night, then all of those drivers will automatically enter the Final DD.
2. Section 3e, entitled "Final Round Points System", has also been added. This points system is as follows:
The "10-points-per-second" rule only applies to the Final DD because the preceding two DDs (the lower half DD and the upper half DD) may not take place.
The Race Points Champion is...
Now it's time to announce the winner of the Race Points title. I'll give you a clue before I announce who it is: it's an European driver, so that's everyone who raced then!
This driver, although not one of the first to sign up, has been an excellent alternative in my eyes with his fellow RB4 driver and all-around DD legend 02 Wheeling, who has made three appearances this season. With a similar approach to the DD League, this driver has been able to hit when needed and can also race when needed.
After scoring three 6th places in a row, he turned up the heat in the final round and finished 3rd overall with a blistering race performance which saw him score an excellent 2400 points: the second highest of any driver this season!
With 69 Reginald Molehusband having led the race standings for three races in a row, building up such an incredibly healthy lead in the process, that going into the final round, there were only two drivers who could catch up to that dominant and rusted RB4: 13 Agtem and 76 Clyde. Well, one of them did it, and in the process became the first driver to win the Race Points title despite not racing at all the rounds.
So, without further ado, I present to you this season's Race Points Champion:
Going into the final set of races on South City, Reginald Molehusband had built up an outstanding lead of 2275 points over Agtem in second, and a further 325 points over Clyde in third, and it was a lead that looked to be unbeatable.
With such a supreme performance in Round 5 though, and becoming the first driver to score the maximum of 500 race points in each race, Agtem took the title by 125 points! This win did come in a somewhat lucky fashion though: had Molehusband not spectated during the controversial "Pitgate" incident in the fourth race of Round 1, he would have finished 7th, scoring 200 points and, if the current scores had stayed the same, would have won overall, so that's why you don't spectate!
For the next season (whenever that will be) Agtem will be allowed to race under #2 if he wishes to do so. No other driver will be allowed this number.
This driver, although not one of the first to sign up, has been an excellent alternative in my eyes with his fellow RB4 driver and all-around DD legend 02 Wheeling, who has made three appearances this season. With a similar approach to the DD League, this driver has been able to hit when needed and can also race when needed.
After scoring three 6th places in a row, he turned up the heat in the final round and finished 3rd overall with a blistering race performance which saw him score an excellent 2400 points: the second highest of any driver this season!
With 69 Reginald Molehusband having led the race standings for three races in a row, building up such an incredibly healthy lead in the process, that going into the final round, there were only two drivers who could catch up to that dominant and rusted RB4: 13 Agtem and 76 Clyde. Well, one of them did it, and in the process became the first driver to win the Race Points title despite not racing at all the rounds.
So, without further ado, I present to you this season's Race Points Champion:
:laola::woohoo: :clapclap: 13 Agtem! :clapclap::woohoo::laola:
Going into the final set of races on South City, Reginald Molehusband had built up an outstanding lead of 2275 points over Agtem in second, and a further 325 points over Clyde in third, and it was a lead that looked to be unbeatable.
With such a supreme performance in Round 5 though, and becoming the first driver to score the maximum of 500 race points in each race, Agtem took the title by 125 points! This win did come in a somewhat lucky fashion though: had Molehusband not spectated during the controversial "Pitgate" incident in the fourth race of Round 1, he would have finished 7th, scoring 200 points and, if the current scores had stayed the same, would have won overall, so that's why you don't spectate!
For the next season (whenever that will be) Agtem will be allowed to race under #2 if he wishes to do so. No other driver will be allowed this number.
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Round 5 Results
Apologies once again for the lateness, but here are the results of the fifth round.
For the final time this season, nobody got either of the bonuses, although 606 RIOT SQUAD came close to getting the Crash Bonus after hitting the rolled car of 98 Wazzaaaaaaa!... but hit way too hard and flung him back onto the track: talk about unlucky!
For the third time in a row, Race Points were given out like candy due to the small numbers of drivers, with 13 Agtem YET AGAIN coming oh-so-close to recording the league's first Clean Race, but contact on the second lap of Race 1 ruined his chance. However, he DID set the record of becoming the first driver to have won all four races in a round, so a very well done to him for that.
