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bomber34
Too bad i couldn't join, because of the time :/
Justykanna

Blazevoir wrote:

It's not like you can't look up the shortcuts :P Also, some tips:

* MT (mini-turbo) whenever it's relevant.
* When drifting, hug the inner part of the turn as much as possible, though be careful when doing this when there's no wall.
* (This was mentioned during the kartparty, but I'll repeat it here anyway.) When getting shot out of a cannon, hold Down to get a speed boost during flight.
* Not sure if you knew this already, but you can trick off of glider ramps to get a slight speed boost.
* Stay behind someone long enough to get a draft/slipstream (it's basically a huge speed boost that lasts for a short while). BE CAREFUL WHEN TRYING TO DO THIS WHEN SOMEONE'S HOLDING AN ITEM BEHIND THEM AS WELL AS DURING TURNS!
Well I can't exactly memorize them all.

I dunno what you mean by mini-turbo.
I know to hug inner part of ramps but I usually don't do it if there's someone nearby who can push me off. I tend to use karts that are light with high acceleration so bumping me off isn't exactly difficult.
Never knew about the holding down part. Someone said to hold something but I didn't hear em.
I do trick off of any sort of ramp when I can. Stages like Rainbow Roar when the bumps are sorta random I tend to miss them all.
I didn't actually tend to stick behind people because they can just move, unlike computer players.
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Ekaru
MTs are the sparks you get while drifting. As for practicing drifting... Here are the courses I recommend practicing drifting on:

-Airship Fortress - in that U-turn at the beginning, practice until you can consistently go between the moles and the wall. It helps a lot with your precision.
-Bowser's Castle
-Neo Bowser City for obvious reasons
-Cheep Cheep Lagoon - you need to learn how to drift between the clamshells and the wall if you don't want that course to turn into an automatic not-good-placing
-Waluigi's Pinball, because it has very tight turns that are great for this.

Anyways, once you get decent lines and get a good kart combo together, the most important thing to learn is good item management. Mainly, the following points:

-Get into the habit of looking at the bottom screen regularly. This takes some practice; I recommend starting out by learning to do it on the straightaways. Once you get that down you can do cool things like:
-If someone has a red shell and you have nothing to defend with, stay behind them until it's safe. Else they'll just nail you.
-If you're close behind 1st and see a blue shell pop up, be prepared to brake in case they try to brake to nail you with a Blue Shell.
-Some people in 1st brake regularly. Then 2nd brakes. Then 3rd brakes. Then 4th brakes. Then 5th brakes. Then the person in 6th suddenly becomes 1st with a Blue Shell and you're all screwed. This is why you should only brake in 1st if the person in 2nd is literally right behind you; at high level play, if they have enough time to react they *will* brake, and said scenario will occur.

-If you have a red shell and the person ahead of you has a Tanooki Tail, wait for them to lose their tail before firing your red shell. They'll be an open target the moment they lose that tail.
-If you get a Lightning and the course has a huge gliding section, save the Lightning for that gliding section. It'll be worth it.
-If you get a Blue Shell, always wait a few seconds to see if the braking scenario I mentioned earlier occurs. It doesn't happen much in our rooms, but in like 40k VR rooms it happens all the damn time.

-It's usually better to leave bob-ombs behind you than to try to snipe somebody with them. It's 100x easier to get someone with a dropped bob-omb than a snipe.
-When possible, save your bananas for blind spots. Don't be that person that always winds up using their bananas right before an item box because they weren't paying attention.

Then there's some fancier stuff you can do, but a lot of that involves figuring out who has red shells and what's safe and blahblahblah. Also, I think that's enough for you to practice for now, anyways. ;P
Justykanna
Holy what in the... xD

Oh. Yeah, usually people I know refer to it as drifting. Not really MT. That I do on a pretty regular basis. Not 'quite' so worried about that as item management.

I really do like the karts I've been using. Huge acceleration. Just not a ton of top speed and lighter.

