alvinvanasselt
Retro Bowser Castle 3 2:08:016*
updated
Surprise! I have no idea when my last upload was, but it must've been almost two years ago? Wow. So much happened since then. For the people who are wondering, I have never quit playing Mario Kart (Wii), but I was only active on wifi, especially in clan competitions. I didn't time trial anymore because I didn't really see the reason to. I already got what I wanted, which was WRs, and I don't have the patience to do that over and over again. Besides, I don't have a PC in my room anymore, which means no dazzle. And I don't really like uploading low-quality vids of random races.
So why now? To be honest, I don't really know. I think it was the feeling that it was my last chance. Not really because of the times getting too tough to beat (although I have a lot of respect for WR holders at tracks like RMR), but because TAS is taking over the wo.. eh, MKW. Simply explained, TAS is all about creating ghosts with a PC, for example by playing at 1 frame per second or by being able to get back 5 seconds in time in case you make a mistake. It's almost impossible to find out whether a time is TAS or not. However, a test was made by Maschell (and Cole, I think), which caught hackers because they "pressed" the wheelie button over 30 times a second, which is humanly impossible. A lot of WRs and top players were caught using that, which sounds nice.. But now people know how you can get caught, they simply don't wheelie that often anymore and most likely the world of TTing will die because of this. Or at least every WR will always be suspicious.
I already tried to get a good time at DC last year, along with some other tracks, where I came pretty close to WR times already. But I never uploaded those times to wifi, except DC.. because I was stupid enough to do it on a wrong license. By then the WR was 1'29"516 (yeah "002 indeed :D), but Jorge was stripped off of his times a few weeks ago because he was caught TASing. I guess that left the way open for someone else to get it, as the second time, with all respect @Dragon, wasn't of world-class level. In fact, it even was with Funky, not Daisy. So I started playing a bit, got "6 laps pretty quickly, but then I realized why I didn't push at DC last year.. It's a very annoying track! Usually, in TTs, you can attack every corner, and every well-taken corner wins time. At DC, there are 9 points every lap you simply have to survive, if not, you have to restart. Of course the key at this track is the low jump, which saves at least "2 per lap, but happens very rarely. So every time you make it in lap 1, you'll have problems with nerves already.
Now the run itself. I still don't know what to think of it. I think it's hard to see for someone who hasn't sub-1'30 himself, but there are a lot of mistakes in it. To sum up the biggest ones:
-First corner: Hit the offroad part a bit. Bad first wheelie as well.
-Second lap low jump, though I'm really happy with 2/3
-After tunnel: Should've released the MT a bit earlier.
-Last corner: No outside drift, saves more than you might think.
-And the last lap mistakes due to nerves: Pretty much everything after the low jump; Hitting too many cones, going too wide, and the last corner, but I guess I have to be glad I finished it.
Last... How long will this last? Hard to guess. If someone tries, he'll get it in a day. Due to a lack of specialization at this track, pretty much every TTer can get this. However, if no one wants to go for at least a 1/3 low jump, which happens every 30 mins or so (usually 2 times in a row then not for an hour... ugh), this might last for the usual length, which is over 100 days nowadays. As long as someone who deserves it takes it, I'll be happy :) And no I won't beat it then, read the second paragraph to know why.
If you ever want to race add me on skype (frightermkw). Congratulations on reading this utter-long story :D
~Alvin
Yeah, I know, it's been a while. But as I said last time, if I don't have something really interesting to upload, I won't. I'm not someone that will upload random worldwide races, especially with this crappy capture card. Although I should really be on my Youtube account more. If you want to add me, it's better to add my Skype (frightermkw), though. I'll also accept all friend invites as soon as possible.
