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Waltzing Along posted:The Bowser glider is terrible because it blocks your view. So do those clouds that I keep seeing peeps mention. I stick with the starter parafoil because it's a small profile and still gives the speed bump.
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I just got my golden glider. Which means that I've done at least 1000 races. Christ.
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Jul 7, 2014 02:32
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So some people have scratched the surface on hacking Mario Kart 8. It'd be cool if we can get some custom levels eventually. My apologies for the kotaku link: http://kotaku.com/modders-begin-hacking-into-mario-kart-8-1600841670 Give me full camera control in Mario Kart TV and I'm happy!
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Spectacle Rock posted:So some people have scratched the surface on hacking Mario Kart 8. Well, it was sorta fun while it lasted.
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Jul 7, 2014 02:45
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Waltzing Along posted:Well, it was sorta fun while it lasted. The people who are doing this have said they will not release anything in such a way that it lets people cheat online. They just want to do modding. However, as we all know, if these guys don't do it, someone else will... We'll be fine just stick to racing with trustworthy goons.
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Jul 7, 2014 02:50
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Spectacle Rock posted:The people who are doing this have said they will not release anything in such a way that it lets people cheat online. They just want to do modding. The problem is I am not convinced that people haven't already figured out ways to cheat. I see it chalked up to lag but I've seen things happen while in spectator mode that are the same things people complain about while racing. How can I be seeing lag in spectator mode? If someone gets hit with red shells in spectator mode it should have an effect.
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Jul 7, 2014 03:01
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Waltzing Along posted:The problem is I am not convinced that people haven't already figured out ways to cheat. I see it chalked up to lag but I've seen things happen while in spectator mode that are the same things people complain about while racing. How can I be seeing lag in spectator mode? If someone gets hit with red shells in spectator mode it should have an effect. How can you not be seeing lag in spectator mode? You're a network peer like any other. And a low priority one at that.
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Jul 7, 2014 04:02
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pokeyman posted:How can you not be seeing lag in spectator mode? You're a network peer like any other. And a low priority one at that. Why would you see lag in spectator mode? when you are playing, sure, I can get that. But if you are just watching the race, then it should be from the servers perspective and it shouldn't be showing lag bugs.
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Jul 7, 2014 04:09
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Copper Vein posted:Is there another layer of hidden stats that I haven't seen yet?
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Jul 7, 2014 04:10
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Waltzing Along posted:Why would you see lag in spectator mode? when you are playing, sure, I can get that. But if you are just watching the race, then it should be from the servers perspective and it shouldn't be showing lag bugs. Yeah, so you're still seeing the lag from the various peers to the server. Just because you're not actively participating doesn't mean everyone else's connection (and your own) is suddenly perfect.
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Waltzing Along posted:Why would you see lag in spectator mode? when you are playing, sure, I can get that. But if you are just watching the race, then it should be from the servers perspective and it shouldn't be showing lag bugs. The following is obviously conjecture because I have no idea how Mario Kart 8 is implemented. That said, here's my guess. From my experience it seems like lag is handled with a combination of authoritative updates (probably directly from the other players) and estimation (where do we expect that player to have gone since their last authoritative update). Even if there is a central server involved that keeps The One True Record of What Happened During The Race (and I doubt there is; Mario Kart Wii was just peer-to-peer), your console will be estimating what happens between authoritative updates relayed from the server. Normally this works great, but at certain important points in time (such as a potential intersection of a shell and a kart), a just-wrong estimate ends up needing a massive correction. This is assuming decently low latency, things obviously go to complete poo poo when lag gets real bad. What might give a more seamless spectating experience is if the "live" spectating was actually a delayed replay from some central server. In that case you can guide the estimation and you won't see people getting un-hit with shells or wildly driving into a wall only to reappear driving a perfect line through the next corner.
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Jul 7, 2014 04:29
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Did everyone know that using the Super Horn will make the giant pendulums on Tick Tock Clock bend forward out of your way as though they're made of rubber?
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This game is awesome but for some reason it really bugs me that we have so many baby characters and pink metal Peach instead of Birdo, Bowser Jr. or Kamek or something 
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dr.acula posted:This game is awesome but for some reason it really bugs me that we have so many baby characters and pink metal Peach instead of Birdo, Bowser Jr. or Kamek or something I was really surprised we didn't see Kamek or Bowser Jr of all characters. In all other MK games I rolled the baby characters but they are absolutely useless in this iteration.
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Jul 7, 2014 17:22
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Regy Rusty posted:Did everyone know that using the Super Horn will make the giant pendulums on Tick Tock Clock bend forward out of your way as though they're made of rubber? Goddamn, is there anything the Super Horn CAN'T wreck? Would even using a star get the pendulums out of your way?
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Jul 7, 2014 17:23
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HJE-Cobra posted:Goddamn, is there anything the Super Horn CAN'T wreck? Yeah stars move the pendulums.
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Jul 7, 2014 17:39
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So I am pretty bad at this game what combination of character/kart can I use to get me a good top speed but turning that is not poo poo? I like the heavyweights but when using bikes and stuff I often fly off ledges when I try to corner stuff.
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Evil Canadian posted:So I am pretty bad at this game what combination of character/kart can I use to get me a good top speed but turning that is not poo poo? I like the heavyweights but when using bikes and stuff I often fly off ledges when I try to corner stuff. Heavyweight with an inside drifting bike sounds like it's right up your alley.