Next week's actually gonna be the only other week I'll be able to go because the week after that, I start school. University I'm going to has no wifi in my residence. =(
NaomiMinette

Justykanna wrote:

Oh. Yeah, usually people I know refer to it as drifting. Not really MT. That I do on a pretty regular basis.
No no, miniturbos are something you GET from drifting. Drifting's, well... drifting :P
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Ekaru

Justykanna wrote:

University I'm going to has no wifi in my residence. =(
Awwww. :(

Oh yeah, I have to start looking to see if the colleges I'm thinking of transferring to have WiFi. That's, like, a pretty big factor for me.
pieguyn

Blazevoir wrote:

* (This was mentioned during the kartparty, but I'll repeat it here anyway.) When getting shot out of a cannon, hold Down to get a speed boost during flight.
oh that's how you do it >< I wondered how everyone was passing me during cannons, but never found that out..
NaomiMinette
Yeah... I didn't figure out about that till people started passing me back then. I was like "What? How are they passing me?", then I experimented and found out XD
Justykanna
Yeah, I'm not happy that residence in the university I go to has no wifi in the residence... None of the residences have wifi...
Then in the lecture halls, you need a stupid program of some form running in the background to get internet so I can't get wifi on my phone and, if I wanted, my N3DS.
Least not in any way I've found... -_-
mm201

Blazevoir wrote:

* Not sure if you knew this already, but you can trick off of glider ramps to get a slight speed boost.
You don't actually get a speed boost from this. You go higher into the air. This can easily be turned into a speed boost since descending speeds you up, but there are a few places (Bowser Castle) where being higher up puts you at a disadvantage.

@Justykanna: Look up world record and other high plays on Youtube. It'll give you lots of ideas for strats and let you learn about shortcuts you may have never known existed. Some shortcuts used for time trials can't easily be used on wi-fi, and some wi-fi shortcuts can't be used in time trials, because of availability of mushrooms, and because some are extremely difficult to pull off, but it's a good start.

On the matter of MTs, try to make as many of them as you can, and try to get orange MTs whenever possible. (If you keep drifting after the blue sparks appear, they will eventually turn orange and you will get a bigger boost.) Once you've finished making an MT, try to make another one. Let go of R for a moment to release your MT and begin drifting again. For instance, you should be able to make 2 orange MTs off the first piano turn in Music Park, and 3 orange MTs off the downward spiral in Airship Fortress.

MTing on straights can be done, but it requires perfect technique to get only a tiny benefit from it. You shouldn't worry about this.

Landing into a slide makes charging an MT easier. Pressing R before moving your stick also makes charging an MT easier.
NaomiMinette

mm201 wrote:

For instance, you should be able to make 2 orange MTs off the first piano turn in Music Park, and 3 orange MTs off the downward spiral in Airship Fortress.
I can understand Airship Fortress, but I've never been able to pull that off on Music Park ._. I only get 1 each of orange and blue...
Topic Starter
Ekaru

Blazevoir wrote:

mm201 wrote:

For instance, you should be able to make 2 orange MTs off the first piano turn in Music Park, and 3 orange MTs off the downward spiral in Airship Fortress.
I can understand Airship Fortress, but I've never been able to pull that off on Music Park ._. I only get 1 each of orange and blue...
You're likely being sloppy with your timing of left/right and pressing it too early. Try waiting until the moment you touch the ground to press left/right; it'll charge much quicker. Note that lining up the second jump properly when doing it this way takes some practice.
mm201
If you make a blue MT (or at least try) at the item line, you'll get your first red sooner.
NaomiMinette
...Derp, why did I overlook that...
Justykanna

mm201 wrote:

You don't actually get a speed boost from this. You go higher into the air. This can easily be turned into a speed boost since descending speeds you up, but there are a few places (Bowser Castle) where being higher up puts you at a disadvantage.
Noted.

mm201 wrote:

On the matter of MTs, try to make as many of them as you can, and try to get orange MTs whenever possible. (If you keep drifting after the blue sparks appear, they will eventually turn orange and you will get a bigger boost.) Once you've finished making an MT, try to make another one. Let go of R for a moment to release your MT and begin drifting again. For instance, you should be able to make 2 orange MTs off the first piano turn in Music Park, and 3 orange MTs off the downward spiral in Airship Fortress.
I always try to MT wherever I can. Just times like Rainbow Road, I skid too close to a corner and end up falling, pretty much sealing my fate in last place.
NaomiMinette
There's nothing wrong with taking more of an outer approach on a turn when drifting/MT'ing. You really should only drift as inward as possible if you KNOW it's safe.
Justykanna

