Thanks for your post Andreas

I hope, I understood most of your post ( my english.....).
Okay.
I didn´t want to say that all rules are bad. I totally agree, (maybe) the most are absolutely right. But still, there are rules that makes no sense to me, like the two in Fenners post (YD and BP).
By just watching the pics I think that is randomness and not a decisions that makes any sense.
Imo cutting corners is part of the game. It is hard to say what is a SC, what is corner cut (well lap skip is easy to see...).
So still double bumper hit on BP is not allowed. And still to me it makes no sense, because the driving line is nearly the same as the allowed part, it is just faster because of the air time.

Once more, thanks for your answer Andreas and welcome back
(last time I made a post about the imo senseless CCI flap rule, and you came out of nowhere. You waited just for my post to come back :d)
And my name is Daniel, but of course it´s no problem to say Phantomganon =)
Thanks

Sorry to discourage you from posting, Etch.

If I were to propose a change (outside of any additions necessary), it would be to have the pictures visible on the page, instead of linked. DP3 should definitely be accompanied by a picture, and some should perhaps be redrawn somehow, while using the same colour denotations for paths. No disrespect to the effort behind those already in place, but it would be convenient to avoid questions such as: Does the blue line mean you have to use a boost? What does a green line mean? Does MS Paint run out of red colour after drawing 17 pictures?

The text (What's already there or something better.) should perhaps follow below.
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Pabst: Please don't take this coincidence as a personal attack or anything similarly sinister. I very rarely socialise on the boards, so the good majority of my posts would be concerning the games, with few others inbetween.

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback.


Andreas

Phantomganon wrote on 05/01/11 at 01:54:46:

Mick told me the blue strat on BP is banned...Mick should tell you more than me

Fant0m wrote on 05/21/11 at 23:52:49:

true...and I just tried this alternative on YD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh7ISW58G4k

Mick wrote on 05/25/11 at 11:17:10:

Yes!  I'll try and do that from now on, and as for BP, i'll leave it well enough alone for a month hopefully

why do you think the 2nd one wouldn't be allowed?

The "FLAP" strat is a tad off but it may help some people subbing 10"7x.  Seb scores 10"32, Mick scored 10"33 and Yunus scored 10"36

I called the red strat "Fenner" (I would've named it "Barbetta") because I use it to sub 38"xx and score at least a Hero time or better.  Me, Smolen and others did this I think...I know I did
The orange strat is "Hirano" aka, WR strat.  Seb, Hirano (duh!), Su & Ethan (of course) mastered the orange strat with no problem!  I'll use this soon and try to master it with at least 34"69 before Ethan does

FLAP MAX: <10"29
EASY MAX: <36"39
HARD MAX: <34"29

I hope this really helps \

Terrence, the best time with the easy strategy is 36"15 (by ホームラン), and I bet I could bring it below 36 within 2 hours.   Oh and the best TAS would likely to be able to pull off on RR is 34"35, and even that is pushing it. Thing is, Sebastian's splits are quite literally perfect, unless there is a way to do those TAS ZZMT's while in the zipper boost, staying at a higher speed, which I doubt is possible. Another thing is that Seb's splits all hug the wall at the end, which would slow down the next lap, so even sub 34"40 might be impossible, as you have to stay in the middle for the optimal SC on lap 2/3.

The times highlighted in the Worldwide top 10 are the ones that use the easy strategy:

0'34"53 Sebastian Stellmacher      
0'34"63 マンダー
0'35"10 Su
0'35"15 Hahaae
0'35"98 Mick
0'36"15 ホームラン
0'36"21 まちゃ
0'36"28 Darkenedjib
0'36"28 ryou
0'36"45 YUY

Yessss, I finally got it down and knocked 3 seconds off

Can someone explain me the flap strategy for CCI and especially the gap part? I can't even get through that...

Iceman wrote on 08/26/11 at 04:20:04:

HOHOHOHOHOHO!!! Having trouble there Andrea?  

Anyways, the idea is that you have to do a waterslide in the shallow water before the gap, then jump as late as possible onto the deep water. In addition, you need to be at an angle when you jump on the deep water (but not too much or you'll sink) and bounce a couple times while heading for the gap. In takes a bit of practice, but it is possible. The 2 shrooms afterwards are quite simple (I'm sure you've watched a vid by now so you know where to fire them).

Good luck,
Christophe.

Character Speed thread has been unstickied, but I wanted to link it in here for those looking for it.