For what is most likely going to be the final ever standard round, how appropriate was it for the winner to be the guy who runs it: RIOT SQUAD took the round on a somewhat low winning score of 3210 points, just 35 points ahead of 616 Jam in a rare FXO 1-2 finish, with Agtem 550 points behind in third.
The League and final Race Standings will be updated tomorrow, with the online scoreboard already updated. The winner of the Race Points title will also be announced tomorrow, so keep your eyes open for this thread getting bumped!
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Round Standings
For the final time this season, nobody got either of the bonuses, although 606 RIOT SQUAD came close to getting the Crash Bonus after hitting the rolled car of 98 Wazzaaaaaaa!... but hit way too hard and flung him back onto the track: talk about unlucky!
For the third time in a row, Race Points were given out like candy due to the small numbers of drivers, with 13 Agtem YET AGAIN coming oh-so-close to recording the league's first Clean Race, but contact on the second lap of Race 1 ruined his chance. However, he DID set the record of becoming the first driver to have won all four races in a round, so a very well done to him for that.
For what is most likely going to be the final ever standard round, how appropriate was it for the winner to be the guy who runs it: RIOT SQUAD took the round on a somewhat low winning score of 3210 points, just 35 points ahead of 616 Jam in a rare FXO 1-2 finish, with Agtem 550 points behind in third.
The League and final Race Standings will be updated tomorrow, with the online scoreboard already updated. The winner of the Race Points title will also be announced tomorrow, so keep your eyes open for this thread getting bumped!
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Round Standings
The points will be up later today - apologies once again for my reluctance.
I think you've got your sums wrong there
Round 5 Replays
Apologies for double-posting (for a fourth time in this thread nevertheless), but Round 5's replays can be found here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HSNFC25D
Round 5 Post-Discussion
Despite the small turnout in comparison to previous rounds, and my connection issues which affected the third race, this was actually a very good round.
Round 5's turnout was lower than previous rounds: we had 9 from 13 confirmations, which is a nice percentage of 69%, and apologies to Sobis who arrived just a little bit too late to take part in the round.
Although the track was a bit too large for the number of competitors, the layout was very well used, and there was still some great action, including 606 RIOT SQUAD's kill of 98 Wazzaaaaaaa! in race two. No new drivers tonight, but the ones who turned up put on a great show. 13 Agtem had a strong round racewise, but has he gained enough points to knock 69 Reginald Molehusband off the top of the leaderboard?
Round 6 is the final round which will decide the Points Champion on the Autocross Skidpad in one of the best rounds of the series. The winner of this round will probably join past champions 11 SlideTech and 326 Sam on top of the podium - if they can last long enough, that is! In a revamped format, The Elimination Extravaganza is now a POINTS round, but is only open to drivers who competed in at least 1 race round: will you be able to last long enough to get the most points and win the title?
On a more sombre note, and I am very disappointed to announce this, but a fourth season of the league happening next year is looking incredibly unlikely. I have become quite bored of calculating the scores (the last round took me 3 days to calcuate due to my reluctance to get them finished) but don't want to revert to a system only based on race points. I may do a series of one-off races next year featuring the best tracks of the past three seasons, but more about that will come closer to the time (if it is going to happen).
Round 5's turnout was lower than previous rounds: we had 9 from 13 confirmations, which is a nice percentage of 69%, and apologies to Sobis who arrived just a little bit too late to take part in the round.
Although the track was a bit too large for the number of competitors, the layout was very well used, and there was still some great action, including 606 RIOT SQUAD's kill of 98 Wazzaaaaaaa! in race two. No new drivers tonight, but the ones who turned up put on a great show. 13 Agtem had a strong round racewise, but has he gained enough points to knock 69 Reginald Molehusband off the top of the leaderboard?
Round 6 is the final round which will decide the Points Champion on the Autocross Skidpad in one of the best rounds of the series. The winner of this round will probably join past champions 11 SlideTech and 326 Sam on top of the podium - if they can last long enough, that is! In a revamped format, The Elimination Extravaganza is now a POINTS round, but is only open to drivers who competed in at least 1 race round: will you be able to last long enough to get the most points and win the title?
