Die Hard League

[kaori]

Hello, I present you my new league, the Die Hard League (thanks kanar for the name).
It's a kind of Avalon, but with weapons! It's forbidden to absorb any weapons, even to cancel an auto-pilot!
In order to prevent your reflexes to press O before a pad for example, you will need to go in settings paddle before an Die Hard event, and put the Absorb function on the button... Select? :naughty R3 since update 1.30 :D


Next event, thirsday 16 april, 20.30 GMT +1 (London) or 21.30 GMT +2 (West Europ)

(Social group created) (http://wipeoutzone.com/forum/group.php?groupid=17)

[SaturnReturn]

This looks like an interesting idea. I doubt I would survive more than a second in the AGS or Feisar but I like to give new stuff a try. So count me in for the first one.

[stin]

That is very interesting, what happened if I accidently pressed a `O` button?, that means I`m disqualifed!

stevie:)

[kaori]

It's why you have to set your paddle : absorb = Select button

[SaturnReturn]

I imagine that with absorb assigned to the select button, the O button would return to its default. So if you press it accidentally on purpose, then you will immediately self destruct and respawn in hell. Either that, or nothing would happen, it's 50-50.

[kaori]

No no, the O button don't work, no function on this button. We've test this tournament last thursday with leungbok, Wotan, ExpitariuS, Bonake, Epsilon Darkdrium & Xtriko, good racing, no cheats, and "contender eliminated" twice par lap!

[yeldar2097]

great idea! this means that other people will be eliminated and not always me by myself :)

[AnErare]

Ridiculous idea :) I like it!

[Zoth-Ommog]

This will leave no room for BR's :) in the other hand, it sounds like my usual day to day online failure.

[LOUDandPROUD]

Hmmm...what time?

[blackwiggle]

Should be called "Absolute carnage league" :lol

[KIGO1987]

**** im tired.

Whats this league features, elimination styled events?

[kanar]

No BRs, no absorbtion, more explosion... new racing to death gameplay. Great idea. I'll do my best to join one of this event in a near future.

[rdmx]

This definitely seems more like my kind of event :D I'll never make it because of the time difference but still, it sounds fun.

[yeldar2097]

is it that BRs aren't allowed or are they just inadvisable?
would be fun to try and do BRs like normal :) lots of elims woo!

[LOUDandPROUD]

My understanding is that BR's are allowed...just not advisable.

[kanar]

exactly. BR at your own risk!

[designer_79]

Kaori, this idea sounds really fun ... something like a merge of Killzone2 and Wipeout, a 'bloody' aka 'shreddy' feast ... i applied for the usergroup, please accept, and see you on track latest in March.
:beer

[Sugar_from_OTW]

I've mentioned this in the news.wpa newsletter.

This is a brilliant idea. I'll totally be there on the 5th.

[archman]

Maybe a port to Pulse also? ;)

[kaori]

The problem is you can't respawn in WipEout Pulse.

[archman]

OH! Sure, ok, but that'll make it even more "tight". ;)

[kaori]

Who wants play tomorrow? (20.30 GMT)

[SaturnReturn]

Yes please, I do :)

[JJohnEames]

ill definitly join if im at home round then

[SaturnReturn]

Holy mother of cow. I'm in this right now. This is how the game should be played. Wow!

Why they included the absorb feature in the game is beyond me. AWESOME!!!

[kaori]

Here the results. Big races, with 5 deads in the last lap on Chenghou, or that : "leungbok killed le_trou_noir & le_trou_noir killed leungbok" at same time! Look the final points, three players with 68 points! We need a big big podium!

Tournoi Normal :
1. kaori 47
2. EPSILON 39
3. Wowo 36
3. SaturnReturn 36
5. le_trou_noir 31
5. leungbok 31
7. ExpitariuS 6

Tournoi Reverse :
1. leungbok 46
2. Spartiate 38
3. kaori 36
4. SaturnReturn 32
4. Wowo 32
6. EPSILON 29
7. le_trou_noir 19

Total :
1. kaori 83
2. leungbok 77
3. EPSILON 68
3. SaturnReturn 68
3. Wowo 68
6. le_trou_noir 50
7. Spartiate 38
8. ExpitariuS 6

[SaturnReturn]

Wow, joint 3rd, cool! I was amazed by how well I survived in the Icarus. The only thing I didn't like was canon. Having to wait to fire off all the rounds before I could get another weapon was making me impatient. Plus the fact that I kept driving into walls while doing so :lol

[KGB]

Sounds fun, as i am making a bad habit of being eliminated all the time i shouldn't be out of place in this. If you have another one i would like to join in:lol

[SaturnReturn]

It'd be good to see you there kgb, as I felt a bit out of place against all the frenchmen. Especially as some of them had headsets and seemed to be talking some strange alien language. At least I assume it was alien because it sure wasn't english.

