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Mario Kart 8 |OT| 8 oW
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foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
wut
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Being a bit melodramatic don't you think?
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Holy crap that was a lot of red shells. Were those all from Rodriguez?
Edit: Considering the way I got slapped around on Bowser's Castle including that final stretch green shell, I'll accept 3rd place.
Edit: Considering the way I got slapped around on Bowser's Castle including that final stretch green shell, I'll accept 3rd place.
Stuff like that getting widespread can easily ruin online modes.
I bought this for the online play, which will be ruined when this catches on. If this isn't patched soon, I'd have been able to get it used for cheaper had I held off on buying it.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
No me and another guy both got triple red shells so it was a bad time for you lol.
I keep getting last item luck, so sorry :S
I'm legit impressed with that. It's not obvious cheating like snaking in MKDS, but I can see it makes a difference.
I still need to wait a couple of more weeks to get my own copy. But have been playing at a friends house so i am learning already how things work in this game. Also can't wait to check out the Gaf servers to see if they are any good.
this is exactly like snaking on the DS..
I just bought the game this morning and haven't played yet.. is there a ranked mode? if all there is is casual matchmaking and everyone ends up just snaking/hopping, I can see the turn off for online. But if this sort of bumping is only left to competitive play, I don't see the problem.
I got decent at snaking on the DS. It's really not hard... but yeah.. I would hate to be a casual player just looking to have some fun online and getting owned by everyone else doing it.
huh? Snaking wasn't cheating.
There is no separation between casual play and ranked matches. Every race you do affects your online score unless you're in a friends only lobby.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Luck ran out, six game winning streak gone!
Yoooooou. I've seen you do it. You play as Peach and drive the pipe frame kart, right?
Being able to drift off the track into the grass/dirt and maintain your boost was bullshit, and the fact that your kart could be nearly sideways yet maintain a straight racing line was utter nonsense, speaking as someone who abused Dry Bones snaking like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns2OSG92jUQ
That doesn't look like something I'd enjoy mastering myself. Ah well, I'll probably stop playing once I've gotten all the golden parts, anyway.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
RIP in peace MK8
May 31st-June 3rd
May 31st-June 3rd
Nope you are not odd urge of me buying this game shot up by a mile.
Starwolf_UK
Member
You've got to admit, the multiple hopping on straights is kind of mesmorising.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
MK8 to become the melee of mario kart
Doesn't MKDS hold that title?
Daria Morgendorffer
Member
That was a nice last race, first place with Rosalina.
Maybe I'm weird, but I would like to master that one lol. A glitch similar to L-cancelling in melee.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
alot more people are against snaking in DS(especially when it can easily be seen as cheating) than they're against the techs in melee
Mr. Smiley
Member
Well no wonder M. Mario, Rosalina, and Morton felt so different in the same class.
Acerac
Banned
The issue on 7 included skipping a large portion of the track. Karts maintaining momentum from a boost by staying airborne hardly seems to be the same scale.
Sorry(what did I do?)
Edit: was it the double star?
Smashed into me with a star infront of ramp causing lakitu to carry me backwards on the track. All of this when I was already second to last...
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Man, you guys murdered me on that first lap. Getting hit twice wasn't enough, you had to knock me out of the cannon too.
Judging by the reactions in this thread, you sure could've fooled me.
It is...Tho there's the crazy variation of cloud top cruise. I can't do that one just yet.
They both ruin the online. The game was already heavily leaning in the favor of heavier characters, but it didn't bother me too much, but now I'll have to start cheating to be able to play online.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Anyone know the time difference between doing and not doing the hops?
It should get patched out, but this is Nintendo so you never know. Right now more skilled players will obviously win way more often, but sometimes a less skilled one can snatch a win. If this technique makes enough of a difference it becomes really unfair for the people that don't use it, as it'll get incredibly difficult to do well without extreme luck.
Nah, online GAF doesn't have the suffocating smell of white hot burning rubber banding offline 150cc provides.
Acerac
Banned
Bikes can't use this, though I believe they still have the sharper turns. Whether or not this balances out is yet to be seen... though it's admittedly unlikely.
*Edit*
Guess it's just inward drift bikes. Meh, I was fairly close.
From what I can tell, It's possible with everything but inward drift bikes lol.
Nocturnowl
Member
The Karts are having their revenge for Mario Kart Wii.
Acerac
Banned
You and I have very different definitions of the word cheat.