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Jecca Mehlota ([personal profile] jecca_mehlota) wrote2008-06-24 11:44 pm

skreee-eeee-eeee-BOOM!

(Speaking of booms, it is still storming every day.)


My brother's chocobo made me cry today.


Anyway, combat racing. Convenient thing about racing games: when you are studying for a chemistry test and need a fifteen minute break, you can run a race or two and be completely satisfied that you've accomplished something, and still have time to go grab a glass of water or something to eat.


Right! Sport hunt! I have to kill more targets than everyone else, but this time the targets aren't everyone else!

Cool, cool.

... Ashelin. The targets aren't everyone else. Or possibly you've just got an itchy trigger finger.

I WIN! ...AND JAK SAYS: "This one's for Damas." Adyusgeklfgdfk. :(

.... :)? :(?! I don't know if that makes me sad and happy or just sad, actually. Damaaaas, stop being dead. Dx You were too awesome to be killed, even before that whole, you know. Vaguely Spoilery Thing. On the off-chance Aniko is reading these, even though she really shouldn't be. INSTEAD, SHE SHOULD PLAY HER COPIES THAT I GAVE HER IN DECEMBER. SO IF YOU'RE READING, ANIKO.... >_>;.......

...Uh. If you're reading, Aniko, DAMAS TOTALLY DOESN'T ACTUALLY DIE. I MADE THAT UP. FOR ANGST. OR SOMETHING. YES.

CONVINCING. ⌐_⌐;


Ooh, another Red Eco Cup Qualifier.

Hm. Someone's buying racers to beat us? Bad news. And bonuses for kills? Man, we're just full of happy info today, aren't we?

... Yes, Razer. You're very clever. Harhar.

... UR-86 is a KG bot, isn't he. Nothing else looks like that. This... bodes ill. And, dangit, Razer, stop being a jerk. ...AND HEY, YOU, PUT DAXTER DOWN. Yeah, Jak. Yeah, that, exactly. Punch him. (Or, you know, don't. But at least you dropped the slack-jaw for the I-want-to-hit-you-now.)

And now we're at a three-lap race. Well, the track looks a bit shorter, so I suppose it evens out. ... I do not think my vehicle is fast enough. Hm. We'll see. ... Wow. 86 is slow. I'd saw "slower than Torn," but Torn isn't in this race, so who knows? It seems like he is, but...

Yeah, that didn't work. I need something with more armor.

... Hey, Torn's in it this time! And, yes, 86 is slower. But he has better aim. Or better luck getting missiles, at any rate. And peace makers. Grr. Man! Even when I'm not in the lead... Seeing those peace maker blasts blow past is slightly terrifying. I cringe every time.

... AHA! THAT is the icon for a Super Nova! HAHA! It won't get me this time. I am so glad I looked that up... I would not have won that round if I'd blown up twice on account of a Super Nova backfiring on me. Only one more left now! Then I'll only have three more cups before I can NOT DIE in a horrifying, poisoned manner. (Assuming there will actually be an antidote, at any rate.)

Yay, another run on the Spargus City track! I like this one. It's easy. Though, sadly, this is the last of the Spargus races, if the medal counts are anything to go by. No more blank slots to fill after this.

Ooh, and it's another death race. I wonder how many I'll need this time. ... Okay, not that many, but it's still a bit difficult because this track is sooo looooong, so it's harder to build up laps for points multipliers. Heh, I only completed one full lap. Second try went much better! 223/180! (The trick to these, which I so rarely remember to do, is to just keep R1 held down, so you're constantly firing, even if it's just with the standard gun your car comes with.) ... (Statements you never really expect to use: the standard gun your car comes with. I think I need to start calling them vehicles again.)

Wow, another scene so soon? Blitz is talking. Dax wonders about his hair - he must know how he gets that sheen. (It is suspicious, isn't it? But then, Pecker knocked his hair off earlier, so... question answered.) Standard broadcast, blahblah death explosions competition blah.

Oh, and Rayn (have I used her name yet? Rayn is Krew's daughter) doesn't like him (GT Blitz), either. Creepy on the camera, worse in person. WELL, TOO BAD. He's coming to harass us! And to point out that the other team, that is, Mizo's "dream team", is better and probably has more people, so the odds are against--

SIG!

