>WALL OF HONOR
Here's a list of the tournament's champions so far:

>1st edition
SlowestRetard

>2nd
SlowestRetard

>3rd
cherry

>4th
DLL

>5th
DLL

>6th
Kaiser

>7th
Nabana

>8th
Nabana

>9th
Nabana

>10th
Pony Rojo

>11th
DLL

>12th
yoyo

>13th
yoyo

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Basic Game Mechanics:
- Your current stats are those of the character who is currently the "board". Switching characters consumes a bit of spell meter, but it will switch the stats you are currently using, which can be very useful on different parts of the track. Learn the best places to switch characters to improve performance.
- The importance of all the stats is explained here: https://gensou-skydrift.fandom.com/wiki/Stats, but just know that they're all fairly important. It's recommended to choose two characters whose strengths complement each other. A good starting combination would be Reimu and Marisa: one is good at turning, the other is really fast, they're both fast in the air, and they're both relatively easy to use.
- Drifting helps conserve speed while changing direction and going around corners. Many characters slow down when turning normally, so drifting is highly useful in most cases.
- You gain spell meter quickly by passing through boost rings. You also gain it passively over time. Racers who are behind in the race get more spell meter than those in front.
- Pressing the spell button while the meter is full (green) will consume the meter and roll for a level 1 spellcard. Pressing the spell button while the meter is filled twice (blue) will consume the entire meter to roll for a level 2 spellcard (which is typically more potent). Generally, the racers in 1st-3rd place receive mostly offensive spellcards, racers in 4th-5th place receive both offensive and boosting spellcards, and the racers in 6th-7th place receive boosting spellcards. Spellcards can be seen here: https://gensou-skydrift.fandom.com/wiki/Spell_Cards
- When your LW meter (yellow) is full and your spell meter is also filled twice (it will appear yellow, too), you can press the spell button to consume both to get your LW. These spellcards are powerful and can change the course of a race. You typically can only use one, as most tracks aren't long enough to obtain a second.


>Advanced Knowledge and Tricks:
- Switching characters gives you a small boost. This will let you gain speed even on sections with no boost rings, and it's very important for speeding up after getting hurt.
- Jumping spellcards can be used on some parts of the tracks to hop over short fences, sizable gaps, or onto higher ledges for the sake of shortcuts that can help you get way ahead. It's recommended to save those spellcards for these shortcuts. When using them, be sure to activate them early enough to gain the height you need (or else you will run into the wall).
- Pressing down while in the air can give you a small vertical boost, sometimes called an "elevator" by people on the wiki. Use this to gain a little bit more height while flying or to help you cross small gaps without falling in. This can help with cutting really tight corners over ledges, like on Embers of Blazing Hell or Underworld City Depths, or when taking big flying shortcuts, like on Sea of Tranquility and Redevelopment Area B. Just keep in mind that you can only do this a single time before you have to touch the ground again. Also, pressing up while in the air will speed your descent.
- Break Drifting is probably the most important technique if you want to go faster. Normally, drifting helps conserve the speed you already have while also lessening the amount of speed you gain from boosts. So if you start a drift at the exact moment a boost ends (and not too much sooner, or else will you miss out on some acceleration), you can keep your heightened speed for longer. This is called "break drifting": https://gensou-skydrift.fandom.com/wiki/Break_Drift.. If you start break drifting after every single boost, you can stay at top speed constantly. Break drifting is more effective for characters with high Speed+Boost and low Drift, as they go faster and lose less speed from drifting..

>General Advice:
- Some tracks have big hidden shortcuts that don't require items. Some of them just require you to fly fast enough and far enough to skip a section of track or land somewhere high up. Try exploring the tracks on your own, watching other people while racing, or saving replays to review later (CPU players don't bother with shortcuts, so you won't learn those from them).
- Racers often save their spellcards and LWs for the final lap to help secure victory at the last minute. Prepare for that with your own spellcards to take shortcuts and give yourself immunity to offensive LWs.
- Don't let it get to you when you get fucked up by spells and bad luck or just can't seem to get ahead of the other racers. We've all been there, and managing it is just part of the game. Just keep racing with us and keep learning more and trying new things, and you will get better with time and effort. Everyone here was also new once, after all.

I miss VD
Tourneys dont feel "official" without him hosting

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Competitive racism makes its return, now more racist than ever.

>>50811436
I do too, but it seems like he's out there living his best life from what he's said before, so I'm happy for him. More power to him.

