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[HypnoDarkrai]

Damn it! those red shells.

Justice.
For that blue shell.

 

[Enforced]

Justice.
For that blue shell.

then you bumped me to slow me down.

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

then you bumped me to slow me down.

I actually didn't know that was possible, on Bowser's Castle right?
I thought you had to bump into wall to slow down.
Down to 3.

 

[Enforced]

I actually didn't know that was possible, on Bowser's Castle right?
I thought you had to bump into wall to slow down.
Down to 3.

Somehow you slow me down. I just forgot if i really went off road when you bump me.

 

[Teknoman]

Could someone give me a quick rundown on what frantic is?

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

Somehow you slow me down. I just forgot if i really went off road when you bump me.

Might have been lag or something.

Could someone give me a quick rundown on what frantic is?

Item Mode where better items show up in the 1-5 range as well.
Tournament code should be somewhere hidden in the OP.

 

[Enforced]

good thing I have the triple green shells to protect me. lol

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

good thing I have the triple green shells to protect me. lol

I needed all the help I could get in that Last race

 

[JCX]

GGs tonight

 

[Enforced]

That's enough for me. Good game.

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

GGs tonight

That's enough for me. Good game.

GG JCX, DaSorcerer, Enforced and Bobby.

 

[Jurassic Munson]

Well I am ready to debut on the GAF tournament for a Sunday morning bout.

 

[RellyRell28]

No one's here

 

[Jurassic Munson]

No one's here

I'm on frantic

 

[Kade]

Join me in Frantic!

 

[MrSaturn99]

Just played this online for the first time since post-patch.

I'm still having the same exact issues. Love the game, but this is the worst Nintendo online experience since I've had since The Conduit.

 

[braves01]

I had one of those nights tonight... :-/

Off to decent starts, then just totally fucked by everyone.

Edit: New track rankings also, because I'm bored. Bolded are the only two I really don't care for

1.) Sunshine Airport
2.) Toad Harbour
3.) Thwomp Ruins
4.) Shy Guy Falls

Cloudtop Cruise
Mount Wario
Twisted Mansion
Sweet Sweet Canyon

Bowser's Castle
Rainbow Road
Mario Circuit
Water Park

Mario Kart Stadium
Bone Dry Dunes
Electrodome
Dolphin Shoals

 

[Enforced]

I'll be in frantic in about 10 minutes.

 

[Enforced]

Do you want to move to ww, Justin?

 

[JCX]

Sorry didn't see that earlier. GGs.

 

[Enforced]

Sorry didn't see that earlier. GGs.

That's ok good game.

 

[Exentryk]

Anyone around for some frantic races?

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Just met someone called "Ass☆Tits" online.

 

[Roo]

Just met someone called "Ass☆Tits" online.

It reminds me of a "japanese girl" I raced with a few weeks ago named Rim~Ming and I was like LOL

 

[Diggeh]

So guys, if Nintendo's going to handle the DLC like this online, do we need a third tournament called NeoGAF |DLC|?

There's some confusion going round about how things will work, so let's try and address things.

• Nintendo will not force players who don't purchase the DLC to download several GBs of data just to play online. The mandatory update will include the character models and the vehicle models, but not the tracks. This will be a FAIRLY SMALL update and will allow players without the DLC to still see others online playing as Link et al. This is exactly how the Mercedes DLC has worked, and indeed the coloured Yoshis/Shy Guys. By just doing yesterday's update and nothing more, you see these things when playing online.
  [*]When playing online, if a player in your lobby does not have the Pack 1 or Pack 2 DLC, tracks from those cups will not be available for voting. They will only appear if everyone in the room has the DLC.
• The bonus of colored Yoshis/Shy Guys does not expire. You can buy the packs at any time, either as a bundle or seperately if you want, and you will get the bonus.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

At this point, the only people playing this game still are the dedicated and the hackers(roo), and you know they all gonna pay the $12 bucks. And I can't imagine people coming back to Mario Kart 8 in November and NOT buying the DLC, especially at that price point. Probably wont have to worry about it

 

[DooD1234]

Ugh, climbing up VR is so slow and every time I do bad, I lost all the point I just built up. Why am I losing VR when I'm 4th.

 

[Roo]

Ugh, climbing up VR is so slow and every time I do bad, I lost all the point I just built up. Why am I losing VR when I'm 4th.

Only reason I quit WW races

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Ugh, climbing up VR is so slow and every time I do bad, I lost all the point I just built up. Why am I losing VR when I'm 4th.

If you're getting ahead in points, you should enter into a new room.

 

[Lady Siara]

Anyone want to play in a few? I've no preference for vanilla or Frantic.

 

[Gattuso]

Anyone want to play in a few? I've no preference for vanilla or Frantic.

its been a while since I played last with me having been doing other stuff while I'm in Boston for the moment, so i'm up for some races.
edit: i'll be in frantic.

 

[MrDaravon]

Man, I don't know how you guys do this shit. Feels like most of my games are me playing flawlessly and in 1st place, end of the last lap I get hit with a blue shell then 4 other things in a row and I finish 10th. Playing against a full lobby of friends it's all good, but trying to get stars in the Grand Prix races is making me want to throw the gamepad out the window.

Also is there ANY room for the lighter characters to really work? After flip-flopping around to a couple characters (mostly Rosalina with a bike and Luigi with a kart) I think I am now forced to play as Toad because he totally cracks me up. The downside is he is noticeably slower. Since I figured I was screwed anyway I went for maximum hilarity and used him with the boat kart and the car with the horses in the front of it (don't have the names handy) and seemed to actually do fine, especially with the horse one since I think that got me up to almost 4 on Speed. Is the heavy characters dominating only an issue at the highest level of play?

 

[Roo]

Haven't played in days so I'll jump in in 20 minutes or so if anyone else wants to join.

 

[Gattuso]

screwed myself there with my own banana haha

 

[Roo]

screwed myself there with my own banana haha

lol I know.
After that you couldn't recover.

 

[Gattuso]

those red shells and that blue that hit me

 

[Roo]

Yay more people

 

[Gattuso]

a mushroom would have been nice

 

[DooD1234]

Joining Roo and whoever is racing, VR gain so bad, I'm stuck in 7900 range or lose more if mario kart gods decides to forsake me.

 

[Gattuso]

bullets kinda suck in small rooms
edit: yay first

 

[Roo]

Fuck green shells. Seriously, fuck them.

 

[Gattuso]

that was pretty close, so glad I got another set of triple greens when that last red was headed my way

 

[Burning Justice]

Tried to go for Roo's star... didn't go quite as planned.

 

[DooD1234]

C'mon guys we need more racers

Edit: lmao, you just gave up Roo?

 

[Gattuso]

lol roo

 

[Roo]

lol roo

I can't compete against 3 red shells. I just can't

 

[Gattuso]

all the triple greens in the world couldn't save me

 

[Roo]

lol you guys.

 

[Gattuso]

lol that final lap

 

[DooD1234]

Alright, life is coming to this party now woo hoo!