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I really, really hate whoever came up with the glider idea and didn't understand how frustrating it would be combined with lightning.

That's been a thing since at least Mario Kart 64, just expanded a bit. You were always ultra-vulnerable in a jump.
Its one of my favorite tracks. I actually really like both RR's.

Any track where 12 players are drifting behind each other, and slamming into each other, spinning around, while in anti-grav, are some of the best moments in this game.
Too much risk of death on RR to do that properly. IMO it's much better in the Shy Guy Falls dash segment.
 
I really, really hate whoever came up with the glider idea and didn't understand how frustrating it would be combined with lightning.

It's no differant than the big jumps that started in MK64, no? As far as I can tell the glider sections themselves were created to give you more control over your landing during those bits.
 
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G'night.
 
I really, really hate whoever came up with the glider idea and didn't understand how frustrating it would be combined with lightning.

I thought you used to be immune to lightning while airborne, but I might be remembering wrong.

On the plus(?) side, it gives the guy shooting the lightning some extra evil cackles to scope the map and hit at the worst time.
 
and frustrating. So frustrating. You can go from first to 10th if there's insanity going on at the end.

Oh yeah, people just flying off the edge. The thrill you get from them moments is worth it.

Red shells is still my worst pet peeve. If you're unlucky enough to get behind someone with three of them, it can ruin your mood.
 
That's been a thing since at least Mario Kart 64, just expanded a bit. You were always ultra-vulnerable in a jump.

Except now almost every track has a shoehorned in glider section to screw you over. It doesn't help that the glider sections are so pointless and nothing more than a gimmick.
 
Hopping on. Hoping I get enough good footage to create this video I've been planning for a bit.

Edit: Ludwig is the best Koopa Kid for bikes.
 
I love when I lead 1st for half the game and the n make mistake after mistake after...


And what's with all the Blue Shells tonight, Gaf? Counted four in like ten races?
 
If you're so concerned, land as soon as possible. Many of them have it as optional.

Many of them take 3 seconds or longer to get across. You really have no choice but to sit there helplessly and hope you don't get nailed. I really wouldn't mind it so much if the glider sections actually had some kind of substance, but they're just there to make the track seem more interesting without serving any meaningful purpose.
 
Wow, I just did a perfect race online. Was 1st for 3 straight laps and nothing ever hit me, no blue shell, no lightning bolt, no red shell, nothing. Don't know how that was possible lol.
 
Many of them take 3 seconds or longer to get across. You really have no choice but to sit there helplessly and hope you don't get nailed. I really wouldn't mind it so much if the glider sections actually had some kind of substance, but they're just there to make the track seem more interesting without serving any meaningful purpose.

Too tired to do the actual math but considering the probability of someone getting a lightning (roughly seems to be 2 per race) and the time of an average race (about 2 and a half minutes on the generous side), the chances of you being hit in that window is incredibly small.
Then you take into account the probability that a track you hit doesn't have any mandatory glider sections or any sections it has is less than a second long.

Also take into account that since punishment for falling is less strict now, you can pretty much get back in anyway.
Wow, I just did a perfect race online. Was 1st for 3 straight laps and nothing ever hit me, no blue shell, no lightning bolt, no red shell, nothing. Don't know how that was possible lol.
I am apparently a god at Grumble Volcano. Was flawlessly in first for nearly 3 full laps online (got red'd near the very after I was careless with my items to try and desperately get a super horn in case of a blue shell). Still got second at least though so it wasn't all bad.

It's not a total fluke since I have done very well on the track in prior races.
 
Wow, I just did a perfect race online. Was 1st for 3 straight laps and nothing ever hit me, no blue shell, no lightning bolt, no red shell, nothing. Don't know how that was possible lol.

Cherish it. It won't happen again for a while >_>
 
Dang, getting shut down hard tonight. I'll be back at it soon though.
Cherish it. It won't happen again for a while >_>

Gotta love those matches where you have a time trial for 2 2/3rds laps... then stuff goes to shit and you end up in sixth or worse.
 
Tsumiya we are now even on 1st robberies, lol.

Last second Mushrooms on Rainbow Road feel so frightening. So easy to backfire.

Edit: I suppose Hip Hop needs to balance the universe back out.

Oh boy
 
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