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Let me just state the obvious. If you consider yourself a gamer, you have a reasonable degree of perfectionism in your spine. Or somewhere. TrackMania is a game worth perfecting (if you have only seen Stadium tournaments, wait till you see Bay ones), and the stunts gameplay mode, which is really a free styling side-quest of the main game, is as well, but it does not at all have the same level of amazement present in race mode. I have all the medals, 80k ladder points, and ranked fourth in Norway in skill points, but these are not reflections of stratospheric racing skill.
Stunts is my preoccupation at the moment as it is the part of the game that I can compete at a world level without a joystick. It might not be the most popular gametype, but three world records there have earned me enough skill points to get to fourth in Norway. Ladder points is achieved just by playing enough as on average I have only beat two thirds of my opponents online. Kaboom, the highest ranked race record holder by comparison, has a wins to losses ratio of twenty five to one.
The problem with race is that the skid system favours people who has the ability to partly hold left/right, i.e. not tapping your keyboard like an idiot three times per second to merely beat most people. If you still do, and think that eventually you will be amazing, you are wrong. If you are among that tiny percentage of players that are dedicated enough to generate this veneer of racing accomplishments that I have, get yourself an analog controller now and thank me later. I will at least get one soon. The day I see gamers do things that seem ridiculous and know that I won't be able to replicate it with enough practice is the day I consider myself too old to compete.
Also, no players are responding to my ingame boob page that is accessible for virtual money. I forgot that introverted nerds are either emotionally dulled or have no intention of wasting even virtual money on carnal pleasures. I don't like to say that I underestimated you gamers, but every flock has a retard sheep. I will find you.
recalcitrance is my name
