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we are karting RIGHT NOW 
And now we're done. So much rage, as usual~
Been having a blast the past few times. You wanted my code, here it is: 5455-9702-5217
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Ah, the joy of blue shells!Blazevoir wrote:
And now we're done. So much rage, as usual~
Oh, and hitting mm with a red shell whenever he got ahead of me on Mario Circuit. Did that 3 times in the same race. That was fun until he got his revenge.
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So, who's up for another round tomorrow? 9 PM again if we're gonna do this.
So... I guess it's off?
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Why hello thar
Ohai. Just said that because of the lack of replies, so...
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For the record, guys, we're going to start once certain people are done eating.
Long kartparty was long, but it was well worth every bit of it.
Skype should be mandatory each kartparty. So much lulz and rage~
Skype should be mandatory each kartparty. So much lulz and rage~
Yeah, it was over three hours long. Shit was aces all the way through though. Good for us!
Anyone who wants a "Marred to: Toad Circuit" sig image, tell me (maybe via PM to not clog up the thread? I know demand will be hot). If you have a specific color request, mention that too!
Anyone who wants a "Marred to: Toad Circuit" sig image, tell me (maybe via PM to not clog up the thread? I know demand will be hot). If you have a specific color request, mention that too!
I hate you so much.Soaprman wrote:
Anyone who wants a "Marred to: Toad Circuit" sig image, tell me (maybe via PM to not clog up the thread? I know demand will be hot). If you have a specific color request, mention that too!
Dammit stop doing all those kartsparties in like 3-4 AM D:
(Also gimme a purple married to toad circuit soap)
(Also gimme a purple married to toad circuit soap)
Got you guys covered.
edit: changed the colors on Xgor's a bit. Use whichever you want.
edit: changed the colors on Xgor's a bit. Use whichever you want.
god damn it soap.
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Do not get me started on Toad Circuit. It's not my least favorite course - that honor is a tie between Kalamari Desert and Cheep Cheep Lagoon - but I still don't like the craziness of it. ><;
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Remember; 9 PM Central on Saturday! The past two worked, so... ~
You totally need to join us on Skype one day =c Also, why not earlier?
Ohai
Why else do you think i wrote it with strike ?
I really would like to join the party but due to stupid time zones it is almost impossible to have a time that everyone is fine with ._.
Btw: What is so special about Toad Circuit that you guys are so crazy about that track?
I really would like to join the party but due to stupid time zones it is almost impossible to have a time that everyone is fine with ._.
Btw: What is so special about Toad Circuit that you guys are so crazy about that track?
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It's full of bullshit, which makes it fun.bomber34 wrote:
Btw: What is so special about Toad Circuit that you guys are so crazy about that track?
I wish everyone who plays MK7 could join us ;~; (And yeah, my bad x.x)bomber34 wrote:
Why else do you think i wrote it withstrike?
I really would like to join the party but due to stupid time zones it is almost impossible to have a time that everyone is fine with ._.
Btw: What is so special about Toad Circuit that you guys are so crazy about that track?
Anyway, despite how "safe" Toad Circuit looks, expect tons of item rape compared to other tracks... seriously!
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Also expect a lot of last-minute stars and triple shrooms that take both shortcuts on the last lap to ride right by you.Blazevoir wrote:
Anyway, despite how "safe" Toad Circuit looks, expect tons of item rape compared to other tracks... seriously!
Oh yeah... That too XD
...That's how I usually get worse places ._.
...That's how I usually get worse places ._.
Toad Circuit is a well designed track (imo) that has those last two shortcuts to make it's normality not boring. I think it's a fine track.
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Before Blaze freaks out again like he did last week:
Yes, I'm alive.
Yes, I'm alive.
So when are we planning on the kartparty?
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9 PM Central.rust45 wrote:
So when are we planning on the kartparty?
So how about Gryo on rainbow road?
