Octopus Overlords

Done. Marina Promenade complete.

El Guapo (Blue 1): gear selection, please.

4th gear please.

Movement roll is 8.

Straight 7, left 1.

Done. Marina Promenade complete.

hentzau (White 2): gear selection, please.

2nd gear.

Movement roll is 4.

Three straight ahead, use one break point. Thanks for the low roll, I was looking forward to smashing into the wall there...

0 Brake WP remaining. Carlton Millenia 3/3.

I'm going to assume everyone gears up on this next turn and just start handing out movement rolls. hentzau will get 3rd on his turn, everyone else will be getting 5th.

Tommy20 (White 1): Movement roll is 16.

Shit. Straight ahead.

Done.

bb2112 (Yellow 2): Movement roll is 11.

Isgrimnur wrote:Done.

bb2112 (Yellow 2): Movement roll is 11.

Dice hate me. Straight ahead.

Done.

El Guapo (Blue 1): Movement roll is 14.

Damn. I really suck!

hentzau wrote:Damn. I really suck!

Bite me.

Sincerely,

Team Red

Straight 14. Should put me juuuust in front and to the right of bb2112.

Now all I have to do is survive one more collision roll. I feel like a movie cop three days before retirement.

Isgrimnur wrote:

hentzau wrote:Damn. I really suck!

Bite me.

Sincerely,

Team Red

Who?

El Guapo wrote:Straight 14. Should put me juuuust in front and to the right of bb2112.

Now all I have to do is survive one more collision roll. I feel like a movie cop three days before retirement.

Done.

hentzau (White 2): movement roll is 4, which will leave him short of the final turn.

Turn 44 Collision Rolls:

El Guapo (Blue 1): 8
bb2112 (Yellow 2): 15

No damage.

Final Results:

1. NickAragua (Blue 2) - 10 points
2. coopasonic (Yellow 1) - 8 points
3. Tommy20 (White 1) - 6 points
4. El Guapo (Blue 1) - 5 points
5. bb2112 (Yellow 2) - 4 points
6. hentzau (White 2) - 3 points
7. LordMortis (Red 2) - DNF
8. Isgrimnur (Red 1) - DNF

Team Standings

1. Blue - 15 points
2. Yellow - 12 points
3. White - 9 points
4. Red - 0 points

Wow, from first to 5th. How things change when the dice go bad. Well, at least I finished. =)

Isgrimnur, thank you for running, it was a lot of fun! Look forward to the next race.

From Turn 28:

El Guapo wrote:Shouldn't we just play out the rest of coop's lap? If he doesn't get completely boned by the dice, then we know not to bother with everyone else's rolls.

What a difference 17 turns can make, eh?

bb2112 wrote:Isgrimnur, thank you for running, it was a lot of fun! Look forward to the next race.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I look forward to running another one after a bit. With coop's help, it's a lot easier to run.

Good game, folks. This was definitely a lot of fun. Thanks for running, Isg.

Post-race thoughts:

- It's quite surprising how much "slowdown" you can achieve by switching lanes properly before/after a turn. This makes the risk of picking a gear that might cause you to overshoot a turn more manageable.
- Meanwhile, undershooting a turn (on the track) is a complete disaster - not only do the other guys get a free (game) turn on you, but you probably need to gear down to avoid crashing. Thus, it should be avoided at all costs - you can replace tires after a pit stop, you can't replace lost time.
- Skipping the pit didn't really get me much in the way of catching up, maybe one or two spots at most. Probably because you can come out of the pit in 4th gear.

Isgrimnur wrote:From Turn 28:

El Guapo wrote:Shouldn't we just play out the rest of coop's lap? If he doesn't get completely boned by the dice, then we know not to bother with everyone else's rolls.

What a difference 17 turns can make, eh?

Indeed.