[:plant:] I Guess We Still Play This Kart 8: 16:17 <+BZ> favorite course: Music Park.

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

I'm holding out for a Mach Rider level

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

Right, so in the US east coast that would put today's start time at 6pm instead of the usual 5pm. I have no problem with that either, actually probably works out slightly better for me since Philia will be getting home from work around 5:15. I can do either start time though.

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Congratulations OP! Also by default Dave is the worst Baby Daisy.

Also I just found out that only the coins you have at the end of a race count towards your total. Not that it matters really either way since it's not like you can do anything about it, but I was wondering why I didn't have the gold glider yet. The 10k coin requirement for that seems way out of wack with all of the other rewards, especially for just a glider.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Yeah, I'm also at 100% completion except for the gold glider and I'm at ~7400, but that's also with playing some co-op with Philia where both of our coins count as well as her playing some on her own. Wii U clocks Mario Kart 8 gametime at 55 hours, but god knows how accurate that actually is.

On a lark spent 2-3 hours tonight playing online. Man this game is a clusterfuck online. I think our games work fairly well because there's a pretty wide spread of skill levels. Online there's a much larger pool of folks all in the same ballpark skill-wise, especially since the game attempts to match by your skill ranking which is largely bullshit but is a general time spent indicator. So races are largely determined by which one or two players is able to get away from the pack at the very start, then everyone else is usually fucked for the entire race (Piranha Plants are god tier online). Once I was able to get 1st or 2nd place at the end of a race, by virtue of that starting position in the next race I was almost always able to beat out the initial clusterfuck and most of the time was a lock for 1st or 2nd again. But then if you get hit once in the initial barrage you are almost always 100% fucked and are locked outside of the top 3 at the least. It's leads to hilarious instances of totally fucking people but then you also getting totally fucked, and it can be incredibly frustrating. In one particular race I'm running a flawless race, probably almost half a lap ahead of 2nd place on the last lap. Then within a 15-20 second window I literally got hit with a Blue Shell, a Lightning, a Red Shell, and two SEPARATE Bombs. I finished 12th. Also as an aside I'm not sure how item distribution works online, but I see way way way more Lightnings playing with randoms online then in our games. I counted 6 in one game which is crazy. I still think I have personally only gotten one once.

It's a weird problem, and I'm not sure how they solve it. I'm not advocating no item races or anything, but the game is a super clusterfuck where skill only gets you so far. I miss the days of being able to lap SECOND place AI in 150cc in the original SMK because there was none of the crazy rubber banding/blue shells etc. Playing against other people obviously some of that isn't a factor, but I'm not sure how you really balance that. It's fun, but with every iteration the game feels more and more like Mario Party and not Mario Kart.

I do really hope the DLC comes out before Smash so I can actually play it with people. Also I hope the Master Cycle isn't an inside bike because fuck skills

FELIPE NO

Yeah I played MK Wii for like, an hour, so no experience there but I heard about that.

But yeah, this is basically a bullshit party game which is why I like playing with you guys, but wouldn't play on my own very much. I'm just wondering what they could do to try to fix that and not make every race an insane clusterfuck that is impossible to get out of 99% of the time.

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

I...came in first in like ~75% of the 12 player lobbies I was in? That wasn't really my point. Also I'm only really playing for coins at this point, so eh.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Tails

What's the story behind the two sets of headphones tag?

The last time (?) m00 played he was wearing two headsets, one for game audio and one for the skype call.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

THE AUDIO IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HEADPHONES

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

It's been pulled down, but there was something briefly up on the official Mario Kart site that was listing MK Amiibo support being added in a software update on 11/13/14, maybe the same date as the DLC???

Apparently all Amiibo support for MK is just going to be your Mii getting a racing suit based on the Amiibo you're using. Thank you Nintendo for letting me continue to not care about Amiibo functionality.

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

HNNNNNNNNNNNGH

Also here's a 13 minute Nintendo Minute where they play a bunch of the new stuff:

YouTube Video

Tanooki Mario going into his Mario 3 statue pose when he does a trick is fucking amazing. Also super fucking pumped about SNES Rainbow Road being in.

Originally Posted by [UNWANTED GRUNTING]

Yeah, how dare they not include fully featured AI racers you train in a free patch several months after the game releases for a toy that wasn't close to completed when the thing came out.

I think it's kind of ace actually that they're even going back and adding support for that shit in to older software titles, even if it is minor. Can you imagine the anger if it was something more substantial?

