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[EX_stream_tuna]

awww jyea... I'll snatch you up as our alternate, fo shosho.  That leaves one more spot on this team.  theer are still others organizing on PSN for anyone still interested.

see it pays to hit refresh until someone responds!  lol   

[LastLeafFan]

Sorry XBox but weekends in general are out for me. Too much family stuff going on.

I hope everyone has a great time, should be fun.

[EX_stream_tuna]

it's okay leaf.  there will be replays put into video format for everyone to follow, so you can be there in spirit cheering us on.  Well at least I'd hope you would cheer for us

I was writing in the other thread that "teams need to form up like voltron" then I erased it because I think that's an awesome team name.

What do ya'll think?

TEAM VOLTRON

(don't ask who is going to form tha head)   

[EX_stream_tuna]

p.s. The_Kart96 (Kart_Racer) has also shown interest.  Not sure if he's forming a team or looking to join one of the others... we'll see.

nice to see some well-known names take notice   

[Wiz]

[Wiz]

FYI, I already know for sure I won't be able to make it on July 29th.

[EX_stream_tuna]

i'm no artist, but I'm picturing a really hilarious picture of voltron made out of tunas instead of lions...

[EX_stream_tuna]

Team Voltron has fully formed and is ready to start kicking some robeast ass!

Roster-
Fried_Tuna (Tour hopeful)
exXboxfan (Coach/Domestique)
metalfreak1520 (Domestique)
TunaWiz (Alternate/Domestique)

(Wiz, plz send a FR to Tour-de-Kart from whichever ID you want to use... I wasn't sure)

P.S. < I forgot to ask... does everybody have the DLC Karts?  Not sure yet, but we may need all of them.  Some stages WILL use the 125's.  Not sure about Junior's.

We also need a Kart color and Suit choice for us all to wear until someone leads one of the competitions.

Let me know when's a good time for three or four of us to meet up for a little practice.  Shouldn't be too involved, just introduction of a couple of the concepts that each team will need to know going into it.

Such as the leadout train for the sprint stages - 1 guy uses the draft of the other two to gain more speed than the rest of the pack and cross the line just a hair sooner

I am also thinking the entire field will need a shakedown night to go through a few short unofficial stages to make sure that official race days are run cleanly, as many of us will not have shared the track together.

The last thing I want is people showing up and going "balls to the walls" every moment of every stage and causing a huge pile-up.

Check main event thread for details on that soon...

[Metal]

I haz DLC karts

Also, for the colors, i'm game for anything, and can send out paint chips/driver's suits & helmets if colors/styles need to be distributed.

[EX_stream_tuna]

kewl!

a little progress report for those following along.

2/4 teams fully formed

2 teams still need to be formed.  another team from here could certainly form or group together with some others who have expressed interest.  Either way, this will be a great event once it gets started.

In some ways, you'll have to SEE IT and EXPERIENCE IT to understand how good this format can be.

We're not just starting a new event here, but a new SPORT of "Grand Tour Karting" where strategy is king.  If this proves successful, a new sport could emerge here.

I've got some custom tracks created that are very nice and provide little shaking/bumpiness for karts and lots of opp;ortunity for interesting things to happen on each stage.  I even have a guy who's one of the best track creators taking notes about what I'm looking for in these tracks and spending time tailoring them for the event.

[EX_stream_tuna]

First Fried, then later Metal and Buddyfreakind joined the TDK lounge last night for some orientation to this format.

I sent an XMB msg to all of my friends who might be interested last night that I was doing some testing and orientation to this format in the TDK lounge last night.

First Fried_Tuna joined and got the run-down.  After a bit of explanation I think he started to get the main idea and see that it could be fun if we get the participation that I want.

A full field really will be a lot more interesting than these little practice sessions...
 
After Fried left, Buddyfreakind and shortly after, Metalfreak1520 joined.  So we had three at once which was good to show the idea of using a team as a leadout train for a sprinter.

We spent time on a few of my custom tracks.

Buddy and Metal especially enjoyed the ghostbuster logo shaped category 2 (medium) track.  I'm going to work on that kink at the end and see if I can make it less brutal, but you're right that when you know it's there and how to attack it, it isn't such an issue.

Buddy and Metal were really excited after seeing and hearing more!  Buddy said he's got at least one or two friends in mind who may join his team.

Stay Tuned for another testing night in the near future, or post on the TDK account's msg board that you are wanting to meet up.

[Metal]

'was fun! can't wait to see the other tracks and get some more racers out there!

[CharlieTuna]

All of this talk about sigs has got me thinking again of changing mine.

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[EX_stream_tuna]

Hello all,

I know this thread has been kind of quiet.  I really do want to still do this event.

However, a few things have come up in my personal life such as having to deal with the fact that my son is moving away for most of the year.  It's the worst thing that's every happened to me and it's taking a huge amount of my time and energy to deal with.

But as I said, i REALLY want to try to still do this event.  in Fact, you could say I NEED to do this event.  It will really help with getting back to "normal" again, or help to find a new "normal" for me.

For the moment though, interest in this has dropped a little and i'm not quite ready to give it the attention it needs.  I think the forum change over at PSN has kept people from posting as much.

So probably in a couple weeks I want to give this another BIG PUSH with stages and details all figured out and a definitive start date for the event.

Watch this space!

[Ally McBeal]

I'll keep an eye on it for you.

It will give me something to do while I wait for my hot little Stepper to post again.