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[Wolfe]

One of these days I'll get in on this, totally thought it was Wed for some reason.

Gotta show off that gold cart!

 

[Yagami_Sama]

In community do you guys usually play ?

 

[PreyingShark]

150cc all items

 

[Smilax]

Yep, I'll spend all of my free time between now and then doing good public works like feeding the homeless.

Hopefully that will at least get my karma to the point where my own items aren't hitting me anymore :{

Your karma is fine. You just had some rough races, and bad luck.... a lot of bad luck.

 

[Saint Gregory]

Your karma is fine. You just had some rough races, and bad luck.... a lot of bad luck.

Some part bad luck and some part a lack of track awareness. Most of the things that happened were avoidable if I had been paying attention to what was going on around me.

There's still plenty of time to practice before MK8 launches but I just hope they don't change things so much that it feels like I'm starting from scratch again :{

I'll be ready for tomorrow though, I'll join at 12 noon sharp.

 

[Elija2]

Is the MK7 community gonna die once MK8 comes out?

 

[SoraanTribal]

Is the MK7 community gonna die once MK8 comes out?

Considering the install size of the Wii U versus the 3DS, I doubt that.

 

[Saint Gregory]

Is the MK7 community gonna die once MK8 comes out?

Considering the install size of the Wii U versus the 3DS, I doubt that.

I expect that things will be very active in the Wii U community for the first month or so and then die down a lot. We may want to just form a joint MK community for both games down the road as I don't expect MK7 to get abandoned completely any time soon. MKDS and MKWii coexisted for a really long time.

 

[Yagami_Sama]

What the time do you guys are planning to play today ?

 

[PreyingShark]

What the time do you guys are planning to play today ?

Saturday, 3PM EDT

 

[Azuran]

Is the MK7 community gonna die once MK8 comes out?

I don't believe so. There were plenty of MKW communities once MK7 came out. That's why I love the way they release MK. The two latest games can co-exist since they're on different systems.

 

[PreyingShark]

It won't die right away because you won't be able to stop in the middle of a choke point and spam the Tanooki Tail.

 

[Saint Gregory]

It won't die right away because you won't be able to stop in the middle of a choke point and spam the Tanooki Tail.

Of course not, you'll just be able to stop in the middle of a choke point with a piranha plant now instead :/

The new Fire Flower looks even more spammable in the videos to me.

It coud be worse...Waiting at a tight space with a mega mushroom....So many mario kart wii troll nightmares.

I sometimes think that the entire concept of trolling was originally derived from MK. The game is practically designed to bring out the very worst in people which is probably why it's so incredibly popular.

 

[ffdgh]

Of course not, you'll just be able to stop in the middle of a choke point with a piranha plant now instead :/

It coud be worse...Waiting at a tight space with a mega mushroom....So many mario kart wii troll nightmares.

 

[PreyingShark]

Of course not, you'll just be able to stop in the middle of a choke point with a piranha plant now instead :/

You'll be able to actually hit them with a shell or fireball though. Part of what made Tanooki Tail trolls and, as ffdgh reminded us, Mega Mushroom trolls a pain is that you couldn't hit them to give you some time to safely drive past them.

The Piranha Plant also forces you to move forward at regular intervals (thank god).

 

[Saint Gregory]

You'll be able to actually hit them with a shell or fireball though. Part of what made Tanooki Tail trolls and, as ffdgh reminded us, Mega Mushroom trolls a pain is that you couldn't hit them to give you some time to safely drive past them.

The Piranha Plant also forces you to move forward at regular intervals (thank god).

I forgot about the boost from using the plant, that was a good design decision. I've got to think that there's still going to be a road rage item in MK8 though, there always is.


Edit: Hmm, maybe not in MKDS though but all the items seemed pretty toned down in that game.

 

[ffdgh]

I forgot about the boost from using the plant, that was a good design decision. I've got to think that there's still going to be a road rage item in MK8 though, there always is.

There's still that...could be lucky number 8 and that horn item we don't know about.

Good thing the star, bullet bill and blue shell have been nerfed in 8.

 

[Yagami_Sama]

Saturday, 3PM EDT

Thanks,

I will try to join.

 

[PreyingShark]

There's still that...could be lucky number 8 and that horn item we don't know about.

Good thing the star, bullet bill and blue shell have been nerfed in 8.

Wait, the star and bullet bill have been nerfed? Star nerf is fine but goddammit the Bullet Bill sucked in 7 to the point where it has actually killed me before.