\o/


SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG! :D

He's gonna help us! He heard about our stupid situation and he's gonna help us! And Ashelin's all grumpy 'cause his life isn't on the line. WELL, WHATEVER, OKAY, IT'S SIG. AND SIG IS AWESOME. AND HE'S TRYING TO HELP. Also, he chased Blitz away. Bonus points!

Yay!

... Kinda. I mean. I don't really need someone else trying to murder me out there, but, well. (Also: who is running Spargus now? ... Actually, I suppose the same could be asked of Haven, since pretty much everyone I know is here in Kras. Except I don't care about Haven, so apparently the thought never crosses my mind.) ... cannot stop grinning.


Now to Kras again, for a... Turbo Dash? OH HEY! A power cell! They still exist! I get points for... shooting them, apparently?....?

Oh! Okay. I have to pick one up and then boost to "use it up" or charge it or whatever it's doing, and I get points for that. Being hit by someone else's attacks or blowing up cancels the power bar, but just hitting walls or putting on the breaks (so long as you keep R2 down) doesn't. .... Ashelin's very good at this. 21, which is 5 more than the second place score.

And now I've got a new racetrack! (They, uh. They've been unlocking these periodically. I don't think I've actually mentioned that yet. Er. Yes.) This one is the stadium where combat racing started. It is the Mar Coliseum. .....bleargh.

And this one is, unsurprisingly, a deathmatch. ... Okay, Sig, anyone who cheers when they get hit - non critical, anyway - is awesome, but you knew you were awesome anyway.

... Jak, okay, look, I know the other people say 'clever' and 'witty' things, but, um. Please stop trying. Stick with the slightly bizarre but at least humorous things like "winner by a furball." Because right now I'm laughing at you, and it's a very pained laugh. "YOU WANT SOME DARK JAK? >:|" ...right. Seriously, please, at least stop trying to work your name in everywhere. WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. And "I'm'a 'jak' you up!"? It's not clever.

And with that, I've finished Kras!


... THE NEW TRACK IN HAVEN IS THE SEWER. OH, THAT'S NOT FAIR. WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE SEEEWEEEERS.

... I love how Torn has just fallen off the face of the planet. You can almost hear the thought process: "Sig's here? Sig's racing? YES! RUN AWAY!" Maybe he's getting some practice in.

BROTHER INVASION. He came in to tell me he hit 68 in FFXI last night but was distracted by Jak taking a mine to the face and exploding. I offered him a round of racing. He accepted! Then he got stuck on an obstacle and was going to walk off, so I pulled out of the race, boosted the vehicle's speed and acceleration again, and told him to try again. He didn't want the sewers, but that's the only one aside from the forest time trial one I've got that I haven't tried yet shut up. He tried again, and won! He also died seven times, but whatever. Not like I usually do much better.

Right, so. What is a Rush Hour race? LET'S FIND OUT! Ah, Sig will tell us in the little voice-description! I need to run into things! AWESOME. Probably want defense for this one. Howler 99, it is!

Speaking of howling, I am now howling in delight and amusement. OF COURSE SIG LIKES THIS. YOU DRIVE AROUND CRASHING INTO EVERYTHING THAT MOVES! I want the Gila Stomper. WHERE IS IT. ....I didn't successfully crash into 200 other vehicles. It's hard! You go flying around all over the place. Skid. Skiiid. Skiiiii-WALL!

... BAH! Stupid game. >_< It just froze. Reseeeeet. ... Well. This lets me buff up my vehicle, anyway. The bit of extra defense the Howler has probably helped, but it's not fast enough, and speed's expensive to upgrade. Back to the default! I like that one's look best, anyway.

... Yeah, speed's definitely the way to go. Chain kills to 19+ build the score much, much faster. 284/200, and that was will not trying for the last minute because I was already at the required score.

Geh, the last available Icelands area is another turbo dash. Doom. ... Never mind. That was easy. I forgot that's an easy track. 9 more than second place! BOOYAH!

Unfortunately, now the only thing left is the Forbidden Jungle Freeze Rally. Maybe I'll have better luck with it today, heh. ... DARN! Still, way better. Only four seconds over the gold time.

WAHA! AND THAT TIME I MADE IT! 60/60 MEDAL POINTS!

Now I try for the Red Eco Cup! And when I eventually win, I move on to the next cup! ... Apparently UR-86 has never lost this. Blitz wants us to be impressed by his game face and all, but, come on, he's a robot. Not like he's ever going to look much different! ... haha! Thanks for pointing that out to him for me, Pecker!