On a more sombre note, and I am very disappointed to announce this, but a fourth season of the league happening next year is looking incredibly unlikely. I have become quite bored of calculating the scores (the last round took me 3 days to calcuate due to my reluctance to get them finished) but don't want to revert to a system only based on race points. I may do a series of one-off races next year featuring the best tracks of the past three seasons, but more about that will come closer to the time (if it is going to happen).
Round 4 Results
Apologies for the lateness, but here are the results of the fourth round.
For the fourth time this season, nobody got the Crash Bonus (maybe I should make them easier, or maybe people should read the info) but the Double Points Zone was used to excellent effect, with 616 Jam and 07 Fire Rocky getting a beautiful pair of flatliners in the Zone in Race 3, netting both of them a cool 2000 points each! Jam then went on another wrecking spree in Race 4, scoring a fantastic 2750 Crash Points to take that final race!
Once again, Race Points were given out like candy, with 13 Agtem coming oh-so-close to recording the league's first Clean Race, twice in fact, but contact on the last and first laps of Races 2 & 3 respectively ruined those chances.
Unsurprisingly, the round was won by Jam with an immense 7400 points, just 175 ahead of Fire Rocky in second, with 606 RIOT SQUAD 2250 points behind (for the first time this season, 808 Tim didn't finish in the Top 2! Will he get that elusive round win at Round 5) Thanks to all twelve drivers who showed up and raced. :thumb3d:
The League and Race Standings will be updated later, with the online scoreboard already updated.
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Round Standings
For the fourth time this season, nobody got the Crash Bonus (maybe I should make them easier, or maybe people should read the info) but the Double Points Zone was used to excellent effect, with 616 Jam and 07 Fire Rocky getting a beautiful pair of flatliners in the Zone in Race 3, netting both of them a cool 2000 points each! Jam then went on another wrecking spree in Race 4, scoring a fantastic 2750 Crash Points to take that final race!
Once again, Race Points were given out like candy, with 13 Agtem coming oh-so-close to recording the league's first Clean Race, twice in fact, but contact on the last and first laps of Races 2 & 3 respectively ruined those chances.
Unsurprisingly, the round was won by Jam with an immense 7400 points, just 175 ahead of Fire Rocky in second, with 606 RIOT SQUAD 2250 points behind (for the first time this season, 808 Tim didn't finish in the Top 2! Will he get that elusive round win at Round 5) Thanks to all twelve drivers who showed up and raced. :thumb3d:
The League and Race Standings will be updated later, with the online scoreboard already updated.
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Round Standings
Round 4 Replays
I don't have to double post for once to post the replays! :jawdrop:
Round 4's replays can be found here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UN8QCSD2
Round 4's replays can be found here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UN8QCSD2
Round 4 Post-Discussion
Well that was a good round; no real bitching to speak of really.
For the second time this season, this round's turnout has been exactly the same as the previous round: 12 from 14, which once again gives an excellent 85.7% of drivers fulfilling their confirmations.
After putting the correct layout on (FINALLY!) there were some great crashes, especially in the bonus points zone, and some great flatlines, with 76 Clyde getting killed twice! Spin points will probably be through the roof after the broken suspensions from the jumps gave drivers easy targets to just tap out and rack up some great points in the process! Newcomer 997 Rik had a good round, but the notable absence of 21 Master Twenty-One could send a blow to his title chances. Has he kept his lead at the top of the standings, or has 808 Tim over taken him? All will be revealed later
Round 5, the final race round which will decide the Race Points Champion, is on the 1st of October, and goes from a really wide track in this round, to the narrow streets of South City. Here, there are double routes, tight turns, and a ramp for some serious airtime, and atrocities, in Citywide Chaos: will the racing resemble the recent UK riots? Probably... if the human rioters were replaced with cars smashing into shops and buildings: you should get the idea!
Hopefully you'll show up for another action-packed round of DD fun. If you, or a friend, want to join in the fun after reading this, just click here and sign up! You won't be disappointed!
For the second time this season, this round's turnout has been exactly the same as the previous round: 12 from 14, which once again gives an excellent 85.7% of drivers fulfilling their confirmations.
