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I'm in the top 100 ! Titan overall new goal !
12/27/12 at 16:41:19  
Hello MKDD board ! Long time no see ! How was your two-week sleep ? Tongue


I have been kinda burned out of kart for many months, playing only for a few occasional races. But recently I saw a bunch of MKDD streams, which put on the fence about finally getting back into the game seriously.

I have always been much lower ranked here than in other kart games, and it was the missing game to make me a truly accomplished jack-of-all-trade karter. So I thought the following could make a perfect 2013 NYE resolution :

Reach the top 100 in Average Finish Rankings before December 31st, 2013 Bonus points for no 50Hz n00b mode

I'm aware this will be an extremely difficult undertaking : it took me well over a year to achieve the same thing on MKDS, and my ~6-year rustiness would basically make me start from stratch. But that's why it should be fun Cool

I should be live streaming all of my attempts here : http://www.twitch.tv/spearmick
Go watch if you want to help me a bit... or laugh at my expense !

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UPDATE : I'm in the top 100 now !! I'll keep going to try to achieve Titan D in ARR but I may not stream many of my attempts from now on, though I will probably make videos instead.

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Stats as of January 1st, 2013 :

AF rank : 397th
ARR : Advanced A

Best time : DK Mountain 3lap (1'53"379, 223rd, Expert B)
Worst time : Mario Circuit flap (31"731, 557th, Advanced C)

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Current stats :

AF rank : 98th
ARR : Hero A (11.2812)

Best time : Rainbow Road flap (58"870, 54th, Titan B)
Worst time : Luigi Circuit 3lap (1'17"776, 139th, Hero D)

Full timeset (not always up-to-date) : http://www.mariokart64.com/mkdd/profile.php?pid=1359

Currently working on : Rainbow Road
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Re: Mick's 2013 Plan : Road to the Top 100
Reply #1 - 12/27/12 at 19:43:50  
Guess I'll join you on this quest, not sure what my current timesheet will give me once Penev updates the site but it would keep us both motivated so why not?
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Reply #2 - 12/27/12 at 22:53:29  
Awesome news Mick! Best of luck with your project! I look forward to hanging out on your stream throughout the year.

If I may add a suggestion: MKDD has the largest number of people with over 1.000 Combined points at 93. Therefore, I'd recommend that you don't stop at Top 100 (be it in 2013 like you want or later) but continue to play until you reach #93 at least so that you reach the 1.000 mark on another MK.

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Reply #3 - 12/28/12 at 02:16:09  
Great to see you going for this Mick! This, some motivation, is exactly what I need to get off my ass and fix my controller and get back to PRing. With that said, my 2013 new year's resolution is

To reach TOP 100 AF, TITAN ARR, and ONE MYTH TIME by the end of 2013.

I know this is doable, I probably could be close already if I hadn't quit playing when my controller broke. When I first TT'ed this game, I went through each course and did a one-try. Then I went to each course, one by one, and spent days or more getting a satisfactory time. At first high Experts were satisfactory, now on some courses I'm not happy with a low Titan time. Most of my times are mid-Hero, and my worst time is an Expert A on DC 3lap, my only current Expert. Meanwhile, the courses I never got to are WS, DKM, DDJ, BC, and RR. Those times vary from low Advanced to high Beginner, so they completely kill my ARR. Currently, I am only a few ARR points away from Hero D overall (I haven't submitted my BP and SL PRs for whatever reason). I currently have 6 Titan times, the best being a Titan+ on MB flap. Several of my times are close to the Top 50 Combined. When I come back, I will definitely not be at my old level. I'll play my weaker courses to get back to it, and possibly even get the Myth that I was aiming for on MCT flap when my controller gave out.

My stats as of the end of 2012:

AF: 294th
ARR: Expert A
Best Time by Rank: MCT flap, #55 Combined
Best Time by Standard: MB flap, Titan+

Profile: http://www.mariokart64.com/mkdd/profile.php?pid=1503

On a lighter note, it's good to see posting in here. But Mick, I don't think you know what you've done...this is the first post in the unstickied section in NINETY-ONE DAYS Shocked
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Reply #4 - 12/28/12 at 03:19:52  
Welcome to the best mario kart, mick. You should join the races on SRL sometime. I guess that's where you've also seen streams? Smiley
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Reply #5 - 12/28/12 at 04:17:30  
Cool challenge, I'll be following. Good luck Mick, if there is one karter who can do this it's you!
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Reply #6 - 12/28/12 at 06:03:38  
stelzig wrote on 12/28/12 at 03:19:52:
Welcome to the best mario kart, mick. You should join the races on SRL sometime. I guess that's where you've also seen streams? Smiley


There are still MKDD races on SRL?  I may have to try to partake in those again, I've been in like 1 or 2.