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A while ago it was suggested we add some kinda rule to mess with champions, so that repeat victories are less common and therefore cooler. Like perhaps the other racists vote to decide one or even both of the characters that the reigning champ has to use in the next tournament? It could be fun to make him work a lot harder to keep his spot. And it'd also be fun for everyone else to pick the character(s) that screws with him the most.

>>50811454
Yeah sucks he got burnt out it seems, of the game I mean

>>50811533
Not really a fan desu I really dislike the idea of others meddling with my style and stuff, at this point if we keep implementing things like that it should be a whole separate event

I really hope that Japanese guy who’s always using Double Swako and waiting for hours for the match to start will join us too… but he’s probably still a kid and doesn’t even have a smartphone yet.

>>50811533
I figure if you win a third time then we can mess with you a little.
I think you should get a fair shot at 3 like every other champion, but by 4 in a row it just becomes excessive.

>>50812508
Does he know about us on /jp/? I think he just joins us in Ranked, no?

I kinda liked that impromptu rule that let the players decide which tracks were in the elimination rounds

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Is there gonna be pre-tourney practice tonight? If so, I'm not gonna be able to unless it drags on late, I've got something I gotta do.
>>50812508
Oh, THAT guy.
Ugh, he's my new enemy. I've played Ranked sessions against him where we spend the entire time sandbagging against each other to try to get our LW to try to rape the other guy with at the last second. Truly the same kind of evil him and I.

>>50817056
yeah I probably won't be able to attend tonight either sadly. you're starting the sabotage early though with that pic, huh dude?

>>50814463
qrd?

>>50817095
well so far our current format has been:
1. racers race during main phase and win points
2. main phase ends, points are tallied, and the top 6 racists are chosen
3. if there are 8 or more racers, then everyone below 6th place has to race in a wild card elimination to decide who the 7th will be.
4. from there, the finalists will race in eliminations until only 3 remain. when three remain, then the winner of the next race will be the champion, meaning that the number of final elimination races will always be 2 fewer than the initial number of finalists.
and in the last tournament, we decided that the racers got to decide what the elimination tracks would be, with the racer in 1st deciding what the last track would be, the racer in 2nd deciding what the second-to-last track would be, all the way until the racer in 5th decides what the first track will be. maybe we can also let the 6th racer decide the track for the wild card elimination, just so he gets something too?

>>50817111
points 1 to 4 sound logical but everything after that reads like a mario party-esque crapshoot

>>50817122
the main phase is kinda pointless for everyone that isn't at risk of getting eliminated, so letting the players choose the elimination tracks based on their performance on the main phase at least gives them something to do once it becomes clear that they'll qualify no matter what they do. plus, if there are 7 or fewer players, then the main phase is pointless for everyone because the points don't even do anything.

gonna play for a while so i made a room, join up if you're reading this

US servers by the way

sup ximd

lol stop messing with me

>>50817288
cant help myself but i kind of thought of changing that name to another alias, like XneT, seems cool to me

>>50817313
but thats what i like to do dude :((

>>50817315
I have no idea what your alias is even supposed to mean lol.
also, I will likely have to go fairly soon, so let's race until then

gotta go now. see you later bro

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>>50817340
yeah see you dude

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>>50817321
some of the alias i usually think of are typically how unique their appearance is, -=XneT=- is one of those (forgor to add the borders, i still think sometimes adding those make the name look even awesome)

i dont think anyone is joining in soon so i'll hop out too i guess

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>2 hours til the tourney
>no hype whatsoever
>no pre tourney thursday night racing
>no fixed host or set of rules in place
>apparently no stream
>almost a full day without a single reply
I'm not gonna be racing tonight so it feels even worse to point these things out but man it really sucks to see this event in such a state, it's literally over, owari da :'c
Maybe we should focus on getting more people in and sorting this stuff out before hosting a tourney again cause it pains me to see this

>>50820674
First post >>50811436 said it best. The skydrift tournament died with VD (more like when he left, not his literal death lol). It was always gonna be hard following that sort of dedication to hosting and promoting this thing. I guess proof of that was that as soon as he left, pretty much everyone else that was competitive or had won before left too. Dont be down bro, we can have fun at least and also I take this as a wake up call to get off our asses and put in the work if we're gonna keep this thing alive