I still play time trails from time to time, usually to get "the feeling" again after I haven't played for a week or so, but I usually don't go online so my time won't get on the charts. Otherwise I'll get people spamming me to get WRs, and I'm certainly not interesting in a return to the world of TAS and no-lifing (I will get flamed for this :P). But this time was interesting enough to upload. I don't know what the old WR was (some told me 39"107 and some other people told me 39"07, but I had 39"065 all the time), but I'm sure this is the best known time. And I have to admit, I didn't even know I was still able to do this. I'm so used to playing 95% all the time (you can't restart in wifi!) that I thought I lost a lot of tightness. But it seems like I still have it in me. I'm really happy with the time, although, if you look closely, you can see that I made a huge fail at the end of the lap. Oh well :)
Video by G13-Kenpa (gogorovic).
Yay for the people who spent hours and hours at this track... Although I would've loved to see an easy SC like this.
I pretty much quit TTs in January. That was for a few reasons. First of all the people who told/forced me to get WRs, and even if I got one, they wanted more. Those "fans" made me crazy, and never gave me recognition. Second of all the many people who wanted to get rid of me. For an obvious reason; jealousy. I also knew I pretty much could get everything I wanted, so why should I show it again? And I also wanted to get better in wifi. I allied a lot for a certain clan, and I'm sort of a leader now.. I promised them to use tag in case I'd get a WR, and I kept my promise.
So why do I come back when I was enjoying this game so much? It's the things you hear about "He once was one of the best in TTs". And then I think: Wait, I'm still good at it right? Or aren't I? It started with some training at Delfino, and for a strange reason I landed at Sherbet Land. We had a clan war against BB, but they cancelled. I got bored, and did some runs. I beat my pr and came close to regional record.
The next day we had the same situation: A war got cancelled again. That morning I talked to some people who think they are the smartest and best in the world and said I didn't archieve anything in MKW. Two hours later, I got this run.
I wasn't planning on getting WR at all, because I know what a pain the last corner can be. I improved to "184, and thought: This is my chance. Before I knew it, I was in a third lap, looked at the time and thought: WTF?! "494?! I don't want to crash this... But in the past I just learned to continue without playing safe, because that might make me lose WR as well. And there I was, last corner, and I made it! OMG I thought! The fact it was sub was even better, I often dreamed about getting that one first. When will I wake up?
The fact it's a sub also motivated me. Although I wrote MVT about a comeback a few days ago, I wanted something that could stay forever. And I don't think anyone will ever sub 2'04. So I'm the first to sub, and even if Ken beats me back soon, I was first...
I don't know what the fuure will bring me. I'll stick to wifi and I'm not planning to returen to TTs like a year ago (my last WR is from 2008!). The flaming I got about getting more WRs and improving my time made me realise what a shit life I had back when I was TTing. Never again please.. but at least I proved I could still do it.
I always knew I'd get a WR at this game, even though it's 1 day before the release date. I liked the other version a lot; it's still my favourite Wii game. Most events don't even have 10 competitors so far (I'm third at Bobsleigh, all I did was getting gold!), but together with Iceskating, this is like the Luigi Circuit of this game. Is this the Frostbeule run? No. I crashed a lot of 1'18 runs... 1'15 will be #1 in just a couple of weeks. I'll try to continue though, I have nothing else to do anyway. And I don't even know the best strat, I found this myself.
Anyone wanna exchange FCs?
[17:32:32] 超サイヤ人・ケーシービ/Casey B: please mention it was my POW =DDD
Shadow Smashers-WCL Division 6. If you want a tryout, add this Skype: frightermkw.
Sorry for my bad driving, I hope I have more talent for trackdesigning :P
I don't know if I will continue with this. Last time, when I got that TF time, I turned out to be #2 of Europe. So maybe I'll try the Torpedo sometime. And yes, I know about the last corner :(
EDIT 30 mins later: I got the sub with it. No MT miss at the end this time. Important factor seems to be the Chain Chomp I almost hit at lap 3. Maybe there's a way to avoid that one.
Because it was 100cc, I didn´t know the situation of the cars. So I decided to try to make him make a mistake, staying closely behind him. But I didn´t expect this... Enjoy, I promise you will!
Oh, and last lap was 18"639 if you wanna know it.
