OGMKDS Tournament: rules, registrations...prize!

[xflash]

ok then off to practice for me

 

[SpaceJump]

Count me in

And I really don't care if snaking is allowed or not. I don't do it and I will do my best anyway

I read that I have to set my time zone. Where can I do that? Or is the setting of the country enough?

 

[ShadowXP]

Count me in!

And I have to agree with PuyoDead, snaking isn't cool at all... I can't even do it, but I don't want to. And I'm not the most skilled player either, it's just fun frantically racing around the tracks trying to keep up with everyone.

 

[Ruth]

To set your time zone click on BOARD SETTINGS.

 

[alexp2_ad]

Aw crap... could this not start in 2 weeks when I'll be home from university and my exams over...?

Surely being closer to christmas would benefit almost everyone, the working, the school goers and us students...?

I may have to tunnel my university connection and buy a router in the next week!

Or worse still... brave the scottish weather to try all the 19 hotspots that nintendowifi.co.uk says are in my area, none of which I have tried so far have actually worked...

 

[Luse]

Alex, enter anyway, it's a shot in the dark but keep look for a wifi hot spot that will work, registration doesn't close until the 9th, but it'll still take some time to set up everything, pairing up people/etc...

Granted it will start sooner then you'll like it to but there is a chance your race won't happen until your ready for it, depends on your ref/and the people you face/ and how quick this goes by... I know I'm going to try to sort my group out for whats best for them, but we can't hold this thing up, we all have lives too...

So give it a shot, if in the end you still can't make it atleast you tried...

 

[alexp2_ad]

Alex, enter anyway, it's a shot in the dark but keep look for a wifi hot spot that will work, registration doesn't close until the 9th, but it'll still take some time to set up everything, pairing up people/etc...

Granted it will start sooner then you'll like it to but there is a chance your race won't happen until your ready for it, depends on your ref/and the people you face/ and how quick this goes by... I know I'm going to try to sort my group out for whats best for them, but we can't hold this thing up, we all have lives too...

So give it a shot, if in the end you still can't make it atleast you tried...

OK, cool, I'll enter, and before that I'll give all the hotspots a try and hope it's not raining on the day of my match...!

 

[Dogg Thang]

Well, in spite of being a serial MK loser, count me in! I'll give it all I've got and have a good laugh in the process. So good luck to everyone!

 

[Issac]

Xflash... if you win, you could sell / give me the kit right

since we're neighbours... and.. i can't compete... and.. don't have a flash kit..
whaddya say?

haha...

I can't wait until i get my hands on MK.... the 12th or 24th of december... possibly.... or even later...

 

[rooky]

cool!

when the tournament start ?

 

[alexp2_ad]

cool!

when the tournament start ?Â

Sometime shortly after the 9th by the sound of it... as soon as matches can be arranged

Hmm... there should be smiley playing a DS...

 

[Eruonen]

cool!

when the tournament start ?Â

Sometime shortly after the 9th by the sound of it... as soon as matches can be arranged

Hmm... there should be smiley playing a DS...

I can't compete if I don't know for sure when it starts. So can anybody tell me plz?

 

[Luse]

Eruonen, there isn't a "start date"...

Read the rules, all you do is register before the 9th, this gives everyone ample time to join...

Then we the spilt you guys up into groups of three depending on where you live...

Then the staff member that has you in their group will talk to you and the other two racers your going to face and figure out the best time for you people to race together...

That's when you'll get the date/time you will race, this isn't going to be a one day event, it'll probably take a few weeks...

So just enter, we sort the rest of it out...


If something happens and you can't enter/a time can't be made for you, it's no big deal we aren't going to be banning you guys for not showing up

Just to be clear, to enter the tourney, check your user profile, right above the Mario Friend code box should be a box that says "Do you want to participate in the official GBAtemp Mario Kart DS tournament?" either set it to yes, or leave it alone...

 

[Glacius0]

I care if snaking is allowed or not because when it's not allowed it means it's viewed as unfair and that would make me lame for using it. In a way you are judging people who use the technique so I don't think it's irrelevant.