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After the first stretch I realize I had gyro turned off. So I played in first person without drifting to compensate. 'Course, I was using a 5.5 accel/5.5 handling combo so it didn't hurt me too much. >_>rust45 wrote:
So how about Gryo on rainbow road?
Gyro controls + uber curvy track + hardly any walls = lolno
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Hooray for cheating!Blazevoir wrote:
Gyro controls + uber curvy track + hardly any walls = lolno
Wait... what? Cheating?
The only "cheating" I can think of while using gyro would be using the stick to steer, because you can still do that. Maybe the players who get golden wheels do it by keeping their hands steady and playing normally...
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Actually, the game was showing me with the wheel icon at the end of the race, even though I had gyro turned off in the Options menu. Hence, as I've told Blaze a billion times, I was not using gyro so I had to handicap myself.Soaprman wrote:
The only "cheating" I can think of while using gyro would be using the stick to steer, because you can still do that. Maybe the players who get golden wheels do it by keeping their hands steady and playing normally...
We told everyone we'd have a Gyro session though Oh well.
Oh well.
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I forgot that I had gyro off!
In other news, I hate this game.
See you guys next Sat. at 9 PM Central
In other news, I hate this game.
See you guys next Sat. at 9 PM Central
Well ... I would like to start a kartparty with a more european friendly time ._.
Friday 6th July 11 p.m. (GMT + 1) which seems to be 4p.m. (GMT - 6)
I have no problem to stay up until 2 a.m (GMT+1) if you guys have a problem with that time.
Friday 6th July 11 p.m. (GMT + 1) which seems to be 4p.m. (GMT - 6)
I have no problem to stay up until 2 a.m (GMT+1) if you guys have a problem with that time.
I've got work until 00:00 GMT + 3 (12:00 am) so if I'm still up, I'll join.
Pretty sure I'll be around at that time, so I'm gamebomber34 wrote:
Well ... I would like to start a kartparty with a more european friendly time ._.
Friday 6th July 11 p.m. (GMT + 1) which seems to be 4p.m. (GMT - 6)
I have no problem to stay up until 2 a.m (GMT+1) if you guys have a problem with that time.
Yeah, I could probably do that. That would be 9 P.M. for me I think. Do you europeans have Skype though?
Are you sure, Rust? It's 6pm EDT here.
Fridays are clear so I should make it fine.
Fridays are clear so I should make it fine.
Well i guess so but there is one problem ... my 3DS can't get internet connection in my room due to stupid wireless internet ...rust45 wrote:
Do you europeans have Skype though?
I always have to go to the living room ... but i cannot chat there with you ... (I need a laptop -.-)
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I'M NOT ALONE! \o/bomber34 wrote:
Well i guess so but there is one problem ... my 3DS can't get internet connection in my room due to stupid wireless internet ...
I always have to go to the living room ... but i cannot chat there with you ... (I need a laptop -.-)
Well, I found that if I twist my monitor around and sit on the landing of the stairs then I can see the chat, at least. It's such a... weird... set-up though.
But yeah, someone get me the correct time for sure and I should be there.
I'm not sure, I just checked and it's 3 P.M. for me. I can still make it though, I don't have a job atm.mm201 wrote:
Are you sure, Rust? It's 6pm EDT here.
Fridays are clear so I should make it fine.
Okay, so just re-clarifying: the next kartparty is tomorrow (Friday, July 6) at 11 PM (GMT +1), which is 6 PM CDT (GMT -5), right?
11 - 1 - 5 = 5
CDT is GMT -5, CST is GMT -6 =c
Fuck all your bullshit math and shit. I'll be around whatever time I want.
By that I mean I might not be home from work until the party's well in progress but if it's going when I get home I can join.
By that I mean I might not be home from work until the party's well in progress but if it's going when I get home I can join.
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I'll be there at 6 PM my time. If I'm an hour late then blame Blaze for getting the time wrong.