"This flap has almost always been the worst of them all. Unless it's your only WR, you shouldn't be too proud at it."
It might not be a very bad one, but it's not the way to show people flaps are just as good as 3laps :P
EDIT: Not a WR after checking sites, the WR is 34"268 :)
Q: What's a respectable time for the glitch?
A: If you can do this for three laps, you should get between 50 and 55 seconds, depending on how fast you are. If you can do the pipe jump, you can get under 50 seconds.
My friend got 1'55"001 and people said he was better than me. So I busted it in 10 minutes :P
When I look at the time, I think I should be happy. But I'm missing something. The second lap had both bad luck wheelies and lack of tightness. It makes me a bit scared, somehow. Or is that because I lost my previous WR in 2 days?
Taking last WR took me 562 tries. When I heard I lost it, I was really angry because I thought I had to do that again. But in fact, I was done after 6 tries (!) Is that because this run was lucky? Or is the WR bad?
I'm working on vid quality. So if it's really bad or can't see a thing, sorry :)
Getting this WR took me ages. Not because of the tightness, but because of the luck wheelies. This was the first run I finished without huge mistakes (except the last lap bad luck wheelie maybe), and the WR, woohoo! Enjoy!
I want to own RDS just like I did with RMR. I want to be the first to sub now. It may seem incredible, but I have the splits. Its just all in the luck wheelies, Im afraid.
Splits (didnt put it in vid because they arent equal at this track at all):
42"396
42"334 (luck wheelie)
41"837 (very bad luck wheelie)
PS: Im looking for someone that can add 50% of the screen hands, 50% real play so I can make a compilation.
Any ideas how to turn this guys? :D
It all started on a cold winter morning. Today. I found out the Dutch schools were on strike.. Another day of playing! After getting a MMM flap, I went to RDS to get my ER back (2'07"277), when I suddenly got 2'07"03 with a huge mistake that cost me the WR. I continued, and got the sub, still pretty easily. Followed by this run. As you can see, great tightness, but what most can see: Bad luck wheelies :( So this one can go further, but I won't play here until someone beats my time or gets close.
Also check out my flap WR (39"295) which I will upload tomorrow!
I started playing this track one day ago. That's when I found out the strat. Suddenly, I got #2 worldwide. Is it because the old WR was bad? Or because I'm good at that trick? I really don't know. So I can't explain too much. Enjoy!!
I guess you all know the history: It was my first WR, but I didnt have wifi by then. I came back a few months ago, beating it, losing it, then suddenly beating it by 17 (remember that number). It stood for a while, until Zanz beat it, up to 582 (remember that as well, hehe). Not a real pain, because I knew I could go further, as my 623 didnt take that long. I decided to wait a while because it was his only WR, and because I respect him as well. Well, respect, he has a few flap WRs without proof, so actually, I dont really like him. But OK, where were we, I respected him and I think 2 weeks is very nice. Then, the moment of the great comeback. How long would it take to take it back? 2-3 hours? I opened my live stream, and I was shocked: 30 people! Loads of Japs were looking as well, including ex-WR holder Bl@ck. It took a while to get my usual level back, but I began to hit nice splits. I had a great run, about 42, when I crashed in the cave part. I had a 3 run, where I crashed at the last corner.. I cant tell you how many times I crashed at the last corners. If Mick or Tim read this, write a bit about that and Ill put it here. After 10 (!) hours of playing, I got a great run, this time, I crashed at the last corner, but I could continue The time? 205584, 002 (2 thousands!) behind Zanz. I was very, very pissed and continued next day. After an hour or two, whadda you think? 205583. 001 behind. Just a few runs after that beat it to 568, WR! But, but I missed a wheelie in the cave part, and that cost me about 2. If you calculate last lap safety as well, that wouldve been about 400. The run directly after that, I had a great 42 run, but crashed at the two last corners in an already weak last lap, which resulted in a 4200 lap, and the final time was 559 (ghost in live vid)! And thats how I ended the day. The next day, I decided to give it one last go. I didnt open the live stream because my keyboard was broke. I was able to record this. A few crashed runs, and then, after an hour, this run.