 

[Saint Gregory]

There's still that...could be lucky number 8 and that horn item we don't know about.

Good thing the star, bullet bill and blue shell have been nerfed in 8.

I read someone in another thread speculating (or joking, who knows) that the horn item will turn into the red button that was shown on the gamepad in early screenshots. I can imagine that being applied to all kinds of annoying behavior knowing Nintendo.

Thanks,

I will try to join.

Wait, I thought we were starting at noon on Saturday. Is it 3PM now?

 

[ffdgh]

Wait, the star and bullet bill have been nerfed? Star nerf is fine but goddammit the Bullet Bill sucked in 7 to the point where it has actually killed me before.

Oops I mean knockback wise. They're basically hit as stong as shells now instead of that annoying double flip in 7.

Star looks faster and no clue about the bills speed.

 

[Saint Gregory]

Wait, the star and bullet bill have been nerfed? Star nerf is fine but goddammit the Bullet Bill sucked in 7 to the point where it has actually killed me before.

Yep, it kind of reminds me of the auto-pilot item in most of the Wipeout games in that it's pretty critical that you chose when and where to use it. Sometimes it will just drop you into the middle of a turn making you drift off into oblivion :{

It's even better when it just drops you onto an obstacle like a thwomp or pinball though :lol

Yes, my brain was thinking noon but my fingers typed 3 PM EDT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS CORRECT ME FFFFFF-

How exactly does something like that happen? Were you on a platform in the middle of the Atlantic so it threw you off?

 

[PreyingShark]

Yes, my brain was thinking noon but my fingers typed 3 PM EDT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS CORRECT ME FFFFFF-

 

[Tabasco]

Yes, my brain was thinking noon but my fingers typed 3 PM EDT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS CORRECT ME FFFFFF-

Uh, so is it at noon or 3 PM?

 

[PreyingShark]

The same time as last Saturday was what I meant so noon I'm pretty sure

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

Been doing my utter best to get 3 stars on every cup. Only have two left on Mirror mode.

Must have tried a dozen times now, can't get it for the life of me.

Playing against the CPU so much, we have N64 levels of catch up bullshit in the game.

 

[Smilax]

My body is ready.... to kart and win. I hope we can get 8 people today!

 

[Jucksalbe]

Noon EDT is in about an hour, isn't it? I'll try to join this time.

 

[Saint Gregory]

Spoiler

It's hard to see in the picture but he's dragging a blue shell behind him >

 

[Prinny]

Open lobby 150cc all items!

 

[Saint Gregory]

Hmm, triple Daisys? Awkward.

Edit: Yeah, I'm switching to Greg Mii after this race :/

 

[Prinny]

The Ent blocked all the red shells

 

[Jucksalbe]

Is the group already full or can I not join when a race is in progress?

 

[Saint Gregory]

Is the group already full or can I not join when a race is in progress?

Yes, you can't join. We'll post when it's open again.

 

[Jucksalbe]

Ah, okay. I was sure it was possible to join at any time in MK Wii.

 

[Saint Gregory]

well that was an unfortunate series of events (as usual)

it's open again!

 

[DaBoss]

lol when I join I have to go.

 

[PreyingShark]

*yawn* Good morning

 

[Smilax]

Well... that was something. lol

Lobby is open

 

[Saint Gregory]

It's open.

 

[Jucksalbe]

2nd place is way better than I thought I would do.

 

[PreyingShark]

Freaking Toad Circuit ><;

 

[Smilax]

Freaking Toad Circuit ><;

Man what are you talking about, you went out of your way to hit me lol. That was fun, 3rd place with Shark wooooooooo

 

[Jucksalbe]

Haha, damn, that was some awful performance by me.
Since everyone is so close together, almost every race amounts to pure chaos.

 

[PreyingShark]

Shuguys are so delicious though!

Open BTW

Okay, no more happy fun time.

 

[Smilax]

Shuguys are so delicious though!

Open BTW

Okay, no more happy fun time.

Oh yeah you were Yoshi. I'm expecting to see shortcuts and B-Dasher with Red Wheels from you!

 

[PreyingShark]

No stars master race

Spoiler

My actual cart has 3

 

[Elija2]

Did anyone else see that bomb/blue shell nonsense that happened at the end of the first lap? I threw a bomb and it blew up in the air, and then a blue shell went completely off course and landed off the side of the map.

 

[Saint Gregory]

You're messing with my blood pressure Shark!

 

[PreyingShark]

Should've kamikazed for that blue. Instead I trolled.