[Wii] Mario Kart Wii - EU/AU get it first! WE HAVE NO GENITALS.

Originally Posted by kupomog

Mehhh stupid tournament. I can usually get through Mario Circuit in 1:42-1:47ish and that's with one spinout and no mushrooms (I uh...hit the chain chomp and lost the three you usually get in Time Trial/Ghost) and just boosting/doing wheelies everywhere. But I do the exact same thing on the tournament version without even getting hit by anything at all and the best I can manage is 1:53. I don't get what makes that difference. I was trying to beat my friend's rank of 1:47, nothing I do seems to work. Too late now since it's over but that annoyed me.

I assumed it's harder to get times less than 1:55 because the race is done in 100cc and not in 150cc. Like in the time trails.
One time I actually got 3 mushrooms, ran two laps without ANYTHING happening to me and then got raped with a blue shell, followed by two red shells. To add insult to injury I also got Lightning Bolted right before the last turn. What could've been a time of 1:39 turned into 2:00 or so *cries*

There's nowhere I can't reach.

OK, that was the most fun I've had in a Mario Kart game in a long time. You guys are near impossible to beat now. Especially you, BigCN!
I gotta start improving my game! Or at least find a way to avoid Icy's army of red shells.

Good times, good times =D

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

You just had to jump in when me and Icy was tired from constant racing .
Luckily I decided to cut my loses as I kept doing worse every race. I still came out with more than I started!
Congrats on the "over 9000" though, enjoy it! At least until me and Icy recover and pull you back down to 8500VR.

I have no idea if that was really Turbo, too. I'd like to say it was him, considering he stuck through nearly all the hardcore racing we did :3

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Yeah, weird how the console is easier to find than Mario Kart Wii nowadays. Well Amazon.com still seems to be keeping them in stock so you could get it from there. If you're tired of making shipment calls.

I was speaking idiomatically.

*watches Miles waste 20 dollars in gasoline over one game*

Surprisingly, amazon's been pretty good with their shipping. I usually get their stuff within the same work week and I live in Hawaii. Only problem is buying a bunch of items from different sellers. Then shipping costs tend to go way up.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Jesus, the gas here is still $4.17 when I drove home today.

As for the Wheel. It's strangely more responsive than I thought it would be. It will take some practice but it's possible to use it just as well as the other controller configurations. But I don't want to put in more time than I have to when I can already race well with a wavebird controller.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Miles

So I managed to track down a copy of the game at Blockbuster of all places. They said they are getting 3 copies of the game this afternoon. I have read up on the online portion and rating system. Seems like it can bounce a lot and to have a higher ranking you gotta avoid getting hit or falling while maintaining first place most of the race. Seems kind of hard when other players get lucky with the items. =p

After seeing ways of dodging super items like the blue shell getting a good rating isn't impossible. Just insane =D

Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

Once you get the golden wheel icon for using the wheel enough, does it ever go away? I ask because I've used nothing but the wheel so far so I could obtain that, but now that I have it, I'd like to give the other control schemes a shot (and quite possibly could prefer them for online play).

That's the downside of having the Golden Wheel. From what I've been told, once your Wii Wheel usage dips below 50% it disappears.

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Originally Posted by Chaotic

I still need to unlock Baby Daisy and Dry Bowser. ;_;

Ugh. Fuck you Sherbet Land and Shy Guy Beach.

It's probably just me but I find Sherbert Land to be VERY item dependent. Assuming both players are equally skilled in power sliding it's hard to gain the lead. So my best advice during online play is to hold onto 2nd or 3rd place and cover yourself with items. And hope a blue shell* comes in for the assist (sup Icy :3)

*pro-tip: It usually does.

Same can be said for Shy Guy Beach but there's plenty of shortcuts in that course.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Identity Crisis

I like the disclaimers right next to all of the videos teaching us how to use the glitch.

"HEY KIDS. TODAY I WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO ROB FORT KNOX WITH 100% EFFECTIVENESS BUT YOU MUST PROMISE ME TO NEVER EVER USE THIS TECHNIQUE. WE MUST PINKY SWEAR ON IT."

Now ratings points seem even less relevant in regards to skill level. Oh well. It's not like there's any sort of award other than bragging rights for high-ranking players.

I'll eventually get you back to below 9000, BigCN!

lawl, well it would explain how I was able to consistently beat a bunch of players with a VR rating of over 9700. I brought them all down to at least 8900VR before they finally gave up .
(oh btw Icy, I also got my 8000VR back! Time to overtake BigCN.)

