BadBlood
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« Reply #15 on: July 25, 2012, 12:24:57 AM +0100 » |
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I think you have to set your country in your driver details in your forum profile Pete. Just click on your own name and it will take you to your profile. Its Driver Details on the left, I think. Just set the desired country from the drop down.
Well done on the podium.
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« Reply #16 on: July 25, 2012, 08:14:55 AM +0100 » |
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good race all in all, shame sky crashed we were have a good one. looking forward to spa in bt7
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« Reply #17 on: July 25, 2012, 10:49:31 AM +0100 » |
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I didnt crash, I rearended you and then quit, cause there was no reason to continue after what I had done... I hate that game, and I absolutely suck at it. Sorry Gareth...
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Who is the living, loving city of people without faces? The elevator is screaming in his claws.
The Red City, 43 Novctober 2173.
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« Reply #18 on: July 25, 2012, 11:31:28 AM +0100 » |
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Couldn't really get to grips with this track , I was still learning it after everyone had packed up and left for home . The race was quite eventful , I made a tardy start then spent the early laps trying to figure a way to get past Norman , I could get the tow down the straight but found it just impossible to make a clean pass , thought I saw my chance when he wobbled a bit going into turn 1? got a bit sideways and we touched ( maybe some warp as my car became a fire ball) . Things then got a bit lonely after the stop & go penalty until we met up again once more after they had both decided to wait for me after that it got a bit hectic , I found myself in front of Hendy's BRM but he was having none of it and wanted the place back , going into the ostschlief I didnt realise Hendy was alongside , couldnt believe how fast he must have come up in the tow and as I turned in we touched ( apologies mate cos I think I did the same move later on just to check it out ) , fortunately we survived and reached status quo with me following Hendy & Norman home . Altogether an enjoyable race , except for my bad driving that is , hope I didnt spoil yours too much . Grats to the pods and cyas all soon .
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« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2012, 12:10:17 PM +0100 » |
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Sky mate, it happens its racing, dont worry about it, you dont suck, you got the fastest lap(with fuel) you should have stayed as we were warming up for good battle. see you in spa. Gareth
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« Reply #20 on: July 25, 2012, 03:13:44 PM +0100 » |
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After what happened in the season's first 2 races I was happy to finish. Spent most of the race in company of Hendy & Bernie. In various combinations of any 2 from 3 we had our bumps & scrapes. Didn't realise Bernie had an S&G so he must have been quick when motoring alone to get back in the race. Honestly I reckon they were both quicker than me in race mode but the way things were I finished between them. I enjoyed it but it seemed an awfully long race
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« Reply #21 on: July 25, 2012, 05:33:04 PM +0100 » |
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good race all in all, shame sky crashed we were have a good one. looking forward to spa in bt7 Gareth, I expect the lone BT7 at the next race will be myself again :'( :'( But fear not another peerless drive like the one last night should see you into Cooper/BT7 territory Sky, I'm assuming you quit without taking your one available stop and go? You would have been able to make it and get out still in a safe second spot with a shot at first. Looking at the turn out last night I hope you learn to love the game again soon, hang in there. Tobodestroyer, great return debut. If you had not decided on making some sandcastles after murdering me down the straight for the umpteemth time, I would never have been able to build a big enough gap to hang onto third which became second when Sky departed. Grats again to Gareth and Tobodestroyer, commiserations to Sky and well done to everyone who turned up and raced. See you all at Syracuse!
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« Reply #22 on: July 25, 2012, 05:56:56 PM +0100 » |
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I didnt have any damage and I didnt need no shift'r... And I would have been first if I continued. But I would firstly get penalty, secondly it would be totally unfair for Gareth, who wouldn't be able to catch me after his stop/go (hope you did it, or you'l be disqualified), thirdly I rearended him, and fourthly I have no idea what to do anymore... This is not racing because it ends in tears, what I did at mosport and last races is not racing because im driving around alone for no appareant reason with no incentive for anything, and what is racing, who to hell knows... maybe those who actually have talent for it, I'm obviously not one of them. The penalty system wouldnt work at all at this occasion, Gareth is new, I brought him to ukgpl and he probably wouldn't want to report me, I could report myself, but that option didn't even come tho my mind at that time - and if i do get penalty, who knows if it will be in points, or places, or championsip positions, or race positions, or time, and I got 25 penalty points already, and its very doubtful Gareth would benefit at all from it. So the only fair decision was to quit the race... And it doest sound right... idk...i dont care.
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Who is the living, loving city of people without faces? The elevator is screaming in his claws.
The Red City, 43 Novctober 2173.
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« Reply #23 on: July 25, 2012, 06:14:02 PM +0100 » |
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Having re-read the rules, I think you might be right as im 30 points behind, i thouht is was top two. I happy to be wrong. having done a few laps in the bt7 i think second was a awsome drive. I didn't do a S&G as i didn't shift+R so didn't need to. You gave me the place back, i would not have reported it so I dont know about any penalty. as for not being able to catch you, yeah of course mate Sky, stop feeling sorry for your self and get back on the horse! Gareth
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« Reply #24 on: July 25, 2012, 06:16:26 PM +0100 » |
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You're thinking over it too much, Sky. We're all humans, we all make mistakes. As long as you can become aware of what you did wrong, there's no need to do anything else. Punishing yourself for something of the past won't solve it, so just leave it to the league rules and do your thing - drive. Whether someone reports you or not is up to them, not you.
As for what is racing, it has two aspects - racing against others and racing against yourself. Ideally you should have both as motivations. That way even if you race alone, you push your own limits, racing against your own limitations and just trying to improve. Racing's purpose is winning, it's not just to drive around in circles. If you enjoy the activity, you just do it without having to push yourself forcefully.
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BadBlood
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« Reply #25 on: July 27, 2012, 01:39:34 PM +0100 » |
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I got 25 penalty points already
No you haven't. By the time racing resumes in September you will have 1 penalty point (plus any to come ). The 22 points in F2's are simply a points adjustment to square up the table. Gareth wants a race with you - OK, you made a mistake and Gareth had to reset. Nothing to stop you waiting for him to catch up to resume battle as long as you don't impede anyone else. Just get on with the racing - it is a game. Let's enjoy it!
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« Reply #26 on: July 27, 2012, 04:18:57 PM +0100 » |
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Game Game This is GPL Its life or death
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« Reply #27 on: September 06, 2012, 11:28:58 PM +0100 » |
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Mod (finally) published. My aplogies for not doing so before - I have been away.
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