Blazevoir wrote:

There's nothing wrong with taking more of an outer approach on a turn when drifting/MT'ing. You really should only drift as inward as possible if you KNOW it's safe.
Yeah, that's the approach I took last week. Didn't work out great. =P
Oh well, we'll see how I do tonight.
Soaprman
Eventually you'll get a good feel for how tightly you can safely take corners. Make sure you're not in someone's crosshairs when you're hugging the inside of the curve or you might just get knocked into oblivion...

But yeah, it's really just practice. A lot of us have skills from earlier kart games that transfer here pretty well... like, not mastery of the controls but mastery of how to approach the tracks. The fundamentals haven't changed.
Topic Starter
Ekaru
Guys, stop running into my bananas.
Soaprman
Put your bananas in a safe spot where they won't get stepped on, then. Maybe even leave them at home.
NaomiMinette
Ekaru, I hate you so much :(
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Ekaru

Blazevoir wrote:

Ekaru, I hate you so much :(
That's what you get for ninja'ing me! XD
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Ekaru
Added a second session at 6 PM Central on Fridays. I think we have enough players to do two sessions a week now.

Plus I wanted a session where I could stay longer. So yeah.
NaomiMinette
Sounds good to me :D
bomber34
1 A.M for me? Awesome :D
Justykanna
Ugh, makes me wish there was wifi in my university residence even more now...
NaomiMinette

bomber34 wrote:

1 A.M for me? Awesome :D
Can't wait to see you and the other European players again :D

Justykanna wrote:

Ugh, makes me wish there was wifi in my university residence even more now...
>< There's like... absolutely none, not even any you can leech from?
rust45
I might just stick to the Saturday parties, but maybe I'll play for a little bit on Friday parties though.
Justykanna

Blazevoir wrote:

>< There's like... absolutely none, not even any you can leech from?
Not in the residence areas.
And with the ones in the lecture halls / cafe, you need a program on your computer to run in the background in order to get internet (university username and password). This is something both my iPhone and N3DS don't like and have great difficulty getting internet with.
So I sad. Especially because I only started playing with you people two weeks ago. -_-'
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Ekaru

Justykanna wrote:

Blazevoir wrote:

>< There's like... absolutely none, not even any you can leech from?
Not in the residence areas.
And with the ones in the lecture halls / cafe, you need a program on your computer to run in the background in order to get internet (university username and password). This is something both my iPhone and N3DS don't like and have great difficulty getting internet with.
So I sad. Especially because I only started playing with you people two weeks ago. -_-'
Is there a browser-based log-in option available? Though, to get those to work on the 3DS you first have to fail a connection test before the browser will let you sign in, and at my school I can use the browser but can't play MK7.... Gah. Try talking to the IT guys and see what they have to say about it (though there's a good chance there's nothing they can do ;_;).

If all else fails you'd have to go off-campus for WiFi access, so that'd pretty much limit you to the Friday sessions... XP
Saso-Hikage

bomber34 wrote:

1 A.M for me? Awesome :D
Same here. I may join you, if I don't have to get up early the next day. ^^
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Ekaru

sasori93 wrote:

bomber34 wrote:

1 A.M for me? Awesome :D
Same here. I may join you, if I don't have to get up early the next day. ^^
I'm actually thinking of moving the Friday session an hour earlier after this week's session to make it easier for you guys to show up. Saturday's session will stay set in stone, but with the Friday session we can experiment a bit until we get a good compromise.
NaomiMinette
Sooooooooooooo... Kartparty in 2 hours from now? Or 3?
bomber34

Blazevoir wrote:

Sooooooooooooo... Kartparty in 2 hours from now? Or 3?
I don't know ... D:
I actually need a bit time, because my day was a bit stressful but i want to participate ... so in 1 1/2 hours would be optimal for me D:
NaomiMinette
I wouldn't mind if it was at 6 PM CDT (GMT -7). Derp... I need to pay more attention to posts...
___

Okay, so apparently there was a clone of me on Worldwide when I was racing with mm and Ekaru while ago... Wtf.
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Ekaru
Stalking 45K VR players is fun!
Saso-Hikage
Had a lot of fun last night though I often perfectly defended my last position. :D
Well, I'll be there again next week. ^^
Topic Starter
Ekaru

sasori93 wrote:

Had a lot of fun last night though I often perfectly defended my last position. :D
Well, I'll be there again next week. ^^
^_^ Yay!

