ESWC Grand Final 2008 official pack released

[Zooz]

Ok,.. nothing about "bugs", but if you go full risk, then the chance you do a mistake is MORE likely than on other maps, in this compo you need to do that,...

No you don't, you need to find the right balance for risk and consistency so that you gain the most points in the end. (what's better, 4x 1st and 3x 4th (crashes) or 5x 2nd and 2x 1st? ) Better players will make less mistakes and therefore they will be able to take more risk and go faster, and then they will win

[shadowkiller117]

im not saying i am good at the game and that i am in any way comparable to pros but it cant be that hard for them

[enf]

No you don't, you need to find the right balance for risk and consistency so that you gain the most points in the end. (what's better, 4x 1st and 3x 4th (crashes) or 5x 2nd and 2x 1st? ) Better players will make less mistakes and therefore they will be able to take more risk and go faster, and then they will win

with current point system 1st place is always better than 2-4...

[Frostbeule]

the game has become more about avoiding bugs than actual racing. and i don't like it, but i accept it.

enf: yeah maybe, but it would be nice if someone from ESWC could confirm that it's not allowed, because right now, everyone is training the map doing the cut.

[shadowkiller117]

ive been looking for this cut and its prolly in plain sight but could some tell me how to find it

[cdt127]

Frost, I'll definitely agree with you there. This game is so full of bugs it's ridiculous, but I don't see what that has to do with this discussion .

Enf: So..are you saying you would take a couple of 1st places plus a few last places equaling less points over consistent 2nd places that equals more points? I'd love to race with you in a money competition if you keep that attitude. Seriously.. read zooz's post again. It doesn't get any clearer than that.

[Frostbeule]

cdt127: well it was more like a statement

[enf]

hmk...

but I still dont like the point distri ;>

[Sonny]

will there be a way to spectate the eswc grand final? Like a relay server or some internet stream?

[HM@love it]

if you start tmf you will get a news with nearer details...at least in tmuf, dont know whether it also works in tmnf...
and yes, there will be 5 realys

[Daddy_mfX]

yep, 5 relays, but hopefully working, not like on the Masters

[Zooz]

tmtp://#spectate=eswc01
tmtp://#spectate=eswc02
tmtp://#spectate=eswc03
tmtp://#spectate=eswc04
tmtp://#spectate=eswc05

From here: http://www.trackmania.com/fr/forum/view ... swc#621242

Appearantly info about it will be here: http://www.tmneswc.com/

[Domi]

just to make clear, there stands tm should start at 20:30, is that european time or time in san jose ? if i'm not wrong san jose time is gmt - 7

[Zooz]

Most likely local time...

[TStarGermany]

it's european time, that stuff actually starts in 30minutes, so said the eswc guy when i was on the server an hour ago..