[EPSILON]

Yes Saturn, we speack a strange dialect ^^

In any case, it was a very good Die hard yesterday ! Thanks Kaori ;)

[kaori]

Next Die Hard, this thursday, 12th march, 20.30 GMT.

registred :
kaori714
EPSILON

[kaori]

Who's else?

[Eloï]

I'll join, but mum could take tv at this hour... so it's not 100% ok

[SaturnReturn]

Is there room for me? If there is then I'll join.

[kaori]

Ok Eloï, we will play 2 hours or more, you can come later

kaori714
EPSILON
ExpitariuS
SaturnReturn
(leungbok)
(AKRO2)
(Eloï)

[Wotan]

My icaras and his 60 on shield will be there :P

[Eloï]

Damn, I couldn't stand with you kamikazes :banzai

Wish I could have stayed more, hope no one drove mad after all these beep-beep-take-care-you'll-die-as-soon-as-some-player-launches-this-inevitable-quake laps =p

[KIGO1987]

Those earlier morning races with ****ing brilliant, loved it! Some of the most fun ive had on the Wipeout HD servers, reguardless of the outcomes of the races. Really good league to race with Triakis in too:D

Sign me up to this league Kaori.

[kaori]

Hello, I would like host a new Die Hard tournament this thirsday, 16 april.

NEW : In order to prevent your reflexes to press O before a pad for example, you will need to go in settings paddle before an Die Hard event, and put the Absorb function on the button... Select? :naughty R3 since update 1.30 :D
NEW (2) : With new update 1.30, look which weapon have your opponents!
NEW (3) : 7 laps by races, for more explosions!

Time : 20.30 GMT +1 (London) or 21.30 GMT + 2 (West Europ)
3 tournaments of 8 races.

[SaturnReturn]

This will be absoultely manic now. I'll give it a try, just to catch the destruction on camera :+

[leungbok]

Yeahh, big show for sure !! :banzai

[SaturnReturn]

Quick video:
Be quick and be dead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZARaa3ONwdk) (still processing)

[kaori]

Thanks for video Saturn :rock, you couldn't do better than this race on Moa Therma I won ;)

[leungbok]

Looool, it was that race where we killed each other with "le_trou_noir"(bomb against missile, lol). It was awesome !! Thanks for that, mate ! one of my funniest experience in hd ! :lol

[KGB]

There's so many cool meets going on at the moment, I can't play them all but if there is any room Kaori, I'd like to have a go. Being eliminated is a hobby of mine so I should be very good at this ;)

[KGB]

Now i can't make it mate sorry :frown:

Now a Phantom pilot though, so it's not all bad. :)

[kaori]

Ok mate, I have 6 players registred :
1. kaori714
2. G-Superpilot
3. Wotan998
4. SaturnReturn
5. leungbok
6. ichigo17 (a french player from arEna)

[SaturnReturn]

Come one people. I can't be the only non-Frenchman crazy enough to take this up. Although I am a bit crazy, blarg:blarg

Shame kgb - we would have had fun getting destroyed together. What do you mean by "Now a Phantom pilot though"?

[EPSILON]

Arf...I can't join tonight :frown:

Next time I join you :banzai

[SaturnReturn]

If anyone would like to see any races in particular from tonight then let me know. I don't think I have time to upload them all but maybe just the ones with most carnage.

[KIGO1987]

Tonight was nuts, one word

Cambodia.

[kaori]

How many explosions tonight? At least 100 in 16 races!

Tournament Forward :
1. yeldar 50 points and 2 wins
2. Wotan 38 points and 2 wins
3. ExpitariuS 37 points and 2 wins
4. SaturnReturn 32 points and 1 win
5. kaori 25 points
6. leungbok 24 points and 1 win
7. tug_14 22 points
8. ichigo 4 points

Badge Destroyer : Wotan :cold
Badge Most aggressive : ExpitariuS :bomb

Tournament Reverse :
1. yeldar 52 points and 4 wins
2. Kigo 45 points and 3 wins
3. kaori 39 points
4. SaturnReturn 37 points and 1 win
5. leungbok 28 points
6. kanar 19 points
7. ichigo 1 point
8. ExpitariuS 0 point

Badge Destroyer : leungbok :cold

Thanks all for racing (and eliminating!)

Next Die Hard thirsday 23th april!

[KIGO1987]

Damn Yeldar you nailed both those tournaments in that little Citroen of yours.

[SaturnReturn]

First video from tonight is up on youtube.

Race 1 - Vineta K (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf5a5t6M8uI) (Not available in HD yet - still processing)

[yeldar2097]

yeah i whacked a bit of nitrous on it so now it goes like stink :p

thanks very much for the tournament kaori, it was a blast :D