I agree, and I'm not upset at all by this; I'm actually honestly super pumped about it since it means less shit I have to think about buying. They kinda sorta make sense for Smash, but for all of these other games and especially games that are already out like MK and Hyrule Warriors I don't really see the point. I mean, additional cosmetic content is cool and why not, but that's hardly any sort of compelling reason for someone to get them. And if it WAS something substantial people would flip out like you said, so it's a lose-lose. I don't even know what they'd do really in terms of significant in-game content for games with these things other than maybe if you buy them they come with DLC, making it sort of like buying a physical copy of DLC or something. Fuck, I barely even know what Amiibos can be used for in general other than custom moves and storage in stuff like Smash. Super fascinating from a physical/collectible perspective, but they've given me zero reason to care about them for use in games.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Well they said the terrain as far as hills and ramps and whatnot is going to be completely random every time, so I imagine that'll go a long way there.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I'm down for whatever, but since we have people who don't even have all of the parts unlocked I'm guessing not everyone has the gold kart lol.

FELIPE NO

Right, but I think someone (I honestly forget who) said they didn't even have all the cups unlocked....so yeah.

I mean we did all Baby Daisies with one Ludwig so whatever, if one or two people don't have them it's not a big deal.

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

That's some pretty good grunting.

How ya doing, buddy?

I was planning on knocking out getting 3 stars on the new tracks on all the new cups and the Time Trials to get that out of the way ASAP, but if we all want to go in blind as a group I'm cool with that.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Link is a Crusierweight? Sweet.

Also I'm glad I decided to get all of the system update and DLC downloading done before going to work this morning because holy shit that took a while.

EDIT: oh my god as I make this post and the game boots up it NOW is prompting me to download DLC? What the fuck were the separate system update and software updates for? Figure out how to internet Nintendo.

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

Yeah I have no goddamn idea why all of the updates took me a million years to download this morning, something something porn torrents

Also yeah I think unless you're operating at a godtier level and/or legit fire hopping character stats generally don't make a huge practical difference. Unless what I'm seeing regarding the math is wrong, the difference between a 5.75 speed character and a completely bottomed out speed character at 1.0 is only ~0.1 seconds on a straightaway. Over the course (get it? HAHA) of an entire race that's a couple of seconds that could make a difference, but that's all super theoretical and assumes you're driving 100% flawlessly etc. Honestly the only reason I don't use Toad 100% of the time isn't that and is more the weight issue, since if you're in the middle of a pack of people you just get flung around like a ragdoll which is a super annoying.

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When I first got the game I was mocked in chat for not knowing that the Acceleration stat only applied at every 1 point benchmark, so I spent like 30 seconds looking at a FAQ to see what the stats meant since the game doesn't actually explain that anywhere and the last Mario Kart game I had previously played didn't even have (visible) stats...so yes?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Oh it's not out in EU yet? What the fuuuuuck, that sucks man

I honestly have no idea. I will try to get in on either game if I can, but we're adopting a cat today (barring any last minute nightmare problems) so I may be too preoccupied, unsure yet. I got home late last week and Tails said you guys were already full up as-is, I'd have to imagine you can get at least some folks for Karting.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I for sure won't be on, just got home with the cat a little while ago. It's an older cat so it's acclimated super quickly and is awesome actually, but I definitely want to keep half an eye on her for a while. Is anyone going to be livestreaming it this week? I can watch that and heckle you guys from the sidelines at least.

FELIPE NO

That's what I'm doing, hence saying keeping half an eye on her, I'm not like following her around or anything. I've had cats before so I have a pretty good idea on what stuff I needed to catproof, but they're all different. For example, I just heard a noise in the kitchen, go in there's and she's gone...because she apparently knows how to open cabinets, get inside, and close the door behind her -_-.

Edit: As a hilarious sidenote we got this cat because Philia volunteered and is now working at the animal shelter. Has wanted to get the cat for weeks. We get home, cat immediately loves me and is on my lap purring louder than I have ever heard a cat.

Divorce cat?

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

The "- Mo0" part of AHH EAT tag is hardly necessary.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Pre-emptive chumping: I won't be on next week, will be at my wife's holiday dinner for her SPCA job. On the plus side will we be at a delicious mexican restaurant.

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Wow, I had totally forgotten about that episode. How was that where your mind immediately went???







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