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https://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl General >> General Discussion >> Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 https://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1152834452 Message started by Jabba the Hukk on 07/13/06 at 15:47:32 |
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Title: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jabba the Hukk on 07/13/06 at 15:47:32 Ok , ill just start this thread in good time. Where> Norway , trondheim , orkanger When> 5th - 10th of july , main days being 6th 7th and 8th where ill rent a huge venue , and 9th where we all go compete in actual go-karts , about 30 minutes from my house! Who> Everybody , alltho i think i must cap it at about 50 ppl , that really shouldnt be a problem :P Ok then , any questions , all answer as many and as good as i can. Note : This will be for all console kart games! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 07/13/06 at 22:11:16 How about we make a deal, Marius. If you come to my place in March, I'll definitely go to your place in July. I'll start looking into cheap cheap flights... Maybe I'll just work at an airport for like 2 weeks and then fly out there and quickly quit afterwards. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 07/13/06 at 22:16:33 Marius, i fucking there man! Go karting just rules beyond belief! plus i wanna meet all you guys again :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jabba the Hukk on 07/14/06 at 02:42:01 Eoj wrote:
I REALLY have to think about that one. Basically , there is only 1 airline that will take me to chicago , and the cheapest ticket they have is 900dollars. SO unless theres a huge price war in norway anytime soon , i kinda doubt it :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In hiding on 07/14/06 at 03:28:06 i'll go. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Monkey_Kong on 07/14/06 at 03:55:59 I'm definitely interested but will have to confirm nearer the time, long way away now. For all I know I could have given up kart and moved to a different country by this time next year! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jabba the Hukk on 07/14/06 at 04:00:19 Thats 3 here , + me and marit , pluss 2 fellow karters where i live ( maybe 3 ) , pluss the 4 dutchies ( sz , mj , Karel and rub + gf ) pluss possibly florent lecocanet + possibly sami cetin. Thats 12-13 allready!!! And since its in norway then maybe Finn will show up , snorre hċkonsen , tron are from mk64 sc , and maybe some swedes as well. This is looking good , with 355 days to go ::) :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by A Runnelid on 07/14/06 at 04:05:59 If it's OK, I might show up since it's so close. I'd feel stupid to pass it up if it can be arranged. It will, however, be long before I know of forthcoming plans, etc. I won't go go-kart racing, though. This, I know already. Andreas |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jabba the Hukk on 07/14/06 at 05:46:12 A Runnelid wrote:
Go karting can be skipped of course. The arena is right next to laser dome ( i guess yo uknow what that is) which is also fucking hilarious. Also bowling and similar are right by. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Miss April on 07/14/06 at 08:53:55 As I posted to you in the other thread (not sure if you saw it or not): Quote:
By November I should have a definite answer for you, but interest-wise count me in :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Marit_Cathrine on 07/14/06 at 10:25:05 I'll be there. For sure! ::) :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 07/14/06 at 16:24:34 Great stuff, if i have the money for it il be there. Il know more when my father returns at the end of the year and into early 2007.. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by dabean on 07/14/06 at 19:01:14 sounds like fun :D alltough it's a bit far away from me.. like 900km :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 07/17/06 at 05:07:26 i found a flight to norway: $1300 travel time: 15 hr 25 min :-X |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 07/17/06 at 06:04:18 dabean wrote:
Man , 900 km is nothing! I travel 400km each weekend to visit my mom hehe ... I`ll try my best to make it to Norway and meet you guys . I have 1 year to get the money ... Maybe I can do it ... Can anyone find the price of a plane ticket from Brazil to Norway? lol Thanks . |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by nstinson on 07/19/06 at 09:27:57 my gosh, we have 3 kart meeting planned for next year, this one, chicago, and virginia... whos gonna give first?:) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding - Tom Gaffikin on 07/20/06 at 01:23:17 i'm going to be jet setting around for kart next year, will be fun! right - off to see how much this meets going to cost me! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 07/20/06 at 03:02:02 If im still at United next year i can pretty much attend all three :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Possesed by a sausage on 07/20/06 at 07:10:45 This is actually rather close to where i live (If i sail). I think i'll consider this one 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jabba the Hukk on 07/20/06 at 11:58:36 Possesed by a sausage wrote:
You definitly should 8-) Btw , got a few more ideas today. I will have strawberries there for everyone at all times. I live not a stonethrow away from the fotball field , we should have a (re)match :P There WILL be prizes. At least 500 dollars , or more if lots of people will come. We will have tournaments in SMK , MK64 and MKDD + Circuit breakers and street fighter. Pluss there will be an award for best total karter. GO karting I have allready mentioned i think , as with laserdome. At least two 42 inch TV`s , pluss several 28-32 inches. A live band! I know 2 bands , and so I will just decide who can play the songs we want to hear and hire them. A small pub down in the corner , where you can buy beer and some drinks. Anything else? Tell me! BTW , can someone move this topic to general ? I think that would be the best way ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 07/25/06 at 03:16:06 Sounds great all the ideas! I have spoken to some in UK, still not a definite yes as its way early and not sure what these guys are doing yet, but so far from UK the following karters are interested: Sami Çetin Tom Gaffikin John Barber Jonathan Sifleet (Biff) Jason Mathoora Neil Skipper :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 07/25/06 at 03:55:33 After watching last meet's videos I'm doubling my efforts to go ... :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 07/25/06 at 07:05:28 That will be great Guilherme! Please if anyone can list if they are interested in coming, im sure this will be a fantastic event! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 07/25/06 at 08:02:20 If the same lot of karters that went to Sami's meet go to Norway, I'll definitely try to make it! And if some North American karters come along, I don't think I'll ever want to go back to the States... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Miss April on 07/25/06 at 08:07:28 Eoj wrote:
Yea, definitely :) I'll be making my best efforts to make it, just have to save up the money first. So far I have about $240 with all the random change and a couple paychecks...so I figure if I keep working my ass off for the next couple months I should be able to get enough money. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 07/25/06 at 08:07:49 Please come to Norway Joe!! Itl be great! We all trying to get there.. A year to go so start saving up :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 07/25/06 at 08:55:32 Would you be able to put me up for a week? If I'm going to Norway, I'm going to spend a week there getting smashed every night. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 07/25/06 at 09:49:47 Sami wrote:
add me to that list Sami :) Just to say i am definately gonna go to this meet. I have heard Norway is one hell of a cool place :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jabba the Hukk on 07/25/06 at 11:37:12 Clark wrote:
add me to that list Sami :) Just to say i am definately gonna go to this meet. I have heard Norway is one hell of a cool place :D [/quote] Are you sure they didnt mean cool as in cold :P Nah man , Norway has its fine points for sure! Im making the first arrangements as we speak. I thought I might head over to KEBA advertising tomorrow and figure out the price on T-shirts. One for each attending player. Should be cheap. I think its about 200 quid for 50 shirst. And print the dates , names , and country of origin on them and a big nice picture of smk on the front ( yes much like FLorents awesome shirt :P ) Ive had this idea for years , but figured what the hell would I do with 50 t-shirst? Now i know ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jabba the Hukk on 07/25/06 at 11:39:01 Eoj wrote:
1 week? no problem. The tournements , and other events will be from 5th to 10th of july , but anything from 1st to 15th something kart related will happen everyday. You would have to put up with sleeping a bit more comfy the days when Im not renting the avenue tho :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jabba the Hukk on 07/26/06 at 04:09:08 So I was gonna check t-shirt prices today , and I got the idea . Ill have a wet t-shirt contest!! Imagine , the hottest girls from norway in wet white Mario Kart T shirts ;D on another note , the KEBA place was close for summer , so i didnt get to ask for prices ::) :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 07/26/06 at 05:27:33 OMG wet tshirts of ladies from Norway! Were all coming!! And yeh Joe come along itl be cool. I dont think i can come for more than a week though, maybe 8 days inclusive. :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 07/26/06 at 19:17:16 Wow. I'll be sure to look into tickets ASAP. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 07/27/06 at 02:46:37 Marius found some quite cheap, the earlier you look Joe, im sure you can get a cheaper one. Flights should go direct from O'Hare hopefully, if not u could always change in London. See what is available, the earlier we can book i think the cheaper wel get. Wel wait till Marius has arranged things and then wel slowly start to book. :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Chris on 07/27/06 at 03:08:29 Apparently I can use my dad's Aeroplan points to book a flight to and from Norway, so that shouldn't be a problem. My parents, brother, and sisters might come too (but they'd stay in a hotel and do their own thing). I'm not much of a party animal though, I'm more of a quiet loner who doesn't drink ;D. But it would be great to meet all you guys and play SMK, so I'll think about it. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 07/27/06 at 05:32:14 Chris thatl be fantastic! And Marius said wel have t-shirts printed for us. And not to worry I dont drink at all either :) Cant wait to meet everyone again and more people who i havent met before! :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jabba the Hukk on 07/27/06 at 11:33:46 Thnx for moving the topic Sami :) BUT FUCK!!!!! I have the worst news and timing ever!!! I just got called into the army today ( the airforce , i like that tho ) and I start January next year!!!! This is only I bump in the road tho . They have no idea what they are up against :P Ill just start selling drugs or something , then get caught , and they the wont let me into the military. Or ill make up some bullshit , or make marit pregnant or just postpone it another year. Its not a BIG problem , but I gotta do a few phone calls and stuff before i can get the 100% stamp back on this thing. DONT ORDER ANYTHING YET , but do have those visa cards ready :P Problem is , im not allowed to complain or postpone yet , I have to wait up to 4 months before I can do that. But dont worry , im confident that I can work something out before that time. Hope this doesnt scare people away tho. I just thought id say this now , instead of in january.... But like I said , im pretty sure I can work this out. I mean , how hard is it to get caught selling drugs ::) :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 07/27/06 at 11:56:20 Really hope it can go on, cos after last meeting's succes I'm really looking forward to this one... I can't speak for Gerard and MJ, but I'm guessing the Dutch band will be present again for sure 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 07/27/06 at 12:47:18 That will be great Karel keep us informed. And cool Marius, yes let us know what happens.. Of course we can still book tickets later, even into 2007 a bit which is ok as it is July, the 7th month into the year. So should be no problem.. As soon as you find out more, if they will need you at this time etc, let us know. Best Regards, Sami |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Possesed by a sausage on 07/28/06 at 11:30:02 Sami wrote:
I thought i was the only person on this board that didn't drink >_> (Not counting the 12-year olds ;)) Heh, i don't drink either :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by AlexPenev on 07/28/06 at 22:27:37 Chris wrote:
:-? ... :o ... ::) ... :D ;D ;) 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 07/29/06 at 08:49:52 DAMN! i totally missed that :D Chris you have to bring them ;D :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 07/31/06 at 18:40:12 I'm starting to go after tickets ... They are not as expensive as I thought they'd be ... 1k dolars . Altough they are still expensive for someone with 0 dolar on the poket lol ... But I still have lots of time and I really think I'll make it !!! Marius , I added you to MSN , is that ok? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jabba the Hukk on 07/31/06 at 19:56:51 Firewaster wrote:
All ok :) Now if we could just wipe out the Norwegian military , then we`d be set by now ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Monkey_Kong on 08/01/06 at 02:08:30 All sounds great, I'll be up for it. Will be great to see everyone again and it sounds like you've got some great stuff planned Marius, should be brilliant. Matt. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/01/06 at 04:23:35 All good! Yeh i think Marius says we need to wait till later in the year till he can sort something out about his military service. Meanwhile wel still discuss plans and activities for the time. Marius please keep us informed on any updates. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jabba the Hukk on 08/07/06 at 06:16:08 Ok , I went by Keba today. 50 shirts , thereof 30 with individual names will cost about 400 quid ( rough estimate ) , and this is with one colour. Now I need help to determine the motif. I would like to have it say "Kart meet `07 - Norway " on the front , and name and country on the back. Pluss a pic of Mario in his kart on the front ( like the right side of the smk banner above here. Only problem is I need a pro picture file. NOT jpg or bmp. I need a vector file i think. Any ideas? Comments? Fire away! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/07/06 at 06:22:16 Woa man that sounds really nice ! Maybe we should have a little sentence about the person on the back of the shirt. Like Sami's would have "The Godfather of SMK" . BTW , 400 quid = ? Dolars ? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/07/06 at 07:24:13 Cool, This depends if we get 50 people though, hopefully several can come! It will be great, and yeah some writing on the tshirts like that. Maybe Godfather of SMK or national champion for each country leader or something. Guilherme wil prob be #1 in Brazil by then. We should start letting people from other countries know, would be cool to have Brazil, Canada, USA, Sweden, Finland, Germany on top of the 4 countries that visited UK kart meet. Picturing the tournaments that can take place :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/07/06 at 08:49:22 Yeah I really think I'll make it . But I think that we should use something different on the shirts . Because I won't be the national champion forever . ;D But that will be very nice . I'll really like to play soccer with you guys . And maybe some Guitar Hero on PS2 . |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 08/07/06 at 18:13:36 National Champion is fine with me. God knows I'll never be World Champion ever again... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/07/06 at 19:46:45 C'mon Joe. We can do It ... You get #1 and I get #2 What about it ? LoL Let's attack Karel's WRs!!!!! Just kidding . Will you go to Norway Joe ? What about making a list of everyone who wants/will (to) go???? I'm the first one to sign it ! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jabba the Hukk on 08/07/06 at 22:35:20 Well , I was thinking 50 shirts with the base print , and then induvidual prints for whoever comes on top of that. Id vote for names , pluss country only actually , since they charge pr letter ( not much I guess but still ) and I dont know how much you guys would want to pay. FOr the leftover shirts without print , we could sell to people who come to watch or something. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/08/06 at 04:16:13 Yeh definitely, We should try to get as many countries to visit, i think the rough list is like this at the moment (hopefully will make it, definitely interested): Joe Bernier - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will :) ) Florent Lecoanet - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK We trying to find more from Sweden as it is nearest to Norway, i think Marius wanted to ask a few 64/DD guys from Finland aswell if they would like to join. Add your name to the list and paste the list to a new post :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/08/06 at 04:26:40 Just checked again.. from earlier posts and there were a few more interested: Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will :) ) Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Keep updating us guys! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/08/06 at 04:39:31 C'mon frenchies |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/08/06 at 04:42:19 Jabba the Hukk wrote:
I don't know how it works in Norway but here the more shirts you make the cheaper they get... Must work the same way |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by ZTI on 08/08/06 at 05:09:57 Firewaster wrote:
;D :-/ ::) :-[ i cannot plan anything as for now, sorry |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jabba the Hukk on 08/08/06 at 11:43:29 Firewaster wrote:
I don't know how it works in Norway but here the more shirts you make the cheaper they get... Must work the same way[/quote] Well , It doesnt get CHEAPER per say , but the price pr shirt sinks a bit. Anyways , that was a very rough estimate , he said he could tell me more once I get the exact number of people wanting prints on their shirts and so on. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/09/06 at 04:01:55 Spoke to Steven Zwartjes and he is up for the visit, more Legends coming! Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by nstinson on 08/09/06 at 13:59:02 I won't be coming unless someone pays my ticket. This makes me mad |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/09/06 at 22:56:25 nstinson wrote:
What makes you mad? :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Holy Moly on 08/10/06 at 01:14:39 nstinson wrote:
Move your ass, work and come to the meeting! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Ostro on 08/10/06 at 06:21:02 <- interested |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/10/06 at 07:45:13 Kristopher Will interested in joining us next year: Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Thought id highlight new entries on each addition to the list :) More players anyone? Lets get some more! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/10/06 at 11:42:32 Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - England Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK I have no affiliation with Scotland thank you very much 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/11/06 at 10:20:20 I'll look into it :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by nstinson on 08/11/06 at 10:50:26 noooo, come to america you cheap bastages |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/11/06 at 11:13:31 Who says one cancels out the other? :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 08/11/06 at 11:29:35 I don't play shitty MK64, therefore I will not be going to the Virginia meet. I play SMK, therefore I'll probably go to the Norway meet. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Karlsson on 08/11/06 at 13:36:48 hi, me and Andreas Rudmarker will come to the kart meeting for sure :D maybe martin rudmarker will come to:) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/11/06 at 16:45:07 Adding some more to the list :) Richard please confirm if Martin Rudmarker is interested also.. Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Keep the list growing people :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rudmarker on 08/12/06 at 02:56:29 I think I'm coming ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by andreas_top_20mkdd on 08/12/06 at 03:39:12 hehe, im already on the list, but i think it will be realy fun :o :D:D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/12/06 at 05:44:24 Great stuff guys.. Therel be all kart games played here and more. Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/12/06 at 07:13:13 Another from France interested for next year, any more from France? Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Ho-Mo? on 08/12/06 at 07:16:35 Well, i already said i was interested once, but i don't seem to be on that list ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/12/06 at 08:22:59 Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 08/12/06 at 08:58:36 *starts to look interested because of mkdd players planning to go* |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/12/06 at 10:55:57 List is getting bigger! Paul would u be interested? ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 08/13/06 at 13:02:56 hehe, you wanna come paul i thought you hated me :'( but it would be fun to have you there man ;D iwant some VS matches on mkdd ;P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 08/13/06 at 15:48:09 I can't believe some of you whinging about travelling distance!! I'd have to travel 14312km in a straight line to get there. As my home town doesn't have an international airport I'd have to go through Sydney which is 1686 kms just to get there. A lot of you could piss far enough to reach each others countries. ;D How could cost be a problem for some of you as well? A quick search got the price at $US2400 for airfares. Thats over $AUS3000 pretty close to $3500. In saying that it would be great to go, so put me down as interested. I'd have to learn the other games first only played smk and a bit of the 64 version (too easy! Finished in first week). One suggestion, couldn't the sport that gets played be a real one like cricket or rugby not soccer sorry football? ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/13/06 at 16:31:23 Eric Scott is a Legend! Yeah seriously will be a bit costly i think but maybe some airline somewhere will be cheaper, have to figure out some way. Possible even to get to London then change if they dont have direct to the Norway as its a small town. The flights from London to Norway can go as cheap as $130 US dollars or so. If you can make it would be quality! Anyhow il add you to the list ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/13/06 at 16:32:58 As per previous post, our Australian champion is interested for next year's meet: Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/14/06 at 03:01:46 This gets better and better.. another country added: Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Instant Pobre on 08/14/06 at 03:27:08 stelzig is from benmark. it's a subworld country underneath denmark. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/14/06 at 03:39:54 Cool is Pobre coming? Need more crowd from USA ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Instant Pobre on 08/14/06 at 04:03:44 If I'm going to norway, it isn't for a kart meeting ok? :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/14/06 at 07:06:14 Hehe, There will be several other activities as Marius mentioned in early posts. Add your name if you are interested in coming tho :) Sami |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/14/06 at 12:42:45 Instant Pobre wrote:
Then what? Moonshine? Blonde blue-eyed women? Mountains? Fjords? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/14/06 at 14:44:19 MeAnAussie wrote:
LOL Rugby a'ight, but cricket more of a sport than soccer, lmao. ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/14/06 at 14:46:31 cricket sucks, play baseball instead :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by AlexPenev on 08/14/06 at 20:13:02 Cricket and baseball suffer from similar pro's and con's, except that in baseball, if you suck you will "get out" very soon and if you're really awesome or just lucky, you will homer right away, so either way, your time is very short-lived and you can't prove you're skillful. In cricket you can be "in" for hours. Plus, cricketers make strategic shots, baseball is just "whack it as far as possible" (or bunt, if you're a lamer). The only reason people like this sport is because they're American and it's ingrained into their culture that they must like it. Notice that no other country plays baseball, only the US. At least cricket is played by "a couple" of countries. Rugby is played by even "a bigger couple of countries". But yeah, people like them because they grow up with them. Such sports don't compare to football, tennis, swimming, basketball, etc - i.e. sports that more than "a couple of countries" decided to play. They might be onto something... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 08/14/06 at 21:03:48 OK OK I'll suggest a more "international" sport, anyone for Dodgeball? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/14/06 at 23:24:13 Wel have time in the park we can fit in a few different games, then everyone will be able to play their fav sport or one of their favs. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 08/15/06 at 01:37:02 I will be here so please vote for me in the karters contest today ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by ZTI on 08/15/06 at 08:04:38 AlexPenev wrote:
Professional baseball * Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada; ... ... ... * Greek Baseball * Mexican Baseball * Japanese Baseball * Taiwan professional baseball * Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) * Australian Baseball (haha, now I KNOW you're just making stuff up! ;D. -Alex.) * There are also smaller professional leagues in China, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and many others http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball#Organized_leagues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball#See_also If you check the attendances, japanese baseball is not bad ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_attendances#Domestic_professional_leagues Actually each time they show a sport in a japanese movie or a documentary, it's very often baseball. I think japan is quite in the mood of usa, i mean, more than any other country could be. And i think it's been a long time now that baseball is played in japan. so all this to finally say : make a meet usa/japan ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 08/15/06 at 21:33:55 What the fuck is all this baseball hate? "Whack it as far as you can"? Have you ever heard of hitting into the gaps and going with pitches to drive them to the opposite field in order to move a runner from first to third easily? Seriously, baseball is NOT all about Barry Bonds, baseball is about working together as a team to achieve a goal: win the World Series. Teams that spend a ton on money on one power hitter often fail as a World Series winning team, so your point is null. But seriously, I can talk baseball for hours... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/15/06 at 21:41:19 Well , I've had some problems lately so I'm not sure If I'll make it to Norway ... But there's still much time . Things may change . :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Gregor Fran on 08/15/06 at 21:44:09 Baseball: Whack the ball as far as possible. Basketball: Throw the ball in the basket. Football: Run after the ball and kick it into the goal. Hockey: Whack the puck into a net. Swimming: Flop around in the water. Mario Kart: Hold down the button and reach the finish line. It's amazing how simple everything is ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Nathan Cromwell on 08/15/06 at 22:53:27 baseball is the second best sport in the world... second only to hockey.... ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by AlexPenev on 08/16/06 at 01:10:58 Eoj wrote:
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/16/06 at 01:49:52 The World Series doesnt literally mean the World Series. Many years ago the series was sponsered by a company called 'Worlds' and was called the Worlds Series. Over time people stopped pronouncing the s and it became the World Series and the name has stuck ever since :) That little snippet of wisdom i have randomly known for years for some reason 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 08/16/06 at 05:48:32 Least teamy team sport? Are you new? Can one person both pitch and play left field then? Can one guy make a throw from second and catch the ball at first for the out? You don't like baseball because it doesn't have anything to do with boomerangs... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Ostro on 08/16/06 at 05:49:21 Baseball is one of the hardest sports imo and I like it although I'm german :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Darius Austin on 08/16/06 at 06:05:07 I read the other day that the average baseball game lasts 2 hours 48 minutes, but the ball is only in play for 10-12. I've never watched a game myself, so I can't say how good I think it is. That just sounds like a short time. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 08/16/06 at 06:07:17 Andreas_10 wrote:
Whats me hating you got to do with me going? Your not going to be the only one there. If i did go i'll probably not even talk to you , you probably make me go insane. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rudmarker on 08/16/06 at 06:52:07 P@UL wrote:
Whats me hating you got to do with me going? Your not going to be the only one there. If i did go i'll probably not even talk to you , you probably make me go insane.[/quote] I don't think no one will talk to him ^^ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 08/16/06 at 08:29:46 lol :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/16/06 at 09:09:17 Small update, spoke to Tuomas Dunkel of Finland, he is interested but probably wont be able to make it at that time, however he will inform us if any changes. We are having a UK gathering/kart meet this Sunday and will discuss some more things for the Norway trip. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by gingerscot on 08/16/06 at 11:37:14 I'm pretty interested *knows he should have replyed weeks ago but i'm one lazy bastard* Not in the UK at the moment so can't make any UK meetings mind. Always wanted to go to Norway though i had planned to do a little exploring and not sitting infront of a TV all day ::) but heck, beating Moly at mulitplayer...i've been dreaming about that for 2 years :P Dave |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/16/06 at 11:53:36 gingerscot wrote:
Well , there is enough to explore around here. Besides , we wont be sitting in one spot all day :P Hmm , loads of ppl seem to find norway interesting. Maybe I should make a small video of my area? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/16/06 at 12:33:45 Defo Marius! A little teaser to let us all anticipate the meet even more ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/16/06 at 16:07:29 Well , I've been facing some problems with my bro and my Uni ... Some things changed a bit and I may not be able to come :-/ ... But I'll try to sort things out . Never lose the faith \o/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/16/06 at 16:21:10 Aww, Guilherme will be really great if you can make it. See what happens as there is many months still, nearly a year till the meet. Keep us informed, we all look forward to meeting you. Now, we have another addition... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/16/06 at 16:24:14 Our Champion of Switzerland, and he has informed us that he will find out if others from Switzerland are interested also.. maybe wel hear soon :) Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/16/06 at 16:25:17 Oh Crap! List is not meant to be that long sorry ;D ;D ;D Il paste again |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/16/06 at 16:26:18 Ok this should be correct: Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by AlexPenev on 08/16/06 at 19:01:29 Eoj wrote:
I'm aware of the mechanics of the game. The use of "least" clearly that leaves some room for teamwork. My claim is that for a team sport, there's far less teamwork than most team sports, making it ones of the least "teamy". As opposed to me providing a long (and inexhaustive) list of "teamier" sports or you scratching your head for hours trying to come up with 3 "less teamy", we can play a game... we take turns each naming sport, me for teamier, you for less teamier. Do you think you can win such a game? Quote:
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sportsguy001 on 08/16/06 at 19:15:09 I want to know the sports you say are more "teamy" than baseball because i can't think of any that are without a doubt more teamy than baseball |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/16/06 at 19:18:16 #1 - Curling |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by IsThatAGoodThing on 08/16/06 at 19:20:42 Sportsguy001 wrote:
I think he means that on each play there is essentially only two or three players who touch the ball as opposed to football or soccer or baseball (you mean basketball? -Alex.)(Yes, I mean basketball), where the whole team is always working together. I think in baseball the team part does have a rather large factor in how well your team performs because if you all get along well and know what the other players do then you win more. I really like baseball the best but I kind of see Alex has a point. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sportsguy001 on 08/16/06 at 19:21:02 i thought about curling but thats shouldn't be a sport and is it really necessary to sweep the ice |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/17/06 at 00:09:18 Sportsguy001 wrote:
Sweeping ? Yes , the stone curls more when its not sweeped , therefore you can postpone the curl effect by sweeping. And a good sweep can also lengthen the shot by something like 10 feet. Now THAT DOES make a difference ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/17/06 at 00:28:46 quality, Raph is coming :D you know its gonna be a great time if he comes! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by AlexPenev on 08/17/06 at 02:46:45 IsThatAGoodThing wrote:
In baseball's defense, I'll point out that "team relay" races in certain sports (e.g. swimming, athletics, bowling, etc), have virtually no teamwork and are tandem individual efforts. So there... baseball is not last in the "teamwork" list. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/17/06 at 04:03:50 Just spoke to Snorre of MKSC site, he is interested in the meet for next year. Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/17/06 at 04:28:51 Another Legendary Dutch karter is interested :) Will be great for MKDD competition aswell: Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/17/06 at 04:29:56 Another Legendary Dutch karter is interested :) Will be great for MKDD competition aswell: Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Tuomas on 08/17/06 at 06:06:44 I just found out that I have to go to the army on the 9th of July so I guess I could attend the meet for the first days at least. I'll add myself to the list as I'd really like to come there if I just can. Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami on 08/18/06 at 01:05:24 Will be great to have you with us at the met Tuomas :) I think Marius was planning for first few days to be for the gaming, then last few for other outdoor activities. So should be cool for the gaming days at least :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Dr. Feel Good on 08/24/06 at 15:26:55 I can imagine, you still wanna see some good BC 1 driving....soo, when I can take holidays these days, me and Matthias Mann are also interested in this meeting!! for me it'd would be great, after missing the last big meet in London, UK! but when my country let me go ( isn't sure because i word as a policeman in Germany) I am down with you! Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Armin Huber - Germany still not sure Matthias Mann - Germany he said he's interested Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/24/06 at 15:39:13 Armin, Matthias, will be fantastic if you can make it :) An event not to be missed ;) We have loads of big names on the list, literally cant wait for the match races. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by John Hornick on 08/25/06 at 01:16:39 I wanna go but I can't. :( Why do you bastards have to be overseas? Well... more like... why did I have to be over here? :'( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/25/06 at 03:44:08 Well theres plenty of time left still, if you find u can make it later, please inform us :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by John Hornick on 08/25/06 at 04:07:09 No way in hell I'm getting the 4 grand necessary. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/25/06 at 11:42:43 OMG 4 grand its a lot.. where u travelling from? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by John Hornick on 08/25/06 at 13:50:46 Canada. I'm just guessing 4K but it's gonna be way up there. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 08/25/06 at 15:48:36 wow the canadian dollar must be dropping like crazy. i might go from LA which is 2k roundtrip. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/25/06 at 19:19:39 I found tickets for U$1.000 here from Brazil to Europe ... Maybe it's cheaper than you're guessing :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by John Hornick on 08/26/06 at 01:02:11 Maybe it is. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/26/06 at 04:33:41 Yeh seriously guys check up on prices and stuff, theres prob some cheaper ones you can get. Any more karters from USA/Canada/Brazil are interested to come, please let us know il add u to the list. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by nstinson on 08/26/06 at 19:45:56 no cheaps for me |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/27/06 at 00:35:51 Stinson, dont ruin this thread with your bullshit replies please. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by nstinson on 08/27/06 at 09:35:17 Clark, don't ruin your life by making me angry;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Ostro on 08/27/06 at 09:52:36 nstinson wrote:
counter-spam |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/27/06 at 16:05:57 off-topic: your sign also rules Ostro! :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by weedtedou on 08/31/06 at 08:14:27 yeah a new WKM :D moreover by my ancestors 8-) on french more! some others coming i think ;) Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland no news of duffjr for battle ? ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by chesting snacker stelzig on 08/31/06 at 08:21:26 ^Your lastname looks very danish/norwegian (Name-sen (sĝn-danish word for son)) ;D You shouldn't happen to have family in scandinavia? ^^ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by weedtedou on 08/31/06 at 08:25:01 yeah, norwegian ;) i must have some family there, but dont know :-/ grandfather didnt keep these contactsi think. i could look for, but i dont think christensen is very easy to found there, too rare ::) ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/31/06 at 11:46:08 weedtedou wrote:
I did a quick check , and there are AT LEAST 12730 people in NOrway called CHristensen ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 08/31/06 at 13:13:35 Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland i'm coming barring any unfortunate financial difficulties or factory jobs. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/01/06 at 04:29:28 Harold and Drew, will be great to have you join us, match race tournaments will be great :) Lets see how many we got now.. Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Huaba-Deluxe on 09/02/06 at 04:00:53 Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany (a workmate, who will join the site soon) Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland we should add a counter here.... current count is 40 |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by stevenzwartjes on 09/02/06 at 09:27:36 hello all :) tomorrow ill make a new post about this meeting and Ill go into details about alot of stuff. I have some serious cool things on my mind that could make this meeting unforgettable. hint: think of a worldchampionsip ure about to join when u come to the meeting ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by nstinson on 09/03/06 at 15:05:14 I bet Steven'll do it |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by stevenzwartjes on 09/03/06 at 18:19:45 damnit I did too much online gaming tonight (with sami cetin and karel). Now I still havent made that post ::) Its a good thing we still have plenty of time to prepare 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/05/06 at 04:37:32 Hello again everyone, Thats fantastic, yes definitely some tournaments and stuff will happen, some Street Fighter is in the works alongside the Mario Karts.. Wel play a few of the versions of it, this way everyone gets their chance to shine at the version they were best at. Therefore also encouraging everyone to participate in all versions. Tournaments of some sort to be set up for the Mario Karts. List is growing, at about 40 now, wel try find more! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Ostro on 09/19/06 at 06:16:47 Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Chris Balch - Canada (I think he said hel make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden (Please confirm, i think you said you will ) Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? :P) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland we should add a counter here.... current count is 41[/quote] |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/19/06 at 07:37:54 Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/19/06 at 08:10:35 42 now! Patrick Wessels just added, a legendary Karter ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Cannon Clark on 09/19/06 at 08:40:30 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
who? ive never heard of him :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/19/06 at 10:18:02 Was active in kart more in the 90s.. Legendary trust me, oh and he is gona join SMK soon ;) Sami "Recruiting champion" Cetin |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Adam Leibach on 09/19/06 at 10:47:58 Damn, I hope the International Kart Meet turns out to be somewhat successful like this :-/ Otherwise I'll be making an unscheduled trip to Norway ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/20/06 at 05:05:10 You are more than welcome to join us Adam ;) Add yourself anytime if you are interested, plenty of time to go still. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Cannon Clark on 09/20/06 at 06:48:41 im pretty sure 365 of Sami's 366 posts are about getting people to Norway :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/20/06 at 08:35:43 Or recruiting smk players* |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 09/20/06 at 08:39:18 Yes, one day he will go door to door, handing out SNES' and SMK carts, asking people if they'll get a full set of times and become a member of the site ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/20/06 at 08:41:32 Long I will! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Huaba-Deluxe on 09/20/06 at 11:25:10 Long live KING SAMI*! All hail KING SAMI*!! Bow down to KING SAMI*!!! 8-) *who the fuck is Sami? :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/20/06 at 15:28:50 Just some guy who recruits SMK Players... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 09/20/06 at 19:18:16 Well , after what happened these last days I don't think I'll make it to Norway :'( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/21/06 at 07:04:13 Ahh thats ok Guilherme, not to worry if you cant make it. Please confirm later if you can or can not make it and we will adjust the list. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Michael Liem on 09/21/06 at 07:50:34 Patrick Wessels coming to the meeting? If he can convince you to play Goldeneye multi, that means he'll get the opportunity to slaughter 41 players in that game. :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Dulk Vader on 09/21/06 at 11:05:55 Michael Liem wrote:
without any doubt and probably on many other games. Allthoug zwartjes will be able to compete him. Ever seen him playing Killer Instinct or Killer Instinct Gold? You should come too Liem. would be great!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 09/21/06 at 11:12:00 Check your PM's Piet ;) And yes Liem, come if you can. It will be unforgettable 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 10/04/06 at 18:24:12 Who tops the list of 40 some odd karters? That's right, me baby, me... Man this looks like fun. I can't wait to go. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Miss April on 10/04/06 at 18:29:19 Eoj wrote:
Definitely agreed there :D With my full-time job and my lack of things I have to pay for (how awful lol), I should have enough in two months or so. Definitely worth the 40 hours a week I'm putting in at Starbucks. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Cannon Clark on 10/04/06 at 23:59:49 Can i jave a large Latte with extra chocolate on top please :P But yeah, gonna be one hell of a meet. Cant wait neither. Roll on July :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Miss April on 10/05/06 at 02:33:52 Cannon Clark wrote:
We don't have large...:) http://www.illwillpress.com/sml.html (Sorry, I just had to lol :D A latte sounds kinda good right about now though!) I do have a question though...I imagine I should be able to get my tickets about say...end of next month. When should I actually get my tickets? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Cannon Clark on 10/05/06 at 02:42:28 Miss April wrote:
We don't have large...:) http://www.illwillpress.com/sml.html (Sorry, I just had to lol :D A latte sounds kinda good right about now though!) I do have a question though...I imagine I should be able to get my tickets about say...end of next month. When should I actually get my tickets? [/quote] as soon as you can tbh, booking well in advance saves alot of money on tickets. we still need exact dates from Marius tho :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 10/05/06 at 08:13:09 Basically , DONT BOOK YET! I still have to sort out that military thing. Im in the process now and you will know the reulst before 01.01.07 . Thats all I can say right now. I wish there was more I could do , but they are some strict and slippery fuckers. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Miss April on 10/05/06 at 12:26:47 Sargoth wrote:
Yea definitely...keep us posted Marius :) I'll probably book my tickets as soon as I know something from you. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by finn on 10/12/06 at 10:30:40 I didn't see this thread before, but I'd sure like to come. I don't have an inkling as to whether that'll fit in with other arrangements, though, but it would be damned nice to meet you guys. I might just take the car up there for a brief visit - it's a 450 kilometres or so :). finn |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 10/12/06 at 13:31:37 Top stuff! :D I was talking with Sargoth about trying to get you in for at least a meet and greet (but hopefully more), a couple of months ago. Another legend added to the list 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by santacruz on 10/14/06 at 01:55:00 finn wrote:
I really want to come to this thing, since Glyn stopped playing I doubt he'l be interested now, but maybe if Sami or Greg Ihnatenko go from UK I'l come along. It would be awesome to see u there Finn, even if you could only drive up for a flying visit if your busy. Its so far ahead its plenty of time for me to arrange free time for a few days. Santacruz |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Cannon Clark on 10/14/06 at 02:30:03 santacruz wrote:
I really want to come to this thing, since Glyn stopped playing I doubt he'l be interested now, but maybe if Sami or Greg Ihnatenko go from UK I'l come along. It would be awesome to see u there Finn, even if you could only drive up for a flying visit if your busy. Its so far ahead its plenty of time for me to arrange free time for a few days. Santacruz[/quote] Your from England arnt you mate? you should come to some of the uk meets we have all the time in London. Get to know us all before Norway :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by santacruz on 10/14/06 at 03:25:00 Yeam Im from Leicester, I was talkin to Sami about coming to a London meet a while ago. I was gonna come down woth Glyn Valentine from MK64 but he's since quit kart and wouldnt be arsed to come to a meet now. I'l def make 1 before Norway if it turns out this trip can go ahead. but it all depends on Marius's situation I think. Would be great to see Finn in Norway. Finn if you dont reach Legend A by the Norway meet you WILL reach it AT the Norway meet. I would bet my hosue on it. :D Santacruz |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 10/14/06 at 13:12:43 Yeh i tried MK64 also a few months ago, cant do straight MTs at all. Too much DS and SMK i think.. Anyhow will be a fantastic meet, really look forward to it.. ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 10/15/06 at 12:07:14 yeah its gonna be fun to meet you all guys that i have been talked to on msn :D i can't w8t man xD see u :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Magiwand on 10/17/06 at 12:48:21 Im not sure if im coming or not, I prob am, but I might have future plans. It would be so much fun to meet everybody! -Brent |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Patricio on 10/17/06 at 18:29:10 12 year olds don't have plans. ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by nstinson on 10/17/06 at 21:49:15 lol how you gonna get to norway brent? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by mattniss on 10/18/06 at 20:53:20 Depending on the rate of puberty, many can fit quite comfortably in most overhead storage bins. ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 10/19/06 at 08:35:10 yeah but if they find him - he'll get shot (hopefully) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 10/27/06 at 20:27:44 Been speaking to a few karters, some more interested, gona help anyway I can to get these guys to come along. As Marius stated we still wait till January 2007 to know his final result regarding when we can start booking etc.. Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 10/28/06 at 11:43:38 If all of those listed make it, we'll have 44 karters together... :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 10/28/06 at 18:51:29 Yes quite a good list, of course nearer the time there may be some that wont be able to make it, but the more people we have the greater it will be :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 10/28/06 at 18:53:14 would be nice to come - but doesn't look so good for me :'( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by chesting snacker stelzig on 10/29/06 at 02:24:06 Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland Thought i'd add that i am not sure if i can come at all :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Matt Ellis on 11/14/06 at 04:18:32 Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland Matt Ellis - Canada (would love to come) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 11/14/06 at 04:21:39 Placing Matt Ellis in list's order, great to have another player interested ;) Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Matt Ellis - Canada (would love to come) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Matt Ellis on 11/16/06 at 04:12:16 I probably wont be able to go unless i travel with someone else who is going, because it is too expensive to travel there with my family, and I'm not allowed to go travelling all by myself. Maybe someone that lives close to me in Canada, could travel with me? I would REALLY like to go! :'( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Miss April on 11/16/06 at 04:20:48 Matt Ellis wrote:
Where do you live in Canada? (what airport would you be flying out of?) If it's not too expensive for me to fly to whereever you are in Canada to meet up with you, I'll fly with you. Don't count me 100% on that yet until I look at the difference in airfare prices, but if it's not too bad I'll be glad to :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Matt Ellis on 11/16/06 at 04:56:25 well, i would be able to get to Toronto to travel, thats only about 3 hours from where I live (trenton, ontario). Thank you so much. I woke up this morning thinking i would never be able to go. Now i have a chance. April, you rule! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 11/16/06 at 14:16:42 Talk to Chris Balch too... He lives in Canada :D ... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Matt Ellis on 11/16/06 at 18:22:21 if he will ever say anything ::) (plus i dont know balch's mb name, nor aim...) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Miss April on 11/16/06 at 18:27:39 Matt Ellis wrote:
Chris Balch is Chris on the MB...not sure if he has AIM or not. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Adam Leibach on 11/24/06 at 08:13:49 Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Adam Leibach - USA (has to double check times and schedules, but is fairly certain he can come ;) ) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Matt Ellis - Canada (would love to come) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 11/25/06 at 08:19:01 Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Adam Leibach - USA (has to double check times and schedules, but is fairly certain he can come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Matt Ellis - Canada (would love to come) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Paul Tanney - UK (Will come if i can find the money) Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 11/25/06 at 11:29:23 paul, if you can't find the money, you could stay in your room and watch via webcam. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 11/25/06 at 13:38:33 Nah Pauls up for next level gaming ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 12/01/06 at 13:55:40 duff gardens wrote:
Hard job , computer is in dining room :D and yeah i want to go now , just need to get a job , should have one soon :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/01/06 at 15:35:26 Awesome, the DVD worked hehe ;D Thats great Paul, let us know how it goes, easy distance for us to travel anyway, im sure can get the money for it easily. Norway meet will be a great one! ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 12/01/06 at 15:42:04 You sent me a copy to persuade me? ::) What if i was already going , would i have got one? :P Yeah i'll come down to London first , no way i'm getting on that plane alone ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/02/06 at 01:47:41 Nah not to persuade you at all lol, but yeh i suppose seeing some competitions like that make players more interested in the big one next July :) No worries dude, come to London and well all get SMK Airlines or whatever to Norway :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/07/06 at 06:25:32 Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Adam Leibach - USA (has to double check times and schedules, but is fairly certain he can come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Matt Ellis - Canada (would love to come) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Paul Tanney - UK (Will come if i can find the money) Alistair Brooks - UK - Hopefully can book the dates off work, will let us know Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by PSV Clark on 12/07/06 at 10:36:48 who is alistair brooks? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/07/06 at 12:50:00 Hes on SMK site dude, he may have played Pro Evo with you at the last meet maybe? Karel met him, was in that 8 man tournament.. Hes not def sure if he can get all the days off, cos looks like hes only free on later days at the moment. But will know more soon... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 12/07/06 at 21:24:24 I just saw that someone needs someone to stop in Canada before they can travel. It wouldn't make any sense for April to go from Virginia all the way to Toronto then back to the East coast before they fly overseas. If anything, a trip from Chicago (where I'm from) to Toronto would cost like $50, so I think I'm a better option. I have my passport and everything, so it's no trouble at all for me to stop at Toronto on the way... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Ostrich on 12/07/06 at 21:29:35 Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Matt Ellis - Canada (would love to come) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland Jeffrey Gutierrez - Would love to go to norway, but not to see you bitches. ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by chesting snacker stelzig on 12/08/06 at 00:39:07 Ostrich wrote:
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/08/06 at 02:11:35 Joe, you guys gona come London then yeh? Wel eventually have to sort out the flights to Norway from London, Marius has given the site where we can book from. But the flights for July wont be listed till March. Still time to sort that out first, so yeh sort out the long haul flights first (for guys travelling from out of Europe). If you can get a direct to Trondheim in Norway or some easier/cheaper way there from wherever you decide to travel from then thats cool. If Joe, Matt and April and anyone else coming from America direction meet up to travel in a group again that'l be great help. Im gona book off my dates from work very soon so i got a few days either side of the Norway dates free aswell. Other good news is that during July SMK Tower (a.k.a my house) shud be free aswell for those stopping in London for a day or two before/after the meet. Just under 7 months to go 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 12/08/06 at 08:12:07 Just a detail: Pierre and me are almost certain to come ;) But Harold only said he's interested (at the moment). Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Matt Ellis - Canada (would love to come) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland Jeffrey Gutierrez - Would love to come |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/09/06 at 05:41:31 Just adding in order... Many thanks for the update Florent, please encourage more from France to attend, may never have a meet as great again ;) Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Jeffrey Gutierrez - USA (Would love to come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Matt Ellis - Canada (would love to come) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/09/06 at 05:45:49 Correction.. forgot to re-add Alistair: Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Jeffrey Gutierrez - USA (Would love to come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Matt Ellis - Canada (would love to come) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Alistair Brooks - UK (Hopefully can make the dates) Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by john_1234 on 12/11/06 at 07:17:34 yeah id come if you moved it down into the southern hemisphere, preferably australia... belgium is a looooooooooooooong way away from the shire in sydney... lol if i reach the ranks of people such as karel, sami, pierre and others i would then consider it. but until then nup :( :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by chesting snacker stelzig on 12/11/06 at 07:23:48 ....Belgium? :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/11/06 at 09:11:15 Yeh we need some of the Belgium guys, i think il post on their Forum soon. Meanwhile, Florent hosted a French karters meeting which went really well, and a great SMK/Street Fighter player is interested now :) Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Jeffrey Gutierrez - USA (Would love to come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Matt Ellis - Canada (would love to come) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Anthony Pichard - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Alistair Brooks - UK (Hopefully can make the dates) Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/11/06 at 09:19:47 Copied wrong list a while ago, so someone was missing on last post, this is the updated one: Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Jeffrey Gutierrez - USA (Would love to come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Matt Ellis - Canada (would love to come) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Anthony Pichard - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Paul Tanney - UK Alistair Brooks - UK (Hopefully can make the dates) Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 12/11/06 at 09:39:27 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
If i end up going to the meet i wanna stop at yours Sami after the meet , if that's ok...i want that sofa i was sleeping on..i guess i'm the only one who can fit on it anyway hah :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/12/06 at 00:40:23 Hi Paul, yeh thats no problem, ive booked off 2 weeks from work anyway as there prob a few people stopping in London a few days either side of the 5th to 11th July before they travel home. Lol sofa ;D Yeh the sofa will be there. Gona be up to about 12 people on the plane which is jokes, we can wind up Biff for 2 hours ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 12/12/06 at 05:18:46 P@UL wrote:
If i end up going to the meet i wanna stop at yours Sami after the meet , if that's ok...i want that sofa i was sleeping on..i guess i'm the only one who can fit on it anyway hah :)[/quote] I don't know about being the only one fitting on the sofa, it can't surely be that small so I reckon I could fit on there too 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/12/06 at 08:01:12 No worries Eric theres plenty of room at mine :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Fastor on 12/12/06 at 09:46:37 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
is there a Belgian forum? Can you gimme the link plz? :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Lt. Sam-I-Am on 12/12/06 at 10:11:25 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
8-) Hey, im new guy to this And beat a lot of people on Wifi. could give me pointers for this website? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/13/06 at 02:52:20 To Fastor: The Belgium forum is for Super Mario Kart only, just got set up the other week. The link can be found on the Super Mario Kart site. To Eragon: Are you looking just for general site to post your times for MKDS? Go to http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/ for that. The links are the images on top of the forum for eah Mario Kart game. Please note that this topic is for the Norway games meet in July 2007. If you have any other questions please PM me or one of the mods, or create a new topic on General thread. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 12/14/06 at 02:56:54 I thought it was about time i made my monthly post on here! Man that list looks immense! Sami remember to add Arbinder to the list. He is well up for it remember! Loving your comment about Alistair Chris! He is not bad at Pro Evo actually, but has not beaten me on 6! I think Norway'07 could be history in the making. Will be great to see so many people from all over the globe. Marius you rule! Work your way up the army ranks - become a general - and take some time off! Should be a great event! Hide and seek in the woods anyone? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 12/14/06 at 04:00:40 Real_John_Barber wrote:
I haven't played pro evo 6 yet. Is it worth buying? Is it any different? Will i get my ass smashed to the ground if i don't buy it? ;D MeAnAussie wrote:
If i end up going to the meet i wanna stop at yours Sami after the meet , if that's ok...i want that sofa i was sleeping on..i guess i'm the only one who can fit on it anyway hah :)[/quote] I don't know about being the only one fitting on the sofa, it can't surely be that small so I reckon I could fit on there too 8-)[/quote] Do you want sexy time with Paul? ::) I could just fit on it...and i'm guessing i'm one of the smallest on this forum , seeing as your all 6ft +. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 12/14/06 at 04:16:14 P@UL wrote:
If i end up going to the meet i wanna stop at yours Sami after the meet , if that's ok...i want that sofa i was sleeping on..i guess i'm the only one who can fit on it anyway hah :)[/quote] I don't know about being the only one fitting on the sofa, it can't surely be that small so I reckon I could fit on there too 8-)[/quote] Do you want sexy time with Paul? ::) I could just fit on it...and i'm guessing i'm one of the smallest on this forum , seeing as your all 6ft +.[/quote] Are you propositioning me? no? well no then I'm not up for a sexy time then. Not all people here are over 6ft I know I'm not, I think my licence says 158cm, that's right I'm a short ass, so unless you're shorter than that I win. :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 12/14/06 at 06:22:59 In answer to your question Paul, yes Pro Evo 6 is certainly worth buying. The gameplay is different to version 5 (which people i know didnt like) It seems a lot easier to dribble and score this time, but also a lot harder to defend! Lots of goals flying in. Judging by the way you beat everyone with Brazil on version 5 i'm sure you will have no problem adjusting! :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clarkwang on 12/14/06 at 06:48:33 Real_John_Barber wrote:
John, you let in loads of goals coz your crap ;D But yeah, im on a 5 game winning streak on PES6 conceeding only 1 goal! I play as PSV now and i own! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 12/14/06 at 09:02:01 MeAnAussie wrote:
If i end up going to the meet i wanna stop at yours Sami after the meet , if that's ok...i want that sofa i was sleeping on..i guess i'm the only one who can fit on it anyway hah :)[/quote] I don't know about being the only one fitting on the sofa, it can't surely be that small so I reckon I could fit on there too 8-)[/quote] Do you want sexy time with Paul? ::) I could just fit on it...and i'm guessing i'm one of the smallest on this forum , seeing as your all 6ft +.[/quote] Are you propositioning me? no? well no then I'm not up for a sexy time then. Not all people here are over 6ft I know I'm not, I think my licence says 158cm, that's right I'm a short ass, so unless you're shorter than that I win. :P[/quote] :o I'm 177cm or so :D yeah you can fit on the sofa with me , you can curl up in the corner ;) and John , i might buy it then. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/14/06 at 11:21:12 Lol at Barber's post... ;D Gona have to have a crowd watching a Barber vs Clark match on PE6 then :P Yeh it looks like a great game, just some minor adjustments but all Pro Evo 5 players have picked it up well, so im sure you will in no time. A few of the French karters hopefully attending Norway have also played PE5, probably will PE6 by then also. So yeh Paul grab a copy :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 12/15/06 at 03:41:51 How come Chris Clark is the only one on the list that has his town/city after his name? That's just so typical... ::) Watford...the land of Vinnie Jones, Elton John and George Michael! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 12/15/06 at 07:35:02 Yes Mr Clark i have been letting goals in, but also winning at the same time! This in fact makes for exciting games. Case in point the other day i beat PSV 4-3 with your team Watford on master league (top level difficulty) I'm good with Watford - Marlon King 19 goals already in half a season! :D So yes i look forward to some more matches with you next year and of course your marvellous company! The banter is always good........ lets hope team UK can beat the euros/rest of the world this time too when it comes to the real footie! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clarkwang on 12/15/06 at 08:37:40 KVD wrote:
Damn right Karel, gotta show the love to the home town ;) and John, I aim to beat you and not let in some shitty own goal or something, happens so many times against you! Plus im rooting for PSV this Champions League, partly coz im managing them on FM07 and partly coz i sorta hold a certain disdain for every team in the Premier League right now as my beloved Watford are bottom :( But you know what they say, Were the strongest team in the league......holding everyone else up :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/16/06 at 05:00:36 Theres gona be so many close matches ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 12/16/06 at 15:49:10 Quote:
HAHAHAHAHA... Karel, you're the greatest! 3-1-3... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clarkwang on 12/17/06 at 01:19:39 Eoj wrote:
Damn you Joe, i cant believe your still keeping count! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 12/20/06 at 13:55:36 And you're lagging Clark, better pick up the pace ;) Oh and yeah bring on the PES6 tournament, you're going down Clark :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 12/21/06 at 03:29:30 I'm going to own you all if I make it to Norway. I've got the soccer blood running through my veins... 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 12/21/06 at 04:37:30 For an impression of my PES6 skillz ;D http://www.timeofdeath.net/smk/PES6_KICK_OFF.wmv WARNING: 40 MB and over 10 minutes long :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Matt Ellis on 12/21/06 at 21:10:08 looks like i wont be able to go no matter what, ive tried everything to convince my mom, have fun guys :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 12/22/06 at 15:47:29 Don't quit... We are still 6 months away ... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Matt Ellis on 12/22/06 at 19:32:24 the whole "you're too young" position my mom is in isn't going to budge. Even though i have offered to get a job to make the money needed to go, and make plans ahead of time to travel with somebody. I think she is just like every other mom who thinks that at least one person at a party is going to be a psycho killer/drug dealer/etc. :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 12/22/06 at 22:12:45 Well... I read once that 1 out of 5 people in the world is a psycho... So there'll be at least about 6 or 7 of them... But nothing that we can't handle. Maybe we can all send her videos of us asking her to let you go :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by jtballer11 on 12/22/06 at 23:05:43 if you get killed, there will be many witnesses, so that he will get the max sentence (15 years). |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Crom on 12/23/06 at 00:07:15 i think the problem is less likely that someone is a murderer or a drug dealer and more likely that someone would be a pedophile |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 12/23/06 at 00:26:33 Matt Ellis wrote:
Well , Im a psycho , but I dont kill random ppl ::) You know what you could do. SHow your mom the vids from the kart meeting in london. If she thinks thats some crazy shit ,then shes pretty much made up her mind. And thats racists. Does your mom want that title? I think not :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/23/06 at 05:09:13 Lol.. Ah sorry to hear Matt that its difficult to make it. But like we said, over 6 months still so maybe some chance. If you really cant make it let us know wel update the list over time. And yes Guilherme, grab a copy of Pro Evo Soccer 6, i know youl do great on it, John and Karel will enjoy your participation in that tournament. The SMK Match races are gona be awesome! ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Matt Ellis on 12/24/06 at 01:44:18 meh, im alright with not going, once my mom makes up her mind, she doesnt change it ::) besides, once im around 18-19, ill probably hold my own kart meet in this hall we have in trenton, that would be a blast :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 12/24/06 at 07:20:45 Adjustment to list, Matt if you can make it later on let us know, il add ya back in the list. Just keepin this up to date. Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Jeffrey Gutierrez - USA (Would love to come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Anthony Pichard - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Paul Tanney - UK Alistair Brooks - UK (Hopefully can make the dates) Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Tuomas Dunkel - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Tuomas on 01/04/07 at 17:05:19 Removed myself from the list as I'm pretty sure I won't be attending this meet. Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Jeffrey Gutierrez - USA (Would love to come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Anthony Pichard - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Paul Tanney - UK Alistair Brooks - UK (Hopefully can make the dates) Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 01/06/07 at 03:05:32 i'll bring you a pot brownie if you go. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 01/06/07 at 08:38:11 how old are everybody???? :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 01/06/07 at 09:02:07 Just have the bar ready when I get there marius and then you will see some serious gaming, just don't tell clark about it ;). |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 01/06/07 at 09:38:06 Andreas_10 wrote:
Click on the profiles and it shows the age for most people. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 01/06/07 at 14:00:24 KVD wrote:
Click on the profiles and it shows the age for most people.[/quote] thx karel |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/06/07 at 20:37:46 MeAnAussie wrote:
Yeh gonna be awesome, cant wait to see the match races between rivals. The Marius, Clark, Eric and possibly if he can make it Bjorn Eklund. Of course other karters can reach that level by the summer also to join in ;) Yeh i think most players here at the meet are between 20-25 on average. There will be some younger and some late twenties/thirties maybe. Cant remember. The UK lot will be pretty much 24/25 years old with a few varying. Matt at 29 i think, Paul Tanney at 21, Jason Mathoora nearly 23. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/07/07 at 18:18:23 Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Jeffrey Gutierrez - USA (Would love to come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Snorre Hċkonsen - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Anthony Pichard - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Paul Tanney - UK Alistair Brooks - UK (Hopefully can make the dates) Arbinder Manku - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 01/11/07 at 08:12:33 So its down to this. Im leaving for the army now in 3 hours. And in about 24 hours ill know the outcome. I might be back monday , or monday a year from now. Anyways , Ill give word as soon as i can. Cross your fingers people. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clarkwang on 01/11/07 at 08:37:24 Man, i fucking hope to god your not there for a year! If you are, knuckle under and do well, if your not, get the beer on ice....Clarks coming to town! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 01/11/07 at 19:56:23 Ok... We're all waiting for this precious info... Fingers crossed... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 01/11/07 at 21:04:26 *Fingers are firmly crossed* |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Marit_Cathrine on 01/13/07 at 11:08:27 Marius got to see the doctor today and he said that it was 99.9% chance that he was going home monday. but wait untill hes home and can give u the signal to order the tickets. start celebrating people! im sooo happy!! :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 01/13/07 at 11:09:34 YEAH!!!!!!! ROCK ON!! 8-) 8-) That's the kind of news I was hoping for and I'm sure we all did! Thnx for informing us Marit, that's awesome! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 01/13/07 at 11:11:22 I'll bring the beers... I'll bring the beers... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clarkwang on 01/13/07 at 11:15:43 my willy is tingling with excitement :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Marit_Cathrine on 01/13/07 at 11:26:02 felt like u had the right to know what was happening. btw, we got beer in norway too :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 01/13/07 at 11:31:21 Norwegian beer? Now I've seen everything! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Marit_Cathrine on 01/13/07 at 11:37:15 u have to try it when u come here. its good. :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 01/13/07 at 11:50:00 I don't think there will ever be a beer that I turn down... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Marit_Cathrine on 01/13/07 at 11:51:54 thats true! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 01/13/07 at 12:11:20 I still want to hear it from Marius, though. I'm still waiting for the post of the year from him... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 01/13/07 at 16:30:08 Great news! Altough my chances of going are decreasing as days go by...... :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 01/14/07 at 01:45:55 Norwegian beer....that should cost a fortune, right? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/14/07 at 02:11:36 Thats great news! :) :) :) Of course wel wait for Marius to return and confirm for us. He's prob sorting out some forms or something so he can come home and wont be asked to do military. Im really pleased, cant wait for Norway 8-) Im sure everyone will enjoy Norwegian Beers, kebabs, heavy games! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 01/14/07 at 04:51:46 Firewaster wrote:
How come? Man don't say that, we need the SMK Terrorist to be there :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 01/14/07 at 05:38:57 KVD wrote:
How come? Man don't say that, we need the SMK Terrorist to be there :-/[/quote] Money is always the biggest problem here in Brazil :P... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/14/07 at 08:06:33 Yeh we gota have Guilherme there :( Wel do anything we can to help you make it there, still time to go so its cool :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 01/14/07 at 09:23:45 Firewaster wrote:
How come? Man don't say that, we need the SMK Terrorist to be there :-/[/quote] Money is always the biggest problem here in Brazil :P...[/quote] I think you'll find that that problem is universal :-X Like Sami says, still some time to go, don't lose faith buddy :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 01/14/07 at 19:17:15 KVD wrote:
I never do :)... That's why I still play TT ... ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 01/15/07 at 01:50:34 Great news! Waiting to hear the all clear is painful. Get those Norwegian beers on ice quick sticks. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 01/15/07 at 06:48:49 I can't come to Norway. I have 6month left and i have no hope. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 01/15/07 at 08:07:48 About the kart meet in norway..... IT`S ON!!! Hang on to your ticket money tho. I have to doublecheck the booked dates for the venue , but basically : ITS ALL GOOD 8-) And man was that easy ! I regret ever doubting myself , im a natural born lean mean lying motherfucker ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clarkwang on 01/15/07 at 08:15:19 Fucking legendary Marius :D cannot damn wait! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/15/07 at 08:21:56 Awesome news Marius! And yeh no probes we are waiting a while still for more flights to come available on the site to be available. Come on Paul, need u there dude :) Team UK's secret MKDD weapon and also great football player for the match! We are hoping to get the cheap flight that marius got in the same week last year so we can get a good deal as far as costs go. Marius celebrating with a Kebab tonight? Or one of those 2lb burgers? 8-) Just be sure to play next level games while u do so... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 01/15/07 at 08:49:54 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Nope. Cold orange juice and booze :P Ill call my guy tomorrow hopefully and doublecheck the dates. THEN , i need someone how can make me a vector graphics file for the t-shirts. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clarkwang on 01/15/07 at 09:58:07 I want 'CLARK' then 'THATS NUMBERWANG' underneath on mine :D and a picture of Snake Plissken on the back 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 01/15/07 at 10:34:17 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Just forget i was ever coming , i can't come. I don't have the money and i can't find a job , i have 6months to find a job then save money. Which i won't do. If i get a job in the next month i'll have about £4000 , which is more then enough. But finding a job here is hard , and i just don't want any old job after going to college...which i might have to do :( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/15/07 at 12:52:45 Sargoth wrote:
Nope. Cold orange juice and booze :P Ill call my guy tomorrow hopefully and doublecheck the dates. THEN , i need someone how can make me a vector graphics file for the t-shirts.[/quote] Cool yeh let us know on here the confirmed dates and any other details we need to know. Use "Next Level Gamers Meet - Norway 2007" for the tshirts, i know we liked that idea ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 01/16/07 at 01:39:29 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Nope. Cold orange juice and booze :P Ill call my guy tomorrow hopefully and doublecheck the dates. THEN , i need someone how can make me a vector graphics file for the t-shirts.[/quote] Cool yeh let us know on here the confirmed dates and any other details we need to know. Use "Next Level Gamers Meet - Norway 2007" for the tshirts, i know we liked that idea ;)[/quote] Have you done up the designs for the shirts already or are they all ideas? If they are done give us the link to them |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 01/16/07 at 05:51:26 Done? Nope. I havent even decided one little thing yet. At first I figured id have a hybrid MK logo. With all the console MK`s merged into one image. But it isnt gonna be just MK games. And I cant use several logos coz then the price would skyrocket. So me and sami kinda figured we could have it say " Next Level Gamers meet 2007 - Norway" but I sense some resistance towards that:P Feel free to post suggestions! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 01/16/07 at 06:43:06 I'll try to come up with some idea and a logo... :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/16/07 at 12:32:04 Yeh i think Marius said too much pics and logo may cost a lot or something to make so many for the meet. So we were keeping it simple with something along the lines of "Next Level Games meet Norway 2007" then maybe with players name and country, possibly even on other side of the tshirt for that, or the same, not really decided. But yeh if u got any feasible ideas let us know. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 01/16/07 at 14:18:31 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Indivudual tshirts is something i would like to avoid really. Ill rather buy up on some sets of letters , and ppl can add their own names if they want to. Makes it SOOO much cheaper. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 01/16/07 at 22:13:08 Sargoth wrote:
Indivudual tshirts is something i would like to avoid really. Ill rather buy up on some sets of letters , and ppl can add their own names if they want to. Makes it SOOO much cheaper.[/quote] It's cheaper to buy the the iron on print, where you print the name off a computer onto these pages and simply iron the page on, if you know what I'm talking about. Buying the individual letters costs a lot more than these pieces of material. Can't remember the name, I'll find out if you don't know the stuff I'm talking about. I think a mk reference or logo or something of the sorts should be in there somewhere, it was originally just a mk meet. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/17/07 at 06:19:13 Is it possible to make them like this Marius? Im sure anything will be good in the end, with title of the meet, players name or something. If a logo can go on that is cheap enough to do then possible. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 01/18/07 at 13:03:09 Order away. The dates are booked and set in stone ( actually , im allowed to add a day as I please , like the 4th or 11th as I find it suiting.) Got a great bargain of a price as well. So , most stuff is sorted now ( the big stuff) just need some VISUAL ideas for the t-shirts. ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 01/18/07 at 14:57:46 It would be nice If we could collect some pictures we'd like to have on the t-shirt... Then we can think of a logo, or something like that... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 01/18/07 at 22:11:21 How about a headshot of Cooper with "I do what I can" ? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 01/19/07 at 06:23:57 20-100 wrote:
or not |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/21/07 at 15:51:17 Hehe, im sure wel get something good for t-shirts in the end |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbullshit on 01/21/07 at 16:03:24 a snes pad covered in blood :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by mattniss on 01/21/07 at 20:15:04 Since this will obviously be an SNES heavy crowd, how about a podium with a Gamecube in 3rd place, an N64 in second, and an SNES in first... just a thought. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/22/07 at 00:50:14 Well there will be a lot of Gamecube activity with a lot of the top MKDD players attending for some tournament battle in that as well as SMK. Then some other games on snes/few other consoles. So maybe Cube and SNES and Marius's PS2 (which has undergone several operations if i remember right :) ) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 01/22/07 at 02:23:05 Just a quick thought of maybe now sending out an "official" invite to all those who are eager(and maybe some others) to attend with dates, location, etc just to make it give it a professional feel. I think this sort of thing would really get the ball rolling for people getting organised with flights etc. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/22/07 at 02:56:23 Yeh true, we prob wont be booking from here til maybe March or so when more flights available on the site then i can choose the best offers. But definitely for those who are travelling from far. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 01/22/07 at 05:15:18 How about t-shirts saying "Tom will pwn you at SF" ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 01/22/07 at 09:20:55 How about "Akuma is dead bruv" :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/22/07 at 12:21:52 Hahahahaha! Just moments after i read this he phoned up aswell... lol Yeh the Biff/Tom SF rivalry is brewing up again, but its for the Anniversary challenge this time on Hyper SF2 Anniversary Collection. :) :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 01/22/07 at 13:14:52 C'mon I wanna see some Third Strike action! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/22/07 at 15:56:00 Yup 3rd strike will happen, Marius still has that with his modded ps2 for Norway meet? If all cool wel be playing on that. Other option is a Dreamcast but the pads are a nuisance. PS2 much more comfortable for that. Cant believe these guys here already started training for this :o :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 01/23/07 at 07:25:22 I've heard from a well informed source that Tom has almost completed his training for the next time he'll face Biff...so I'm putting my money on the Dark Horse that is Akuma ;) (please confirm I'm not wasting my money Tom ;D) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 01/23/07 at 07:55:07 You'd be right to back me but as i've only been practicing with Ryu of late (I dont have Akuma on my version of hyper fighter) i might be more comfortable with him. But Akuma is effectively the same with the mid air fireball and i'm good with that on HF. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/23/07 at 09:18:30 The battle rages on 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 01/24/07 at 00:28:04 Oh I am fucking there! My Ken skills PWN all... And as far as t-shirts are concerned, "SMK U.S. Champ: Joe Fucking Bernier" will do just fine for me... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 01/24/07 at 04:32:42 I prefer "NBT: New Bernier Technique" fo you Joe! ehehehe |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/24/07 at 04:33:37 Yh Joe should have that on his tshirt, hes Kens going down tho, maybe only just but hel go down :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 01/24/07 at 13:54:05 Haha, I've always loved your sig for that, Guilherme... New Bernier Technique, goddamn that's awesome! And congrats on the CI2 WR, it looks as though all my WRs are fading away... :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 01/24/07 at 16:00:46 But our hope you'll be back never fades! I cheated using that extra-boost per lap... But I learned it from the best. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 01/25/07 at 11:02:47 Eoj wrote:
Joe, let me tell you this: you're not ready for this type of treatment yet, Ken will get cained SO badly ;D It's all about Tom and Steven this time around, Biff the Don has had enough time with the beads now ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clarkwang on 01/25/07 at 11:38:04 Bah, stop talking about gay Street Fighter, its for girls. This is a KART meet and the one who is best at KART will reign supreme! Why dont you lot train on a game which is a bit more manly, Like Tekken 2, Killer Instinct or Pro Evo. If you can beat me at those games then you deffo deserve respect ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 01/25/07 at 11:51:37 Bring on Pro Evo 6 Clark! Remember the last PES5 match we played? Well, if you think that's me, you're under a complete missapprehension baby! :P I think either Sami, Pierre or Florent will reign the multiplayer SMK. I'll just be vacuuming the entire black thingie army up my karts exhaust pipe again ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/25/07 at 12:07:24 Well Pro Evo will be taking place along with SMK/MKDD/MK64 and SF games :) Spoke with Clark and a 16 man tournament will be in the works... 4 groups of 4 for some group battles then top 2 of each advance to Quarters for sudden knockout tournament brackets with a 3rd place match then final. Pretty much European cup style. Gonna be great ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Eoj on 01/25/07 at 21:26:17 You guys have no idea about my SSF2 skills... I watched Biff vs. Zwartjes; I can hold my own against them. It's all about SSF2. None of that pussy two on two shit you guys play in the suburbs... (anyone who gets that quote is my best friend forever...) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/26/07 at 06:40:18 Biff Part 2 is in the works at the moment, so therel be more stuff to see before we all go Norway ;) But yeh i know Joe is gona do well at SSF2 with. But is he ready for my Ryu or Toms Akuuuuuuma? Bowser's going down on 150cc GP, D.K.Jr is gona hunt him down... 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 01/26/07 at 06:58:23 Clarkwang wrote:
To bad i can't come and smash your ass into the ground then like Watford is in the premiership ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 01/26/07 at 07:58:23 Eoj wrote:
So can I , but the real Zwartjes? I dont have a chance ! I average at 2-8\3-7 against steven when im having a good day , and hes falling asleep. Fact is , the fighting in the Movie doesnt really represent their real skill....sadly. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 01/26/07 at 09:01:13 Yeah, he clearly doesn't know what he's up against ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 01/26/07 at 11:23:17 Sargoth wrote:
So can I , but the real Zwartjes? I dont have a chance ! I average at 2-8\3-7 against steven when im having a good day , and hes falling asleep. Fact is , the fighting in the Movie doesnt really represent their real skill....sadly.[/quote] Online , i forgot but i was around SZ level with ken and ryu then i changed players as it was getting boring. I got pwn'd with other players. I can't play with anyone else apart from ken and ryu. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/26/07 at 11:34:17 I was at about Steven's level with Ryu and Ken but couldnt take him on other characters as well on SSF2, some of them were ok but the majoriy were hard. Biff lost 3-5 to Steven on SSF2 but with randoms, i remember a Bison vs Sagat, Sagat vs Vega, Fei-Long vs Ryu, Ryu vs Dhalsim, Vega vs Chun Li something like that. Yeh a few matches wont show skill completely, cos its under pressure, if anything youl perform worse but still good to see. Same with SMK, TT youl drive a sharp race but Match Race vs human opponent you will be a little jumpy in places. Bring on the Tournament :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clarkwang on 01/26/07 at 11:36:53 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
for the part in bold, i just saw 'i am a fish, i am a fish, i am a fish......' in other words jibberish ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/26/07 at 11:44:02 Clarkwang wrote:
for the part in bold, i just saw 'i am a fish, i am a fish, i am a fish......' in other words jibberish ;D[/quote] No worries Clark, just SF talk :P You'll get your chance for an amazing comeback at Pro Evo, and your battle on smk vs Mr Scott :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 01/27/07 at 02:39:32 Clark is capable of taking anyone down at SMK GP you know, he tackled both Joe and me before (well maybe that's not saying much) :P He'd have a tough job keeping up with you and Pierre I think; but what I really want to see is Clark vs Jonas and Matthew vs Jonas ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 01/27/07 at 04:02:41 someone who wants a vs match against me on mkdd 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/27/07 at 08:01:32 There will be man ; Not me though I wont catch up :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 01/27/07 at 08:23:23 Well Vincent (20-100) is on the list, I'm sure he could give you some nice competition ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Dr_Blueberry on 01/27/07 at 11:59:20 I have other plans at the time the kart meeting is taking place, so you have to put me off the list. I will be on vacation with my family all days it's open. :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 01/27/07 at 13:44:18 Dr_Blueberry wrote:
Sounds like suckage. Every day really? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Dr_Blueberry on 01/27/07 at 14:12:15 Sargoth wrote:
Sounds like suckage. Every day really?[/quote] From 29th June to 13th July. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 01/27/07 at 14:16:13 THats perfect suckage right there. No way of getting out? You can come the 13th and help clean up the mess if u want tho :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Dr_Blueberry on 01/27/07 at 14:30:17 Sargoth wrote:
I don't think I can get out of this - the hotel rooms in Bulgaria and such are already booked, and I don't think I could convince them to delay it now. But perhaps I could come and clean up the mess as you say. ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/27/07 at 18:03:03 Sorry to hear that Snorre, but please tell us if plans change and u can make it |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 01/28/07 at 03:25:52 KVD wrote:
yees, there will be a pretty tie vs match :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by chesting snacker stelzig on 01/28/07 at 03:37:10 Andreas_10 wrote:
yees, there will be a pretty tie vs match :P[/quote] If i get there, then i will race you ;D If you beat me i will just take my revenge in MKDS ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/28/07 at 06:10:08 chesting snacker stelzig wrote:
yees, there will be a pretty tie vs match :P[/quote] If i get there, then i will race you ;D If you beat me i will just take my revenge in MKDS ;)[/quote] That'l be nice to see, we'l be taping all this aswell. Stelzig, we gota get you to join SMK, it needs a Denmark champion, also if theres anyone u can recruit ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/31/07 at 06:35:49 Updating list, please let us know if any more players coming etc: Joe Bernier - USA April Thompson - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Jeffrey Gutierrez - USA (Would love to come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Anthony Pichard - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Alistair Brooks - UK (Hopefully can make the dates) Arbinder Manku - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Miss April on 01/31/07 at 10:42:22 Took myself off the list as I don't think I can make this one :( All the money I had saved ended up having to go into other things and my $6/hour job probably can't make me the money to get a passport and go in time. Joe Bernier - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Jeffrey Gutierrez - USA (Would love to come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Guilherme Arantes - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Anthony Pichard - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Alistair Brooks - UK (Hopefully can make the dates) Arbinder Manku - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/31/07 at 11:42:57 Ahh sorry to hear that April, no worries. We will get together the definite list in the next few months. I spoke to John Barber yesterday and we are prob gona look into booking times when it comes to March or so, there will be more flights available then. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by VAJ on 01/31/07 at 12:31:39 I'm in for Norway.......... I want to see and visit a scandinafic country plus it's not that far ... compairing the USA... I already serach for what it costs for a ticket from holland straight away it's about 300 Euro ---------- (SC) If you need to make a quick stop... it's cheaper bout. 250 Euro I already got some money saved for Holidays....... soooo :D I'm IN..... up to Norway. 5th Juli till 9th of Juli ??/ is that correct???? VAJ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 01/31/07 at 12:53:51 VAJ wrote:
Well , 5th to 10th as of now , meaning those dates are firm , but I can make it start 4th and or end 11th. Those dates are for the venue only. Ill be stitting here drinking my beer from 1st to 14th. Oh , and 300 euros sounds a bit much. 200 should be more than enough I think. Whats the name of the airport btw? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 01/31/07 at 13:03:50 Nice one, will be great to meet u aswell VAJ, if you interested then please add yourself to the list (copy and paste from above). Flights will depend from how far and which airport u travel from, they should be quite cheap tho :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 02/01/07 at 08:35:10 chesting snacker stelzig wrote:
yees, there will be a pretty tie vs match :P[/quote] If i get there, then i will race you ;D If you beat me i will just take my revenge in MKDS ;)[/quote] play against me on RR then ;D ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by VAJ on 02/03/07 at 06:00:46 Sargoth wrote:
Well , 5th to 10th as of now , meaning those dates are firm , but I can make it start 4th and or end 11th. Those dates are for the venue only. Ill be stitting here drinking my beer from 1st to 14th. Oh , and 300 euros sounds a bit much. 200 should be more than enough I think. Whats the name of the airport btw?[/quote] From Shiphol Amsterdam -----------to Trondheim ::) it was about 290 directlly And quick stop from Denmark would be cheaper bout 240~~ ;) VAJ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by chesting snacker stelzig on 02/03/07 at 06:19:01 VAJ wrote:
Well , 5th to 10th as of now , meaning those dates are firm , but I can make it start 4th and or end 11th. Those dates are for the venue only. Ill be stitting here drinking my beer from 1st to 14th. Oh , and 300 euros sounds a bit much. 200 should be more than enough I think. Whats the name of the airport btw?[/quote] From Shiphol Amsterdam -----------to Trondheim ::) it was about 290 directlly And quick stop from Denmark would be cheaper bout 240~~ ;) VAJ[/quote] If you stop by Denmark then i could join up with you 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 02/03/07 at 06:51:01 VAJ wrote:
I checked the other day , couldnt find anything above 180 euros :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 02/03/07 at 07:56:55 Yeh Vaj if u meet Lars in Denmark thatd be a great idea :) I checked some prices also, looking like just a bit over 100 euros from here. But im still waiting for more flight times to appear, il prob have to wait sometime in march then check again. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by VAJ on 02/05/07 at 04:18:41 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
I don't care how I will travel,,............ Directlly ore just by q quick stop in Denmark.. As long as I will get there it's all fine :D p.s Give me some links wich support the prise and the flying company!! I looked at KLM.... but maybe the prises are much higher there dunno|??!!! by the way be sure you pressed traveling High season so Juli cause then the price is much higher ;) Shiphol - (USA Richmond) is a bit 2 much I guess) compair....... 700- 800 EUro's for USA VS Shiphol - (Norway Tronheim) ca. 180 Euro's Drop some link for me and I'll have a look ok 8-) THX anyways VAJ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 02/05/07 at 04:37:39 Does anyone have any ideas, where u travelling from exactly? Im in UK il prob be sorting out the tickets for our crowd when more flights are available on norwegian.no site. Itl prob be late March to April time im guessing. Prices are looking ok so far from here. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by chesting snacker stelzig on 02/05/07 at 04:56:49 You should all stop by Denmark. It's the most direct route 8-) Heh. I would like to travel with someone so i don't get lost :-[ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 02/05/07 at 06:36:11 Yhe if its easier for some guys to do that then travel via Denmark. We have a direct route from UK: London Stansted to Trondheim Keeping an eye on that when more flights come available in late March/April |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 02/05/07 at 06:53:45 i looked up orbitz: LAX to Chicago ORD to Copenhagen CPH to Trondheim 17 hr, 40 min $1169 |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 02/05/07 at 07:39:23 duff gardens wrote:
OUch. Well , good news is , you can maybe win back about 15% of that if you place first in the SMK tournament. ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 02/05/07 at 07:48:06 i thought the price was cheap. i was expecting to pay $2500 when i checked earlier. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 02/05/07 at 08:56:34 Hel be able to win im sure, although a match between Duff gardens vs Pierre on some battle :o Thats a lot of changes on flights tho! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 02/06/07 at 04:11:36 duff gardens wrote:
Just checked out my options and pretty much every flight from Brisbane to London is $2822 return. They go through either Singapore Tokyo or Bangkok depending on the day. All flights range from almost 29 to 25 hours. Have to then add on top of that the flight Townsville, my home town, to Brisbane which is usually $300 return and London to Trondheim. The domestic flight however can be paid for if you're a member of the Qantas club, it gives a free domestic flight for every international, so that could be paid that way. Probably the total cost is about AUS $3500 for flights, that'd be about US $2000-2100. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 02/06/07 at 05:48:49 I just asked my colleague at work and he said there are different routes to take from Australia, he said u just have to shop around and find the best one, prices etc. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 03/27/07 at 06:09:00 Well, this topic's been dead for so long... I have no good news, but at least the topic i back in action... I took my name off the list because I probably won't make it. I don't know if Alencar is interested in going alone, he mentioned before he'd just go if I could... 44 players anyway... Joe Bernier - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Jeffrey Gutierrez - USA (Would love to come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Anthony Pichard - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Alistair Brooks - UK (Hopefully can make the dates) Arbinder Manku - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 03/27/07 at 12:27:24 well you know what they say: no news is better than bad news, and one brazilian is better than no brazilians. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 03/27/07 at 12:33:03 What are you talking about Duff? That is major bad news, I really wanted Guilherme to be there. :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 03/27/07 at 14:53:43 that's just what people say. i'm hoping all the brazilians man a flight for norway. there's still 3 months to work the graveyard shift and make extra cash. just think when stupid customers are pissing on you: norway, norway, norway, mario kart will save me, by the power of kart, etc. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Steve-Meakings on 03/29/07 at 04:39:12 duff gardens wrote:
Duff later told me on MSN that he meant no brazilians are better than one brazilian, sorry for any misunderstanding. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 03/29/07 at 20:56:47 i just couldnt find an expression for that, so i thought i'd go with the more common one. in this case, i'd be supporting sapir-whorf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapir_Whorf) if i wanted brazilians there only for the sake of not being able to find an expression in english to convey my thoughts of wanting no brazilians there. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by jtballer11 on 04/02/07 at 16:00:19 good luck meeting duff in person |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by jtballer11 on 04/02/07 at 16:01:38 p.s. if there have been any weird posts by me lately that is because duff has been using my name to post when he comes over. he just sits down on the computer and starts typing away when he could easily switch to his name. so sorry for any stupid posts lately. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 04/02/07 at 17:22:07 i don't need dual identities to insult stinson and make fun of mkds. the IPs are logged, so it doesn't matter what name i use; they'll come up as the same IP. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 04/04/07 at 06:06:41 duff gardens wrote:
I didn't understand shit of what you said, but I love you too :-* |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 04/04/07 at 09:10:50 it's common for people to use expressions to respond to bad news. in english, we don't have an expression to say 1 is better than 2 or 2 is better than 1; it's 1 is better than none. so i had to use the expression there even though i might have said 0 is better than 1 if we had an expression, so my thinking was determined by my available english vocabulary. this would fly in the face of tons of research supporting the opposite claim that language is simply a tool to express thought and not the opposite. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 04/09/07 at 04:58:01 Thanks, you were pretty clear in this last post! :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 04/09/07 at 05:03:52 Do I sense some sarcasm in your last post Guilherme? ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 04/09/07 at 05:46:36 :-X ;D Hell yeah... But I did understand a bit... :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Chris on 04/12/07 at 15:33:12 Just wanted to say that I think I will go, if I can still use my dad's points for a flight. I'll be moving to a new place on June 25th but I hope there won't be too much trouble with getting the internet hooked up. Will there be an NTSC SMK there as well? Either way is fine with me, as it will be fun to play the PAL version anyway. :) I also like Killer Instinct, Clark. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 04/12/07 at 15:54:53 Chris wrote:
I have a Universal SNES , but i havent tried it yet ::) Anyways , im sure there will be ntsc gaming for smk. Sami might bring me the adapter i need or something I guess. Or we can allways play a game of ntsc lag without sound on my ps2 ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 04/12/07 at 18:12:13 Chris wrote:
i think ntsc is preferred for 2-player competition (long boost is easier?), but time trials will probably happen on both systems. battle is easy on both though. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 04/12/07 at 23:25:41 I have NTSC snes stuff, just not sure if the cables match with Norway tvs and stuff. But yeh if any NTSC guys do visit London at some point, NTSC smk is all cool at my house (a.k.a SMK Tower) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 04/14/07 at 08:49:02 Got some bad news and some good news. We just got a new boss into work and he is a dead set wanker! Don't know when he is giving out holidays but he just asked for submissions for the next financial year, I've applied for the start of July to fit in with the meet, 2 - 16 so hopefully that will be approved, but the new boss is a dickhead. Better news is that flights to London are coming down and I can get there for a little more than $AUS 2000, at least $500 better than it was a couple of months ago. The Aussie dollar is also on the way up, $US 0.81 and 41.5 pence now or close to it, a lot better than the 38 pence it was. Let you guys know how everythings going next week |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 04/25/07 at 20:15:03 Starting my writeup now , since not everybody heard the KartRadio show ( # 9 ) Starting the 1st of June and ending the 5th of july : REGISTRATIONS! If you want to register for any of the tournaments , this is when. How? Just PM me saying what games you want in on. How much ? Nothing. Nothing up front anyways. You pay a fee for Venue , drivers , registrations and such WHEN YOU ARRIVE. If you DONT plan on spending the night for some reason , tell me what you do want in on. Rough estimate : Full package ( this is the one for 99% of the guys travelling ) : 25 Euros Entrance ONLY ( this is the one for norwegians living nearby): 10 Euros Entrance AND non-gaming events ( for travelling norwegians maybe, or ppl staying at hotel or similar : 15 Euros Please remember that these prices are not set in stone , and may change by as much as 50% in either direction , but this looks pretty right as of now. REMEMBER , you DONT have to pay ANYTHING before you arrive at the location. Then you get a stamp or a wristband of some sorts. The CONFIRMED GAMES : Main games - Prize money around 50-30-20 Super Mario Kart - TT 3-try qualifiers , then advance into seeded group play Mario Kart 64 - TT 3-try qualifiers , then advance into seeded group play Mario Kart DD! - TT 3-try qualifiers , then advance into seeded group play Side-games - Prize money around 25 -15-10 Guitar Hero 2 - Format not set in stone . Pending on number of participants Pro Evo Soccer 6 - Groups OR league , pending on number of participants Street Fighter ST - Groups Street Fighter 3s - Groups Circuit Breakers - Random 4player knockout matches , then advance to groups Thats it for now , gotta head out for work. Ill gladly answer any question and similars once I get back. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 05/12/07 at 07:24:15 Ok I need to know everything is finalised before I book my flights on Tuesday, so Sami and co. let me know what the plan is at the moment as in dates leaving and such |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by chesting snacker stelzig on 05/12/07 at 10:22:22 I'm attending an ssb:m tournament in Sweden on July 3-6th so i'm off the list. ( :() Joe Bernier - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Jeffrey Gutierrez - USA (Would love to come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Armin Huber - Germany (still not sure) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Anthony Pichard - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Alistair Brooks - UK (Hopefully can make the dates) Arbinder Manku - UK Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 05/12/07 at 14:37:00 what a loss ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 05/12/07 at 15:15:52 chesting snacker stelzig wrote:
the kart tournament doesnt begin till the 7th. get your hand out of your pants and buy another ticket. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Huaba-Deluxe on 05/20/07 at 13:49:03 Joe Bernier - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Jeffrey Gutierrez - USA (Would love to come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Marius Mollenhauer - Germany Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Alexander Haupt - Germany Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Anthony Pichard - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Piet den Dulk - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Alistair Brooks - UK (Hopefully can make the dates) Arbinder Manku - UK Lars Stelzig - Denmark (Hopefully can come) Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland Now it's official, I can't make it!! My car had a motor damage, and i needed a new one, so 4500 Euros right out of the window......:( :'( we'll meet later then, first aim will be London I guess, Sami I'm coming ;-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 05/20/07 at 14:24:11 don't let a burned out engine spoil your vacation. i took a big loss last year as well. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 05/22/07 at 14:44:58 4500 euros? What about waiting a bit with that engine , and buying a used car for 500 euros to get you through the summer. Priorities man :-? :P Anyways , things are going good on my half , im at least halfway in buying in stuff ( consoles , controllers , cables , recorders , storage media etc ) and just one more place needs booking , shouldnt be a problem. AFAIK , 12 ppl allready ordered tickets , and another 8 ppl from norway are "confirmed" so far. SO at least 20 ppl , alltho I know people ar still ordering tickets and such so I still think 40-50 is a good bet. Any more questions or such , i think I should be capable to answer most of them by now. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 05/22/07 at 17:05:24 i want to know if anyone plans to tour europe or other karter locations afterwards. i'll have one month before i have to return home. i hate site seeing, so i'll mostly be eating, sleeping, and playing kart, which isn't interesting unless i'm hanging out with others. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 05/23/07 at 11:44:51 i have a spare sofa for ya duff :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 05/23/07 at 15:57:02 i wouldn't feel comfortable sleeping on the couch with your gf. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 05/23/07 at 16:17:53 Its a big sofa :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 05/24/07 at 02:14:45 Well we are coming back to London but il be back to work a few days after the 12th i think. Marius, how many PAL PS2s will you have on top of your Jap one? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by @ndrew_Math on 05/24/07 at 05:02:36 hmmm maybe next year a kart meeting in the USA? lol, never |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by greycatmon on 05/24/07 at 06:55:58 I agree andrew. i wish there was a kart meeting in the USA. How about one in Vermont? It's close to where I live. ::) :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by chesting snacker stelzig on 05/24/07 at 07:35:36 @2 above posters: http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1153330819 Not to mention that there's already been (a) previous kart meetings(s) in US. >_> Maybe i will still try to get there duff. We'll see. The chances are very low now anyway :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 05/24/07 at 09:40:09 I have over what i need now to come to Norway but i'm still not coming because i come off this course im on (im getting work experience and another qualification) in 6weeks then i'm back to job hunting IF this place i'm working for doesn't give me a permanent job. So i'm not risking it and using £200 or whatever because i might need it. The reason i'm saving. Sorry. Hope you have fun though ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Party Star on 05/24/07 at 11:04:34 Hey guys. I see my name is still on the list. Unfortunate I'm not able to come. I don't have money and I have a lot of other things on my head. I'm sorry. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 05/24/07 at 21:24:06 if we still were allowed to bring bombs on planes, i could have said hello as i flew over your house. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Drunk Holy Moly on 05/28/07 at 03:43:03 Joe Bernier - USA Drew Blumfield - USA Jeffrey Gutierrez - USA (Would love to come) Chris Balch - Canada (Said hel try make it) Alencar Faria - Brazil (Hopefully can make it) Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Finn Berger - Norway (Hopefully can come) Andreas Runnelid - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Kristopher Will - Germany Thorben Juilfs - Germany (mate, will join with Nintendo Wii, probably more MK's in the future for him!? ) Matthias Mann - Germany (he said he's interested) Florent Lecoanet - France Pierre L'Hoëst - France Harold Christensen - France (he said he's interested) Anthony Pichard - France (he said he's interested) Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Chris Clark - Watford, UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Santamaria - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Neil Skipper - UK Alistair Brooks - UK (Hopefully can make the dates) Arbinder Manku - UK Eric Scott - Australia Henry Heikkinen - Finland Raphael Braun - Switzerland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 05/28/07 at 09:01:05 NEW LIST ! This is the confirmed list , consisting only of people who HAVE ordered tickets and\or other necessary transportation. Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK So thats 14 confirmed as of now. Might be more whereas Ive missunderstood or something , but they will be added. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 05/28/07 at 11:12:31 Vincent van der Fluit, Patrick Wessels, Chris Clark and Matthew McCarthy are confirmed as well. ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 05/28/07 at 11:20:13 alright, so it looks like i'll have from around june 23rd till july 15th cause i have summer school. whoever hosts me will be hosted if you visit my winter house in the yukon territory. i think i want to hit up france and england. funding: i can give you 20 bucks a day or pay for all your food. i mostly eat vegetables. i can sleep in the closet, on the floor, or in a bed. so if you want to host me for about a week, leave a comment here ASAP as i have to purchase both my tickets. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 05/28/07 at 11:51:09 Updated. NEW LIST ! This is the confirmed list , consisting only of people who HAVE ordered tickets and\or other necessary transportation. Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Jonathan "Biff" Sifleet - UK Jason Mathoora - UK Chris Clark - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Count : 18 |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 05/28/07 at 11:58:21 duff gardens wrote:
Im pretty much free from 28th of June to 16th of July. Just in case you or anybody needs a day or two extra somewhere. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by John Kenny on 05/28/07 at 18:56:59 Sargoth wrote:
what about the french? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 05/28/07 at 22:54:35 John Kenny wrote:
quote] Adjusting the list, some of the UK lot havent booked tickets yet as we are waiting confirmation and few things over the next weeks. Will let you know soon. These are the ones who have/should have tickets booked at the moment, please use this list and adjust accordingly. Best way to work with then we know who is definite: Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands (booked? please confirm) Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Neil Skipper - UK Chris Clark - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Count : 18 Currently awaiting to hear from the Swedish players, they said they will be driving down, hopefully for the 5th July. I will try to get confirmation of their names shortly to add here. Marius, any more Norway players coming? Il recruit them aswell ::) :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 05/28/07 at 22:57:52 Sorry, forgot to mention, Gerard please confirm if booked aswell cos i think Karel said you were waiting for something: Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands (booked? please confirm) Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands (booked? please confirm) Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Neil Skipper - UK Chris Clark - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK That should be up to date then, please keep the list for 'booked players' / 'definitely coming so far' only, cheers guys :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 05/29/07 at 09:38:09 me, Richard karlsson, Martin Rudmarker, Sebastian a friend, and the car driver Johan Ċberg is coming to norway for shoure :) we are looking at cars right now ;) but Andreas Rudmarker, Richard Karlsson, Martin Rudmarker is confirmed. we will come :D see ya... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 05/29/07 at 11:03:28 Fantastic Andreas! Please keep Marius and myself informed, also for when you need the directions to Orkanger, it should be ok when you reah Norway then Trondheim, to just follow the road signs and stuff. Marius will give you the address details soon. Il update the confirmed list. Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands (booked? please confirm) Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands (booked? please confirm) Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Neil Skipper - UK Chris Clark - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Johan Ċberg - Sweden To Gerard and MJ, if you read this please confirm when you have booked, will be great if you can make it. Please keep booking and adding numbers guys, many thanks ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 05/29/07 at 11:25:43 I can confirm that they both ordered their tickets. :) MJ will leave a day later than the rest of the Dutch lot and leave a day earlier. so he'll stay from 5th till 10th, whereas we'll arrive the 4th and leave the 11th. Gerard is on the same flight to Norway as us lot, but he won't be leaving back with the same flight as he and his girlfriend will continue their holiday in Scandinavia somewhere. :P So you can put Lindsay (Gerard's gf) on the list as well, though you should ask Gerard for her last name lol. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 05/29/07 at 12:29:44 Awesome! Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Lindsay (Gerard's girlfriend) - Netherlands (What is her last name? :) ) Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Neil Skipper - UK Chris Clark - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Johan Ċberg - Sweden |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 05/30/07 at 00:42:55 can you add sebastian gustafsson - sweden :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 05/30/07 at 01:03:10 Further update... Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Lindsay (Gerard's girlfriend) - Netherlands (What is her last name? ) Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Neil Skipper - UK Chris Clark - UK (to book very soon, will let us know) Matthew McCarthy - UK Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Johan Ċberg - Sweden Sebastian Gustafsson - Sweden Count = 24! Marius has also stated that along with the 5 confirmed in Norway, there will be another 5-15 people that will visit on and off in between, we are hoping they can stay for more of the event, please ask them Marius if we can add them to this list aswell, it would be great. I assume Stċle, Yngve and Stian are more gamers than the remainder. But will be cool. Keep the list going guys |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 05/30/07 at 12:03:53 Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands (still to book, awaiting a mail from Lindsay's teacher ragarding an exam) Lindsay Molenaar - Netherlands (still to book, awaiting a mail from Lindsay's teacher ragarding an exam) Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Neil Skipper - UK Chris Clark - UK (to book very soon, will let us know) Matthew McCarthy - UK Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Johan Ċberg - Sweden Sebastian Gustafsson - Sweden Hey guys, we will be there, just not sure which exact day we arrive, I hope the day everyone else arrives. If so we will be on Trondheim at 16.30 probably. After the meet we want to visit Stavanger for a few days. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 05/30/07 at 21:42:29 Well I was gonna try to keep it a bit of surprise, but sami-ty has prevailed and Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands (still to book, awaiting a mail from Lindsay's teacher ragarding an exam) Lindsay Molenaar - Netherlands (still to book, awaiting a mail from Lindsay's teacher ragarding an exam) Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Neil Skipper - UK Chris Clark - UK (to book very soon, will let us know) Matthew McCarthy - UK Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Johan Ċberg - Sweden Sebastian Gustafsson - Sweden Eric Scott - Australia That's right I've decided to attend this meet and all flights have been booked and paid for. Don't ask prices, I don't want to get into that. Was all booked over a week ago, Sami and Clark (hurry up and book already cunt!) knew but we didn't say anything and were going to keep it quiet but in the end decided it best to let everyone know for planning purposes. Here's the quick run down of how it's all happenning. Depart here at 0545 on the 1st to arrive in London at 0755 on the 2nd so the UK boys can fight over who gets to meet me there and plan parties and all that sort of stuff. I'm then on the same flights as the UK group over to and back from Norway to then catch a flight back home to arrive home on the 14th at 1645 in time for my sisters 30th birthday party. I'll miss Origin III (heard it is now shown at selected places in the UK, it's on the 4th) and our biggest home game of the rugby league year(Cowboys v Broncos for any of the Aussies on here, by one day too, it's the Friday night game!!). So there you have it, it's official one person from the deep south will be attending. What's happened to the French contingent? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KartSeven on 05/31/07 at 00:47:09 French players are proud of their forum and don't come here a lot. :P ;D I'm writing a post on French forum to alert them. ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by John Kenny on 05/31/07 at 02:19:28 MeAnAussie wrote:
good, that way itll save you the pain of a NSW come back! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 05/31/07 at 02:49:44 John Kenny wrote:
good, that way itll save you the pain of a NSW come back! 8-)[/quote] I won't miss that I'll probably be here in 2021 so I won't miss that, QLD 3-0 this year 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 05/31/07 at 04:29:25 will there be a chance to meet and sleep with women from norway? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 05/31/07 at 10:44:25 In Hiding wrote:
Marius said already its not likely, plus we in a small town aswell anyway. If there were millions of girls u could bust out some of "The Gaff" charm ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 05/31/07 at 10:48:02 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Marius said already its not likely, plus we in a small town aswell anyway. If there were millions of girls u could bust out some of "The Gaff" charm ;)[/quote] The Gaff charm? hahaha, thats nothing on busting out the Clark Juice. ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 05/31/07 at 20:29:47 i "heard" "someone" will be performing the services that a female you'd normally meet at the bar would perform if youi're interested. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/02/07 at 04:37:10 Small update: Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands (still to book, awaiting a mail from Lindsay's teacher ragarding an exam) Lindsay Molenaar - Netherlands (still to book, awaiting a mail from Lindsay's teacher ragarding an exam) Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Neil Skipper - UK Chris Clark - UK (to book very soon, will let us know) Matthew McCarthy - UK Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Johan Ċberg - Sweden Sebastian Gustafsson - Sweden Eric Scott - Australia With these 25 ppl , and the best possible shower arrangements and driver fee`s , i will have to charge 45 euros pr head to break even. As im sure that isnt too tempting for any of you , and theres only 1 month left ( ! ) this is about that time when yo ustart to round up your friends and such :P Hopefully tho , ill be able to get down below 30 euros again , and I do have a plan up my sleeve that might work out , but Ill keep it on the low for now ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 06/02/07 at 07:10:56 Clark wrote:
Marius said already its not likely, plus we in a small town aswell anyway. If there were millions of girls u could bust out some of "The Gaff" charm ;)[/quote] The Gaff charm? hahaha, thats nothing on busting out the Clark Juice. ;D [/quote] Wait till they see the talent from down under, then you boys have no chance |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/02/07 at 12:25:21 Sargoth wrote:
45 euros is no problem Marius, wel be paying that to get from our houses to Stansted airport anyway :P Many thanks for sorting all the stuff. Which place is the shower facilities gona be at now? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 06/02/07 at 16:36:34 what date is your departure and return? how much are you paying? which airport are you using? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/03/07 at 09:46:46 Different departure dates for different groups. But the UK lot will be as follows: Thursday 5th July: London Stansted 08:30 to arrive at Oslo 11:35 then 2nd flight: Oslo 13:45 to arrive at Trondheim 14:45 Then we gota figure out how to get buses to Orkanger and meet Marius there which is the plan. Thursday 12th July (Return): Trondheim 12:45pm midday direct to arrive at London Stansted 14:10. For some of the early bookings few weeks ago it came to £173.55 in total, now itl be over £200, prob £210 or £215 including tax, baggage fee etc. Not sure from USA, Eric's prob cost a fair bit :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 06/03/07 at 09:57:15 thanks for the info. did you use an online site to buy your ticket? i went through about five sites so far and $1100 is the best rate. i was also trying to get a connecting flight through england if it was cheap enough, but there were so many airports. i was playing around with the dates a bit, and sometimes one day earlier or later will save you $100. the price of the dollar has fallen lately. i remember when the pound was 1.5 dollars, but now it's up to 2. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/03/07 at 10:12:22 We did it through www.norwegian.no as Marius used this route to visit London in 2006, so we using exactly same. Prices on days and stuff vary yes, a few others used different ones, but those are the dates and times we travelling. Would be awesome if u can make it, please keep us posted ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 06/03/07 at 11:10:06 No frenchies? Now I undestand why Clark's still going... :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 06/03/07 at 11:34:17 it must be mating season |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 06/03/07 at 11:44:54 Firewaster wrote:
Maybe it's the other way around and the French fear the French Frier... :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 06/03/07 at 21:03:34 KVD wrote:
I'd also fear him if he hated me... He's a barbarian Watford fan :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/04/07 at 03:49:05 Clark still has to book I think... But yeh we need some of our friends from France, else someone random will win the SMK tournament ;D :P Don't forget French karters, we need Street Fighter and Pro Evo contenders also, you know who you are ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/04/07 at 05:35:41 I forgot to say this , but from the 1st of June to the 5th of july you HAVE TO register for the games you wanna participate in. And the sooner the better. PM me , preferably , or e-mail me. DONT msg me on msn , as ill no doubt forget all about it later on. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Gagga on 06/04/07 at 06:15:30 Hey! :) Maybe I can come to Trondheim on that day! Then I could prove my times (hopefully 8-)) Maybe I can come, maybe not, but I think I can't! >:( :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by A Runnelid on 06/04/07 at 07:14:04 I'd just like to state that I will not be able to attend, to make that official. I'm sure you've factored me out of this a long time ago, but I wanted to deliver the information myself to clear any uncertainties with regard to my participation. Summer is our busy season, with a lot of visitors and events, and this one looks quite hectic. Have fun everyone. I hope to see several new players, world records and interesting videos as a direct result of this meeting. Thanks to Marius (and all otherwise involved) for arranging this event. Andreas |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by JB on 06/04/07 at 12:41:24 Yeah, it seems as though I, also, will not be able to attend this summer's festivities. I was really hoping to make it out there, but it seems like this meet will be JB free, which will be of the delight to some people, I'm sure... Sorry everyone... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 06/04/07 at 19:36:32 One thing I was just wondering was about the location of the nearest bar/pub/nightclub/betting agency. Are we talking walking distance or taxi? There should be a bar at the hall surely ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/04/07 at 19:50:00 MeAnAussie wrote:
Bar\club , 5 minutes by car. Betting agency? In norway? Come on ::) Ill arrange something around the venue tho. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/05/07 at 00:44:06 How far is Bar/club by walking? Il bet some of these guys would be so wasted they couldnt find their way back to the venue on foot. Looks like someone who doesnt drink will have to carry a lot of people back :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 06/05/07 at 00:46:29 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
regarding the london airports, are they different with respects to boarding time, distance from london, flight destinations, etc.? stanten sounds like staten (island) which is the least visited borough of nyc for good reason. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 06/05/07 at 00:47:48 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
i only drink when i'm trying to get laid. if all those chicks there have chastity belts, i'll be the designated shopping kart pusher. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 06/05/07 at 05:00:25 you mean stanstead right? thats about all i know about airports... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 06/05/07 at 05:17:50 duff gardens wrote:
regarding the london airports, are they different with respects to boarding time, distance from london, flight destinations, etc.? stanten sounds like staten (island) which is the least visited borough of nyc for good reason.[/quote] Stanstead and Luton generally only fly to european destinations. Luton being mainly Easyjet and Stanstead mainly Ryanair. Unfortunatly its only Ryanair who fly to Norway out of the two. (Easyjet and Ryanair being cheap no frills airlines) Sami and co are going with norweigen.no, but they seem uber expensive so im going with Ryanair. Heathrow is the main destination for international flights and pretty much all flights from america go there. (Some go to Gatwick, but thats south london and well out the way of Stanstead and Luton) If your flying in, best bet is to go to Heathrow and get a bus connection to Stanstead. Flying times from any of the above mentioned airports to Norway would be nigh-on the same as they are all pretty much based around London. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/05/07 at 06:26:48 Cool have ou booked Clark? and do Ryanair have a direct to Trondheim or do you need another flight/train from Oslo? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 06/05/07 at 08:37:04 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Nah, Ryanair only fly to Oslo. Will have to catch a train to Trondheim. I may need Marius's help with that one ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 06/05/07 at 08:38:09 You can spend the savings on more alcohol/prostitutes :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Bobo the hobos lobo on 06/05/07 at 08:47:19 I just booked my flight to norway. After a long discussion with sami cetien. I can't wait to pobre smash alot of your faces in. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/05/07 at 11:07:15 Bobo the hobos lobo wrote:
Discussion? :-? *Tries to think who he had a convo with today...* Edit: Oh "Sami Cetien"... different guy :P Yeh and Clark youl be fine im sure, just take a norway map when u go to station and ask them for trains to trondheim, im sure theyl point u out in right direction, il have phone with me anyway so u can text. Itl be a bit more of a trek for you, bit tiring but youl get there dude :) Let us know when u booked the Ryanair/train |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by chesting snacker stelzig on 06/05/07 at 11:12:23 Bobo the hobos lobo wrote:
Pobre is coming? Maybe i should try to get there after the smash tournament then ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Tim on 06/05/07 at 11:23:28 Pobre will chicken out. :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/05/07 at 13:12:57 Clark wrote:
Nah, Ryanair only fly to Oslo. Will have to catch a train to Trondheim. I may need Marius's help with that one ::)[/quote] Honestly , theres no way that thats gonna save you any stress or money. The train ride is 7 hours , and costs about 120 quid. :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 06/05/07 at 13:40:13 lol pwned ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 06/05/07 at 21:39:55 I've got a question that some of you should be able to help with. What's the conditions for hand baggage these days? I know they've up security over this issue I was just wondering the new conditions. Clark you should know about this shit surely. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/05/07 at 23:04:01 Eric: Well not sure on flight to UK, but im just taking a big suitcase where il put all the big stuff, including game pads and electronic gaming things etc. That should be ok, as that will be checked in in the airport so i dont carry that into the cabin. Clark will know more about this prob. When we went to Paris on Eurostar was no problem. Then i will take one hand luggage to take into the plane. Our Norway flights will allow that for the amount we paid, any more or heavier weight than the limit they charge a fee at the airport. Just dont carry bricks or more bags then allowed. Your flight bookings should specify this amount. Also Eric, you have the pdf files for each flight from London to norway (2 flights) and return to London (1 flight) yes? Remember to print those, need them at airport, very important. Chat to me on msn if any questions. Clark: If the internal trains cost that much id suggest doing the direct flight idea cos you wouldnt save much if any then. Plus yeh with the distance 7 hour train seems about right, up to you let us know what u decide. John said hes ready on Pro Evo btw... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/05/07 at 23:09:00 chesting snacker stelzig wrote:
Pobre is coming? Maybe i should try to get there after the smash tournament then ;D[/quote] And Lars.. please come, theres plenty days left after smash tournament, wel buy you some food in Norway if you can make it and *cough* recruit you to smk *cough* .... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Ivootjes on 06/06/07 at 02:33:25 If i had known this before i could have gone, cause i'm already going to the same smash tournament as stelzig is going. And flying from sweden to norway isn't that far :P But i've got my tickets for sweden already. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/06/07 at 05:14:26 Ivootjes wrote:
Well could that mean you could still make it then? Would be great if you guys can :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 06/06/07 at 20:03:19 Clark wrote:
Nah, Ryanair only fly to Oslo. Will have to catch a train to Trondheim. I may need Marius's help with that one ::)[/quote] i checked this site for trains: http://www.nsb.no/internet/en/index.jhtml it looks like £70 for a one way ticket from Torp with Ryanair(south of Oslo) lasting 7 hours. but you can get a flight from Torp (Ryanair's airport) to Trondheim with http://www.wideroe.no/ for £110, so with £50 with Ryanair to Torp, that's £160 total, but you can use http://www.norwegian.no/sw7127.asp and get the flight to Trondheim for £170. that's as much as i know. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 06/06/07 at 22:30:52 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Of course I've got those pdf files, all 3 of them and I'm pretty confident I won't forget these tickets. Even if I somehow do lose them I've got them still on my email account so I'll be able to reprint them anyway over there. I'm ready for the Pro Evo comp. as well, sure I haven't played against someone before but how different can they be to the computer ;) Note to all the people out there considering going just get off your ass and do it! If I can get there anyone can get there! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by John Kenny on 06/06/07 at 22:33:40 represent me well my soon to be apprentice :-X what the hell is pro evo? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 06/06/07 at 22:44:46 John Kenny wrote:
The game is pro evolution soccer 6, the europe boys don't call it that cause it's football over there so they just refer to it as pro evo. I'll get my ass kicked though these boys have played it a bit more than me. Keep PR'ing man, lower that Aussie average ;) I'm on a smk break and don't know when or if I'll be back. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/06/07 at 23:34:38 MeAnAussie wrote:
The game is pro evolution soccer 6, the europe boys don't call it that cause it's football over there so they just refer to it as pro evo. I'll get my ass kicked though these boys have played it a bit more than me. Keep PR'ing man, lower that Aussie average ;) I'm on a smk break and don't know when or if I'll be back.[/quote] Thats great Eric, John Barber was asking yesterday if yod be up for the Pro Evo, we putting together the numbers, wel get at least 16 and put them in 4 groups of 4, if we get more wel make some groups 5. Each person plays each other in their teams, like in a Euro cup points are assigned and the 2 highest advance to quarter finals of 8 people for sudden knockout matches. And dont worry cos quite a few of us hardly played it as well so there will be some close matches between lesser experienced players. At the moment the confirmed Pro Evo list is: Matthew - UK Clark - UK Sami - UK Barber - UK Arbinder - UK Neil - UK Eric - Australia Andreas - Sweden Martin - Sweden Richard - Sweden Johan - Sweden Sebastian - Sweden Karel - Netherlands Gerard - Netherlands Steven - Netherlands Still need to speak to a few more people but about 15 or so at the moment, wel try get it nearer 20 if possible, Marius if you can get some of your Norway friends and join yourself aswell that would be quality. Dont worry if you dont know the game, i played it for the 2nd time ever against one of the UK players last night and scored the first goal in the match and it was a good one :P I lost 3-1 in the end, but was fun. I will email you this list and get the lists ready for kart games and SF, like i recommend we do similar thing to get as many of us, involved in all the games. Then we will have more fun if it; trying to make the most of us all meeting up for a tournament, as we dont meet every day, particularly Legends getting on a plane from Australia ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 06/06/07 at 23:41:04 Quote:
There all going to be playing pro evo? :'( lol I want Barber to buy a 360 and pro evo so i can play him and have our re-match from when i came to London. Already played Clark ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/07/07 at 00:17:31 Barber aint spending money on new console just yet, tho visit in October Paul, wel set up a tournament then, lot of our local mates play, can get something good going there. Just chatted to Eric about the tournament, hes well up for it, so yeh Norway guys please join up, and wel all join in for the Karts and Street Fighters. Start the bets now, whos gona come 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each Tournament? Its gona be a close one :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by John Kenny on 06/07/07 at 00:55:50 how many karts?, i change my vote pierre will win smk (wild guess)\ mkdd people will be there |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 06/07/07 at 00:57:27 It looks like Pierre won't be attending the Norway meet and if he would, I wouldn't bet on me winning the Match Race tournament. He's much more skilled with the weaponry, so are a lot of the French karters! ;D Sami is seriously next level in MR also, I give myself more of a chance to win the Pro Evo than the SMK, as weird as that may sound. :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by John Kenny on 06/07/07 at 01:13:05 lol if i was that close to norway i would probably come :P are any french gunna go? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 06/07/07 at 01:32:31 So far it doesn't look like it, but it's not 100% sure that no French karters will come, so there's still some hope. It's not that they don't want to come, but their jobs and stuff are preventing them from going. :'( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 06/07/07 at 04:56:15 SMK tourney results: 1st Sami 2nd Karel 3rd Matt 41st Clark |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/07/07 at 06:01:41 oneshotbilly wrote:
Harsh... ;D But we dont have 41 players |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 06/07/07 at 06:14:54 smk tournament final will be with no frenchies coming, Sami and Karel. Could go either way but i'll say Sami 12-8 in the final. The dark horse for me is Marius, I reckon he could easily make the top 4 with a bit of luck going his way with the draw, so I'll be having a bet on Marius making the semis, good value for money. ;) The other karts on not too sure on and will make a decision after viewing the qualifiers. Sami will be in contention for all of them, so get on him to make all 3 finals. Pro Evo is a tough one as i haven't seen anyone play and it isn't talked about that much in detail. A safe bet I reckon would be Karel, he knows his games and sounds quietly confident about his chances. Clark talks up a good game, but I'm not convinced. Seems to have a bit of bad luck and it only takes a bit of bad luck in one game to knock you out in this one, not 20 tracks to go through like in smk. Karel to win for me and Clark getting done in the semis by an own goal. ;D I'm gonna surprise with a quarter final appearance but meet Karel straight up and get done 2-0. :( Street fighters would have to go to a final between Zwartjes and Biff, after all we've heard about this 2 being top level in this field, Zwartjes to win for me, don't know why just have a feeling, in convincing fashion too, not dropping a set ;) Guitar Hero will be won by Marius also in a convincing fashion, good all round gamer and seems to know a bit about it too. Don't waste your time trying to beat him. Circuit Breakers, whoever has played the game knows that there is a lot of luck in this one. Anyone who knows the tracks should definately be in contention, once again Marius will be up there, he'll make the top 4(we're player 4 player right?) along with Karel, quality gamer, Zwartjes to make the cut, and one other out of the rest of us, so I'll say me, I shotgun the orange car 8-) Right that's my detailed analysis of the games taking place. I'll try to get a form guide out closer to the date so you can make your own bets, where's that sportsbet centre again marius? Message to Clark - let me know whats going on with meeting up in London, PM me or email whatever you want or just get on msn when I'm awake alright cunt. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/07/07 at 06:21:14 duff gardens wrote:
Nah, Ryanair only fly to Oslo. Will have to catch a train to Trondheim. I may need Marius's help with that one ::)[/quote] i checked this site for trains: http://www.nsb.no/internet/en/index.jhtml it looks like £70 for a one way ticket from Torp with Ryanair(south of Oslo) lasting 7 hours. but you can get a flight from Torp (Ryanair's airport) to Trondheim with http://www.wideroe.no/ for £110, so with £50 with Ryanair to Torp, that's £160 total, but you can use http://www.norwegian.no/sw7127.asp and get the flight to Trondheim for £170. that's as much as i know.[/quote] Yeah , its seriously easiest and cheapest to fly directly to trondheim. OUt of curiosity tho , how was reading norwegian duff :P ? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 06/07/07 at 06:31:47 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Harsh... ;D But we dont have 41 players [/quote] I'm sure marius will let the local tramps/prostitutes/elderly/blind/retards/children play in the tournament |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/07/07 at 07:19:55 MeAnAussie wrote:
Yeh could go either way, dont wana be too confident about the home team, but Barber won a UK tournament in October we had, so it could end up in a final like that aswell, wel see. The only person who has beaten him at Pro Evo 6 is not coming to the meet (at the moment). Either way with so many of us expect random results. Biff isnt on the booked list at the moment, so itl be Zwartjes vs Tom on Street Fighter i reckon in some way, though Marius and i if can hold it there can do near as well. John hasnt done too badly in the past either. SMK, dont forget Gerard and i think MJ aswell, Steven wont do bad either, tho Clark won 15-5 vs Steven on match race, so thats a marker. MKDD you gota check my rank, i aint gona get far there but will do what i can, MK64 i just cant handle anymore but i may do ok-ish. MKDD will be owned by the Swedish and Vince, with Steven and prob MJ and few others following. Dont forget in these games there will be some good players suddenly knocked out in Quarter finals, like with any tournament expect it to happen. Cant wait to see the matches and be a part of it, especially with Tom's commentary in the background ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 06/07/07 at 08:18:50 My favourites: SMK: Sami Çetin, he's virtually unstoppable at Match Race. Pierre is the only person ever to beat him over 20 races; and especially the last time they raced, it could have gone Sami's way too. But it looks like Pierre won't be there to challenge him. If Florent comes, he'll stand a good chance to win the MR as well. Basically, the Dutch are more Time Trialists, so don't expect any miracles from us lol. I did draw 10-10 on MR vs Sami once though. Who knows... MK64: MJ...doesn't need any further explanation really. Well I just realised it will be Match Race there too, so a bit random perhaps. SZ and Vince could win too then, if anything, I expect one of the Dutchies to win this one. MKDD: Vince. I saw him play in the one try tournament he had during an MKDD meet and he seriously kicked ass. He's very consistent and rarely fucks up when he's not going for PR's. I'd say the Swedish gang will do well at MKDD too obviously, but I haven't seen them play, so can't comment yet. They'll need to perform very well to keep up with Vince though! ;D GH2: Marius, no contest. Circuit Breakers: see GH2 ::) Perhaps MJ could pull a surprise and I'm betting my ass on SZ being great at this game too. Though he hasn't played it before, the first couple of days is probably all the training he needs to pwn horribly, knowing Steve. :P Pro Evo 6: Well, I'm gonna go with either John Barber or yours truly. :P John is the don at this game, the holder of the beads, he'll be the one to take down. As for me, I hope I'll do well, and I must say that I have rarely lost vs human opposition in PES6 yet. Chris Clark and Gerard Roodhorst being very dangerous outsiders for the title as well. Gerard is unbelievable at ISS on the SNES and I'm sure that skill is translating well into PES, also knowing the fact that Gerard has been competing in Pro Evo tournaments in his hometown this year. Arbinder knows his Pro Evo too, but I think John usually wins against him. SF: Four people that have a realistic chance on the beads, as far as I can see. Those four being Biff, SZ, Tom and Marius. If I had to put money on it, I'd say Biff will be the to take the beads home with him. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 06/07/07 at 08:48:48 Heres a piece of trivia for you. Ive played in 3 tourno's where money has been involved. Two PES, and one Tekken 2. I won all 3 of those. As it stands, ive never lost a tournament where money has been involved. So, if all goes well, the PES title will be mine seen as there is such a big prize for the winner 8-) I couldnt care less for the smk tourno. Its a shit game ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 06/07/07 at 08:53:59 Clark wrote:
But it's also a tourno with a money prize, even more than PES, so according to your logic you will win that one too. ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/07/07 at 10:55:23 KVD wrote:
But it's also a tourno with a money prize, even more than PES, so according to your logic you will win that one too. ;)[/quote] Yeh Clark will pwn at SMK, standard... i cant wait if its a quarter final or semi final and we got Clark vs Marius or Clark vs Eric. Rivals.. gona be awesome. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Party Star on 06/07/07 at 11:03:06 lol at Clark ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/07/07 at 11:06:34 Party Star wrote:
Trust me, Clark will do well, not unlucky like last matches, expect him to get high position at tournament on the Karts and Pro Evo. Though the man to watch out for at Pro Evo is Gerard, i have a feeling he will bust out some skills also 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Marit_Cathrine on 06/07/07 at 12:59:07 HI Good to see that ppl are coming. i think i gonna find busstimes for you from airport - orkanger so if everyone can post the arrivaltimes i can get back to all of you. wanna help with something so this was perfect :P love Marit Cathrine :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 06/07/07 at 13:00:55 oneshotbilly wrote:
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 06/07/07 at 13:40:30 Quote:
Is he? I took the beads off him at London, and he ain't getting them back until i decide to come back down ;D nah joke it was just a friendly. Both John and Karel are good players, very tight players so i think them two could win. :) Yeah Clark does talk a good game as someone said ;) Quote:
Yeah he is, what was the score again in the match i had with him? 7-6? :D Though i got fouled about 10 times in the box ;) I wish i was coming though for pro evo :( Starting to get good at pes6 like i was with pes5. Score around 5 goals a game now online, though my defense is shit but improving as I'm to attacking:-X |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/07/07 at 17:58:11 To Marit: Many thanks for your post and the help also. I have posted the UK players arrival times and stuff. We need to get from airport to Trondheim by bus i think? Then another bus from Trondheim to Orkanger, Hopefully it is easy. Paul: Yeh man, great to hear u bustin out the skills. Would have been great for you to join us at this tournament, but like i said, wel set one up round mine again in London and get a crowd for it. Even with 8 players was great in October. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Marit_Cathrine on 06/07/07 at 21:16:44 Sami: yeah you have to do that, but im gonna find 2 busstimes to everyone so its ok to miss the first one:P very easy tho, the fligtbusses stands right on the outside when you arrive, then the buss to orkanger is a few meters from were you get off in trondheim. ive got the uk times, so i give everyone theire bustimes on the same time i think or on pm. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Party Star on 06/08/07 at 01:59:47 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Trust me, Clark will do well, not unlucky like last matches, expect him to get high position at tournament on the Karts and Pro Evo. Though the man to watch out for at Pro Evo is Gerard, i have a feeling he will bust out some skills also 8-)[/quote] hahah well I laughed on his post. that SMK is a shit game ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 06/08/07 at 02:52:27 I don't normally make predictions for events like this. It can be very different on the day. A lot of pressure on, especially if lots of people are crowding around the screen. Players like Karel and Sami though seem to rise to such pressure so i reckon both of them will do very well on SMK. Too be honest i have not seen a lot of the other guys play so there may be a dark horse or two. As far as Pro Evo goes Sami - there are actually three guys on this site who have beaten me on it. Karel,Paul and Harold. I can even remember the scores! How sad?!? Paul got a nice 2-1 win (could have been more) Karel was 1-0 and Harold was 2-1. Always seem to lose by the odd goal when i do lose. The games are a lot better like that though really tense. Paul - i do actually hold the beads currently. We had a proper tournament a few months after your visit, which i won. Was a shame you could not join in because you obviously would have had a good chance of winning. I look forward to a re-match sometime. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 06/08/07 at 03:08:59 i predict i will beat everyone at alpha 3, anniversary edition, 3rd strike. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/08/07 at 04:32:24 In Hiding wrote:
Care to put some cash behind that statement ? ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/08/07 at 05:09:53 Well Tom did say it on the Biff vs Zwartjes dvd interview of his about the Stret Fighter tournament "Im gonna F***ing win it!" So Im guessing hes gona get very far. Although the tournament doesnt include Alpha 3, il bring it anyway for a few side matches to see what happens. Tom... training soon. ;) Barber: Yeh i meant players who are coming to this meet, only Karel beat you once, but then your overall matches vs all of them stats i believe were generally good. But yes, more people = more chances for all. Marit: Many thanks, that will be a great help, we will ask bus driver and stuff there. Do we buy tickets from a ticket office or something or on the bus? Itl be in the afternoon anyway when we arrive at Trondheim's airport, wel have plenty time :) Then you guys will meet us at Orkanger bus station with cars i assume? There should be about 6 or 7 of us, the UK guys and Eric Scott from Australia arriving at that time. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/08/07 at 05:24:28 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
You pay on the busses yes , no problem there. And sure 6-7 is no problem ( as long as I can fix my cars :P ) . As for tom, good idea actually . Ill be happy to arrange some money matches in most games no problem. And I do have Alpha 3 btw , but its not a tournament for it this time. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KartSeven on 06/08/07 at 12:31:38 If Florent (or another French karter) comes, I'll come ! It's almost OK with my job, it's almost sure I can have holidays until 15th July, so I can arrive Saturday 7th (or Friday 6th in the evening/night)... The only stuff I need is another French karter, cos I won't do the travel alone... :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/08/07 at 14:22:44 Hmm , 6th would do ( but 7th wouldnt , as that would make you arrive too late for the qualifiers) . But yeah , whip Florent into shape , and bring the Holmieres as well. Be it a compliment or not , kart just isnt the same without the french ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 06/08/07 at 14:36:58 if the french karters come and make a mini ntsc competition, i'll come. i don't really want to go if it's just pal and the main competition is pal, and i haven't experienced much of anything outside NES, SNES, mario golf, mario tennis, mario party, or pikmin. i can't race worth shit in pal, but battle isn't a problem. if i don't come, i'll send like 5 ntsc systems with mario kart as prizes when i stop in london, but you'll have to find the power converters and such. it'd be nice to have someone there who could modify the lockout of the pal snes, so i only have to bring the NTSC games. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/08/07 at 17:59:18 Dont worry Drew, i believe Marius has sorted out an NTSC snes anyway so wel be able to play it no probs. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 06/09/07 at 10:56:11 Just stop being a bunch of soft cocks and commit already. We want at least 1 frog and 1 yank to get there. After the effort I've put in, stop thinking about it and just do it, life is too short |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 06/09/07 at 10:59:29 I would come, but you guys just don't turn me on :( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KartSeven on 06/09/07 at 11:38:47 Neo still didn't say he won't come... But except him and me, all other French karters won't come I'm afraid. Honestly, I'm not sure Flo will come, so I'm alone... :P I can do it, but I REALLY need help to book tickets ! I already did a post on French forum, but I also inform you all. I'd like a direct flight from Paris to Trondheim. I can leave Paris the 6th, but not before 7.00 pm... :P If there is any flight, so please search the 1st flight Saturday 7th. For the return, I don't know until when the competitions will last, but I'd like to leave Norway Tuesday 10th (or Wednesday at the latest). Otherwise, if it's REALLY not possible, I can take the train to London, then do the travel with UK karters. So I can book tickets for the train, but I need UK karters to book tickets for the plane ! Of course it'll better to do the travel with them, so I'd like to know your dates of departure and return... In any case, please help me to book tickets, if you want to see at least a French karter ! :P ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/09/07 at 12:10:48 Ok Pierre, as per out msn chat, let us know what u and Florent can do about tickets and stuff |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KartSeven on 06/09/07 at 12:40:53 Yep, we discussed a lot with Flo this evening... I think next week will be decisive to know how many French karters will come. Don't bury us ! ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 06/09/07 at 19:39:29 Hehe, yeah this is good news guys! 2 frenchies are finally almost confirmed! 8-) Let's see on Monday if Pierre can fix everything with his job... If he can, I'll book 2 tickets in the evening ;) Because it's ok for me now! We would like to be part of the meeting from 5th till 12th! :D Start your engines... Prepare to fight! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/10/07 at 00:08:21 Great stuff Florent If you can, bring more French karters, pack them in the suitcase if needs be :) Need a Team France for football and well, all the games :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Ivootjes on 06/10/07 at 14:42:03 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Well could that mean you could still make it then? Would be great if you guys can :)[/quote] Hmmz, i booked my ticket back to holland too :-[ Real life karting is too good, i really like to see you guys in those karts "wtf, i can't jump" "where are the item boxes?" |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 06/10/07 at 15:44:38 Quote:
Yeah i was joking though. I'm trying to make it in October for Sami's birthday i think? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/10/07 at 22:41:54 P@UL wrote:
Yeh, thats still on, wel get a load of mates round and stuff aswell who also play pro and do a tournament again. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/11/07 at 15:41:48 Updating list, please confirm bookings for those that are pending: Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands (still to book, awaiting a mail from Lindsay's teacher ragarding an exam) Lindsay Molenaar - Netherlands (still to book, awaiting a mail from Lindsay's teacher ragarding an exam) Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Neil Skipper - UK Chris Clark - UK (to book very soon, will let us know) Matthew McCarthy - UK Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Johan Ċberg - Sweden Sebastian Gustafsson - Sweden Eric Scott - Australia Pierre L'Hoëst - France Florent Lecoanet - France Harold Christensen - France Count = 28 ;) Marius, if u get confirmation on more friends from your area, add them on the list. Il give u the pro evo list and other bits soon via email. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 06/12/07 at 12:06:29 Yeah Harold and me are confirmed! :) We booked our tickets yesterday. We will be there from 5th till 12th July. And Pierre will book the same tickets tomorrow. So, 3 frenchies in Norway! Maybe more? Don't think so, but who knows...? ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 06/12/07 at 20:51:31 Neo wrote:
Don't how happy Clark will be with frenchies coming now, but great to see you boys decided to come to the meet. Now all we need need is a Yank. Duffman will you answer this call? One thing I was wondering was the set up of the match races knockout when there's 28 or so competitors. Simple knockout formats are for 2,4,8,16,32..., have we determined how to cope with the odd number of people contending. I'm thinking it's the highest seeds have a bye on round 1 and then we have the final 16 after that. I suppose with 28 the top 4 seeds get a bye then, that makes sense. I'll be able to do up a draw for this if we need it. One thing I do know is that the number of head to heads that have to be played in a knockout competition is 1 less than the number of people, so 28 people=27 matches, that's a lot of matches. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 06/12/07 at 21:16:32 MeAnAussie wrote:
Yeah forget this part i just stuffed around and realised how easy it was to sort out such a comp. ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/12/07 at 23:33:05 Yeh for each of the competitions there may not be a starting number matching 16, 32 etc. For the Karts there will be 3 try TT in a track (MC1 for smk) as im told by Marius, then we will narrow it down to a smaller number in the division of 16 or 32 or however many we can get. Pro Evo we doing groups, its gona by 4 groups of 5 as the numbers stand where each team has matches with everyone inside it, allocating points for wins, draws, losses. The top 2 highest of each group go through to the quarter final where itl be sudden knockout matches, with semi final, 3rd place match and final. Imnot sure how Marius has organised the Street Fighter and Circuit breakers but i assume similar to the kart tournaments, minus the Time Trial aspect. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/14/07 at 13:38:03 Bored , might as well throw in some guesses myself. SMK : Florent or Sami MK64: Vince or MJ :-? MKDD: Vince or Rudmarker SF3S: Tom or Sami SSF2T: Steven or Sami GH2: Vince or MJ CB : Steven or MJ PES6: Karel or Barber Vince , Sami and MJ for 3 , Steven for 2. Surely one of these has to hit ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 06/15/07 at 03:18:37 Hey guys, Lindsay's teacher just mailed to tell her that the exam will be on thursday the 5th of July, so we won't be able to make it before Friday. As it seems our plane will land at 16:40 in Trondheim, if this is not a problem (to pick us up or something like that) at that time then I will book the flight. Later, Gerard |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 06/15/07 at 03:20:47 Sargoth wrote:
No faith Marius! Karel or Barber, pffffff. And whats GH2? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by John Kenny on 06/15/07 at 03:34:02 guitar hero 2 |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 06/15/07 at 06:30:37 I would do well at least on Guitar Hero and SF3 :'( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 06/15/07 at 06:40:41 Marius quite clearly talks a lot of sense Clark! Accept it. ;) Speaking of Marius, dude do you have any clue as to some kind of schedule for Norway yet? I basically mean in terms of when Bowling, drinking and other activities will be scheduled for? The reason i ask is because me, Sami and Arbinder were discussing the other day. It would appear Saturday and Sunday are reserved exclusively for gaming! Bang goes my hopes of an epic Saturday night out in town then! Na only kidding, but could you shed some light? Regarding Guitar Hero 2 i played a bit of this recently so may join in. Some of those damn songs are ridiculously hard though. - Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd anyone?!?!?! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/15/07 at 07:16:54 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Yeah some schedules. The tournament qualifier is on the 7th , 5 hours tops. Main bit on the 8th somehwere between 4 and 8 hours. And finals on 9th. But no days are gaming exclusive of course , your pretty much free to do what you want , when you want. I do have a rough schedule for fotball , bowling , and drinking. The go-karting is not yet sorted out , but if its gonna happen between 6th and 9th , we cant go very many at once......too many ppl vs cars. So thats something we will have to figure out as we go along. Night out on the town...... dont get your hopes up , most people around here SUCK ASS , so its more fun the lot of us drinking at my place , but i do know a decent pub 10 minutes away , we will defo go there. Then again , not everyone is 18\20 , so we cant all go at once and leave the rest. Bcoz ive arranged drivers , you can pretty much go around freely as you please. If you wanna go pubbing each night , then go for it. ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 06/15/07 at 07:24:19 Thanks for the reply Marius. That sounds cool to me. As long as we have enough time to fit everything in then its all good. Looking foward to an awesome time. I hear the weather is fairly warm right now? Even so i don't think i will be bringing my sun glasses. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/15/07 at 08:33:39 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Why do everyone think i live on the north pole :P Actually , this week is chilly , but last week was 25 degrees on average. I nearly died. July will be the same , 20-25 degress , more than enough to make use of yer sunglasses i reckon ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 06/17/07 at 22:51:19 Sargoth wrote:
The go-karting could be like a "competition" if there is too many people for a single race. Have two races top half from each race go head to head in another and the bottom halves could as well. I suppose if we need 3 we then just divide it into 3rds something like that I think could work well. How quick are these go karts? Please tell me they get to or over 100km/h, that's not as scary as it sounds by the way. ;) How many people are under 18 that are going? The pub sounds good, but I think a few of us are keen to see the night life, so we'll wait and see what happens there. We'll definitely be having drinks together at your place. ;D Sargoth wrote:
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/17/07 at 22:55:55 Lol! Yeh let us know when arrangements for the go karting are made Marius. Everyone talking about it here :) I assume you need to book something in advance, and how long is each session, then you can get smaller groups of us on a few sessions or something, at least so we can have a go at it, that will be great ;) Keep us informed ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by John Kenny on 06/18/07 at 03:42:45 comeing from the queenslander, we dont all live in a retarded climate 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/18/07 at 06:36:02 Well , everyone CANT go to the karting all together in the middle of the meeting. At best a few ( about 8 -12 ) can go when they like to during some free time. Everyone at once will just involve waiting , not much else. Also , no they do NOT go 100km\h..... I think they max at 40...... Nightlife is nothing to see , TRUST ME , ive been there. But going from party to party by car can be amusing :P THats how we do it here anyways ::) I cant make plans for Go-karting before I know arrival dates and times for everyone tho. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/18/07 at 13:11:17 Sargoth wrote:
Ok cool, I take it it needs booking? Is it busy to be able to get time for the go karting? To speed things up, heres the travel times and dates again for the following players (Definitely up for go karting 8-) ): Sami Çetin - UK John Barber - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK Neil Skipper - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Eric Scott - UK Thursday 5th July: 08:30 London Stansted to arrive at Oslo 11:35 then 13:45 Oslo to arrive at Trondheim 14:45 So wel prob get to Orkanger a few hours after that on the 5th July, late afternoon probably if all goes well and no delays. Our return flight is direct: Thursday 12th July: 12:45 Trondheim to arrive at London Stansted 14:10 ------------------------------------------------------ Il try chase others to post their travel dates and times, or if you are already reading guys, please post your travel dates and times, so Marius can book some times around the tournaments for go karting sessions :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by John Kenny on 06/18/07 at 20:00:55 lol erics a pom |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 06/18/07 at 20:18:15 ah, samis old drug/brainwash trick will come in handy ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 06/19/07 at 03:48:47 John Kenny wrote:
Well my dad is from the UK(Northern Ireland) so in effect you could say i am half pom. Still better than being a new south welshman, 2-0*cough* |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 06/19/07 at 08:31:46 MeAnAussie wrote:
Well my dad is from the UK(Northern Ireland) so in effect you could say i am half pom. Still better than being a new south welshman, 2-0*cough*[/quote] Boooo, Northern Ireland sucks. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 06/19/07 at 11:17:56 OK, just to comfirm. I have booked tickets. Our flight details: Arrival: July 6th at 15.05 in Trondheim Departure: July 11th 09.25 in Trondheim Probably have to get up really early to get to the airport, but that was pretty much the only option left. Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Lindsay Molenaar - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Neil Skipper - UK Chris Clark - UK (to book very soon, will let us know) Matthew McCarthy - UK Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Johan Ċberg - Sweden Sebastian Gustafsson - Sweden Eric Scott - Australia Pierre L'Hoëst - France Florent Lecoanet - France Harold Christensen - France |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/19/07 at 12:20:16 Rub wrote:
Ok great. But yeah , your right , youll have to get up REALLY early , around 6 or so i`d reckon. Ill have to check the bus times and all but 6 is about what your looking at. Your arrival is about 16.30-17.00 at my place , but as its on the 6th , we`ll might join up with you in trondheim. We`ll see about that later tho. Still a lot of scheduling stuff to take care off ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 06/19/07 at 13:12:33 Ok, heres where I am. Yet to book tickets through lack of money, but i get paid on the 26th so il be booking them then. Dont worry im 100% attending. Will be arriving in Trondheim on the 6th in the evening at some point. Not uber late though. Is that ok too be met in Trondheim then seen as you lot will be there? Will be leaving on the 9th at some point. What time i dunno though. I havent booked yet so if the tourno's are likely to run late on the 9th i can book for the 10th. Let me know :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by John Kenny on 06/19/07 at 16:33:51 MeAnAussie wrote:
Well my dad is from the UK(Northern Ireland) so in effect you could say i am half pom. Still better than being a new south welshman, 2-0*cough*[/quote] :-/ :'( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/19/07 at 19:55:52 Clark wrote:
Well you have to be more specific , arriving in trondheim by plane or by train , is a 40km difference. We might be in trondheim central ( or outskirts , seeing as thats where the Go-kart is at ) but not where the plane lands ( that isnt really trondheim at all ) . As for the finals , the will be in the afternoon on the 9th i`d say , followed by the party of a lifetime 8-) I`d defo recommend leaving on the 10th. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/19/07 at 23:31:40 Party woohoo! Look forward to it. Yeh Clark the airport is Northwest of Trondheim city, actually has a different name if im right, but is something like a 25 minute bus journey away i think? Marius can confirm. Then another longer bus heading west from Trondheim to Orkanger. But yeh Marius can let us know if we in Trondheim still the 6th, could be good if we need to pick up anyone else, Gerard and Lindsay. Also I may be wrong, but i think theSwedish team were gona arrive by car on this date also. So may need to see when we will be in the venue or out for the day for when they arrive. Stay till the 10th Clark... standard 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 06/20/07 at 00:50:37 Sargoth wrote:
Ok great. But yeah , your right , youll have to get up REALLY early , around 6 or so i`d reckon. Ill have to check the bus times and all but 6 is about what your looking at. Your arrival is about 16.30-17.00 at my place , but as its on the 6th , we`ll might join up with you in trondheim. We`ll see about that later tho. Still a lot of scheduling stuff to take care off ::)[/quote] Yeah, I figured we should leave around 6, but my guess is it'll be worth it. Means I have even more time to celebrate my birthday :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/20/07 at 02:52:47 Easier to leave early, incase delays or something. If Marius and Marit can check the bus time schedules, hopefully it is not difficult to travel to Trondheim and then to Orkanger |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 06/20/07 at 04:50:51 Clark wrote:
Well my dad is from the UK(Northern Ireland) so in effect you could say i am half pom. Still better than being a new south welshman, 2-0*cough*[/quote] Boooo, Northern Ireland sucks. [/quote] Yeah it's a bit like Tasmania over here I guess, not even on the main land. ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KartSeven on 06/22/07 at 12:22:23 That's definitive, I'll be here ! :D From 5th to 12th... ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Marit_Cathrine on 06/22/07 at 13:07:57 arrivals: UK: -All: Thursday 5th July: London Stansted 08:30 to arrive at Oslo 11:35 then 2nd flight: Oslo 13:45 to arrive at Trondheim 14:45 bustimes for UK: vaernes to trondheim 1500 (arrive 1535)(goes on at 1445 but u might not catch that one) trondheim to orkanger 1600 (arrive 1710)(goes one at 1535, would get tight) NETHERLANDS: - Gerard & Lindsay Arrival: July 6th at 15.05 in Trondheim Departure: July 11th 09.25 in Trondheim bustimes for Netherlands: G&L: vaernes to trondheim 1515 (arrive 1550) tronheim to orkanger 1600 (arrive 1710) thats what i got for now... and the rest of you know what to do :P pass the times to me, marius or sami hugs Marit ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KartSeven on 06/23/07 at 07:52:13 Pierre L'Hoëst : ARRIVAL Thursday 5th July 2007 14h05 Paris Charles De Gaulle (France) Terminal 1 16h25 Oslo Aéroport (Norway) Scandinavian Airlines 834 19h45 Oslo Aéroport (Norway) 20h40 Trondheim Vaernes (Norway) Scandinavian Airlines 376 DEPARTURE (same as Florent and Harold) Thursday 12th 2007 06h10 Trondheim Vaernes (Norway) 07h10 Oslo Aéroport (Norway) Scandinavian Airlines 335 08h00 Oslo Aéroport (Norway) 10h20 Paris Charles De Gaulle (France) Terminal 1 |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 06/24/07 at 04:34:35 Marit_Cathrine wrote:
Hi Marit, thanks for the bustimes, but I think 10 minutes between landing and getting on the next bus is a bit short. Do you know at what time the next bus leaves? Gerard |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/24/07 at 15:12:29 Yes, we may need an hour from landing to getting out of the airport, to collect out luggages etc... Please let us know any bus times an hour after our landing time, and then from Trondheim to Orkanger |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 06/25/07 at 06:52:02 ill be in at 2305 on 5 july. what's the best way to pickup a ride from a random motorist? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/25/07 at 07:44:56 duff gardens wrote:
Usually to show some clevage.... Alltho there will be busses leaving from the airport , hard part is finding one from trondheim. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/25/07 at 10:54:05 Yeh probably a bit late for the buses.. camp somewhere and i think we were going to Trondheim on the 6th is that right Marius? Im sure something wil be sorted out. Il try and meet you for a bit this Friday or Saturday Drew, prob early in the day. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 06/25/07 at 13:49:34 What time you gonna be in Trondheim til? Im booking me flights 2moz and will be arriving on the 6th. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/25/07 at 23:21:23 Clark wrote:
No idea, Marius is in charge of that day? :) Book your tickets anyway, either we are there or Marit will sort out the bus times for you to get to Orkanger from Trondheim. Dont forget its a bus from airport to Trondheim aswell before that. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/26/07 at 12:47:47 As per request from Duff: Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Lindsay Molenaar - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Neil Skipper - UK Chris Clark - UK (to book very soon, will let us know) Matthew McCarthy - UK Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Johan Ċberg - Sweden Sebastian Gustafsson - Sweden Eric Scott - Australia Pierre L'Hoëst - France Florent Lecoanet - France Harold Christensen - France Drew Blumfield - USA |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 06/27/07 at 01:19:15 Just wondering who was going to be videoing at the meet. I know Sami's doing stuff for Biff 3, but I was just curious who else is. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/27/07 at 01:28:37 MeAnAussie wrote:
Maybe I havent said this out loud yet , but ill be making hundreds of hours of footage for a 2-disc dvd. First disc with atmosphere and all stuff happenning , second disc highlights from the tournaments. So yes , it will be filmed , a LOT but the DVD prolly wont see the light of day until this time next year. And unlike the giving personality that Sami has , Im gonna charge a bit for it :-[ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 06/27/07 at 01:28:38 I know Marius planned to tape/capture a lot of the videogaming action, but that would be direct from scart signal and not actually filming the people playing. As far as I know Sami will be the only one having a real camera for filming stuff....Actually, scratch that as Pierre has a very good camera as well now of course. Good question though, I'd like to know who's filming the football and stuff as well. :) Edit: Marius just informed me that he has a camera ready as well, for the football and to tape the general atmosphere. All good then. :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/27/07 at 02:27:39 Well il try and get what i can on tape. The downside is that as Jason Mathoora cant make it sadly we wot have his 2nd camera to achieve the great stuff of Biff II. However if Pierre or someone wants to film game footage and the other person (me) films players reactions its possible. But itl be countless hours of footage and transferring that around after we get back home will be difficult. I will be doing filming for Biff Part 3 (yes without Biff at the meet) in Norway, its gona be chopped down to about 45 mins only max for the final cut of the movie tho i dunno what il keep for it yet, so il film as much as i can. We got pro evo, smk, SFs etc. Some SF stuff involving Steven, Marius and few others will need to be on film for definite. Ideally need a second cam for those finals, tho can manage without. The other thing is my cam will only pick up TV screens if they are flat or we can make the contrast/brightness darker. I will test them on the 5th/6th on all the tvs so got time for that. Marius if you put stuff straight to dvds, can we extract the files to PC, cos i may need a bit of the SF footage to edit, then i can use my cam to film the crowd and reactions, il be bringing my tripod aswell. But otherwise il have to film the TV screen or a bit of both like Biff vs Z. Let me know any thoughts or ideas... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/27/07 at 06:29:33 Ok, Alistair got it booked, hes unableto come to till late on the 7th so I explained to him that hel be unable to enter the tournaments due to late start, tho he will be very happy to have pro evo matches duirng the rest of the time with anyone there (and the sensible soccer will be sheduled one day later in the week i think. I have explained the directions, so hel get the buses to Orkanger and we can meet him there early evening on Saturday 7th. He leaves with the rest of UK team/Eric/Drew on 12th July. So ya, last one from UK: Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Lindsay Molenaar - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Neil Skipper - UK Chris Clark - UK (to book very soon, will let us know) Matthew McCarthy - UK Alistair Brooks - UK Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Johan Ċberg - Sweden Sebastian Gustafsson - Sweden Eric Scott - Australia Pierre L'Hoëst - France Florent Lecoanet - France Harold Christensen - France Drew Blumfield - USA |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/27/07 at 07:57:37 IsThatAGoodThing wrote:
Filming is a given. Some stuff will be with camera , but ill record a lot on a dvd-recorder as well ( also maybe vhs if i have to ). I dont know what amount will be avaliable on here , prolly some short stubs only I guess. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/28/07 at 10:56:20 Update today, as per convo with Marius earlier, Alistair will be joining the tournaments, hel do his 4 pro evo matches when he arrives late afternoon/early evening of 7th. Not long to go now, this time next week Team UK and Team (one person but still super) Australia will be there, plus plenty more Legends 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by IsThatAGoodThing on 06/28/07 at 10:59:36 Isn't team USA going to be there too? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/29/07 at 05:27:36 Yes I think Drew is meant to arrive on 5th or by 6th.. Hes gona be in Sweden till then for a few days. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KartSeven on 06/30/07 at 02:26:39 I'll come with my CamCorder of course ; I'll be able to film at least 10 hours of video ! :) Nontheless, will I be able to take a bus Thursday evening ? I'll arrive to Trondheim at 8.40pm, and it'll be at least 9.30 pm when I'll get back my case and withdraw some money. :P If yes, which bus will I have to take to arrive at Orkanger ? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 06/30/07 at 02:41:05 This is really Marits field of expertise.... im not so big with the busses ::) Well , the airport is SMALL wont take you long to get around there. And for each plane that arrives , theres a bus leaving for trondheim. It says " Flybussen" on the sides of the bus , and probably "Trondheim" in the front window. Or you can just ask them , or bring a note. After about 40 minutes , the bus stops at the station\terminal in Trondheim , now a bus to orkanger leaves once an hour from there. This one should say " Time expressen" on the side and Orkanger in the window , but ask around or bring a note. And thats it , just send us a txt message when your on your way to orkanger and we will pick u up. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 06/30/07 at 02:49:04 Do we have to get off the bus at the last stop? If not, then where do we tell the busdriver to drop us off? Also the first foreign fleet to arrive at the meet (Dutch crew: Vince, SZ, Wessels and me :P) will land at Trondheim on 22.25. To give us a chance to pick up our bags and stuff, could you recommend possible bus journeys from 23.00 onwards for us please Marit? Cheers in advance :) See you all in 4/5 days! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 06/30/07 at 05:06:12 Adjusting: Marius Hukkelaas - Norway Marit Cathrine Sunnset - Norway Stċle Andre Ustad - Norway Yngve Grostad - Norway Stian Syrstad - Norway Vincent van der Fluit - Netherlands Karel van Duijvenboden - Netherlands Michael Jongerius - Netherlands Gerard Roodhorst - Netherlands Lindsay Molenaar - Netherlands Steven Zwartjes - Netherlands Patrick Wessels - Netherlands Sami Çetin - UK Tom Gaffikin - UK John Barber - UK Arbinder Manku - UK Neil Skipper - UK Matthew McCarthy - UK Alistair Brooks - UK Andreas Rudmarker - Sweden Martin Rudmarker - Sweden Richard Karlsson - Sweden Johan Ċberg - Sweden Sebastian Gustafsson - Sweden Eric Scott - Australia Pierre L'Hoëst - France Florent Lecoanet - France Harold Christensen - France Drew Blumfield - USA |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KartSeven on 06/30/07 at 05:15:07 OK Marit, please give me bustimes for me ! ;) ARRIVAL Thursday 5th July 2007 14h05 Paris Charles De Gaulle (France) Terminal 1 16h25 Oslo Airport (Norway) Scandinavian Airlines 834 19h45 Oslo Airport (Norway) 20h40 Trondheim Vaernes (Norway) Scandinavian Airlines 376 DEPARTURE (same as Florent and Harold) Thursday 12th 2007 06h10 Trondheim Vaernes (Norway) 07h10 Oslo Airport (Norway) Scandinavian Airlines 335 08h00 Oslo Airport (Norway) 10h20 Paris Charles De Gaulle (France) Terminal 1 Do you know if I can withdraw some local money in airport, with my cash card ? Cos I'll have to pay the bus... ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Marit_Cathrine on 06/30/07 at 12:24:17 arrivals: here is the busses that goes from vaernes half hour after you arrive, and the next bus after in case is in ( ) then tou can take out some cash for the bus and stuff :P The bus from tr.heim to orkanger is 5steps from where the flightbus stands, just ask the busdriver on you bus and he will give you direction. UK: -All: Thursday 5th July 14:45 bustimes for UK: vaernes to trondheim 1515 arrive 1550(1530 arrive 1605) trondheim to orkanger 1600 arrive 1710(1605 arrive 1700)(1610 arrive 1715) NETHERLANDS: - Gerard & Lindsay: July 6th at 15.05 in Trondheim - Vince, SZ, Wessels & Karel: 4th July 2225 bustimes for Netherlands: -G&L: vaernes to trondheim 1530 arrive 1605(1545 arrive 1620) tronheim to orkanger 1610 arrive 1715(1705 arrive 1755) - V, S, W & K: vaernes to trondheim 2300 arrive 2335 tronheim to orkanger 0555 arrive 0645( haven't found the nightbustimes yet, marius will talk to you about possible solutions) AUSTRALIA: - Eric Scott: you'll se on the UK times right? FRANCE: Pierre L'Hoëst : 5th July at 2040 bustimes: vaernes to trondheim 2115 arrive 2135(2130 arrive 2205) tronheim to orkanger 2205 arrive 2255(2310 arrive 0010) USA: Drew Blumfield: 5th July 23:05 bustimes: vaernes to trondheim 2330 arrive 0005(2345 arrive 0020) tronheim to orkanger 0555 arrive 0645( same for u here as for karel++, gonna find the nightbustimes soon) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 07/01/07 at 16:01:06 thanks marit, but should i sleep at the airport until 5:30 and then catch the bus then? i dont think i can find a place to stay in trondheim for a good value. i plan to stay at the airport from 10 to 19 in london stansted so i wouldnt mind spending another 6 hours when i land in trondheim. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 07/02/07 at 00:03:00 Thanks Marit. I have a general question: Anyone got a good working pump for an airbed? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Marit_Cathrine on 07/02/07 at 01:37:10 Rub wrote:
I think marit may have one. Ill ask her. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 07/02/07 at 13:30:08 Hey! I also need to know what are the bustimes for me and Harold. So Marit seems to be the specialist here... 8-) Please give me that ;) FLORENT LECOANET AND HAROLD CHRISTENSEN (France): Departure: Thursday, July 05, 2007 11:10 Paris, France - Charles De Gaulle Arrival: Thursday, July 05, 2007 16:25 Trondheim, Norway And I have a general question too: on what kind of floor will we sleep? Because I hesitate between 3 options: just take my sleeping bag (if the floor is soft, this may be good ::)) / take my sleeping bag and a groundsheet / take my sleeping bag and an airbed. Please give me a piece of advice Marius or Marit. Thanks a lot. Can't wait to see you again :) Refresh the vodka ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 07/02/07 at 17:36:39 I hate every single person who is going to this meeting... :'( :'( :'( :'( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Carrot Destroyer on 07/02/07 at 22:22:25 yo, status update, so far i got my bed, my pimp bracelet, my pimp neckless *don't leave the house without it* a few condoms, a 24 pack of beer, and some acid, i got my airplane tickets i'm ready to go soon. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Carrot Destroyer on 07/02/07 at 22:24:57 theres this drunk jamacan guy that wants to come with me, he says he has some sort of score to settle with sargoth. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Party Star on 07/04/07 at 02:37:32 To all karters that attend the Norway. Have a good time and lots of fun! To all players good luck at the organized tournaments! would be very exciting. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 07/04/07 at 03:17:32 Neo wrote:
bustimes: vaernes - tr.heim 1655 arrive 1730 tr.heim - orkanger 1805 arrive 1855 sound good? well the floor is wood so it maybe be hard to just use a sleepingbag, its much harder than samis floors :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Carrot Destroyer on 07/04/07 at 05:11:53 whos marit? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Miss April on 07/04/07 at 06:16:21 Carrot Destroyer wrote:
Marit is Marius's girlfriend. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sean on 07/04/07 at 08:39:20 She must be careful, Chris Clark is libel to touch her up. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 07/04/07 at 09:20:10 heey guys, we go earlier than we thought, we will go tomorrow and sleep on a hotel or something on our way up too orkanger, so we will arrive earlier on the 6th hopefully :D byebye see you guys in norway ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/04/07 at 15:20:47 Fantastic news Andreas, Team UK are starting to make our way in 4 hours. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 07/04/07 at 18:25:15 my flight lands in trondheim at 2250 so ill wait until 0600 or earlier to catch the first bus out from the airport. but give me more specific instructions like the name of the bus lines and who to call when i arrive in orkanger. thanks! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 07/04/07 at 21:18:05 Ok French Team (at least me and Harold) is gonna fly in 4 hours too :) We didn't sleep last night: all night gaming/drinking parigos party with others frenchies like Olivier Antoine and Baptiste Baly 8-) Well, actually, Harold is sleeping since 2 hours, but I have to wake him up now:we have to go :P See you in a few hours guys! :D Don't worry if we look tired! ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Marit_Cathrine on 07/05/07 at 03:29:54 duff: hope u see this tho.. bus goes from tr.heim 0555 so u can take a bus at 0455 from the airport(arrive 0530) or the bus at 0515 (arrive 0550) you will be on orkanger 0645 and some of us will pick u up then.. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KartSeven on 07/05/07 at 08:06:45 Hi all, I'm at Oslo airport ! I can't use my mobile phone... If I arrive at Orkanger at 22.55, and if I find a way to do a phone call, I'll phone Florent or Sami here, otherwise, if it's 00.10, I'll phone at Trondheim. In any case, if I can't call, please wait me at Orkanger, near bus station, at 00.10 !!!! ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Banjo on 07/05/07 at 08:31:15 To all the guys who attend the meeting: HAVE A DAMN GOOD TIME! ;) In the meantime I hold the fort and kart like a madman! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 07/05/07 at 23:37:07 i found my way to the bibliotek. ive been in orkanger for 2 hours. i need a ride. this bibliotek is across from the apotek pharmacy and brunsinn store. there's a pizza place nearby as well. sami and tom aren't answering their phones. ive used up all my minutes. i will make another call from the pharmacy in one hour. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 07/06/07 at 00:10:24 im going outside now. im gonna take a nap on my suitcase outside the bibliotek or the apotek pharmacy near the payphone. this is the main street, the same street that the bus stop was on near the meny store but thats a 15 minute walk so i dont want to go back there now. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 07/06/07 at 00:45:39 i think i can last 2 days on this bar of chocolate. then ill have to make smoke signals. how hard is it to spot a tourist on 1 road thats only 1km long? im getting to know the towns people at least. i keep saying a guy who looks like clark drive by but i swear he wasnt coming. if thats you, clark, turn your fuckin head. im right on the side of the street. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 07/06/07 at 06:27:51 LMFAO!!! Sorry about that Duff , we were DEAD asleep at that time. Marit actually waited for you for an hour at the bus stop , but I guess you had allready left ::) Anyways , its all worked out now. Most stuff going as planned actually :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by IsThatAGoodThing on 07/06/07 at 10:32:48 LOL You should've left him there...that was perfect, Duff lost in Norway... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 07/06/07 at 10:56:31 lol @ Duff Have a great time guys! :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Drunk Holy Moly on 07/07/07 at 00:47:07 Yeah, make a lot of videos and pictures :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 07/10/07 at 06:00:05 Haha this meet was insane. LOTS of footage taken though so everyone who wasnt here can watch some of the crazy stuff going on ;) (sick finals, crazy close matches, forbidden gay sex, dutch dancing, dutch domination and much more) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jihésix on 07/10/07 at 06:04:01 Haha, can't wait to see those vids :D Upload in progress? :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by IsThatAGoodThing on 07/10/07 at 07:21:09 YESSSS Everyone that is there better start uploading NOW so we can see all the stuff LOL Then upload the rest when you get home. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 07/10/07 at 08:39:45 i had alot of videos and around 150 pics, when i came home my memory stick was broken, :(:(:( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Chris on 07/10/07 at 17:45:28 Looking forward to seeing all the videos and pics!!! :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Squashua on 07/10/07 at 20:14:03 where are they?? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Carrot Destroyer on 07/10/07 at 20:28:49 damn sun, marit has a boyfriend? and it's my dawg marius? :( for shame. :( I probably would not have been able to handle that anyways.... FOR SHAME! :( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/11/07 at 12:04:20 the french just left and the uk leave first thing in the morning. The dutch will be getting home about now. Im using my phone to write this (at great expense) so will type my writeup tomorrow when i get back. Lots of carnage and pics/videos a plenty. If ur not on it yet then sign upto www.facebook.com cause people will use that for pics etc. Its al about the merking. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 07/11/07 at 12:39:56 video of meeting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvKrQVPAs-I |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by chesting snacker stelzig on 07/11/07 at 12:44:25 Aww man. You have so much more room than we had a RoS4 (ssb:m tournament in Sweden). There was so little room there that i had to sleep in a chair on the final day X_x I almost regret not going to this instead. Looks like it was fun. :) And as i already stated much more comfortable than the ssbm tournament where we were 150 people in a room that seems to have been smaller than the place you had D: |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 07/11/07 at 13:03:00 Andreas_10 wrote:
Nice movie . I finally got to relax some and sorting the last bits out now. The dvd will take AGES to finish , but ill get it done. Meanwhile , Ill randomly post some tidbits and highlights. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sportsguy001 on 07/11/07 at 15:48:31 Any WR's? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 07/11/07 at 16:19:44 Andreas_10 wrote:
Wish i went to the meet now :( Next time maybe :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by IsThatAGoodThing on 07/11/07 at 19:34:47 Andreas_10 wrote:
...MUST...SEE...MORE.... Seriously, can we get more things like this to not have to wait for the DVD for EVERYTHING? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Drunk Holy Moly on 07/11/07 at 20:28:17 P@UL wrote:
Wish i went to the meet now :( Next time maybe :D[/quote] Same here. Must have been awesome. But exams :( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 07/11/07 at 21:18:45 Sportsguy001 wrote:
Uhm , lets see , from the top of my head , there was one in MKDD , one in SMK and 6 or 7 in Micro Machines :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Jihésix on 07/12/07 at 00:33:23 Nice video Andreas ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 07/12/07 at 00:42:25 Some quick national rankings. 1st place = 3pts , 2nd place = 2pts , 3rd place= 1pt. 1. Netherlands - 22pts!!! 2. Norway - 9 pts 3. France - 7pts 4. U.K - 4pts 5. Sweden - 4pts I think this is about right , but I may have to double-check , in a week or so , when I wake up. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 07/12/07 at 00:58:58 Haha, yeah that was some NEXT level gaming on display, but especially a next level of fun, one of the best week's I've had in a loooong time. :D First of all thnx to Marius and Marit for arranging this meet, you couldn't have done a better job! Seriously, the venue was perfect, we even had several toilets, showers a kitchen, etc, etc. It'll be pretty hard to find a venue this good in another country for the next one. Also thnx to all the kind Norwegian people willing to drive us around and of course to everyone who attended to make this such a kick-ass meet! 8-) I'll never forget Harold's (the one armed pirate ;D) antics, Tom's reactions whenever something really next level happened during the tournaments and of course Vince's already legendary hat. I'll probably post a list of highlights sometime soon, but for now I have some catching up to do with family matters, friends and schoolwork and stuff. And yeah, the Dutch had a lot of success, that's what you get when you take Zwartjes with you...actually pretty much everyone of the Dutchies did well. The funniest bit was the complete Dutch top 3 for mK64 despite MJ being kicked out in the first round! But that's enough boasting for now, if we overdo it we might run the risk of not being invited next time. :-[ Kidding, till next time everyone! 8-) 8-) 8-) Sargoth wrote:
Uhm , lets see , from the top of my head , there was one in MKDD , one in SMK and 6 or 7 in Micro Machines :P[/quote] Pierre got a few new WR's in MKSC as well I think. There could have been more WR's overall, but we didn't want to play that much Time Trial with so many awesome multiplayer games to play. It's not everyday you have such amazing competition to play against. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 07/12/07 at 01:51:59 Damn, I just slept 10 hours straight, feels good. Big thank you to Marius and Marit for having us stay at their place. I think I would have gone nuts if so many people invaded my home, cheers. Loved the gaming, the football, the bowling but most important the atmosphere. What a great bunch of people combined we had. Well, that's all for now; when I have waken up properly I may have another go at this MB. Gerard |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 07/12/07 at 02:06:47 Rub wrote:
I had 15, beat that! ;D Sorry for not saying goodbye properly yesterday, but I was so wasted I wanted to go home to sleep asap and when I saw Patrick and Steve running by cause they were rushing for their train (same one as mine) I quickly followed them. We should have a Circuit Breakers, etc meet again soon over here guys. ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 07/12/07 at 03:25:46 A couple of pictures from Patrick :) I recommend you try to save picture as, so you can view it smaller when downloaded, with photo viewer or whatever. On the MB it's hard to appreciate the pics, cos they're so big. Or just paste the url and paste it in a new window. :) http://www.timeofdeath.net/smk/NLG_Meet_Grouppic.JPG http://www.timeofdeath.net/smk/NLG_Maritscar.JPG http://www.timeofdeath.net/smk/NLG_Group_lined_up.JPG Loads of us lined up to greet Barber with the official anthem of the meeting. :P http://www.timeofdeath.net/smk/NLG_Marius_Appart.JPG http://www.timeofdeath.net/smk/NLG_Moteplass.JPG Moteplass picture, Dutchies will appreciate the humour of this one... http://www.timeofdeath.net/smk/NLG_Pat_Steve.JPG |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Meridian on 07/12/07 at 04:22:44 Hello everyone! I want to thank everyone that came to the meeting for making it a week to never forget. The amount of fun I had this week is just to much to mention, really amazing time! Special thanks to Marius and Marit for making this all happen in the first place!! I can only name plus points to this week, no minus points... cant find any, in short just the best week i have had in a very long time!! Definately worth the money and time!! As far as the rankings goes... DUTCH DOMINATION! Cant w8 for the next meeting to be held! Regards, Patrick Wessels |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Dave Smith on 07/12/07 at 04:50:02 Looks like a cool meet. Cool that everyone had fun. 8-) On the first picture above. The guy wearing the white pants and shirt, is that Florent? If so, is it just me or does he sorta look like Jeff Gordon? :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 07/12/07 at 04:55:31 Yeah that's him, he looks mostly like Roger Federer though imo. ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Zonked on 07/12/07 at 05:40:46 Awesome meet! Can't forget my final against KVD in PES6.. Was up 3-0 and lost 5-4.. Fun though ;-) And it was a lot of nice people at the meet as well.. PERFECT!!! And Vince.. You've GOT to do something about that snoring! Stċle Andrè Ustad |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by stevenzwartjes on 07/12/07 at 05:52:57 lol just woke up after 18 hours of non-stop sleeping... :o That meeting was so fucking great. The gaming skills were godlike and the atmosphere was perfect as well 8-) I wanna thank marius and marit for organising an awesome event and i think everyone will agree with that. Also the people who joined this meeting, u were all great and funny ;) Oh yes...and dutch people ftw!! :D Steven Z. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 07/12/07 at 07:04:40 Zonked wrote:
Yeah that was the perfect final for the crowd, such a scoreline...Bad luck to go 3-0 up and still lose though, but very well done for reaching the final. I anticipated the final spot would be reached by Gerard, Harold, John or me, so you were definitely the surprise package for us in the tournament. Ah you beat my sleeping streak SZ, well deserved after winning 3 tournaments though! ;D :o Typical Steve, still pwning at gaming, especially under pressure. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Meridian on 07/12/07 at 08:05:48 KVD wrote:
For a local kid you did a good job "Steel", keep it up and play more games. Looks promising! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 07/12/07 at 09:02:45 Zonked wrote:
:-[ lol @ mĝteplass haha. ("meute" is a crowd in dutch and plas = piss to give foreigners a clue why we're all standing like that) Ahh it was amazing. Florent, Matthew, Harold, all fucking legends. I only missed Finn Berger, I thought he was coming down! I've slept for 13 hours straight as well. It was greatness. The atmosphere, the tournaments, the people, wow. Once again a nice large hall with plenty tvs etc made everything very easy. Also great nature there in norway, roughly 60 times less people per km² as in holland haha. Idunno what to say more because it's just too much. The whole week was just a string of amazing things, one after another. Even the last night when all the normal tourneys were over, we all watched in amazement how the frenchies (florent, pierre) played battle mode, but to my surprise Drew was just a step higher, never losing control and beating pierre 10-6 in the finals. I think he actually started to try after he was 4-1 down though. Amazing, hardly if at all short of Karel in SMK skills if you ask me. PS- Drew is wtf. I think everyone will agree with that :P PS2- 3 wrs in mkdd, mct 3lap/flap/bc 3lap. PS3- I can't wait to meet you lot again, I feel like I've made some real friends (in no particular order: Florent, Tom (THE GAFF), Harold, Matthew, Sami, Marius, Gerard, Patrick, Lindsay, SZ, MJ, KVD, Marit, Barber and whoever the hell I forgot because it's just too much are all my heroes :P) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 07/12/07 at 09:04:43 heey i had a really nice time :) thank you guys :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/12/07 at 09:47:07 Hey guys, Just reached home, I will post more details of the week soon, it was really great, with a special ending for 6 of the members who decided to scale the mountain opposite the venue doors between 22:45 to about 2am on the last night lol 8-) So much to say, ive got a bunch of stuff on film including about half of the Biff Part III movie footage for next year, lots of banter and bits from a few outings. Of course itl take forever to get done, but Il get some stuff ready on DVDs for Marius when he visits London in October. So il probably write my daily account when more free, just unpacking for now and gona see family a bit. All I have to say now is a big big big thankyou to Marius and Marit for hosting such a fantastic event, we all really enjoyed it and cant wait for more future meets. 8-) 8-) 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/12/07 at 10:08:59 Yeah, even I have an account now hahaha, where is this world going?? Really BIG BIG BIG thanks 2 Marius and Marit, I absolutely LOVED it!! :) Xx Linszy |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/12/07 at 11:35:11 uploaded pics on my facebook.com check them out :) ;D vids to follow :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/12/07 at 11:41:55 TOMS LIST OF THE MEETING. 1 The French Pirate (and his skank tactics ken) 2 MJ being kicked out of MK64 early 3 Pierre playing football 4 UK team winning at footbal! 5 Eric drinking constantly (with his beercooler) 6 The Pro Evo Comeback ( karel and the pirate) 7 Drew sleeping in every position known to man 8 Discouvering Circuit Breakers 9 Da da da da da da da daaaaaaaa 10 Never seing so much pizza in my life 11 not sleeping properly 12 it never getting dark --> only feels like 10pm!! 13 getting very sick of game music (cant read what it says hahaha) 14 Karel beating Barber on smk with mini toad 15 watching neil play boxing on the wii 16 Bluffing hard at poker and enjoying till 6am 17 Marius' beard 18 Listening to "Nightswimming" on Gerards Iriver 19 phoning Biff 20 Spending hours playing tetris with patrick 21 Learning signlaguage from Lindsay 22 the bowling --> jokes (patrick 3 strikes) 23 fucking flies and musquitos 24 sami felling NO WAY! 25 Pro-Evo DVD secret legendary 26 Pierre setting mksc records daily! 27 Norwegian beer is good (and expensive) 28 everyone eating yoghurt?! 29 vince's hat (with picture) 30 meeting so many awesome people 31 learning to speak Australian 32 Cant read what it says :D Xx Lindsay |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by IsThatAGoodThing on 07/12/07 at 15:36:10 In Hiding wrote:
Help out with a link, bud? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 07/12/07 at 15:39:22 IsThatAGoodThing wrote:
Help out with a link, bud?[/quote] http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?id=553800795 EDIT - I swear there were more pictures then that the last time i looked. EDIT 2 - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=8353&id=553800795&ref=mf |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 07/12/07 at 15:43:11 20-100 wrote:
Well Vince it does not look like you will be staying round Barber's house anytime soon. Both me and Drew (I'm posting as Duff) are slightly offended that we are considered in the "whoever the hell i forgot" bracket. Barber and Drew deserve better! :D Drew has been playing battle mode and damn i had two of his balloons down and nearly won........if he pinches any more drinks he will be out quick smart! Seriously i will post more soon, but with Drew still around Norway 07 is still going on! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 07/12/07 at 15:55:11 Ah I knew I shouldn't have listed people, I actually loved you all. I actually editted a Drew = wtf PS in but my last 4 PS's got lost :( But Barber is a fricking legend and Drew has my eternal respect for his battle mode skills. There, a whole post just for you two :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 07/12/07 at 16:15:26 Linszy wrote:
- Team UK and australia tshirts? ;) - John, Sami, Drew, Matt, Eric and Tom feeling no way to conquer the mountain opposite the front door of the venue. - Barber vs harold (all damn week lol) - go karting!! - Sami staying up till 6am without Marius and others knowing to help organise week.. get some sleep man! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/13/07 at 01:06:16 duff gardens wrote:
- Team UK and australia tshirts? ;) - John, Sami, Drew, Matt, Eric and Tom feeling no way to conquer the mountain opposite the front door of the venue. - Barber vs harold (all damn week lol) - go karting!! - Sami staying up till 6am without Marius and others knowing to help organise week.. get some sleep man![/quote] This was written on the 3rd day, before so much more carnage, will add to the list in due course. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Monkey_Kong on 07/13/07 at 04:22:13 Great week, I've just slept 12 hours straight and really needed it! Highlights for me were (in vague time order) me and Eric joyfully greeting every person who walked past us at the airport and then loudly discussing how unfriendly anyone who didn't reply was, Vince's hat, playing guitar hero for the first time and rocking at it, Florent teaching me to play smk, Harold in general (the circuit breakers match when he kept shouting out "Marius, show me your arse!!" and general rapage was hilarious), scoring both goals in the football against team Sweden and Norway including one from the half way line!, drawing 6-6 in the sensible soccer final against Barber (I lost on penalties), Drew dropping bananas on the go karting course, and of course the whole expedition up into the hills in the middle of the night in a thunderstorm was so crazy I'll never forget it!! I'm sure there's lots I've missed out (I could go through every tournament that happened and talk about the crazy skill levels and exciting finals) but the whole week is a bit of a tired drunken blur really... loads of funny conversations and great people, can't wait to see you all again!! Matt. x |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 07/13/07 at 06:13:13 MATT! "... and then she fell off her chair" :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 07/13/07 at 18:56:20 Just a quick note to let you all know that i got back into Australia, still got another 2 hours here in Brisbane before the last flight home. Big thanks to all the boys at the meet for a very memorable week. Some of the gaming there was insane and it truly was taken to the next level. Keep posting pictures i'll try to get some of mine on here when i get home. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/14/07 at 05:52:07 Hmmm...just the girls huh? What about Marit and me?? :S |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Snake Plissken on 07/14/07 at 07:02:05 Eric you blew your chance at true love :( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Beaver Warrior on 07/14/07 at 07:19:08 Linzy, I will rock your world baby. :-* |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Snake Plissken on 07/14/07 at 07:20:06 Beaver Warrior wrote:
I don't mind sharing :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Beaver Warrior on 07/14/07 at 07:22:47 She wants me. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Snake Plissken on 07/14/07 at 07:25:07 She told me the same :( :'( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Monkey_Kong on 07/14/07 at 08:41:29 20-100 wrote:
hehe, there's a pic of us on facebook if you're interested, she's the blonde one in the pink top on my photos. It was taken about half an hour before the chair incident, we both look a bit pissed! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/14/07 at 09:11:24 Sorry guys, you're both not getting any of my true love... Or love in any other way.. Go outside, sniff in some air, then go back inside, shave, take a shower, put on some nice clothes and find yourself your true love!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 07/14/07 at 09:13:43 Told you the pink icon below your postcount would cause people losing their heads |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/14/07 at 09:50:44 Oui, c'est vrai!! Unbelieveble...:S And they don't even know me! :S |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Marijn S4X on 07/14/07 at 09:55:22 Linszy wrote:
8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 07/14/07 at 09:58:15 Linszy wrote:
Ive found mine, its called wanking out the window. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by DanLesiak on 07/14/07 at 10:23:50 I can't even wank in bed cause I'm in so much pain :'( :) :D Need to get back to that nurse ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/14/07 at 10:24:56 So u r actually in love with ur own hand??? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 07/14/07 at 10:28:02 Linszy wrote:
My hand will never want half of my house ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by DanLesiak on 07/14/07 at 10:32:11 Linszy wrote:
It shouldn't shock you Linszy, all males are in love with their hand. The same applies to monkey's aswell |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/14/07 at 10:34:22 If u got a good girl (or boy..whatever) u dont need the hand guys ;) besides, that one hand cannot do everything OK? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 07/14/07 at 10:37:42 Linszy wrote:
Trust me, you could have the most gorgeous girl ever who wanted it 3 times a day. Men would still find time to wank. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by DanLesiak on 07/14/07 at 10:38:21 Seriously the girl isn't around 24 hours::) Havn't you seen those monkey documentary's, its non stop:P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Happy on 07/14/07 at 10:58:19 mariokart64.com - home of the super nerds. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/14/07 at 10:59:49 Right well, do whatever u want to do..just dont tell me about it OK? Oh and uhm, I think u should trug having a girl first before talking rubbish about all of them! Xx ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Beaver Warrior on 07/14/07 at 11:04:08 Linzy, don't knock a pobre till you try it, you will be amazed and sprung on pobre, you won't be able to keep your distance |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Beaver Warrior on 07/14/07 at 11:07:13 Clark wrote:
Ive found mine, its called wanking out the window.[/quote]LMAO |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by DanLesiak on 07/14/07 at 11:10:25 This has gone out of control again:) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Beaver Warrior on 07/14/07 at 11:12:51 she just an't felt the pobre ambiance. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Snake Plissken on 07/14/07 at 11:52:13 Linszy wrote:
one of the sweetest knockbacks i ever heard :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 07/14/07 at 12:58:51 Linszy: Thank u very much :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Beaver Warrior on 07/14/07 at 14:18:41 linzy, stop denying your love for me. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Beaver Warrior on 07/15/07 at 02:39:24 don't listen to april, she's trickery. She wanted me too, as well as marit. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Miss April on 07/15/07 at 07:29:45 Beaver Warrior wrote:
Pobre, you make me giggle. I do believe it was you who wanted me, not the other way around :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by JB on 07/15/07 at 07:35:28 Man, I wish I could have made this meet, guys. England was cool, and I want to make it out to the Netherlands for next year's meet if it is indeed going to happen 100%. And Gerard is right, anyone that has a pink symbol under their post count is asking for trouble from all the uber nerds on this site. ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Snake Plissken on 07/15/07 at 11:11:25 if you thought watford was great, wait till you see the good parts :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by DanLesiak on 07/15/07 at 12:19:25 Like Redditch! :D :'( :'( :'( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Miss April on 07/15/07 at 14:23:20 JB wrote:
...even if you've been here for over a year, like me :) It tends to die down after the first few months of being here though :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Beaver Warrior on 07/15/07 at 14:59:19 April, someday you will come back to me, just like they all do. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Snake Plissken on 07/15/07 at 16:20:40 is uber German? Its sounds German... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/16/07 at 00:50:15 Back to run the show! Well it has been ten days since one of the greatest holidays of my life. I have had next to no sleep and very little time to write or post anything. I did however have to stop by briefly to say one thing.......... Chris Clark you are such a wanker! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/16/07 at 00:55:47 Rah... :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by chesting snacker stelzig on 07/16/07 at 04:04:06 Snake Plissken wrote:
It's german. Although in german they say über which means "over/above". |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 07/16/07 at 05:54:39 Linszy wrote:
As you can see that particular statement about a certain drunk guy in Norway was very much spot on, which is why I couldn't stop laughing ;D (if you remember what I'm talking about) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/16/07 at 07:16:12 Right *deep breath here goes* Now that the dust has settled and i have recovered slightly i will now attempt to write a pretty damn good report concerning one amazing meet in Norway. I normally expect Karel to get the ball rolling with his great write ups, but maybe its my turn now. For those of you that are interested this could get very long, with very poor grammar and some very seedy stories. It will also be emmotional..... So sit back, relax and enjoy! The holiday that had everything! PART ONE!!!! Its way back in January and Sami mentions there will be a Kart meet in Norway. I'm like "Ok, but a week is a long time" I was not even sure i would be attending, but the promise of some next level gaming and all the dutch lads attending drew me in! So roll on a few months and a few disappointing pull outs - yes i mean you clark and Biff and we departed from Stanstead airport. Upon arriving in a cab with Sami and Neil we met team uk members Arbinder, The Gaff(Tom), Matt and all the way from Australia Eric Scott! To be honest my first impressions of the Scott man were not too good. I had actually met him in a sober state the night before, but already at the airport he was causing carnage! I was immediatly thinking how can i survive a week of this. Eric - pulling off the badly behaved ten year old (both in looks and actions) decided to say 'G'day' and 'How are you" to almost every group of people that walked past. Joined by Matt this got slightly embarrasing especially when i returned from grabbing a drink to see Eric surrounded by 12 year olds!! Things reached new levels of randomness when i see Eric and Matt chatting up an attractive lady behind a car rental counter - i was like guys we got a plane to catch! Eventually they calmed down a little and i started to bond a bit with Eric. Simply put, any guy that can put up with my endless stream of corny aussie isms and abysmal attempt at an accent all week is a legend! Eric once again was the main source of entertainment on the flight over too. The air hostess (clearly with too much make up on in my opinion) became the subject of Eric's desires. His opening line was a cracker "G'day" "Where are you from" she answers "Sweden" - "Are all the ladies in Sweden as good looking as you?" I didnt know whether to laugh or cry. Needless to say this set a kind of bench mark for the events that would transpire over the next week. There was a strong sexual under current to almost everything that took place. Which to be honest was quite scary - Harold you must be locked up at once.......... Ok cutting straight to the chase we arrived at Oslo and were happily munching on pizza waiting for our connecting flight to Trondheim. Me and The Gaff spent most of the time playing hunt the Norwegian hotties whilst Neil spent most of the time talking about Stargate.......Anyhow i was munching away when i looked across the travelator and saw a guy that was a stunt double for Michael Jongerius. I thought "damn its MJ's twin brother" then realised that it was in fact the man himself! So after a ten second stare down i greeted my dutch buddie and we were all perplexed as to what he was doing there?!? It turns out his flight to Trondheim was after ours so we chatted for a bit before finding out our plane was delayed. So low and behold we get to Trondheim to get our bus and there was MJ already on it!!! I was quite confused as to how he managed to do it! Maybe he Karted there i dunno. What i do know is this should have acted as a warning to us brits. The Dutch pretty much arrived first for the rest of the week (in terms of 1st place finishes) So after a couple of nice bus rides in very warm conditions we arrived at a supermarket location where we were greeted by Marit and one of the Norwegian drivers. Was his name Sven?? I hate to be rude. Either way the guy was an absolute legend all week until the go karting( will tell you later my poor back) We stocked up on fluids and some much needed sugary snacks and leapt in the waiting vehicles for departure. The whole time i was quite amazed at how beautiful Norway as a country is. Some truly stunning views all around and really refreshing clean air. We arrived at the home of the gaming king of Norway Marius around ten mins later. We got out took our bags and it was then that i took it all in. For those that were there you will know exactly what i mean. We were surrounded by some of the most wonderful scenery - kinda slap bang in the middle of a valley with mountains and trees as far as the eye could see. The fjords were also visible and the big lake was clearly walking distance from the gaming vacinity. I thought man what a place to live! So after i had got my eyes back in their sockets we entered what looked like a very large barn. As i walked in i was first greeted by the legendary sight of all round gaming legend and good guy Karel Van Duijvenboden. The Dutch had arrived and were already busy karting! The main room was very well set up there was four fairly big tvs on the left and the right of the room and one bigger telly by the big stage. I think there were nine tv's in all, but i stand to be corrected. Either way it was very well setup and Marius had clearly worked hard and done a great job. The toilets were very big and spacious and the kitchen was pretty impressive. No showers, but no biggy as i knew it was only a ten minute walk away. Continued in next post!! :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by IsThatAGoodThing on 07/16/07 at 07:24:33 It's a shame not everyone from the meet will write something like this...Keep going, John! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 07/16/07 at 07:43:45 Absolute quality John! Loving the bits about Eric chatting up air hostesses and Mike "karting" to Trondheim! ;D You were right about taking over my role to get the ball rolling with the summaries btw. I don't have the time to do one (yet), loads of stuff going on atm. :P Keep on going John! 8-) Oh and yeah you're SO spot on about the Norwegian scenery, couldn't have written that better myself. It's like you took the words from my mouth there, Norway is absolutely incredible. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/16/07 at 08:01:59 I just spent a whole hour writing part 2 and i got logged out!!! :'( Lost the whole thing and it was a classic!!! Thanks for the comments guys and i guarantee you part 2 will be up tommorow. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by duff gardens on 07/16/07 at 08:23:04 you should install firefox, so aol doesn't close the browser if you get logged out. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ that was a great writeup. lots of detail and funny bits. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/16/07 at 09:41:08 Barbere ;) I absolutely loved the story, cant wait for the second part :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/16/07 at 11:06:59 Lol, as we spoke earlier John, always do CTRL-A then CTRL-C to highlight and copy the block of text you wrote (keep that in mind for when sending emails or anything aswell). That was if u lose it, u can get back to the blank compose box and CTRL-V to paste what u wrote again. We look forward to the story Part 2 from you tomorrow, lovin your commentary so far! Trust me, you will find out soon about what John had to endure during that week lol ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by weedtedou on 07/16/07 at 11:53:33 nice summary of the beginning john ! cant wait for reading part II ;) amazing, incredible, i miss english words to describe how was this meeting ! i let john and karel telling the life of about 30 guys in norway. i just have to thank marius, marit and all the stuff for such an impressiv organisation. 8-) Real_John_Barber wrote:
what are you speaking about..? ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/17/07 at 02:29:04 The holiday that had everything! PART TWO!!!! The next guy to greet team UK was none other than the mountain of muscular mass known around the world as Steven Zwartjes. To be honest i think this was the only time in the whole week that the guy was not eating! I swear Steven should become the next face of Norwegian Yoghurt or something. He certainly was a great fan of their product! Steven was his usual friendly self and just by looking at him you could tell he was ready for some quality gaming action. My attention was next drawn to two unfamiliar (at least to me) companions of Steven. The first guy i approached had a very big, long hat with a British flag on it! This immediatly made him an instant legend in my book! Combine the hat with a superb, slicked back rock star style mullet and this guy clearly had some style. The man's name - Vincent Van der Fluit 8-) Just by looking at him i could tell straight away that he was hiding something. Something strong and powerful. A real dark hidden fire burning inside him and at any point he was likely to unleash the beast. That beast i later discovered was his next level Guitar Hero 2 skills. Also standing next to Vincent was yet another Dutch guy who had a rather menacing look on his face. At this point i was thinking "What do they feed all these dutch guys?" They are all either as hench as Arnie or amazing at gaming. Well anyway Barber was not showing any signs of being intimidated by this muscular presence in a vest and i approached him for a hand shake. As i shook his hand he looked at me with more than a hint of that killer instinct - his name was Patrick Wessels. :) After both the Brits and the dutch had finished their opening hellos and banter conversation moved quickly on to "where is the alcohol" and "where can we sleep" Almost as if something was burning in his ears the next person who came in to view was in fact the host of proceedings. The man who made it all possible. The guy with maybe the longest hair on the planet and the man that makes smoking look cool (even to me) - Marius Hukkelas. Marius was very friendly and helpful. He answered any questions we had and any concerns we may have had regarding showers and food etc were quickly put to rest. Once Marius assured us we would be visiting the supermarket that evening for food and beer. The whole of team UK (in particular the Gaff and Eric) could breathe a little easier. Honestly by now Eric and Matt were getting more than a little restless. Fuelled by beer for pretty much the previous 24 hours they needed thier next fix. The Gaff also a man that enjoys a good drink was also finding times tough. Sami was getting particularly hungry and was desperate to stock on some food supplies asap. We went to the Supermarket and had a tough time in the first place finding the various items. It was at this point me and Sami were first introduced to something that became a running joke for the whole week - Biff - otherwise known in Norway as Beef!! They had everything peppered Biff, Roast Biff and even Biff pizza! We thought how ironic that the toughest and biggest form of meat going in Norway was called Biff. Anyhow we soon returned to the venue and it was not long before the room started to fill up more. The next guests had arrived.... And so there i was trying to relax a little bit with some food when the door bursts open. In marches three very familiar faces. Lead by Florent Lecoanet he was joined by fellow French dudes Pierre L'Hoest (twin brother of team UK's very own Neil Skipper) and someone who the Barber does not see eye to eye with Harold Christensen. Florent as usual was very polite and seemed delighted to be there. He greeted us all with a big smile and i could all ready see him looking around and trying to take it all in. I think secretly he wanted to leap straight on Smk, but he did pretty much minutes after anyway! Next up we greeted Pierre who once again had the look of a born champion written all over his face. I so wish i could go back and see what the original meeting between Pierre and Neil was like. ;D Both Pierre and Florent were already itching to fire up SMK on the SNES and i don't think they had even put their bags down before they started playing. So now all eyes were on Harold. Now their is history between me and Harold. A fair bit of bad blood since he beat me on Pro Evo in Paris. Having now watched the match back on dvd i can safely say it was a very lucky win for him. (something that would later again happen in Norway) Instantly i could see him looking at me in a strange way. I thought he is already sizing me up ( i thought in gaming terms) , but he was clearly sizing something else up instead.... :o Anyway i thought i would be decent and shake his hand ( we actually get on well) I had a feeling though that i would have to put up with a lot of shit that week and i was proved right. I honestly think poor Harold was just a bit excited at how much of a sausage fest it was in the hall.... After all the excitement i thought i would find a place to set up my airbed. After Marius told me and Arbinder not to sleep on the stage we found a decent spot close to the disabled toilet and kitchen. The Gaff seemed to be having trouble blowing up his airbed. As the airbed pumping champ of England i thought i would lend him my strength and amazing fitness levels to help him inflate it. Soon enough the bed was up. Not much sleep would happen first night. Part Three coming soon!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 07/17/07 at 03:28:22 I'm not liking the way this story is going, every part so far seems to be about me drinking, making me out to be an alcoholic. I'm not an alcoholic, alcoholics go to meetings. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 9/11 x 1000 = MKDD on 07/17/07 at 03:34:40 Solid John, more innuendos plz. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by weedtedou on 07/17/07 at 03:48:18 nice John ! :) I let you tell how you saw the meeting. Just to say it has been the "softest" meeting I've ever seen : almost no alcohol, no drugs, no hard girls.. so understand me John I had to found another activity ::) Why you ..? 'cause your face reminds me someone, you know... ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Steve-Meakings on 07/17/07 at 04:13:36 I wanna hear more about Drew........ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/17/07 at 04:19:48 Don't worry Eric man - i'm no where near finished yet. By the time the story is over the whole world will know how much of a legend you are. Just to clarify Eric is no way an alcoholic and can more than handle his drink. It was just an ongoing joke between us. Also just wait until you see the pics of me and Drew hitting the clubs with your beer cooler ;D Harold (if it is you) i know you love Iain Dowie so next time Coventry play Palace i will give him your email address.... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/17/07 at 04:22:15 Oh and trust me when i say this - i have more stories and pics of Drew than anyone else. All still to come.... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/17/07 at 05:40:13 Yeh weedtedou is Harold ;D Of course he loved it all hehe Great wording again John, roll on part 3! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/17/07 at 07:17:51 PART 3!!! PART 3!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/17/07 at 10:36:21 Linszy wrote:
Shes desperate for part 3, Barber such a good storyteller :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 9/11 x 1000 = MKDD on 07/17/07 at 10:41:06 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Shes desperate for part 3, Barber such a good storyteller :D[/quote] samis a player these days |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Beaver Warrior on 07/17/07 at 12:03:09 Part III (short ver) And pobre comes into the room, sweating like a stallion, the desperate house wife linzy slaving over a hot stove comes and brings pobre a pint of cider and begins to work on the rabbit i have finished slayn. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/17/07 at 12:20:28 Uuuhm..since when do beavers kill rabbits? And please, if u want 2 win me over, write my name correctly.. ::) &: No But John already told me i'm going to be in part 3 ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 07/17/07 at 12:49:02 Great work mr Barber! You should write a book! :D And Linszy, these guys really love you huh? ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by JB on 07/17/07 at 12:51:06 I think I'm finally back on American time... And this is what I learned from my trip to England. -Clark smokes 290783901873 times a day. -Watching him lean out his window in order to smoke is the funniest thing I've seen in years. -Everything in England is at LEAST twice as expensive than in America (not even counting the exchange rate...). -The beer there is WAY better than American beer. -Clark is a wankface. I'll add more when I think of them, but that's all I've got for now. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 07/17/07 at 22:14:58 Jesus Christ, JB and Clark in the same room... :o Kinda sick to even imagine! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/18/07 at 02:06:13 The holiday that had everything! PART THREE!!!! Ok so before i begin with Part three of our epic trip i would just like to point out that not all information will be 100% correct. Arbinder politely pointed this out yesterday when he told me that we did in fact meet the French in the Supermarket and not in the venue! Apologies for the mis-leading information there. Anyway the show must go on and so....Having sorted out our airbeds and emptied our bags of useful equipment like sleeping bags and toiletries me and Arbinder were desperate for some sleep. I have no idea where the French and Dutch quite get there gaming stamina from, but i was feeling half dead!. Me and Arbinder opted to go for a quick blast of Goldeneye on the N64 and were joined by Neil. I must point out that we are pretty crap at this game and so the standard was not great. As if someone was holding a big kebab and a yoghurt in front of them the second Patrick Wessels and Steven Zwartjes saw Goldeneye on the screen they zoomed over. With the aid of some great tips by Patrick i managed to win a couple of games over the other guys. The prospect of playing either Patrick or Steven scared the shit out of me so i ran off as soon as we had finished! I did manage to watch a bit of Patrick vs Zwartjes and was quite amazed at how good they both are. I think Tom mentioned "Sick" a number of times when watching head shot after head shot by these two warriors. This was my first introduction to the high standard of gaming that would be on show for the whole week. I mean these guys are seriously awesome at gaming and it was quite an honour to watch hour after hour of amazing match ups from nearly every guy that was at the meet. Anyway by this time i thought damn lets get some sleep. It was like 3.00AM and i was shattered so i attempted to crash out in the corner. No such luck. I really should have known better. The Dutch and French can literally go all night (in gaming terms) when required and they proceeded to play until 6.00AM! I think most of the blame should be directed at Vincent and MJ who played Guitar Hero 2 - "Sweet Child of Mine" - i can particularly remember this track vibrating in my ears. Also most of the time i was trying to sleep i was quite on edge. Well aware of Team UK's capabilities to pull a prank on anyone at anytime i did not want to be the first victim. Visions of me waking up with toothpaste all over me or waking up asleep outside the venue made me determined not to fall foul of their plans. It was at this point i decided to make Harold my first victim. Followed by Sami i made my way on to the stage and past the curtain. The French were all asleep on airbeds and Sofas. I spotted Harold curled up on the sofa and i approached him pillow in hand. I smothered him with a pillow for a few seconds at which point he woke and cried "Urghhhhhh". This sounded both extremely camp and highly amusing. That was 1-0 to Barber i thought...... Sami, who was becoming somewhat of a zombie by now was refusing to sleep. Neil had found a sofa to sleep on (he did not move much from it all week) and the Gaff and Eric had crashed out in the bag room. I eventually got to sleep just after six and ended up waking around 10.00 for the next day. Harold and the French were strangely quite for the rest of that first night. The funny thing about Norway is that it never really gets dark. Only for a few hours every night. Anyway i was very excited about the first full day. Marius and Marit were both hard at work getting people signed up for all the tournaments that would take place over the next few days. During the course of the day most people had pretty much signed up for everything. The 20 man Pro Evo tournament had already been finalised prior to the trip, but everything else you were free to enter. I signed up for SMK,Mario Kart 64, MK Double Dash, Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter Third Strike and Circuit Breakers. I thought well at least i may be able to fluke a third place or something. And i had my fingers crossed that i could surprise a few people on SMK too. Even more exciting i was informed that the qualification rounds for SMK, Mario Kart 64 and Double Dash would be taking place that evening. Most of the morning was then spent eating or playing various games. Lots of SMK and Pro Evo was taking place. Now i can't recall when or how, but at one point on that Friday i turned round to see a new face. There was a fairly tall chap with an ever growing beard and a cheshire cat grin on his face. I had never seen the man in my life. I thought "Who the Heck is this" He looked tired and weary. Like he had battled with Bears and Lions on his way to the venue. The man's name? - Drew Blumfield. He had arrived! I shook his hand and congratulated him on making the trip. He was quite and pretty much straight away started sleeping on the floor! Never did i imagine at this point that he would be doing the same thing at my house 7 days later! :o Also that afternoon five guys from Team Sweden arrived in Norway I cannot recall all of their names sadly, but i know that Richard Karlson and Andreas Rudmarker were both present. The guys were very fresh faced and young. I thought "God i wish i was that young again" They were very well spoken and polite. I thanked them for making such a long journey to Norway. Later that day another two Dutch arrived. They were Gerard Roodhorst and his girlfriend Lindsay Molenaar (Spelt right i think) Part Four Coming Soon!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 9/11 x 1000 = MKDD on 07/18/07 at 02:13:31 Ha Ha, but part IV is always the best :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/18/07 at 03:08:44 Awesome write up, and i remember Harold's reactions aswell. At his point almost everyone was there, as people started talking more jokes happened, we look forward to Part IV ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 07/18/07 at 03:49:52 LoL :P "God" i wish i was that young again xD nice stories :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/18/07 at 06:57:03 Yes that was correct John, thank you very much ;) Also, Linszy is fine with me too.. ok then..well, PART 4!!! Darn why am I always late ;) hahaha Now The first time i'm mentioned is at the end of part 3, and it's just my name.. :( Did I make such a bad impression? :-/ and no, they dont love me, they're just confiused cuz there is another pink thingie on the board :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 07/18/07 at 07:31:32 Reading the story actually makes me feel like i was there. Good story. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Miss April on 07/18/07 at 10:08:13 Linszy wrote:
Yea...the pink "female" symbol seems to scramble a lot of minds here :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by JB on 07/18/07 at 19:54:53 Uh oh! Two girls posting in the same thread?! :o (passes out) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Marit_Cathrine on 07/18/07 at 22:23:28 nice story john. can't wait to read the rest of it! nice to see that all of u had a good time here. can't come in october but i will try to make it to netherlands 08. always fun to meet all of u ;) xXx Cathy |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/19/07 at 01:31:14 Big thanks to Marit, Sami, Paul, Lindsay, Andreas, Karel, Eric and anyone else who has commented on the stories so far - Harold also. I'm glad you are enjoying them so far!! :) Here comes Part Four.... 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/19/07 at 02:30:59 The holiday that had everything! PART FOUR!!!! Both Gerard and Lindsay were very friendly and seemed really happy to be there. I had met Gerard a few times and we have always got on well. This was the first time i had seen Lindsay though. To be honest i feared for the poor girl. Being the only other girl in the building other than Marit at a gaming meet i thought would be difficult for her. Much to my surprise during the course of the week she really got on well with everyone and made a real big effort. Someone like Neil should take note.....Anyway i told them about my random meeting with MJ at the airport which broke the ice nicely. I also told Gerard that he better grab his football gear quick smart because the football matches were about to take place!! Those karters on this site who attended the meets in both England and France will know all about the legendary past football matches. Having defeated team France and Holland in Paris back in March, team UK was quietly confident of another victory. We were worried about the young Sweden team though and their energy levels. They could easily run rings rounds us we imagined. The excitement soon increased when the teams were announced. It would be a three team tournament! Team UK vs Team France & Holland vs Team Sweden and Norway. Representing Team UK would be myself, Sami, Tom, Neil, Arbinder,Matt and our two honoury members Eric from Australia and Drew from USA. Representing team France and Holland would be Karel, Steven, MJ, Gerard,Patrik, Vince, Harold, Pierre,Florent and Lindsay (They had to have two subs) Finally representing team Norway was Marius, Richard, Andreas, Storle, Yngve (Who was a great player) the three other lads from Sweden and one of Marius's friends. Sorry, but i can't recall all of their names. Marit was also a member of team Norway and was doing a great job filming lots of the action. Thanks for that! :) As a big group we walked the five minutes together to the football pitch. As i have already mentioned earlier Norway truly is a beautiful country. On the walk we crossed a river with a great wooden bridge and i remember thinking "this is awesome" Then as we approached the football pitch my draw dropped to the floor once more. There in all its glory was a full length football pitch complete with nets. That was not all though. At the far end was a great eight a side pitch again with nets. Surrounding all this as far was the eye could see was the most stunning views. We were basically bang in the middle of the valley with the lakes not far away and breathtaking mountains and trees all around us. What a superb place to play football! Honestly i have never seen anywhere like it - truly awesome! Just before the action started Sami had a classic surprise for the Team UK members. One by one he handed us all a white t-shirt. These were not just any old white t-shirts though. On the front of each one (apart from Eric's) was a big British flag and printing that read "Team UK" "Feel no way" LOL! On the back of each t-shirt it got even better. Mine had a pro evo logo colour print and read "Barber" "UK Champion" Even though i clearly am not the pro evo UK champion it was all done tongue in cheek and was just a brilliant piece of work! All the team UK members were buzzing. The Gaff was loving his "Akuma" Street fighter Shirt and Eric was also loving his shirt with the Australia flag on it. Sami of course had a great SMK t-shirt on. We were ready for action and quite literally jumping around! The first match was Team France & Holland vs Team Norway & Sweden. Each game would be 25 mins long i think. This was more than enough time for both a great match and a much needed work out! On to the action....Before the tournament started i had the French/Dutch team as the favourites. Knowing the talents of guys like Karel,Florent and Harold i thought they would be tough. However the first game blew that theory out of the water! The Sweden/Norway team boosted by the talent of Yngve who was running the show and pulling the strings - they looked very strong. It was no surprise when the powerful, footballing machine Marius burst clear to hammer home the first goal of the game. It was no surprise when Marius again struck with a sublime back heel into the net. I cannot remember what the score was at this stage, but the French team suffered a further blow when Harold was injured. Harold was running quickly into the penalty area when he was clattered by the Dutch Wall Steven Zwartjes. Steven obviously did not intend to injure the poor guy and the way he landed looked very painful. Harold had hurt his shoulder quite badly and would need to be taken to hospital the next day. In many ways this may have been a blessing in disguise for the aroused Frenchman. For the rest of the week Harold has his arm in a sling. I thought this would weaken him on Pro Evo - i was wrong. I thought this would calm him down too - it had quite the opposite effect. Put it this way guys, if a mad Frenchman is running after you all week trying to do horrific things to your body its very hard to attack him when he has one arm!!! Basically Harold was quite defenseless and we felt sorry for him. To the man's credit ( and i give him a lot of credit for this) he went on to become the biggest legend of the whole holiday with the closest contender being Eric Scott. Harold clearly decided to have a great time despite his injury - i respect you for that man. :) Part Five Coming Soon!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by weedtedou on 07/19/07 at 02:45:29 thx john ;) but another mistake I have to note : I've not been injured by Steven (who was in my team), but by a norvegian man. I don't remember his name, I'm just sure he should have been out for this hard fault (it's confirmed to be a double fracture :-X) I promise you next match I'll be there all match long to defeat Team UK 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Cathy on 07/19/07 at 02:57:23 good one john. btw its not a lake by the footballfield its the trondheimfjord.. :P did see harolds fall on tape and it did lock so painful.. hope ur getting better harold. locking forward to part V xXx Cathy |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/19/07 at 03:20:35 Thanks Marit and Harold. Two pretty obvious mistakes there hey?!? I dunno why i thought it was Steve who fouled you Harold, but yes you are quite right it must have been one of the big Norwegian guys. Equally as strong. And Marit thanks for the info. The fjords are indeed a thing of beauty! :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/19/07 at 03:21:27 Also Harold really sorry to hear about your shoulder man. I wish you a very speedy recovery. October will be good... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/19/07 at 05:43:00 Barber ftw By the way, where the hell is everyone elses photos? I've put up about a hundred.. there were lots of people taking them! also, did we make the newspaper in the end? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/19/07 at 11:43:08 Cathy wrote:
Yes, few corrections there, but excellent write up again John! Btw Marit, will need some of the football footage to use for the movie next year. Just the files if they are possible to put on a cd/dvd as data files. Marius could bring them in October. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Squashua on 07/19/07 at 12:27:58 i definitely am enjoying reading about this meet, jon. i secretly wanted to go but knew that w/ work and money it wouldnt be possible. part 5 and i want to hear about some of the action on the tv screens! and i second the call for more pictures, and movies and whatever else you guys have. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Michael Liem on 07/19/07 at 12:42:25 Real_John_Barber wrote:
LOL, knowing Steven and Patrick, I can really picture what that must have looked like ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 07/19/07 at 15:48:09 In Hiding wrote:
Yes, post your pics and vids, toms 100 pics were nice but that's just scratching the surface of all that was recorded! Good writing Barber, brings up some details that slipped to the back of my mind :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by DanLesiak on 07/19/07 at 15:55:28 Where are these 100 pictures? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 07/19/07 at 16:45:51 Another fault, the football team name wasn't Team UK it was "Team Commonwealth" don't you remember. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Cathy on 07/19/07 at 22:43:42 sami: think marius is planing to take vids from the football with him in october. i will but my photos on facebook and my website soon. toms photos are on facebook, but u have to sign in to see them. xXx Cathy |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/20/07 at 00:49:16 theres a hundred on my facebook, just add me as a friend and you can see them... this weekend i'm going to a) bust out the mksc update and b) bust out the youtube..... you have been warned boys :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/20/07 at 01:13:38 Tom - beg a man don't put those videos on youtube! The second they appear my reputation is ruined......LOL! ;D Eric - you are correct my man. We were Team UK to start with, but having combined forces with the finest talent Australia and USA have ever had we became Team Commonwealth. All posts from now will refer to this... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/20/07 at 02:02:04 The holiday that had everything! PART FIVE!!!! With Harold having hobbled off injured and the talented Karel becoming an even more isolated figure in attack, the Norwegian and Sweden superteam took full control. I cannot remember for the life of me who scored and when, but the match ended with a very impressive (and scary) 9-2 victory for Sweden and Norway. There was some brilliant football on show and it was extremely competitive. Team Commonwealth feared they could be in for quite a hammering. Even worse was the fact that Team Norway and Sweden now could have a breather before their final game. Next up was Holland and France vs Team Commonwealth. The Dutch and French side were looking tired and dejected after their first game. We were quite lucky that we were playing them straight after they suffered such a harsh blow to their confidence. Little did the other teams realise that we had a real ace in our ranks in the form of Eric Scott. With Drew Blumfield taking up the goalkeeping position and a defense that boasted Matt, Sami and Neil we thought we could contain them well. With Arbinder and myself running the wings and the Scott man a pocket rocket in midfield, it was left to The Gaff to play up front. As the match started it instantly became clear to me just how hot it was! It became hotter and hotter and i was getting seriously burnt! Again if anyone has any additions to make to this report please do so. After a very close opening period team Commonwealth took the lead - the scorer Arbinder with a nice long range effort. We soon increased the advantage via the evergreen Eric. I think Eric went on to get the third goal too - please confirm? Either way Eric's attire was absolutely superb! He was running around in a brilliant summer hat and looked more like a cricket player than a footballer. It certanly worked though and he was a bundle of energy! I must point out that Team Holland and France were very strong in this game and well organised. They were hard to break down and clearly had a gameplan after their first match. With Steven Zwartjes marshalling his troops it was a tough game. The Dutch/French side pulled a goal back (goalscorer anyone) before i rounded off the win following a nice pass from Eric. 4-1 to team Commonwealth was the final score and we were pretty much on our last legs at this point. We were then faced with the daunting task of a match against the refreshed team Norway/Sweden. The combination of the speedy, fit young swedish guys and the physically strong stars from Norway was not one we were looking forward to. Fortunately we had a plan (of sorts) With Tom struggling (due to his injury history) and Arbinder also tired, we decided to put Matt up front. This was a good move mainly because Matt is a fairly big guy who we felt could hold the ball up and chase down their defenders. Eric was also moved further forward with Tom dropping into defense. I decided i would run my arse off for the whole 20 minutes - literally up and down the pitch - paying close attention at all times to their star man Yngve. Now the match was very tight and close for the first ten mins or so - the pace in particular had obviously slowed down a lot. With Norway and Sweden pressing a goal seemed inevitable. The way it came about was hilarious. Drew (goalie) came out to clear the ball, took a complete airshot and missed the ball with his swing - the ball rolled over the line and Norway/Sweden were a goal to the good. This was a hammer blow, but before Team Commonwealth could even reflect on this, Matt and Tom already had the ball for kick-off. They were clearly pondering a special kind of kick off and this was confirmed when Tom rolled the ball to Matt. I clearly remember shouting "What the hell is the point in that" "What a waste" as Matt shot from the half way line. I was getting quite annoyed at this point. What the shot lacked in power it made up for in accuracy. The Norway/Sweden goalie - clearly shocked by the effort, saw the ball slide through his hands and into the net! A truly amazing goal by Matt and one i'm sure he is very proud of. It was at this point also that a victory dance/song was introduced by Tom!!! As all the guys that went to Norway are aware this became the anthem for the whole week. Everytime someone one playing a computer game or even got a strike at bowling, it was followed up by the victorius cry of - da da da da da da da daaa!!! And the erotic victory dance of dancing in a circle whilst swinging your left arm in the air and patting your right hand under your leg!! The ladies love it and i really must do this dance on a night out sometimes. Heck me and Drew did it in Croydon the other week! It draws a crowd! LOVE IT! The song in question is 'Ring of Fire' by the legendary Johnny Cash. Grab a copy of the song, heck grab two copies or download it - its a must have! Anyway back to the action....Team Sweden and Norway pressed forward for the vital goal, but in the closing stages were hit on the break. Following a flowing move - Eric passed to Arbinder who layed it off to me, i squared the ball to Matt and he stroked home a fine finish. It was 2-1 to Team Commonwealth! This was the final score and we celebrated a fine team effort. All the matches were played under a great spirit and congratulations to everyone. The victory party carried on in the showers! Team Commonwealth showered together and Barber was the longest in the shower (I take ages!) Part Six Coming Soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 07/20/07 at 02:22:50 I don't think a scored a goal in the games at all. I know I hit the post and got one in the game later on in the meet but I don't think I scored in any of Team Commonwealth's games. The only reason we went alright fitness wise in the last game was because we spent 15 minutes looking for the ball in the first game and we had another 5 minute break halfway through second with another lost ball. I can't believe you remember so much about the games. I know Matt scored both the goals in the second game cause he went on and on about it, but other than that I've got no idea on small details. What do you mean hot? It was perfect sporting conditions, mid to high 20's, no humidity, try playing in our summer, normal day up here, as in the northern part of Australia, it gets in the low to mid 30's, but the real killer is the humidity, that's around 80% most of the day. Sweat your ass off. And I'm stupid enough to run around in the sun for 4 hours every sunday chasing or trying to hit that red ball ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/20/07 at 02:48:02 LOL Eric!!! I clearly don't remember much about the games based on your comments. Especially if i remember you scoring two goals and you scored none. The mystery goes on as to who got the other two. It certainly was not me, Neil or Sami. Must have been Arbinder or Tom. Oh well i was trying to big you up man! Especially as you were man of the match. Anyhow you know us Brits moan about the weather. I get burnt real easy and i'm used to playing in wind, rain and all sorts of shitty conditions over here. 8-) My Norway pics will be posted up from Monday for you and anyone else who is interested. Also my next report won't be until Monday either and i will strive to be more accurate next time.... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/20/07 at 05:20:11 no mention of the "flick" >:( 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/20/07 at 05:41:51 Damn Tom! I forgot... :( Don't worry i have a way i can incorporate it into part six. Remind me who was the victim of the piece of skill? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/20/07 at 08:16:48 was it patrick? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 07/20/07 at 08:19:02 I thought it was Patrick too, it definitely wasn't me though! ;D Loving the incredibly detailed write-ups John, keep em coming! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/20/07 at 10:55:14 I thought it was a swedish guy in 2nd match, but i may be wrong? Just have to write it in John's words tho, for Part 6 ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Cathy on 07/20/07 at 14:51:49 I have now got my photos up on my homepage.. www.maritcathrine.piczo.com ...ENJOY... xXx Cathy |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Monkey_Kong on 07/20/07 at 17:04:00 For the record I scored at least one in the first game as well, I got bored of defending and went up in attack at the end when it became apparent that team Holland/France were just going to sit back and I remember scoring the first time I went forward. I remember Eric came close loads but didn't, he definitely deserved it more than me though! Cheers for the write up's, great entertainment! Matt. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Monkey_Kong on 07/20/07 at 17:14:13 ps just looked at Marit's site, very nice and some great pics there, also thanks to Tom for all the ones on facebook! There were still loads more though, who's hiding them all away? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 07/20/07 at 20:58:03 Monkey_Kong wrote:
Yeah nice pics Marit, shame about all the background noise in the go karting vids, but that's to be expected I suppose. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Cathy on 07/21/07 at 02:54:11 MeAnAussie wrote:
Yeah nice pics Marit, shame about all the background noise in the go karting vids, but that's to be expected I suppose.[/quote] yeah, but u get the feeling of being there again tho. glad u like the photos. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 07/21/07 at 03:03:42 Cathy wrote:
;D @ Tom with sun glasses on in the poker game. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by weedtedou on 07/21/07 at 05:02:43 greats pics marit 8-) glad to see that again ! otherwise, im getting better with my fucking arm. 1month to go :P how can we enter master tom inot our friends on facebook ? whats the name ? :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/21/07 at 05:21:50 awesome pics Marit! that video of us in the line doing the song too!!! haha, is there a way of getting the pics so i can save them to my pc? when i right click it wont let me save and when i click on a pic it goes back to your homepage.. also is that video an mpeg? i really want a copy of that! Paul - haha, i was calling that table, took the piss a bit much when i was getting tired (it was like 6am) so went all in on a decent hand and got to sleep early ;) definitely up for some more poker at the next meet in Oct @ Samis. I'm the king at bluffing. And search me on facebook under Tom Gaffikin - i dont think theres more than one :O) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/21/07 at 05:54:13 In Hiding wrote:
Lol, Tom can imagine someone else playing Poker with us in October? ;D "Long i can play poker I can play poker dont watch that!" And yeh facebooks the way forward, sign up for an account on it, free and easy, add your photo and any info u need. Then search for our names. Of course theres one and only Gaff!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 07/21/07 at 06:24:28 In Hiding wrote:
Well, I'm "suppose" to be coming in October. I play poker, also starting to play street fighter on xbox live :) Bit rusty in kart though. Also PES6..for John :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rudmarker on 07/21/07 at 07:40:52 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Yes, it was Johan from Sweden. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/21/07 at 09:31:02 Rudmarker wrote:
Yes, it was Johan from Sweden.[/quote] Cheers Martin, John, include that then for your Part 6, i think on Monday you are writing it? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Cathy on 07/21/07 at 17:19:12 In Hiding wrote:
Just add my msn and i can send them to you. cant copy pics from piczo, its a safe page so people dont steel them :P think my msn is on my info side. xXx Cathy |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Mark Engelsman on 07/22/07 at 09:59:22 Cathy wrote:
Just add my msn and i can send them to you. cant copy pics from piczo, its a safe page so people dont steel them :P think my msn is on my info side. xXx Cathy[/quote] printscreen anyone? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/22/07 at 10:42:28 Mark Engelsman wrote:
Just add my msn and i can send them to you. cant copy pics from piczo, its a safe page so people dont steel them :P think my msn is on my info side. xXx Cathy[/quote] printscreen anyone?[/quote] true but some overlap |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 07/22/07 at 14:19:10 Ok guys and girls! Apologies for the delay, but I've been very busy since the return to France... Actually I had to start my summer job only 14 hours after the return to my home (and we didn't sleep the night we travelled... :-/). But I have a day-off, so now I can really SLEEP and post on the MB of course :) To summarize my thoughts: BEST MEETING EVER! 8-) 8-) 8-) I don't even know how to start in order to tell you what I felt in Norway... First of all, many thanks to Marius, Marit and the Norway guys for this incredible event! They did a fantastic work, they were always answering our requests, organizing everything perfectly during the whole week :) Thank you very much! I'll talk a little about the competitive side now. 3 words: NEXT LEVEL GAMING... the whole week! The finals of each game were amazing, totally crazy! :o I couldn't stop moving on my chair and applauding the players. Such great matches... 8-) Highlights: SMK: --> My three last matches. Against Drew in 1/4 final, it was already difficult cos' he's a very good player, even on PAL (with almost no practicing on this system). Against Pierre in 1/2 final, that match was the best (of the SMK tournament) IMO! :o Such a good finish at the platform of GV1! DP1's last corner was incredible too! ;D And the final against Sami: I was stressed, I did a few mistakes, but I think Sami did more mistakes than me. Still, great match! 8-) --> The semi-final between Sami and Karel. I thought Karel could won. And he almost did. A few mistakes (why did you drop this red shell at this moment on KB1 Karel...? ::)) and he lost. But it was a very good and close match to watch! --> Barber powning Andreas Rudmaker in 1/8 final !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-) A star was born....... :D --> The Battle Mode tournament (with the semi-finals and the finals played in 60 Hz!) at the end of the week! Totally crazy! :o I think I did the best Battle Mode match of my life against Drew in semi-final! The final was totally sick too. I wish Pierre won, but Drew was the best. Definitely. He really deserved to win this tournament! 8-) But Drew, if you're reading those lines... Be careful... We'll training hard... So hard... And you know what the frenchies can do... See you next year... For the revenge! :D --> Barber winning the beginners tournament. I already told you... A star was born... :) MK64: --> I'm not a specialist of this game, but I really appreciated the skills of the players. It was interesting to watch the best level of this game! ;) MKDD: --> OMG such good players! :o I was especially impressed by the driving level of the Sweden Team. 8-) Vince is an amazing player too! Nice to watch the finals! :) Circuit Breakers: --> High level here too. Couldn't reach the final (fucking Dutchies! ;D) unfortunately. Poor Marius, he could have won, but the three dutch bastards put him down :'( MJ is a God at this game, great driving! ;) My 1/4 final was nice, I really appreciated to win with Vince! :) Guitar Hero 2: --> Crazy level! ;D The final was so close...Vince and Marius are Gods with a guitar in the hands. That's all I can say! :-X --> I appreciated to watch Matthew playing at this game! He seemed to really enjoy playing guitar. He couldn't stop smiling when he played! Very funny! ;D Good level here too. A rising star, without a doubt... 8-) Goldeneye: --> I couldn't see this one, but I've been told that Patrick and Steven are such killers! :o I really have to watch them doing their headshots soon! 8-) Street Fighter (can't remember the name) - the old one: -->Harold powning everyone with the secret Parigos strategy! ;D --> Sami taking exemple with Biff and busting out the Sagat! 8-) Street Fighter Alpha 3: --> Crazy final! 8-) Poor Marius... So close again... :-/ Steven is fucking good here too! :o PES6: --> 3 matches really impressed me and drove me totally crazy! :o The 1/4 final match between Harold and Barber, the match for the 3rd place between Harold and Gerard, and of course the BIG final between Karel and Stale :o :o :o So many intensity, so many suspens, a great finish... 8-) Congratulations to the BIG Champion! Sensible Soccer: --> The great final between Matt and John! :o What a score! ;D The social side now... (in no particular order) What to say? So many LEGENDS in this meeting! I'm sure in the next lines I'll forgot at least 80% of what I enjoyed during the meeting, but it doesn't matter. THE POKER TOURNAMENT: --> The Gaff with his sunglasses hiding his eyes and Harold sitting on his knees (huuuummmm... ::)), thinking I was bluffing (and I was not ;D) and beting all-in... ::) --> Marius, totally drunk, answering to Matt (who couldn't sleep because of the fucking noise we did, and requesting a little more noise) "We're trying Matthew, we're trying..." ;D --> The final during only 1 round! ;D :o ;D I was a little lucky to win. I needed one card to have a flush after the flop (when we were both all-in). And I had it at the river :) To be continued... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 07/22/07 at 15:00:49 THE BOWLING AND THE BEERS: --> More than 10 people in line, singing and dancing on "Ring of fire" when we arrived at the bowling ;D ROFL! --> Patrick powning everyone with his strikes! :o :o Amazing player! 8-) Drew was very good aswell! Nice and close match with Sami on our track! :) --> MJ playing the game with the metal disc (dont remember the exact name) with the opened legs and Eric coming from behind... --> Tom paying us a drink at the pub! It was very nice man, I'll do the same when you'll come in France, be sure! :) Discussing with everyone with a beer (with how many beers? ::)) was nice too, even if my english language is quite poor :-[ THE FOOTBALL MATCHES: --> Harold very unlucky, injured by a barbarian guy from Norway ::) after only five minutes... When I saw him after the match, I was really scared and sad because he was in a very bad state, and I was scared of the eventuality that he may return to France... :( A shoulder broken is always a bad thing, but fortunately Harold is a very brave guy, and he almost never complained during the week :o --> France and Nederlands totally fucked by English/USA/Australia/Norway in the first official matches! :o We were totally depressed in the shower... ;D We couldn't believe it. --> The others matches a few days after the drama... ::) I really enjoyed them. The weather was less hot (easier to run for me ;)), and the matches were very close and exciting (especially the last match, when we played 1h30 without a break! :o) Special congrats to Gerard the amazing goalkeeper, to Matt for his great dribble (right word?) skills, to Arbinder for his attacks and shots, and to Pierre (the sliding man ::)) for the winning goal! 8-) Lindsay almost scored the goal of the match! :o I wish this could have been filmed! I scored a goal with my head too, it was fun ;) And Drew was also sleeping near us suddenly sometimes... ;D And then he was waking up again and charging with the ball... 8-) Very energetic style! 8-) Oh and thanks to Eric too, we had some running fights too, it was cool! :) THE GO-KARTING: --> Very funny and exciting moment of the meeting! :D I wish the Dutchies could have been there! :-/ --> Harold filming an amazing corner drived at high speed by Neil! Legend! 8-) Don't watch that! ;D --> Eric powning everyone (fucking thin australian ;D) on the karting-track 8-) in both races --> I enjoyed some fights on the track with Pierre,Sami, Drew and especially Matt (a whole lap fighting at each corner! ;)). Unfortunately I couldn't fight against Eric, we were too many guys on the track :-/ Next time it's gonna be very good! :) --> One of the funniest moment of the meeting: Drew dropping a banana peel on my kart when I tried to pass him! ;D ;D ;D I was so surprised by this crazy guy! I was so laughing in my kart: I think I drove a few very bad laps after that! ;D THE JOKES: --> So many jokes... I can't remember 1% of them... --> But 80% of the jokes may have concerned Barber's ass... ::) --> 10% concerned the others players' ass --> And the others 10% just concerned ASS in general 8-) Seriously, it's not only the jokes... It's the ambience of the whole meeting... 8-) What I liked the most during the meet (and what I can remember right now): --> The "Iain Dowie" joke... ::) --> Practicing Long Boosts and ShortCuts with Matt! That was awesome! Matt was learning the strats and the technics so fast! :o Keep training man, you gonna be a killer! --> Eric with a beer in the hand (rather with some sort of bottle in the hand, probably to protect his hand if the beer explodes) during the whole week! ;D --> The "Ring of fire" anthem! :D --> Sami still waked up at 6.00 AM (and sometimes later) and wandering everywhere (like a junkie ;D) to check everything was ok... 8-) This man never sleeps... --> Playing again at MicroMachines with Marius' advices! :) Man, I'm already searching a cheap PS2... ;) I don't remember the name of the track, but I beat 2 PRs of Marius (the flap was especially pretty good) after one or two hours of hard training. What is the name of the track Marius? --> The serialkiller "Drew" ;D. This guy made me so laugh during the meet. Just a little story: 1 or 2 days before our return to France, I woke up in the morning. We (the frenchies) were --> The brothers Neil and Pierre 8-) The look the same, they act the same. Funny :D --> Vincent de la Flûte's beautiful hat 8-) I don't remember who, but someone believed Vince was english till the half of the week! ;D --> Barbers' support during my SMK matches. I really appreciated your support man, thank you :) --> Gerard playing Battle Mode like a frenchie! :o This man hid his skills during all these years... :-/ Damn Gerard, you're a very good player, keep training! 8-) To be continued... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 07/22/07 at 15:18:38 What I liked the most during the meet (next part): --> Karel improving his Battle Mode level aswell! Each time you play, each time you're better man! ;) Keep practicing! --> The Big yoghourts in Norway! :D --> The amazing landscape in Norway! :o 8-) --> The beautiful girls in Norway! :o 8-) I love this blond style! My girlfriend is not blond though... ::) And we talked about something with Harold... We love the mothers in Norway. Definitely. They made us HARD ON !!! We want the same mothers in France! ;D --> The sun in Norway... It disappears at 11.30 PM and it rises at 3.30 AM... Never totally dark in summer. I love that! :D --> The nice present from Drew before we left the venue. He offered me a US SNES! :) Man, I'll give a PAL SNES to Harold at the end of August (when I'll meet him at the french championships), and he will send it to you. I promise ;) Ok I'll stop writing now. OMG my last post is ridiculously small ;D But I think it's better like that. Everyone is probably tired because of reading my lines now... ::) I'll probably post later, when I'll remembarber others funny things! Thanks to all the men and women I met in Norway! :) See you soon! :D Flo |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Arnieknowsall on 07/22/07 at 15:24:57 Neo wrote:
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/23/07 at 01:03:08 good write up bruv! made me chuckle with some of the things you were saying! I forget loads of things but you got some classics in there.. Ian Dowie! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/23/07 at 01:07:32 Guys please get it right - its Iain Dowie!! ;) Great pics Marit i really enjoyed looking at them. Thanks a bunch! Also i loved watching the dance video ha ha! Good times man. Also Florent you rock dude! I really enjoyed reading your highlights, brilliant work. So many things that i had forgot that kinda got lost in the shuffle. I will be sure to include them in my on going reports. Next part should be up soon. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/23/07 at 01:20:45 Yeh cheers Florent great write up! Barber is gona go all out about the deeper darker events that transpired at the meet, and maybe the ramifications of "skank tactics" that only exist on one out of 50 versions of Street Fighter lol Biff Part III next year ftw! ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/23/07 at 02:10:02 The holiday that had everything! PART SIX!!!! So the post match celebrations were now in full motion as Team Commonwealth celebrated a job well done. The Gaff in particular seemed ecstatic at the victory. He was jumping up and down at the final whistle and i don't think it had quite sunk in yet. He was dancing around the showers and basically loving every second of it. It was not long before the Johnny Cash victory anthem was being sung loud and proud. I think also the fact that Tom did the best piece of skill over the three games too must have helped. In the third and final match Tom had the ball at his feet with a Swedish attacker closing in. With one graceful,deft touch of his right boot he proceeded to flick the ball clear over Johan's head (as i have been informed) It was a piece of skill right out of the Balham playgrounds. Everyone was on their feet applauding this amazing piece of showboating by the Gaff man. The Gaff's street football skills are right up their with the best of them and he certainly took things to the "next level" in Norway. :o Everyone was now exhausted and we all slowly returned to the venue. All three games were played in a great spirit and it was a really good bonding session of sorts for all involved. It also served as a starting point before the real competition started later that evening and early the next morning. Marius informed everyone that we were free to record our three try time trial efforts on MKDD, SMK and MK 64. These were basically qualifiers to see who would advance to the last sixteen of each tournament. The early results were already in and from memory i think that Pierre and Karel had already set the bar pretty high on SMK. At this point the scores didn't really matter, but the important thing was making sure you actually qualified. I had great fun that evening watching peoples efforts and cheering them on. I can't remember my exact times, but i got a PR on SMK i think it was Mario Circuit 1 - Sami?? Anyway i scraped into the last 16 of SMK just with a fair time and just about made the last 16 of Double Dash too. MK64 i sadly missed out on, but i was fairly happy about being involved in the next round of the other two competitions. Also excitement was just about hitting fever pitch when the tournament brackets for Pro Evo 6 were put up. The group stages were to take place on Saturday morning and already the main contenders - Harold,Karel, Gerard etc were mapping any possible routes to the final. I was fairly happy with my group - i had Pierre, Florent and Steven Zwartjes in my group. I knew for a fact that Pierre and Steven had never touched the game before and Florent only a few times. My group also included an unknown force in the form of Storle from Norway. I had no idea how good the guy was going to be, but knew i had him in the first game. Could be a tricky one i thought. At this stage i was more concerned with winning my group to avoid a possible quarter final with Harold and a semi-final with Karel. Everyone was having a great time that Friday evening and already you could see the whole group getting on really well. Also the Swedish guys had bought a Wii with them. Now all the poor cheapskates from the Uk - me,Arbinder and Neil who had never experienced the joys of this marvellous piece of kit could not wait to play it! I think it was around this point that Harold seemed to start getting rather excited. Maybe it had something to do with his injury i don't know. Maybe his hormones were running wild, but he started to pursue me. What started out as a joke could quite easily have ended in disaster. The guy is lucky i have a high tolerance level....He started by saying how he was going to destroy me at Pro. Big words i thought. Then he became more and more hyper before eventually collapsing on the sofa. To be fair he had a trip to the doctors the next day and we all had our fingers crossed that he would be able to compete in the tournaments. Later on that evening the results were in and the knockout stages drafted up. I had Andreas Rudmarker in the SMK last sixteen and Sami insisted i had a good chance. I knew this guy was a MKDD God and nearly 100 places higher ranked than me. It would be a good test i'am sure. In other notable last sixteen clashes Tom Gaffikin was up against Steven Zwartjes and the Gaff was well up for it! Also i think it was Karel vs Gerard in the last sixteen of SMK. I could not wait to see some of those match ups!! If i beat Andreas i knew i would be playing Karel in the SMK quarter finals. I politely warned Karel to watch out as i planned to "take him out" Unfortunately my attempted pay offs and bribes of certain people did not work out. I was offering Karel Euros etc to give me the victory (he turned it down) I also told Arbinder i would pay him handsomely if he knocked Harold out of Pro evo. Oh well maybe it would have worked better if i was female....Anyhow the rest of the evening was spent chatting, gaming, eating - i think the whole supermarket had sold out of yoghurt now thanks to the Dutch invasion! And a lot of time was spent telling Eric to "Rack Off" and asking him politely where all the Sheilas were at! Eric as usual was being a brilliant sport and keeping everyone upbeat. As the evening drew to a close i once again attempted to sleep. It was hard knowing that Pro Evo would begin at 10.00am sharp the next day! Oh well Drew was asleep despite the noise - i wished i was Drew.... Part seven coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/23/07 at 04:32:27 awesome bruv, but i beg ya whack some paragraphs in there for the next one :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/23/07 at 04:33:40 Quote:
Please tell me thats on tape! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/23/07 at 06:57:24 Yeah sorry dude my paragraphs went a bit out of the window in that last report. I got carried away with the tournament reporting. Regarding the footie footage, i think Marit taped some of it, but the chances of her capturing the skill are slim. There was very little tape left to start with and it would probably have run out by the last game. :( Oh well i have the memories.... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/23/07 at 13:50:04 Hi John, Excellent write up lol paragraph it yeh. Loved all the comments! Just few corrections: - Karel and myself hit the Top Times on SMK qualifying, Marius has the papers. 59"4x on MC1 by Karel i think then 59"8x by me. I do love my MC1, even if it has to be NBT. :) - Yes your 1'09" was a PR, updated on the site news last week ;) - Storle is spelt Stċle, but pronounced as you have written it. To Tom: Marit taped 10-15 mins max on each match, and each match is about 25-30 mins long, so it may not have appeared in the footage, but they can check for you. Roll on Part 7 Baaarrrrber! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/24/07 at 02:28:49 The holiday that had everything PART SEVEN!!!! So as the early hours of morning drew in, i became more and more aware that not much sleep was going to happen. A big game of Poker was taking place in the main room with all sorts of shady customers involved. The likes of the Gaff, Harold and Marius in particular seemed to be loving it! As a non poker player myself i thought i would get some kip - stupid idea. As the booze started pouring and the banter started flying it became clear that sleeping was just not going to happen. I have no idea who won or what was going on, but i have it on good authority that Tom is a bit of a master with the old poker face. Neil was becoming increasingly withdrawn from the main group which was quite sad. He spent a lot of time alone in Norway - despite the groups best efforts to involve him. Speaking of faces's, the face of Harold Christensen was already beginining to haunt me. The french left the Poker game early and Harold began to call my name from behind the stage curtain. 'Barber ze arse will ve mine" I hoped, really hoped that he was referring to Pro Evo. Maybe he should go after Neil next time... 8-) As my eyes began to close i remember the shadow of Matt heading into the kitchen. He was having a swift nightcap with Vincent i think - these dutch boys never sleep i swear! Vincent was also trying to get me to watch a Guitar Hero 2 masterclass. It was the second time i had turned him down. No way would i turn a Dutchman down a third time (i told myself) Anyway after everything had died down about 6.00AM and everyone went to sleep i finally got some rest. There is no rest for the wicked and at 9.30 the next day it was time - Let the games begin!!! So on Saturday 7th July 2007 the biggest, loudest, most amazing example of next level gaming was to take place. All the guys were ready, the talk was over and it was down to man vs man, beast vs beast, body vs body - ok maybe i went over the top, but you get the idea! Pro Evo was about to start with SMK to follow later on. There were to be two group games for each player in the morning schedule followed by two matches later on after 6.00pm. Alistair Brooks from the UK was the last guy to arrive in Norway. He would arrive later that afternoon and had the advantage or disadvantage of having to play his four group games in a row. As i mentioned earlier, the tournament was set up to have four groups of five teams per group. Top two from each group would qualify for the quarter finals. There were a lot of very good players in this tournament and the standard was very high. Guys like Eric and Arbinder were very solid players and dark horses in my book. The two best looking games of the group stages for me were Karel vs Gerard in group A and Harold vs Arbinder in group C. Group A was a bit of a group of death. Karel, Gerard, Sami and Matt were drawn together and both Sami and Matt had played the game a little before. More than the likes of Steven and Pierre anyway. And so it was that i kicked off my first game against the Norwegian guy Stale. Now i had only met the guy that same morning, but he was very polite and seemed a good chap. As he sat down to play, he had a quitely confident look on his face. It was enough to make me cautious at least - he said "good luck" and picked Real Madrid. I went with my tried and tested Inter Milan. A small crowd had gathered for my game - mainly consisting of Team Commonwealth members and my regular cheerleader Tom. Well put it this way after the ten minute clash was over Barber was no longer smiling. Storle quite literally ran me ragged - the final score a convincing 4-0!! :( The tournament had begun! World cups in football are notorius for shocks and this was a shock (to me at least) the only good thing i could take was that i had more shots than him and more possession. Just a bad day at the office ( i hoped) Full credit to the man from Norway and a huge warning to everyone else in the competition. At this point i turned my pro evo champ t-shirt inside out ashamed. Meanwhile Karel was going about his work in a ruthless fashion - i can't recall his exact scores, but he recorded two huge wins. He was basically in to the quarter finals already. (typical Dutch!) Speaking of typical Dutch, i have to give a big shout out to Steven who was doing some shocking next level stuff on Pro Evo in his first ever games! In his first ever match he struck a thirty yard wonder goal and proceeded to do the same in all his other matches! Quite amazing. My second game was against Pierre and i changed team to Chelsea ( a safe bet) A 5-0 result for me although expected restored a bit of confidence. I needed to win the last two to qualify for the quarters. In Group B Eric had also made a good start with two wins out of two i think and in group C both Arbinder and Harold were looking safe to make the quarters. There had been some shocks, some next level action and some great goals. Marius had once again done a brilliant job organising such an exciting tournament and it really was anyones to win at that point. :) After the morning's action everyone had calmed down a bit and it was time to try out a few other games. Having signed up for the Circuit Breakers tournament i thought it may help if i actually played it a bit. Again it became clear that the Dutch were masters of the game (yet again yawn) MJ, Karel, Patrik and Vincent - MJ in particular were very good players. Part eight coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 07/24/07 at 03:54:55 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Awesome! ;D It really did feel like that. We're only on Saturday so far and already at part 7! I can't believe how detailed your write-ups are, superb stuff! 8-) Btw. my scores in the group games were 4-0 vs Johan, 3 or 4 to 0 vs Sami and 4 or 5 to 0 vs Matt (maybe Sami and Matt remember the exact scores of those matches). And the match against Gerard was really close and ended 1-0. So I don't remember exactly how many goals I scored in the group stages, only that I managed to wrap up four clean sheets. My defence was looking very strong right until the final, when all of a sudden it collapsed like a big fat hippo falling from a skyscraper. :-X (Credit to Stale's strong attacking capablities as well of course 8-)) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/24/07 at 04:12:25 Stċle was super! Plus John, the Poker night was when i was wandering around getting stuff ready aswell for the next day. Then at 6am i sat on one of the smk's and started playing. Harold got up from the Poker table calling to me saying he was gona kick my ass at Match Race. He did well but i handed it back to him then went to sleep at 6:30am or something. Therel be another pro tournament soon John ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/25/07 at 02:19:38 The holiday that had everything PART EIGHT!!!! And so that afternoon my love affair with Circuit Breakers began. For the uneducated out there the basic premise of the game is very simple. You race around a track trying to either knock your opponent off it or hold them up. If you race far enough ahead of them you gain points. Its very similar to Micro Machines for those that have played in the past. Anyway a few of us - me, the Gaff, Arbinder and Eric (who became a master quickly) decided to show the Dutch how to play it! I instantly picked the nice looking, if particularly girly purple car. This won me an instant supporter in the form of Lindsay who seemed to love the purple racing machine. After many great battles and lots of laughs - we all loved causing carnage on the raft :D - it became clear Eric was pretty handy at the game. In fact as will be revealed later, Eric was a master of all forms of racing at speed in general! The Dutch looked on, knowing their skills were superior, but yet may have been surprised by the skills of Eric. I was beginning to wonder what Vincent had hidden in that big hat of his! Some kind of performance enhancers possibly?!? Ha ha. More likely a yoghurt or two actually...The Gaff was once again somewhat in his element whilst playing this. I have to give you credit buddy, you made the whole trip very enjoyable! Every time Tom won a race he was tuning up the band. The ring of fire anthem could be heard time and time again coming from the big telly by the stage. After all the excitement died down it was time for the last guest to arrive. The Team Commonwealth UK guys were excited about another member increasing their numbers in Norway. Alistair Brooks had arrived! Having known Ali for a number of years i just knew the guy would be full of life and would really get on well with everyone. This proved to be the case that week. In fact it was Alistair who first pointed out the striking resemblance between Neil and Pierre. All week Alistair was desperate for a picture with the two "brothers" and spent a lot of time chasing the pair in a very comical fashion! Pierre to be fair eventually got the joke and played along with it well much to his credit. Following on from Circuit Breakers a few guys began to play the wii that the swedish guys brought. Lindsay and Tom were in the middle of a tennis match, so i thought i would show the Dutch girl who is boss. I thought surely this is one Dutch person i can actually beat. I should have known better. I lost in quite abysmal fashion much to the amusement of Lindsay....Anyway moving on i decided to slug it out on the boxing. Man after three straight fights with Neil,Arbinder and Eric i literally felt like i had gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson himself! It gives you one hell of a workout. I was sweating like Harold would in a room full of gaymen....it was intense, it was tough, but i only lost the first fight and beat Neil and Eric. As Eric was challenging me to a fight all week i thought this was the best way to settle things... 8-) After the fun and games had died down and we all had showered, it was time for the second part of the Pro Evo tournament. To be brief at this point - i defeated Steven like 8-0 and Florent i think 6-0 to reach the last eight. Storle won his other two games to top our group. I was heading for a showdown with either Arbinder or Harold. Harold and Arbinder were in action and i knew if Arbinder could hold on to his 1-0 lead i would face him (my preferred choice) As if fate was watching down, Harold scored an equaliser in injury time to top the group. >:( Two quarter finals were therefore set - it would be Storle of Norway against Arbinder from the UK and myself vs Harold from France. Two great looking games which could be classics i thought. Meanwhile Karel had won every game in his group including a great early clash with rival Gerard to reach the last eight. He was joined by Gerard as runner up in the quarter finals. I have to give a nod to Matt at this point too, he was very,very unlucky not to qualify. He only missed out on goal difference to Gerard in the end. They had the same points. A top effort mate well done! :) Group B was looking interesting as Alistair had won most of his four games i think and it was close between him and Eric to see who would top the group. I can't remember the score in their game, but in the end Eric won it and set up a quarter final with Gerard. Alistair would have to play Karel. The draw in full was Karel vs Alistair, Eric vs Gerard, Storle vs Arbinder and Barber vs Harold. Things were looking good for a cracking last eight. I also have to give a nod to Tom as well. He scored a few great goals in his group and was unlucky not to make the quarters. Nice work! Marius later that evening, announced that if anyone was interested we could all go bowling. It sounded like a great idea and would give guys a chance to relax before the big SMK and Street Fighter competitions. And so it was that around 20 + random people from all over the world descended on a small complex about ten mins round the corner. It's funny because as i arrived in a car i think with the French there was a big line of people waiting. I thought "what the hell is going on here" How typical of Tom then to lead a chorus of der der der der der der der daaaaaa yet again! It was hilarious to see everyone enjoying the tune and was testiment to just how well we all got on in Norway. Part nine coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 07/25/07 at 02:30:24 Amazing write-up John! :D Ok, now can I bet there will be 19 parts in "the holiday that had everything"...? ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/25/07 at 03:02:20 Thanks Florent! :) I actually think you may be right. The way things are going it could be at least 20 parts by the time i'm finished. It will probably take me three posts to describe all the amazing smk action! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/25/07 at 03:05:31 theres a video of us lot in the line doing it - its on mariats website! check it out! btw, whats your msn? I couldn't find it.. i want that video! and those pics! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 07/25/07 at 05:13:38 Great pics and vids! Thanks Marit! :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/25/07 at 10:04:24 In Hiding wrote:
Hehe, Mariat is Marit :) Barber, Storle is Stċle :P Excellent writings, more joke stuff to come, Pro evo and circuit breakers was awesome! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 07/25/07 at 17:36:32 Neo wrote:
I've been meaning to comment on that, the trip didn't have everything. I don't remember strippers, pornography you know all the essentials. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/26/07 at 01:30:32 Ha ha! Nice one Eric and a valid point. I was kinda relying on you to bring us some form of adult entertainment with from Australia. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/26/07 at 02:26:11 The holiday that had everything (except pornography and strippers) PART NINE!!!! Ok so now everyone had arrived for bowling (apart from the Swedish guys who stayed at the venue) you could sense the excitement in the air. Not being a particular dab hand at bowling myself - i was eager to see how good some of the other guys were. Once we entered the building a few guys ran straight to the air hockey machines. I can particularly remember Eric and Arbinder going head to head. Anyway we split up into three different groups ( i think) Two lanes had six bowlers and one lane had eight. I remember my lane included both Sami and Karel as well as Eric and Alistair i think. On the lane to my left Harold, The Gaff and Patrick were present. I remember being more than a little worried at the prospect of bowling alongside the one-armed bandit known as Harold. Tom had by now nicknamed him the "one-armed pirate" This was quite hysterical and very fitting to his character. All that was lacking was a parrot on his shoulder and probably an eye patch too. Much to everyones surprise Harold not only participated with a broken shoulder, but also did quite well. Much respect again to the man for that. Everyone was having a brilliant time and it was a very relaxed and enjoyable experience. The thing that sticks in my memory the most about that evening was again the Johnny Cash tune. Almost everybody, whether they got a spare or a strike, burst into song with der der der der der der der daaaaa. Patrick in particular, who was far and away the best bowler on the day was loving every second. He must have done the victory dance and song about twenty times i swear! Karel was also pretty good in my lane - despite his previous claims that he was crap! So once again there was some Dutch domination going down. You can see why i don't want to go over there next year now. Total destruction going on. :o There were a few Norwegian locals also in the venue that evening and i don't think they could quite believe what was going on. It must have been highly amusing to them witnessing twenty random people dancing around and singing! Marius will probably never want to show his face there again.... So after the nice, calm bowling experience it was back to the venue and back to business. It was game time once again. This however was no ordinary game time. The competition would be fierce, the battles intense. Some of the best karters in the world were present and i for one could not wait. Marius had set up the big speakers by the side of the main stage. SMK had never sounded any better! The big TV on the stage was now the main point of almost everyones attention. It was the last sixteen knock out stage of SMK and the whole room was pumped up for it. You could in many ways call it the "Elite 16" with the added addition of John Barber- who was pretty much an imposter alongside this elite company. I had no idea how i had even qualified for this round, but i knew the fairytale would not last long. There would be no fireworks and no happy ending for this karting also-ran. For me it had to be between four people. Sami, Karel, Pierre or Florent. They were the guys to beat and good luck trying to stop them i thought! Sami was his usual self and spent most of the time writing off his own chances. It was highly amusing to see the "Godfather of SMK" actually worried that he didn't have the tools to finish the job. "Yeah right" i thought! The Gaff was already buzzing about a last 16 clash with Steven! I can't recall his exact words when he found out his draw, but it was something along the lines of "It's gonna be messy" or "Bruv- merkage" It's very difficult for me to remember the exact matches that took place in the last 16, let alone the exact results or who played first in the tournament grid. It's probably best if i leave it to you guys to give me the exact results and who beat who. I'm pretty sure another interesting clash was between Eric and Marius in this round. The likes of Tom and Steven and Eric and Marius were closely matched in terms of site rankings etc which would make for some brilliant and close battles. Also and i stand to be corrected i think it was Karel vs Gerard once again! This time in SMK. I knew whatever happened my clash with Andreas Rudmarker of Sweden would be on last. I was chuffed with that as it meant by default i would at least finish 9th! Sami insisted i had a good chance of pulling off an upset, but i had more than a few doubts. For those that are interested the basic rules of the last sixteen were as follows. It was match race vs your opponent - first to five wins. The tracks were drawn completely at random out of a hat. It could be anytrack from Mushroom cup right over to Special cup. It was a very fair way of running things and good planning by Marius. Why we didn't use Vincent's magic hat to do the draw i don't know. We could have even used Eric's Stubby Cooler to do the job. What a great prop that was. 8-) Moving on i can't recall who participated in the first clash, but i do know i was glued to the screen pretty much for the next two hours solid. Some of the action was quite insane. It had to be seen to be believed. I know the Tom vs Steven clash took place quite early on and i had the honour of pulling the tracks from the hat. I didn't help Tom too much with my earlier picks, but soon enough that changed. Sami called it a "Gaff track" in reference to the Ghost Valley courses. Part ten coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/26/07 at 02:35:36 Was that the night that some of us went to the pub? Should i write that bit up? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/26/07 at 03:27:42 Yes it was indeed mate. Please feel free to do a write up. You guys went to the pub that night straight after bowling. I went back to the venue instead ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/26/07 at 04:15:06 ok, so the bowling has finished and everyone is hungry so we all go over to the petrol garage and buy anything from hotdogs (yes - they sell them in petrol garages) to chocolate bars and drinks etc. Marius lets us know that we can go to the pub but not everyone can go. This is because its quite far away and there weren't enough drivers to take everyone. Remember it was already quite late, but pubs shut at 2am near Marius. I can't remember who went in the first car.. infact i dont really remember everyone who was there in the end but i'll give it a shot.. Gerard, Lindsay, Florent, Harold, Arbinder, Karel, Vince, Marius, Marit, umm.. thats where it gets a little hazy, maybe SZ as well? They weren't on my table so i dont remember so well. Anyway, so we pull up to what basically looks like a big house but quite landscape and got to the door where there were bouncers. The people in the first car hadn't gone in "we were waiting for you guys" so i just bowled on in saying hi to the big guys. Inside isn't really like an English pub but i suppose it was more like a bar. There was nice decor, wooden fittings and trendy seats, few bar stools etc. There was a TV - maybe thats what made me think of it more as a home.. and i think there was more space to drink in what looked a bit like a conservatory, although it was getting dark (by Norweigen standards!). Wasn't that busy which was a good thing as the bar was literally about 4 foot wide with a single barman who was the landlord at the helm. We got some drinks and crammed ourselves around a table. Not sure how much the coca cola was but the beer was pretty expensive, about £4.50-£5 a pint, but the beer Kruhls? or something was good.. had some the night before back at the ranch. To be honest its not very common place for people in the UK not to drink alcohol in pubs/bars as i'm sure Sami and Arbinder can vouch for.. we like our alcohol so i was suprised to see half the table not drinking. We chatted about this and that, unsuprisingly there was a continuation of the banter between Harold (the one-armed pirate) and Barber or Arbinder etc. I remember a conversation turned to language, partly because Florent can't understand a word that i speak. For those who haven't met me i speak very quickly and also with a relaxed form of English, hardly pronouncing my words! We talked about languages and how we can all communicate with eachother and Lindsay was saying about how in sign language people communicate largely with their facial expressions. We also spoke about insults in languages too. I wont go into to much detail but next time you're on IM it is worth asking the Dutch about the way they slag each other off! Very random.. Had two rounds and then had to make a move, a) cause the pub was closing and b) because it was getting late and we were all pretty tired after the bowling. Headed home.. and i'll hand you back to Barber! Synopsis for those who can't be arsed to read the above: It was cool, went to the pub, had a few pints and came home :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/26/07 at 05:50:54 Yeh during the bar visit i was back at the venue cotching with Team Sweden, ellin them stories and stuff from London. Excellent build up on the smk action Barber! Cant wait to hear the stories further... If you need info on the PAL players ranks for tomorrow's write up they are here: http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/afp.php?cfilter=&full=on |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 07/26/07 at 07:09:12 Nice write ups again guys. :) In Hiding wrote:
Worth mentioning at this point are the two gorgeous girls who happened to stop at the petrol station AND the fact everyone got eaten alive by billions of mosquitos whilst waiting there! :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/26/07 at 07:18:16 KVD you make a valid point my friend. I did not actually notice the two gorgeous girls in question. Most probably because i was so busy swatting off so many bloody mosquitos! It was quite something to behold actually. I ran for safety to get away from the damn things... >:( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/26/07 at 07:35:19 :D Yeeah very good write ups guys :) Loving it!! Keep em coming!! tom u forgot the Ian Dowey (or something?...sorry john..) part!! :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/27/07 at 02:33:52 The holiday that had everything! PART TEN!!!! In fact the Tom vs Steven clash was scheduled third that evening. With the help of Sami, i have managed to recall exactly who played who, in what order and who got through to the quarter finals! Some may think this is highly sad, but i also think it's quite interesting to map the progress of some guys all the way to the final. It will also be nice for the stars of the show to look back on. On with the action! As i mentioned in my previous post there was a reall buzz in the room. This was big time, the real deal. For anyone that missed the Norway trip you should be kicking yourself. Some of the driving and action that i witnessed over the next few days was truly off the chart. For me the cost of the plane ticket was worth it for the SMK action alone. Tom spent most of the time with his head shaking wildly and was jumping up and down in excitement. It was just pure gaming brilliance and a joy to witness some masters of their craft at work. On with the reports..... The first match in the last sixteen pitted Drew Blumfield of the USA against Harold Christensen of France. Needless to say, the antics of the one armed Pirate from the land of frogs and snails had not endeared me to him over the last few days. I was firmly behind Duffgardens Blumfield in this one. It would be interesting for a number of reasons. Mainly to see how Drew could transfer his NTSC skills over to the Pal system. Also to see just how good the Battle Mode legend was in a match race environment. I remember being really impressed with Drew's driving skills and there was a couple of "Wow" moments involving some smart weapon usage and great controlled driving. I can't remember the score, but i do know that Drew was an impressive winner and was the first to cement his place in the quarter finals. The atmosphere in the room was great and once again the matches in the SMK tournament were played in a great spirit by all involved. The next karting battle saw the legendary Florent Lecoanet of France go head to head with another legend and the number 2 in the UK Matthew McCarthy. Once again i anticipated a legendary showdown between two great karters. It's funny because before this match Matt was writing off his chances to me and already calling Florent as his pick to win the whole competition. At this point i have to admit i thought it was a bold prediction to make. My favourites were Sami and Karel, but Matt seemed to have a lot of faith in the cool dude from France. Knowing Florent quite well i could already see just how fired up he was for this competition. He seemed really determined and that is always the hallmark of a born winner. So i took my seat for this battle and was blown away by what i saw. Again i will leave it to Matt or Florent to fill you in with the scores and maybe the tracks used. I do recall sitting open mouthed at some of the amazing driving Florent kept serving up. If ever there was a definition of the term "Next Level" then this was it. :o Matt gave it a real good go and did Team Commonwealth proud. The end result was a win for Florent which set up a quarter final battle with Drew. A great looking match indeed. 8-) The next match was between Tom Gaffikin from the UK and Steven Zwartjes from Holland. This was a match that the Gaff had been looking forward to for quite some time. Considering the closeness of their rankings on the SMK site it was one i was relishing too. The Gaff looked relaxed and the epitomy of coolness as he swaggered up to his chair for the upcoming battle. I was desperate for someone to stop this gaming machine and Dutch equivalent of Drago and i was fully behind the Gaff man. And so it was that i pulled all the tracks from the bag for this one. I don't think Tom was over the moon with my earlier selections and i can remember Steven winning the first couple of races. Once a few "Gaff' tracks started to appear you could see the confidence increasing in him. I will leave Tom to maybe describe the action in this one, but i was well impressed again with what i saw. In the end Steven gained the victory and advanced to the quarter finals. It was great to see all the Dutch cheering for their man, the french for the french etc. It was a real country effort. The fourth match would see Pierre Lacoste of France against Michael Jongerius of Holland. Now i did not envy MJ for the task he had in front of him. Playing Pierre would be tough, real tough. Having seen what the man could do first hand back in October could anyone stop him? I recall Sami once asking Pierre 'what other games do you play? and Pierre's answer was simple - "I do not play other games" I think that quote speaks for itself! Here is a guy programmed just to play SMK. Pierre is almost like a human cyborg, zombie, android, whatever you want to call him. Either way the guy is half human - half robot i swear...And also known in the UK as Neil Skipper. Well the action itself was exactly what i expected it to be - sick! :o Complete carnage going on and some insane boosting and jumps being used. MJ as the favourite to win MK64 gave it his best shot, but he sadly fell short of the scary skills of Pierre. Man i never knew Neil was this good at SMK! Maybe he has been training in-between Stargate Sg-1 episodes?!? ::) Long story short Pierre advanced to the quarter finals of SMK were he would go one on one with Steven Zwartjes. Two machines would collide... Part eleven coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Squashua on 07/27/07 at 07:11:19 sweeeet. epic battles. john, i dont know if you checked marit's page of pictures from the meet (link is a couple pages back now) but it has pictures of the completed tourney brackets down at the bottom. that should help you w/ the 'who played who' ok found it, should be linked again anyway :P http://pic5.piczo.com/MaritCathrine/?g=33899515&cr=5 ...ha, and of course the smk bracket isnt even on there, but the others are if that helps, oh well |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by mattniss on 07/27/07 at 09:43:53 Real_John_Barber wrote:
You couldn't have described SZ in any better detail, John. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 07/27/07 at 19:55:59 Definitely, I love your write-up John 8-) I made the bet that there will be 19 parts in "the holidays that had everything (except pornography and strippers)", but now I think there will be 29 parts... ::) Just a correction: Harold was a very nice guy and accepted that his match against Drew was played on NTSC, not on PAL ;) On the other hand, I played against Drew on PAL in 1/4 finals (because he lost THE "battle mode" bet ;D) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/28/07 at 04:34:24 Yes when Drew had matches they did a coin toss for PAL or NTSC, and it landed NTSC for Harold's match. The Battle mode few days later however was on PAL but with 60hz switch flicked on one of Marius's modded snes's if im right. Pierre Lacoste is Pierre L'Hoëst Barber... hehehe. There is actually a Pierre Coste on the PAL site ranking, i gave the link some posts back. Excellent story so far of the events at the meet, look forward to next part on Monday ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 07/28/07 at 04:56:52 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
In fact, Harold was a true sport and decided to face Drew on NTSC without the coinfip, if I remember correctly. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 07/28/07 at 06:33:10 KVD wrote:
In fact, Harold was a true sport and decided to face Drew on NTSC without the coinfip, if I remember correctly. :) [/quote] Yes you're right ;) And Sami, I was talking about another thing for the battle mode. Actually, Drew proposed me something before our MR match. He proposed that we played a Battle Mode match on NTSC, and if he beat me 10-0, we 'd play our MR match on NTSC. If not, we'd play on PAL. I accepted the bet ;D And I won cos' Drew lost the fifth round. That's why we played our MR match on PAL. There was no coin toss at all. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Monkey_Kong on 07/28/07 at 18:05:18 I remember watching Drew against Florent in their PAL/NTSC bet... I thought Drew was completely insane thinking he could beat one of the top battle moders in the world 10-0 but then I'd never seen Drew play battle before, he made a pretty good go of it and won the first 4 or 5 I think before Florent beat him! For the record I'm pretty sure Florent beat me 5-2 with me winning on RR and GV3? RR was the highlight for me as we both got the boost start and did some crazy circuit breakers style bashing at the start, with me just managing to stay on while Florent went off the track trying to hit me. RR is probably my best match race course (I never crash!) but Florent still almost caught me with the feather lap skip trick which didn't quite come off! Also I didn't reply to Florent earlier but him teaching me long boosting was a big highlight for me as well, I have been playing around a bit at home and maybe it will be closer next time!! Many thanks for that! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Monkey_Kong on 07/28/07 at 18:07:25 ps cheers for all the write ups John, I'm amazed you remember so much especially now it's a few weeks back! Has been great fun reading and reliving it all! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/29/07 at 09:51:48 Very true :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 07/29/07 at 15:34:37 Where are you John? I NEED THE PART ELEVEN, NOW !!! ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/29/07 at 23:19:05 Neo wrote:
Lol... He only does write ups during the week. So hopefully today something may show up. ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/30/07 at 01:28:35 Before i continue would just like to say a big thank you to Matt, Florent, Sami, Lindsay, Karel and everyone else for your comments and enthusiasm towards my reports. Pleased to know you are enjoying them and i'm not putting you all to sleep! Part Eleven should be up soon.... 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/30/07 at 02:26:47 The holiday that had everything! PART ELEVEN!!!! With Drew, Florent, Steven and Pierre now safely in to the SMK quarter finals, i felt we needed some strong UK representation too. We were in need of a boost and who better to provide it than the "Godfather of SMK" Sami Cetin. He was next up in a scheduled battle with Patrick Wessels (Yet another strong gaming Dutchman) ::) So far the karting action had more than lived up to expectations. The rabid crowd was witnessing something truly awesome. It was a treat for everyone who was watching. A banquet of sorts involving the cream of karters from around the world. I was basically left scratching my head thinking "How the heck do these guys get this good at SMK? I was asking some serious questions at this point and wondering "How did Steven Zwartjes get this good at basically every game whilst at the same time clubbing, cooking and eating almost everything in the last ten years?!" "How did he find the time? "How did Harold get good at SMK? Maybe Iain Dowie showed him the ropes?!? "How come Florent is so damn awesome? Maybe he really is Neo in disguise! ;D I was asking the same questions of Sami - who despite updating the site all these years and spending ridiculous hours at work and the gym, still managed to maintain a ridiculously god like standard. Quite baffling....Anyhow i knew for one that i would have to be playing SMK well into my sixties just to catch these guys up! :o So i had just managed to catch my breath in time for match up number five. Sami of the UK vs Patrick of Holland. Now to be fair i had never seen Patrick race before, but i knew he could be in some serious trouble against Sami. Sami was as usual being very modest about his chances, but i knew he had a very good chance of winning the whole thing. Man, Team UK was struggling at this point and we needed someone to win a competition. With Matt now eliminated along with Tom and me soon to follow, i was fully behind the all-night gaming legend. The speakers being used had added so much to the tournament thus far and it sounded incredible! I looked forward to another classic battle. The Gaff was again highly animated throughout the tournament and he was the epitomy of all that was good about Norway 07. Guys just having fun! And a hell of a lot of it too! Anyway on to the match. Again i will need Sami to fill me in with more specifics regarding tracks used and the actual scoreline, but again i was highly impressed with the efforts of both guys. The Dutch were fully behind their man, but Sami went about his business in a very professional manner. Sami was the clear winner with a superb 5-0 win. He would now have to wait to find out who his quarter final opponent was. It was interesting to see from this match just how useful the weapons were. The top, top players could even use a green shell to inflict maximum damage. Drew in particular can do things with a green shell that have to be seen to be believed! :D I was happy for Sami and hoped he could progress futher. Next up was another very interesting clash which saw Eric Scott of Australia up against Marius (the host) Hukkelas of Norway. Both players being so closely ranked on smk set up yet another epic looking battle. The prize for the winner? A quarter final with Sami....It was all on the line in this one for sure. I for one wished there was more on the line though. Imagine if it was Marius's hair vs Eric's beer cooler! The winner takes all and the loser loses all. The thought of Marius without his legendary locks and Eric without his cooler just does not bear thinking about! ;D What followed if i recall was a very, very exciting and close battle. I think it was actually one of the closest of all the last eight matches. May have been 5-4 to Marius?!? Eric any ideas? It was a classic match for sure and i was highly impressed with both guys. They are truly great karters and the global appeal of SMK was clear for all to see here. Eric has some great Go-karting skills and is probably even better behind the wheel in real life... In the end Marius won the match and advanced for a quarter final match with Sami. Another potential classic. Now all eyes were on Mr SMK himself Karel van Duijvenboden. How would he cope with the pressure? As an undoubted favourite, i was interested to see him in action once again. He was up against his good friend Gerard Roodhorst in an all Dutch match up. At least another Dutch would be eliminated i thought! Gerard's girlfriend Lindsay was watching and i thought maybe her support would give Gerard a confidence boost. These two gladiators sat down ready to do battle. Karel with his classic look of intensity, clearly was in no mood to muck about. Again i can't remember the score, but i remember being on the edge of my seat amazed at some of the driving by both men. It was a real treat for me to see two artists at work and the thought of me having to possibly face Karel in the quarter final made me want to weep. :'( It could be brutal i thought....When it came down to the end of the match and the dust had settled it was Karel who survived the sand storm and made it safely in to the quarter finals. It was at this point that the Barber gave Karel a slight warning. Just a little look as if to say the Barber is coming. He was in my sights and i was ready to gun him down in the last eight! A victory to remember. That was my dream the night before anyway then i woke up.... 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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 07/30/07 at 02:36:45 Quote:
Probably the nicest thing someones said to me in months - cheers bruv :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/30/07 at 02:38:35 Barber shud get this stuff in a Novel! The Gaff... il say it again, is Lovin' it! Absolutely Lovin' it! And Barber's big moment is gona come in Part 12, gota read that from your own point of view. I wana know how u got more zoom starts than me for a start hehe ;D And driving on single kart-width strips of road (especially Rainbow Road) without falling off. We wait to hear the story... 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 07/30/07 at 09:22:29 Nice write-up of the SMK section there John. Let's just say Mini Toad will make an appearance in one of the next chapters, not my idea though, it was Harold's... (who else?) ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 07/30/07 at 20:53:13 Real_John_Barber wrote:
+vince even though he hasn't posted about it. I've had so little time lately I'm glad i even got to reading it all :) Quote:
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/31/07 at 02:46:16 Thanks a lot too Vince - you busy bee mod! Ah yes mini Toad was indeed a classic. Will never forget that one... ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/31/07 at 03:26:29 KVD wrote:
MC4 was a haven for easy NBT tho, next time it shud be mini toad/koopa driven by Karel vs Big Toad/Koopa driven by Barber but on Mushroom Cup! That could get a bit closer with less space for both to run away. *cough* October... *cough* |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 07/31/07 at 03:26:52 The holiday that had everything! PART TWELVE!!!! Well at this stage i have to say i never imagined i would be writing part twelve now. I am still reporting on Saturday night and there is so much more still to come! It may well have been easier to have written a book on it. Anyway back to the story....So with Drew,Florent,Steven,Pierre,Sami,Marius and Karel all safely into the quarter finals there was one place still up for grabs. The prize for the winner was a nice easy match against Karel in the last eight. ;D And so it was that i stepped up to face my opponent Andreas Rudmarker for a place in the quarter finals. Now Sami politely reminded me that Andreas was currently ranked 119th on Pal SMK. For anyone else in the room they would be thinking 'great' but i was then told my current rank was 220th! He was almost 100 places higher than me on the list! I was not a happy bunny faced with the prospect of complete embarrasment in front of my fellow UK companions. I was flying the flag for them and supposed to be representing all that is good about our homeland. And so at this point i thought "What the heck let's put on a show" I marched towards my seat proudly boasting "It's showtime boys" whilst at the same time having my gym towel hanging off my shoulders. I thought i may as well look like i am a good player and put a bit of fear in the mind of the young Swede. In truth i probably looked like a complete retard and maybe that's why Harold became futher attracted....Anyway the legendary Vincent decided to give me his big hat to wear. This was a nice gesture on the part of the lively Dutchman and he probably could see i needed all the help i could get! Thanks for the hat buddy! 8-) So with the aid of the cool hat, i relaxed before the battle ahead. The luck of the draw i knew would play a big part in just how well i would do. I was desperate for a couple of tracks in particular to come up. Andreas picked Bowser and i picked Toad. Now picking Toad against a big player would be instant suicide, but i had a feeling that if i played the tracks simple then Andreas may make mistakes. A lot of people were again watching this, but fortunately my rapidly increasing red face was hidden by the big hat! I recall the first track being either Donut Plains 1 or 2. These are two tracks that i really hate. Andreas took the first win and i looked out of my depth. The guys watching must have been quite shocked at just how poor my karting was. The good thing from my point of view is i could do no worse. All the time i was shouting at Vince "Bowser Castle 1" "Bowser Castle 1" This track being a big favourite of mine i was really hoping to get it. I can't recall what happened next, but i remember winning a couple and the score being 2-2. Then as if by magic the tracks started to go my way. First out was Rainbow Road! It's funny because during the course of the tournament thus far, certain tracks had being appearing on a regular basis. Rainbow Road was one such track that everyone seemed to end up getting. This is another "Barber track" and i felt confident of the victory. Andreas was quite unfortunate and seemed to get either crushed or fall off a fair bit. I was quite steady and maybe only made one error. I won the track and had a 3-2 lead! Now Vince did me a massive favour and out came Bowser Castle 1. Having played SMK for years mainly for fun, me and my friends used to play this track over and over. I would have been majorly pissed to lose on this track. Despite a mistake or two on the final lap, i managed to hang on. It was 4-2 and i had nearly done it. I was quite annoyed at the lack of boost starts actually. I maybe only got one or two during the matches - that would change later though. The final track was Vanilla Lake 1. Now Andreas let out a loud groan at this point. To be fair on him i don't think he was lucky with a lot of the tracks we got. I was delighted as i knew it would slow his Bowser down and i had a great opportunity. Despite a very nervous last lap or two i got across the finish line first! Much to the amazement of myself and everyone in the room! There was a big cheer and i was very grateful for the support. :) Sami told me that Florent in particular had his head in his hands because he was so desperate for me to hold on and win! Thanks a lot mate! :D I had won 5-2 and could not quite believe it! It was Karel vs Barber in the SMK quarter finals. If ever there was a David vs Goliath match then this would be it! Oh well i was happy just to be there. I thanked Andreas - who was a great sport and i looked forward to watching his insane Double Dash skills later on... Now by the time SMK had finished virtually everyone in the room was knackered. All the gaming really does take it out of you and we were all feeling tired. The usual suspects - the likes of Pierre, Sami etc still carried on gaming as per usual. Proper gaming Zombies those two! ::) I knew that on Sunday the whole of the Pro Evo tournament would be finished as well as most of the Street Fighters/ Double Dash too. I needed sleep and lots of it. At this point i pulled off a master stroke. Fearing for my body, i decided to sleep in the disabled toilet. This may sound weird to those that were not there, but it was very big, very airy and no-one used it! I could not leave myself open to attack from Harold or any other prankster. It was not long before Harold started knocking on the door calling my name.... Part 13 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/31/07 at 03:36:02 ;D ;D ;D Harold Outside the door at 3am : "Barber!!....." |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 07/31/07 at 03:36:27 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
MC4 was a haven for easy NBT tho, next time it shud be mini toad/koopa driven by Karel vs Big Toad/Koopa driven by Barber but on Mushroom Cup! That could get a bit closer with less space for both to run away. *cough* October... *cough*[/quote] Exactly what I was thinking. He was unlucky the mini toad thing happened on a complex course like MC4; on Mushroom Cup I think he'd have beaten me. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 07/31/07 at 07:23:37 Barbere...zhe arse will bve mine!! hahaha...everytime i think of that...i get the barberrape image in my head...IEUWL!! Part 13!! lucky number right? ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by My Name Is Neil on 07/31/07 at 11:55:11 Liking the write ups John, and yes I have finally joined the Forum! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 07/31/07 at 22:10:19 That's right, Barber avenged my lost MKDD final against andreas beforehand! ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 07/31/07 at 23:06:33 20-100 wrote:
It was the hat that did it.. though still i dont know how Barber managed to keep on narrow strips of road and hardly crash/fall off road and get more zoom starts then than I did in the final. Well done again mate! Part 13 we hoping today. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/01/07 at 02:48:24 The holiday that had everything! PART THIRTEEN!!!! So there i was in a disabled toilet trying to get some rest, whilst having to listen to a never ending stream of waffle burger coming from the mouth of a frustrated Frenchman outside. I shouted "Go away" and "leave me alone" - there was a lot of swear words used too, but sadly my efforts were in vain. Harold was the one who was disabled (what with his broken shoulder) and therefore maybe he just wanted a place to rest. This was Barber's domain though and there was no chance he would ever break into my castle. I needed some rest badly. The usual suspects - Tom,Eric, Matt and Neil had all retreated to their sleeping quarters by now and it was just left to me and Arbinder to try and fend off the flamboyant Frenchman. I mean i could not even get Eric to beat him up for me because he was sleeping. Luckily Arbinder finally managed to get him to back off. So after a lot of door handle turning and excited banging Harold retreated to his dodgy love shack behind the stage curtains. Barber had survived - at least for now. I also recall him making lots of gestures regarding my rear end. "Barber ze arse will be mine" "Ze best arse" "Ze arse will be mine on Pro Evo" What a full blown, fully fledged arse bandit i thought to myself. This made me even more determined to destroy him at Pro Evo. He was playing mind games, trying to get in my head before our epic showdown. A showcase of talent which was sure to be the highlight of the quarter finals. It was about 4.00AM Sunday morning and the Pro Evo quarters were scheduled for around 11.00AM. So at last i managed to get some much needed shut eye before the last eight the next day.... And so i woke the next morning determined to make my mark. Harold had taken me down on Pro in Paris and it was my time for revenge - my time to shine. It was clearly fate that we should meet in the quarter finals and a match that everyone would be talking about. As our match was on first - i felt sure we would set the standard for others to follow. What promised to be an epic turned out to be exactly that. In other quarter finals scheduled for that day it would be Karel vs Alastair, Gerard vs Eric and Storle vs Arbinder. Marius had also stated that the whole Pro Evo tournament would end today! We would have a new champion crowned by Monday! Things were getting very interesting and the real competition was about to begin. And so Harold Christensen vs John Barber was about to begin. I had no idea which way the match would go to be honest, but knew it would be close. Harold wished me good luck with a look on his face that could only come from a wind up merchant. Now i selected Chelsea and thought they represented my best chance of winning. Harold was his usual Manchester United - who are very hard to handle with him in control. Harold has long range shooting skills like no-one else i have ever played on the game. Keeping him out would be very tough and i hoped that Terry and co would be up to the task. Harold asked me if it would be ok to play with red arrows. In a moment of madness i agreed. Now i have played Pro Evo for five-six years and never used red arrows. Why i agreed i will never know. That's not an excuse, but simply a fact. For those that are wondering what this means i will explain briefly. Basically before every match you can set your players form to either random or red. If the form is random you don't know what you will get. Your best players could be on a gray or blue down arrow and virtually useless or the opposite. I prefer this because it makes the game more interesting and you have to make good use of your squad. The goals are lot less frequent too. With red arrows almost every player is unstoppable and every game is a goal feast. Put it this way from this stage onwards lots of goals were flying in. The games were classics for the audience watching, but a nightmare at times for the players - just ask Karel! ;) And so we kicked off and from what i can remember Harold nearly scored straight away. Saha was one on one with my keeper, but fortunately the goalie got there first. He clattered Saha too and it looked a certain pen. I got away with it and attacked straight away. Lampard threaded Drogba in and Didier chipped the keeper calmly. Barber was 1-0 up! Things got even more silly when Wright Phillips escaped down the line, put a low cross into the box and Drogba finsihed it for 2-0! Only ten mins game time had passed and the crowd were on there feet. I could not believe it! ;D However you can NEVER right Harold off. Around the thirty mins mark Saha pulled one back - i feared the worst. Minutes later it was 2-2 after a great Ronaldo strike. Moments later and Florent and Pierre were on there feet. Ryan Giggs 30 yards out lashed in a stunning strike. It was 3-2 to Harold and not even half time! My comeback chances looked slim. Out of no-where Robben burst into the box and was clipped. A clear penalty! Lampard with the aid of the post scored! It was 3-3! Then disaster struck...With Saha bursting down on goal, Lampard made a desperate effort to catch him, Terry was coming over to cover when i dived in. Straight red card for Lampard!!! I went mad. No-way in a million years was he the last man! The Referee - some sort of chinese hit man, had done it again! I can't stand that harsh ref!!! >:( An amazing half time score of 3-3 and i don't think anyone in the room could believe it. Part 14 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/01/07 at 03:34:52 Yeh the match was a dark time... great story John,loving the descriptions of the desperate Frenchman lol And yeh down with red arrows and skank tactics! :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by The REAL Neil Skipper on 08/01/07 at 04:37:42 "Barber was the longest in the shower" I like the Double entendre John. Sorry im a bit slow reading so bare with me :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/01/07 at 05:38:06 Ha ha nice to see you on the board at last Neil! :D I am quite confused though......you never mentioned anything about tackling the Himalayas?!?! Care to enlighten me? ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/01/07 at 06:02:39 Neil didnt tackle no Himilayas, sorry dude! :P But that mountain was hectic. Meanwhile more gaming storys to follow... Part 14 is gona be jokes! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by The REAL Neil Skipper on 08/01/07 at 08:18:04 Well John, if you actually think this is the real Neil Skipper then you are very gullible, you'll have to watch this space to try and fgiure out who I really am. My favourite moments in Norway are to come tomorrow, lets see if you can figure it out ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/01/07 at 09:05:54 Hmm, this is really REALLY hard Neil, i mean Arbinder. ::) I guess you suck at impersonating someone else almost as much as sucking at PES ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/01/07 at 10:19:34 The only one that can impersonate Neil and get away with it is Pierre. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/01/07 at 10:32:12 Peille L'hoipper *runs* Btw arbinder, maybe you shouldn't make your username "Arbinder" next time you try to impersonate someone.... just a thought :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by The REAL Neil Skipper on 08/01/07 at 11:08:24 Yea it was a bit shit guys, o well. :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/01/07 at 12:15:37 Neil and Pierre lol We look forward to your story, speak to John though so you dont overlap on some story material that he hasnt talked of yet. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/02/07 at 00:29:27 Ha ha ha! ;D I love the way Arbinder thinks i was fooled by his Neil disguise!! I was just going along with the joke! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/02/07 at 00:49:09 Anyone remember just before we played football when Neil wandered into the bushes looking at the ground... what was he doing/looking for?!? :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/02/07 at 01:26:43 He was probably looking for a piece of his brain.......or better still a Richard Dean Anderson action figure! ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/02/07 at 02:18:47 The holiday that had everything! PART FOURTEEN!!!! It was hard to predict at this point just who would gain the victory in this Pro Evo classic. Harold was surely the favourite due to my ten men and it was going to take a big effort to beat him. Just a few minutes into the second half and Harold took the lead. A nice flowing move was finished off by Saha for a 4-3 lead for Harold. His French companions,in particular Florent cheered wildly and were clearly delighted for their pal. He was playing very well and i could see no real way back. Whenever you play Harold it is very hard not to laugh. Every time he goes to shoot he cries "Boom" I don't quite know what this "Boom" sound represents in his crazy mind. Maybe it means victory, maybe it means goal or maybe its something to do with Iain Dowie?!? Maybe Harold should watch the Goonies sometime and he will notice the amazing likeness between his hero Dowie and the character Sloth!! ;D Look up Sloth Goonies on Google and the likeness is a classic! :D Anyway I rallied well and almost scored right at the death, but my shot rebounded off the post!!! It was agony, but in the end Harold deserved the 4-3 win and he advanced for a potential classic semi-final against Karel. Thanks to all the Team Commonwealth members for all your great support during my games. It was much appreciated. A real shame i let you guys down. I honestly think i may have gone all the way if i had got past that first hurdle. I then realised that i was still in SMK, but knocked out of Pro Evo! How amusing life can be at times... Well as a result of Harold's win and Karel's upcoming victory over Ali - i became a Karel fan all the way!! Me cheering on a dutchman?!? "This is shocking i thought to myself" Karel is a well respected legend in the Barber's eyes - both with a pad in his hand and without. I really wanted him to win the tournament now because i knew how badly he wanted it. Also Harold needed to be taken down, it was as simple as that ;) However first Karel had to negotiate a quarter final clash with Alistair Brooks.... And so the next Pro Evo clash saw Karel Van Duijvenboden of the Netherlands in action against Alistair Brooks of the UK. At this point Vince, with that trademark grin on his face politely reminded me that the Dutch simply "rule" at games. I had no grounds to argue with his claims and so had to go along with them. Steven Zwartjes emerged from the kitchen with yoghurt number 7 (most likely) to cheer on his Dutch buddy! Alongside Patrick Wessels these two really were the eating kings of Norway'07. I still remember the classic look on Stevens face the night before when me and Sami caught him munching on a Burger and Fries in the venue. We were both quite shocked at how Steven had even managed to get his hands on some fast food. Especially as we were miles away from the nearest junk food shack. If one man could do it though it was Steven. Steve muttered something about "needing to eat every 90 minutes" and then said it "keeps me hench" or words to that effect!! ;D So the crowds gathered for the big game and it was once again UK vs Netherlands. The prize up for grabs? A Semi-final with Harold! Karel once again had his game face on. He was in the zone and ready. It's that classic look of determination from Karel which spells instant trouble for any would be challenger. Karel stuck with his tried and tested Inter Milan side and Ali i think went with either Barcelona or Chelsea. Either way that is pretty irrelevant. Ali had been a great source of humour and entertainment since his arrival in Norway. He had also done very well to reach the quarter finals and even suprised me with some his impressive results. Having played against both Karel and Ali in the past i knew it could be a good game. I also knew that in my opinion Karel was the superior player and i expected a straight forward victory. This proved to be the case and Karel once again cemented his status as the tournament favourite. I know Marius predicted either me or Karel to win it. His Karel prediction looked pretty good on this showing. Karel romped to a 4-0 win if i remember correctly?!? Karel? And his Inter side looked in irresistable form. It also gave the Dutch - Steven and Vince further grounds to celebrate the Netherlands superior gaming powers. At this stage no-one could argue with them. Karel would play Harold in a must-see semi final!! Could anyone stop Karel?? The next match would see Gerard Roodhorst against Eric Scott. Another good match-up between two very good players. Eric had shown me a lot of quality and it was great to see him doing so well. Gerard on the other hand had shown me some ridiculous Pro Evo goals he had saved on his memory card. Some of the best strikes i had ever seen!! :o Especially the Lampard one and Torres shot!! I was an Eric fan in this match though because the Dutch domination was getting silly. Lindsay cheered on Gerard and hoped to inspire him a little. The man from down under was a great "sport" and seemed to be enjoying his big match. The game was very close and quite tight in the early stages (from memory) before Gerard's quality begun to tell. I think Gerard may have won by a couple of goals in the end. Maybe Eric remembers? It was a great game to watch though as they all had been thus far. Gerard was in the semi-final and would await the winner of the final match - Arbinder Manku of the UK vs Storle last name? of Norway. Part 15 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/02/07 at 02:44:53 Thanks for the respect John, it was 4-0 vs Ali indeed btw. :) I remember your red card vs Harold was quite harsh as well yes, it may have cost you the game that. And the kid's name is Stale, you'd better remember cos we're gonna have to take him down again in October! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/02/07 at 02:47:57 Thanks Karel i will take that on board at last!!! :-? Sorry Stale! :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/02/07 at 02:51:43 Reading about all the Pro Evo action again really makes me look forward to the challenge that awaits us in October. Who will come out with the beads after that? It's all very hard to predict, but I can see Tanney being a very dangerous challenger, remembering some of the games we had at the World Wide Kart meet of 2006. Harold told me in a PM he's practicing Pro Evo almost daily against his mates now, so he'll have gotten stronger as well and of course you'll be looking for revenge, more motivated than ever! Roll on October! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 08/02/07 at 03:08:34 Gerard smashed me 3-0, 2 very nice goals in there. I might have hit the post or crossbar but that's as close as I got. Bloody Dutch |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/02/07 at 03:39:34 Cheers for the info Eric. Loving your profile tagline too! 8-) Oh and Karel don't worry about Harold. As far as i am concerned once you reach a certain level at a game there is no need to practice. Just fine tune a few skills maybe. I aim to be undefeated in October. Whether it will happen or not is a different matter. Oh well at least we can all gain an easy win or two over Clark.... ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by The REAL Neil Skipper on 08/02/07 at 04:10:42 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
He went for a wank, lets face it |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by The REAL Neil Skipper on 08/02/07 at 04:12:49 Real_John_Barber wrote:
I know you were Barbere. I knew you figured it out especially when the Himalayas thing came up. O well :-X |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/02/07 at 09:46:19 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Keep thinking like that Johnny ;) Watfords Greatest is going underground.... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 08/02/07 at 10:15:24 Get him Barber!! Kick his little discriminating ass!! >:( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/03/07 at 02:15:47 Linszy wrote:
Hey my ass aint little, plus it doesnt discriminate. Everyone says my farts stink. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/03/07 at 03:08:23 The holiday that had everything! PART FIFTEEN!!!! So Stale and Arbinder settled into their seats ready to do battle. I had a very big interest in this last quarter-final match for a number of reasons. Firstly to see how Stale could do in a big match situation. Having destroyed me 4-0 in the group stages i knew that he was a very dangerous opponent. It was great for the competition as a whole that this unknown package had done so well. Things were wide open and it was anyones tournament to win. I also wanted to see how Arbinder would do. He had been picking up a lot of wins over various guys including Harold in friendlies and i guess part of me wanted him to avenge my earlier destruction. Now that myself,Sami,Matt,Tom, Ali and Eric had all been eliminated, all of Team Commonwealths hopes rested on the shoulders of the lively Arbinder. Arbinder picked his Barcelona side that he had been doing really well with and scoring lots of goals. Stale again picked Real Madrid. We had our very own version of Spain's 'El Gran Clasico' right there in Norway. I commented to someone how strange it was to see Madrid vs Barca as nobody normally uses Madrid. It could be a great match i thought! I had given Arbinder a few pointers prior to kick off. Basically Stale likes to use a 4-3-3 system with Ronaldo and Robinho on the wings and Van Nistelrooy in the middle. It is very effective and very hard to stop him scoring. It's funny because when it comes to the match itself and the final score my mind goes blank. I need Arbinder to help me on this one! Little report buddy?!? Anyway i remember Stale being very impressive again and Karel looking on clearly worried about his skills. His result over me was no fluke as he proved once again his undoubted quality. I think he may have won 3 or 4-0 i can't quite remember. Maybe Arbinder scored one, i can't recall. Anyway Stale advanced to the semi-finals where he would face Gerard. The two Pro Evo semi-finals were set for later that day. It would be Karel vs Harold and Stale vs Gerard. Four great players and not a UK representative in site! I was absolutely gutted to be honest at not making the final four... :'( :-[ Especially knowing how good my form was prior to arriving in Norway. I know Karel wanted me and him to make the final. I hoped Karel would win the tournament now and destroy Harold in the semi just for good measure!! Also today the semi-finals of MKDD would be played and the last sixteen clashes on both Street Fighter anniversary edition and Third Strike. Rumours were also rampant that Circuit Breakers would be played later that Sunday evening. This brought a smile to the face of both MJ and Vincent. MJ would be the Dutch favourite on Circuit Breakers, but i also knew that Marius was a highly skilled player and was probably going to win the whole thing. I had spoken with Marius a few times that weekend and the poor guy with Marit was working incredibly hard to make sure everything went ok. This had not gone un-noticed and i thanked him for his efforts. I could not wait to see his street fighter third strike skills either and i was pretty sure that he would win that tournament too. With the whole of Team Sweden due to leave early Monday morning, it was important that all the tournaments involving their guys were completed or at least until they were eliminated. I think Arbinder and Ali were devastated about their pending departure as the Nintendo Wii had become a regular part of their daily routine!! I know Andreas and Richard could not wait for the Double Dash tournament to start and just from watching them train you could see how good they both were!! :o Both myself and the Gaff were amazed at some of the driving they were doing! Having been eliminated in the last sixteen by Gerard (and doing rubbish - i think Lindsay was better and faster than me) i knew how much skill was involved with the game. Sami was actually quite good, but obviously no-where near his SMK level. It was around this time that the shock news started to filter over to me. Michael Jongerius had been eliminated in the first round of MK64!!! I could not believe it! :o Here was a man tipped by many to win the whole thing. I had spoked with MJ the day before and he was looking forward to getting his hands on the Euro prize money. All of a sudden i felt more content about my Pro Evo elimination and knew that anyone could be beaten at anytime. This was a real eye-opener and a real testiment to the overall quality of gamers present at the Norway 07 meet. Maybe at last the tables had been turned. Maybe at last the Dutch would lose at games. Maybe they would win no tournaments at all. I should have known better.... It's funny because since the beginning of time, Sunday has been universally acknowledged as the day of rest. It's a day to go to church, have some lunch and just generally chill out until the Monday morning. Well this Sunday in Norway was certainly no day of rest. No stroll in the park and certainly no day of relaxation. Sure a few prayers may have been going on - Harold may have been asking for forgiveness, i may have been praying for a miracle against Karel on SMK, Steven may have been praying for more food and The Gaff was surely praying for the barrage of waffle burger to end from a certain guy in the room!!! :D It was on to the Pro Evo semi-finals! Almost no time for the last four to reflect on their past glories. It was once again GAME TIME. Part Sixteen coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/03/07 at 05:49:27 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Real_John_Barber wrote:
;D ;D ;D These write-ups are getting better and better! When they're all done, I'm gonna put all of them in a massive wordfile and read them all after eachother! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/03/07 at 05:50:01 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Man, best part ever !!! lol :D You should really write a book! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Joka_ASM on 08/03/07 at 10:54:40 I lost 3-0 to Stale after giving away a stupid first half penalty. I was all over him in the first half till then but couldnt finish my chances. Ill take him out next time Barbere dont worry ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 08/04/07 at 06:51:24 Dont worry karel, i've got all of the write ups in word already, and printed them out!! send it to u when it completed ok? And still clark, i dont care if ur ass is small, cuz it does discriminate against me, or even that ur farts smell...Barber will kick ur ass on PES, simply cuz his ass is better than yours :D (and i think Harold will agree on that..) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Cathy on 08/04/07 at 14:40:23 Hey barber.. if u let me I can put all you writings on my website..would be nice to have it there :) xXx cathy |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/04/07 at 14:49:31 wtf is JOKA, that avatar is fucking disturbing :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 08/05/07 at 14:14:41 Barber pwned me on SMK xD ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Zonked on 08/05/07 at 16:55:49 Extremely funny to read your story John! But nobody notices if you just change a bit on the result in the final of PES when you're going to write that. Or what Karel? It's not certain that I can make it to London btw.. Stċle Andrè Ustad |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/06/07 at 00:18:29 Lindsay you speak the truth! I like it. Clark will go down on Pro that is certain. Don't go circulating things about my arse on here though. It's a male dominated board! :o Marit - yes please feel free to put my write ups on your website! I would be honoured if you did! One shot - ha ha ha ha! That is Arbinder's avatar, but be gentle with him as he has only just signed up. 8-) And lastly Stale don't worry the report on PES will be accurate trust me. Please come to London in October! I have the red carpet ready to be rolled out..... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/06/07 at 01:27:25 Stċle to visit London 8-) Stċle should play against Clark at PE6, i wonder what would happen... :-/ :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/06/07 at 02:57:19 Stale vs Clark on PES6? ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/06/07 at 05:43:50 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Why funny? I thought id be interesting match... ;) Well who do you think would win it John? I think would be quite close... Lets hope Stċle can make it, if so it will be great with all the top players there! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/06/07 at 05:51:34 The holiday that had everything! PART SIXTEEN!!!! And so once again the hour had come. The time for the four best Pro players in Norway'07 to prove their worth once more. It really was the elite last four. Every single guy had battled hard and rightfully earned their place. It was like Man United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool all battling it out. Karel in my eyes was the Man United of proceedings. Blessed with pace, skill and with years of trophies under his belt. Also that never say die, battle hardened look in his eyes. Much like old Alex Ferguson. Harold was like Chelsea - strong, powerful and with more than a touch of Jose Mourinho style arrogance! Stale was like Liverpool. He was the dark horse who had proved he could hang with the big boys. And Gerard was like Arsenal - full of flair, full of class and capable of scoring some spectacular goals. For a tournament that had promised so much it had certainly delivered. A part of me was kinda relieved i had been knocked out of the tournament. I was now free to sit back, watch and enjoy the action. And boy was there lots of action! Anticpation was off the chart in the room because the first match would feature Harold vs Karel!! :D And so the two big guns would meet in what surely would be another epic clash. Memories of a great win in Paris must have been flooding back to the gaming legend Karel. He stepped into his seat ready to do battle with more than a sense of trepidation. He surely must have been nervous. Harold was a tough opponent, but there was something about Karel in Norway. He really, really wanted to win the Pro Evo tournament and i had a stong feeling no-one could stop him. He was riding a wave of momentum that seemed very hard for anyone to contain. Harold was his usual buoyant self and flanked by Florent and Pierre he seemed in confident mood. However Karel had the power of lots of Dutch support plus a very vocal Barber. I was desperate for Karel to win this one and had my fingers crossed. I had become a Dutch fan! A traitor to my own country. Man, people would be hanged for such an act back in the day! Right now Harold was the one that needed to be hanged. Unless of course he had repented earlier in the day. It was of course Sunday remember...anyway on to the action. It was Karel's powerhouse Inter side against the shooting power of Harold's Manchester United. Could Ronaldo be stopped? Could anyone stop Adriano scoring. Within minutes Karel was on the attack. The sequence of events is sadly beyond my power to recall, but i do remember Karel taking a fairly early lead. The room errupted! Steven was getting very excited in particular. One goal soon became two as Karel once again proved he was the man to beat. 2 goals up already! Man i was getting dejavu! This time however i was fairly confident Karel would not throw away the advantage. He was on top and looked in superb form with fluid passing and some excellent movement. Harold had simply left his shooting boots behind. Maybe he had left them behind the curtain? Whatever the case may be Harold had simply lost his mojo. He could not find his rhythm. I think (and Karel can correct me) that he went on to score further goals in the second half. The full time result was something like 3 or 4-1 to Karel. Another highly impressive win and we had a Pro Evo finalist! Karel was into the final and he fully deserved the victory. Harold would have to play for third place, but before that game there was the small matter of another semi-final to be played. The battle to see who would face Karel in the final was ready to begin. It would see Gerard up against Stale. I think Gerard was using Inter Milan and Stale i know was Real Madrid once again. It would be a very interesting game for sure. I don't think either guy had ever played each other before and so they were both entering the unknown so to speak. The Dutch boys mainly Vince and Steven were anticipating an all Dutch gaming final. The prospect made me feel sick to the stomach (only kidding boys :) It was a very tough game to predict. I had never played Gerard before and obviously got battered by the young Stale. Again i may need either Gerard or Karel to help me out with the score again in this one. I was impressed with skills of both men, but was majorly impressed with the talent of the young Norwegian. I don't know where Marius got him from and his quality was there for all to see. Maybe they had been training in the woods for months together? Maybe they picked up a playstation 2 pad in between hunting bears and Moose's? Who knows what they did, but the young protege of Marius was certainly up to the gaming standards of his warrior elder. Again my memory fails me although i do remember Stale winning by a couple of goals i think. He advanced to face Karel in the PRO EVO 6 final. I congratulated the young man for surprising everyone. I don't think anyone would have predicted a Karel vs Stale final and it was sure to be an amazing match. Sadly the Gaff victory theme tune was missing from the pro evo last four. I can only imagine the carnage which would have gone down if i had made the final. If only.... The gaming that Sunday had so far been off the chart and there was so much more still to come. The final and third/fourth place pro evo matches, MKDD and street fighter all still to come. I needed a serious energy boost because just watching these guys was enough to drive a guy to hit the bottle! :o Part 17 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/06/07 at 05:52:26 Umm yeah actually your right Sami of course Clark would beat Stale. ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/06/07 at 06:09:08 Clark will pwn at PE6 like never before. And SMK GP, he was in solid form in July. Team UK will be bigger and stronger! Im gona read the part of the story now :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/06/07 at 06:28:19 Nice going Barbereee! Comparing me with Sir Alex hehehehe... My match against Harold ended in 4-1, when the score was still 3-1 I got red carded (around the 60th minute I think). Harold said to me: "you know you will lose now" and to be honest I did start to worry that I would! But somehow I scored the 4-1 and managed to hang in there till the end. :) I'm not sure, but I think Stale vs Gerard was 1-0 in the end. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 08/06/07 at 06:36:59 Yep, 1-0 to Stale after a very early goal. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/06/07 at 06:39:30 Who the fuck is Stale? His play is probably much like his name. Anyway, i dont need people supporting me to win. I dont need an inflated ego to merk someone 5-0 :P The best player ive played on Pro out of you guys is clearly Arbinder. Barber just gets lucky against me, i mean what are the odds of the winning goal in 2 separate games being a computer controlled keeper fuck up. ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 08/06/07 at 06:57:48 Go cry Clark..pfff |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/06/07 at 07:11:03 Now Clark no need to get stressed. You know i admitted in the past our games were close. Most of the games are close, but seriously you think Arbinder is the best you have played?!? Now i am good mates with the guy and he is pretty good etc, but are you serious??!? :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/06/07 at 09:13:34 Linszy wrote:
Man this girl is really chaffing my nuts. Girls shouldnt get involved in man arguements. But yeah, seriously Arbinder did seem the best I played out of you guys. Karel is pretty good also. But by far the best guy ive played is Tanney. It was over Xbox Live though so id wanna play him face to face. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/06/07 at 09:24:56 It's all very close I think. Barber, Harold, Tanney, Gerard and Stale can all win against eachother any given match I'd say. Note how Clark is missing from that list. ;) Just playing with you bro. Best opponent I've ever played was a guy at Derby Day (2003, so PES3) though, I subconsciously copied a lot from his style of play after that match. It's not like he destroyed me, it was like 1-0 only I think (should have been more though!), but it's just his style of play that really impressed me. It was impossible to get the ball off him lol, dribbling king. :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/06/07 at 09:33:45 Ah, good old Derby Day. The day when me and Karel met, yet didnt know eachother lol. I remember i beat the UK #3 there, (was some black dude, and all his yardy mates were watching. I was shitting myself as i heard one of them say 'bust a bullet in this fool'!) i lost to everyone else but beat him 8-) Pretty sure it stopped him from qualifying for the knockout stages. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 08/06/07 at 10:06:48 Man this girl is really chaffing my nuts. Girls shouldnt get involved in man arguements??? Seriously, I think everybody who i met in Norway can tell u i'm the best at doing mentalk right guys? They were shocked by the way i talk, and about the amount of things i know from football.. Dont try me :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/06/07 at 10:34:20 Linszy wrote:
Ok then, Football quiz time. Where do Watford FC play thier home games? What team did Tommy Mooney get transfered to from Watford? How many goals did Tommy Mooney score in his Watford career? and lastly, name the only Brazilian in Watford FC's current squad. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/06/07 at 11:46:33 Damn, I just know the answer to the last question :-[ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/06/07 at 11:49:23 Lol Clark, I like the way you make it sound like talking about Watford is the epitome of menhood! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Banjo on 08/06/07 at 11:53:44 Really entertaining! Both Barber's great writing and the little conflict between Clark and Linszy ;) http://diamant.ph/images/cart_arrow_down.gif |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/06/07 at 12:18:03 Banjo wrote:
lol Manuel, you got one wrong ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/06/07 at 12:21:20 Clark wrote:
Translated , his name means - " The Steel "..... Man I gotta start posting soon. Once my head starts functioning properly ill make some updates and such. For now , go Barber , this is more fun than the actual meeting , as this is far less stressful and doesnt make me tired :P Kidding ...sorta. But dang , DO keep it up man 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 08/06/07 at 15:11:18 Clark wrote:
Man this girl is really chaffing my nuts. Girls shouldnt get involved in man arguements. But yeah, seriously Arbinder did seem the best I played out of you guys. Karel is pretty good also. But by far the best guy ive played is Tanney. It was over Xbox Live though so id wanna play him face to face.[/quote] I prefer face to face, Online they can foul you and they don't get a smack in the face for it. That game i played you in i was beating you 8-0 or 8-1? after 70mins when you quit. Best player i've played is Karel, although i did beat him it had to be done with a good goal from outside the box as he was tight in defense that day. Can't wait to play against you lot. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/07/07 at 00:16:10 Funny how this thread has turned into a Pro Evo thread all of a sudden. It was supposed to be Jackanory time with Barber! Anyhow great to hear comments from both Marius and Paul. Where have you guys been at? Also i think it would be wise to start a seperate Pro Evo thread for the banter! To be honest i think in Pro terms you are only as good as your last game. I came back from Norway in shit form. Lost four games to my bro back to back (never happens) by the odd goal. However last two days i played something like ten games back to back with Inter against Ali and my mate Jon and won all of them pretty easily. Just goes to show anything can happen. Karel is easily the best player on current from trust me. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 08/07/07 at 00:28:49 next part is due.. and the videos will be posted when the moments come up in the story:) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/07/07 at 03:43:48 The holiday that had everything! PART SEVENTEEN!!!! So after the dust had settled and the smoke had cleared. After all the trials and tribulations, questions and answers, wind-ups and banter, eating and sleeping and referees cheating - we had the final match up of PRO Evo 2007 to come. Before Karel and Stale could get right back into action there was a third/fourth match to be contested. It would see Harold play Gerard for the glory of third place and a bronze medal. Sure it would not taste as sweet as the chocolate ice cream of victory, but it would at least provide a place on the podium Mario Kart style. Harold had done really well to get this far. For those that don't remember he had broken his shoulder in the football match two days earlier. All credit to him for playing Pro Evo with his arm in a sling and it not detracting from his performances in any way at all. I was a very interested spectator for this match. Did i want Harold (who had knocked me out and annoyed me for days) to take the win? Or Gerard to win and the Dutch to crow about it? It was a tough decision to make, but i just wanted to see a great match. And boy was it a great match! Harold was Manchester United once more and Gerard was Inter Milan. Both guys were capable of spectacular goals. In fact Harold's Giggs strike in our earlier game had to be a contender for goal of the tournament. Gerard had a great style about his play and was capable of scoring goals from almost any angle. I guess the pressure was off to an extent too. With both guys basically eliminated, they could play with a bit more freedom than maybe they would if it was say a semi or the final. They were going for goals and there were plenty of them! If the earlier battle between me and Harold was match of the tournament so far then this one more than equalled it. Once more i will need Gerard's help with the match specifics - it's getting harder and harder to remember the action with the holiday now weeks ago! What i do recall is Gerard being in fairly good control and having a very healthy lead at one point. Maybe a couple of goals to the good. At which point i looked at Florent, as Harold pulled a goal back. He looked at me as if to say you can never rule out a Harold comeback. So very true. I can also remember Steven saying in his great voice "This is insane" on numerous occasions during the game. One of Steven's other great catchphrases may also have been used - but more on that later during street fighter! Basically everyone was watching the game, the atmosphere was amazing and people were loving it! Every goal was met with a huge cheer, the game sounded superb on the big speakers and it was very enjoyable to watch. With Gerard something like 3-1 up, Harold had to dig deep. How badly did he want it? His answer was swift. The game quickly became 3-3!! Harold was back in business and you just knew there would only be one winner from here. I don't think the match went to extra time, but i remember Harold got a winning goal to take the game 4-3. He enjoys winning 4-3 for some reason! Harold also clearly enjoys coming from behind. ;) ;D It was a brilliant, brilliant match and i only wish i could remember more of the action. Florent was jumping up and down all over the show! He was like a frog on heat and was clearly delighted for his companion. I love all the French really. :D It would be wine, frogs and snails tonight to celebrate! Ok so i made the last part up, but you can catch my drift ( and no Gaff and Sami, Barber does not like Cadbury's Drifters) ;) And so it was time. The look of intensity had returned in the eyes of one Karel Van Duijvenboden. A killer look that could surely only be replicated by Marius when hunting bears or gunning someone down on Street Fighter Third Strike or Guitar Hero 2. It was Karel's destiny, it was his moment in the sun. He stepped up to the stage knowing full well the size of the challenge ahead of him. In his way was a young, highly skilled Norwegian who had taken the tournament by storm. Stale vs Karel was a fitting final. It was a final between two guys who fully deserved to be there. No-one could begrudge them their places. They were the best two form players in the tournament, but could the final live up to expectations? Yes, yes and shall i say it again? Ok YES!!!!!! Stale was Real Madrid and Karel was Inter Milan. I had a feeling they would put on a show and man it was crazy! I will always remember this match as being one of the greatest ever. The crowd were so into it and every goal, every chance and every tackle was greeted by cheers. Incredible! Karel you will have to help me out here, but i remember Stale had an amazing first half. He may have even been 3-0 up i think at half time. His speed and shooting power was too much to handle. I recall Steven saying loudly (and there will be lots more later) "JESUS, HE IS GOOD" In fact nearly every five seconds the big dutchman was using the good lord's name in vein! He was excited the poor guy so i will let him off!!! ;D For the first time i was worried for Karel. His position at half time looked impossible to recover from. I mean maybe the pressure had got to him a little, but Stale was clearly a very, very good player. It was a difficult spot to be in. If he attacked too much he would be hit on the break. What could he do? I said to Steven "he needs an early goal" and i shouted "Karel i believe in you" I just had a feeling... Part 18 coming soon!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/07/07 at 05:45:56 Yeah your right Barb , Stċle was up 3-0 after 30 minutes , and it went unchanged up intil the half time , then Karel turned to me and said " Im sorry Marius " is he knew I had a lot running on this. I hesitated for a second and said , " come on Karel , pull yourself together ..." Just thought Id help you with the lay up :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Joka_ASM on 08/07/07 at 06:16:36 oneshotbilly wrote:
Its supposed to be you and Chris Clarke |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Joka_ASM on 08/07/07 at 06:17:54 Clark wrote:
Dam straight im the best person you've played |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Joka_ASM on 08/07/07 at 06:20:53 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Why you begging it John. I do have to admit John & Karel are def better than me. Chris Clarke is quite shit, he looks a bit like donkey kong in SMK when he sits down. It gives me confidence |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/07/07 at 06:23:58 Joka_ASM wrote:
Its supposed to be you and Chris Clarke[/quote] tbh, i'm a little lighter and chris is a lot fucking heavier - but good effort all the same ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/07/07 at 06:41:41 Excellent writeup Barberous! Lovin the detail, Pro evo final to come! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/07/07 at 06:43:42 Joka_ASM wrote:
Why you begging it John. I do have to admit John & Karel are def better than me. Chris Clarke is quite shit, he looks a bit like donkey kong in SMK when he sits down. It gives me confidence[/quote] ;D anybody who gives stick to the wank face is a friend for life ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/07/07 at 07:13:31 Your just haters. Im bigging up Arbinder here and you beg it back. Dingleberries. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 08/07/07 at 07:43:56 I think I went either 3-0 or 3-1 up against Harold and then he just scored some amazing Harolds (freaking red arrows always kill me). I think I improved a bit since Norway, though I am still not nearly as good as Barber, Karel and Harold. If you want to see some goals of me and my brother Ron, there are a few on youtube. First he humiliates me with this goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuWXloR-d6U then I get back at him with who else then Stevie G (wanna play the bible?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR9y1y1lwqY Some other quality goals on there too, but we're still saving some for our final compilation, although these 2 are 2 of the best I think.The Valencia ones are all against top player cpu by the way. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/07/07 at 08:21:37 Both matches were 3-0. Harold managed to get back to 3-4 and won it, and karel was down 3-0 in halftime indeed. I remember this very clearly, the atmosphere was like when your own country is in the world cup :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/07/07 at 08:36:31 Clark wrote:
You are all heavy at this game, just leave it at that, and to the next matches comin soon ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/07/07 at 09:50:40 c'mon sami, patronising the lad will only make him angrier :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Joka_ASM on 08/07/07 at 10:11:15 Clark wrote:
I was dared to say that, so I did. I get an Ice cream for it |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Joka_ASM on 08/07/07 at 10:12:08 oneshotbilly wrote:
He might start hulking up >:( "You wouldnt like it when I'm angry" |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 08/07/07 at 10:12:36 I must honestly admit: i dunno any of the anwsers to your weird questions, I hardly even know Watford.. i think its like as big as AGOVV Apeldoorn in Holland so yeah, how am i supposed to know.. Not even an englishman would have to anwsers to these questions, unless u are a Watfordfan.. Not really fair you think so? Could have found them online though, but chose to be honest :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Joka_ASM on 08/07/07 at 10:15:26 Linszy wrote:
They are a shit team so dont worry about it |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/07/07 at 10:34:09 Hey hey hey, you can bash me but leave Watford alone. And no, were not a tiny little team, were a big club. Been to the FA Cup final, played in the UEFA cup, been in the Premiership, had such players as David James, Luther Blissett and John Barnes, plus Elton John is our President. I cant help it if you choose not to learn about one of Englands biggest clubs. And yes, i knew all those stats about Watford. Ive been a lifelong fan since before i could walk lol. So dont beg it. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/07/07 at 10:36:39 Watford is just a train station to me, nothing more. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/07/07 at 10:39:37 Croydon is just a craphole to me. And Liverpool is just where the worlds supply of cats piss goes. Fucking moustached thieves. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 08/07/07 at 10:51:05 ho ho ho, i didnt say u wouldnt know those facts, trust me i believe u.. just said that an everage english dude, who knows in normal proportiants about soccer, i think he wouldnt know these facts either, just like me.. Let's just drop this, at least i know what offside is, ok? ;) haha |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/07/07 at 10:56:00 Linszy wrote:
lol, yeah cool. Your still cooking me dinner though right ;D :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 08/07/07 at 11:05:36 With or without poison?? You'll never learn Clark, seriously...u're the worst i've ever seen..(oh not actually, havent seen u) Really, the only time my feminin side comes out, is when I need something..like chocolate..:D (right ali?) U dont want me to cook, i'll add every bit of groseness i can find to it. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/07/07 at 11:54:52 How many times? I don't live in CROYDON!!!!!! buy a map you fucking retard |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/07/07 at 12:44:56 Well Norwood or whatever. Its still a craphole with yardies everywhere. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/07/07 at 12:54:30 Clark wrote:
"Wild" West Norwood 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/07/07 at 14:20:36 oneshotbilly wrote:
"Wild" West Norwood 8-)[/quote] Lambeth champion ;) And Lindsay what is that about Alistair and chocolate? I remember he threw some ice or something lol |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/08/07 at 00:27:51 Guys. guys and girl! Calm down please! This was meant to be nothing more than a trip down memory lane and a chance for people to look back fondly on Norway'07. It has descended into nothing more than chaos and another avenue for oneshotbilly and clark to continue their tiresome feud. Guy's please settle it face to face in either Watford or Thornton Heath, Norwood, Croydon area. I will even provide the handbags. Sean only needs one shot so i hear... Sure Clark Croydon is a dump, but Watford is hardly a little paradise lost either now is it. Furthermore i think secretly you like Croydon. I have never been to Watford other than to watch the footie once. I think that damn Gifton Noel Williams (look at me busting out the Watford history) scored that day. Either him or Micah Hyde ( don't watch my knowledge) Anyway you have been seen in Croydon/Norwood more than me in Watford. Go figure....Lets leave the mocking for the playground shall we and get back to business. :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/08/07 at 03:04:02 The holiday that had everything! PART EIGHTEEN!!!! It seemed that Marius also shared my optimism concerning the comeback capabilities of Karel. At 3-0 down in the Pro Evo final a lesser man would have caved in. They would have buckled under the burden of expectation from their friends in the room. They may have even thrown the towel in at half-time or better still their pad on the floor as a result of a child like tantrum. Karel was no half-man though he was a man's man. He was a gaming king for crying out loud and he was not going to let a youngster deny him his destiny. And so the two warriors begun the second half and by now the watching crowd had been whipped into a frenzy. The Dutch were cheering their man on and Karel looked like he meant serious business. I knew Karel needed an early goal to help him on his way and he got just that. I can't remember who scored, but i do remember the ineffective thus far Adriano suddenly bursting into life in the second half. Karel pulled a goal back and a second goal followed shortly after. The room errupted! Surely Karel would not pull of the most unlikely comeback. As Stale pushed forward more, Karel looked to hit him on the counter attack. Time was slowly ticking away and i could see that Steven in particular was anxious. All of a sudden those fears were washed away. Karel made it 3-3!! The noise was amazing and no-one could believe what a classic final they were witnessing. It's funny because almost before the crowd had sat back in their seats and calmed down Stale took the lead once more! It was a devastating blow for Karel having battled so hard to come back and i honestly thought it was game over at that point. It was a truly remarkable match and now 4-3 to Stale. I think the game was now into the 80th odd minute or later and time was running out. Karel looked dejected, but all of a sudden i saw that killer look return to his eyes. Once more he was determined, almost as if he knew it was now or never. With the match drawing to an end Karel made it 4-4!!! Incredible, simply incredible. A real fitting final and yet it still was not over. The match had provided so much drama and the watching crowd were in a state of awe, disbelief and serious shock! The Gaff had nearly had a heart attack by this point i think cause he was so excited! Steven was saying "Jesus" and "This is insane" almost every thirty seconds! Everyone and i mean everyone in the room was absolutely loving it. I thought to myself this is what Norway is all about. Next level gaming combined with some great banter from some truly great characters. :D Surely there would not be another twist?! Now i can't recall if the match went to extra time (it may well have done), but the important thing is there is one more goal to report. Which way did it go? Who was the Pro Evo king of Norway'07. Would you vote against the Dutch? I would not advise it....Karel once again rose to the challenge - he scored the winning goal to take the final match 5-4!!!!!! 5-4 i mean what a joke!! It was remarkable, it was crazy, it was so enjoyable to watch, it was a prime example of next level gaming in Norway 07!! When everyone had settled down and the two great warriors had shaken hands we had a new Pro Evo champion! A proud owner of the beads and a man that would take some stopping. Karel was the champion and he had more than earned it. The problem with becoming champion in such a great fashion is that everyone wants to take you down. Almost straight away guys like Arbinder and Eric were desperate to face the newly crowned champ and give him a run for his money. I had not even played him in Norway yet. That would happen later and i really should have backed down! :o Stale was a worthy runner up and a great player too. When it came to photo time Karel was 1st, Stale 2nd and Harold 3rd. I was a bit unsure as to whether harold should take the wooden spoon or not. I was worried what he may use it for!! ::) :-? The Pro Evo tournament in Norway was superb and featured many games that would be remembered for a long time. You could say that the fans got more than their money's worth. It was also great to see so many great talents emerging. Eric had been brilliant and a tricky opponent to face. Gerard was also awesome considering he had only been playing pro for a few months. Honourable mentions to both The Gaff and Steven too. I think these two should have got some kind of awards too. Not quite a golden joystick each, but maybe a yoghurt and a Johnny cash cd?! The Gaff had done very well in the group stages and i know there is more to come. Steven had scored three spectacular goals on a par with Gigg's effort and some maybe better. Typical Dutch!!!! And so it was two tournaments down and two victories for Holland. Steven on Goldeneye and Karel on Pro Evo. Could anyone stop the Dutch victory waggon from rolling on?!? All attention would now be turned to MK64. The tournament would also be concluded that Sunday afternoon/evening. The Dutch were lining up a hat-trick of victories and looked in a great position. They still had Vincent, Patrick, Karel and Steven left in the quarter finals. Despite the shock of the early MJ elimination they were confident of yet another victory. The other guys in the quarter finals were Tom, Sami, Andreas and i think another Swedish/Norwegian dude any ideas?? It was strange to see no French at all in the quarter finals. Maybe SMK was their best bet..... Part 19 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/08/07 at 03:11:23 good stuff man, THERES ONLY ONE BARBER! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/08/07 at 03:53:37 oneshotbilly wrote:
Well theres the US Jon Barber, they will exchange convo's on here soon im sure, thatl be well funny! John once again u smashed it left, right and centre with the write-up! Keep up the great work. I think Marit's site has some of the tournament brackets on photos. Except for the Double Dash one, which i gave to Andreas, unless it was photographed earlier? Either way we had a lot of beginner/intermediate contenders on Double Dash, the final was super, though I can remember my match vs Richard Karlsson earlier which was pretty fun. Look forward to the MK64 writeup and more banter! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/08/07 at 04:55:16 Loving the write-up, you've really captured the atmosphere of that final perfectly, nail on the head! It's funny I don't seem to recall specific reactions from the crowd during the match (apart from the obvious roaring after goals were scored), I was so focussed it was like I wasn't even in the room lol. I remember the half-time chats with Marius and you though. :D And after the match when Tom came to me hugging me and telling me that I was his new hero now (lol), shouting out: "Too much, just too much!" ;D Btw. the winning goal was scored around the 87th minute and while I can recall a mental picture of two of Stale's goals I don't remember anything about mine anymore, not even who scored them (Adriano must have gotten 2 at least surely though!) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/08/07 at 05:25:45 Some details : Stċle had NOT let a single goal past him from the group stages up until the final , and managed to keep it clean until the 71st minute of the FINAL!!! Which , coincidentally , is right around where Karel turned it up a notch ;) And yes 86th or 87th minute was the time of the final goal , after that was 3 solid minutes of Karel dribbling to make time fly ::) Such a classic final , and honestly , when I watched again a few weeks ago , i still cant believe Karel pulled it back. Sick shit. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/08/07 at 05:33:30 Sargoth wrote:
So this means there were 6 goals in the space of about 15 mins (in Pro Evo terms), that truly is crazy... :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/08/07 at 09:11:03 I only go to Croydon for Crowns Kebabs. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/08/07 at 09:19:38 Clark wrote:
Same reason why most will go there, the kebab shop rules. Next level gaming food ftw! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/08/07 at 09:41:55 Clark wrote:
Its always about food with you ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 08/08/07 at 11:54:13 i could've waited.. but lets me honest, everyone wants to see the vids... dont they?!?! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 08/08/07 at 12:04:38 *giving Tom The Face* (linszy :D) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 08/08/07 at 12:06:44 so do i kick off with Skipper almost punching the screen when playing the wii? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZFSvgq0BkA |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 08/08/07 at 12:09:04 or is this more like it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfiQ4WS7Ckw "your ass is not full yet" lol - one of my favourite lines of the holiday! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 08/08/07 at 12:13:04 LINSZY: Next Next Next!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/08/07 at 12:37:56 In Hiding wrote:
WTF!!!!!!!!!! :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 08/08/07 at 12:39:15 Hhaaha, that was just the start of gaynight ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/08/07 at 12:42:48 Barber must be scarred for life, and i think i am too :-X |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 08/08/07 at 12:59:33 you didn't see this tho did ya? bet this didn't happen in the USA meet ;D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsv_ipu_eUY |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/08/07 at 13:02:04 That is one tasty looking sandwich 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/08/07 at 14:57:13 Oopp.. Tom some of that stuff was never meant to be aired publically :-X Someones gona go loops in the morning... :o :-/ :-X |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/08/07 at 15:01:38 OMG hahaha I couldn't stop laughing I can't stop laughing now...... Harold made sick noises and whispered in my ears hahaha :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/08/07 at 15:03:19 Not talking about the last vid, more the 2nd one |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/08/07 at 15:06:17 They're both insane hahaha. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by stevenzwartjes on 08/08/07 at 15:20:09 lollllllll jesus christ!!! if I was barber or MJ and looking at that first video.......... :o ;D im laughing my pants of... this shit in youtube? loll. oh yes barber, to let u know i really enjoy reading your story ;) keep it up and looking forward to the next part. ill give my input soon :) kinda busy atm moment. Peace 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by IsThatAGoodThing on 08/08/07 at 15:23:28 Umm...I really don't know what to say about those videos.... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 08/08/07 at 15:58:25 The videos...... ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/08/07 at 18:12:46 omg, Harold is a legend... He can f*** everyone's arses with just 1 arm... Even when people don't mean to be f***ed |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/09/07 at 00:48:42 So i woke up this morning feeling like a man and know i feel like half of one. :'( Tom what are you doing to me?!??! I may have to go on Norway'07 report write up strike until that shit is removed! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/09/07 at 00:52:25 Your all fags. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/09/07 at 01:30:52 Clark you are just jealous that you were not included in the antics. No need to worry though. I hear you are the latest target of Harold's affections so watch out in October!!! ;D :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/09/07 at 01:34:14 A French going after Clark for gay love, now THAT will get ugly! :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/09/07 at 01:50:59 If he does, il haduken him back to the jurassic period. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 08/09/07 at 02:13:42 Clark wrote:
more likely he'll haduken you.. you'll block and he'll tick throw you. + repeat ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/09/07 at 02:42:06 The holiday that had everything! PART NINETEEN!!!! Well in light of recent postings on this very board, i will attempt to battle on like the good Christian soldier i am. I will not try to justify my actions, but whatever the case i was born to entertain! It got Steven Zwartjes out of temporary Norway'07 board posting retirement too - so it's all good. 8-) The Gaff may well see the ramifications of his actions in the next few weeks.... ;) Ok so with that off my chest i will continue with the story. Man i bet that was uncomfortable viewing for Marius! He made some very strict rules before we arrived in the venue and i appear to have broken them. :-/ With the SMK quarter finals due to take place very soon, all attention for now was on MK64. Now MK64 is a game i am quite familiar with, but yet terribly crap at too. I was very interested to watch some great looking battles and could not wait! The first match would see Steven face Karel head to head. A dutchman would be eliminated! The big question's were could Steven drag himself away from the fridge long enough to play? And would Karel be suffering from fatigue due to his earlier epic Pro Evo efforts? It promised to be a fantastic clash of two gaming legends. Now (with the aid of Marit's website) i have all the scores to report on. All the quarter final matches on MK64 would be played under the following rules. It was the first to three wins and any track could be pulled out of the hat. This made for some very tight and close matches all the way to the final. Karel, despite another great effort sadly fell just short and Steven won the battle 3-2. Steven would have to wait to see who his next opponent would be. Poor MJ was looking on, clearly gutted that he would not be a part of proceedings. The next quarter final would see Vincent - the smiling, hat-wearing, Guitar Hero 2 legend up against i think another swedish guy. (poor memory now) If Vincent could over come this hurdle he would face Steven in the semi-finals. It was a pretty comprehensive 3-0 victory for the happy chappy with the big hatty and set up an explosive semi-final clash with Mr Zwartjes. Once again Steven would have to get past a fellow countryman if he was going to obtain the crown. Vincent would be no push over for sure and it had all the ingredients for a real hot ticket. So with the Dutch gaming dominance really kicking in to top gear, the next quarter final represented a welcome change to what was fast becoming the norm. It would be an all UK Quarter final! That's right at last the merry band of UK troopers would have representation in the later stages of a tournament. I mean we had a guaranteed semi-finalist!! :D It would be The Gaff vs Sami - they were representing not only their country, but also their company!! Would they make IDT proud? Would the Account manager still have the "Gift of the Gaff" Who would have the bragging rights? Let's find out. And so it was Tom The Gaff vs Sami "the Godfather" Cetin in a quarter final battle for the ages. The long time friends and work buddies would surely not let a MK64 quarter final come between them? Either way i think they both agreed to take things to the "next level" and put on a show for the crowd. They did exactly that! With the Barber once again given the task of pulling the tracks from the hat, how could they possibly go wrong?! It was another really good, exciting battle between two very good karters. The track i remember the most was the ice track (don't know what it is called or if there is more than one) both guys had a brilliant battle and i remember Tom causing carnage with a Penguin or Vice-versa! The creature decided to keep "cock-blocking him" and getting in the way. I remember one race in which The Gaff won by about 1/2 a second! Insane stuff! Well put in this way it was not long before Johnny Cash was again the real winner in Norway'07. The Gaff started the victory anthem once more as he took the clash 3-2! Der der der der der der der daaaaa once again was heard loud and proud around the vast venue. It was classic bravado and showmanship from the Gaff man and a clear sign of a man in his element. A man living life to the full and loving every second of it. :D Sami was very impressive too and showed his karting skills are not just limited to SMK. And so with Steven vs Vincent confirmed for the semi-final stage, Tom was left to wait for his next opponent. He was in the final four and i really hoped he would go all the way. The final clash would see Andreas Rudmarker of Sweden against Patrick Wessels of Holland. It would be another tense, close battle and Andreas i knew was very good at MK64. Could Patrick rise to the occasion? Once more these two guys raised the bar even higher and put on another great showcase of skill and determination. Andreas knew his MKDD battles were still to come, but yet still came very, very close to making the semi's. In another epic clash that had the crowd cheering on, Patrick won by 3 races to 2 and advanced to face Tom. We had three Dutchman and an Englishman in the Semi-finals. I can almost see a joke coming on..... There was three Dutchman and an Englishman who went into a bar one day, the Gaff decided to "Bust out a bar in Balham" so they went to Tom's area. The Dutch although great eaters and gamer's could not match the Gaff's drinking capabilities and were quite literally drunk under the table!!! - End of joke/story. ;D ;) Part 20 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/09/07 at 02:44:33 Yeh if its Harold itl be skank tactic after skank tactic. It's also known as Parigos technique, but it was actually discovered years before thats why its been banned in various Evo tournaments and such in Japan and round the world. Super Turbo, Alpha 3 and 3rd Strike (only) ftw!!! The vid Barber wants removed is removed yes? We wana see more barber write-ups :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/09/07 at 02:45:15 Ha ha Tom knows the skank tactics of our French friend. ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/09/07 at 02:48:35 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Biff called em beg tactics, we wont be having none of that next time. Cos its all waffle burger. Ok gona read your part 19 quickly, looks jokes ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/09/07 at 19:53:02 http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/3702/mariokartjokere3.jpg |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Squashua on 08/09/07 at 20:14:16 HOLY SHIT now thats fuckin comedy! gg |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Clark on 08/10/07 at 00:22:43 lol Sean, that is actually pretty fucking funny 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/10/07 at 00:38:39 OMG SEAN!!!! And i used to consider you a decent bloke too. How could you soil my reputation in such a way. It was a one way street trust me. The tosser was chasing me all week!!!! :o >:( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/10/07 at 05:14:33 just feel lucky i didn't make the trailer ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 08/10/07 at 16:39:06 Haha, good work Sean! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Joka_ASM on 08/11/07 at 06:37:32 That poster is quality, (it will appear on Facebook me thinks). Next one for October should have Harold & Clarke involved, with Neil peeping in the background. Harold is a slut man ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/12/07 at 09:17:47 Nah one with Pierre when he knocks on Neil's door and says "im coming to cotch!" It will be a laugh man ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Joka_ASM on 08/12/07 at 12:21:59 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Mate that has got to happen and also appear in Biff part 3 no matter what. We should do it on friday saturday & sunday, 3 different French guys. Imagine what his mum & dad would think ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/12/07 at 12:38:38 Lol... Barber is on Part 21 i think tomorrow? Losing count now myself :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/13/07 at 03:22:58 The holiday that had everything! PART TWENTY!!!! And so we were down to the final four. The awesome foursome, the fatal-four-way, the four horsemen, the fantastic four - whatever way you wanted to look at it we had the semi-finals of MK64 to look forward to. Fresh from his great quarter final triumph over Sami, The Gaff was understandably buoyant. It was a big boost and he was clearly excited about the prospect of another big match. Fortunately though he could afford a breather before his big clash. First up was Steven Zwartjes vs Vincent van der Fluit. The two colourful characters would go one on one for a place in the grand final. I anticipated another classic battle between two highly skilled karters. The match more than lived up to expectations and was incredibly close and tense. It was a real back and forth battle and once again some of the karting was awesome!! :o 8-) Steven really is the king of all things Nintendo and seems to reign supreme at most N64 games in particular. Him and Vince exchanged numerous close races and showed sone great skills with weapons before in the end, when everything was said and done, once again Steven stood tallest. He won by 5 races to 4. The semi-finals were the first to five wins now. He had to battle, he had to fight for every victory, but it was he who would advance to the final. Could he be stopped? Could anyone stop him? Team Netherlands once more had reason to celebrate. Steven had again stepped up to the plate and steamed into the final. Was the Gaff ready for the heat? Was he up to the challenge? Either way the battler from Balham was not going to back down. I doubt the Gaff has ever backed down from a challenge in his life. He was up for it and he was mentally prepared. Sadly for Tom another hard task stood in his way. Patrick Wessels another gaming legend and Steven's Goldeneye rival was in no mood for charity. As if he had been in talks with Kreese from the Karate Kid movies he would show the enemy "No Mercy" And so Steven celebrated as only he does best - with a victory yoghurt in hand. He would look on as Patrick Wessels would face Tom Gaffikin in the other MK64 semi final. Now once again i had high hopes for this one. The Gaff had the eye of the tiger and seemed determined. I remember being pretty vocal in this one. I was desperate for Tom to make the final and gain revenge for his earlier SMK elimination at the hands of Steven. I think around about this time we were getting pushed for time. Marius wanted the matches to be done quick because we had so much more gaming to fit in! The longer tracks like Rainbow Road were now quickly thrown in the discard pile. Now i must say i was very impressed with Patrick's racing in this match. He was really highly skilled and it was going to be a real challenge for Tom. It was kinda frustrating for everyone else looking on because the Dutch were just too damn good. The Gaff came out of the match with a lot of credit and had a real decent go. The final score was 5-2 to Patrick and the Netherlands could celebrate a final between two of their nations finest. It would be a Goldeneye re-match with Steven looking for revenge. The two great eaters would attempt to eat each other alive on MK64. A cracking final was in prospect. For Vincent and Tom they would have to battle for third place.... It was at this point that i can recall taking a deep breath and once again taking it all in. It had been an incredible couple of days so far. A day earlier i went to the kitchen in the morning to see a quite unusual site. There was Matt (UK), Pierre (France), Eric (Australia) and Karel (Holland) all taking turns to make their breakfast. Basically working in tandem with each other. That again for me summed up Norway'07. It was not something you see every day, but yet for that week all these guys from around the world were part of one big happy family. It was a great scene. I commented during the week that it seemed like one huge Big Brother house. People would be eliminated one by one (go home), there was banter, drinks and laughter and hardly any sleep. This Big Brother house was the best though because we had video games! :D It was just a great, great time had by everyone. If it was real Big Brother then i guess Harold would have been voted out first or kept in for comedy value. I can just imagine it - "Who goes you decide, to evict Harold call" Anyway i cannot recall the events that would transpire in the third/fourth place match, but i think Vince was too strong for Tom. It was a guaranteed first, second and third place finish for the Dutch! ::) At this point i told Steven, Patrick, Vince etc in no uncertain terms to "Get Out" The Dutch should never be invited again because they are too good! And so it was on to final time. The Dutch had already won Goldeneye and Pro Evo and were now going to win MK64 too. Not fair! I remember a brilliant final between Steven and Patrick and i really enjoyed watching it. It was an honour to watch two guys at their very best giving it all they had. All the guys from Holland deserve so much credit for their gaming skills. I am of course joking about their gaming dominance. I have a lot of respect for all of them. :) After a classic confrontation it was Steven who once again reigned supreme. Steven won MK64 and was a worthy winner. Partick was second and Vincent third. A great performance by all three Dutch lads. Who would triump on SMK though? Part 21 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 08/13/07 at 06:53:05 Just the dutch guys huh?... lets play the wii Barber ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/13/07 at 10:12:24 Haha that mk64.... it was just a flip of a coin. I totally fucked up at least two races that would've made me win it against steve, but some of my victories were pure luck as well. I mean in the first round I was 2-0 down to some guy who couldn't mt, and I was behind him on BB and he had a blue shell and i got..... bananas. I drove past him with a tight corner, dropped the bananas in front of him and after 2-1 I changed strats to drive last on purpose, get a lightning/star and then gain as much distance using the item near the end to maintain the lead. But I'm assuming this is how MJ got knocked out as well. It was a fun tournament, but skill..... nah not really. Not like mkdd/smk anyway, which is more like 90/10 skill/luck. Mk64 is like 5/25/70 skill/strategy/luck. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Squashua on 08/13/07 at 16:35:52 i agree wholeheartedly to that statement vince.... for 2 player vs mode. in 2 player vs its "first" and "last" place items, too much of a difference. in 2 player gp the discrepancy in items is less pronounced due to the other racers. but in 4 player vs kart.... the skill/strategy ratio goes way up. if youre in first in 4 player, you have to deal w/ some red shells from second place (not stars usually), you really have to play defense well w/ the greens and bananas it gives you. likewise if you're in 3rd or 4th, youre usually a good distance back and need some help. this is why i never liked 2 player vs. and loved 4 player vs. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/13/07 at 18:53:23 Yeah we did 100cc 2 player versus matches... I reckon 4 players is better yes. But unless the skill difference is large, it'll still be quite random i think. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/14/07 at 03:36:37 Nah 4 player = too much shells and crap flying about u cant show you normal driving skill. Perfect example when i lost to Biff on a 4 player Match race once on one of the tracks |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/14/07 at 05:57:01 Not the best example Sami, we all know Biff isn't the most experienced with mk64 but he's a true gaming messiah so it's not unusual that he'd beat you some time. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/14/07 at 06:06:30 The holiday that had everything! PART TWENTY ONE!!!! It had been a long old day and was still no where near finished. Sadly i can recall little of the MKDD action that took place that Sunday. The Swedish guys that had travelled such a long way knew that this was their moment. Some of their driving was truly the definition of the term "next level" and i was amazed at their control of the karts. They also were a very nice bunch and always friendly and polite. I know that Andreas and his brother Richard (i think) were great rivals on MKDD and i looked forward to witnessing their skills first hand. I cannot remember who is the better player in terms of rank, but i do remember the two brothers clashed in the MKDD semi-final. The action was intense and the driving off the chart! :o Man i wished i had skills like that. My handling of a Double Dash train kart was sadly the equal of Iain Dowie entering a beauty contest. That's right there was no point me turning up. It was basically a train wreck! The young Swede's however told a different story. Their battle was fascinating and they did things with a Kart that i would have otherwise deemed impossible! It was breathaking stuff and Andreas with the bit between his teeth advanced to the final of the tournament. Now sadly i don't have the aid of Marit's tournament grid for this one. So guys feel free to add info. Who would Andreas face in the final? A member of Team UK? One of the French legend's? Drew? Eric? Oh please no! Yes, that's right it was yet another final appearance for a Dutchman. Vincent had made the Double Dash final! :-? And Guitar Hero 2/Circuit Breakers was yet to come! I was beginning to wonder once more where i could buy a magic hat like Vincent's. I just knew any minute he was gonna pull a rabbit out of that hat. If he was a magician then maybe he could make Harold disappear and do us all a big favour? It was a thought for sure.... If i can drift from the main story for a second i need to mention somebody. Someone who was on the cusp of the action a lot of the time, but a living legend in his own right. He would come into his own in the next few days for sure, but for now he was content to sleep in as many different positions as possible. I am pretty sure the human body is not even meant to bend like that, but when your name is Drew Blumfield then i am sure anything is possible!! If there was a tornado right there in Norway he would have slept through it. With his trademark bag of peanut M&Ms swinging in the wind and a cheshire cat grin of epic proportions, Norway 07 would have been a worse experience without him. More on Drew's legendary exploits later. And i mean lots more.... And so it was on to Vincent against Andreas for the title of MKDD Norway'07 champion. One man would stand and one would fall. One could boast that they were the best and one could dream. Champion and contender, King or pretender? Could Vince continue the dominant Dutch reign or would he be just a lamb to the slaughter? When it comes to this final my mind goes blank. Vince i need your help? Judging by Vince's earlier comments i know that Andreas in the end reigned supreme. He avenged his SMK defeat to me in clinical fashion and became the MKDD champion in the process. I was delighted for him and all of the Swedish guys. Andreas really wanted to win and i am sure all the long travelling hours were worth it for him. They were going home early Monday morning and it made a great leaving present for them all. It was their game, they were the best and they proved it. It was a great shame that they would be taking the Nintendo Wii with them. This may have been a good thing from Neil's point of view. His boxing skills were laughable at best and quite embarrasing at worst. He seemed to think in order to land a knock out blow you need to stand as close to the tv as possible! Ali was devastated that his Baseball dreams were coming to an end too. No more wins for Lindsay on Wii tennis either. She would have to be content with her Sudoku book instead.... :D So with both MK64 and MKDD tournaments now over and SMK scheduled for the next day, attention was turned towards both Circuit Breakers and Street Fighter 2 Anniversary edition. Another two games that the Netherlands had a great chance to win. And they all knew it. Steven being the Street Fighter 2 legend back in the day was the obvious favourite. It did not take a genius to work out that out. However there was a few rumours circulating from the French camp concerning a new contender. Harold was running his mouth in the corner ( to anyone who actually cared enough to listen) about his own Street Fighter 2 credentials. Never one to back down from a challenge i said "Go ahead then let's see what you got" If my memory serves me correctly his weapon of choice was Guile. I picked the tried and tested Ken. Harold promised he would destroy me. On camera giving it none stop waffle he said "I Wil Perfect you" I thought "yeah right". After a couple of heavy defeats ( and no perfect) i could see Harold was a very good player. A very good player WHO USED SKANK TACTICS i might add. Basically he would get you in the corner and use the same combo which you could not defend against. Basically a move that would be illegal in a proper tournament because there is no way your opponent can defend against it. I feared for Sami, Steven, The Gaff and others. This could get nasty... Part 22 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 08/14/07 at 06:45:55 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Brilliant! ;D ;D ;D Real_John_Barber wrote:
Yes, there is a way :P But it seems that you're not talented enough to defend against this tactic... ::) Btw Harold lost every time he used this tactic against Anthony Pichard for example :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Squashua on 08/14/07 at 07:10:40 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
while this is true, you may lose to a "lesser karter" once in a while, but that makes things interesting. thats also why i wouldnt like to play for only a best of 5 matches as you guys did in the early going. i'd at laest play 8 races, 16 is ideal but takes too long for a tourney. perfect example is MJ losing in round of sixteen. he's obviously good enough, but (just guessing here) he gets screwed by being in front and he gets destroyed by items. my suggestion for the next mk64 tourney would be something like a group stage where its 4 player vs, and the top 2 advance (1st place gets a higher seed in the next round). do that for a couple of rounds then perhaps the final do a 1v1 gp mode or something. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/14/07 at 07:22:05 How about playing MK64 VS mode without using weapons? I'm not 100% sure if that would work, but it's an interesting idea to try at least, because the weapons situation is really taking the skill away big time, which is a shame. :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/14/07 at 07:26:35 Thanks for the comments and feedback Florent. :) Regarding Street Fighter i admit i am no expert when it comes to that game. I do however have to call it as i see it. Doing the same move over and over again until you win is not real competition in my opinion. Anyway i will let Sami give his opinion. I am in no way flaming Harold, but pointing out that his victory was slightly soured by these tactics. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/14/07 at 07:40:07 harold is definitely the bitch in this relationship. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/14/07 at 07:54:41 I bet you can't wait to meet him Sean... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/14/07 at 07:56:24 John: There were basically 3 favo(u)rites for the mkdd final, me (#7 on the mkdd site), richard (#1) and andreas (#4). I had the harshest bracket, facing Richard first and if I managed that I had to face Andreas in the finals, who would have easy opponents since no other high ranked players (steve was next highest i think, being barely top 50) were in the mkdd tourney. Sami and Steve pulled some great stuff but the real fight began when me and Richard showed off. For the first time I was actually a bit nervous, and you would be too having to face Richard. He also had a lot more experience in VS. racing since he plays with andreas a lot, whereas this was my first serious match of VS racing ever (tt's for the lonely vince at home :() Starting off I lost the first two races completely to nerves, and first to 5 it was clear that I had my work cut out for me being 2-0 down. However after that I made a great recovery, and I only lost one race after that to take the win with 3-5. Some of my most focussed gaming/karting ever, I'm serious. Richard was no piece of cake, but I drove quality laps without making many mistakes. A little luck was present, chasing richard all race down peach beach and getting a shell in the last straight, but overall I felt I deserved to advance. :) The final was a whole 'nother story, I lost my own controller... I simply couldn't find it. I noticed while I was already playing..... after losing the first two races I switched to another controller which was even more horrible! A nice move and some luck at the start of mario circuit put me ahead for almost half a lap, which normally would be impossible to come back from for Andreas, even if he'd get 2 blue shells or lightnings... but with this horrible controller I was missing literally half the miniturbo's, getting very frustrated. I totally lost all my distance and in the last lap Andreas passed me for 3-0. Being a bit angry I switched back to the not totally crappy controller.... would I be able to recover like against Richard? I don't recall the exact exchanging of points there but I do remember making several stupid mistakes which I couldn't afford anymore. I lost 7-4 in the end, which wasn't so bad considering all the bad stuff that had been going on. I swear though, it would've been at least 7-4 to me if I had played like I did against Richard. Not to take away from Andreas' victory though. He played very consistent and managed his nerves better and didn't fuck up, so he deserved to win. Revenge will be there next year though. All I need is some more experience in tournaments ;) Another detail worth mentioning: both players agreed on which HZ to play in, if both players wanted something different then a cointoss was used to decide, and I lost both, wanting to face the swedish in 60hz but being stuck with 50 (don't get me wrong its what i play in tts but i prefer 60hz just my tv doesn't support it, and considering my strengths (consistent fast mts and the ability to adapt quickly to things) 60hz seemed like a better chance, and as well out of principle I wanted 60hz because it's the fair mode :)(for those who aren't in the know: NTSC is 60hz so if pal plays 60hz it's fair, if they play 50hz it's like pal/ntsc on mk64, and 50hz is considered a slight advantage)) <-- man that's a lot of brackets :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/14/07 at 08:19:37 Real_John_Barber wrote:
fresh meat :-/ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 08/14/07 at 08:34:14 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Richard is his friend. Martin is his brother. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/14/07 at 08:36:57 Richy and andreas are cousins i think. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 08/14/07 at 09:47:26 yees we are, we are not brothers. Thats why im not so ugly as Richard is haha. pwned you Vince in Final xD |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/14/07 at 10:26:51 Quality write-ups once again. I have one little addition to make, in what has to be one of the highlights of the MK64 competition or perhaps of the meet altogether. It concerns this match: Real_John_Barber wrote:
On Wario Stadium, Patrick got a lightning in lap 1 (I think, or lap 2). Tom, however got a ghost and nicked the item, after which he started chanting the by then well known anthem of the meeting, like he would whenever things got exciting. Basically, Tom knew if he would use the lightning at the end of lap 3 for the big jump, he would win the race, so victory was almost 100% assured. So he was taunting Patrick and jumping up and down, etc (all race long! ;D). Then things took a turn for the worse for the poor Gaff as Patrick got an invincibility star (=immunity against lightnings while it's active). It would be a tactical battle as Patrick had to trigger his star before Gaff would execute the lightning, but he also had to make sure it lasted till the ramp, so he couldn't activate it too early either. Patrick did use his item a little too early and it ran out before the ramp; The Gaff then activated his lightning immediately, however Patrick's star was still working for one more second (stars continue to be effective for a tiny bit of time after the sound and star-visuals have stopped), so the lightning did not shrink him. To make things complete, Patrick also picked up a lightning, during his invincibility, and used it on Gaff (who fell down the ramp) to win the race! By then, the Dutch had taken over with the tune, singing in the face of a perlexed Gaff. Just a quality moment of gaming madness, though I did feel a bit sorry for Tom, as there's no way he could have known the star is still active for a second or two after it has visibly died down. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 08/14/07 at 10:34:03 Real_John_Barber wrote:
You're right on this point John ;) Using the same strat' over and over is just boring... :( But if his opponents would have known how to defend against it, Harold wouldn't have used this strat' again and again, you see... Anyway, if the majority of the players find this strat' really unfair, maybe it should be simply forbidden for the next tournament... :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Kles on 08/14/07 at 10:35:37 Actually, if I recall correctly, Andreas/Martin and Richard are cousins. COULD BE WRONG THOUGH! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Steve-Meakings on 08/14/07 at 11:11:41 Thanks thats only been pointed out several times ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Steve-Meakings on 08/14/07 at 11:13:15 20-100 wrote:
Excuses x100000000 |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by IsThatAGoodThing on 08/14/07 at 11:16:51 Neo wrote:
You're right on this point John ;) Using the same strat' over and over is just boring... :( But if his opponents would have known how to defend against it, Harold wouldn't have used this strat' again and again, you see... Anyway, if the majority of the players find this strat' really unfair, maybe it should be simply forbidden for the next tournament... :-? [/quote] Hey Neo WRONG If he can win with it let him unless you can defend it...its part of the game and there for a reason. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 08/14/07 at 11:25:15 IsThatAGoodThing wrote:
You're right on this point John ;) Using the same strat' over and over is just boring... :( But if his opponents would have known how to defend against it, Harold wouldn't have used this strat' again and again, you see... Anyway, if the majority of the players find this strat' really unfair, maybe it should be simply forbidden for the next tournament... :-? [/quote] Hey Neo WRONG If he can win with it let him unless you can defend it...its part of the game and there for a reason. [/quote] Hey, you didn't understand me: I'm in favour of this strat' (I'm not an expert of Street Fighter though) because I KNOW that this attack can be avoided (you just have to be talented enough, but it seems that much players don't like it, so I thought maybe it's better for everyone that this strat' is forbidden :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/14/07 at 12:22:12 Neo wrote:
You're right on this point John ;) Using the same strat' over and over is just boring... :( But if his opponents would have known how to defend against it, Harold wouldn't have used this strat' again and again, you see... Anyway, if the majority of the players find this strat' really unfair, maybe it should be simply forbidden for the next tournament... :-? [/quote] Hey Neo WRONG If he can win with it let him unless you can defend it...its part of the game and there for a reason. [/quote] Hey, you didn't understand me: I'm in favour of this strat' (I'm not an expert of Street Fighter though) because I KNOW that this attack can be avoided (you just have to be talented enough, but it seems that much players don't like it, so I thought maybe it's better for everyone that this strat' is forbidden :-?[/quote] Well the thing is , not all characters CAN get out of it , and the ones who can , only have a 1 frame opening . All in all , the risk-reward ratio is HUGELY in Harolds favour. If I was at my best I can get out , but then again , getting out correctly means u can only select a few characters , in which i dont usually play with . Even so , if he gets me one time , and i get out the next time , he did more damage .... Well , this strategy is soft-banned throughout major Street Fighter tournaments for a reason , but the next NLG will defo have ST instead of SF2:AE for a NUMBER of reasons. Banning the strategy as a whole cant be done tho , coz there are many similar ones ( that arent quite as repeatable mind you ) which are fine. Anyways , Harold won , and he should enjoy it while it lasts ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/14/07 at 12:49:20 Many thanks Marius, yes was gona say they banned these techniques in some of the major Evo tournaments and such. But for years i was wondering at CDF why they play SF2T only. Super SF2 had more characters, better modes, then Super SF2T after that, with the supers etc etc. Heaps more fun and the same game. However as they added more frames in the later versions, this "Skank tactic" would not work. So then it became clear why they have favoured this version... ::) It is a similar thing in old football games where u cud shoot from a particular spot and score almost all the time, sadly stuff like sensible soccer has this, maybe some later ISS or Fifa games. Which is why they make new versions which run on the same gaming engine sometimes, just tweaking the problem bits to avoid anything silly. Pro Evo 2008 i believe is out next, after several in the series, no doubt some adjustments from Pro Evo 1 or 2. Anyway whats done is done, if someone else was there at the time *cough* Biff *cough* it may have worked out better than my "Sagat" (who still got bust out a bit and had fun ;) ) :P As per conversation for Tournaments wel select Super SF2T mode only to avoid any mishaps. Other than that... SF3 ftw! No skank tactics, no nonsense, get the game, learn the game, get good, and if u win it, you've done a good job of it ;) Alpha 3 also solid, can stick that on at any time. SF3 i suck but hopefully one day il improve. *Remembers Barber's SF3 moment* 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 08/14/07 at 13:26:43 I repeat, I'm really not a Street Fighter expert. I just try to understand each point of view. But what I know is that my french friends (Harold, Anthony and the others) love SF2T because this game has a very high speed, not because there can be those special strats :P (in opposition with the others Street Fighter that I watched, which are quite slow I think) Actually, it was one of the first times that I saw Harold doing that strat :o Because Anthony powns him every time he tries, for sure... ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/14/07 at 13:42:57 Neo wrote:
Well , the only real useful way to handle that strat is to do the same in return. Making the battles EXTREMELY lame. I knew about the possibility of ppl using this in SF2:AE but figured no one would do it. I was wrong it seems :P But mwah , its over now. And the speed , in real SF matches , u cant have highesr game speed the the maximum human reflex agreed? SMK at 800cc anyone? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Beaver Warrior on 08/14/07 at 13:44:28 i can't wait to outdrink marius's. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/14/07 at 13:44:43 Was it the china mans karate chop move? ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/14/07 at 13:53:58 Yeh the speed also, but then it is just the first person to strike, there is less strategy, we watched the videos. Other versions have speed setting also, just not to stupidly fast. Real life speed is good. Not about just kick and throw kick and throw. So we used versions where u can create something a bit more realistic. And yes good point about the 800cc, you not gona get around that the same way... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 08/14/07 at 15:26:20 I don't know who is right, who is wrong... Some of the players prefer SF2T, some of the players prefer another version of the Street Fighter games. Nobody can say: "this game is better than this one". It's just personal feelings. Some players like the speed of a game, some others like the realistic graphism. It's like saying "MK64 is better than SMK" or "SMK is better than MK64". It doesn't make sense. And it's not what we're talking about. :P We're talking about a tactic which should be alllowed or not. I just wanna help you to find a solution... Actually I don't care! Fuck all Street Fighter games! ;D ;D ;D SMK forever! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by oneshotbilly on 08/14/07 at 15:50:50 Neo wrote:
Couldn't have put it better myself ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/14/07 at 23:15:21 Its not the same as comparing SMK with MK64, completely different gaming engines. but the SF2 series were the same with some tweaks on speed and the frames between move execution. The later versions they just smoothed out some of the characters. Guile was another one u could skank quite a lot with, but they toned this down on the later versions. SMK is mode 7 graphics, MK64 has 3d models built in a 3d environment, both with their own good and bad points. Back to SF, we cant even compare SF2 to 3rd strike or alpha 3 as they are all different, similar but a complete revamp. I understand some will prefer their own version of SF2, whether it is original, Champ, Turbo, Super or Super Turbo. However, when it comes to Super Turbo and the skank tactics are minimised/gone, itl be down to real techniques, Barber combos, who can get the edge. Otherwise, on Tubo, itl be like that one match i won with Blanka, light punch then electricity, was pointless and I dont accept that win i made cos it was using techniques banned in these real tournos, only Sagat i won a round with clean fighting. If i did that Blanka thing in an Evo tournament... :-X Heres some Super Turbo (non skank later version of SF2), notice there is no jump kick throws in the corner, they fight in the middle actaully a lot of the time and get the opening for a strike: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qXNV6UuMSYg And for even better skill i always love this 3rd strike video, 110% real skill (pull this off and you're a real next level! :P ): http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5CESuTuqPI4 Otherwise il agree I stick with SMK myself to make life easier hehe 8-) Barber, we wait for your next part ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Andreas_10 on 08/15/07 at 02:01:59 Kles wrote:
Im Andreas, Martin is my brother. And Richard is my cousin :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/15/07 at 02:12:31 Wow lots of great comments! Cheers guys. Great write up Vince and cheers for helping me out with that. Paul - you are spot on mate. They are not brothers i had a feeling i was wrong. ::) Karel you are a legend. I had forgot all about the Patrick vs Tom moment! That was indeed a Norway'07 big time highlight. Truly the stuff of legend! The Gaff was loving his lightning, but it somehow backfired! All the banter about street fighter has been amusing. Just wait until my next right up.... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 08/15/07 at 03:40:33 20-100 wrote:
Ah ok. Thought it was to good to be true that 3 of the same family are that good at kart :D But it's true. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/15/07 at 03:56:26 Kart runs in families... so speaking of which, John, when are we recruiting Glenn to the site? 8-) I think it needs two Barbers :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/15/07 at 04:07:59 One Barber on here is enough for anyone to cope with. I think little bro being on here too would cause the Barber family to start running things. No-one would want that... :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/15/07 at 04:18:31 Well not on the board, on the time trial rankings, we get him to one try each track. He can try and reach Neil and Alistair on first attempts. He used to play a lot with you back then so hed do pretty good |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/15/07 at 04:28:42 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
Agreed... Best fighting game ever! And about Daigo's video, that's quite impressive, but I've seen some more impressive stuff :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 08/15/07 at 04:38:32 Sami - Godfather of SMK wrote:
No, please not 2 Barbers... We don't have enough horses here for the moment... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/15/07 at 04:40:13 Firewaster wrote:
Agreed... Best fighting game ever! And about Daigo's video, that's quite impressive, but I've seen some more impressive stuff :o[/quote] Umezono vs Hayao? ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/15/07 at 05:35:34 Sargoth wrote:
Agreed... Best fighting game ever! And about Daigo's video, that's quite impressive, but I've seen some more impressive stuff :o[/quote] Umezono vs Hayao? ::)[/quote] Marius, please send me that video link on msn, i may have seen it but may be a diff one. And yeh, we are not banning a tactic, just not selecting the version or game that has the that version in it. So players are forced to use real techniques, as Guilherme nicely put it, something like 3rd strike being such a great fighting game. Im not strong at this game, but i respect it for being a well created version eliminating the problems. Oh and about the Barber recruiting, im sure 2 Barbers wud be good on the site, there is another Barber we can use, but wont mention his name, thats up to John if he wants to recruit more (btw it is not the U.S Jon im speaking of) ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/15/07 at 05:45:04 Sargoth wrote:
That's a nice example... There are some other great fights tough... Goemon(Yang) vs Raoh(Chun) (SBO3) is another example... :o http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=AT973gUOftA Another great one Hayao(Hugo) vs KO(Yun) http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-IbAb19nKc So many good examples: Hayao(Hugo) vs Umezono(Chun) (not sure) http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_fB39Emyxs&mode=related&search= |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/15/07 at 05:47:28 The holiday that had everything! PART TWENTY TWO!!!! And so i thought the time was appropriate for me to reveal my T-shirt of destiny to the gathered masses. It was the T-shirt that would strike fear into any opponent i would face on Street Fighter 2. No, for anyone wondering it was not a T-shirt with Neil's face printed on it, but in fact a Street Fighter retro T-shirt with all the original characters present. Sami loved it, The Gaff loved it, Steven Zwartjes wanted to eat it! Steven was LOVING it. :D It was classic stuff and something i had saved up especially for the tournament. Sadly however, despite my show of daring and all my hype i flattered to deceive. I think it may have even been Tom who beat me in the last 16 round, but that does not really matter. My performance on Street fighter 2 was shocking. I battled like a wimp. I required the strength of Eric Scott and possessed all the strength of Marit's pet cat Psycho (the legend) Tom's Street Fighter skills i would like to point out are far superior to mine. I had high hopes for both Sami and Tom in this tournament, I think us Brits are born fighters. We love a good scrap - just ask Chris Clark?! Or watch the Football Factory film. This is why we make good to great street fighter players. I think Biff actually put it better than anyone as to why fighting games are so good - "Why would i waste my time beating the crap out of a real person when i can do it on a game instead" LOL! Street Fighter was more than a game to a lot of people. It was like THE GAME. The whole fighting gaming genre in general has had many games come and go, but none will ever share the universal cult appeal of the Street Fighter franchise. I remember school days with school mates trying fire balls and dragon punches in the playground. They were always left sad though when no fire ball appeared or no electric shock Blanka style! After days of karting and Pro Evo i was really pumped up for watching some great one on one combat SF2 style!!! I will only report on the Street Fighter 2 Anniversary edition action from the semi-final stage onwards. If anyone who was in Norway or in the tournament would like to add any stories or additions to this then please feel free to do so. Harold using his Guile character and tactics that were either inspired or frustrating/ whatever way you want to look at it, had made the semi-final. He had done so in an impressive fashion and i thought it would make for some healthy competition. I expected Marius, Tom, Sami and Steven to be the main favourites so it was good to see somebody else come through as a dark horse. When it came to the final four fate would once again throw a bad hand to Team UK. The Gaff and Sami were both drawn to face each other for a place in the final. Now the good news was Team UK had a guranteed place in the final and a cracking match was in prospect. The bad news was that two long time friends and colleagues would have to do battle. They knew each others style and knew what to expect. Would the Gaff's victory anthem kick in once more? Or would Sami have the final say? Now i think it was the first to three wins from here on in. Correct me if i am wrong. Three wins in terms of matches, so a 2-1 win on rounds would constitute one actual win. The bad news for the Gaff is that he could not use his Akuma character! :o For those not in the know - Tom and Akuma go together like bread and butter, like strawberries and cream and like Steven and yoghurt's. A perfect match. How would Tom cope with such a loss? Tom was more used to the skills of Alpha 3 and Third strike to be fair and was always going to be touch against Sami's great SF2 talent. After some great action and blocking from both guys Sami progressed to the final. A great effort from both guys and a nice reward for Sami. Team UK was nearly there! It was a blow for Tom, but i knew he would be back for some Third Strike carnage later on.... In another unbelievably intriguing clash Harold Christensen would face Steven Zwartjes in the other SF2 semi-final. France and Holland would collide again in some more tense, gaming competition. Harold, it is worth pointing out once more had participated in every tournament with a broken shoulder. I cannot begin to imagine the pain he must have been in, but he deserves bags of credit for his efforts. He did not pull out of any tournaments and i did not hear him complain or use it as an excuse once. Well done. :) And so a great battle was i prospect. We had the Street Fighter 2 93/94 Champion (officially) in the form of Steven against a guy with some very, very difficult and different tactics. How would Steven cope? The speakers were on and the crowd was ready. Never had Street Fighter 2 sounded so ground. That famous menu tune was pumping out and it was fight time. Sami had a great interest in this match. He knew that either guy would be a very tough opponent in the final. And so Harold and Steven went to war. Steven using Ken (i think) faced Harold's Guile. Would skill overcome strategy? As the rounds went on i could see Steven getting visibly frustrated. Harold's tactics were proving the difference. He could find no way out and if there was a way it was very hard to get right. Harold had him on the ropes and backed into a corner. There was no escape. There was just the one winner. Harold would face Sami in the final and had caused an amazing upset. Steven was out and not very amused about it... Part 23 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/15/07 at 05:52:31 Florent you disgust me. At least i now know who wrote about horse's in Norway and stuck it on the stage >:( More on that still to come... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 08/15/07 at 05:57:58 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Haha, just kidding man, don't be offensed! ;) Ok I'll stop with this joke now... ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/15/07 at 06:36:49 It's all good champ, you know i can take a joke or many! Florent's SMK skills will be returning in a future write-up. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 08/15/07 at 07:16:28 Sami: U trying to get veryone in the world to play SMK?? Hahaha Ure like a SMKpriest or something!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/15/07 at 09:26:50 Firewaster wrote:
That's a nice example... There are some other great fights tough... Goemon(Yang) vs Raoh(Chun) (SBO3) is another example... :o http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=AT973gUOftA Another great one Hayao(Hugo) vs KO(Yun) http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-IbAb19nKc So many good examples: Hayao(Hugo) vs Umezono(Chun) (not sure) http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_fB39Emyxs&mode=related&search=[/quote] Nah , this is the one : http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=FwP6yD72WQA |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/15/07 at 09:42:31 Linszy wrote:
Yes like i said before, i will feel no way to recruit everyone, from the street if we have to, minus the rudeboys of course, they aint welcome :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/15/07 at 09:43:35 Linszy wrote:
You been living under a rock? :P He's been doing that for years... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 08/15/07 at 13:04:17 i went to trocadero last night and got raped on sf2 3rd strike :'( :'( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 08/15/07 at 23:44:56 You been living under a rock? He's been doing that for years... Sorry Vince, until Norway i only knew MJ and Karel...and some of u by name.. dont blame me ok :P I'm just a rookie ;) Now I'm off to Lowlands :P Want to see many write ups when i get back John :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/16/07 at 03:18:55 The holiday that had everything! PART TWENTY THREE!!!! Now i thought Harold was in the Street Fighter 2 tournament to just make up the numbers. He had really surprised me with his efforts and i don't think i am wrong in saying it was a real upset when he defeated Steven. A Sami vs Harold final would be very, very interesting. Having had many a battle in the past with Sami, i know how good he is at the Street Fighter games. However he had never faced Harold before and i was very keen to see how he would cope with the unorthodox tactics. Sami had been using his E Honda character to devastating effect in previous matches in Norway. It was not quite up to "Bust out the Sagat" levels, but never the less very effective. He may have even used him on The Gaff i am not quite sure. An enthralling final was certainly on the cards.... First up The Gaff would return to the hotseat against Steven in a battle for third place. Now with the aid of Marit's chart i actually have the correct scores for their battles. It was once again the first to three wins and i was well up for this one. It was about time The Gaff won something for his efforts. He had come close a number of times so far, but always seemed to miss out on the big final. It was very ironic that he would face Steven once more. They always seemed to clash! The beer gulper against the yoghurt churner. Who would win this epic contest? On paper i thought Steven would win, but i was doing a disservice to Tom. He may be meaner on Third Strike etc, but he can more than hold his own on the good old Capcom classic. After some great back and forth action and a few more cries of "Jesus" from the Dutchman it was Steven who claimed third place with 3 wins to 2. Another cracking contest and really exciting to watch on the big stage. It was now time for another final. Could Sami "Godfather of SMK" Cetin transfer his great karting skills to the beat em up world? Or would the tricky Harold be too much for him? Now once more i can't recall a lot of the action, Sami any help? I am pretty sure Sami won a couple of rounds/matches using Honda before Harold's tactics became too much for him. I may have even shouted "Bust out the Sagat" in tribute to Biff at one point. Well the main point was Harold won and was crowned Street Fighter 2 Anniversary edition champion of Norway'07. Sami was second and Steven third. It was a very interesting tournament to say the least and made a nice distraction from all the karting madness of the week. Harold now started becoming very vocal and was clearly revelling in his unexpected victory. Marius came to the front of the stage for the now customary photoshoot with the three prize winners and to give them their euro's victory money. I can't remember how much money was set aside for the different tournaments, but i think SMK had the biggest potential jackpot. Either way after the photo's, banter and Harold going on none stop about how "Everyones Arse was his" on Street Fighter i decided to take action. I had quite simply had enough of the French rascal. Somehow - when he was not looking i swiped his winning envelope out of his hand and ran out of the venue with it!!! Harold was bemused and clueless. He had no idea he had even been mugged. I ran outside with my cash swaying in the wind and asked Sami to take a pic of me with my winnings. (pic to follow later - classic) To be honest Harold asked for it. I was gonna share the pot between Tom,Sami and Steven and others who did not use annoying forms of attack, but i had a change of heart. I returned inside and gave the money back to Harold. I offered him an olive branch and attempted to use it as a peace offering. I think this only served to rile him up a bit more and later that night he would attempt a disgusting revenge.... It seemed in Norway'07 almost everyone had their time to show off their talents. Each guy over there seemed to be good to great on at least one game. After my poor Pro Evo showing i was delighted with the news that a Sensible Soccer tournament was planned for later that week. I knew i had as good a chance as anyone on that game. Later on this day however it was time for Vincent van der Fluit and Marius (the great host) Hukkelas to take centre stage. The stage i am referring to is known as Guitar Hero 2. Now these guys were serious magicians with the plastic weapons. Vince informed me that he plays in no-less than three different bands back in his homeland. He must be a busy bee. Marius just looks like a born rockstar. A mixture of the lead singer from Motorhead and Meatloaf in fact. Ok only kidding! ;) Either way he could kick your arse with a guitar in his hand for sure. The Guitar Hero 2 game had driven me to the brink of despair so far in Norway. Mainly because it was being played until 4.00 and 5.00 AM some mornings and also because they were so darn good at it! I certainly think it helps when you play the guitar in real life as it helps your finger positioning on the game. For the first few days i had observed Vincent and his protege Matt, doing various tracks pretty well. Now it is a pretty easy game to pick up and play, but incredibly hard to master. With MJ also a really solid player, the last four competing on Guitar Hero 2 would be simply awesome to watch. I was really looking forward to their respective guitar clinics. Michael Jongerius would face Vince and Marius would play Matt in the semi's. Now this would be something.... Part 24 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/16/07 at 05:28:36 Sargoth wrote:
Yeah I know that one, it's one of the videos I always watch! :D But people get much impressed because of parryings... There's much more about SF3! I'm pretty sure you agree with me! :) @Barber: lol @ you stealing Harolds prize! ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/16/07 at 05:45:33 Firewaster wrote:
Yeah I know that one, it's one of the videos I always watch! :D But people get much impressed because of parryings... There's much more about SF3! I'm pretty sure you agree with me! :) @Barber: lol @ you stealing Harolds prize! ;D ;D ;D ;D[/quote] Of course I agree :P Btw , that Yang comeback vid was sick!!! Those UOH crossups are just insane. And the thing about the Hayao parry is not the parry , its the freaking gigas done in 6 frames!!!! Barber : Still going strong. But meat Loaf? He didnt get fat by exposing his body to excessive amounts of " beverages" so he aint got no respect . Beerbellies for president 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/16/07 at 06:31:50 Yeah, the gigas is pretty sick... But he must be used to do it using small frame windows, once he can do Tachi Gigas :o (altough Tachi gigas takes 8 frames i think :-?) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/16/07 at 08:42:12 Firewaster wrote:
I think hugo has 6 or 7 frames jump start-up , but still Hayao is just about the only guy who can do it even somewhat consistently. Btw , did u see Kuroda changed from Q? Hes now playing Yun , Ken and Urien , and ppl are callling him the best in the world now :-X |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/16/07 at 10:51:39 Sargoth wrote:
I think hugo has 6 or 7 frames jump start-up , but still Hayao is just about the only guy who can do it even somewhat consistently. Btw , did u see Kuroda changed from Q? Hes now playing Yun , Ken and Urien , and ppl are callling him the best in the world now :-X[/quote] OMFG... omfg... ... I don't know what to think about it... I loved the way he played Q, and he's probably doing great with other characters... It's a great gap between the tiers, and he used to own people when playing with Q... Damn i got to see some footage of that :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by clbrun1 on 08/16/07 at 15:31:08 lol i saw harold won a sf2t tournament :o either others players were pretty weak :-X, or he has become better! i will choose the first possibility, since a simple dragon punch can stop him... ::) and for the speed, you just need some practice to react quick enough, it s not unplayable! :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/16/07 at 22:18:15 clbrun1 wrote:
And what if some of us played a character without a dragon punch ::) The brutal truth is , I\we wasnt prepared for skank tactics. Also when I played Harold , I was basically asleep. And I played with an ST character , so I do less damage , and I cant tech his throws , and I cant use a DP that will actually hit him out of it. Alltho the round where he didnt corner me , I crushed him . Dont worry tho , Ill get my revenge 8-) Edit : And for the speed , no human being can "practice" his reflexes down to anything below 0.05 second fcol :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by clbrun1 on 08/17/07 at 05:20:04 i spoke to harold and he told me that you played on a PS version, so ok it s a bit different depending of which version of characters you choose. but in sf2turbo on snes, the only ones that don t have any DP or equivalent to deal with harold technique are vega (with the claw), M Bison (the last boss) and maybe guile (somersault kick too slow...)! and for the reflex, trust you can improve it very strongly! when i played daily, i was able to place a tiger upercut just after being hurted by a jumping fierce kick... so practice, and by pity, don t play at speed 2 out of 4 :P ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 08/17/07 at 05:38:24 I've played a few people on SF that use Guile. They throw that boomerang at you and when you try to jump over to get closer he does that flip in the air. Basically it's a match of throwing things all day long. How boring. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by clbrun1 on 08/17/07 at 05:50:56 it s just because you don t know how to counter this strat :P it s like you said "when i play battle mode in smk, my opponent keeps on throwing red shells to beat me, how boring!" ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 08/17/07 at 05:54:46 It doesn't matter whether something is beatable or not, it's whether the chances of doing so are reasonable enough. It seems to me that they're not and that this attack is overpowered and can take down great players in the hands of someone only reasonable skilled. I haven't seen Harold get anywhere in the other SF tourney, that should tell you enough. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by P@UL on 08/17/07 at 06:02:17 clbrun1 wrote:
Throwing red shells at someone to beat them in MK is no where as near as bad as sitting there, not moving and only doing 1 or 2 moves. Of course i know how to counter it, it's the fact i would rather not play someone only doing that. They end up showing how shit they are when you manage to get near them and you kick the living shit out of them. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by DanLesiak on 08/17/07 at 13:06:36 Stop playing the snes street fighters then. Alpha 3 is the ultimate incarnation of the best beat em up ever. Sequels are made to iron out cheesy moves and balance the characters more. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/19/07 at 02:37:49 Well said, but yeh later versions have less skank moves. How far did Harold get in 3rd strike? I couldnt remember... Vince? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/19/07 at 04:37:01 clbrun1 wrote:
Uhm the example you gave makes no sense. That doesnt have anything with timing to do. If the jumping fierce hits early , then sagat will recover faster than Ken\Ryu ( or anyone else ) meaning you have free time to throw\ Tiger uppercut. Once the Kick hits , just mash the punch button and do the DP motion. You will prolly understand what I mean if you get into 3s or HIGH lvl ST . About the speed , yeah that was my bad , I thought we played a different version , but the normal tournament setting is sposed to be Turbo 3. But the french like to play at turbo 8 or something right? Thats , uhm , something I cant undertsand , lets leave it at that. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/19/07 at 04:48:54 P@UL wrote:
Thats just how Guile has to be played tho ( and for those confused , Harold played Turbo Ken ). Its pretty thoughtless to jump towards the opponent , as he will have a number of moves to outprioritze you. For example the flashkick ( which solid guile players will have charged all the time almost ). Guile wants to keep you away ( but if he gets in , its massive damage as well ) , and you playing Ken\Ryu I presume , you want to nullify the projectiles and advance towards him. Basically you can mix and match a few different things. Jump straight up over the projectile - This will make the timing for his next one different , and possibly , if your close enough , you can hit him with something like Jumping HK - Down + MK - HK Hurricane Kick. Throw fireball to nullify - Only wastes time really , but you need to mix up so you wont become predictable. Dragon Punch through projectile - Changes timing for him again pluss you advance , he then has to think about throwing the next one. Hurrican Kick through projectile - Use Light Hurricane Kick to easily pass through projectiles while advancing ground , and if he throws another , use Hard Hurricane Kick and youll most likely hit him if timed good. Needs mixing up of course or else he will wait for you to come spinning , and he will Flashkick your ass. Bah , dont know why i did that , but this to me is the glory of Street Fighter , the Mind-games . I know most ppl dont care shit about this at first , but let me tell you right now , your missing out. PS: Anyone who saw the casual between me and Steven ( Me as CE Guile vs Him as ST Ryu ) will know what im talking about. ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/19/07 at 06:13:52 Even the fatties have a chance agains the fireball/sonicboom spammers... E.Honda's jumping low kick has a very good priority and is (maybe) the lowest jumping attack... I mean, it's the one closest to the ground. With it you can jump the fireball and land fast enough to block some hits or even hit the opponent with his but. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KartSeven on 08/19/07 at 13:04:14 Sargoth wrote:
That's a nice example... There are some other great fights tough... Goemon(Yang) vs Raoh(Chun) (SBO3) is another example... :o http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=AT973gUOftA Another great one Hayao(Hugo) vs KO(Yun) http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-IbAb19nKc So many good examples: Hayao(Hugo) vs Umezono(Chun) (not sure) http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_fB39Emyxs&mode=related&search=[/quote] Nah , this is the one : http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=FwP6yD72WQA[/quote] Dunno if you know this one, but I have a better vid, with more impressive come-back and public's reaction... I'll upload it this evening or tomorrow if you want it. ;) EDIT : here it is (http://kartseven.free.fr/srk-daigo.mpg)... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/19/07 at 16:26:28 It's the one Sami posted :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/20/07 at 03:27:47 The holiday that had everything! PART TWENTY FOUR!!!! And so it was time for the Guitar Heroes to take centre stage. Time for them to unleash the full power of their musical gaming talents. Time for those intense Rock star style mullets to do some real damage. Both Vince and Marius were in competition for the best hair of Norway'07 award. It was a shame that Matt had cut his flowing locks and MJ was still content with the short hair look. I mean surely eighties rock tunes and crazy mullets go hand in hand? One thing is for sure these rock star wannabes were going to give it everything they had. It was one man, his plastic guitar and his fast fingers. Sounds slightly seedy to me?! ::) Marius had a look on his face which suggested to both me and Sami that he was loving every second of it. Sami mentioned "look at Marius, he loves it, he loves it" I don't mean the plastic guitar love, but i mean the game and competition love. The hilarity was further intensified when Sami pointed out that one of the main animated Guitar players on the game was a stunt double for Marius! "Look at him, look how hench he is, if Marius was a rockstar that would be him" It was so funny and so true! :D First up for an epic showdown would be Matthew against Marius. It was Team UK once more in a semi-final. Now Matt had done well to reach this stage and i was very pleased for him. I don't think he had even played the game before Norway so it was a pretty good performance. The task which was ahead of him however would require a herculean like effort. Guitar Hero 2 represented a great chance for the host to win first prize. Marius was a very skilled player and man i didn't fancy Matt's chances. That is in no way knocking him, but Marius was of course the superior player. It was great fun to watch the battles and cheer on another UK representative. The speed the guys hands moved on the guitar's was quite insane. I struggle on songs which require three buttons let alone five! I can't remember the score in this one or even what it was up to. I think it may have been the best of five? Now Matt tried his best and i was impressed with how quickly he had picked the game up. Marius was just too strong at this game though and it was he that advanced to the final. It was a welcome change actually to see a different country in the final. Marius had followed up Stale's earlier efforts and got his reward. The second semi-final would be between MJ and Vince. Two more highly skilled Guitar Hero 2 experts and it had the potential to be a classic. The Dutchcamp must have been slightly disappointed that this was not the final. Mj would surely have been desperate to reach the grand final after the shock of his early MK64 elimination. Vince would be desperate to show that he was the best player in Norway. In this match i remember shouting "freebird, freebird" everytime a song was pulled from the hat. Not only is the freebird track over nine minutes long, it also contains one of the longest, crazy guitar solo's ever. It was a monster track and i was desperate to see a two player battle on it. Having witnessed an awesome Vince freebird display earlier, i had my fingers crossed. Sadly it never came out in any of the matches. :( Anyway Vince vs MJ was a great battle. I really enjoyed watching the Guitar Hero action. Some of their skills were just too much!! In the end only one man was left standing. The winning smile was clear for all to see buried under the sheer weight of his magic hat. Vince had made the final and would go to war with Marius..... In order to win the Guitar Hero 2 final either Marius or Vince would have to win the best of 7. It was going to be a long, drawn out final and a real showcase of both guy's talents. Maybe Vince and Marius will make it one day and become real rock stars. Maybe Marius could even join one of Vincent's three bands? I can just imagine Marius as lead singer in fact. Remember that Eurovision'06 champion rockband from Finland called Lordi? Google it if not. The lead singer could be Marius. :D Anyway joke time over - i have bags of respect for Marius. He had worked so hard organising things that to be honest i really hoped he would win the final. I was certainly cheering him on as i knew how good Vince was. Again i can't remember the final score, but i do remember a couple of incredibly close tracks. One i think Marius won right at the end and one he lost right at the end. There were lots of cries of "Jesus" once more, this time from Marius. Steven was shouting "insane" a lot. And truth be told it was certainly insane. These guys had a brilliant battle and my eyes were glued to the screen the whole time. Vincent held his nerve and produced an awesome display to take the title. Once more a Dutchman had stepped up and won a tournament. Vincent was the true Guitar Hero 2 champion of Norway 07. Big congratulations. Marius was second and MJ third. Great skills by all the guys. I hear Guitar Hero 3 is coming out real soon. Just who will be the master on that? Should be interesting.... So on that crazy sunday we had seen Pro Evo 6, MKDD, Street Fighter 2 and now Guitar Hero 2. It was non-stop 'Next level' gaming all day and it still was not over. Next up was yet another game that team Holland was favourite to dominate. A game that had gone down a treat in Holland and guys like Tom and Eric were loving. A game of skill and luck. :-? The name of the game? Circuit Breakers.... Part 25 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by clbrun1 on 08/20/07 at 04:57:55 20-100 wrote:
for me, all you said proves that harold's opponents were very weak players (even weaker than him ;D ), since it s easy to counter his technique! if you don t see anyone playing like harold in tounrnaments, it s just because this technique doesn t work against good players! ;D i agree with sargoth: guile is just designed to play a (maybe boring) projectile / flash kick game. :P but for the DP after a jumping kick, i understand what yousaid, but my purpose was that it s possible to react very fast even at speed 10! for example, especially with sagat, your opponent jumps at you, you try a tiger upercut, but you get hit by an early jumping kick while the beginning of the TU => you can react quickly enough to make another TU! but i agree that all players have their favourite settings, we frenchies love high speed... ;) but it s a topic dedicated to the norway meeting, not about SF strategies! so the only thing to remember is that there were no good sf2 (i mean sf2; not sfa3 or sf3...) players at this meeting! ;D :-X ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/20/07 at 05:13:06 clbrun, sometimes you sound like if you were the best player in the world... That's fucking annoying, just to mention... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/20/07 at 06:11:31 clbrun 1 - i appreciate your comments and input, but for you to come on here and basically slate the guys playing street fighter 2 in Norway is wrong and down right rude. How do you know what the standard was like when you did not even attend? Marius,Sami and Steven are all very good players and to say they are not is just retarded. Maybe they were just not prepared for Harold's style of play? I can't imagine they expected him to do the same move over and over. So how in any way shape or form does that make them weak players? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Adam L on 08/20/07 at 06:27:31 As for that Daigo(sp?) v Justin comeback video, how the fuck did he block all those kicks? :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 08/20/07 at 06:28:22 clbrun1 wrote:
for me, all you said proves that harold's opponents were very weak players (even weaker than him ;D ), since it s easy to counter his technique! if you don t see anyone playing like harold in tounrnaments, it s just because this technique doesn t work against good players! ;D i agree with sargoth: guile is just designed to play a (maybe boring) projectile / flash kick game. :P but for the DP after a jumping kick, i understand what yousaid, but my purpose was that it s possible to react very fast even at speed 10! for example, especially with sagat, your opponent jumps at you, you try a tiger upercut, but you get hit by an early jumping kick while the beginning of the TU => you can react quickly enough to make another TU! but i agree that all players have their favourite settings, we frenchies love high speed... ;) but it s a topic dedicated to the norway meeting, not about SF strategies! so the only thing to remember is that there were no good sf2 (i mean sf2; not sfa3 or sf3...) players at this meeting! ;D :-X ::) [/quote] I would fancy my chances at getting out of it, but only with ryu/ken.. Saying that, its cheap.. coming back to the point.. whats done is done but all it means is that it is far easier to win at SF2CE than it is the latter versions because the combos (including guiles 7-hit redizzy) are to easier to do. If the SF programmers had thought that they wanted these techniques to remain in the game then they'd have kept them. They didn't want this direction so built in alpha counters and then parrying. Bottom line is, it was made very clear from the start that Akuma was banned. Why? He's in the game.. I dont see that its any different from skank-tick throws etc.. and trust me, i'd have raped it with Akuuuuuuuuuuuma. Standard. We will see how good the best SF player is when we play all versions. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/20/07 at 06:41:02 Sure thing, if for example, everyone had time to train on each version, SF2T, SFA3, SF3:3s and some others. Then got 10 of our best players including Dutch, French, UK and anyone else. see in a rank of 10 who gets highest the most overall, combining points forall the games. Id say final Top 3 would be between Tom, Marius, Steven and if he returns from retirement, Biff, and if i get a chance to play, scraping 5th myself. And yeh to add what John said, our players aint weak, just fight clean thats all... No waffle burger as the Gaff wud put it |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/20/07 at 06:46:06 Adam L wrote:
You have to press forward exactly when she kicks... I think you have a 3 frame window or something like that... It's hard, but not impossible (I've done that myself). What makes it great is because of the situation: the winner of that match would go to the finals. Daigo was losing, 1-0, and they were tied 1-1 on rounds in that match until he did that shit... Then he won that match and the following one, and went to the finals to face KO (Yun player, Kenji Obata is his name if I'm not wrong) and lost. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KartSeven on 08/20/07 at 10:40:27 Firewaster wrote:
:-/ *suddently have a bigger ass...* ^^ |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/20/07 at 12:22:02 clbrun1 wrote:
for me, all you said proves that harold's opponents were very weak players (even weaker than him ;D ), since it s easy to counter his technique! if you don t see anyone playing like harold in tounrnaments, it s just because this technique doesn t work against good players! ;D i agree with sargoth: guile is just designed to play a (maybe boring) projectile / flash kick game. :P but for the DP after a jumping kick, i understand what yousaid, but my purpose was that it s possible to react very fast even at speed 10! for example, especially with sagat, your opponent jumps at you, you try a tiger upercut, but you get hit by an early jumping kick while the beginning of the TU => you can react quickly enough to make another TU! but i agree that all players have their favourite settings, we frenchies love high speed... ;) but it s a topic dedicated to the norway meeting, not about SF strategies! so the only thing to remember is that there were no good sf2 (i mean sf2; not sfa3 or sf3...) players at this meeting! ;D :-X ::) [/quote] Well , ideally I would like to play Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo , as its the most balanced of the 2`s. However , the version I have has some issues on some stages ( T.Hawks for example has major slowdown for some reason ) therefore I went with Anniversary Edition , hoping everyone would pick the SSF2T characters , then I would have my way . And I honestly didnt think anyone would chose anything else. So Harold caught be by surprise there . As for Akuma tom , he is WAY overpowered ::) He can juggle and combo everything , but like I said , if the other player would allow it , you COULD have chosen him . But then again im glad you didnt , i wanted it to be as fair as possible , and as close to the official rules as well. Clbrun : Ok , now I understood your setup for the TU , but still , that hardly has anything to do with reflexes. Heres an dexample for SF2T at speed 10 . Playing as Ryu\Ken , get close to opponent and do Crouching medium kick , then while the kick hits your opponent do the DP move , if you see it connect , hit Punch , to combo into dragon punch , if its blocked , do nothing ( or QCB + K or whatever ) , Test this and see if you can react to the opponents blocking or not. If you can do that consistently at speed 10 , then speed 10 is overrated , or you have the best reflexes in the world :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by weedtedou on 08/20/07 at 18:26:23 hey all ! a while far from here.. I didnt expect you would still be talking about street fighter. I never expected such an effect in all your minds, with so much talks about that, that's pretty funny ;D ;D don't be so angry, if we had played on a snes version it would have been worst for you :-* otherwise, nice write-ups john !! ;) I enjoyed reading all your parts, and I laugh a lot by watching the vid and the photo with barber ! brokeback mariokart ;D ;D so good souvenirs from this unbelievable meeting ! I love this time with all of you :) can't wait for having the next ! my arm is getting better ; it took time to be able to move it, but very painless now so that's cool :) maybe it would have been quickly to recover if I hadn't done all this fucking shit with ass & Cie ::) but can't regret anything : I have the greatest time I could (fucking football match I'm cursed >:() and love meeting so good people, without taking advantage of all. at least one will never forget what happened... it's quite late now. I have to work tomorrow (few hours :P) and flo, oliv and anthony are still playing street fighter near my room ! I think there's no escape for me I have to go another time to work with the hair growing back to front you know ::) so take care all, and tom, btw Paris is still waiting for you 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by clbrun1 on 08/21/07 at 04:56:09 >>to various guys harold's tech is cheap, but why would he have to change if it works so easily? it s not his problem if you are not able to counter it! and since a did the same tech during all the tournament, you had all the time to imagine how to counter it... i said there were only weak players because if no one was able to counter a so cheap tech, well... ::) but i recognize that the matchups are not transtive (if A beats B and B beats C, it doesn t mean that A beats C) so maybe some of the norway meeting players would have crushed me. but i have doubts ::) it doesn t mean i think i am the best sf2t player in the world, since i already played against some guys who were a lot stronger than me! it s just that knowing my mid level and harold's one, i think there was a "previous level" (the opposite of next level...) in norway :-X it s a bit like when some smk players who don t know the cdf /players site think they are very strong at smk just because they finish the special cup in 150cc with a mini driver... they would not trust someone who would tell them that in fact, they are weak karters. it s the same for some of you about Street Fighter, even if obviously some guys here seems to know a bit more about it than john barber (when talking of an uncouterable tech) ;) for the reflexes, i think i won t be able to do your test right now, but i m sure i was when i played daily! for me, this is less impressive that when daigo makes a DP just when he sees dhalsim attempting to make a far ground HP or MP :o but i know my words can be quite rude :-[ i ve never been a great diplomate (remember about the non nbt site) ::) so i apologize for it ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 08/21/07 at 05:03:39 its a shame i didn't get to play harold cause i've met players who play like that before and i am a natural at dp'ing out of that cock block. should've stepped up afterwards really - but it was quite late and i'd drunk a fair bit of beer. Harold and I will play when i visit him in Paris and i'll let you know how i get on, i just can't see him pulling that shit off on me. Would've been interesting to have seen different matchups tho. anyway, back to the review :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/21/07 at 06:15:39 The holiday that had everything! PART TWENTY FIVE!!!! And so just when we thought the action was over there was yet another tournament for the guys to sink their fangs into. For those that do not know Circuit Breakers is a playstation one game, over ten years old and is a bit of a carbon copy of Micro Machines. The good thing about the game is the use of weapons which can create carnage. Although there is a fair bit of luck involved the game also requires a lot of skill. Especially when negotiating tricky narrow ledges and fighting off your eager opponents. So all in all having had a bit of practice with my Penelope Pitstop like Purple car, i was well up for the challenge. In practice Eric Scott had been in amazing form. He was the main (non dutch or Marius) threat and was very hard to beat. It's a shame there was not an outback track for our regular kangaroo jack as he would have won. It was a no-brainer. Tom had started well enough in practice and Johnny cash was on red alert most of the time. Then he started to lose and the Barber rather swiftly picked up the reigns. And so i was very excited about the tournament until i saw my opponents! :o I had been drawn in the same group of four as MJ and Karel! Noooooooooooo! :-/ Now once again MJ was the main man on Circuit Breakers and a very tough guy to beat. Having played against him earlier he seemed to know the tracks almost off by heart. He therefore had a great advantage. He knew when the bends were coming and when to brake. Every frame, every pixal, every grain of sand or speck of dust - he knew what was what. Karel was also a pretty good player and i didn't fancy my chances of progression. Marius was another highly skilled player and i fully expected him to take his place in the final four too. There were 16 guys in total competing for the prize and the competition was arranged as follows. It would be four guys in a group with the top two in each advancing to the next round. The first two guys to reach three wins would go through. If two guys were on two wins, battling for second place then it would be a head to head to see who would qualify as runner up. Same again in the second round, top two in each qualify. The final would see four guys battle it out for first place in a match i think up to either 7 or 10 wins. It was all very exciting stuff! And so determined as i was to cause another upset i had to be realistic. It was about as likely as Harold getting through the week without uttering the word "arse" again. Or Eric not saying "mate" again. Or Tom not having another beer. It quite simply was not going to happen. I thought "ok give it a shot" I was quite upset to see the aussie warrior and all round legend Eric Scott get eliminated in the very first round. Eric, with his small, but perfectly formed yellow car was merciless in practice. When it came to the tournament though he came unstuck. I had all sorts of conspiracy theories in place regarding Circuit Breakers. What if guys from certain countries worked together for the greater good? I certainly did not want to fall victim to a KVD and MJ sandwich although i am sure Harold would have obliged. ;D It was all good fun and i tried in vain to get into the next round. Amazingly enough after a couple of races it was MJ who was staring elimination in the face. Karel with two wins and myself with one had left him gobsmacked. Would lightning strick twice? Would MJ go out? Like all good champions he came back from the brink. Like a pheonix rising from the ashes he brushed aside myself and Karel to qualify for the next round with three wins. Having clawed it back to 2-2 it would be Barber vs Karel in sudden death! After a couple of mins it was something crazy like 12 points a piece. Was Karel seeing a glimpse of the future? Would i cause the greatest SMK upset of all time on monday evening? I should have been aware of Karel's skills by now. He came back to claim the win 20-12. Two more Dutchies advanced. Concerning the rest of the competition i have little idea as to who made the final four. There was some awesome action along the way provided by the likes of Marius, Patrick and Steven and backed up by the ever competent Vince. Marius in his bright Orange car, his weapon of choice ( i think) was looking in great form. If ever there was the ultimate party game then Circuit Breakers was it. The races were so unpredictable and so fun to watch. After a few beers it could provide hilarious entertainment. I had a brilliant time just watching. I think in the end the final four was something like MJ, Marius, Vince and Patrick. Although i may be wrong on a couple?!? I do remember the final four putting in a bit of a driving clinic and performing some crazy moves. MJ was running away with things, but could not quite clinch the desired amount of wins. With Sami filming the final, we begged MJ to "hurry up" as the film was running out and we were pushed for time. It was quite hilarious really. MJ did finish the job off and claimed the Circuit Breakers crown in Norway 2007. It was awesome, crazy and funny at the same time. Once more a Dutchman had triumphed. They really were running the show. Once more everyone was tired, but yet somehow still playing games, still drinking and still trying to work out if Drew was ever not sleeping?! . And so i retreated after a long Sunday and needed some rest. Harold decided to pursue. Could things get worse? Sadly they could.... Part 26 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 08/21/07 at 07:47:28 loving it! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 08/21/07 at 10:33:54 26!! 26!! 26!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/21/07 at 10:59:12 Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow! :P Hehe |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 08/21/07 at 11:40:33 clbrun1 wrote:
Thats not reflex tho :P Thats the patended Ume-Shoryu. He just reads the player too well. Trust me , im not a "prevoius" level SSF2T player , but I only ever played against steven and Stċle for more than a few matches , so I seriously lack experience playing different ppl , thats all. And SF2T is REALLY not my cup of tea.... Excellent write-up once again John , btw , the final standings were MJ , Me , Patrick and Vince . Me not being particularly happy about it as some maybe noticed ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/22/07 at 03:15:35 The holiday that had everything! PART TWENTY SIX!!!! And so i retreated, tired and weary to my humble abode. The place of shelter and rest that became my home in Norway'07. My sanctuary and place of rest. Free from attack, noise and everything else that was a threat outside of those four walls. No man, beast or hurricane could get into my fortress of solitude. However, whilst i was preparing to go and sleep Harold attacked!! Now we have all watched these programmes in the past on animals attacking and to be honest this was no different. They stalk their pray like a piece of meat and wait for their opportunity to strike. Now if my memory serves me correctly Sami was filming Harold ranting and raving about me on camera. He was basically mugging me off in front of my pals. Far be it from me, in normal circumstances to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent, but Harold was winding me up. I could hear things like "Iain Dowie" "Best arse" etc in the distance and most of the group were laughing at me. At this point i decided to lower my standards to Harold's level of child-like insults and cut one heck of a mean promo on camera. Forget your Hulk Hogan interviews, this was pure Gold. I shot the frenchman down in flames and he clearly could not handle my verbal tirade of genius. Embarrassed and annoyed, he decided to try and grab me. Fearing for my body i ran. I ran to my fortress, but before i could lock the door, he followed. Quite how i was overpowered by a one-armed bandit i will never know. I guess i understimated the cripple. So basically everyone else was outside and it was me and Harold alone in a dark room. He locked the door.....Now without going into details what he attempted to do next in that toilet was disgraceful, shocking and disgusting. As i was trying to open the door, he forced himself upon me. With my back facing towards him and being exposed he went for it. >:( >:( I could very well be scared for life. I was outraged, went mental, escaped and barricaded Harold in. Using two big tables, some chairs and sitting on them, there was no way he could escape. It was hilarious. He was trapped and deserved it. Now Zoo animals do not deserve to be placed in cages, but this animal did. Sami got this hilarious moment of Harold trapped on film, but sadly he informs me it came out too dark. Anyway Harold was banging and begging for his freedom so in the end i let him go. After this i did not want anything more to do with him, but i should have known the very next night he would return. And so after a day in which very little rest occured and the gaming standard reached new heights, it was back to normal in the big brother Norway 07 house. Sadly we had to say our goodbyes to Team Sweden earlier that evening. They were leaving very early on Monday morning. They were a great bunch of lads and added greatly to the whole Norway'07 experience. The group would be worse off without them. So we all said our respective goodbyes to Andreas, Richard, Martin etc and wished them a safe journey back to Sweden. With their MKDD skills i had no doubt that it would be a pretty speedy journey. :) ;) Back at camp - Tom and Eric retreated to the bag room, Neil found comfort on his favourite sofa, Drew disappeared to sleep under the table again and Sami continued to walk around trying his best to avoid shutting those tired eyes of his. Monday morning had arrived and once more the games would begin. Scheduled for that day were the SMK quarter finals and the last eight on Street Fighter Third Strike. Man, it was going to be awesome! Sadly i had spent most of the night having nightmares of how badly Karel was going to destroy me on SMK. He would eat me for breakfast, but then i thought 'Who cares' at the end of the day i did not expect to get that far and so it was all a bit of a bonus. Besides our race was scheduled last so i had a guaranteed fifth place finish in the SMK tournament!! So on that monday morning eight battle hardened worries would wake. Seven would fall and only one would remain. That person would be crowned SMK Norway'07 champion. And so we were left with a crazy cat from Califonia called Drew who would face the fitness fanatic from France known better as Florent Lecoanet. They would battle in the first quarter final. The second quarter clash would see a strong. eating and gaming machine Steven Zwartjes facing off against the clever, calculated, irresistable force also known as Neil's long lost brother Pierre L'Hoest. Third up would be Sami "godfather of Smk and feels no way all day" Cetin against the mean, rugged, hench host of proceedings Marius Hukkelas. And finally the very essence of David and Goliath would be recaptured. The next level, insane karter from the Netherlands Karel Van Duijvenboden would face the not so next level entertainer from South Norwood/Thornton Heath ghetto Mr Barber. Eight men on a journey. Seven men with a chance and one man with a dog's chance. It was the SMK quarters. And so Florent and Drew stepped forward to battle in an epic looking quarter final encounter. Worth pointing out that earlier Drew challenged Florent to a first to ten clash on NTSC format battlemode. If Drew beat Florent 10-0 then they would play their quarter final on NTSC mode. If Florent beat him just once then they would play on PAL mode. In the fifth match Florent won and so they would play their match on PAL. And their battle was AWESOME.... 8-) Part 27 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/22/07 at 06:31:13 What a heavy post! Had me crackin up throughout, keep it up! And yes Harold was unstoppable at some times ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 08/22/07 at 07:11:01 and Sami continued to walk around trying his best to avoid shutting those tired eyes of his. Loving it!! Couldnt be more right hahaha |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by weedtedou on 08/22/07 at 07:58:01 I don't remember what your speaking about ::) such great moments ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/23/07 at 01:44:31 weedtedou wrote:
Yeh you do hehe, you remember all of i, wasnt just a dream Harold ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/23/07 at 07:44:29 The holiday that had everything! PART TWENTY SEVEN!!!! And so Florent vs Drew was up first in the SMK quarter finals. Drew was well known as the battle mode king and his skills could make one feel quite ill just watching. Florent was obviously just an amazing karter. I really had no idea just how good he is. Having watched him kart previously i knew he was amazing, but i swear he cranked things up a notch higher in Norway. There was a great crowd present for all the quarter finals, which only served to increase the noise and atmosphere in the room into the realms of previously unchartered territory. It was the first to five wins on match race and was to be played on Pal format remember. What followed was a pretty spectacular battle. Again it's beyond me what the final score actually was i think Drew may have won one or two tracks. That is all academic though. What was important was the skill of both guys. It was a real treat for me to see such clever driving. These guys were driving on bits of road that didnt even exist. They were cutting corners and taking ridiculous shortcuts at almost every turn. They also seemed to maintain top speed with very little slowdown. It was very exciting to watch. Florent won the battle in the end and advanced to the semi-finals for a possible showdown with Pierre. And so it was on to Pierre vs Steven to decide who would face Florent in the semi-finals. On the face of things it would be another epic confrontation. In the blue corner we had Pierre - the mad professor of proceedings and an absolute legend on SMK. In the red corner we had the master of all things nintendo - Steven who would attempt to keep the Dutch flag flying high. Holland after all had only two players competing in the last eight and it appeared that at last just maybe another country would win something. Pierre, who had the visibly lively support of both Harold and Florent had his game face on. Anyone who knows Pierre knows what i mean. He goes into his own little world and adopts a seated stance that is both peculiar and legendary at the same time. The way he holds his SMK pad in his hand is like a weapon all of its own. Steven on the other hand is like a Nintendo Pioneer. The kind of guy that if Mr Nintendo the company owner himself ever bumped into in the street would no doubt shake his hand and buy him a meal. Steven had probably contributed to thousands of pounds worth of company revenue over the years. Steven was a shining example of what a man could be on any computer game if he puts his mind to it and the required hours of effort in training to be the best. However for all Stevens' great gaming skills, Pierre at SMK is a very different animal. It would be a real challenge for Steven based on PAL rankings alone and that proved to be the case. What followed was more crazy action and some great driving. Pierre's powers were too much in the end and i think it was a fairly straight forward win for him. Maybe 5-1 0r 5-0? It would be Pierre vs Florent in the semi-final! Everything would be on the line in that one and what a treat we all had in store. A French place in the final was guaranteed which made a nice change too. The third quarter final match scheduled was Sami vs Marius. Marius had done well to beat Eric in the previous round and i was looking forward to this one greatly. Worth noting that these match races are obviously a lot more challenging than your standard time trial mode. Weapons come into play and a guy who is really good in TT mode can struggle to adapt to the matchrace environment. Obviously any small mistake you make on match race is likely to be exploited almost straight away. Now i think this race was mountain just too high for Marius to conquer. Maybe he had one eye on the Third Strike quarter finals later on? Who knows. Sami was looking in very impressive form in this one. He was basically making a mockery of his earlier attempts to downplay his own chances. His driving was of the usual 'next level' standard and you can never get tired of watching his skills. :o :D Sami was flying round those tracks faster than Schumacher for sure. He was like Clark Kent in a go-kart and our very own man of steel was certainly not gonna lose this one. Marius despite a brave effort could not defeat Sami and it was the 'godfather' that progressed to the semi-final. I was delighted for Sami, but also gutted. If my one in a million chance of defeating Karel actually had any merit then i had to get past Sami too. Oh well it was good whilst it lasted.... And so once again i boldly went where no Barber had gone before. The SMK quarter finals. To be honest i felt like a bit of an imposter. The likes of Matt and The Gaff had gone before me which was a hilarious joke in itself! Sadly the threat of Karel was no joke and we both made our way to our seats to do battle. I once again requested Vince's magic hat and i duly obliged. I needed every bit of luck i could get. Lucky charm's, lucky stars, didn't spot any black cats though. It was at the character selection screen when the banter really kicked into another gear. Karel shrunk his Toad character and was going to race as mini-Toad! ;D ;D I went with Koopa. Now this would be funny. Maybe i had a chance of winning just the one race. I would be more than happy with that victory in itself considering my lowly rank on the smk site. I crossed my fingers and hoped for some Mushroom cup tracks. Please....... Part 28 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/23/07 at 13:08:52 :D Great great great.... I feel like I was there... J.K. Barber ftw... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/24/07 at 05:18:25 The holiday that had everything! PART TWENTY EIGHT!!!! Now in quite typical fashion no mushroom cup tracks were pulled out. Man i had no luck. I felt like Florent must have done having to share sleeping quarters with Harold. I felt like a guy winning the lottery and dying the next day. It left me hardly any hope at all! All i wanted was the opportunity of inflicting some pain on Bowser Castle 1. So i thought "ok i have no chance lets try and psyche Karel out' Maybe there would be a chance after all. My earlier offers of cash in return for wins had been turned down. Karel was a man of integrity after all. So i thought i would play mind games. Looking every inch the star and doing my best Apollo Creed impression as i entered once again announcing "It's time to go to school boy" and "It's showtime" i even had Vincent's lucky hat on for good measure. My attempts to maybe put Karel off or cause him to start sweating a little were sadly in vain. What happened next was not fun, it was not pleasant. It was kind of like Crystal Palace getting thumped 9-0 away at Liverpool all those years ago. That's right it was a complete shambles. Karel racing as mini-Toad was having a whale of a time. He could probably have raced me with one arm behind his back and still come out of it smelling of roses. Little Toad was like a speeding bullet out of a gun. He was driving faster than Marius and Biff combined! I have no idea how long the torture lasted, but needless to say Karel came away from the battle with not even a scratch on him. A nice, comfortable and almost effortless 5-0 win for him too. I thanked Karel for taking me to school and informed him 'there is always a next time' Karel, ever the gent informed me he enjoyed the clash. I somehow think he would have expected to face a harder opponent, but i thanked him none the less. He would play Sami in the semi-finals and what a clash that would be. Next up would be the SMK semi-finals. It would be the two long time friends and all action heroes from France. Pierre and Florent would race for a place in the final. Now when we are talking 'next level' when we are talking top, top gaming, when we are talking two awesome karters you can not look further than these two. This was the kind of thing i came to Norway to see. In fact i would have payed top dollar for the privelage of watching these two race. They really are that damn good. There was a great deal of anticipation for this clash of the two rivals. I was buzzing with excitement as were lots of others around me. Most notably The Gaff who was in his loving it mode. I thought it was a really nice touch when they shaked each others hand before the race. You could see the respect they both have for each other and it was like the calm before the storm. Once the pleasantries had been exchanged it was on to all out war. What a fight it was!!!! :o :o Honestly (with respect to all the other karters) the standard of driving in this match race at least was out of this world. Florent just seemed to get better and better. I could not believe how good his control, speed and jumps were! He was doing things with that kart that i would have previously ruled impossible. I was stunned, shocked and glued to the screen. It was incredible. You could see just how much Florent wanted it. He had to dig and fight so hard for every point. I was cheering him on the whole way because i could see the passion and desire he had. I think Pierre may have been something like 4-2 0r 4-3 up when Florent came back. The semi-finals were the first to 7 wins which made things even more interesting. The score was something like 6-5 to Florent when he gained the final victory. It was neck and neck the whole way. The only thing that seperated the two in the end was Florent's extra desire. He wanted it that little bit more and that can make all the difference. I was well chuffed for him and Matt's earlier prediction of Florent to win looked more and more likely. You should have put some money down on that one buddy! ;) Anyway i congratulated Florent on his win as did most people in the room. The noise and sheer volume at the end when Florent won was brilliant. The fact that everyone got out of the seats, on their feet to clap and pay their respects just shows how great a match they put on. It was the first time this had happened in Norway and they both truly deserved the standing ovation. Top work. 8-) Now both Karel and Sami would battle for the chance to take on Florent in the SMK final. I thought 'good luck in topping that one guys' However this is Karel and Sami we are talking about. Two of the finest SMK players to grace God's green earth. Once more i could not wait to watch another feast of SMK action. Sami was once more sporting his Team UK T-shirt with the UK number one player slogan clearly visible. I hoped he would live up to his reputation and give Team UK a spot in the final at last. Karel obviously had the full support of all his fellow countryman and it made for a great amount of volume in the vacinity. I politely asked Sami to 'get revenge' for my earlier SMK drubbing and he promised to do his best. His best thankfully was more than good enough. Karel seemed to struggle in this one a little. Maybe the burden of expectation was too much i don't know. Maybe he still had Pro Evo on the brain? Either way after some insane exchanges and great driving both guys had given it their all. Who was still standing? Part 29 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KartSeven on 08/25/07 at 22:15:16 Ah, our 2 last matches are the best ! Florent led 6-5 but our insane finish at DP1 did I won this race, so the score was 6-6 before the ultimate track, GV1 ! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 08/26/07 at 16:58:14 KartSeven wrote:
Yeah I won 7-6 against Pierre, totally crazy match... :o I don't know if I deserve all the good things you wrote about me John, but still thank you! :) Your write-up is getting better and better at each part! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/29/07 at 04:43:07 Barber? :-? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/29/07 at 04:57:55 Mate it's coming. Just been a bit busy that is all. Don't watch that! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/29/07 at 05:41:41 The holiday that had everything! PART TWENTY NINE!!!! And so when the snes pads were put down on the floor, the sweat was wiped from their brows and the crowd had come to their senses, it was time to pay tribute to the "Godfather" Sami had won the 'Next level' karting battle with his long time friend Karel and would advance to face Florent in the big final. I think the score may have been something like 7-4 to Sami, but i stand to be corrected on that. It certainly lived up to the hype and the SMK tournament had so far been amazing. It was so great to see so many different countries represented in it too. The whole of Australia and America would be proud of Eric and Drew for example. I had truly enjoyed watching every shell shot, every cut corner and every amazing comeback. Every competition sadly must come to an end, yet there was still one chapter to be written. Just who would go down in the history books as Norway'07 SMK champion. Would it be Sami or would it be Florent? I had not been this excited since Christmas Eve as a little kid! I guess all that was missing was the presents, turkey and cheesy Cliff Richard tunes. I really should have got Neil to sing a rendition of Mistletoe and Wine, but then again not a good idea with Harold around.... Pierre and Karel would do battle for third place in the competition and a place in the Marius photo gallery. Now literally speaking i have no clue as to what the score was in this one, and i can recall very little about it. I will leave Karel to fill you guys in with any interesting occurances. I do know that Pierre won in the end to take third place in Norway'07. Congratulations to Pierre on some great performances and he deserved his third place. Now it was fight time. The lights were on bright and the crowd was ready. In the past i have often wondered what would have happened if Ali had fought Tyson in a boxing ring. What would have happened if Rocky fought Rambo. Now though we would find out just what would happen when two modern day gaming legends would clash. Forget your Rocky and Rambo fictional characters, these two guys are the real deal. Sadly there were no booths set up for autograph signing sessions and neither Sami or Florent seemed interested in selling any merchandise or action figures of themselves. Photo's with the stars were completely free of charge though. What we did have was two of the world's finest karters going head to head with the pressure on. Gaming does not get any better. As the two guys walked up to the wooden stage, took their seats in the arena where legends were to be made, there was a silence in the room. Almost respectfully the crowd looked on as two amazing SMK players took turns in systematically raping the various tracks in front of them. The silence did not last of course and it was not long before everyone was whipped up into a frenzy. It was crazy, it was intense, it was dramatic. I was on the edge of my seat as was everyone else. Both Sami and Florent are two of the best karters around and again it was a pleasure watching them in action. The final was the first to ten wins ( i think) which made it great for the crowd, but torture for the players involved. Team UK cheered on Sami, Team France cheered on Florent. Team Holland sat firmly on the fence. Although if anything ( for some reason) i was leaning towards wanting Florent to win! :o :o I was not actively cheering, but yet again the guy was fighting so damn hard and he had really stepped things up a notch. He seemed determined to prove a point. Sami of course had nothing to prove to anyone. After a dramatic, epic showdown and battle for the ages we had a new SMK Norway champion. He had taken on the best and beaten the best. He had been great on the football pitch and had to put up with Harold both on the plane and when he was asleep. Man, did he deserve it. Florent Lecoanet - i salute you. :) 8-) Florent was the SMK champion in Norway 2007 and i was pleased for him. He is a very amiable guy and was very quick to give credit and praise to the other guys Sami, Pierre and Karel. They had all put on a show that i won't forget in a hurry. Mr Nintendo himself would be proud of all four of them. I was very pleased for Sami, he had done great and also given the UK team something to cheer about at long last. Well done guys you were all awesome. The SMK tournament was a great success and a big credit to all the guys who competed in it. :D Now with the karting action and Pro Evo competition over i am sure you think thats the end of the gaming right?! Wrong. After SMK mania had descended on Norway, there was the small matter of some carnage Street Fighter Third Strike style to take care of. Marius had scheduled the quarter finals onwards on Third Strike for later that monday evening. It was one hell of a cock tease for sure. Here we had the creme de la creme of the world's Street Fighter talent (minus Biff and some japanese joker called Daigo) Sami, The Gaff, Zwartjes and Marius all stood a great chance of grabbing the gold. Harold stood an outside chance and me? Well let's just say i am the king of the button bash, but can still bust out a mean combo or two.... ;) My first opponent on Third Strike would be Marius. Again i politely warned him that he was in trouble. An early elimination beckoned for him and i did not want to embarrass him in his own backyard. Seriously though my character could die a slow and painful death... Part 30 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/29/07 at 06:31:44 Interesting how the top4 from the SMK tournament was the PAL top4 from the time trial site, in some kind of inverted order... (at that time. now Julien passed Florent :P) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/29/07 at 07:07:56 That is a very good point actually Guilherme. Thanks for all your comments on my reports so far too. Hopefully next year Brazil will be represented at the big games meet. :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 08/29/07 at 07:52:37 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Pierre ripped my to pieces, I think it was like 7-1 or 7-2. :P I should train the multiplayer modes more, now that we meet up more frequently. :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/29/07 at 13:34:29 Real_John_Barber wrote:
I really want to go, I'm trying my best to make it! :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 08/29/07 at 13:52:17 Firewaster wrote:
I really want to go, I'm trying my best to make it! :D[/quote] Cool, bring Alencar and any other karters aswell. Get some cool Team Brazil Tshirts designed ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/29/07 at 14:08:03 Yeah, with some hot chicks on it... Alencar said he'd come to Norway if I made it, but he would not travel alone... I think he'd say the same about the trip to Holland |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 08/30/07 at 05:38:33 The holiday that had everything! PART THIRTY!!!! And so after three frantic days, with very little sleep i was struggling to retain my sanity. The promise of another potential gaming raping, this time from Marius did little in the way of putting any form of life back into my weary bones. I should count myself lucky it was not a real fight to be honest. Marius probably wrestled bears in the woods for his breakfast every morning. I would be a small meal for him....Now those jolly old chaps from Sweden had kindly left a note and stuck it on the stage. It read 'thanks for three wonderful day - Team Sweden' It was a nice touch. They should have added another one declaring 'by the way we enjoyed whipping you on double dash' ;D It's funny because all of a sudden sticking pieces of paper to the stage with notes on for everyone to see became a bit of a hobby for a few people or a certain person. I will explain more later. Monday evening would also be the final stand for another person in Norway'07. It was his final moments living and breathing the experience. MJ would be departing early the next day and he still had not taught me the moonwalk....how rude?! Like any good Dutchman MJ is more than partial to a swift beer or two. I have no idea how many beers MJ had too drink that night. I hope for his sake it was a lot.....The guy became flirty and was asking me to sit on his lap! "Jesus" i thought, this could get nasty. Later that night more developments would occur. Let's just say MJ would not be leaving quietly... And so it was on to more chaos, more carnage and more destruction. Street Fighter Third Strike is a game which seems to require a lot more skill than some of the other Street Fighter games. With the parrying a big part of the game it requires excellent timing and when used to its full effect can look awesome! It gave a mere button basher like me very little chance. Myself and Marius had actually clashed earlier that day and here is what went down. In front of my mentor Sami i picked Ken as i really didn't know who half the characters even were. Marius went for Chun-Li. Now i was already well aware of Marius's strengths and had a feeling i was in for a torrid time. I can't recall the logistics exactly, but i think you had to gain three wins at this stage to advance. Now Marius seemed to be going easy on me at first, maybe just checking in case i had any hidden skills. I was my usual attack first worry later self and went for the kill. Probably a silly idea, but it caused Marius to cry 'Jesus' in a shocked tone. Job done i thought. I proceeded to take down half a bar of his energy, before he stepped things up a level or two. After winning the first two matches clearly, he then perfected me in the final battle. :o I could not even get a hit in. He was impressive and i hoped he would at least make the final. His opponent in the semi-final would be interesting. It would see Marius head to head with the young Stale. It was almost like Mr Miyagi from the Karate Kid movies going up against young Daniel Laruso. Or Master Yoda kicking off with Luke Skywalker. You get the idea anyway. This was the big league baby and i could not wait to see things kick off. This was Marius's game and Marius's domain. He wanted to win it badly. Marius would be one tough cookie to take down. Come on Team UK i thought. Come on...... With the combined gaming skills of Sami and The Gaff, it was clear that Team UK had as much chance of winning the tournament as anybody else. The Gaff was a bit of a new comer in the Third Strike world, but always a match for most players. Sami was well schooled on the game thanks to hours of late night and early morning battles with the legendary Biff. I felt sure at least one of the deadly duo was a sure bet to make the final. Sadly, i was mistaken. Forgetting all about the deadly skill of Steven Zwartjes. I may you can never write off. With his great Street Fighter 2 skills i just could not see him transferring those skill on to Third Strike. I guess i was wrong. I can not recall how Tom or Sami were eliminated, any idea guys? What mattered was that Steven got all the way to the final. The Dutch power was just too strong to contain and all those consumed yoghurts had clearly lit a fire within him. Steven was into the big final and he would await the winner of the Stale vs Marius semi-final clash. It was a real crying shame to not see any UK guy in the big final, but also a chance to witness a potential classic battle. And so it was on to Stale vs Marius. Once again i had been very impressed with young Stale who seemed equally as skilled at Street Fighter as he was at Pro Evo. I think again the match was the first to three wins as we were pushed for time. Now from the beginning it was clear that the two had clashed many a time in the past. They always seemed to be able to counter each other's moves and knew when to defend and when to attack. It was a bit cat and mouse at times and was a real tense battle. I could see Marius looking visibly worried. The J word was now being expressed on a pretty constant basis as Stale had his mentor on the ropes. I must say it was another awesome battle and they both showed a great amount of desire to try and pull through. Marius seemed to know every frame, every animation and every counter. His combos and specials were used, with differing results everytime. Norway had two gladiators in the making.... Part thirty one coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 08/30/07 at 05:59:58 Would u get on to the MJ-gaynight-part please? :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 08/31/07 at 11:28:21 Part 31, where are you? :( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/01/07 at 05:02:26 Probably on Monday hel write it |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 09/01/07 at 06:05:03 John, I just loved the part 29! :D Thank you very much man, and keep on the great writing-up! ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Rub on 09/02/07 at 10:55:06 MJ!! Gay Night!!! (linszy) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/03/07 at 07:36:25 The holiday that had everything! PART THIRTY ONE!!!! The watching crowd was really getting into this ultimate showdown. The battle for supremacy and bragging rights between Marius and Stale made for compelling viewing. Both guy's were trading blows and blocking punches like their very lives depended on it. It was as if someone had told Marius he would never be allowed to play another computer game again in his life if he lost. He was fired up, determined and prepared to give it his all. I think Stale had the battle tied and two wins a piece when it came to the final battle. Marius was clearly rattled and not all his special moves were finding their target. Stale was obviously well schooled on how to defend against the relentless wave of attacks from his mentor. It was so exciting to watch because almost every round they were neck and neck in health bar terms. It was almost a question of who would get the killer blow in first. With Marius crying 'Jesus' in a way that would have made Steven Zwartjes proud and with young Stale gritting his teeth, the final match was epic. I have no shame in admitting i was a full fledged member of the Marius tribe. I was desperate for him to win and i was quite comical at times with my vocal enthusiasm and support. (this would reach new heights in the final) It was two guys trading blows faster and harder than me and Harold traded insults. It was 'back to basics' as the Gaff famously once put it. Man vs man, one on one combat. When all had been said and done and they had both given it their all it was the Jedi master of proceedings that stood the proud winner. Marius was into the final and he would face Mr original Street Fighter 2 king Steven. And so the final of Street Fighter Third Strike had all the ingredients in place for a titanic battle. Two veterans of the Street Fighter genre would face off in a first to five wins, winner takes all clash. Marius may have had a slight advantage being on home soil and the support of Marit and Stale. Steven however had all the Dutchies to cheer him on and would certainly present a real challenge. By now everyone had their eyes fixed firmly on the screens as two of Norway's shining lights would go on the attack. Whose light would shine brighter? Would the yoghurt destroyer reign supreme? Or would the rock-star, host, and champion driver rule the roost? It was to difficult to call. If we had taken a vote i am sure it would have been an almost dead even split. I was in favour of Marius not just because i wanted him to win, but because i had faith that he would. I just could not see Steven being able to match him on this particular Street Fighter game. Street Fighter 2 sure, a no-brainer. Marius was very strong, but i guess i understimated Steven. He is a great all round SF player and very good at defending and controlled fighting. Both guys are legends, both hench and if they had a real fight i would not be able to pick a winner there either...There was nothing to pick between the two. Marius as Chun-Li and Steven as Ken. Steven showing me how it should be done as Ken in fact. The matches were fast, vicious and extremely competitive. Street Fighter at it's best in fact. I wished i was not so pro Marius and cheering him on actually. Maybe then i could have enjoyed the battle more as a neutral and admired the fighting craft of both guys. Everyone was treated to as close and exciting a match as we could have wished for. It really was edge of your seat, nail biting stuff and i very nearly fell of my chair on a number of occasions. :o :o Naturally with both Steven and Marius both fanatical users of the 'J' word almost every cock block parry to a super move or missed use of a combo was enhanced by a cry of "JESUS" It was highly amusing to see this well used catchphrase being used in a battle of one upmanship. It was almost a secondary battle to the real fight. Just who would say it the most during the bouts! ;D ;D I was also amusing myself and on occasion Marit by screaming "boh boh boh boh boh boh boh boh booop" everytime Steven unleashed the deadly 15 odd hit kick move with Ken. In reality Marit was probably laughing at me rather than with me as i played to a packed audience of one in a theatre of my own mind.... ::) Anyway this match was not about me, but two next level gamers. These two warriors were relentless with the offence although Steven maybe played a more cagey, defensive game at times than Marius. After eight exciting, amazing, glorius matches it was tied bang level (i think) at 4-4!!! 8-) It had been a battle worthy of the final and neither man really deserved to lose. They should have in fact stopped and called it a draw. Sadly, only one man could be crowned champ and after another tense, fast paced battle Steven Zwartjes became Street Fighter Third Strike champion of Norway 07. Team Holland celebrated, Marius was disappointed, but he had given it his all. Marius had already shown he was a man not to be messed with having earlier disposed of a menacing, hanging spider with one, swift jumping dragonpunch!!! The crowd payed their respects to both men. I thought about eating more yoghurts like Steven and growing hair like Marius in order to reach their Street Fighter levels. It may help?!? Well done to everyone for another great tournament! :) Now with Marius banning male closeness from the venue, clearly MJ and Harold had missed the big sign and they were getting rowdy... Part thirty two coming soon!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 09/03/07 at 11:38:21 Another classic write-up there john , but setting things straight , the score between me and stċle was 3-0 ::) Alltho much closer than it should be at times.... :-? As for the final , id rather not rip up on that. Its a closed chapter in my book of failures . Btw , does that complete all the games finals ? |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/03/07 at 11:43:55 Only smk battle left. Which was quite something as well... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 09/03/07 at 11:43:59 If we're not counting the SMK "Beginners" Tournament, the uber next level Battle Mode Tournament and the Sensible Soccer tournament... But those weren't part of the official NLG competition, so yeah. :) Awesome write-ups John, looking forward to see how much you remember of MJ's antics later during that same night! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/03/07 at 11:44:44 I was 10 seconds faster. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 09/03/07 at 11:46:09 But incomplete. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/03/07 at 12:08:04 You mean your post had unimportant details. I didn't count the newbie tournaments since they were hardly spectacular compared to the next level ones :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Zonked on 09/03/07 at 13:07:02 Real_John_Barber wrote:
This is actually not correct.. I cheered for Steven, because Marius had been such a hard ass on me, at the pes6 finals, so I had to get my revenge someway.. Nice write-ups btw ;) Stċle Andrè |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/03/07 at 13:08:21 Yeh Barber's doing a mini compilation of the Sensi, SMK Beginners and a run through of the Battle mode, plus the antics you are all waiting for. Then the last days of the meet i presume... il leave that to Barberous to deal with tho ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 09/03/07 at 13:09:32 20-100 wrote:
I think the Sensible Soccer tourno was quite next level, especially with that scoreline in the final! :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 09/03/07 at 13:12:49 roll on the moutain!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/03/07 at 14:21:54 In Hiding wrote:
Dont watch that its coming bruv, patience for Barber 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 09/03/07 at 22:43:21 Finsie, could u for once be nice to people who are not as "next level" at gaming as u are? ;) We tried our bests u know..we just dont really have the talent, but that shouldnt mean we wont be mentioned :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/03/07 at 23:25:47 I was in half the newbie tourneys myself! And I got invited for the sensible soccer one! I am by no means next level on smk/ss :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/03/07 at 23:57:52 20-100 wrote:
Yeh but u guys stil did well on those for the Dutch team, Lindsay scored a goal against John i think on SS? A Vince gave a good run for Barber on SMK |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/04/07 at 00:59:51 Thanks for all the feedback from everyone. I am amazed people are still reading and enjoying it to be honest. Apologies to Marius and Stale for the small mistakes. 3-0 to Marius does sound more conclusive than i can remember. In my defence the trip was nearly two months ago now! :o And Stale cheering on Steven against Marius is a classic!!! ;D I don't recall that sadly. Fingers crossed part 33 will be up later today. I just hope i can do all the carnage that went down justice! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/04/07 at 01:00:55 Correction part 32 is up today. Getting ahead of myself... ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/04/07 at 06:49:15 The holiday that had everything! PART THIRTY TWO!!!! All the main games tournaments were over, most of the food and drink had been consumed and everyone was feeling tired and weary. The games venue represented something of a morgue for a little while. All the battle hardened warriors that thrilled the watching audience with their various displays of next level gaming and awesome skill now stood dejected, sad and lonely. In Drew's case he looked just about ready to be taken to the local graveyard and pronounced dead on arrival. The Zombie like figure had hardly appeared from his sleeping bag in days. Maybe he was in hibernation. Maybe he was like a caterpillar ready to turn into a butterfly at any moment. Maybe it was all part of his master plan to kick some serious arse on battle mode the next day?!? Either way Drew had gained quite the reputation as the serial sleeper of Norway'07. The only surprise to me was that Harold had not forced entry into his sleeping bag. I think Harold's eyes were fixed elsewhere that evening....As the evening turned into the early hours of morning the frisky MJ was getting more and more lively. He was due to depart very soon and seemed determined to neck as many beers as possible and harrass as many guys as possible. He was sitting on Lindsay's lap almost purring at me. In a moment of madness and one that i may live to regret i said in a stupidly loud voice "ok let's get it over with" MJ darted behind the curtains with me in hot pursuit. What happened next was not planned, rather stupid and never going to occur again. I think we were followed by a surprised and intrigued Gaff, Vince, Sami and later of course Harold. The Gaff for all his immense qualities made a Gaff in the Barber's eyes at this point. He proceeded to film footage on his phone!!! :o :o Let's hope me and Tom never have a serious falling out or things may get messy! MJ had proceeded to leap into a sleeping bad on the stage and so we managed to squeeze in together. Now whose sleeping bag it was is up for debate. It could have even been Harold's! >:( Me and MJ made some silly, loud noises and rolled around a bit. I even took my shirt off for dramatic impact. Thank goodness Marius did not see this. I would have been kicked out and probably been knocked out cold by the strong host. :'( Now this was all fine because nothing actually went on (although video evidence may suggest otherwise) Harold however, once again went too far. As i was getting up he leapt on to the sleeping bag and tried to stick his rear end in my innocent face. I was disgusted, outraged and on the verge of getting violent. I was tempted to break the other shoulder, but the guy has an incredible knack of making you feel sorry for him before things get violent. To be perfectly frank Harold was a nuisance and in his own little world half of the time. Away with the fairies is probably the nicest way i could put it. And so we had put on quite the show for the on lookers although i was quite ashamed of my actions. Maybe it was the MJ charm that lured me in? Or maybe i had gone completely insane. Either way it was something that will never be repeated again. Even in joking, you just never know when that kind of stuff can come back to haunt you.... With that blemish now permanently on my previously spotless behaviour record, i sought comfort in my fortress of solitude, otherwise known as the disabled toilet. Harold, MJ and i think, shock horror even Vince had other ideas! :o With Harold now like a kid in a candy store he was looking around the room for other victims. With Neil busy reading and The Gaff otherwise occupied, the hat wearing Dutchman became his next victim. Maybe Vince's hat really did give him special powers? Who knows. All i know is i was minding my own business, licking my emmotional wounds when i looked over to see the two dutchman and Harold having their very own party on the floor! I didn't know quite what to make of it and i will point out there were all fully clothed. I thought we were going to Norway for games and drinks, not to watch and participate in some seedy, sordid simulation.... >:( >:( Then again i am but a humble englishman, not fully aware of the pitfalls of the outside world. This is maybe what they do in Holland and France all the time. Maybe they conclude business deals by having impromptu, faked three ways on the floor. I was half expecting that Antoine bloke from Eurotrash to burst into the room or Jeremy Beadle to enter! It all seemed like one big wind up attempt, but i don't think Marius was to amused. I was expecting him to go and grab a big shotgun from a wooden shack and take out the worst offenders. In fact he should have done..... ;D ;D So after that night of beer fuelled antics, ( Im sure MJ would normally know better) it was time for everyone to say our goodbyes to him. He had come to Norway, he had been next level on all games and had been a great character. Had his reputation been slightly smeared by the previous night? Possibly?! In all seriousness MJ was a great sport and a major contributor to the great Norway experience. It was sad to see another friend depart, but there was lots more fun to be had. A beginners SMK tournament was scheduled for the morning, some SMK battlemode and Sensible Soccer. I will be brief with my descriptions because there were not official tournaments, but more like add-ons or spin offs. Next level gaming retro style! 8-) Part 33 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Squashua on 09/04/07 at 09:08:12 good lord! is that what europeans do when they get drunk?? i'm changing my mind, i DONT want beer at the next meet b/c i dont want to get gangraped :o |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 09/04/07 at 10:11:04 No, that is what every normal man would do after spending a week with 30 men and 2 females, of which 1 is messing with heads :) Though i'd like to add to Barbers great write-up: That night we were watching the Biff part 2 movie, and MJ had asked me to wake him up (though he now says he didnt). So, when the movie started, i went to wake him..He (kind off) woke, and then trippled to his seat.. After falling asleep several times during the movie, I told him to go and sleep a bit, since he had to leave very early the next morning. But since the Barber-MJ-hoop-up just ended, i think he was a bit frustrated and tried to get me, or anyone standing close to him, in his bed...that's when the Barberchairshot was taken :D Tom was there too, trying to help me get out of MJ's grip...and of course, shoot some footage ;) Then (who else than) Harold got in and tried to have sex with MJ, and then Barber, since everyone was there trying to see what was going on.. That was it really...nothing happend after that, and we all went happily to sleep :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/04/07 at 10:40:31 Quote:
Best write-up so far :D :D Might I add that after Mike got out of the sleeping bag, you said "ok who's next?" while looking at me in a way that would have certainly made me jump you if I had been of the opposite gender. But I politely said "ahh fuck that" so the action went on. And to my defense, I was hugging a drunk mike because he was acting all cute, he wouldn't let go, I tripped over something on the floor (good chance it was Drew) and we landed on the couch, only to be jumped by Harold. So no, it was not my will to have a man-threesome. I got out as soon as possible because harold was breathing in my neck whispering "ahh dutch ass, dutch ass is so good, ahh" I am able to describe this in such detail, because I have reoccuring nightmares of this moment. Also Lindsays comment concerning mike's extremely homosexual behaviour was classic :D ('thats what happens if a guy doesnt get to wank for a week') EDIT- to be fair, mike was hitting on lindsay as well. It's not all gay. It's just lack of women. EDIT2- good news on this part is that there will be at least twice as many women attending the meeting next year :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 09/04/07 at 11:28:58 SHIT!! Less attention for me :( And: I just know men :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/04/07 at 11:59:52 Two times two is still only four, with hopefully 50+ dudes you will still be hit on constantly I'm sure. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by mattniss on 09/04/07 at 12:00:46 Ok, that settles it... who's getting a private hotel room with a lock for the next meet? ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/04/07 at 12:02:11 Probably nearly everyone. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by mattniss on 09/04/07 at 12:10:07 Well, so much for trying to be witty. :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 09/04/07 at 12:35:18 Holy crap ;D ;D ;D ;D Funniest part so far, the vids are also great hahaha... I'm taking my handgun with me, just in case someone wants my "arse..." |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/04/07 at 12:59:06 Maybe we should just get a cage for harold. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Patricio on 09/04/07 at 12:59:27 I can't imagine that happening to MJ lol because I've never met him. I think the funniest part is Vince tripping over what he believed to be Drew sleeping. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/04/07 at 13:02:17 Haha I have no idea what I tripped over, but it doesn't sound unlikely if you've read the stories about him sleeping everywhere :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/05/07 at 07:16:41 The holiday that had everything! PART THIRTY THREE!!!! With morning creeping in and MJ creeping off, the Norway experience was now almost into phase two. It was out with the old and in with the new. The main tournaments were over, the gamers had proved or not proved who was the best and no doubt had their prize money wired straight into their respective bank accounts. Me, being silly i forgot two more important events that occured on Monday night which both warrant a mention. So bare with me a bit here. For weeks and months Sami had been working on his latest and greatest project 'Biff Part 2' which was mainly filmed in Paris in early 2007. Now many people in Norway had heard the stories and fables about the Biff legend. Many may have thought it was all fantasy. All made up and one big fabrication of a warped man's mind. Others like Steven and Karel knew Biff was the real deal and had met the great man in the flesh. Sami, in honour of Biff who sadly could not make it to Norway, decided to put on a special presentation of the recently completed 'Biff Part 2' dvd for anyone who was interested. Steven and Vincent grabbed front row seats for the big event and could not take their eyes of the screen. They were loving it!!! ;D :D I don't think they could believe some of the stuff Biff was saying or doing. It was a great treat for Steven to relive some of the Biff Part one footage in flashback form. It was very enjoyable and made even more exciting by the hench television and speaker system it was presented on! Florent, Harold and Pierre were also keen observors. I am not quite sure how much of the humour the french guys understood, but they certainly enjoyed it and the film was greeted with a huge round of applause at the end! It was at this point that Sami made another one of his trademark 'Big' announcements. He had a special treat lined up for me, Harold and Karel. I had no idea what he was going to whip out of his bag of tricks, but he sure seemed excited about the presentation. One by one he gave us a dvd of our Pro Evo Paris 2007 matches!! :o :o :D I was amazed and delighted by it and just by looking at the boxes you could see how long he had spent putting it together. The dvd was 50 mins long and contained three full matches. Me vs Harold, Me vs Karel and Karel vs Harold. Harold's little face lit up when he opened the box. There on the dvd disk was a big picture of my face! I dread to think what he had lined up with that dvd........Anyway i asked both Karel and Harold to sign the cover of my dvd and i even provided them with a black permanent marker to do so. Big mistake! >:( After Karel had provided a very crisp, no doubt valuable autograph to the cover, Harold decided to ruin things once again. With all the writing skills of a three year old child he inscribed the dvd - 'To ze best ass i ever fucked' >:( Charming i thought....i wrote on his 'Feel no way to be gay' It was all rather stupid. As Vince pointed out on his earlier post, that night Harold was just out of control. He had already boasted about how good the Dutch arse was and he just had no shame. I thought to myself 'he will be gone in two days, he will be gone in two days' With it now being Tuesday morning i was desperately trying to erase the events of the previous night from my memory. It had all been one big nightmare in my mind. I tried to convince myself that Harold did not exist and was a mere figment of my imagination. The illusion was shattered within a few seconds as i saw him stagger to the kitchen crying 'Barber' I decided it would be best if i just ignored him for most of the day and enjoyed the various small scale tournaments that had been arranged. To kick things off there was a very small SMK battle mode tournament sorted out. I had no idea who participated although i seem to recall being merked in the quarter finals by somebody. There was only eight guys competing and to be honest i thought we should have just stopped early and given Drew the title. He really is that good. Now i had heard how awesome Drew is at battle mode, how he could do tricks with shells and was basically unstoppable. Now seeing really is believing and Drew to put it bluntly kicks arse on battle mode!!! :o :o I think he may have played Florent in the semi and ended up facing Pierre in the final. It was some insane amount of wins needed, something like first to ten. Now i thought i had seen it all in Norway i really did. I had seen one armed bandits, a comedic australian wearing a Crystal Palace shirt, two long lost brothers reunited, more yoghurt eaten than i had ever seen in my life, a cheshire cat in a hat, european threesomes, johnny cash resurrected and even Biff in the supermarket!! :) I had not seen it all because i had not yet witnessed, in the flesh, in front of my very eyes the full skill of Drew Blumfield. It was like time stood still as he made short work of challenger after challenger. Me and Tom in particular were on the edge of our seats as Drew clashed with Pierre. Tom was constantly saying "this is awesome" "bruv" "this is awesome" It really was breathtaking at times. I was lost for words. Now Pierre is pretty skilled at battlemode, but Drew is from another planet! In fact i had often wondered that week what planet Drew was on. I may have to visit planet SMK battlemode because man oh man his shit was good. :o After merciless beatings Pierre was defeated and Drew stood as champ. Part 34 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by mattniss on 09/05/07 at 07:59:32 Finally, a little representation from USA! America, fuck yeah. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/05/07 at 08:09:04 Florent & Pierre are really good at battle mode. But once Drew was I think 4-2 down against Pierre in the finals you could see him cracking it up a notch (sp?) and after that he whiped the floor with Pierre 5-10. He was just toying all along. Makes me wonder what a match with an equally strong opponent would look like..... I can't even be sure that he played to his full potential even then. No disrespect to pierre and the other guys, they're better at battle mode than I will ever be in my respective game but Drew was just.... jawdropping. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 09/05/07 at 08:16:54 20-100 wrote:
I can't put it better than Vince only to say, until you've seen the footage of that match and how good Drew really is at battle mode.. you're niave. Half the match was speechless and i was having heart palpatations (sp?) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Squashua on 09/05/07 at 14:26:18 speaking of videos... we saw the pictures page that marit put up on the web. where (if anywhere) can we find footage of this meet, whether it be tourneys or gay horseplay or whatever. not that i'm looking for any of the latter. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo on 09/05/07 at 14:36:41 Yeah I remember Drew beat me 7-6 in semi-finals (fucking close match, I really enjoyed it! :D We were very nervous cos' the 60 Hz speed is... very fast... ::)) and he beat Pierre something like 10-5 or 10-6 in final then. This man is a totally crazy battle mode player, and he really deserved this title! Congrats again Drew! 8-) I hope I can play with you again asap! ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by IsThatAGoodThing on 09/05/07 at 16:26:01 20-100 wrote:
He's good on MK64 too, but not THAT good |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sargoth on 09/05/07 at 23:20:48 Squashua wrote:
A DVD is in the making , alltho there are still quite few legalities to be sorted out , and the release date is set to summer of 2008. But some trailers and tidbits will surely pop out before that time. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/06/07 at 07:18:45 The holiday that had everything! PART THIRTY FOUR!!!! Drew really had shown just how amazing he is at SMK battle mode. I was ready to bow down at his feet there and then to be honest. I still think a statue should be errected back in the good old US of A in tribute to his accomplishments. I mean the statue of liberty is all when and good and what not, but i think the statue of Drew or the statue of Blumfield could be prove to be an even hotter tourist attraction! ;D Now Drew or Sideshow Bob as i called him because of his superb clown like feet, I swear the guy had like size 16 feet or something was on a high. He had gained the respect of his peers and i deemed him untouchable for any potential practical jokes or cursing. Man he may go 'battle mode' on me and unleash a furious three red shell combo! Sod that for a game of soldiers. Anyway Drew had now set the bar even higher. Just when the gaming standard had seemed at its highest yet, Drew pretty much matched anything that had been before. With the Super Nintendo's stock very much on the rise yet again, Sensible Soccer was the next game on the agenda to be unleashed in the gaming auditorium. 8-) Sensible Soccer, the classic case of shit graphics awesome gameplay. The game could be pretty much picked up and enjoyed by anyone and remains a classic to this day. Now i think 13 players signed up to participate in the tournament leaving 3 teams to be computer controlled. From memory the likes of Karel, Florent, Sami, Arbinder, Eric, Pierre, Matt, The Gaff, myself and even Lindsay amongst others participated. Now me and Sami decided to not pick the best teams to make things more interesting. Matt went for his tried and tested Ireland side. Hilarity prevailed (for me and Sami) at least when we asked people to pick a team to use. Sami shouted over at the unsuspecting Gaff who was giving it large in the kitchen and said "Which team are you Tom" The Gaff's reply was immense "Italy bruv Italy" Me and Sami cracked up as it was just a typical Tom moment, funny without intending to be. ;D And it just so happened that by the computer generated draw Sami and Tom would meet in the first round! After an interesting battle Sami's Turkey knocked out Italy! I was laughing at this point, but my laughter soon ended. Without blowing my own trumpet i was considered a favourite to win the tournament alongside Sami, Tom and Matt. We had all played a fair bit before where as others had never played. I was up against Lindsay in my first game which i found hilarious! ;D I thought to myself "This team will get raped", but did not want to declare the fact out loud with her sitting next to me. ::) ::) Gerard would have gone loco...Anyway i picked Denmark (who were strong in 92 at least) and at least i had the great dane Peter in goal. I cannot remember who Lindsay was, but i do remember crapping a brick or two when she scored to make it 1-1!! :o I was in serious trouble and with just seconds remaining i managed to pull off a 2-1 win. I was pretty darn lucky truth be told and she knew it. I was getting ribbed a fair bit, but she was pretty good honestly!! Anyway i was just happy to have battled through it. Karel was not so lucky as he was eliminated by a computer team in the first round! In other games Florent was pretty impressive and scored a good win with Norway. Matt banged the goals in with Ireland to go through, i think Harold and Pierre also made it. I decided to make use of my whoopee cushion during sensi, by placing it on my victims seat before they sat down for their match!! ;D ;D Pierre, Matt and others got done big time! Pierre turned the tables and got me back then said "Someone did it to me" i said "yeah it was me" Typical Pierre and his brain. Forget Pinky and the brain this was Pierre THE brain.. As the quarter finals rolled round i would face computer opposition. Finland did not look very menacing, but they made short work of my defence. I came away with a win around the 4-2 mark, but looked pretty shakey. My defence was weaker than Harold's restraint levels....Florent also made the semi-finals which i was very impressed by. Sami's Turkey side also arrived in last four land and the semi's line up was completed with Matt's victory. Me vs Sami and Florent vs Matt. Four men left and not a Dutchman in sight! How typical when there is no money at stake!! They had already no doubt spent all their cash on yoghurts and booze. Never tried a yoghurt with beer! Any good??! And so Team UK had three representatives left and i was only sorry that i had to face Sami in the semi's. We had played some very strong battles before at his house and i knew this meeting would be just as good. Denmark and Turkey hardly looks a classic on paper, but i knew the goals would fly in and they did! :) I think after a long, tough game i pulled away with a 5-3 or something victory. Me and Sami have both perfected the art of the long range screamer something that sadly Matt is pretty handy at too..... Now i was pretty happy about making the final, but not to happy about facing Matt. He played Florent in the semi's and although Florent put up a good fight, he was just too strong for him. Very much like in real life, Matt had a knack of scoring the spectacular half way line strike on Sensible Soccer. His goal in Norway on the real football pitch was impressive enough, and keeping him out on Sensi was just as tough. A classic final was on its way..... Part 35 coming soon!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by King Clark on 09/06/07 at 08:59:11 How do you remember all this shit John? Part 35, wtf :o All id remember is drinking beer, doing Sami like the bitch he is and merking you on PES ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 09/06/07 at 10:05:22 Gerard would have gone loco... Rub? No he wouldnt...I would have though ;) I was pretty darn lucky truth be told and she knew it. Oh yes baby, I only needed 10 seconds longer...Next time... 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/06/07 at 11:42:30 Linszy wrote:
Team NL are unstoppable ;) Good write up John, look forward to the final story, was another screamer at the last moments! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 09/07/07 at 02:59:45 Go the Cowboys! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/07/07 at 04:59:59 Ha ha nice one Clark! For all your waffle and garbage you do have a valid point. Part 35 and no signs of it ending yet! It's gone on a lot longer than i ever intended, but i am pretty sure by the end of next week it will all be finished. Fingers crossed. :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/07/07 at 05:48:21 The holiday that had everything! PART THIRTY FIVE!!!! And now at long last there would be an all UK final taking place in Norway'07. A real shame that it was not an "official" competition as such, but i guess there was bragging rights at stake for the victor. Matt was no easy task as i recall him beating me in the final before on English soil. It would be tough no doubt, however after being violated and disrespected by a certain Frenchman i was determined to get back my pride and earn a bit of respect. I was in the company of gaming greats and i needed to step up to the plate and deliver the goods. It was Denmark vs Ireland in the most unlikely of International finals you will ever see. The odds on a Danish/Irish final ever taking place would be huge although i would not mind watching a beer drinking contest between the two nations! ;D After just a couple of minutes it became clear that this final would be different to your normal final. It very quickly became a game of oneupmanship and more a case of whoever missed the goal the most would lose. I think at half time it was some silly score like 4-3 to Matt. We were basically taking it in turns to smash it in from the half way line! To the on lookers it must have looked crazy, but it is a really effective way to score! 4-3 soon became 5-5 and 5-5 in the closing stages of the game became a dramatic 6-6! I mean the Pro Evo final was 5-4 which was crazy enough, but 6-6 and a penalty shoot out to come. :o Sadly the computer is pretty much in control of if and when your goalkeeper dives or not. Therefore the whole thing was a bit of a farce. Luckily i outscored Matt from the spot to win the Sensible Soccer tournament. Pretty good work, which was appreciated by a few claps. No medals, no prize money, but hey who cares?!? I had the Johnny Cash anthem to sing to myself and anyone who gave two hoots. It did not make up for my shambolic Pro Evo efforts, but hey it was something. The rest of Tuesday was basically spent doing whatever the hell we liked - within reason. Alistair decided he was going to spend his time annoying Neil. He firstly teamed up with Arbinder to get Pierre to hold a sign up declaring "My name is Neil" and took a photo of this comical pose! ;D He had been going on for days about how Neil and Pierre both looked alike and decided to wind things up further. Pierre played along with the joke and it was hilarious. This reached new heights when Neil started to throw a tantrum and proceeded to march around the room waving his fist and punching walls. His book 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' had been stolen and man was he going loops about it. 'Where is it' Neil asked, 'Where is what' i replied none the wiser at this point. 'My fucking book' Neil ranted, 'I have no idea mate, but i thought it was on the table where you were sitting' 'Well it's not there anymore is it' he replied, and was visibly shaking with rage. At this point i decided to play detective and asked various potential criminals if they knew where it was. Tom said no, but yet still looked incredibly guilty due to that naughty look he sometimes has in his eye. Sami, Arbinder and Eric also said they knew nothing about it. At this point Arbinder asked me to confront Ali. Ali at first denied it and then admitted to the act of high treason. I was convinced Neil would go balistic when the tructh was revealed. Ali had hidden the book in the bag room behind the curtain. Poor Neil went outside to cool off. It was a 1 pound book for goodness sake and yet it was the most animated he had been in days!! Neil eventually found his book and peace was once again restored. Neil was a happy camper, for the time being...... The likes of Karel and Arbinder were well up for another kick around and so it was decided that another trip to the football field would take place later. With no decision made as to when it would start, i decided to wander off, MP3 player plugged and take a stroll. It was high time i thought for me to get some fresh air and fully take in what had happened over the last few days. I really wanted some alone time and it gave me another chance to enjoy the true awesomeness and beauty of the Norway scenery. As i walked over the bridge with the stream running beneath and entered the great valley surrounding the football pitches once again i was amazed. This time i walked beyond the football pitches and down to the big lake. I could now fully appreciate this great country beyond the gaming arena. After about one and half hours i returned to the football pitch. I was greeted by the sigt of Florent ( Roger Federer) performing heroics in goal, Eric Scott once again running the show and Lindsay even hitting the post with a fierce drive! Had the world gone mad i wondered?!? The Gaff was on the sidelines having another one of his rests and so we agreed to go and 'heckle' poor Eric in goal. "Let's give him some grief" i said. And so the poor guy was subjected to a viscious torrent of crap australian accents and comments. "Strewth" "Stone the flamin crows" "You shoulda caught that one sport" Eric is such a legend, he took all the stick with a grin on his face. I was smiling until i was called into action. With my jeans rolled up to my knees i decided to start a new fashion trend in Norway. Looking the part, i proceeded to slip, fall and put in the worst footballing performance of my life. Gosh i could even get a trial for Watford playing as bad as that :-[.... Part 36 Coming soon!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 09/07/07 at 10:16:59 Tom wasnt having one of his rests (which he normally took VERY often...), he was injured..werent u Mister Gaffikin? ;) Oh and Barber..u shouldnt be ashamed too much about the footbalthing.. u should about your "new fashion"though :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/07/07 at 10:57:07 Don't listen to lindsay, I thought it looked very handsome. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/10/07 at 06:12:52 The holiday that had everything! PART THIRTY SIX!!!! And so whilst i was giving my best efforts to prance around the pitch like the biggest prat Norway had ever seen, others were in the thick of the action enjoying a great match! I cannot recall for the life of me what the teams were, but i do remember Lindsay charging, trying to foul me every time i had the ball! >:( My best effort was a curler going into the bottom corner which was saved well by Mr athlete of the day Florent. Seriously the guy must have downed the Lucozade or Red Bull before this game because he was on fire! He was amazing in goal and lethal going forward. Now Norway certainly was not short of characters and with Roger Federer in goal, a one armed bandit cheering on from the sidelines and the monkey like figure of Drew it was almost like a scene from the circus! Skippy, sport, lounge lizard drinking Eric was great fun in goal at the other end. With Eric not exactly the tallest guy i was amazed at how he managed to keep any shots out of the net! It was once again great fun and the camaraderie that was present was once again truly special. With myself and others now sweating like the proverbial beasts, it was off to the showers to cool down before the evenings entertainment. Come the early hours it would in fact be time to say goodbye to all our various Dutch friends. The likes of Karel, Steven, Lindsay and Vince were soon to depart and so the numbers in Norway would soon go down futher. Before they would leave there would be one more small scale tournament to take place. Sami announced plans earlier for a 'beginners' SMK tournament. It was for players ranked 200th or below on the site. It would involve racing on 3 of the Mushroom cup tracks, which would be pulled out at random. 6 players would compete and the guy or girl with the biggest amount of wins vs the others would triumph. When Sami said i was included i didn't want to play. Having got to the quarter finals on the real SMK i had a feeling i would be too strong for the others. Sami insisted that me and Vince were on a level so i joined in. The six players that competed were myself, Vincent, Lindsay, Arbinder, Alistair and i think Neil. They all did quite well actually despite hardly playing the game. I won all my matches before taking on Vince, who i believe had won all of his too in the final battle. Not to be fair on Vince, SMK is not really his bag. If it had been a match on MK 64 or MKDD i am sure he would have destroyed me and made me weep great big man tears. :'( However this was SMK and if i stood a chance at beating him in a karting sense then this was surely it. With it being a no-brainer that i would be victorious on BC1, i just had to play it safe on the other tracks. Vince was pretty solid, but i had slightly more experience and i think that showed. In the end i won the SMK 'beginners' tournament despite not exactly meeting the beginner level requirements! I had won two small scale tournaments with no prize to show for it. :( With all the tournaments now over, you could be inclined to think that was the end of our Norway'07 adventure. You would be mistaken. With everything gaming wise done and dusted, everyone could now let their hair down and either revel in the glory of victory or despair at some piss poor efforts. I think by now most people were well aware of Harold's fondness for the male arse and i tried to avoid him at all costs. With the Dutchies due to leave at 6.00am and with it now being pretty late i thought 'what the heck' may as well stay up with them all. And so we chatted a lot, we laughed a lot and i am sure The Gaff probably made his way through a fair few more cans. Now despite my constant mocking of the Dutch camps gaming victories and efforts, i actually really enjoyed their company out there. Life would have been a lot worse with less yoghurts, less next level gaming and less banter. It was a sad morning the next day when we bid our farewells. Steven promised to meet Biff in October, Karel asked me if i was ready to reclaim the beads and Lindsay was probably desperate for another bar of Dutch chocolate. As they departed i asked Gaff to 'bust out the opera' and he duely obliged. With the tune 'It's time to say goodbye' by Bocelli pumping out of the Gaff's start of the art piece of phone kit, it was a fitting end to the country that reigned supreme in Norway'07. Of course a rendition of 'ring of fire' was also called for and i can just picture Patrick doing his dance in the clubs in Holland! ;D The Dutch had left and it was down to remaining guys to carry on the party. It was the English brigade with their close allies from USA and Australia along with the French and of course Marius and co. With around 12 of us that had travelled over left as well as Marius, Marit and their friends, it was certainly a bit less crowded on that Wednesday morning. After various people had slept and woke up, Sami came to me with word that Marius was trying to organise a go-karting trip as a surpise for everyone! :D :D I was well up for it and determined to show everyone who was boss. This would well and truly sort the men from the boys. Once Marius had sorted out drivers we were all set! This would be awesome. The go-karting was about a 45 min drive away from the venue and a fun journey was in store. Me and Sami decided to use the quickest and best form of transport available in Norway - the Marius Motor!! 8-) Part 37 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 09/10/07 at 09:22:34 Real_John_Barber wrote:
LMAO! Clark is gonna love you for that one... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/11/07 at 03:55:48 Clark deserved it. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/11/07 at 05:20:46 Real_John_Barber wrote:
:-/ Ah but Clark's heavy at football though im sure ;) Moving on, Part 37 Barber, cant wait to re-live it again, especially what things we noticed from the journey there hehe |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/11/07 at 05:25:01 The holiday that had everything! PART THIRTY SEVEN!!!! So just before departing i took the time to observe the Marius cruiser which would take us to our destination. It certainly looked hench, but i had serious doubts as to how fast the car would go or if we would even arrive at all! My fears were cast aside however when Marius opened the hood to reveal some serious modifications that would enhance the speed and performance power of his vehicle. I really should have known this to be the case. Marius loves his modified consoles and transformers so the two surely go hand in hand! 8-) I think either Arbinder or Neil and maybe Ali were also in the car as we departed. Most of the journey was spent either laughing at Eric in the car in front or holding on for dear life! Marius is a great driver no doubt and his driving style certainly seemed familiar to me. He reminded me of Biff and i would love to see a race between those two one day! Again i was amazed by the beautiful scenery that surrounded us as we drove past the mountains and valleys. It truly took my breath away and i enjoyed breathing in the clean air. It was an adventure all in itself as we had to negotiate various toll gates and massive long tunnels. It could in fact have been a Mario Kart track! ;D Can just imagine on any future MK release the new track - Norwegian Peak 1 and 2! It was a lot of fun and we arrived at the Go-karting in very high spirits. I could not wait! :D Once everyone had arrived and various banter had begun, we entered the vacinity. Inside it was basically a kind of entertainment complex which also had a fast food joint, an arcade, pool tables and various other forms of fun and frolics. We all had to register our names at the front desk and decide who wanted to race against who. Now we had been having various discussions earlier in the day about who would be the best at go-karting. Me and the Gaff both thought the Scott man aka Eric would be hard to beat. With his low centre of gravity and sturdy legs from his crocodile wrestling back in Townsville, he would present a real challenge. I was also interested to see how all the top SMK karters like Sami, Florent and Pierre would do in a different kind of racing environment. I was convinced the people that drive cars back at home eg Florent, Eric, myself and Arbinder would possibly be the best. That does not always follow though. I decided i wanted to race against Eric and give him a run for his money. The rest of the group was made up of Sami, Tom, Alistair and Marius's Norwegian friend. We were up first and had a first glimpse of the track that awaited us. It looked brilliant, full of twists and turns and a massive straight to pick up some real speed on! It was all indoor of course. First we would have to try and find a boiler suit, dustman attire, racing gear that actually fitted us. Easier said than done. After i pranced around like a clown from clothes to clothes finding none that fitted i was starting to get mad! Eventually i was ready for action, but man was it hot inside those helmets! Before we actually sat in our karts on the starting grid we noticed a podium with spots for first, second and third. Basically if you finished in the top three you could pose for pics on the podium! Awesome. 8-) Let the racing begin.... The go-karting was set up to be competitive right from the start. All lap times for each participant would be recorded and your position out of six would be determined by your fastest lap time recorded during the ten minute session. And so the battle commenced. Straight off the bat i could not believe the speed Eric was flying round thr track. He was fast as a whippet and would surely give both Road Runner and Speedy Gonzalez a run for their money on this evidence! :o :o I will say it once again for those not in the know. Eric Scott is a LEGEND. I set about determined to keep up a good speed and not crash once. Within about two mins i noticed the Gaff struggling. He was not only a hazard to himself, but also blocking the way for others. He had crashed pretty early on and i was cracking up!! This was not a "Gaff Track" for sure! ;D He was basically stuck whilst everyone else whizzed past! Sami was soon joined by both Ali and Sami on the sidelined temporarily! It was left to me, Eric and Marius's pal to keep things going! ::) For a fair few minutes there were just the three guys flying around the track doging the various crashed karts in front of them. It was almost like an SMK track complete with various hazards to avoid!!! Sami, Tom and Ali soon returned to action and the fun continued. I must point out that everytime Eric zoomed up alongside me i shit myself. He was quite scary in that kart! He basically had an aura about him. No-one could stop him or get near him. Marius's friend was brutal. He kept bashing my kart and gave my back spinal chord all sorts of problems! Honestly after the karting was over my back was bruised big time! It was shocking. Having fun can sometimes be detrimental to one's well being! I thought i bet Donkey Kong or Bowser never complain about the odd scratch or wound on SMK, so be a man! I battled on and eventually came third on lap times. I got on the podium! 8-) The bruiser from Norway was second and the Tornado from Townsville the clear winner in first place. Well done Eric you rocked the show. Eric stood taller than the rest ( for once) and i started the victory parade........ Part 38 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/11/07 at 05:28:35 Correction - Tom was soon joined on the sidelines by Sami and Ali. ::) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/11/07 at 05:29:33 I swear i ran in and passed the ball about to someone and they scored a heavy winning goal when we played the last football match... anyhow, reading todays one ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/11/07 at 05:32:35 Yeah come to think of it i am sure you did set up the winning goal. I forgot to mention it in part 36. You can always add your story if you like. ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/11/07 at 05:35:16 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Cool, btw dont forget Drew's moment on the race track... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 09/11/07 at 12:37:15 dont forget neils moment on the track - i beg the video go up! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/12/07 at 03:49:32 It will all be taken care of Tom, mark my words! 8-) And yeah Harold needs to post the video up of the classic moment.... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/12/07 at 04:47:16 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Part 38 Part 38 :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/12/07 at 05:14:51 The holiday that had everything! PART 38!!!! After all the carnage, chaos and undoubted fun of the go kart track, i was revelling in the glory of my 3rd place finish. Waving my helmet in the air like a flag of victory i proceeded to dance like an idiot to the ring of fire anthem. Photos were taken, shocked looks were given, but it was such great fun! Having really enjoyed the first race i was well up for giving some stick and shouting abuse and possibly support to the guys who would be racing next. Up stepped Pierre, Florent, Neil, Arbinder, Matt and Drew for the next battle! Two French guys, three english guys and a wildcard in the form of the crazy American. This would be very interesting. Would Pierre and Florent be just as good in a real kart? I had seen been in a car with Florent in France and know he is a damn good driver. How would he adapt to a smaller vehicle? Would him and Pierre team up for the good of their country? Or would old scores need to be settled. Maybe Pierre had revenge on his mind after his SMK defeat to his pal. It was the first time i had seen Neil behind the wheel of anything let alone a go-kart. The guy clearly looked startled and rather nervous behind the wheel. I think i was more interested in what Drew had up his sleeve or in his kart to be honest. He is always smiling and grinning and so you never know when he is plotting something or not.... The action began and i was really pumped up for it. I was cheering and abusing Arbinder, amazed by Florent and perplexed by Neil!! With Neil and his long lost brother Pierre both competing it was hard telling them apart. Now the major give away was in the driving standard. Neil was driving really slow and Pierre was engaging in a on going high speed chase with Florent. Things soon got funnier when Neil rather than turning the obvious bend he was approaching (which all the karters in front had just turned round) thought it would be a good idea to drive straight into the tyres!!! ;D ;D That he did so at ultra slow speed made it even funnier! Sadly i somehow missed the incident live, but was shown on Harold's phone afterwards! Please somebody upload it or put it in the film! CLASSIC. Anyway whilst Florent was setting the standard, with Pierre and Matt locked in a battle with him, Drew was in his own little world....Sami suddenly pointed out something. Something bizzare, unexpected and to be honest a work that could only come from a genius! Drew was dropping banana skins out of his kart and on to the track!! ;D ;D It was like a real life SMK! I think he dropped one right by Matt, which due to his shock at seeing one made him nearly crash! Sadly i don't think anyone lost control due to the skins, but it was so funny! Sami reminded me the other day that Drew then threw a whole bag of skins onto the track too! Quite how he didnt get thrown out for that naughty act i will never know. Can you just imagine that happening in real formula one though?!? Lewis Hamilton on the track speeding around whilst throwing banana peels at his rivals!! ;D The action was intense and the competition fierce. The French proved yet again that they were pretty amazing karters both in a virtual world and a physical one. Florent i think recorded the fastest lap time and took the honours. I also think both Matt and Pierre finished in second and third, although i can't remember what order. It was obvious that the original prankster Drew lost both speed and sanity due to his hilarious antics on the track. After the sceond race there was time for a final one for whoever wanted a second go. Most of the fastest karters returned for a final bash. Eric, Florent, Pierre, Matt, myself and Sami i think all had a second go. I really should have known better. With my back already pretty darn unstable, the likes of Matt and Florent were the true heavyweights of the field, bullying everyone in their path. Florent was a man not to be messed with, whilst dangermouse Eric was also once again in his element. It's funny because i think almost everyone beat their fastest lap time from earlier, some by a good couple of seconds. I can remember knocking at least 3 seconds off, but yet still finished last. It was clear my skills were not quite up to those of the elite company i shared. Once again i think Eric won. Once again he was the top gun and should be rightfully proud of his efforts. Florent may very well have been second. A lot of fun had been had, a lot of banter exchanged and there was now a lot of very tired and aching limbs! Harold had been conspicious by his absence from the session. Sadly his unfortunate shoulder injury had not allowed him to compete, but he remained once again in high spirits. I'm sure he enjoyed all the rear bashing of karts and intense high energy action that took place. He may well have muttered a few comments about "arses" too. The peckish amongst the group headed to the Burger Bar for some hi calorie refreshments. Sami basically demanded a "1/4 pound Biff burger and chips" The response of the girl serving him was a classic "I am sorry, but we have no more Biff burgers" ;D :D Biff was running the show in Norway! They had basically sold out of Beef Burgers! I actually think maybe Steven Zwartjes had popped in on the way to the airport and eaten them all. The buffet was well and truly closed! As Steven had commented earlier in the week "If it is a Biff burger it must be fucking huge" We eat, drank and were merry. Part 39 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 09/12/07 at 18:55:26 Real_John_Barber wrote:
omfg... :-X :o LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL Fucking awesome.... ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by MeAnAussie on 09/13/07 at 02:33:26 Right I've got the times of the Go kart, well the ones I was in anyway. Round 1 - Eric(or Erik as the sheet says) - 25.622 Stian - 28.029 John - 29.191 Tom - 29.551 Arbinder - 30.176 Alistair - 31.648 and then again after his kart change Alistair - 32.396 and the final round Eric - 25.259 Florent - 25.879 Matthes - 26.439 Pierre - 26.596 Sami - 27.216 Stian - 27.376 John - 27.751 Alistair - 31.739 I've been waiting for these parts of the story, the only thing I went alright in. Florent was awesome, he would have been much quicker if he wasn't built like he is. But in the end I was still the man ;) I reckon I could have gone quicker with an empty track, I did a 25.56 and was when I got slowed up a little on the last couple of corners, probably would have broken into the 24's. Lap record is 23.775, so I was still a fair way away from that. Why wasn't there a prize for this competition!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/14/07 at 03:15:09 Cheers for those times Eric! Glad to see you are still enjoying my write ups. It's awesome that you kept all the scores! 8-) You were indeed the man and i think with a few more goes you may have got even closer to those records. Oh and for those that are interested, the final two (possibly three) parts of the Norway'07 adventure/meet will be up next week. Next part to be posted on Monday. It will include the legendary mountain climb which Eric has a major part of..... :D :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 09/14/07 at 05:23:31 yeah bruv! when you do the mountain write up you should add the pics from facebook, if you're not sure how get sami to you help you as you just have to use the button above this box. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by The Roger Federer of SMK on 09/16/07 at 03:57:15 Haha, the go-karting was awesome! :D Eric was clearly the best on the track! 8-) I tried, but I couldn't stop him, he was waaaay too fast, fucking Australian karter! ::) And I remember Drew throwing a banana skins on my kart when I was passing him ;D Haha, I almost missed the control of the kart because of that joke! :o ;D Btw this fucking great topic was on page 2 of the General Discussion, I really had to put it back on page 1... ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/17/07 at 03:05:50 The holiday that had everything! PART THIRTY NINE!!!! Upon arrival back at the venue, those with gaming still on the brain strived to futher enhance their abilities by heading to the consoles. Others like The Gaff seemed content to simply bask in the glory of endless banter. We may have been short on numbers now, but we certainly were not short on characters! With Eric, still no doubt delighted with his awesome driving earlier and Harold still anticipating further action and scouting for potential victims, the small band of campers were still in high spirits. Sadly it would soon be time for the French to depart though. Florent, Harold and Pierre were scheduled to leave around 10.00PM that evening to head back to France. The place would surely be quieter without them. Hence a lot of packing was now going on with everyone determined not to leave anything valuable behind....That has just reminded me of another legendary rant earlier in the week from Neil Skipper. I had taken my laptop to Norway, in case anyone felt the urge to tap into my vast catalogue of recent movies and tv shows. In order for this to happen i required a european plug adapter. With others around the room being used i asked to borrow Neil's. He warned me not to lose it. Low and behold it went missing! The poor boy soon was steaming around the room, shaking and striking various walls all for his own amusement no doubt. He looked like Mr Burns on heat and it was quite funny to see him cursing and swearing about something as unimportant as a plug adaptor. So a word of warning to anyone that ever meets Neil. He is a nice enough guy, but don't bother stealing his book, plug adaptor or leather jacket! More on the jacket to come later... 8-) So whilst the French were busy packing, various thoughts crossed my mind. Should i play one last prank on Harold? I certainly considered shitting in a bag and putting it in his suitcase, but i thought maybe that's too much. The itching powder that i had brought with me to Norway sadly went unused too. Easy to let him be rather than have him hell bent on revenge....After more gaming involving more Drew vs Florent battles and Pierre getting his last pixel or two out of SMK it was time once more to say our goodbyes. Florent, Harold and Pierre had all been great characters. They were all next level gamers, they had all brought laughter and banter with them in droves and they were all good fun. The two brothers Neil and Pierre would be parted once more, but i don't think it will be too long until they are reunited. Roger Federer was scheduled to play in the US Open and so had to leave ASAP! Florent had more reason than most to be proud of his efforts. He quite simply was immense in Norway and really deserved to be the SMK Champ. Harold, despite being highly irritating was never anything but entertaining. Despite his injury he had never once complained and had a great time regardless. In short he was one of the true legends of the holiday. Pierre also had really enjoyed the trip and been a great sport with the whole Neil on going joke. He even got me with the fart cushion! ::) So as the French sped off, with Harold waving, shouting various obscene comments about the English arse etc, it was done to the last remaining few in Norway..... The Swedish had gone, the Dutch had gone and now the French had gone. Try as Marius may have done, you could not deny or get rid of the English! It was down to Sami, Tom, myself, Matt, Arbinder, Neil and Alistair. Eric and Drew completed the awesome commonwealth line up. With all the packing done and the consoles packed away, all sanity seamed to have completely died. People were now taking it in turns to run and jump onto the stage. Hilarity prevailed when poor Ali, not exactly your model athlete, attempted to jump onto it after a run up. After three failed attempts he gave up! ;D :D I obvously cleared it in one go....there are various videos of this up on facebook for those remotely interested or really bored....Drew had been harping on about possibly doing a spot of mountain climbing soon. My immediate reaction was "Are you insane" "We have a flight to catch at like 9.00 in the morning" Drew was adamant that he was going to do it, bearing in mind it was now around 11.00 at night and raining outside. Drew had already climbed the mountain during the week and assured us it would be safe. So without further argument, a merry band of daring folk decided to brave both the weather and whatever the mountain would throw at us! Preparation was vital for this adventure of a lifetime. I opted for my brown hooded top and that most important item - the torch. Drew was not exactly attired correctly for such an outing. Sporting a cracking pair of shorts, and a t-shirt, i could not believe my eyes! Eric seemed well up for the trip and i am sure he had survived worse in his lifetime. It really had started to piss down with rain by the time we had reached the road. Thunder and lightning too. I was already regretting my decision to wear jeans as they were already soaked right through! Of the group that first set out, only a brave and legendary team of six would attempt the challenge ahead. Arbinder, Alistair and Neil all decided to turn back, once the rain reached ridiculous levels. We had not even reached the actual mountain base yet. As the three left us on the road it was down to Drew, Tom, Eric, Sami, Matt and the Barber to strive to survive...... Part 40 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 09/17/07 at 03:25:51 perfectly poised. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/17/07 at 09:42:18 Real_John_Barber wrote:
LOL. It's nice to read what happened after we left :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Monkey_Kong on 09/17/07 at 15:38:24 The mountain climb was the best bit! Can't wait for part 220! (i've lost count) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/18/07 at 03:15:22 The holiday that had everything! PART FOURTY!!!! It was hard at this point for any member of the hunting party, other than Drew, to ascertain precisely what this little adventure had in store for us all. We were basically putting our very lives in the hands of a guy we had barely known for five minutes! Both me and Sami recalled comments Marius had made prior to the holiday, regarding certain mammals that frequented the woods we would have to negotiate on route. He had mentioned quite openly that Bears and Mooses liked to roam in the woods and mountains. Damn i wish i had brought a shotgun.... If this prospect alone wasn't enough to scare the shit out of us i don't know what was. Still, unfazed by the threats of said creatures running amok, the super six embarked on the adventure to beat all adventures. One to tell the grandchildren about and one that would live long in the memory. It was a treacherous route, let's make no bones about it. With the wind and rain reaching almost comical levels, i was beginning to wonder if we had made the right choice. I had water in my trainers, my hooded top felt about two stone heavier and all the guys were finding life somewhat difficult.... It basically started out as a bit of fun, a bit of light relief and in the early stages the spirits were high and the banter was flowing. We made our way through some trees and up a fairly steep grassy hill as we begun our journey. It had just gone 11.00PM at this point and i had no idea how long it would take to reach the top. Drew was the leader of the group and as The Gaff rightly pointed out, he was very much like your regular "mountain Yak" He was leading the way and seemed to be taking it all in his stride. Our first potential hazard was met in the form of a wire fence. I started joking that it was probably electric and we would all meet a nasty end. I don't think these comments were appreciated too much. We all got over it, unscathed and reached the top of the steep hill. We were now entering parts unknown. From the road all you could see were trees, trees, trees. What was in the trees and beyond it was unknown. What we did know was that it was a long way to the top, a long way. It looked big from the bottom, but you don't consider all the rocks, sheer drops, and slippery surfaces from down there. This really would be a challenge. We kind of paired up at this point. Drew and Eric were leading the way, myself and Tom followed, with Sami and Matt slightly behind. It made sense, because seriously we had to look out for one another up there. Anything could have happened and it was not about an air ambulance needing to be called out. If anyone fell or slipped the person would be there to stop potential disaster. It was actually surpisingly cool and the air was amazing up there. The further we got it was so refreshing to breath in this clean air. It did my body system the world of good. Back to the story and Drew was making great strides whilst the rest of us struggled. Actually Eric to be fair was also making short work of things. The Gaff, was pretty much game over after twenty mins or so. He was struggling and i think was finding it hard work on his legs in particular. Much to his credit he soldiered on and battled along with us. It's funny, because as the trees started to decrease in number, each tree that was spotted we made a bee line for. They were like little safehavens and you know a big tree is not going to give you any grief. It's not going to break away in your hands or scratch you up like other things did. They were useful to rest on before we contemplated our next steps. Planning was of the upmost importance even once we were up there. Normally we were faced with a choice of route. Some simple, some not so simple. Certain parts we entered were also now a mudbath. The rain had really chucked down and things were becoming even more dangerous. We were no where near the top and not even halfway yet. I had my digital camera in my pocket, and regretted bringing it. It had all my pics from the holiday on it, and i thought if i lose this now i will go loops! It was starting to get darker and i had been using my torch as both a grappling stick at times, and for its usual purpose. Someway, somehow i managed to lose it. I must have put it down up there and forgot to pick it up. What a plonker Rodney. ::) It was a pretty good torch too. Oh well i am sure some equally intrepid explorer will find it one day....Speaking of which i was half expecting to see some bones and skeletons on route. Team's of guys who had not quite made it all the way. That had maybe met a Moose or Bear or both and made a nice,light snack for the beasts. Well Team Commonwealth was doing pretty damn well so far. It was very much like a band of brothers up there. No exaggeration. We really bonded up there and knew we need each other to get through it. Our clothes were muddy, wet and heavy. Our spirits were still good and we were determined. As Drew and Eric stormed on, and me the Gaff amused ourselves, Sami shouted to us to "wait up" Matt had a problem. He had lost his glasses!! :o Quite how he managed to lose them without noticing is anyone's guess. Maybe they had got all steamed up and he could not see, managing to knock them off in the process?! It was quite baffling really, but also real bad news. I was concerned, not knowing how good his vision is without them. Would another guy have to drop out?!? Part 41 coming soon!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 09/18/07 at 04:50:47 Brilliant Barber!! keep it up, i feel like reading a book from the library about a few guys who were lost in the woods and stuff... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 09/18/07 at 05:35:05 Barber has left out one vital piece of the puzzle. I asked Drew, "Is there a path?" "Yes" was the reply.. There was no path. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/18/07 at 06:40:22 Yes, and it was near midnight at this point, not completely dark but dark enough. More rain, hail, sleet, thunder, and all sorts of natural hazards, and youl find out more what happens in Part 41. Excellent write up Barber! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/19/07 at 03:41:29 The holiday that had everything! PART FOURTY ONE!!!! With Matt's glasses now another part of the vast mountain landscape, along with my torch, it seemed the easy thing to do at that moment in time would be to throw in the towel. Just to pack it all in and return to the comfort and warmth of the gaming domain. Matt, however was determined to soldier on. He insisted his vision would be good enough without the glasses in order for him to continue. All credit to him for that, but it must have made life pretty difficult. As we got higher and higher life was getting more and more tricky. It was getting a lot steeper and with the high volume of rainfall, the ground was slippery and hazardous. As Tom commented earlier, he had asked Drew if there was a path all the way to the top. You know like a route that we could easily follow. Drew informed us there was. I should really stop listening to Drew's claptrap sometimes... ;)He also informed us as we got higher and higher that it would only take another 15 mins or so to reach the summit. Yeah right....try another 45 mins! Legs were weary, spirits were down. We had lost a torch and glasses, my trainers had been destroyed by the elements and fatigue was starting to creep in. Yet remarkably, spirits in the camp were still high. I was laughing and joking around with Tom about Eric. Once again the poor guy had to put up with an endless stream of corny aussie jokes and accent rip offs. He had no means of escaping from the vernal shitstorm we were providing either! ;D I also pointed out that if there was one guy i could pick to be up that mountain with us at that precise moment it would be Eric. Rocks, knocks and sheer drops were nothing for the dingo warrior. He was leading the way without complaint. Almost acting as Drew's second in command. Any slight complaint from me and Eric would immediatly call me a pansy or something like that. Eric is a legend of epic proportions and his fan club continues to grow by the day...... We were really high up now and turning my head to look down for a second, i could not believe how much ground we had covered. It was an amazing view up there and despite being soaked through, the rain had calmed down and we were fairly well sheltered too. The grass, although wet was kind of covered in an almost frost like layer, which made it fairly easy to tred on. Drew was now picking up speed and starting to run up the mountain! He could see some light! We had nearly made it! :D Slowly, but surely i could see hope. I could see safety, i could see the top! One by one we all made our way to the final resting place. A place to revel in the magnitude of our fine achievements and a place for Drew to have a victory piss by a nearby tree!! :o ;D I could not believe my eyes as the "mountain yak" decided to release his pent up aggression in the form of a piss shower. The poor tree i thought....i bet it did not see that coming anytime soon! ;D I did a small victory dance myself to the Johnny cash tune and others celebrated in their own ways. I decided to yell "Drago" in a loud voice - something i have always vowed to do from a mountain ever since the glorious Rocky 4. Anything we shouted echoed around us. We were in the middle of a big valley and loving every second. I think someone decided to ring either Ali or Arbinder at this point. We all shouted "Why you begging it" as loud as possible down the phone. They were baffled, almost as much as we were when a girl answered the phone!! :-? At first i thought it was Marit, it soon became clear that Neil, Ali and Arbinder had found some female friends on their way back to the venue! We went mad!!! Typical. Eric in particular went crazy!! ;D "They have found some Sheila's" he asked. When we replied yes, he wanted to get down that mountain as quick as possible! "We can't miss out on the ladies" he said. He made a very valid point. We were all gutted about missing out on potentially landing a couple of Norwegian hotties on our final night. :( I think Drew then decided to send a funny message to Karel. Quite possibly to prove we actually just scaled the beast. Drew had us all line up and using our hands we spelt out Karel's name from the mountain top. The image was then sent to him via his phone! Awesome! Karel was quite impressed by this i think..... After the jokes, the glory and the resting, it was time to move on. Worth pointing out at this point that Drew had spent lots of time reasurring us. At the start of the climb, during it and at the top. He assured us that climbing up was "the difficult part" and that going back down again would be a piece of cake. He also said that there was a nice path we could follow all the way back down from the top. He insisted that we could literally follow it and it would take us from top to bottom in a leasurly and easy fashion. Why did i ever take Drew's word for anything?!? ::) Once again there was no path, it was two times as hard as climbing up and there were sheer drops everywhere!! :o :o We came to realise this and the dangers ahead, within about five minutes of our descent. Seriously this was dangerous stuff. I was concerned and we needed to kip our wits about us. We paired up again with our usal tag team partner. Drew and Eric lead, Sami and Matt followed and myself and Tom were last to go down. Barber and the Gaff drew the short straw on this one for sure. We had to save each other on more than one occasion..... 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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 09/19/07 at 08:23:53 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--5mZEtyl20 from earlier that week - before the bowling :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 09/19/07 at 09:22:47 LMAO, we must have made quite an impression on the locals! ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/19/07 at 09:24:13 I love you all. Thank you for being so retarted. I'm not even positive I'm the most ridiculous person of this group, which says a lot. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/20/07 at 02:01:30 Nice to see that awesome video has finally made it on to the youtube circuit. Always good to laugh at myself. ;D Just watching it again i love the way i am the only fool dancing in a circle.... ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/20/07 at 03:40:26 The holiday that had everything! PART FOURTY TWO!!!! The route down was tricky, treacherous and covered with danger from every side. It was wet, slippy and extremely difficult to actually walk down. I spent nearly all the time almost sliding down. I had to use my hands and arse to actually keep myself from falling to a nasty death. On the plus side, we still had not fallen prey to any moose's or bears that were after a quick feeding frenzy. The rain had stopped which was one advantage i suppose. As i mentioned earlier, both myself and Tom were in a very dodgy position. Whilst Drew, Eric, Matt and Sami moved ahead, we were left a little bit behind fearing for our safety. You see, every branch, every piece of stone, rock or tree, or grass that was being used to aid our descent, by the time it reached me and Tom had already been virtually pulled out of the ground!!! In simple terms because four guys had already used it to grip and hold, it became loose and some pieces of wood etc were no longer safe to cling to. We did not know this at first however. I remember slipping quite badly, but fortunately managed to grab a near by rock instead of falling down. I think between me and Tom we must have slipped or lost our footing about twenty times on the way down. Seriously, we were quite lucky not to break a bone or two. It was fortunate that we were there for each other to break each others fall. I certainly didn't have this in mind when i signed up for Norway. I had visioned great gaming, great company and loads of hot woman. Not a sausage fest descending down a mountain to a possible grisly end.... :o :o As we got further down it was quite nerve racking to see how many sheer drops there were. Quite simply, one mistake or slip and we would have been finished. Game over. No more SMK, no more Pro Evo, no more kebabs, no more ladies waiting below for Eric and no more Johnny cash...Speaking of the ladies Eric had seemed to go into another gear altogether. Clearly aroused by the potential opportunities that some ladies would present, he was having no trouble at all making short work of the climb down. Tom was finding it difficult for a number of reasons. The peril that we were in was obvious and our stamina was now fading rapidly. One or two times on the way down he actually got quite stressed for reasons that will remain between the two of us.... :-X After slipping and sliding our way down most of the mighty mountain at long last i could see an end to the great journey. From where we were i have to say the views, now were out of this world. We could see the football pitch, the games venue and lots of other great scenery. It was worth it just for that moment. The trees had cleared and it was awesome. Also worth mentioning at this point that it was around 2.00 in the morning now and had taken us around 3 hours top to bottom. A great achievement. We were not quite there yet though....After we had hurdled our last fence and reached the road at the bottom, i think everyone was giving themselves a major pat on the back. We had braved the elements and achieved something we will remember fondly for years to come. The Gaff was ecstatic at the triumph and had "a few words to say" to the group when we had returned to the venue. The Gaff had requested a group huddle before we returned to the Marius mansion. It was hard on Arbinder and Ali who attempted to greet us and congratulate us outside. We had to ask them to kindly step aside for a second or two. It was a great moment and one that will live long in the memory. Six guys had worked as a team and done something great together. The Gaff's speech was imense and we all took it in turns to have our say. My main point was how remarkable for us all to have done the climb and returned with no injuries or problems. A few scratches and battle scars were all we had to show for our efforts. I thanked Drew for his leadership skills and my fellow "brothers" one by one. It was a highlight of the trip and we were delighted. We may have been soaked, clothes may have been destroyed, but it was all worth it in the end. Now we returned to the venue to be greated by two local ladies. Both quite young, both quite friendly and one of the two possessed a collosal pair of hooters. Now these jugs, breasts, titties were truly something to behold and it was hard to not look at them. Seriously though the girls knew Marius i think, and had bumped into Neil, Ali and Arbinder on their way back. They were both very chatty and we shared stories and jokes of our amazing Norway experience. One guy who seemed a bit overwhelmed by it all was poor Neil. He stood about two yards away from the big chested lady and did not take his eyes of her assets for about half an hour. No lie. The poor guy seemed rather attracted. :D :-? After a fun time chatting, we said our goodbyes and it was time to sleep for the final time. As the main hall was now empty, we all had to sleep in either the bag room or the entrance way. I picked the bag room option. The room of the legendary Gaff and Eric. We were also joined by Sami and Arbinder if i recall. It was cramped, but yet fun and amusing. Until Arbinder launched a pot noodle aiming for Neil, who was sticking his head through the little hatch. It missed and hit me instead!!! >:( Man was i pissed. I had to sleep with a pillow and clothes stinking of Pot noodle powder!! Drew had plans to wind Neil up again..... ;) Part 43 - The final ever part - tommorow!!!! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/21/07 at 03:23:49 The holiday that had everything! PART FOURTY THREE!!!! It's all over. :-? Just before Neil, Matt and co settled down in the entrance way, Drew decided to hide Neil's leather jacket. I thought this was quite harsh and un callled for, but Drew was adamant that it had to be done. Whether he deserved it or not is up for debate. Meanwhile in the bag room, Eric proceeded to sleep in what looked to be the most uncomfortable way possible. Maybe he had taken tips from Drew. He used two chairs as his bed and squeezed in between them. With one chair facing almost in my face he proceeded to break wind in my direction. Most unpleasant, but being the cheeky chappy that he is, he can get away with most things...The bag room now seemed more like a lion's den than some comfortable sleeping quarters. The Gaff loved the comfort of a snore or two, Arbinder loved throwing things and Eric was just Eric. In the end i survived and we awoke to say our goodbyes... It would be fair to say that we were not quite the pinnacle of physical fitness and health on that last morning. With tired muscles and a lot of built up fatigue, it was hard making the effort to pack and be fit once more. We all quickly scanned the parimeter for any bits we may have missed. Neil, on the other hand was getting more and more irate with regard to his missing leather jacket. Now where could it be?!? I managed to lose a PS2 pad in the packing process or maybe it was stolen? Harold may have it in his room as a trophy of his mental victory over me. Neil managed to locate his jacket after a frantic search. After all his panic and stress it only happened to be on the floor in the bag room! How strange.....Quite shocking that he didnt spot it earlier. Once the packing had been done, it was time. Time to go and face the real world again. Before everyone had stepped outside, i wanted to take one last look around the inside building. I stepped inside and slowly turned around the room in a sad, thinking mode. I could still see Florent and Pierre in the far corner battling on SMK, i could still see Vince and MJ strumming on Guitar Hero, i could still see Neil on the sofa and Lindsay teaching Tom sign language by the tables. I could see Steven eating a yoghurt and Karel practicing on Pro Evo. I also could hear Harold's voice and see Drew lying under the table. Eric drinking a beer and Sami "feeling no way" I could still see Marius running the show and battling it out on Third Strike. It was surreal and strange to see this once vibrant, lively and noisy room reduced to a big empty space. As i turned and closed the door, someone had been watching me closely the whole time. Just maybe you will all see the footage someday. You never know... ;) With everybody else outside with suitcases in tow, i finally vacated the building. I had a big announcement to make as i left. "Ladies and Gentleman i give you the winner of Big Brother Norway 2007 John Barber" I had purposely left last so i could pretend i never got voted out! I found it funny at least, but i don't think anyone else did.... ;D In turn we thanked Marit, Marius and our good friend the driver. They had been very kind and looked after us so well. All their hard work was much appreciated, but just so they know again - Thanks a lot guy's we had an awesome time!!!! :) :D We got into the various vehicles and were driven to the bus stop for our trip to the airport. Sadly Marius's car did not transform as i thought it might. I was banking on the Norwegian version of Optimus Prime to carry us safely to our final destination. :P We boarded the bus and bid Norway a fond farewell. It was a pleasant drive and i enjoyed looking at the breathtaking scenery for one last time. So much had happened, so much fun had been had and now we were all shattered!! Having boarded the flight direct back to England, Drew and Eric would then have a lot further to go. Eric would have to catch another flight all the way back to Australia that day! Drew was not scheduled to return to America until Sunday. He had no where to go and would have to find hostels. I said he could stay with me for three nights! ::) Man were those nights crazy.....pics and vids to follow at some point. I nearly beat him once on battlemode too! Just once...After an entertaining flight, due mainly to Eric finding himself trapped behind an air hostess for about ten mins as she was serving food, and he loved it, we arrived back home. Eric, the legend who i won't forget in a hurry, after some airport troubles departed. He was one of the stars of the holiday. We parted, we got in a cab home, it was the end of one of the best holidays i have ever had. For those even contemplating Holland next year, i say go for it! Norway' 07 was absolutely amazing and so much fun. The gaming, the people, the football, the go-karting, the bowling, the mountains, the way everyone got on well with everyone. Marius was great and made it all possible. If i had to pick the two main characters and legends of the trip i would have to say Eric and Harold. They were constant sources of entertainment, banter and all round fun. Florent and Drew would be close runner ups. Florent took things to a whole new gaming level in Norway and Karel, once again showed his true talents. My final words are saved for the Gaff. The legendary 10th wonder of the world. As he would say, will Holland 08 be good? "Bruv" It's a "No brainer" der der der der der der der daaaaaaaa That ring of fire! :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Real_John_Barber on 09/21/07 at 03:27:50 Thanks to everyone for all your feedback and comments regarding my posts. I hope you all enjoyed them and at least found a few bits amusing! :) Norway 07 i salute you. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 09/21/07 at 03:43:02 Real_John_Barber wrote:
Amen bro! Many thanks for the absolutely awesome write-ups John, you have managed to write a complete book (really capturing the atmosphere of each event that took place) during these past weeks! :o That the trip left so much stuff to write about is testimony to how awesome it really was, so I quote with you in agreement when you say: Norway 07 I salute you! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 09/21/07 at 05:00:13 yes bruv, smashed it, was a awesome write up which encapsulated the whole trip. There are so many more things that happened while Barber wasn't around.. Few other things which were left out but i'll recap in a single line - feel free to elaborate if you were involved; 1) Multiple WR's being made on Micromachines, trust me when you saw how much patience was put into that it was astounding. 2) Neil getting into the communal showers and not knowing if it was acceptable to look at everyone elses willy. 3) Eric losing his passport on the way back into the UK and having to anxiously wait to see if he was going to become a refugee! 4) Erics momentous snoring which lasted continually through the night. 5) The pub |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/21/07 at 05:16:25 Excellent John and no brainer indeed! ;) Roll on Holland 08' |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 09/21/07 at 05:57:53 Too sad it ended on part 43! Should take longer (maybe until the next meeting :P) It was great mr Barber! I really hope I can make it to Holland and be part of all this party. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Linszy on 09/21/07 at 06:58:18 So Mister Barber, why are u not on that list yet?? ;D' Loved the write ups, seriously well done!! It really describes everything like i think almost everyone felt it, amazing! Thanks guys, for a fabulous long weekend :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Monkey_Kong on 09/21/07 at 07:55:15 Great write up! Captured the atmosphere of the mountain brilliantly... if "feeling no way" ever gets into a dictionary it should have a picture of us lot on top of that mountain! For the record I'd taken my glasses off already as with the ridiculous rain I couldn't see a thing with them on anyway. Luckily I could still see the ground ok for keeping my footing but well annoyed I couldn't get the best of the views towards the end! Still well worth it though just for the experience of being there! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by 20-100 on 09/21/07 at 11:58:16 In Hiding wrote:
Lmao, when you're used to setting mkdd wrs it's a breeze to try them on micro machines. In like 30 minutes or an hour or so me and steve both beat one of the wrs there, never having played the game before in our lives :P |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Sami - Godfather of SMK on 09/21/07 at 18:30:36 The WRs there in Micro Machines werent thats strong tbh, they were easier to make, i had some one tries and wasnt far off some. Interesting to see how far they could go there if more people competed ;) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Squashua on 09/25/07 at 20:27:09 Bravo John! I read every word and felt like I had the same experience you had. Stellar write-ups, I enjoyed every bit of it. Now give those typing fingers a break. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by In Hiding on 09/26/07 at 03:48:42 i think a write up that good should be copy and pasted together and put on a webpage (maybe added somehow to the site(s)?) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by mattniss on 09/26/07 at 09:41:47 Yeah, Tom, I second that. This definitely needs to be put together into one additional part of the site, perhaps not by Barber. He's done enough! |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Floger Lecoanederer on 10/08/07 at 08:17:24 Hey John, sorry for the delay, but of course thank you for the great write-up of the Norway meet! 8-) I'm already expecting 100 parts or more for the summary of the meeting in Holland... |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by weedtedou on 01/06/08 at 08:18:44 such a long time from this event.. I (finally) added today my picks of the meet on facebook (more than 200 photos ! :o). I invite you all to see them to remember how good was this meet 8-) Some Legends !! John's famous sleeping bag that was so dirty after the meet... ::) Some of the last night with Kartie completely drunk : Please don't watch that !!! Some vid available soon on the parigo site. Cheers and Happy New Year, especially to THE Legend Gaffikin ;) >> John, why you biggin' it ? ;D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 01/06/08 at 08:27:55 Can you send us the link? :D |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo, The Roger Federer of SMK on 01/06/08 at 08:30:01 http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=518957714&ref=pb Great photos there dude! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Firewaster on 01/06/08 at 10:51:40 Harold, accept my friend request please! I don't know how to see the pictures without being your friend :( |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by Neo, The Roger Federer of SMK on 01/06/08 at 11:25:04 Firewaster wrote:
IMO you can't. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by weedtedou on 01/06/08 at 17:55:30 Firewaster wrote:
you got chance. I never accept s.o I don't know ::) so did you like it ? :) |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by SMK PAL Online BM World Champ on 03/02/12 at 07:19:41 7A68686979686962780D0 wrote:
Ah, I didn't know about your arm. I thought you were faking it, so that we would let off the pressure while playing you in the gaming sessions. Sorry to hear about the fractures. |
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Title: Re: Kart Meeting in Norway! 2007 Post by KVD on 03/02/12 at 08:31:53 You know, that diagnosis, about the fractures and everything...that might be slightly outdated... I can't help but think that Harold's arm is healed at the moment of writing. ::) |
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