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Gaming & Media => Gaming & Media => Topic started by: Outboundlight on May 14, 2006, 05:58:46 pm
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I also got this game for my birthday.
Anyone got it, and does anyone want to kick my ass at it online?
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I might swag a copy when i get my DS lite (almost there! £75!)
What's it like? Single player and online i mean?
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Only played it a little so far, online is a lot of fun. Single player is very similar to Previous Prime games (at least at the start)
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Get yourself a copy of mario kart, and ill whoop yo ass at that when the time arrrives.
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oh oh I have mario kart! but yeah I kind of suck at it online.
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Then just wait until i get the money to finally buy my ds and i'll give you a game, I'll probably suck at it as well. xD
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Mario Kart is easy if you are a prick and do snaking.
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yeah snakers annoy me, thats why i dont play so much online
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yeah snakers annoy me, thats why i dont play so much online
Snakers? I suck at doing those boosts anyway..
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yeah snakers annoy me, thats why i dont play so much online
Snakers?
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Just Wiki'ed it.
"Snaking"
The execution of several consecutive mini-turbos during races has caused minor controversy in Wi-Fi play in the form of snaking -- players who drift their karts back and forth across a straight stretch to generate repeated mini-Turbos (a movement likened to actual snakes, hence the term, "snaking"). Because this gives the user a distinct speed advantage over other, "non-snaking" opponents, snaking is regarded as anything from a legitimate, advanced racing strategy, to an unfair tactic, or even outright cheating. Some players have attempted to form leagues (or "Friends" groups) composed of avowed non-snakers, but the distinction between a "snaker" and "non-snaker" is vague, largely depending on whether the player uses Mini-Turbos on straight areas of the track or on curves.
It is unclear whether snaking is an intentional feature of the Mario Kart series game design (since this could be performed in previous Mario Kart games, albeit to a more limited extent), or if it is simply a side effect of the game's Mini-Turbo mechanics. The dispute over snaking can be compared to the wavedashing phenomenon in Super Smash Bros. Melee, or the similar snaking technique in F-Zero GX. Most if not all of the quickest Time Trial records in Mario Kart DS were accomplished using the snaking technique.
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I have Metroid Prime: Hunters and Mario Kart DS. I'm not able to go online with my DS using our internet connection (because of some crap security and firewalls), though, so I'll have to wait for my birthday to get that USB connector thingy, then I'll kick yer butts.
Btw, I've completed the single player mode in MP: H, it's not very long nor hard. (I didn't complete it 100% with all scans 'n' stuff, though)
Edit: That birthday I mentioned is in exactly 83 days.
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Just Wiki'ed it.
"Snaking"
The execution of several consecutive mini-turbos during races has caused minor controversy in Wi-Fi play in the form of snaking -- players who drift their karts back and forth across a straight stretch to generate repeated mini-Turbos (a movement likened to actual snakes, hence the term, "snaking"). Because this gives the user a distinct speed advantage over other, "non-snaking" opponents, snaking is regarded as anything from a legitimate, advanced racing strategy, to an unfair tactic, or even outright cheating. Some players have attempted to form leagues (or "Friends" groups) composed of avowed non-snakers, but the distinction between a "snaker" and "non-snaker" is vague, largely depending on whether the player uses Mini-Turbos on straight areas of the track or on curves.
It is unclear whether snaking is an intentional feature of the Mario Kart series game design (since this could be performed in previous Mario Kart games, albeit to a more limited extent), or if it is simply a side effect of the game's Mini-Turbo mechanics. The dispute over snaking can be compared to the wavedashing phenomenon in Super Smash Bros. Melee, or the similar snaking technique in F-Zero GX. Most if not all of the quickest Time Trial records in Mario Kart DS were accomplished using the snaking technique.
lmfao
I've been "snaking" since the old Mario Kart 64 days when boosting was just getting into the scene.
My friend Justin and I dominated in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. We fucking brought them blue sparks.
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I never really used the boosts. But it seems I'll have to start using them when i get the DS. Snaking sounds pretty lame, though.
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I never really used the boosts. But it seems I'll have to start using them when i get the DS. Snaking sounds pretty lame, though.
Snaking is indeed lame.
Using it as a cheating tactic is rather underhanded, however, using the boosting as a tactic itself isn't.
Hmm....
Whatever.
I bring the fucking blue sparks.
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I don't mind people boosting, but using it in the way of snaking just seems pointless and a method people use because they can't win any other way.
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When I try to do some kind of boosting while driving straight I always end up gettin a worse placing than if I don't, so I've stopped using boosting techniques anywhere but in turns.
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I snake if my opponent does.