Ugh... this is why I can't stand timezones... mm had it right ._. It's 5 PM CDT...
/corner till I figure out timezones
/corner till I figure out timezones
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It's 5PM? Oh goody!
Okay, so time zones officially suck. Apparently DST doesn't take away an hour when converting timezones. The time for the kartparty according to bomber was supposedly 4 PM CDT, but he said we can have it at 5 PM CDT.
Ah whatever... It's still pretty much the same schedule anyway.
Ah whatever... It's still pretty much the same schedule anyway.
I forgot about DST. Curse you America and your arbitrary systems that other countries don't use!
But it's going to be 5 PM Central. That would still be 3 for me then. Are we gonna skype for this party?
But it's going to be 5 PM Central. That would still be 3 for me then. Are we gonna skype for this party?
SKYPE SHOULD BE MANDATORY IN ALL KARTPARTIES /ragecaps
But seriously, most likely.
But seriously, most likely.
C'mon guys, let's do this.
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It's annoying when you pick a course you just played on because you're a sore loser and then it gets picked and you still do poorly.
I hate this game and I hate Music Park.
See you guys next time!
I hate this game and I hate Music Park.
See you guys next time!
So are we doing the regularly scheduled party tonight? ~
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I already announced it last Sunday or so, so yep! ^_^mm201 wrote:
So are we doing the regularly scheduled party tonight?
So how about that Toad Circuit?
Blazevoir wrote:
So how about that Toad Circuit?
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I demand vandalism of Goop's profile! >:OBlazevoir wrote:
So how about that Toad Circuit?
SUP GUYS
EDIT: APPARENTLY I SUCK!
EDIT: APPARENTLY I SUCK!
Faceman, y u no play with us moar? =c
Also, it was odd how you joined us mid-Community session.
Also, it was odd how you joined us mid-Community session.
I don't check the forums very often.. I just happened to be browsing this thread when I saw you guys were playing so I hopped on.
I'll see if I can be more pro-active with keeping up with this stuff in the future.
Also I'll have to play with a stat calculator to find an optimal kart combo..
I'll see if I can be more pro-active with keeping up with this stuff in the future.
Also I'll have to play with a stat calculator to find an optimal kart combo..
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9 PM Central time on Saturdays. That's all you gotta remember.0_o wrote:
I don't check the forums very often.. I just happened to be browsing this thread when I saw you guys were playing so I hopped on.
I'll see if I can be more pro-active with keeping up with this stuff in the future.
Also I'll have to play with a stat calculator to find an optimal kart combo..
If you want a good setup, some stats are more important than others. Mainly, look at acceleration. High acceleration has two big things on its side:
I use Wiggler because it's my favorite character of the lot, and I make it work by choosing a kart and wheels (Bumble-V and Roller) that have extreme acceleration to offset the poor numbers Wiggler would have in those stats otherwise.
I actually think it would be good if in a future kart game they did away with character weight classes and keep the customization to the karts. It would remove pressure to pick characters just because they're better than others.
- It allows faster recovery from being hit by items or falling off the track or whatever. High max speed is kind of useless since your speed is being knocked down to zero so often.
- At the start of the race, it makes it more likely that you can pull ahead and grab the coins, increasing your speed and allowing you to widen the gap. High acceleration karts are the karts most likely to experience "time trials" in online races.
I use Wiggler because it's my favorite character of the lot, and I make it work by choosing a kart and wheels (Bumble-V and Roller) that have extreme acceleration to offset the poor numbers Wiggler would have in those stats otherwise.
I actually think it would be good if in a future kart game they did away with character weight classes and keep the customization to the karts. It would remove pressure to pick characters just because they're better than others.
Basically Soap tries to balance "effective racing" with "being a douche who can knock you off the track." 
I use Train because of its max acceleration, extremely tight handling, and long MT stat. I use wood instead of roller for their better offroad, plus my use of a featherweight character and Paraglider means I get the highest possible acceleration anyway.