Pretty sure Aki is gonna be the host, unless he's decided otherwise. He might not be as vocal as VD, but we shouldn't downplay his efforts. We won't "get" another host if we don't aknowledge those who are trying to be one. Besides, it's not like VD wasn't struggling sometimes, either, with dead threads and low turnout. Anyway, part of what made the older threads fun was that people were chatting a lot, talking smack, making art, etc. We still have a bunch of people who are capable of that if they try. But probably we will have to put in extra effort and, just as importantly, be receptive to the efforts of others if we want that kind of culture.
Regarding newcomers and lack thereof, I am of the opinion that by this point our group is too skilled for new people to want to stay with us, even if they are willing to try. We can either find a way to handle this, advertise more to get a wider net (though the only place where I can think of where you can get lots of decent players would be there discord), or maybe broaden our gaminf horizons, maybe by transitioning into some kind of /jp/ game night group that plays more than one game.
Honestly I don't mind just remaining as a small skydrift group either, but then we would have to do something to spice things up and keep it more lively. Keeping everything the same has led to things feeling stale imo.

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>>50820674
Eh, it is what it is. Everything eventually fizzles out, and tourney hype would be no exception. Maybe this lull would finally give one of our less skillful competitors a fighting chance to take the title? lol
But in a seriousness, I feel like things were bound to end up like this eventually, even if VD hadn't had exploded into a million pieces after that failed grenade juggling routine (R.I.P). You can only keep on doing the same thing for so long before people find it stale, or their personal lives take priority. It's just how it goes.

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>FORMAT and DA RULES
>Regular phase
12 random races, normal point system:
1st place – 10 points
2nd – 8 points
3rd – 6 points
4th – 4 points
5th – 3 points
6th – 2 points
7th – 1 point

TOP 2 from each lobby qualify directly to the playoffs.
3rd and 4th placed racists advance to the WILD CARD RACE

>PLAYOFFS
The player that finishes in LAST PLACE is automatically ELIMINATED. The rest of the players go on to the next race until ONLY 3 RACISTS ARE LEFT. They will then race in a single FINAL RACE, in which the one that finishes 1st becomes the Champ.

(2 FULL LOBBIES)
12 regular rounds > Top 4 from each Lobby go through, however... > Best 2 from each Lobby automatically advance to the Playoffs (A1, A2, B1, B2) > A3, A4, B3 and B4 will race in a single WILD CARD RACE in which 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will go through to complete the final 7 player lobby > 5 playoff races in five different tracks until only 3 players remain > Final race

If we lack players the highest scoring players will choose the elimination tracks

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Here is the order

>>50820802
>some kind of /jp/ game night group that plays more than one game.
tbf this was exactly how this game came to be played here at /jp/ and iirc van dough himself said he created the tourneys as a way to grow a community around the game that would play it regularly since it wasn't played as often as he would've liked.
i remember the old game night threads, i dunno what happened to them now that you mention it. maybe the tranny jannies banned them for some* reason
*that reason being giving preference to vtumor and other non /jp/ secondary shit threads

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>>50820921
>>50820936
sir yes sir, oorah!

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Lobby:/jp/ tournament
Password:suwako

>>50820945
we're on the JP server then too?

>>50820948
yes whoops, shouldn't change anything though

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Aw shit, almost missed out because I thought it was an hour later in EST time.
Friggin daylight savings time, I swear...

What is a good prompt for the score keeping? It has been a while since I prodded an AI.

>>50820974
Wasn't there a guide detailing this kinda thing?

dont forget to take screenshots of the final positions, just in case

>>50820974
Here's what I did when I hosted two months ago. You might wanna change the scoring system to suit you, since I used a simplified one:

Today I am running a tournament for a videogame called Gensou SkyDrift. After each race, the various players will gain points based on their placing within the race. Getting higher places awards more points as so:
1st place – 5 points
2nd – 4 points
3rd – 3 points
4th – 2 points
5th – 1 point.
I want you to keep track of the number of races and the number of points that each player has accumulated so far. After I give you the placings of the latest race, you will display a table of the players ordered by their overall points from highest to lowest. The header of the table should be "/jp/ SkyDrift Tournament XII - Round _", with the blank space being replaced by the number of the race. There will be twelve races total, so feel free to provide some commentary on how the players are doing.
Are you ready?

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>>50820938
If there aren't game night threads, then yeah we could always start making them ourselves and keep playing different Touhou stuff. Ideally stuff that's not just 1v1, so more people can goof around at once. If we wanted to keep on racing, then we could probably even get a Touhou modpack together for SRB2, which is pretty fun from what I've played.
https://mb.srb2.org/tags/group-touhou-project/
https://youtu.be/U137Sag0_Rc

>>50820986
Thanks

Okay, do that but put a prompt in there to make the AI present the info in a flirtatious way, by calling the winner "stud" and stuff like that.