Id like to tell you what this track really is like. Not just to explain what can go wrong, but also for strat help. The first corner should be taken the same way as the last one. The trick is to drive over the gaps, but just not enough to fall in the water. In order to remove that chance, you can go to the right a bit more before the corner. This isnt a problem at the first lap, but of course, you can overdo it as well. Two huge new problems are that the last lap. At the first corner, you have to go over it in a flat way, because otherwise, the chance to hit a penguin is very high (luck this time, but I crash 50% of my runs there). If you take it too safe, you might fall in. At the end, positioning is hard because of the part where you have to go between the wheelie and the wall, and,, yes, because of the penguins at the last corner. Here, you may not make a jump at all, because youll simply lose too much time. Its agony.
The shroom: Not that hard to do if you go too safe, but its hard to see how far you can go. So Id advice to follow the WR ghost. After that: The agony of this game: Luck wheelies. If you dont want sub-206, its not a problem. But there are 6 wheelies per lap at this track. Two of them can let you win/lose 1. You need extreme luck here, otherwise, you need to win it at the cave part, and its pretty impossible to go tighter than me The cave part is tightness, and then, all you have to do is start at the last corner part again ;)
As you can see, my last lap was a tad slower. I lost most of the time at the first and second corner (hop), but I went a tad saver. Im not sorry, because I crashed sooo many runs before
That Im happy to finish this one. The time can go further, but with my tightness, at least 5/6 wheelies need to be luck wheelies. The chance? Very low.
I wanted to make a special vid because I rarely go for WRs, so I hope you like the result ;)
Enjoy!
I guess you all know the history: It was my first WR, but I didnt have wifi by then. I came back a few months ago, beating it, losing it, then suddenly beating it by 17 (remember that number). It stood for a while, until Zanz beat it, up to 582 (remember that as well, hehe). Not a real pain, because I knew I could go further, as my 623 didnt take that long. I decided to wait a while because it was his only WR, and because I respect him as well. Well, respect, he has a few flap WRs without proof, so actually, I dont really like him. But OK, where were we, I respected him and I think 2 weeks is very nice. Then, the moment of the great comeback. How long would it take to take it back? 2-3 hours? I opened my live stream, and I was shocked: 30 people! Loads of Japs were looking as well, including ex-WR holder Bl@ck. It took a while to get my usual level back, but I began to hit nice splits. I had a great run, about 42, when I crashed in the cave part. I had a 3 run, where I crashed at the last corner.. I cant tell you how many times I crashed at the last corners. If Mick or Tim read this, write a bit about that and Ill put it here. After 10 (!) hours of playing, I got a great run, this time, I crashed at the last corner, but I could continue The time? 205584, 002 (2 thousands!) behind Zanz. I was very, very pissed and continued next day. After an hour or two, whadda you think? 205583. 001 behind. Just a few runs after that beat it to 568, WR! But, but I missed a wheelie in the cave part, and that cost me about 2. If you calculate last lap safety as well, that wouldve been about 400. The run directly after that, I had a great 42 run, but crashed at the two last corners in an already weak last lap, which resulted in a 4200 lap, and the final time was 559 (ghost in live vid)! And thats how I ended the day. The next day, I decided to give it one last go. I didnt open the live stream because my keyboard was broke. I was able to record this. A few crashed runs, and then, after an hour, this run.
Id like to tell you what this track really is like. Not just to explain what can go wrong, but also for strat help. The first corner should be taken the same way as the last one. The trick is to drive over the gaps, but just not enough to fall in the water. In order to remove that chance, you can go to the right a bit more before the corner. This isnt a problem at the first lap, but of course, you can overdo it as well. Two huge new problems are that the last lap. At the first corner, you have to go over it in a flat way, because otherwise, the chance to hit a penguin is very high (luck this time, but I crash 50% of my runs there). If you take it too safe, you might fall in. At the end, positioning is hard because of the part where you have to go between the wheelie and the wall, and,, yes, because of the penguins at the last corner. Here, you may not make a jump at all, because youll simply lose too much time. Its agony.