Very cool goal, I'll be interested to follow this as much as possible, always good to see people get involved with the best MK out there Wink I'd love to start playing again too, if only I could find a way to play that doesn't result in massive blisters.. Lips Sealed
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Reply #7 - 12/28/12 at 06:20:11  
TheFrigz wrote on 12/28/12 at 06:03:38:
stelzig wrote on 12/28/12 at 03:19:52:
Welcome to the best mario kart, mick. You should join the races on SRL sometime. I guess that's where you've also seen streams? Smiley


There are still MKDD races on SRL?  I may have to try to partake in those again, I've been in like 1 or 2.

Yeah. They don't happen alot, but it is being played every other day recently. Your race time is still the best  Tongue (and exactly a minute ahead of mine)
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Reply #8 - 12/28/12 at 06:42:47  
Haha yeah, I happened to drop by during one of those (fairly sure stelzig had no idea who the hell I was Tongue). Haven't unlocked All Cup Tour yet, so couldn't participate...  Roll Eyes

Nice to see Mick got Andrew motivated as well, it'll keep him away from SMK.  Smiley

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Reply #9 - 12/28/12 at 06:53:17  
stelzig wrote on 12/28/12 at 06:20:11:
TheFrigz wrote on 12/28/12 at 06:03:38:
stelzig wrote on 12/28/12 at 03:19:52:
Welcome to the best mario kart, mick. You should join the races on SRL sometime. I guess that's where you've also seen streams? Smiley


There are still MKDD races on SRL?  I may have to try to partake in those again, I've been in like 1 or 2.

Yeah. They don't happen alot, but it is being played every other day recently. Your race time is still the best  Tongue (and exactly a minute ahead of mine)


Hahah, nice.  I know I can do better than that time though, it was a fairly bad run  Undecided hopefully there are more races in the next few days, I'd like to participate again  Roll Eyes
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Reply #10 - 12/28/12 at 07:31:39  
Hey Mick, nice to hear that you wanna try it again. Streaming is definitely by faaar the best thing that you can do as a "beginner". You can get tips at the time when you drive... so improvements should come very very quick Smiley will you post it when you are going to stream? Because I am a big fan of MKDD streams, even the not so professional ones, and would really like to give some tips Smiley!
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Reply #11 - 12/28/12 at 09:14:01  
Good luck man, anything you need to know just ask  Smiley

Is there races in mkdd? why haven't anyone told me.. any links where i can see times or how to join? i'd like to join Wink
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Reply #12 - 12/28/12 at 13:48:31  
Eh, I didn't expect so many replies already. It's very nice to see people becoming motivated to play alongside me, even though I kind of hoped for that Tongue

Andreas Rudmarker wrote on 12/28/12 at 09:14:01:
Is there races in mkdd? why haven't anyone told me.. any links where i can see times or how to join? i'd like to join Wink

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You may find some people to race with on the IRC chat : http://speedrunslive.com/channel/ (you will get explained there how this place work if you ask)
I will certainly do some races once I "get back in shape".
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Reply #13 - 12/30/12 at 04:48:49  
Hello Mick !

I am sur that you will reach your goal before the end of 2013.
I know how good you are at MK when you play seriously and I followed your impressive progression at MKDS so I believe that you will even beat me at MKDD before the end of 2013 (#73 with an AF of 73.0000) !  Wink
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Reply #14 - 12/30/12 at 06:13:10  
Very cool challenge! I haven't  thought about something like that myself. I always like these kind of idea's. Good luck.
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Reply #15 - 12/30/12 at 09:13:07  
Yeah good luck Mick, MKDD is certainly a cool game, one of my favorites. I think I'm around ~150, and my goal was top 100 as well, but I kinda gave up. Keep playing and do it Smiley
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Reply #16 - 12/30/12 at 15:21:16  
Future Combined #1 thread

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Reply #17 - 12/30/12 at 20:39:18  
Good luck! I'll be checking your stream frequently. I am sure that you will have no problem finding people to help you out here.  Smiley
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Reply #18 - 01/01/13 at 17:08:40  
Ok so 2013 is here, and my timesheet is finally finished. I'll use this thread as a reference to my own times.

Goal: Beat Mick. I don't care if he never plays the game or if he becomes the site champion, I like aiming for players, not rank numbers.

