[RRL] Session 1, Group 6, Races Completed Options

[Chris in London]

Welcome vets and virgins all. As you may have noticed I'm Chris In London, but I 'race' (if you can call it that) as Carlos Fandango (see here for the reason: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqqZ28m8uCo).

Session Date(s)
As you can see below, the session has to be completed by Sunday 20th Jan, which gives us two weekends or possibly a weekday evening. The races can be spread across more than one meeting, but obviously it's easier getting them all done in one session.

As a starter; 2 drunk 2 drive is unavailable from 18-25th Jan. Also, my router fried on Saturday and my replacement won't turn up for 5-7 working days, so I think the coming weekend is out for me. This group is all UK except for Charlie Brown who is conveniently West Coast Northern America judging by the UTC differential. Please respond with your availability as soon as possible, then we can start negotiating when to meet. From experience, weekends are better and European evenings go well with N. American mornings.

Host
Noted that Brook, 2 drunk and Charlie Brown can host six or more, and djp can host four if needed. Could I have a volunteer and a backup please?


Session at a glance:

Deadline
Monday Jan 20th

Proposed race time: Sunday 20th Jan, 1900hrs UTC

Participants (with UTC differentials)
Brook (+1)
djpimley (+1)
Carlos Fandango (+1) - UNAVAILABLE 7-14 JAN (approx)
2 drunk 2 drive (+1) - UNAVAILABLE 18-25 JAN
Charlie T. Brown (-8)
Joe Chip (+1)

Host: 2 Drunk 2 Drive, with Brook as backup


Race 1
Track: Small Rally Track
Car Class: FC (Lancia Fulvia 1.6 HF, Ford Escort RS1600, Renault Alpine A110)
Weather: Sunset*
Laps: 6

Race 2
Track: Bardagi Road
Car Class: D20 (Charger, Mustang, Mercedes SL300, Camaro Z28, Mustang Boss 302, Chevrolet '57 Bel Air Stock, Firebird Trans Am)
Weather: Moonlight*
Laps: 7

Race 3
Track: Lime Rock
Car Class: C20 (Maserati 3200GT, BMW M5 E39, BMW M Coupe, Porsche 911 3.2 CS, Cadillac XLR, Smart 6-cyl, Ferrari 308 GTB, Porsche 968 CS, Volvo S60R)
Weather: Daylight*
Laps: 8

Race 4
Track: Pembrey
Car Class: K10 (Superkart 250cc )
Weather: Daylight*
Laps: 8

*subject to change

This post has been edited by Chris in London: Jan 21 2008, 02:30 AM

[djpimley]

Please respond with your availability as soon as possible

Weekends are very preferential to weekdays for me. Weekends I can make myself available any time, given notice. My hosting capability should be considered untested: I've switched providers since the last time I hosted a game, however I have switched to a higher bandwidth service so I should theoretically be capable of hosting 4 at least. By all means put me down as backup, but be warned you may need a backup for me!

[2 drunk 2 drive]

hello to all Group 6 members,
first of all, to make things clear, I have to hand in a very important essay at jan 25 and due to the fact that i am a rather lazy person, i haven't done much for it yet. This is why I wrote that i am unavaible between jan 18 and 25, so that I keep myself some free time. But I think I should find some time for this session, best time would be weekend evenings (sunday would be my favorite one). So my proposal for the Session would be sunday, 20th january european evening.

[Brook]

... So my proposal for the Session would be sunday, 20th january european evening.

Sounds fine by me!

I'm usually available during the weekends, but try to avoid night racing. A weekday can work also, between 17:00 and 20:00 UTC (that's 5:00pm and 8:00pm) is manageable.

I think Charlie will be the key factor here, I hope he responds soon!

With the possibilty to host 8 I like to forward 2 drunk as host, and myself as backup.

[2 drunk 2 drive]

With the possibilty to host 8 I like to forward 2 drunk as host, and myself as backup.

It would be an honor for me to be the host. I must warn you that my router sometimes feels like resisting his dutys for an hour or so. Though this is just a rare problem, with my luck I'm sure that it will just happen when I want to start hotsing. So it's good to have Brook as backuphost if my connection fails. I will also try to get another GB RAM for my computer (I am currently only running with 1GB) till the Session day, so that my computer will work even better

[djpimley]

So my proposal for the Session would be sunday, 20th january european evening.

Works for me.

[Chris in London]

With the possibilty to host 8 I like to forward 2 drunk as host, and myself as backup.

Seconded and passed - First post updated accordingly.

As with the others, the 20th suits me. Getting my head around time zones, I think us UK people are actually in UTC at present (last season we were still in summertime), whereas 2 Drunk is (correctly) in UTC+1. If I'm correct then I'm free from 1900 UTC onwards most evenings.

[joe chip]

Hi guys, happy and proud to be a member of this group.
Sundays are nice for racing.
Saturday is good too.
During the week i'm available after 7 P.M. except monday and wednesday after 11 P.M.
Night times might be good also sometimes.

Request :
on some graphic cards, like mine, moonlight or sunset really slowdown the machine and make me
"downsetup" a lot my video parameters. If its possible, the more daylight we have will be cool.

I dont think i can reliably host cause of my router type (or setup) but i have a good adsl line.

I wish an happy new year to everybody.