First off, snaking has been in MKD (and MK64 but I'm no expert on that game), and it has even been used by the time trial ghosts in MKD (though scarcely). How could the developers possibly have missed it, if it wasn't supposed to be in the game?

Second, as I'm a MKD pro, I can tell you that snaking only adds to the fun when you're up against people of your skill level. It's skill to master the correct timing, it's skill to add as many miniboosts as you can in a lap, and it's definitely not easy to do. Sure, the step from non-snaker to snaker is big, but after that you're entering a completely new level of skill.

Courses like figure-8 are indeed a bit boring since it only tests your snaking capabilities, and you could opt to ban this course from a tournament. I think that's the most logical approach. Most other courses don't have room for that much snaking anyway.

If a course instead of a straightway had a zig-zag pattern (Mario Circuit where the goombas are comes to mind), it's allowed to snake? You know it's basically the same.

Something else you may want to clarify, is that I assume with the rules you intended you're not allowed to miniboost on straightways at all. You don't have to snake on straightways, you can also miniboost to one side (constantly to the left for instance). This comes close to the effectiveness of snaking.

There's some places where you can use a well-timed miniboost to cut off parts of the track by going through grass. Is this considered unfair as well? You don't see the time trial ghosts do it...*sigh*

You know, snaking just doesn't break anything. Once the real bugs start to show, like for instance ways to skip half a course by falling off somewhere, then you'd need to adress it, but limiting a game by not allowing to fully exploit all options that are available to you (as long as it does not interfere with intended gameplay elements, so skipping half a course with a shortcut does not count since it kills off half a course) is just narrow-minded in my opinion. It's simply part of mastering a game.

 

[Kyoji]

Sure, the step from non-snaker to snaker is big

I think you just answered your own question. Even if snaking was moral in an -online- setting, in the case of this competition, the snakers would be on a different playing field. It would basically be a competition against 10 people, instead of 20-30; non snakers wouldnt have a chance. Personally, this makes it even more challenging than if snaking was allowed. So be a man, step up to the plate, and stop whining.

 

[tgc_9013]

I'm in

although I have exams to do

 

[Luse]

blah blah blah Snaking blah blah blah


QUOTEPlayers must NOT use immoral gameplay techniques to gain an upper-hand. Techniques such as snaking (a snaker is someone who continuously performs drift boosting on straight ways) and taking advantage of any bugs in game to gain an advantage are disallowed and any player caught performing such techniques will be disqualified. This is not open to debate. The referees decision is final.

What part of "This is not open to debate." do you guys not understand?

We the staff determine what's allowed and what's not, what we consider fair or unfair, and we want everyone competeing on the same level.

You don't like it you don't have to enter.

End of story.


I'm sorry some of you feel the only way you can play this game is to snake, or the only way for you to win is to snake, maybe if you stopped using it as a crutch, you'd get better at the game.

 

[Eruonen]

Eruonen, there isn't a "start date"...

Read the rules, all you do is register before the 9th, this gives everyone ample time to join...Â

Then we the spilt you guys up into groups of three depending on where you live...

Then the staff member that has you in their group will talk to you and the other two racers your going to face and figure out the best time for you people to race together...

That's when you'll get the date/time you will race, this isn't going to be a one day event, it'll probably take a few weeks...

So just enter, we sort the rest of it out...


If something happens and you can't enter/a time can't be made for you, it's no big deal we aren't going to be banning you guys for not showing up

Just to be clear, to enter the tourney, check your user profile, right above the Mario Friend code box should be a box that says "Do you want to participate in the official GBAtemp Mario Kart DS tournament?" either set it to yes, or leave it alone...

k, I'm in

 

[Glacius0]

maybe if you stopped using it as a crutch, you'd get better at the game.Â

Come on man, what's that supposed to mean? Don't punch below the belt.

Anyway, I don't see why you'd want to even the playing field since if everyone was equal there would be no competition. But I guess I'll stop argueing since Stalin..uh I mean since nobody seems to want to hear it

*cough*

 

[CCNaru]

i'm not gonna join this but how do you snake?