The shroom: Not that hard to do if you go too safe, but its hard to see how far you can go. So Id advice to follow the WR ghost. After that: The agony of this game: Luck wheelies. If you dont want sub-206, its not a problem. But there are 6 wheelies per lap at this track. Two of them can let you win/lose 1. You need extreme luck here, otherwise, you need to win it at the cave part, and its pretty impossible to go tighter than me The cave part is tightness, and then, all you have to do is start at the last corner part again ;)
As you can see, my last lap was a tad slower. I lost most of the time at the first and second corner (hop), but I went a tad saver. Im not sorry, because I crashed sooo many runs before
That Im happy to finish this one. The time can go further, but with my tightness, at least 5/6 wheelies need to be luck wheelies. The chance? Very low.
I wanted to make a special vid because I rarely go for WRs, so I hope you like the result ;)
Enjoy!
EDIT: To all that believe that this is much slower: My BB splits give 2'30"7 (=WR). I believe that there really are WR possibilities in the future, that's why I chose that name. Remember: The torpedo once was used at WGM as well. Aren't we laughing about it now?
-Dry Dry Ruins 34"873 (#4)-Might look bad, but finishing a lap is great
-Wario's Gold Mine 36"676 (#3)
-GBA Shy Guy Beach 26"018 (#2)- WR is 25"999, I'll go for it!!!
-GCN DK Mountain 42"260*-I'll go for the sub!
-DK's Snowboard Cross 36"676 (SR)-Nice, but fighting against Now-R is impossible
-N64 Sherbet Land 40"170*- Got this time twice,decided to upload this one.
Enjoy!
song is Lucky Soul - Lips Are Unhappy
Okay, if you dont understand why this vid isnt truly edited, go to the vid I responded to. Yes, its Frostys LC sub. I tried to make it the same because this is a great sub as well!
I predicted this when got my "410: Yes, the sub is possible according to the splits, but its almost impossible because everything has to go right: The pipe jumps , the wheelies and the shrooms. 143"3 would be awesome, anything lower than "250 would be great. The sub wont come this year, maybe next year.
Well, not! But until the very last part of the straight, I had no idea I did what I thought that would never happen this year. It began when I wanted to beat Brendans time for the POQ, and he took it back. Its pretty much a race for the sub, not really for the WR. I didnt even want to beat it, but (and yeh, everybody who thinks Im a nice person, dont read this) Brendan lost his DC WR, THE moment to let him give a penalty for taking my WR! I got "171 pretty easily, followed by a (still) bad "164 and a crashed WR run when I hit the grass exactly on the finish line.
Now the laps! The first lap was normal for a WR la puntil the wheelie + pipe jump, which gave an exra boost. I was hoping to get 34"450 and I got 34"403.
I knew I was building a new world record here. It sometimes ives an extra boost, but it can make me nervous as well. This time, I had a feeling I already was there, and went a tad too slow, followed by a bad (compared with) wheelie part. 34"407 is really too slow for a sub, where I have to get at least "250. I had to give everything in the last lap to even get a WR!
The last lap. I decided to give everything, but a sub would be impossible, simply because my best spli was "265, and I needed "19x. I just gave it everything and I was able to see my ghost until the amazing wheelie + godly pipe jump, and suddenly I realised I set a WR, and a great one! The last lap was. 34"162, wow!!!
So what now in the future? Well, just as Frostys comment when he got the LC sub: Ill never play this fuking track again!!!. Im not going too far, but I already have 2 WRs, did what I was able to here, and will only try for prs here in the future, although Ill think this will keep a strong one. I hope you enjoy my third WR, and no matter how long it will stand (I think 1 day), I got the sub the first!!!
Not much time to explain now... Last lap was bad because of the unlucky wheelie.