You can use a time trial kart combination, but it's a gamble that you can get to first place, hold it, and hope not many blue shells come along. Time trial karts use one of the top speed frames (usually BDasher, but sometimes Zucchini, Blue 7, and Bruiser) with either slick, red, mushroom, or gold wheels. Slick/gold have the best speed, slicks have better handling/MTs, gold have slightly better offroad/underwater, reds are best offroad (which includes snowy/rainy tracks), and mushrooms have better handling.
Woods are like mini reds, rollers are like mini mushrooms, sponges are like mini slicks.
I use Train because of its max acceleration, extremely tight handling, and long MT stat. I use wood instead of roller for their better offroad, plus my use of a featherweight character and Paraglider means I get the highest possible acceleration anyway.
You can use a time trial kart combination, but it's a gamble that you can get to first place, hold it, and hope not many blue shells come along. Time trial karts use one of the top speed frames (usually BDasher, but sometimes Zucchini, Blue 7, and Bruiser) with either slick, red, mushroom, or gold wheels. Slick/gold have the best speed, slicks have better handling/MTs, gold have slightly better offroad/underwater, reds are best offroad (which includes snowy/rainy tracks), and mushrooms have better handling.
Woods are like mini reds, rollers are like mini mushrooms, sponges are like mini slicks.
btw. can someone make me a "Married to Rainbow Road SNES" signature?
Good luck fitting it into your sig
I can manage that somehow ^^
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I can testify that his combo works nicely. ^_^ I do need to try out my old Bumblebee/Roller/Flower Glider combo against you guys, though.mm201 wrote:
Basically Soap tries to balance "effective racing" with "being a douche who can knock you off the track."
I use Train because of its max acceleration, extremely tight handling, and long MT stat. I use wood instead of roller for their better offroad, plus my use of a featherweight character and Paraglider means I get the highest possible acceleration anyway.
You can use a time trial kart combination, but it's a gamble that you can get to first place, hold it, and hope not many blue shells come along. Time trial karts use one of the top speed frames (usually BDasher, but sometimes Zucchini, Blue 7, and Bruiser) with either slick, red, mushroom, or gold wheels. Slick/gold have the best speed, slicks have better handling/MTs, gold have slightly better offroad/underwater, reds are best offroad (which includes snowy/rainy tracks), and mushrooms have better handling.
Woods are like mini reds, rollers are like mini mushrooms, sponges are like mini slicks.
Thanks for the tips guys. I actually was planning on focusing acceleration and miniturbo, I'm just not that familiar with the miniturbo stats for each part which is what I was gonna use the stat calculators for.
I'll see if I can pull myself away from my newly-gifted Kid Icarus and Xenoblade at some point this week so I can get a nice kart setup going for next week ^_^
I'll see if I can pull myself away from my newly-gifted Kid Icarus and Xenoblade at some point this week so I can get a nice kart setup going for next week ^_^
Soap was the one making those. So he's the one to ask about it.bomber34 wrote:
btw. can someone make me a "Married to Rainbow Road SNES" signature?
Since uhh, appreantly there's those siggy thingies, I humbly request a Married to Maple Treeway sig please. o3o
And just to add to the kart setup discussion, I use Gherkin and regular glider and slim wheels. Why? Mostly because Gherkin is green heheh.
And just to add to the kart setup discussion, I use Gherkin and regular glider and slim wheels. Why? Mostly because Gherkin is green heheh.
Give my generator a try!
http://soaprman.net/r/marriage/
It still has some kinks to work out and I want to add a bit more functionality to it (mainly regarding image resizing/cropping and maybe image auto-uploading) but what's there should get the job done if you can find a pic and resize it yourself. Everything but the preview bgcolor changer works perfectly in Firefox (not sure why that stopped working, will have to look). The upload image from computer doesn't work in non-Firefox browsers yet... will get that working later on. Once I'm done I'll release it to the masses...
