IRT #22 - Sunday 6 December @ 19:00 CET

Post by **dede** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:07 pm

What's this cup about?
Would you like to test your racing skills, challenging all the best TS drivers? New unreleased track (no advantages to anybody!), 5 default cars, ghost mode, drive for the win with each car!
All stats about past tournaments are available here. There is also a racing ranking, based on last 3 editions of the tournament.

When?
December the 8th 2009 (Sunday) @ 19:00 CET (18:00 GMT 18:00 UK/Portugal, 19:00 Germany/Italy, 20:00 Finland...).
Please use this tool to convert the time correctly, if you aren't sure about your time zone.

How can I join?
Since only 20 players can take part to this cup, spots will be assigned on showup order.

How does this cup work?
Car: each car will be driven once (Order: random)
Track: Unreleased track
Laps: basing on track length
Ghost Mode: Enabled
Servers: Community Server [ITA]
Points for each car: 0 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
From 18:55 to 19:05 CET TRACKTESTING with all cars! Start immediately after that!

See you!

Post by **Whiplash** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:39 pm

Cool, the hardest TS cup came back. Oh man, I have emotional connection with it.

That was my first real cup here.

I belive I'll show up.

See you.

pablinho15 · Post by **pablinho15** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:19 am

Whiplash wrote:Cool, the hardest TS cup came back. Oh man, I have emotional connection with it. That was my first real cup here.
I belive I'll show up. See you.

'll feel the adrenaline of the last lap

Jurgen-NL · Post by **Jurgen-NL** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 7:21 am

any rules such as fair play no pushing ect. ?

shyguy1001 · Post by **shyguy1001** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:00 am

Jurgen-NL wrote:any rules such as fair play no pushing ect. ?

IRT is ghost mode on.

Jurgen-NL · Post by **Jurgen-NL** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:29 am

shyguy1001 wrote:
Jurgen-NL wrote:any rules such as fair play no pushing ect. ?
IRT is ghost mode on.

ah ok

Post by **Whiplash** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 10:14 pm

"dede, you should change the rules about this tournament a little bit. Tracks should be released in the future. I couldn't win last time because of you."
autor: Tijny

Yeah man, I totally agree with you.

Now seriously, It could be better to change it. Tracks could be released one week before.

Post by **Tijny** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:01 pm

Whiplash wrote:"dede, you should change the rules about this tournament a little bit. Tracks should be released in the future. I couldn't win last time because of you."
autor: Tijny

Yeah man, I totally agree with you. Now seriously, It could be better to change it. Tracks could be released one week before.

I should be offended, it's really not about that. I would've lost badly on any other track because I'm really not that into default cars anymore.
Anyhoo, the rules will not be changed, it would take away the whole idea behind the cup.

Post by **Whiplash** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:13 am

Tijny wrote:I should be offended...

Come on, it's a joke.

I just tough that dede will listen to you rather than me.

It's not about unfairness as well. I just needed some reason and then ask for a little change there. Maybe races would be much tighter with it.

iBlaze² · Post by **iBlaze²** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:18 am

Whiplash wrote:I just needed some reason and then ask for a little change there. Maybe races would be much tighter with it.

If tracks were released before the cup then you would have some players wank 10,000 laps and finish a lot higher than where they normally would have if nobody had driven the track. Then, the results wouldn't reflect who is actually fastest, but who had wanked the most. And so, it would be a completely different cup.

I give you the results for my very first official cup race, where the track was available - and the results of my first IRT (just antislider in fact, so same car), where the track wasn't available - and I'll let you spot how much of a difference lap-wanking can make... in particular, pay attention to the results of me and Scud.

ASD Cup #1 - track available
1. Tijny
2. dede
3. iBlaze²
4. kovalainen
5. Storm
6. Keppana
7. Drago
8. Etmil
9. fixxxer
10. Scud

IRT # 14 (Antislider) - track unreleased
1. dede
2. Tijny
3. olio
4. Scud
5. Janne
6. Padero
7. benzinfurz
8. iBlaze²
9. Lost_KiLler
10. Pilburn

Post by **Whiplash** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:41 am

Ok, ok.

Post by **dede** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:45 pm

iBlaze² wrote:If tracks were released before the cup then you would have some players wank 10,000 laps and finish a lot higher than where they normally would have if nobody had driven the track.

Releasing the track before would give an advantage to those who have a lot of time available to train. If all players trained enough, I believe there wouldn't be big changes in final standings. If TS players were professional drivers, I would have no problems releasing the track (I'm having fun training and planning fuel strategies, e.g. in past GPOR F1 Leagues). But since this isn't possible, it sounds more fair to me to keep the track unreleased, so that players skills (pace, concentration, pressure handling...) will really make the difference.

Cup hoster and track author will always have the advantage of knowing the track before the competition, but that's not a big advantage anyway (unless you train, obviously).