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Reminds me of that stupid wall jump shortcut in Wario's Stadium from Mario Kart 64 .
I've never seen it done online yet. Then again I hardly see Grumble Volcano being picked (again, probably because of that expliot.) Though it did screw up the regional and worldwide time trials.

@Miles:
The hairpin turn RABicle is talking about is pretty easy, even at high speeds. Depending on your kart/bike you can simply power slide over the cliff (before the turn) and land safely on the other side. It doesn't save you THAT much time in a online race but it is good for avoiding red shells. There is a similar shortcut in GCN DK Mountain but it's a little harder to do.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I'm down for that.
I noticed most of us are only available on weekends so~ how about we do an all-cup Grand Prix on June 14th, Saturday afternoon? I know I will be free around that time since it'll be my b-day and all :3

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by BigCN401

Sure you want to lose on YOUR birthday?

Only if it doesn't involve annoying twats pulling out their ethernet cable to their modem. Also, I won't lose all the time~ haven't you checked your Moonlight Highway record lately? Beaten

I was speaking idiomatically.

I think I added you before, Supersonic. But I'll check and make sure.

edit:
Oh right! Yeah, I'll go add you right now then.

Originally Posted by BigCN401

This afternoon EST, yes. Check the records again.

Please bitch, check your records again.

*I think I just started an unnecessary amount of competition*

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

*checks the Mario Kart Wii Channel*
@Miles: Ohhhhh I see what you did there. You threw down the gauntlet. Time to beat the crap out of your records!

Originally Posted by BigCN401

Hey, it's not my fault that the wonderful service that everybody love to hate called Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection took it's time to update the time trial (and yes I left my Wii on for hours).

Oh, and it's on bitch! XP

Anyway, it was fun race tonight. */lying*
I forgot that I shouldn't be playing on a Tuesday... and look what happen to me! */excuse?* Even people with 6000VR or less was beating me. ;_;

Oh, NOW it updates!

Nice races though. I'll get my revenge some other time xD

Originally Posted by Chaotic

But ugh, what a horrible set for me tonight. ;_;

Fuck Rainbow Road, Maple Treeway, and Moonlight Highway. Those are the only three courses I went to today. Seriously. Both Maple Treeway and Rainbow Road got chosen back to back.

You'll find those are the most commonly picked tracks. Well add in Koopa Cape, DK Summit and Ghost Valley 2 =p.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Miles

Kairyu's getting a little too excited over time trials. All I was doing was trying to unlock the expert staff ghosts and I somehow beat his slow times in the process. Anyways, if we keep racing eachothers ghosts then I'll never be able to steal your VR in the online racing mode. :3

*cough*I'm sure you were*cough* seeing that most of the trails you did resulted in an A rank. Which is holy crap fast!

I'll let you keep DK Summit though, since I hate that track for some reason .
Anyway go play your MGS4, NO REGRETS.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I dunno, I seem to enjoy perfecting my racing routes through Time Trails. And with the addition of "online" Time Trail+Tournament rankings it just got a couple notches more interesting. To me :3

Racing online to gain (more like lose, am I right?) VR points wears on me after awhile. It was all fine until someone figured out how to exploit the system to get points without beating anyone. As is with many online games =/
So I find myself only racing online when other friends are hopping on.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

There isn't anything that would allow you to do that on the Wii. But I would assume he is using a modded Wii with a modded ISO. That said, Icy started a "friends-only" Mario Kart Wii GP thread. Hopefully we can have at least one weekends worth of cheat-free racing.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I think I played enough Mario Kart to say I can retire from it. At least from the Grand Prix mode. Earlier today I did one final cup in mirror mode and I was awarded with a third star next to my name. I'm kinda glad it didn't take that long to do, or else I really would have throw my controller out the window.
Also, I found out this week that the Dolphin Dasher is basically the best vehicle in the game. No wonder everyone uses it.

Now I wonder if Miles can keep up with me (still haven't raced you at all, I think.) Though I do know Icy kinda sorta did. Still, I shown a marked improvement in my racing =p.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

If they ever do I get the feeling they will just release a firmware upgrade that will involve using the SD card slot as the storage extension.

This competition is actually pretty fun. The slightly redesigned course makes me wish the guys at nintendo would incorporate these in online races. It will help keep things fresh and new.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Alastor

And so I return. HAI CHAOTIC!

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How many people with FCs in the Wiki actually play often?

I'll remember to add you in a bit. I think I have still have a spot or two open.

As for who is actively playing MKWii, I'd say anyone that is currently signed up in this thread.

I was speaking idiomatically.