Also, when Maka Wuhu was picked yesterday in that newb room - it might have been down to just me and mm at that point - a Metal Mario actually tried to do the glitch. I was laughing so damn hard I was surprised that I was still able to race effectively.
NaomiMinette
*award show ceremonial voice* And all of my rage tonight goes to... *opens envelope; dramatic pause* Ekaru! *applause*
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Ekaru

Blazevoir wrote:

*award show ceremonial voice* And all of my rage tonight goes to... *opens envelope; dramatic pause* Ekaru! *applause*
All of my rage tonight goes to you, too. ^_^
Soaprman

Blazevoir wrote:

*award show ceremonial voice* And all of my rage tonight goes to... *opens envelope; dramatic pause* Ekaru! *applause*

Ekaru wrote:

NaomiMinette
Well put, Soap... Well said.
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Ekaru
Soap: LMFAO

Also, I decided to get into Time Trials. It will take me a while until my times aren't total crap, though.
CNM501
I really hope to make next week's Kartparty, though at the moment...chances of that are sllim :( Additionally, If I miss that one I won't be able to Kartparty for 2 Weeks as I will be overseas... ;__;
NaomiMinette

CNM501 wrote:

I really hope to make next week's Kartparty, though at the moment...chances of that are sllim :( Additionally, If I miss that one I won't be able to Kartparty for 2 Weeks as I will be overseas... ;__;
Good luck with that ><

Uhh... So is there gonna be one at 5 PM CDT (GMT -7) later on today, or are you sticking with 6 PM, Ekaru?
Topic Starter
Ekaru
Oh, right. Let's try 5 PM.
Saso-Hikage

Ekaru wrote:

Oh, right. Let's try 5 PM.
Nice, that's midnight. I'll be there. ^^
Topic Starter
Ekaru
So I was looking for the cartridge, right?

Well, I did manage to find it...

...the exact moment everybody left. Now I'm doing WWs. ;P
rust45
Whoops, I forgot about the Kartparty today. How was it?
NaomiMinette
Horrible (at least for me)... All we did was just stalk high VR players.
pieguyn
I forgot about it too, rofl. Oh well, hopefully next week's one will be better :P (too bad I couldn't test my new combo more T_T)
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Ekaru
Yet you two remembered the new session and not the one you've been showing up to for what, at least a couple months now? HMMMMM... *cough*
rust45
I kinda spaced out yesterday, I was even going to mow the lawn yesterday, but before I knew it, it was too dark to mow. And then I realized that I also missed the party.
Topic Starter
Ekaru

rust45 wrote:

I kinda spaced out yesterday, I was even going to mow the lawn yesterday, but before I knew it, it was too dark to mow. And then I realized that I also missed the party.
XD I've done that sort of thing before, too. Don't feel too bad. I mean, I almost missed it just like that what, a week ago?
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Ekaru
'K, let's try 5 PM Central Time again. Just two things to note:

-Registered osu! users get priority over those who aren't registered in osu! (just in case we max out again).
-This will be Worldwides. Yes, we might end up with 7 people in the same WW room. However, at this specific time you're going to wind up with lots of people coming and going and it's a lot easier to deal with this in WWs. Of course, we will be starting in a low-VR room for the lowest possible waiting times.

Speaking of which, everybody who wants to join should add either Blaze or myself ahead of time so you can just tag us after we tag the low-VR person, whoever we wind up using. Just tell us your FC at the start of the kartparty and we'll add you back.

No, really, 5 PM is before dinner time for us Westerners. We need something flexible to work with us having to AFK at any moment, and even if we have to deal with some randoms it's just easier that way. Plus, this way we can get started immediately so that the Europeans can get as many races as possible in before having to go to bed.