>>50820995
Don't know if I have the tokens for that.

Is everyone ready?

>>50820999
>Don't know if I have the tokens for that.
aw man it shouldn't be that hard
>Is everyone ready?
we could wait for eagler and/or nabana to show up, still. both of them tend not to show up early

Kai wasn't ready. And also, I don't think you ever gave us an official start time

Alright that didn't count.
Also we are waiting for nabana or eagle
>>50821014
How about at 8:45 or 10 minutes

>>50820938
>maybe the tranny jannies banned them for some* reason
hit right on the nail, /jp/ game nights used to be a fairly common thing until one day a janny starting seething about it for some reason and would delete them or send them to /vg/, though the game nights didnt die and are hosted on kiss u nowdays, also, i think kiss u hsa its own game nights so it was more like a 4chimpo jpers joined them, i think

>>50821017
we could start at 9 and just fuck around while we're waiting? I think we usually waited until then

>>50821023
Got it. We warm up until 9

>>50821020
Maybe we should move to kissu too. I talked a little bit there and they said they stopped keeping up with us because we weren't active there. So maybe if we moved... idk

>>50820992
That pic right there. That was SOVL. It makes me nostalgic and it was just a couple months and change ago. Where is that nowadays?

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Somebody forgot to wear eagle's skin again, and no I dont want to go there again its filthy

>>50821038
people gotta be the ones to make those pics, and idk, maybe they need a REASON to make em

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I fucking hate the stupid fucking Bamboo Forest so much I don't even want to play it when it comes up.

lol damn you ximd

>>50821050
I dont man, doesnt really seem that difficult

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>>50821030
you are telling me no one kept updating the kissu branch? you denined me of my kissu champion...

>>50821050
yeah it might be the worst track in the game alongside forest of magic

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LOL Double Spark!

>>50821092
I'm assuming Hagykouro is so bad that it doesn't even need to be said...

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>>50821082
So fresh you can suck my nuts (swag)

Oh no looks like i've been owned

>>50821091
I-I'm sorry anon-sama! people were doing it and then they stopped, and then I did it but I was lazy and I stopped too

Are we ready?

>>50821109
it was so bad I kinda didn't consider it. I still hate how the shortcuts in hakugyoukruo are so poorly made so that they are barely even functional

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sanae is such a bitch! cant believe its been so long and you still play in the same way... i fucking ̶h̶a̶t̶e̶ love you!

The Eagle has landed.
I repeat, the Eagle has landed.

>>50821124
Yeah someone is using him like a puppet, may be me, or may be someone in this very thread

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Here we go

Gensou SkyDrift Results Scoreboard Alpha1

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bkDERPxuN5eBiXDYSehG5nST0xFNacc1yDnVt-6A1UU/edit?usp=sharing

>>50821137
Ah, so begins the trend of me getting increasingly more pissed everytime I see the AI mentioning my name again. Lovely.

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Next

>>50821149
the easy solution is to be in the middle of the pack so the AI has nothing to say about you...

so whats the strat? i really really really hate sanae... this is just like the first time i tried...

>>50821154
either get a strong spellcard like an elixir, or be in 2nd place, or be so far ahead that getting hit doesn't matter

>>50821124
Quite literally
In fact my name "EagleR" comes from "EagleRavi Earth Recon Unit" aka Ringo and Seiran's unit name

>>50821161
no... thats not what i mean, i meant to ask what is HIS PLAN?! WHY DOES HE DROPS THE NUKE?!

How many rounds are you guys playing then if it's only 6 people in the lobby

I totally overslept. Good luck, everyone!

>>50821173
you can still join! you will just have fewer points. get in here!

shit I misclicked Aki was 4th Kai was first Ximd 3rd who am I missing

>>50821180
No wait wtf no
It would make everything unbalanced that's the worst idea ever it is what it is with who we got

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>>50821166
'Cause wut the fuq else am I supposed to do in dumbass-dead-last?

>>50821184
I thought I (yoyo) was first? was I mistaken?

>>50821184
yoyo was first, i think, kai was second, dont know about the rest

lel, heyyyy Nabana

>>50821186
What does it mess up? It's not like he gets any advantage to showing up late

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>the state of nu-skydrift

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cross referenced spreadsheet

>>50821184
Yeah man I was totally in third place (already forgotten what place I was at)

>>50821199
don wanna hear it from a nigga too pussy to show up!