Joe

[2 drunk 2 drive]

Request :
on some graphic cards, like mine, moonlight or sunset really slowdown the machine and make me
"downsetup" a lot my video parameters. If its possible, the more daylight we have will be cool.

Sounds like a problem indeed. I personaly think that it should be no problem to keep the weather sunny as long as the given weather conditions don't affect the grip. If the given weather is rain or snow (like in Session 3) I think we can't change it…
But that's just what I think and I would like to hear what the rest of this group thinks about this problem

[djpimley]

But that's just what I think and I would like to hear what the rest of this group thinks about this problem

Losing sunset, I don't mind. I think it would be a real shame to lose moonlight because it significantly alters the driving experience (and the challenge). If it causes you chronic problems then I would consider forgoing it but if it's just a matter of you having to lower your graphics preferences for better performance... well, join the club.

[Brook]

We'll do a 2 lap shakedown before every race to check for lag and frame trouble (among other things). We'll decide there and then what to do with the weather.

Chris: You did pm Charlie?

[Chris in London]

Yup; although there is a Charlie Brown and a Charlie T. Brown on the member's list which confused me until I looked at the RRL website. I'll send another and chivvy him along...

[CharlieT.Brown]

OMG I really should do more PM ing huh?
Well this is


CHARLIE T BROWN checking in with my group(number 6 is the best ever), and I am pleased to agree with the sunday of the 20th of January

[Chris in London]

Okay - all signed in, and race time set for 20th Jan - commencing at 1900hrs UTC, which will be 1900hrs UK time, 2000hrs Munich time, and 1000hrs Charlie Brown time. The previous season's sessions tended to take about 2 hours or so, factoring in people turning up a little late and the need to see a re-run or two, so make sure you have a fair amount of free time handy. If 1900hrs UTC suddenly becomes impossible for anyone, let the rest of us know via this topic, and we'll attempt to accommodate you.

See you at the races...

[thomm]

Naturally, I trust that none of my vehicles are going to be used in a gathering with CTB being present.
Should you be confused about the plugins in question, I just added a list to my signature for your convenience.

Hehehe ...

This post has been edited by thomm: Jan 9 2008, 11:50 PM

[djpimley]

Naturally, I trust that none of my vehicles are going to be used in a gathering with CTB being present.

So I guess Charlie will be doing race 1 on foot then, since only your cars are available to drive...

[thomm]

So I guess Charlie will be doing race 1 on foot then, since only your cars are available to drive...

You don't get it - all of you would, if anyone gave a frog . Why not just get together in TS and make brmmm, brmm noises, the most obnoxious wins ?
Not a fair contest, I know...

[Brook]

Naturally, I trust that none of my vehicles are going to be used in a gathering with CTB being present.
Should you be confused about the plugins in question, I just added a list to my signature for your convenience.

Hehehe ...

Your extensive use of the wink ( ) in your posts (ever thought of putting it in your avatar? ), has rendered it meaningless for me.

I must therefore ask if you are serious about this or not?

If you are, please let me remind you that this tournament is run under rules that are there to prevent any misbehaviour. I even thightened those rules because of the points you (and others) made, back in November.

[thomm]

Your extensive use of the wink ( ) in your posts (ever thought of putting it in your avatar? ), has rendered it meaningless for me.

I must therefore ask if you are serious about this or not?

But I love the wink...
I'm as serious as having-made-a-lengthy-topic serious, but all I can do is make some noise, can't I ?
- arrgh, leaving out the wink is killing me ....

[NoNameBrand]

- arrgh, leaving out the wink is killing me ....

All the winking, and we'll think you have some sort of nervous tic.

[Brook]

I'm as serious as having-made-a-lengthy-topic serious, but all I can do is make some noise, can't I ?

You *can* make some noise...

But I do find myself in a somewhat awkward position:
- On the one hand, I would like to respect you...
- On the other hand, I can't do that without turning this tournament upside down...

::Sudden thought::
If I consider you a demonstrator (picketer?) and switch my ignore flag on, can you still live with me after this tournament is over?

- arrgh, leaving out the wink is killing me ....

You still got your smokes and your lowland. Find comfort in that.

[thomm]

::Sudden thought::
If I consider you a demonstrator (picketer?) and switch my ignore flag on, can you still live with me after this tournament is over?
You still got your smokes and your lowland. Find comfort in that.

Never mind me, sorry for interupting the topic (whoops) ; I'll just drink-smoke and cry myself to sleep .

[Chris in London]

Having read all the posts but having had no experience racing the offending simmer, I'm afraid I can only give him the benefit of the doubt for now. I would say that the arena of a season of RRL should be the litmus test for a racer's behaviour - if he misbehaves here then every simmer will know about it and act accordingly in future. And being shunned by the community as a whole would be a far more forceful punishment than pulling the plug on your plug-ins, Thomm.

I hope you see it this way, and don't disallow your cars to be used.

C

[thomm]

I hope you see it this way, and don't disallow your cars to be used.

Of course not, just keeping to say that Carthago must be destroyed. You guys know your Roman history, right ?

[Chris in London]

Carthago must be destroyed. You guys know your Roman history, right ?

A little extreme, maybe! If I'm remembering your nationality right, consider us to be Armenius to his Varus, and Small Rally Track will be the Teutoburg Forest...