BTW, the main session is still at 9 PM on Saturdays. These will be community races if all goes well.
bomber34
Sounds okay for me ._.
Saso-Hikage
Sry, I won't be able to join you cuz I'm not feeling very well today. :P
Maybe next week. ^^
NaomiMinette
So much copying others today~ *glares at rust in particular*
Topic Starter
Ekaru

Blazevoir wrote:

So much copying others today~ *glares at rust in particular*
For future reference, don't try this, guys. The Friends' List will give you away. :D

Also, I'm glad last night went much better than last Saturday.
Soaprman

Blazevoir wrote:

So much copying others today~ *glares at rust in particular*
Sounds like someone takes issue with the sincerest form of flattery.
Topic Starter
Ekaru

Soaprman wrote:

Blazevoir wrote:

So much copying others today~ *glares at rust in particular*
Sounds like someone takes issue with the sincerest form of flattery.
Oh yeah, this.

His mm impression failed miserably, though. He couldn't even get the damn country right!

BTW, kartparty in an hour
NaomiMinette
So how about that 1 VR dude?
Soaprman
He multiplied his VR by 16 with that race. I wonder if he spent the next race disconnecting to get it back down to 1.
NaomiMinette
So I'm just wondering: where are the previous kartparty players? ._. (Xgor, Mianki, Derekku, etc.)
Topic Starter
Ekaru

Blazevoir wrote:

So I'm just wondering: where are the previous kartparty players? ._. (Xgor, Mianki, Derekku, etc.)
Xgor: Dead
Derekku: Dead
Mianki: Wasn't even that active to begin with
Kirby: Dead and ^
CNM: Explanation was posted earlier in this thread, he should be back soon enough
Inori: Hurt himself
Gloop: For some reason his 3DS's battery was in the fucking trash can. He'll be there next week.
Hitler: Butthurt

And of course Yoshi came back from the dead last night. ;P
rust45
So anyone that doesn't play MK7 regularly without a reason is officially dead?
Soaprman
"Dead" is the politically correct way of saying "doesn't love us anymore".
Xgor
Fun fact: I can't access to wi-fi at my school that well so no point in joining kartparties nowdays
NaomiMinette
All schools/colleges/universities should have easy access to Wi-Fi, dammit >=( /rage
Justykanna

Blazevoir wrote:

All schools/colleges/universities should have easy access to Wi-Fi, dammit >=( /rage
And in student residences.
Topic Starter
Ekaru

Justykanna wrote:

Blazevoir wrote:

All schools/colleges/universities should have easy access to Wi-Fi, dammit >=( /rage
And in student residences.
You know the situation's not that great when there are schools advertising the fact that they have campus-wide WiFi. >_>;
Justykanna

Ekaru wrote:

You know the situation's not that great when there are schools advertising the fact that they have campus-wide WiFi. >_>;
I think this university actually says that too. o_O
Residences are the only places without Wifi though.
...Well, I think a couple residences have it. Not mine though.
Topic Starter
Ekaru
'K, Friday kartparties are now permamoved to 5 PM on Fridays (I'll edit the post later when I'm not lazy). Oh, and whether we do WWs or communities depends on how many people show up.
NaomiMinette
There's a huge chance I won't be around for both kartparties this weekend. An MMORPG I've been waiting for is doing a stress test this weekend (and this weekend only), and even though I won't actually be able to do a whole lot seeing as it's only pre-alpha, I still may stick around to chat with others who were also looking forward to playing it.

Never mind... There was surprisingly a lack of things to do compared to a video I've seen, so I should be able to make both kartparties now.
Topic Starter
Ekaru
OOPS

I forgot >_>
NaomiMinette
Says the guy who recently changed the thread title :P
Topic Starter
Ekaru

Blazevoir wrote:

Says the guy who recently changed the thread title :P
I actually remembered earlier, at like 3:30 PM. I blame my brother's Rachet and Clank.