>>50821197
the less points you have, the faster you go

>>50821197
Are you dumb
Adding another player mid tournament adds another factor that alters the outcome for everyone unfairly
Sucks to be late but sucks even harder to just let people come in and join whenever like where's the seriousness in that

>>50821203
nigga I just came to the thread because I thought you were streaming it like in previous months but all I see is india-tier chaos. No wonder people aren't showing up to race or follow this crap my good nigger

We will do voile next misread still counts

case in point: >>50821227

>>50821220
Wheres the nigga jar? We should put this mfer in there as a lesson

>>50821199
>new nu-skydrifters dont know how good they have it
i remember when we had to make the race tracks with only our BARE HANDS, sometimes we even ran out of magic and had to push the touhous ourselves!

>>50821209
>where's the seriousness in that
We're serious? Dude, look around at where we are, what we're doing, and take a chill pill. This isn't even the first time it's been allowed

>>50821220
If you're a perpetual lurker who only complains, then why does your opinion even matter...

>>50821236
>This isn't even the first time it's been allowed
Nta but it literally is

>>50821242
I think someone, maybe Fudge, joined at the end of the 7th tournament, and no one really minded

>>50821242
No, some dude did join once towards the end of one of our tourneys, don't remember which one.

why would we care about the complaints of one guy who doesn't play and is ignorant of any events that didn't happen in a streamed tournament?

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>>50821236
Chill pill is heccin gay, we should all be serious and call each other niggers

>>50821254
Kai if you dont beat yoyo, I'll come over to your house and eat all of your food, yeah how about that

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...Why do I even bother anymore?

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goddamn that was a close finish

>>50821242
i dont think it matters that much, its not really a problem since he is starting with disadvantage and the more the merrier

>>50821278
jesus dude, that's rough. hang in there, fester!

>>50821272
Man whatever I was just talking from experience having raced before and seeing the state of it now compared to how it was before. whatever bitches. again I repeat, it's clear why no one joins anymore if this is your response to criticism and this is the "product" you put out. later niggers

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>>50821274
if i win i am going to make you eat something else, fag

lol see you later fag.

btw nice win ximd

>>50821294
Yeah man a egg sandwich sounds pretty nice, im glad we can agree to that pal

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Kai's on fire!

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fucking EAGLERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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>>50821296
Swag

>>50821288
>later niggers
Bro might actually be brown, so many nigganess being thrown around (PFFFTttchh kek, in that case who gives a damn what he says)


Who the fuck throw the amluet at me, you ruined my dancing dude :((

that last card... keeping it until the very last moment... fucking fag wanted to ruin me!

wow, the regular phase went by super quickly.

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break until 9:30
Kai yoyo, Eagle, ximd choose your elimination races

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so... i guess is finally time for THAT...

>>50821340
remember to screenshot so we know it is you
we will race in this order ximd, Eagle, yoyo, Kai

Uh... what's the point of having elimination races if it's only just one lobby?

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>>50821340
I, yoyo, pick Misty Lake!

>>50821340
fuck! i thought i already won!

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>>50821340
Mari-Circuitmaxxing I think

>>50821345
we eliminate down to the three racers, who then race for the championship. by determining the champion this way, technically anyone has a shot so long as they avoid getting last in each race. since we only have 7, I think we're skipping the wild card elimination, however

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>>50821349
>>50821345
Same, what is this mickey mouse bullshit

>>50821353
the same shit we did last month

>>50821352
But I thought these >>50820921
rules only applied when there were 2 lobbies?
I thought it was obvious that when it was just the one then it was gonna be by points

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>>50821340
I, EagleR, pick Heaven

kai here, bamboo forest then, i think is called that? well the bamboo track on day time, you know it, also i have over 10 points on yoyo and no can lose based on luck? i am not fond of this, but i will play your little machiavellian game...

>>50821358
read the bottom spoilered part. if we lack players, then players with points get to choose the elimination tracks. VD set up eliminations because winning solely via points wasn't climactic enough, remember?

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>the state of nu-skydrift

Mari-Circuit 2
Heaven
Misty Lake

>>50821363
the night one or the day one?