Rank: 597 (exactly 200 places behind Mick)

Average Finish: 628.1875

ARR: 22.6250 (Intermediate A)

Worst Time (rank): Mushroom Bridge 1'33"405, #836, Intermediate D.

Worst Time (ARR): Sherbet Land lap 0'29"242, #810, Beginner A (only Beginner time)

Best Time (rank): Wario Colossseum lap 1'03"857, #322, Expert C

Best Time (ARR): Wario Colosseum 2'08"815, #323, Expert C
                          Wario Colosseum lap 1'03"857, #322, Expert C
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Reply #19 - 01/02/13 at 15:55:34  
Here's the preliminary stream : http://www.twitch.tv/spearmick

Focused on Grand Prix, because my save file has been corrupted years ago and I kind of forgot about that detail, so unlocking time Tongue

Should give out a rough idea of my level.


Edit : Played 2+ hours today.
- Had a great feeling from the start and could do very fast mt's within seconds.
- Encouraging comments in the chat.
- Adapting slowly from the unique handling, still falling off a lot though.
- Unlocked the Barrel Train, and played it for a cup, it's a bit tougher especially for RR. Guess I'll keep that track for much later. Tongue

Going back tomorrow evening for actual time trial.
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Reply #20 - 01/04/13 at 05:51:08  
SMH, my memory card didn't save anything that I did the other day... screw it, I'll be using my brothers' save.

Will start TTing in a few minutes !

Edit : And of course the Barrel Train still isn't unlocked there... -___-

Edit 2 : Stream is on !



Debriefing : Mario Circuit

3lap :
1'36"794 ---> 1'33"331
511st ---> 315th
Advanced B ---> Expert D

Flap :
31"731 ---> 29"383
557th ---> 233rd (!!)
Advanced C ---> Expert B

Good runs for a second day playing the game. 3lap had a couple of missed mt's and some wide turns, but I went much farther than my preliminary goal of sub 1'35, for being so warmed up of flap attampts !

The thrill of wrecking old PR's...




Theorical AF rank : 397th ---> 382nd
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Reply #21 - 01/05/13 at 22:23:03  
I think I'm gonna join in on this one Smiley

I finished a full timesheet just before new year's only, but have been karting way longer.

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Goal: In the end, beat Mick and Brett Tongue For now, solid times are the first goal. My checkpoints will be the Dutch players, one by one Smiley

Rank: 776

Average Finish: 813.3440

ARR: 26.4375 (Int D)

Worst Time (rank): Dino Dino Jungle 2'40"951, #937, Newbie (only ahead of 9 people lol)

Worst Time (ARR): Both Dino Dino Jungle times, both Newbie.
                           flap: 0'50"273, #908.

Best Time (rank): Luigi Circuit lap: 0'26"912, #577, Int A.

Best Time (ARR): 4x Int A (LC flap, both PB and DDD 3lap)


Main problem for now is consistency. I can pull off nice driving for a short while, but have a hard time completing 3 laps.
For example, my flap on DDD is ~31"5xx (not on the site yet), while 3lap is 1'48"xxx Shocked

Anyway, good luck to all karters and their good intentions for 2013  Smiley
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Reply #22 - 01/07/13 at 23:52:31  
Today (or rather tonight) has been a fruitful one. I improved almost every course up to MuC. Some big chunks off as well (some over 10 seconds  Grin)

Unfortunately, and despite how much I would want to, I won't be able to stream anything. Not that any of you is interested in my worthless driving. To make up for that, I have taped an attempt on Mushroom City for you Tongue I drove all over the place, crashed into a wall and a passing car, but still managed to improve my time  Roll Eyes

Waiting for upload to finish for now. Hold tight.
Done. Watch here.
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Reply #23 - 01/08/13 at 02:36:31  
^It looks like you made the video private...you probably meant unlisted, where you need the link to view. As for not streaming, that's fine (I also don't have the equipment) but keep in mind the more vids you make the more tips we will be able to give Smiley

Now that I'm home, it's time to get to work on fixing my controller Smiley
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Reply #24 - 01/08/13 at 02:39:31  
OH, whoops, yea, I meant to make it unlisted instead of private..
Fixed that now Smiley

Thanks for the interest.

As for making video's, I'm currently taping with my mobile (which can record HD, which is nice), but the process of exporting the video and making it prepped for youtube uploading takes quite a while, so I won't be spewing them off in rapid succession  Undecided

Edit: Ugh, just improved to 1'48"283. Solid first round, shroomless flap on the second, and on the third I ran into the Wiggler automobile  :'( Byebye shrooms, byebye nice 3lap Sad

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