I also have Hunters, and I like it. The control is sweet. I just earned my first Wifi victory the other day (my third match).
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What gets me wondering is..How exactly are Nintendo paying for the wifi service? No fees are enforced, and it's costing them money to keep it running...Won't it be a matter of time before wifi DS play ceases?
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Damn you whoever your are who stole or lost my stylus. *shakes fist at stylus gods*
So I havent really be playing my DS that much since I had lost both hid stylus things for my DS. I had to revert to using a clicky pen to play meteos! not very fun as it's a bit big and distracting. I'm thinking about putting an order in for the following games;
- New Super Mario Bros.
- Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
Damn you VT, I think I'm going to have to purchase Trauma Center now... I've only read good reviews for it. But after I get the top two games
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Snaking and the MK:DD boost are different. The blue sparks are a specific gameplay element you do by power drifting. Snaking is more of a bug, hence why it's not anywhere in the manauls. You have to blue sparks power drift far too much in DD, it's so slow and you jsut end up doing this over and over to win the race. Hell, half the power ups can't hit you if you're good. That's why DD is rather sucky, espically compared to MK64.
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I have now got a Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector.
I am now ready to kick anyone's butts in Metroid Prime: Hunters or MarioKart DS.
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I've lost my copy of mario kart and meteos. I suck at keeping stuff
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Then go buy a new one. I want someone to kick online.
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For some reason the ebay guy sent me an extra DS lite. Sold it to a friend for around £70. Not much but hey, anythings a profit.
Gonna go into town after my exam and buy mario kart and animal crossing.
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For some reason the ebay guy sent me an extra DS lite.
Wow, you're lucky!
And yes, go buy MarioKart. I want to pwn you online ;)
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I return with Mariokart and Animal crossing. No wireless or USB thingy as of yet, so no online play. :(
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No wireless or USB thingy as of yet, so no online play. :(
Noooo! Yet another plan falls into the bottomless hole...
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Don't worry. We're getting a replacement router this weekend, so if it works i SHOULD have wireless by next week.
If all else fails, I'll buy a USB thing.
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That is good news :D
Meaning that I will soon get to pwn you in KairoMart MarioKart.
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I have MK DS and i can play online so ill play with whoevers up for it. (as long as they dont do that snaking thing) Anyone wanna give me their friend code? Ill give mine out in a few minutes i have to whip out the ds to check it (i havent played in a while)
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KairoMart
In a world... where shopping is a full-time profession...
<<"I'll sell it for thirty dollars!"
"Fifteen!"
"Twenty-eight!"
"Twenty, my highest price!"
"Twenty-five!"
"SOLD!">>
Where bargains are largely a thing of the past...
<<"Attention X-Mart shoppers.... there is a sale on detergent in aisle... ohp, never mind, they're all gone.">>
Where the best shopper has unlimited power...
<<"Oh yeah?!?! Well, I bought this skirt for only fifteen dollars!"
"You... You're amazing! I pay you fealty.">>
One woman is given the assignment of a lifetime...
<<"Amy, your daughter has been kidnapped for ransom."
"Oh dear!"
"Yes, you must use your unparallelled shopping skills to gain enough money to ransom her!"
"Okay! Where?"
"... Kairo. Er, Cairo.">>
**Cue techno music and screenshots of gameplay, showing the bartering interface, an explosion, and a cinematic camera panning Amy's concerned face.**
This summer... The only thing cheaper than life... is death.
**Amy fires thrice at masked gunmen, and then finishes a transaction with a rug dealer.**
KairoMart
Coming to a 3DO near you
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Never leave us.
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I have MK DS and i can play online so ill play with whoevers up for it. (as long as they dont do that snaking thing) Anyone wanna give me their friend code? Ill give mine out in a few minutes i have to whip out the ds to check it (i havent played in a while)
My friend code is 025 841 882 758 (seperated in four parts for easier reading ;))
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Just so you know, the wireless has gone, meaning it's being taken back to the shop. Hopefully my step dad will return with a new router and i can be wireless by tonight. *Crosses fingers*
EDIT: Apparantly they've got a brand new router. Once they're home we'll set it up.
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I have MK DS and i can play online so ill play with whoevers up for it. (as long as they dont do that snaking thing) Anyone wanna give me their friend code? Ill give mine out in a few minutes i have to whip out the ds to check it (i havent played in a while)
My friend code is 025 841 882 758 (seperated in four parts for easier reading ;))
Sweet thanks I added you. My friend code is 244 876 751 650 (also separated in four parts for easier reading :)) Cool so PM/IM me so I know when you're gonna be on so we can play ;D
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I have now added you, but I don't have time to play right now...