>>50821368
he said the day one

>>50821368
day time... i am not feeling too confident...

hopefully nabana is back in before 10:30

>>50821372
thankyou
the order is

Mari-Circuit 2
Heaven
Misty Lake
Lost Bamboo Thicket

we begin in 11 minutes

>>50821366
Yeah I remember that but that was when there was only a single lobby. Actually you know what the other guy was right, this is all lame as shit and I'm just reading the thread to see what other random shenanigans you dumbbells come up with. Imagine counting any post-Van Dough tournament as official lmao couldn't be me senpai.

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>>50821379
most transparent samefag of all time... dude.

VD is still checking this thread, and he hasn't lost interest in the game. Well, he does seem a little busy in real life, though.

i want to know something and please be honest, do you guys actually like this elimination phase on the finals? seems a little pointless to gather all those poins only to accidentally lose and now you are a goner, just saying... i personally am not a fan of this... and i am not trying to hate on the host or imply that he is bad or anything, just to be clear i am grateful, but this seems like a bit much

>>50821383
that's good. hopefully he finds the time one night to join us for a round (though for him I think it's in the morning lol)

>>50821382
Sure bro

>>50821385
>>50821385
>seems a little pointless to gather all those poins only to accidentally lose and now you are a goner
Yeah that's what I meant by this being lame how can you guys just be okay with that?

>>50821385
every time we've done it it's been pretty exciting, so yeah

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>>50821382
This is what happens when we lack racers and its just the 7 of us, we are all going insane in this very minute

Not me though, im just fresh like that

>>50821385
I don't really care for it either. When it's the last 4 dudes battling it out and one gets knocked out after each race, sure that's cool. But when it's all of us at once it doesn't really make too much sense.

>>50821393
*top 4 dudes

>>50821385
as the host:
I am completely cargo-cult maxxing. I have only ran 1 tournament before. I underestimated how difficult this was. I wasn't expecting to have to make executive decisions.
Yes, I am retarded.

pretty sure a troll's messing around with us. I was wondering when the next one would be after roach-tan

>>50821395
i am not topping 4 dudes, bro!

With the points-based format, the winner has been decided before the 12th race on several occasions, which I think made the latter half feel a bit dull. Both formats have their pros and cons, so I think we should just keep thinking about it going forward.

Is everyone here?

>>50821405
yup

jesus that was close. gg Aki

>>50821397
listen, is easy to blame the a troll for criticism, but this is a real complain from me

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>>50821237
The bot and I started disagreeing on the score when nabana joined on race 5...

... but it doesnt matter since the end rankings are the same c:

Aki do you wanna spectator host the lobby now?

>>50821412
sorry then bro

new room
elimination
password: suwako
for stream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2GD7EkaxnA
here for after you get eliminated

>>50821398
Myahaps you should be downing four dudes instead, sounds reasonable

>>50821405
Yeah im here, what the heck, I thought the first track would be the first version, not the second version (guess I should've specified but its fine anyway)

No idea why spectator breaks on my end.
Continue with your normally scheduled racism

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>>50821423
we were picking from the tracks in orange, so I guess by coincidence you picked one that was (technically) on the list. I kinda agree that next time we need to touch up the rules to make them extremely clear

I think the lobby is broken. damn you skydrift... Aki make a new one

>>50821432
I think it is on my end. It happened last time I tried
spectator it broke the same way.
elimination
suwako

person still is the other lobby, i think you will have to close and reopen the tab

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>>50821429
>we were picking from the tracks in orange
I dont recall ever seeing that, if it actually has been said before and I missed it, sorry man its hard being retarded, you gotta understand

GG Fester!

Alright, going in one minute! Good luck everyone

>>50821404
Kai should have won this one bc the qualis and elimination and such only happened when there were more than 7 players wanting to join... so I thought it was obvious that when we had less than 7 then it'd simply switch back to the old format

>>50821438
No no, my fault.

that was dissapointing, i am leaving then

GGs Kai.

So wait, if Bamboo Forest is next, which one will we play in the final match?

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>>50821451
So nuts you can suck my swag (fresh)

either way, I will start the next race in two minutes

>>50821458
no need to kick a man while he's down... well not that that's stopped anyone before

>>50821452
dont say gg to me...

>>50821465
I WILL. I want you to get back up and kick ass because you're actually good at the game unlike some of us (won't say who)

>>50821452
ah FUCK
random

>>50821467
eat shit

>>50821464
Right yeah I need to pick him up and say it in front of his face, and place him down again, thanks dude

GGs EagleR. I'll choose random for the very last course, so you guys prepare yourselves! And remember, the Winner of this one is the Champion this time! I'll give one minute

And the winner is... Nabana saya! I hate to say it, but you totally had us beat on the moon (the track that was chosen). Congrats on another win!

as for the format and stuff, I DO think it could use some touching up. particularly because elimination isn't very exciting if it isn't being streamed, since no one can see it by the end. maybe we should take a vote sometime?