If you don't want to do that I'll have it to you sometime tomorrow.
http://soaprman.net/r/marriage/
It still has some kinks to work out and I want to add a bit more functionality to it (mainly regarding image resizing/cropping and maybe image auto-uploading) but what's there should get the job done if you can find a pic and resize it yourself. Everything but the preview bgcolor changer works perfectly in Firefox (not sure why that stopped working, will have to look). The upload image from computer doesn't work in non-Firefox browsers yet... will get that working later on. Once I'm done I'll release it to the masses...
If you don't want to do that I'll have it to you sometime tomorrow.
Oh thanks. I'll try it sometime and I'm team Firefox so it's all good. But I'd prefer to get it from you personally o3o. But Thanks!~~
OSX Safari is making the text really fuzzy.
http://puu.sh/HeFA
http://puu.sh/HeFA
Blazevoir wrote:
So how about that Toad Circuit?
as for stats, I tried to get high acceleration and handling, but I didn't want to sacrifice too much speed
so I found a combination that gives me 4.25 of each and 3.0 speed (Lakitu+Mushroom+Pipe Frame), and it works fine... And I use Lakitu cause I like Lakitu As requested by people since I'm not in bed quite yet:
mm201: Try adjusting zoom a notch. I had that happen in IE9 too. I recall it being fine on Windows Safari.
Pixel fonts are fun. They don't resample nicely (esp. at smaller sizes) and with some of them you get display issues if you center align them with certain characters... I think characters with an even pixel width? Not positive on that, it's just a guess. The 1 screws up in this font though with center align, so I had to left align then move a whole number of pixels over to make it look centered.
mm201: Try adjusting zoom a notch. I had that happen in IE9 too. I recall it being fine on Windows Safari.
Pixel fonts are fun. They don't resample nicely (esp. at smaller sizes) and with some of them you get display issues if you center align them with certain characters... I think characters with an even pixel width? Not positive on that, it's just a guess. The 1 screws up in this font though with center align, so I had to left align then move a whole number of pixels over to make it look centered.
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9 PM Central tomorrow etc. etc. etc. Obligatory "So Blaze doesn't freak out" etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
Ohai
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We're happy to accept any nationality in our kart parties. However, please join us in #videogames first so we know that you're an osu! member interested in joining us.
Thank you.
Also, someone should probably edit the OP with our standard time now. W/E
EDIT: Also, I think I'll use this combo again next time.
Thank you.
Also, someone should probably edit the OP with our standard time now. W/E
EDIT: Also, I think I'll use this combo again next time.
I said this in Skype but you didn't hear it... I think it was probably someone one of us faced in worldwide that found us in the rivals list and said "ooh, that mii looks neat, I'll race this person again".
At least I think you can join community via rivals.
At least I think you can join community via rivals.
New music park drum strat:
Hold your right drift into and out of the drum, release just before landing on the far side, land into a left slide. If done correctly, you should strafe to the right.
Hold your right drift into and out of the drum, release just before landing on the far side, land into a left slide. If done correctly, you should strafe to the right.
Best thing about these kartparties: the sudden drop from 1st to 8th /o/
Anyway, was fun- and rage-filled as always~ Too bad it ended shorter than usual...
Anyway, was fun- and rage-filled as always~ Too bad it ended shorter than usual...
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. Just covering all my bases. ~Soaprman wrote:
I said this in Skype but you didn't hear it... I think it was probably someone one of us faced in worldwide that found us in the rivals list and said "ooh, that mii looks neat, I'll race this person again".
At least I think you can join community via rivals.
New music park drum strat:So practicing that for next time. Tired of bombing races due to screwing up the drums. Thanks!
Hold your right drift into and out of the drum, release just before landing on the far side, land into a left slide. If done correctly, you should strafe to the right.
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I'm bored. Let's play, "Rank our players!"
