JS, I apologise for quoting just bits of your message and responding directly to those, because this is a very convenient way of avoiding questions and replying to what you have posted as a whole. Still, I've said so much in this letter I think I have answered most of what I intended to.
I'm sure players that have played the game would certainly agree- believe me, I am an "expert" on the game with more than 10 years of experience, and can tell when a time doesn't seem right. On a second note, I downloaded Sami's video of it, but the video only goes up to the third lap, and that is still not proof it is PAL- it could be an emulator, NTSC or a copy of the game run using Cheat Cartridges.I don't mean to insult you by saying this, but I'd think that in the 10 years that you have played the game, you have achieved times of your own that you never thought would go as low as they have. I know that when you plateau on a course and seemingly can't produce any faster times, and gets increasingly difficult to see more potential, but I would think that with so much experience you would humbly accept that times can go lower.
Er, I never said I was the best smk player or anything like that.No, you didn't, but I don't think this is what anyone is getting at. I think it's your approach and attitude towards this that annoys people. xCepheus stated fairly clearly (and perhaps with an unnecessarily insulting tone) what he/she disliked about it, and, not so much because I feel that I have to defend xCepheus - he/she takes care of that well enough him-/herself
, as much as because I believe it to be the case, I have to say that I don't think that what he/she said was specifically aimed at you.
Besides, and I'm only putting this at the bottom of this paragraph because I couldn't fit it in anywhere else, so it's not for some sort of closure.
Not saying the actual words 'I am the best SMK player', does not mean you aren't putting it across anywhere else in your message. That sounds harsh admittedly, but what I'm saying is that the confident tone in your message and description of your driving implies that you are, if not
the best, then at least very experienced in RR (which is what we're discussing, so bringing up that you never questioned anything else is beside the point), in fact experienced enough to, and this part will regurgitate what Michael said, not point in denying it
, state that the record times for RR are not possible on a PAL cartridge, and still sticking to this after seeing video evidence that suggests otherwise.
What you did say though was that achieved times are "inconceivable unless the characters go faster on some versions than others". This makes most of us react, since we know this is not the case, and that Sami's and many other players' times are completely genuine.
the AVERAGE LAP TIME is faster than my fastest time!Since there is no special strategy used for the fast lap it really shouldn't be so hard to understand that the average lap time is faster. The fastlap is a good indication of your arbitrary laps, and since Sami's fastlap is that bit faster than his average lap in the video, I wouldn't put it past him to achieve something a little slower than his best on every lap, especially given the obvious lack, if not non-existence of randomness in his racing line. (At least not potentially, I know you didn't say you did, but.. Especially not after seeing it evidenced on video.) Then saying that the W.R. is not evidenced because the video doesn't show the complete race displays some of that tantrum bit that xCepheus mentioned. (i.e. I didn't see the entire race recorded, so/and/somehow it's therefor beyond belief that he could complete the last two laps, after having driven three. OK, I am exaggerating to make a point, but that's what it sounds like.) Having seen the skill demonstrated in the video, I personally - and I can only speak for myself - I can't understand how you can be so dismissive of the record validity.
As for Vanilla Lake 2, as any veteran of the PAL version will tell you, a sub-10s lap is only humanly achievable using a star on 150cc/100c mode (and even then it is hard to achieve, after hundreds of times playing the Special Cup, this occurs very rarely)Many of those people who have achieved a sub-10 lap in time Time Trial are veterans, aren't they?
Michael already mentioned this, no need for me to do it all over again, having nothing to add. Boy, I sure like to repeat things that Michael says in messages about RR and Time Trail veterans - and bring attention to the fact that I do.
Don't hate me..
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Andreas Runnelid
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