Aron Langerak wrote on 02/10/16 at 11:48:12:

Oh no, you had the WR in your hands. Keep it up, it's good to see fresh names on the WR board (yeah I know you already have several )

Tieing a WR is like having to share pizza. Youll deal with it, but only if you have to.

Zarkov wrote on 02/11/16 at 10:14:04:

okay, quote of the decade

Yes.. Why play non-nbt when nbt is quicker and more fun?

Aron Langerak wrote on 02/12/16 at 12:10:11:


+1

Exact same thing happened to me here once. I botched a potential high 1'07" run by missing the last LB. Would've easily been low/mid 1'08" for sure.

Yep, I was just trying for a flap myself. Would've beaten my PR by a full second or more if I didn't choke.

My GV2 NTSC 5lap was just the opposite. I was going for platform jump laps and hit the jump in laps 2, 3, and 4 (and I wasn't yet using NBT on this track, either) but I didn't drive a tight lap 1 at all (13"08), because I didn't think it would turn into a 5lap PR with that lucky PJ streak. Lost an easy 1'00"xx there (and that would have ranked really high on the Non-NBT chart).

I've also had a couple of last-lap PJ fails at the 5/5 Non-NBT on GV1 NTSC that would have ended in a mid-1'01" time (easily Legend standard)

On PAL, I know I've blown at least one possible Titan 5lap (low 1'08") on CI2 because I bungled the last mud lake boost, after driving four clean laps in the mid 13"xx. PR is still north of 1'09", because getting consistent mud-lake boosts seems to be more of a pain in PAL.

I'm also pretty sure I lost a potential high 1'32" (or at least low 1'33") on BC3 PAL during one race from final-lap choking, after attempting flap PRs.

Every fisherman... and Karter... has their story of "the one that got away"...  

SMK sure can try your patience at times... it's one reason why I haven't tried to improve either my NTSC or PAL times in nearly 2 years. Maybe Mr. Ballard can give me motivation to play again...

ASDFGHGAHGHAAGDGAJAJAHLKHDKAF

Missed boost into lap 4, and the following FB, and from there things started to get bad... but the attempt was one of the few good ones I get recently.



EDIT: OOOOOAAAARGH THIS IS EVEN WORSE!!! FUCK YOU LAVA  

Hit the thwomps  (all down) in the final lap. I'm still not used of going between the left thwomp and the wall). This could have been 1'36"3X, 0.6" better than my PR. I thought I had beaten my flap onthe opener, but it turns out I had only tied it (although I later improved it to 18"32, on the opener as well).

Eric Olden wrote on 06/28/16 at 09:52:17:

LOL I imagine the feeling.

Eric Olden wrote on 06/28/16 at 09:52:17:

Oh you're one of those. Additional respect. I think I've said before that those of us who are parents should get dedicated rankings (hello Kedjyar).

I once beat a PR with my (then) 2-year old daughter on my lap.

And last week my 5-year old son completed GV1 on his own in over 7 minutes (his first real try at a video game). I don't think he's a natural, but I will still let him play eventually, you never know

CI2

13.01
12.57
12.66
12.55
14.21

Total: 1:05.00

Made a super critical error on the second mud boost before the pit. I prob should be more upset than I am, but at least I know the potential is there.  I'm still using this one as a warm up, I like to run it 10-15 times before I attempt other courses, I get a better feel for NBT overall after the session.

CI1 5lap (Pal)
11"24, 11"26, 11"19, 11"28, 12"64
Didn't get the last boost and crawled slowly to the finish, could have been a big pr (thanks to wall jumping being allowed now) but in the end not a pr at all.

Damnit...  

These are truly historical developments!  
I knew you would be the one that was going to be able to do it eventually (and to be fair, you're not there yet), but what I didn't know was if you were gonna have enough resolve to keep pushing.

I'm still maintaining room for reasonable doubt whether Marisas times are real, if it turns out they aren't, you would end up with a 2 second lead on the #2.   Just like on PAL actually.  
For the record, I do think the 59"97 is real, but I am a skeptical person and believe there is a non-negligible chance that it is not. Mostly because of the strat that is used (not the time itself perse), but also because of all the mumbo jumbo surrounding his character.