Also, I posted a "I forgot" in #videogames and, like, my name wasn't capitalized. I was, like, soooooo offended, dude. I am, like, so going to sue.
rust45
I was busy with other stuff today, sorry. I'll try to make it tomorrow, but no guarantees ever since I got interested in speedrunning Wind Waker.
NaomiMinette
I want to replay Wind Waker (even despite me 100%'ing the game like 3 times already), but my GBA SP's being stubborn, and I can't really rely on my GBA since lolnobacklight.

Right, uhh... We didn't have one today (yesterday?) btw.
pieguyn
I probably can't be there tomorrow
maybe I'll just be late, I don't know yet ><
rust45

Blazevoir wrote:

I want to replay Wind Waker (even despite me 100%'ing the game like 3 times already), but my GBA SP's being stubborn, and I can't really rely on my GBA since lolnobacklight.

Right, uhh... We didn't have one today (yesterday?) btw.
Tingle tuner isn't required though.
Soaprman
I won't be around tonight, so don't wait for me and wonder where I'm at. Spent the whole day at MtG prerelease events and I'm tired as shit.
NaomiMinette
Doesn't bother me if we don't have one this weekend (at all). Still, if anyone shows up, I'll play.
mm201
I checked my friends list a few times last night and no one was on, so I guess not.
I should be there tonight, provided there is a game.
Topic Starter
Ekaru

mm201 wrote:

I checked my friends list a few times last night and no one was on, so I guess not.
I should be there tonight, provided there is a game.
I'll be there tonight. I don't forget the Saturday sessions since it's a habit now.
NaomiMinette
Note to self: random green shells bouncing around can surprise you.
Topic Starter
Ekaru
OH SHIT WE GOT INVADED BY MARIO TENNIS OPEN PLAYERS

...Connor = BoosterPower, AKC12 = AKC12, Dragon :3 = Dragonflame25082476904237852903587329075230, and Tsukun = Tsukun
NaomiMinette
Do they know of osu!, by the way?
pieguyn
oh wow XD I had something to do so I couldn't be there. Now I regret missing it ._.//
NaomiMinette

pieguy1372 wrote:

oh wow XD I had something to do so I couldn't be there. Now I regret missing it ._.//
Ekaru's Mario Tennis Open friends were taking over half the Worldwide room we were in, anyway XD
Topic Starter
Ekaru

Blazevoir wrote:

Do they know of osu!, by the way?
Nope! It was just an innocent stalking that somehow turned into 4 MTO players joining us with absolutely nothing done on my part.

oh wow XD I had something to do so I couldn't be there. Now I regret missing it ._.//
There were 8 people as it was, so... >.>
NaomiMinette
I'm just asking because it'd be so much easier to track them if they were a part of osu!'s community, but I guess if they just randomly drop in, that's fine.
mm201
I gave them the community code so they can stalk us better.
NaomiMinette
Heh... Does that mean we'll be having a constant full room?
rust45
I won't make either Kartparties this week as I'm going out to the track. I probably won't make next week's either.
NaomiMinette
I've recently (if 1-2 months count as recent) been addicted to Super Mario 64 ROM hacks, and I'm currently trying to 100% playing a third one, so I may or may not forget today's kartparty.

UPDATE: I'll be eating out at McDonald's later, so if a kartparty is sill going on by then, I'll (re)join it; however, I won't be able to chat with you all.
CNM501
I'm back~ and ready to Kartparty! Though I may be late and probably not going to Kartparty for long. Still pretty tired. Basically just arrived back in Aus as I write this. XD
Topic Starter
Ekaru

CNM501 wrote:

I'm back~ and ready to Kartparty! Though I may be late and probably not going to Kartparty for long. Still pretty tired. Basically just arrived back in Aus as I write this. XD
Yay!

Also, today Blaze has shown why you should never play MK7 on McDonald's WiFi.
Soaprman
Did he get big mac special sauce all over his 3DS again? Blaze, you ninny, don't make such a mess when you eat. Geez.
NaomiMinette
My local McD's wi-fi is horrislow, but I know of other McD's that have faster net. Oh well. Anyway, welcome back, CNM :D And poot you, Soap >_>

UPDATE: There's a chance I won't be able to make tomorrow's kartparty due to my sister visiting and us visiting my hospitalized mom. Even if could still somehow play, I probably wouldn't be in the mood for it since my sister's bound to chew me out (family reasons).
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