After putting the correct layout on (FINALLY!) there were some great crashes, especially in the bonus points zone, and some great flatlines, with 76 Clyde getting killed twice! Spin points will probably be through the roof after the broken suspensions from the jumps gave drivers easy targets to just tap out and rack up some great points in the process! Newcomer 997 Rik had a good round, but the notable absence of 21 Master Twenty-One could send a blow to his title chances. Has he kept his lead at the top of the standings, or has 808 Tim over taken him? All will be revealed later
Round 5, the final race round which will decide the Race Points Champion, is on the 1st of October, and goes from a really wide track in this round, to the narrow streets of South City. Here, there are double routes, tight turns, and a ramp for some serious airtime, and atrocities, in Citywide Chaos: will the racing resemble the recent UK riots? Probably... if the human rioters were replaced with cars smashing into shops and buildings: you should get the idea!
Hopefully you'll show up for another action-packed round of DD fun. If you, or a friend, want to join in the fun after reading this, just click here and sign up! You won't be disappointed!
Round 3 Results
Here are the results of the third round.
For the third round in a row, nobody got either the Crash Bonus or the Stunt Bonus, although, once again, I forgot to put the bloody league layout on! :doh: Thankfully, nobody tried to use the pits this time!
Although a boring track for crashing, there were some great hits, with 76 Clyde's flatline of 21 Master Twenty-One in the final race being the standout shot in my eyes (and 616 Jam's suicide on Lap 2 in the final race being the standout failure :razz
. It was the race points where the scores were really made, with Season 1's Race Points Champion, 98 Wazzaaaaaaa!, showing just why he was the Champion with a brilliant 2050 Race Points!
For the second round in succession, Master Twenty-One won the round, only 475 points ahead of perennial second-placer Tim (will he ever win a round?!) who in turn was just 275 points ahead of Mookster in third. As for last place... :weeping: Thanks to all twelve drivers who showed up and raced. :thumb3d:
The League and Race Standings will be updated tomorrow, with the online scoreboard already updated.
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Round Standings
For the third round in a row, nobody got either the Crash Bonus or the Stunt Bonus, although, once again, I forgot to put the bloody league layout on! :doh: Thankfully, nobody tried to use the pits this time!
Although a boring track for crashing, there were some great hits, with 76 Clyde's flatline of 21 Master Twenty-One in the final race being the standout shot in my eyes (and 616 Jam's suicide on Lap 2 in the final race being the standout failure :razz
. It was the race points where the scores were really made, with Season 1's Race Points Champion, 98 Wazzaaaaaaa!, showing just why he was the Champion with a brilliant 2050 Race Points!For the second round in succession, Master Twenty-One won the round, only 475 points ahead of perennial second-placer Tim (will he ever win a round?!) who in turn was just 275 points ahead of Mookster in third. As for last place... :weeping: Thanks to all twelve drivers who showed up and raced. :thumb3d:
The League and Race Standings will be updated tomorrow, with the online scoreboard already updated.
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Round Standings
Round 3 Replays
Apologies for double-posting (once again), but Round 3's replays can be found here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=713O7KX5
Round 3 Post-Discussion
There's a reason why Aston is the least liked DD circuit from my point of view, and that's because it's only good for large numbers of cars... which once again happened tonight.
For the first time this season, we did NOT get 16 drivers from 21 confirmations; instead we got 12 from 14 confirmations, which gives a brilliant 85.7% of drivers fulfilling their confirmations.
The layout that was implemented was alright, with many drivers taking a tumble over the ramps on the course and probably taking each other out on the crossover (as I was dead for practically every single race I wouldn't really know). Debutant 889 BREATHE had a strong round, and it was good to see Season 1 race champion Wazzaaaaaaa! attend his first round of the new season, getting a race win in the process... but has he won overall? All will be revealed soon
Round 4 is on the 17th of September, and at a much better suited DD track: Kyoto! With the introduction of all autocross objects being available on all tracks, I've decided to RAMP up the difficulty by throwing a whole load of them on the circuit for "Circular Carnage III: Ring RAMPage" in what is GUARANTEED to be a permanent suspension nightmare; you'll have to give them therapy for the PTSD they'll be experiencing after the round!
Hopefully you'll show up for another action-packed round of DD fun. If you, or a friend, want to join in the fun after reading this, just click here and sign up! You won't be disappointed!
For the first time this season, we did NOT get 16 drivers from 21 confirmations; instead we got 12 from 14 confirmations, which gives a brilliant 85.7% of drivers fulfilling their confirmations.