>>50821486
somehow i saw it coming a mile away... i am bit mad not going to lie, not at anyone in particular, specially you nabana, well played

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>>50821486
Thats it im gonna to place a very special gift in everyone's mailbox thats from this thread, heading out rn as we speak

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ggs
It’s been a while since I last participated in this tournament, so I’m really happy to have won. I’m so sorry I overslept!

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>>50821493
nabana~!
Congrats on being number one!

>>50821493
the GOAT reclaims the throne
GG

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>>50821491
I bet my life savings on you when you broke into the top 3... and now I'm ruined! hope you'll take responsibility and make it up to me~

we have a free lobby up

>>50821493
Gg!

>>50821487
Why not just go with this >>50821440 ? Less hassle and confusion all around

>>50821486
>Nabana saya
It clearly says Nabana sleep though?

>>50821507
>Why not just go with this >>50821440 ? Less hassle and confusion all around
we were getting kinda bored of it around tourney 9 or 10 I believe. I don't think people necessarily mind going back to it, because it's simple and easy, but it does get kinda lame when the outcome is obvious and we're going through the motions just cause

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>>50821506
I'll be there in a minute

>>50821504
Nevermind it'll be more than a minute, tempting picture but ehhhhhhhh, I think I will jerk off crazy style to Dejiko and then join with you fuggers

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>>50821515
I'm a failure of an announcer. Someone help with my seppuku.

Hosting suggestions (Please comment on these)
Do not do elimination for only 1 lobby (maybe an alternate playoff method?)
Remove Hagykouro from random tracks (does anyone like it?)
Streamline and clarify rules
Practice runs (for me)
Fix whatever bug I have for spectating
Anything else?

>>50821526
>Remove Hagykouro from random tracks (does anyone like it?)
Nay. If it sucks it sucks for everyone. Deal with it

>Streamline and clarify rules
I mean it was all pretty clear before so I don't see why it was changed at all after vd left

>Practice runs (for me)
Wdym for you?

>>50821526
>Do not do elimination for only 1 lobby (maybe an alternate playoff method?)
I think playoffs are cool, so if people vote against eliminations then I'd like to figure out another way to do them. I sympathize with Kai for getting eliminated after doing so well too.
>Remove Hagykouro from random tracks (does anyone like it?)
the track sucks, but I win a lot on it. so let's keep it :)
>Streamline and clarify rules
very important. they caused a lot of confusion this time.
>Practice runs (for me)
sure, we could do a "practice" tournament sometime
>Fix whatever bug I have for spectating
idk how to do that lol
>Anything else?
I think you should prioritize what is fun and exciting to play rather than being very serious. this game is for us racists rather than the spectators who might assume that the game is worse off because we're veering from tradition

>>50821535
>this game is for us racists rather than the spectators who might assume that the game is worse off because we're veering from tradition
I was mostly with you until that line. It's clearly not what it was and you can see that with the bitching early on today about no hype and low turnout tho we've discussed that already but I really don't think changing it too much to the point where it's unrecognizable from what made us all like it would do any good.

>>50821531
Technically elimination was only used once by VD and it was a larger group. Our attempts at adapting it are inconsistent, confusing, and poorly explained.
>Wdym
I made quite a few mistakes. I need to practice hosting.

>>50821546
if you joined us instead of talking about how it's not as good as it was in your day, then low turnout wouldn't be a huge issue, man

>>50821553
in fact, now that I think about it, low turnout was an issue from the 7th(?) tourney onwards, which is the whole reason VD had to invite guys from discord. nabana, pony rojo, boots, eagler, and maybe more? all from discord iirc. maybe we'll have to resort to that sometime again, idk

i honestly didn't like it, will probably not even bother if i see "elimination phase" and will just quit the moment it comes... really soured me up

>>50821553
I mean, the reason I didn't join was precisely because I had fun before (a long time ago to be completely fair) so after seeing the thread and considering if maybe I should hop back in it just isn't appealing to me even as a spectator in the thread after seeing all these quite frankly random and sudden changes in place that seem arbrtrary. Some people even said I was trolling which igaf about but that post asked for comments and those are my honest 2 cents, so if you guys want to take that as trolling then I guess there's no helping it .