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I have now added you, but I don't have time to play right now...
Aight any time is good then.
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Fuck that. I attempted to install new firmware on the router and it just packed up. Dlink are officially a crappy company.
So we've got no choice but to ONCE AGAIN take the router back and buy a new one. I've got a decent one in mind, one with good reviews and stated to work fine with the goddamn DS.
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KairoMart
In a world... where shopping is a full-time profession...
<<"I'll sell it for thirty dollars!"
"Fifteen!"
"Twenty-eight!"
"Twenty, my highest price!"
"Twenty-five!"
"SOLD!">>
Where bargains are largely a thing of the past...
<<"Attention X-Mart shoppers.... there is a sale on detergent in aisle... ohp, never mind, they're all gone.">>
Where the best shopper has unlimited power...
<<"Oh yeah?!?! Well, I bought this skirt for only fifteen dollars!"
"You... You're amazing! I pay you fealty.">>
One woman is given the assignment of a lifetime...
<<"Amy, your daughter has been kidnapped for ransom."
"Oh dear!"
"Yes, you must use your unparallelled shopping skills to gain enough money to ransom her!"
"Okay! Where?"
"... Kairo. Er, Cairo.">>
**Cue techno music and screenshots of gameplay, showing the bartering interface, an explosion, and a cinematic camera panning Amy's concerned face.**
This summer... The only thing cheaper than life... is death.
**Amy fires thrice at masked gunmen, and then finishes a transaction with a rug dealer.**
KairoMart
Coming to a 3DO near you
I must buy that game!
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Fuck that. I attempted to install new firmware on the router and it just packed up. Dlink are officially a crappy company.
So we've got no choice but to ONCE AGAIN take the router back and buy a new one. I've got a decent one in mind, one with good reviews and stated to work fine with the goddamn DS.
That is just... Crap... Let's hope you'll get a working one this time.
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SWEET JESUS.
I woke up this morning and was told the wireless is WORKING. The firmware somehow sorted itself out when i wasnt around..And better still? The DS works online! MARIOKART AHOY!
My friend code is 210 525 699 533 :)
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SWEET JESUS.
I woke up this morning and was told the wireless is WORKING. The firmware somehow sorted itself out when i wasnt around..And better still? The DS works online! MARIOKART AHOY!
My friend code is 210 525 699 533 :)
Consider yourself registered and pwned.
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I'll beat you next time, just you wait!
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I'm waiting patiently... for your DS to finish charging
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Another hour and it's done i think. Then I'll go into my garden and pwn yo ass there. :P
Cloud, I'll add your Friend Code, as well. 3 way machinae match zomg.
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Hahaha
Hah, hahaha
HaHAHAHA.
Oh, sorry, I must've misread your post.
I thought it said that you would pwn me, hahaha, hilarious.
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JUST YOU WAIT, MR ANDERSOOOOOOOOON.
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/me waits
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Game 1: Tie
Game 2: Tie
Game 3: WINNNNNNNNNNNN
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Err wait, didn't I win the first game?
EDIT: No, you're right. The first game was a tie.
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I missed it?!?!?!?!?! Dammit. I mustve still been sleeping. It's 12:52pm right now in the states. Oh well you guys will be up for a rematch right? :P
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Sure, Im online for another good 6 hours, so we'll just wait for sticky. (:
EDIT: Speak of the devil, he's on.
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Sweet I'll probably only be able to play for one game though because I'm going somewhere soon. But I'm on right now and connecting to friends.
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I'm on now, too. Only for one match or so, though.
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Game 1: Cloud wins
Game 2: " "
Game 3: Again a win
Game 4: PWNAGE
haha it was a fun game though Lysix. ill probably be on tomorrow. peace guys
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how many clouds do we currently have on the forums?
are you the same metal head guitar wielding cloud who moans over in the musician section? :P
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Nah, he'd be moaning that MK sucks and that some other unheard of game is miles better. Or something.
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Lysix is a lucky blue shelling bastard I tell you!
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Lysix pwnz me BAAAAAAAAD
Fixededed.
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Actually not. It was a tie.
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Two words.
Rainbow Road.
:P
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Two words.
Delfino Square.
:P
Fixedness. Now get away with your painbow road.
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Hey, i can WIN on that level. You cry when rainbow road comes up!
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Rainbow Road is not even a real level. They never finished it >:(
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You cry when rainbow road comes up!
How would you know? All you see are those blue shells >_<
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Rainbow Road is not even a real level. They never finished it >:(
Is that your way of saying "OMG I FALL OFF TEH SIDEZ" ?
How would you know? All you see are those blue shells >_<
You gotta admit, holding onto that blue shell for the entire race then using it right at the finish line WAS damn funny.