The layout that was implemented was alright, with many drivers taking a tumble over the ramps on the course and probably taking each other out on the crossover (as I was dead for practically every single race I wouldn't really know). Debutant 889 BREATHE had a strong round, and it was good to see Season 1 race champion Wazzaaaaaaa! attend his first round of the new season, getting a race win in the process... but has he won overall? All will be revealed soon
Round 4 is on the 17th of September, and at a much better suited DD track: Kyoto! With the introduction of all autocross objects being available on all tracks, I've decided to RAMP up the difficulty by throwing a whole load of them on the circuit for "Circular Carnage III: Ring RAMPage" in what is GUARANTEED to be a permanent suspension nightmare; you'll have to give them therapy for the PTSD they'll be experiencing after the round!
Hopefully you'll show up for another action-packed round of DD fun. If you, or a friend, want to join in the fun after reading this, just click here and sign up! You won't be disappointed!
I dunno #1, but #2 is Beastie Boys - Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim Remix)
You should see what Round 6 of my league's about then...
To answer the OP question: the idea of a demolition derby event is a great one. However, the demolition derby sub-culture (or, as it's much better known in LFS, destruction derby) has, in truth, come and gone.
Even before I knew about LFS (which is over 3 years ago now) people had regular banger racing leagues and servers on here on ovals with UF1s which then progressed into racing with XFGs and XRGs and the TBO class. In time though, those leagues and servers became less and less popular overall, and now there's only one dedicated banger racing league with its small but dedicated userbase. The same happened with DD racing on here, although it went a bit differently; when it started getting popular in 2008/2009, there were really only two servers that did DD racing (one of whom I've had certain... "relations" with but don't want to bring that back up) and over time, that dropped to just the one and then that pretty much died (although it did get a rebirth, it hasn't been as popular as it used to be).
I would be happy to help out on one of these events if I'm able to though (and [blatantadvertising]also, check my signature for my DD league if you want to take part in it![/blatantadvertising])
Overall League & Race Points Standings
Here are the league and race points standings.
Following the combination of the overall and points titles into one overall points title, the winner of this season's points title can race under #1 next season, while the winner of the race points can race under #2 next season.
Overall League Standings
Race Points Standings
Following the combination of the overall and points titles into one overall points title, the winner of this season's points title can race under #1 next season, while the winner of the race points can race under #2 next season.
Overall League Standings
Race Points Standings
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Reason : Updated after the final round; thanks for everyone for taking part!
Round 2 Results
Here are the results of the second round.
Once again, the Crash Bonus was not achieved, although a few people came close: 76 Clyde landed on 07 Fire Rocky off the right ramp, but landed on Rocky's side instead of the roof, 69 Reginald Molehusband cleared 21 Master Twenty-One by a few inches and didn't make contact, and 14 Eddy scored his sole crash points of the night on the 21 car with a well-executed Skull Crusher... but it was off the wrong ramp and not the Crash Bonus ramp. The Bonus Points area was very well used by most drivers, with 13 Agtem being one of the better drivers in that area, although there were three Flatliners performed in that area, netting each attacking driver a staggering 2000 points! This put them right up at the top of each race's standings!
Action was everywhere in each race, with the final race probably the craziest race of them all. 21 Master Twenty-One was re-rolled onto his wheels by 616 Jam, only for 21 to go absolutely INSANE and attempt to kill everything in his path, racking up a mesmerizing 5550 crash points and 2 flatliners in the process!
For possibly the first ever time in the whole of the 3 DD League seasons, at least one driver was flatlined (i.e. taken out of the race altogether) in each race. To commemorate the occassion, here are the kills from each race, who killed who, and whether the kills were in the bonus area or not:
Race 1: 616 Jam was killed by 07 Fire Rocky
Race 2: 05 Magnanimous was killed by 22 Scott Pilgrim (bonus area kill)
Race 3: 05 Magnanimous was killed (again) by 76 Clyde (bonus area kill), 808 Tim was killed by 606 RIOT SQUAD and 76 Clyde was killed by 07 Fire Rocky
Race 4: 05 Magnanimous was killed (for a record third time) by 808 Tim, 606 RIOT SQUAD was killed by 808 Tim, 69 Reginald Molehusband was killed by 21 Master Twenty-One, and 07 Fire Rocky was killed by 21 Master Twenty-One (bonus area kill).