1. Greg (I think we can all agree on that one. STOP WINNING)
2. Blaze
3. Soap
4. Yoshi
5. CNM
6. rust
7. Ekaru (D:)
8. Gloop
9. Remmy (If he's scared of Gloop then that is *not* a good sign. MWAHAHAHAHA!)
I probably forgot somebody. Oh, if I was to put Elly in then I'd put Elly in the top 3 somewhere. Elly doesn't come on often enough for me to give Elly a ranking, though.
Oh, I forgot jj! Oops. Oh well! \o/
1. Greg (I think we can all agree on that one. STOP WINNING)
2. Blaze
3. Soap
4. Yoshi
5. CNM
6. rust
7. Ekaru (D:)
8. Gloop
9. Remmy (If he's scared of Gloop then that is *not* a good sign. MWAHAHAHAHA!)
I probably forgot somebody. Oh, if I was to put Elly in then I'd put Elly in the top 3 somewhere. Elly doesn't come on often enough for me to give Elly a ranking, though.
Oh, I forgot jj! Oops. Oh well! \o/
This is why I wish the scores wouldn't keep dropping each month... but then again some people would play whenever others aren't and so on.Ekaru wrote:
I'm bored. Let's play, "Rank our players!"
1. Greg (I think we can all agree on that one. STOP WINNING)
2. Blaze
3. Soap
4. Yoshi
5. CNM
6. rust
7. Ekaru (D:)
8. Gloop
9. Remmy (If he's scared of Gloop then that is *not* a good sign. MWAHAHAHAHA!)
I probably forgot somebody. Oh, if I was to put Elly in then I'd put Elly in the top 3 somewhere. Elly doesn't come on often enough for me to give Elly a ranking, though.
Oh, I forgot jj! Oops. Oh well! \o/
I guess there's always the win/lose ratio screen, but until then... NINTENDO, MAKE A BETTER LEADERBOARD SYSTEM!
I'm not sure I'd rank you below me, but otherwise the list looks pretty good. MM is definitely the best of all of us.Ekaru wrote:
I'm bored. Let's play, "Rank our players!"
1. Greg (I think we can all agree on that one. STOP WINNING)
2. Blaze
3. Soap
4. Yoshi
5. CNM
6. rust
7. Ekaru (D:)
8. Gloop
9. Remmy (If he's scared of Gloop then that is *not* a good sign. MWAHAHAHAHA!)
I probably forgot somebody. Oh, if I was to put Elly in then I'd put Elly in the top 3 somewhere. Elly doesn't come on often enough for me to give Elly a ranking, though.
Oh, I forgot jj! Oops. Oh well! \o/
This fucking timezonestory ...
I want to be in the ranking too ^^
I want to be in the ranking too ^^
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rust45 wrote:
I'm not sure I'd rank you below me, but otherwise the list looks pretty good. MM is definitely the best of all of us.
Also, I started playing on WW again. Is it just me, or do most of the people who pick Metal Mario with that overused combo not know what they are doing? It's like they just pick the combo they see used all the time in TT and copy it because they think this is Mario Kart Wii, completely forgetting that this game has different mechanics.
EDIT: Actually, I might be 4th, since I've never really seen Soap use a light character yet he still manages to have a pretty even W/L ratio with me.
I'm really strong.
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Yeah, our W/L ratio is 71-74, your favor. You son of a-Soaprman wrote:
I'm really strong.
Haha, just noticed your OP edit (Then again, it's hard NOT to notice it, especially since you changed the thread title XD) <3 it~
(Then again, it's hard NOT to notice it, especially since you changed the thread title XD) <3 it~I used to have a positive W/L before I started karting with you guys.Ekaru wrote:
However, do be warned that your W/L ratio will likely be tarnished by this experience.
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Added Etiquette Rules just now, too, in hopes that we'll never have to suffer through somebody spamming Toad Circuit for like 2 hours straight again.Blazevoir wrote:
Haha, just noticed your OP edit