... damnit, don't roll your neck like that. Seeing people do that always makes my stupid neck want to be cracked, too, and hearing your own spine pop is always vaguely unsettling.

... BLAST IT ALL, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'VE PICKED UP, SELF.

Also: thank your brother for insisting on you boosting the speed on your vehicle even more, because it is sweet to have your regular cruising speed be enough to blast past everyone else on the track. Bwaha.

I took second in the first event, which was in Kras. The second event is in Spargus. Fantastic! I know this one like the back of my hand! (BOOYAH! UR-86 came in last! That's gonna hurt him a lot.) I'm currently at the top, with 18 points, which is six more than the guy below me, but that's no excuse for becoming overconfident. I could still lose in the next round. The third and final event is in - oh geez my hands are shaking adrenaline adrenaline adrenaline - oh thank god it's not the loading docks. I know we did Kras already, but, you know... It's the Icelands! Yay! ... and only one lap. ...Potentially less yay?

STOP HITTING THE WALLS. YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE DOING THAT, MORON


.... I made first! I made first! AND I WIN! 11 POINTS OVER UR-86! ELEVEN! oh my god I'm shaking. Haha! Whooo! *dances*

... *not really*

And I'm not entirely sure when I stood up, but, you know, here I am standing on the floor. (Okay, I'm sitting now. I kind of collapsed in shock at my not losing.) Maybe it was a leap of victory? Or maybe I was steering a bit more enthusiastically than usual. ...I prefer to think it was a leap of victory.

Right. Blitz is talking again. And I feel threatened. (......G-baby?) More news on the Underworld bet - the sport is being manipulated.... and Blitz just swore a whole lot at Pecker for saying he thinks as much (gosh, taking that a bit personally, there, Blitz?). Heee. I like Pecker continuously causing them to have to cut the broadcast on account of Blizt's reactions to him. *Beeeep. Beeeeeeeeeeeeep*

There's definitely something funny with Blitz. He's probably the person doing the manipulating, heh. That or he's just, you know. Twitchy and not fond of Pecker at all. Which I would understand, as it seems few are.

Ooh, class 2 vehicle. It's blue! (Yes, yes, I know I can change the paint jobs, but I haven't been doing so. I don't really know why.) oooh, and another vehicle.


Now we're in the Green Eco Cup, but I think I need to stop here, 'cause... um. Wow. That's kind of a lot for one day? But it all goes so fast... I can accomplish a lot in an hour. Zoom zoom racing.

... ^ That, er, I didn't mean to imply that's all just one hour, by the way. I don't know how long I played today, since I'd pick it up, go a few races, then walk off until my brain needed a break from chemistry again. Less than three hours, easily, but beyond that? No idea.



Death List:

"Reset" means I was stuck upside down or on a wall or something and the game reset me back up on the track properly. (When my brother was playing, he got stuck on a wall and it reset him out of a missile blast that would have killed him, which was convenient.)

Kras Sport Hunt:
Ashelin: 1
Collide with Target: 1
Fail: 1

Qualifier 2:
Shiv: 2
Ashelin: 1
Torn: 1
UR-86: 4
Wall: 6
Fail: 2

Spargus City Death Race:
Fail: 1

Kras Loading Docks Turbo Dash:
UR-86: 2
Sig: 3
Ashelin: 3
Cutter: 4
Shiv: 1
Wall: 12
Train: 2
Fail: 3

Kras Mar Coliseum Deathmatch:
Sig: 2

Haven Sewers Circuit Race:
Jecca / Jecca's Brother
Obstacle: 2 / 2
Wall: 4 / 3
Ashelin: 1 / 1
Shiv: 2 / 2
Cutter: 3 / 1
UR-86: 2 / 0
Fail: 2 / 0
Quit: 0 / 1
Reset: 0 / 1

Icelands Timberline Track Rush Hour:
Wall: 3
Fail: 2
Systems freeze: 1

Icelands Mountaintop Highway Turbo Dash:
Cutter: 1

Haven Freeze Rally, take 2:
Fail: 1

Red Eco Cup:
Event 1
Placing: SECOND
UR-86: 1
Wall: 1
Super Nova Backfired: 1
Ashelin: 1
Sig: 1

Event 2
Placing: FIRST!
Sig: 2
Cutter: 1

Event 3
Placing: FIRST!
Wall: 2
Reset: 1
UR-86: 1


I won't be surprised if it gets harder from here on out.