That's a total of NINE kills for the whole event, with THREE of them in the bonus area! Staggering! :jawdrop:
Aside from the kills, spare a thought for 76 Clyde, who led the majority of all but one race, only to roll out in each race and lose the chance to get those 500 win points for 1st place. How sad.
Once again, some of this season's new boys dominated the top 2 places, with Master Twenty-One taking the round 2700 points ahead of Tim in second, with Fire Rocky 915 points behind him. Thanks to all sixteen drivers who showed up and raced. :thumb3d:
The League and Race Standings will be posted shortly, with the online scoreboard also getting updated.
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Round Standings
Once again, the Crash Bonus was not achieved, although a few people came close: 76 Clyde landed on 07 Fire Rocky off the right ramp, but landed on Rocky's side instead of the roof, 69 Reginald Molehusband cleared 21 Master Twenty-One by a few inches and didn't make contact, and 14 Eddy scored his sole crash points of the night on the 21 car with a well-executed Skull Crusher... but it was off the wrong ramp and not the Crash Bonus ramp. The Bonus Points area was very well used by most drivers, with 13 Agtem being one of the better drivers in that area, although there were three Flatliners performed in that area, netting each attacking driver a staggering 2000 points! This put them right up at the top of each race's standings!
Action was everywhere in each race, with the final race probably the craziest race of them all. 21 Master Twenty-One was re-rolled onto his wheels by 616 Jam, only for 21 to go absolutely INSANE and attempt to kill everything in his path, racking up a mesmerizing 5550 crash points and 2 flatliners in the process!
For possibly the first ever time in the whole of the 3 DD League seasons, at least one driver was flatlined (i.e. taken out of the race altogether) in each race. To commemorate the occassion, here are the kills from each race, who killed who, and whether the kills were in the bonus area or not:
Race 1: 616 Jam was killed by 07 Fire Rocky
Race 2: 05 Magnanimous was killed by 22 Scott Pilgrim (bonus area kill)
Race 3: 05 Magnanimous was killed (again) by 76 Clyde (bonus area kill), 808 Tim was killed by 606 RIOT SQUAD and 76 Clyde was killed by 07 Fire Rocky
Race 4: 05 Magnanimous was killed (for a record third time) by 808 Tim, 606 RIOT SQUAD was killed by 808 Tim, 69 Reginald Molehusband was killed by 21 Master Twenty-One, and 07 Fire Rocky was killed by 21 Master Twenty-One (bonus area kill).
That's a total of NINE kills for the whole event, with THREE of them in the bonus area! Staggering! :jawdrop:
Aside from the kills, spare a thought for 76 Clyde, who led the majority of all but one race, only to roll out in each race and lose the chance to get those 500 win points for 1st place. How sad.
Once again, some of this season's new boys dominated the top 2 places, with Master Twenty-One taking the round 2700 points ahead of Tim in second, with Fire Rocky 915 points behind him. Thanks to all sixteen drivers who showed up and raced. :thumb3d:
The League and Race Standings will be posted shortly, with the online scoreboard also getting updated.
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Round Standings
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Round 2 Replays
Apologies for double-posting (again), but Round 2's replays can be found here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=POH2UUY7
Oops.
That's been fixed accordingly: Round 3 is on the 3rd of September, not the 3rd of August.
Round 2 Post-Discussion
Now THIS was a much better round than last time. It had a much more positive attitude, and best of all: I don't have to make ANY admin decisions this time around!
We had 16 drivers once more, although this time it was from a confirmation list of 19, plus 2 others who quickly confirmed in the last hour, bringing it to 21 ... again? Now that's just weird. Anyway, that means it's 76.2% of the confirmations showing up, which is good.
The layout that was used was very well utilised, with most of the pileups being in the pit lane just after the race started! The dirt track area was also well used, and hopefully once I work out the points, there'll be tonnes of crash points to hand out! :thumb3d: From what I saw of the 3 debuting league drivers, 07 FireRocky gave out a fair few strong hits and was more determined on wrecking rather than racing, while 14 Eddy was practically the polar opposite (booooooo! :thumbsdow). 34 Sobis was more to the center of the "crash-race spectrum" so to put it. 69 Reginald Molehusband set a record (I think) for winning 3 of the 4 races: but has he properly won the races? All will be revealed in the next few days.