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Rainbow Road is not even a real level. They never finished it >:(
Is that your way of saying "OMG I FALL OFF TEH SIDEZ" ?
Yes?
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Well maybe if you didnt try powersliding on the sides..;)
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I don't.
I have already learned that.
But then I can't drive fast enough to win.
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If i can, then you most certainly can as well.
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No!
Becuase yuo chaets!
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Nae!
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Machinae!
What's that got to do with this subject?
go me for 1200 posts
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Rainbow Road is not even a real level. They never finished it >:(
Is that your way of saying "OMG I FALL OFF TEH SIDEZ" ?
That's my way of saying I hate that level because of crappy design. Get hit by a Red or Blue shell at almost any moment, and you fall off the track.
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I only fall off if i get hit whilst on the loop.
So yeah, you suck. :)
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Rainbow Road is not even a real level. They never finished it >:(
Is that your way of saying "OMG I FALL OFF TEH SIDEZ" ?
That's my way of saying I hate that level because of crappy design. Get hit by a Red or Blue shell at almost any moment, and you fall off the track.
Then what if you get hit by a green shell?
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If you get hit by a Green shell, you deserve to lose.
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/me deserves to lose
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If you get hit by a Green shell, you deserve to lose.
You can aim those shells pretty well if you know how.
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If you get hit by a Green shell, you deserve to lose.
You can aim those shells pretty well if you know how.
Which is why, if you get hit by one, you deserve to lose. The opponent is either damned good, or flukey if they hit you with one.
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Ahh if only I was there you both would've been pwned. :P
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I only fall off if i get hit whilst on the loop.
So yeah, you suck. :)
I agree with this notion. Fiindil you suck at nintendo
Go and play Rainbow Road for Mario Kart 64 before you start complaining. That track and moo moo far would have to be the best tracks for Mario Kart
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Lysix what happened earlier? We were playing Moo Moo farm and you were just driving around in circles. :P
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Lysix what happened earlier? We were playing Moo Moo farm and you were just driving around in circles. :P
I was in bed playing and it told me somebody was searching, so i searched and found you. Played for a bit and noticed you were a SNAKING SON OF A BITCH, realised i couldn't win and just enjoyed myself, then dced and went to bed. :P
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wtf are you talking about? i dont even snake.
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You snaked every single track.
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are you kidding? i didnt even know what the hell snaking was till saturday when i first read this post. maybe you just cant accept the fact that someone is actually better than you?
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No, i can. Stickys beaten me on MK a fair few times and I couldn't care less. Not only do you lag like a spaz, but you snake on every track, too.
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whatever i beat sticky too when we played one round and i didnt snake there either so i think its just because you suck
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No. He said you snaked as well. Because you do. Nobody, even in the fastest car, gets so far ahead simply by accelerating. You were sliding from side to side and gaining distance gradually. You were snaking.
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well i pick wario for the top speed and also did you ever think it was the lag that made it look that way? ive played online more than you have and just because people move around doesnt mean theyre snaking. plus i mean its not like you werent lagging either. if you werent going so slow i mightve thought you were snaking
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Nope. The lag and the fact you powerslide constantly on straights are easy to tell apart.
Tell you what. Me, Sticky and you will play a round tomorrow sometime. Then we'll see if you snake (still) or not. ;)
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hah whatever as long as its before like 1030 am by my time which is like 330 your time i think
Edit: Actually sorry but I probably wont be able to make it tomorrow. I have exams tomorrow and all this week and im sleeping over at a friends house tonight. Maybe Wednesday ;)
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whatever i beat sticky too when we played one round and i didnt snake there either so i think its just because you suck
I know your discussion is kinda over and stuff, but just to get it from another person's point of view: You did snake.
So, done with that. Let's talk about something else now. Like blue fucking shells.
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Blue shells are my friend.
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whatever i beat sticky too when we played one round and i didnt snake there either so i think its just because you suck
I know your discussion is kinda over and stuff, but just to get it from another person's point of view: You did snake.
So, done with that. Let's talk about something else now. Like blue fucking shells.
i didnt snake
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Your mother did though. She snaked all night long.
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Blue shells are my friend.
Maybe, but not mine...
I've been training on Painbow Road, though. So now you won't be able to beat me there.
Unless you get one of those fucking blue shells of course...
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Aww, you've been practising for me? How sweet :P
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Oh yeah, sweet you say? Just you wait... Soon I'll get a star beside my name and there's nothing you can do about it. Bwahahahargh... *cough*... Damn, not again. I really have to practise my evil laugh.
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BRING IT OWNNNNNNN
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