Middle of the pack...

Im having issues with posting links (anyone have any suggestions?), so Ill just paste in the URL.

http://tourdehalo.tiedtheleader.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=29

I ended up with 14 points out of a possible 22. Thats not bad, only 8 points out of the lead. Bummer that Ill miss one race because Im actually starting to get into this. One item of important note, one of our very own 2old2play members Magnum177 came in 2nd, just one point off the leader. Pretty impressive! The guy that won (Sandman 350) didnt lose a single race, so its going to be tough to get around him.

The Tied the Leader guys were a lot of fun to play with. They were very well organized and stayed on-task pretty well. While the 3 or 4 hogs were racing the rest of us set up and watched from different vantage points on the map. There was a lot of random killing of non-racers going on during the race, but it never got in the way of the race. A few people even grabbed needlers and provided "confetti" at the end of the race. Of course, all hogs were fair game for rockets/grenades when the match was over, but that just makes it more fun.

Next match is Containment next Saturday. Im going to try to PM Magnum177 to see if he wants to practice a little, but would love to do a little racing with anyone else. Post a comment or PM me if youre interested...Ill get online 2 or 3 times this week to get ready.

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Posted by Free_at_Last @ 10:04 am EDT | Permalink | 0 Comments

So close...

I was 2 rolls of a warthog out of the finals for the first stage. I won the first two races and then fell from 1st to 3rd in a freak hog roll to land in the losers bracket. I won one in the losers bracket and then lost trying to get into the final.

Still, I think I represented better than I thought I would.

Looking forward to doing some version of this with OMM in the future.

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Posted by Free_at_Last @ 9:40 am EDT | Permalink | 4 Comments

Before the race...

Havent done one of these before, but this seemed like the right place to put my writeups, since I think outside folks can get to our blogs. Maybe not, Ill find out soon.

So, I was visiting http://halo.bungie.org and saw that the Tied The Leader clan was holding a set of warthog races. I knew of TTL from many of the blog posts that their leader XerxdeeJ has used to discuss the state of Halo2 gaming and fair play. I dont think they have the age reqt that we have, but these guys seem to be OMM material, as far as placing good sportsmanship and fair play above winning at all costs.

I went to their site and was amazed by the amount of work that they had put into the competition. They were calling it "Le Tour de Halo" and had an entire Tour de France theme going with "sprint" and "climb" stages, different jerseys, and 5 races across 5 different Halo2 multiplayer maps. The setup is 5 races across 5 consecutive Saturdays April 8 through May 6. The points system is fairly complex, but the basic format is that the points you gain from the first 4 races seed you for the fifth championship race. The courses are (in order) Headlong, Containment, Zanzibar, Waterworks, and Coagulation.

Looking at all the work that CobaltNova and the others at TTL put into the races I thought Id see if we could steal their ideas and use them here at OMM. When I wrote them they not only agreed to let me use their maps and race descriptions, but invited me to participate. Im a pretty horrible hog driver, and knew I would miss the Zanzibar race, but I decided to give it a try.

So, today is race day.

Ive practiced the Headlong course, and feel like I can get around it with minimal mistakes, but Im concerned about the addition of 3 other warthogs taking the same jumps as me and trying to cut the same corners as Ill be doing. There are several places on this course that are only wide enough for one or two hogs, so its going to be much different from my solitary practice. I noticed that a few of the TTL folks had been practicing together, so I think Im probably going to get my butt kicked. Still, its all in the name of fun and Halo2 camaraderie.

Wish me luck!

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Posted by Free_at_Last @ 9:39 am EDT | Permalink | 0 Comments