Round 3, which takes place on the 3rd of September, will be on the criminally underused Aston circuit. To celebrate the 2012 release of the new Carmageddon game, Carmageddon: Reincarnation, this round will be a tribute to probably the best casual and humourous racing series of all time. There aren't any peds in LFS, but that doesn't mean that we can't have a death race as "The Upmarket Demolition III: The Aston Death Race" takes place on an adapted version of the Aston Chicane Route. How many cars will be destroyed in the entire round? 10? 20?? 30???
Hopefully you'll show up for another action-packed round of DD fun. If you, or a friend, want to join in the fun after reading this, just click here and sign up! You won't be disappointed!
We had 16 drivers once more, although this time it was from a confirmation list of 19, plus 2 others who quickly confirmed in the last hour, bringing it to 21 ... again? Now that's just weird. Anyway, that means it's 76.2% of the confirmations showing up, which is good.
The layout that was used was very well utilised, with most of the pileups being in the pit lane just after the race started! The dirt track area was also well used, and hopefully once I work out the points, there'll be tonnes of crash points to hand out! :thumb3d: From what I saw of the 3 debuting league drivers, 07 FireRocky gave out a fair few strong hits and was more determined on wrecking rather than racing, while 14 Eddy was practically the polar opposite (booooooo! :thumbsdow). 34 Sobis was more to the center of the "crash-race spectrum" so to put it. 69 Reginald Molehusband set a record (I think) for winning 3 of the 4 races: but has he properly won the races? All will be revealed in the next few days.
Round 3, which takes place on the 3rd of September, will be on the criminally underused Aston circuit. To celebrate the 2012 release of the new Carmageddon game, Carmageddon: Reincarnation, this round will be a tribute to probably the best casual and humourous racing series of all time. There aren't any peds in LFS, but that doesn't mean that we can't have a death race as "The Upmarket Demolition III: The Aston Death Race" takes place on an adapted version of the Aston Chicane Route. How many cars will be destroyed in the entire round? 10? 20?? 30???
Hopefully you'll show up for another action-packed round of DD fun. If you, or a friend, want to join in the fun after reading this, just click here and sign up! You won't be disappointed!
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You had to follow them in as in one car behind the other; what you did was barrier slam AlexW against the wall when you were next to him, i.e. side by side, and not one in front of the other.
Rule Updates
I'd just like to bring the following changes that I have made to the rules (viewable here) after the incidents in the first round. The majority of these changes are to do with the races themselves and nothing else. Here are the changes:
1.
This is basically explaining the talking points deduction; one line of chat is fine, but 2 or more lines will result in deductions.
2.
I did notice that a few drivers were turning round quite a few times and driving the wrong way around certain parts of the track; however, the difference between these drivers and the previously mentioned incident involving 740 KJD was that these drivers did not attempt to ruin their opponents' race in an unsporting manner. I have therefore allowed wrong way driving, but it must be done in a sporting manner.
3.
These rules have always been in place, but have never been explicitly stated. After what happened on Saturday, I've now decided to put them in the rules.
A method of achieving Stunt Points was also removed (sliding along on the side/roof of your car, which was worth 50 points a second) as I believe that the points that were gained from that method were not done on purpose, i.e. the slides weren't intentional and so the points were unfairly gained.
1.
This is basically explaining the talking points deduction; one line of chat is fine, but 2 or more lines will result in deductions.
2.
I did notice that a few drivers were turning round quite a few times and driving the wrong way around certain parts of the track; however, the difference between these drivers and the previously mentioned incident involving 740 KJD was that these drivers did not attempt to ruin their opponents' race in an unsporting manner. I have therefore allowed wrong way driving, but it must be done in a sporting manner.
3.
These rules have always been in place, but have never been explicitly stated. After what happened on Saturday, I've now decided to put them in the rules.
A method of achieving Stunt Points was also removed (sliding along on the side/roof of your car, which was worth 50 points a second) as I believe that the points that were gained from that method were not done on purpose, i.e. the slides weren't intentional and so the points were unfairly gained.
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