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Well, I three-starred everything and beat all the staff ghosts tonight and gave the gold kart+gold wheels combo a spin online... And promptly went back to Circuit Special +Slicks. For such a small stat difference, that combo was absolutely killing me! Also, more people need to be Waluigi. I don't want them to drop him from the next one, again!
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Jul 8, 2014 05:39
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Mobius posted:Also, more people need to be Waluigi. I don't want them to drop him from the next one, again! I don't know why Waluigi's spot is threatened, they should drop all the lovely baby characters and there will be plenty of space.
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Jul 8, 2014 05:43
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So I joined a late-night Worldwide room tonight and Jesus H: These guys make 150cc feel like a wet fart in comparison.
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Jul 8, 2014 06:50
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How many points did you get for that win?
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Maple Leaf posted:So I joined a late-night Worldwide room tonight and Jesus H: Having joined Maple Leaf online, I can comfirm this not the case, and Maple Leaf is still the best at Mario Kart.
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Jul 8, 2014 07:17
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Ometeotl posted:How many points did you get for that win? Roughly 40, believe it or not. Champeenship posted:Having joined Maple Leaf online, I can comfirm this not the case, and Maple Leaf is still the best at Mario Kart. Oh, stop it 
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I just broke into the 5000's too and noticed I've been getting many higher level players. Lately, I've been the lowest in the room. Even coming in 11th nets points. Coming in first is often 35+. It rules. What doesn't rule is running into someone who has apparently maxed out the VR: it stops at 9999 this time. He came in first and got +0.
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I think I might be just about to move up a tier or something (I'm a lowly 2625), because I keep ending up one of the top two players in a room. When I've spent two laps in first without being fired on by shells, I start waiting for "A communication error has occurred" to explain things. ...it would be nice to move up. edit: Is the Goonvitational kinda abandoned the last couple days, or is it just me?
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pokeyman posted:I think I might be just about to move up a tier or something (I'm a lowly 2625), because I keep ending up one of the top two players in a room. When I've spent two laps in first without being fired on by shells, I start waiting for "A communication error has occurred" to explain things. I was there a few days ago when I was still playing the game actively to unlock everything. It had me and two other goons there, and the games were few, due to the lack of fun-factor between fewer players. I think it would be a good idea if people were to post in this thread if a game is currently occurring in Goonvitational, as this thread seems to be more actively available and more often posted in the Goonvitational thread directly. Then again, the moderators may have a different opinion than I do on the subject.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOWaFgXglGg My sole first when racing with Maple Leaf, which were some great races, by the way. Passing everyone around the blue shell was one of those 'woah poo poo I'm first now' moments. edit: Also, there was a Wario Mii at the beginning of our races named 'DohIMissed' that I remember facing like a few days after the game was released. Seeing the same mii like that was pretty mind-blowing. Champeenship fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Jul 8, 2014 |
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enojy posted:I just broke into the 5000's too and noticed I've been getting many higher level players. Lately, I've been the lowest in the room. Even coming in 11th nets points. Coming in first is often 35+. It rules. I just got into the 4000s and ran into some Japanese players with their scores maxed playing 150cc Frantic mode. Those assholes would stop at the first set of items, get a good weapon and then go catch up, single someone out and gently caress their poo poo up. One of them just sat next to me with a Starman going and just swerved over and hit me every time I started moving again. He lost a ton of points every single race, but I guess there's not much else to do once you've maxed out.
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Evil Canadian posted:So I am pretty bad at this game what combination of character/kart can I use to get me a good top speed but turning that is not poo poo? I like the heavyweights but when using bikes and stuff I often fly off ledges when I try to corner stuff.
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Jul 8, 2014 15:03
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Man the Staff Ghost on Yoshi Valley takes the worst route imaginable. I kept screwing up the mushroom shortcut and driving on the grass and I still beat it handily on my first try.
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Regy Rusty posted:Man the Staff Ghost on Yoshi Valley takes the worst route imaginable. I kept screwing up the mushroom shortcut and driving on the grass and I still beat it handily on my first try. Staff ghosts in this version seem to be a little worse than usual. Was able to beat most of them on my first attempt
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DarthBlingBling posted:Staff ghosts in this version seem to be a little worse than usual. Was able to beat most of them on my first attempt Oh well aside from that one I find them really hard. Still, only got two left to go!
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I'd like to shake the hand of whoever discovered the deathstare. That thing even made it onto Fox news. Although I'm sure they just wanted to infer that games were encouraging reckless drivers.
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Regy Rusty posted:Oh well aside from that one I find them really hard. The Yoshi's Valley ghost basically takes a different route on each lap, which I kinda expected when I did it earlier. I didn't even need mushrooms to beat it.
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The ghosts are weird. Some are trivially easy to beat, others are a lesson in frustration. Especially Morton on dry bones desert and pink gold peach on rainbow road.
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Jul 8, 2014 18:53
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The ghosts like to show off all the different paths in a course if there are multiple.
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Jul 8, 2014 18:56
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DarthBlingBling posted:Staff ghosts in this version seem to be a little worse than usual. Was able to beat most of them on my first attempt Same here, they are really weird. Like, the staff ghost on Mount Warrio does not use a shroom for the shortcut right before the finish, wtf?
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The time trials ghosts are way too easy except for Rainbow Road, most likely so everyone can get the stamps without much hassle. Once I reached 5000 points online, I started placing below 8th often because everyone in the pack is a heavyweight and I get sandwiched into walls and get stuck in corners/offroad.
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Maple Leaf posted:Roughly 40, believe it or not. Mmmmmmmmm...I don't think I've raced you before. I'm not 100% convinced you're the best...yet. 
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