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>>50821526
>Do not do elimination for only 1 lobby (maybe an alternate playoff method?)
Think its fine dude, but if others oppose, then we'll think of something I guess

>Remove Hagykouro from random tracks (does anyone like it?)
It is simply a skill issue if anybody else struggles with it

>Practice runs (for me)
Yeah sure we can do that so you'll get the hang of it

>Fix whatever bug I have for spectating
Idk bro, maybe try hitting your puter with a hammer, fixes most of my problems

>Anything else?
Since Kai lost, can you make me a egg (with bacon) sandwich? :D

>>50821571
if you're actually not a troll then I apologize. it's just that it's hard to hear out someone who speaks so authoritatively about what /jp/ skydrift should and shouldn't be when you follow up with the admission that you haven't actually played with us in ages, and therefore didn't feel the boredom that had us change formats to begin with

Lmaoing at the guy that's been waiting in the JP server for like 3 hours to see if you finally wanna play ranked

>>50821594
he's been there for DAYS. he must be a real skydrift freak. I wonder if there's a way to convince him to hang out with us, lol?

>>50821553
No offense but that anon does have a point we shouldn't immediately retaliate in response to criticism.
>>50821571
In our defense, the elimination thing was instituted by VD towards the end when he was getting experimental. I think we may have been a little hasty to assume it as a full fledged form. But I am not quite sure how to hone it. I didn't really race in that many tournaments.

>>50821594
His playing style is to deliberately stay in last place and then try to make a comeback in the LW, but it’s seriously boring to watch.

>>50821590
Yeah my bad too if I let my oldfag privileges go to my head and sounded like a prick, I don't mean to shit on anyone having fun at all, I'm just saying that things could be better but maybe I am simply too fond of the old ways and the guy who made it when I was there at the start. For example I watched the last stream Vd hosted and shit was genuinely so good both production and racing wise. And what I'm saying is that I just wish newbies could experience that (me too since I didn't join that one kek but watch it again and take note on what made it great)

>>50821608
yeah I hate bagging. not just because it's boring, but because it's also pretty effective unless several people are ALSO bagging

>>50821594
He loves the game so much he doesnt even have to get in a match, its all his head like champ

We should be more like him I think

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>>50821608
Haha
His ability to sandbag must first triumph over my natural suckitude.
Fuck the image size limit.

>>50821610
yeah that tournament was honestly awesome. iirc that one DID have an elimination round at the end, which was so hype that it's part of the reason I think we should try to keep something like that.
however I will point out that VD's friend, Jacucasa (I think that was his name) was the one who was handling all the streaming stuff, so he's the one who really ought to get the credit. sadly he lost interest when VD left too, and we're left trying to figure out the rest. you never know how much work this shit is until you have to handle it yourself I think! lol

>>50821618
*so he's the one who really ought to get the credit for the stream being so high-quality.
my bad. fixed

Uh eagle, you got the steering wheel now, you can start now

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Okay I gtg now, since I've been starving since 3pm. Congrats nabana sleepy (I'll make a quick and fun piece to commemorate your fourth win), and ggs to everyone else. I kinda feel like more of you were getting the better of me this time... which is kinda fun, but expect me to be a little more cruel next time around~ And Kai... be sure to come back, because I'd miss you if you ragequit on us!

I say we should discuss the rules more next week, once we've had time to think about it. And we also should seriously think about what we ought to do to make things more lively in here, too, including finding more schmucks- er, I mean newfriends- to join us. And if you're a lurker, feel free to come play with us because we take all comers!

I went for a second ximd is on my tail. wait that isn't ximd, it is xnet. where is ximd? did he leave early? you know xnet plays like ximd.
Then I realized.

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>>50821666
fuck, he figured it out. XIMD, get out of there!

>>50821499
What in the world is she growing down there

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>>50821654
Starving since 3pm? Lel I havent even had breakfast and I feel fine at the moment (guys I feel cold, alone, scared and im hungry send help plz!!!)

>>50821666
>>50821676
Wtf !!! Quickly, somebody pour sulfuric acid on this guy before he gets away!

Oh my god aki is learning how I how play, what the heck, I gotta switch up now

>>50821618
Yeah that was one hell of a sendoff both from him and his mate for sure. You're right about the amount of work something like that needs to be put in to make it happen.
Also reading my previous posts I hate sounding like a geezer when this all started like a year ago lmfao yet it sure seems like there's a divide between the old guard and now.

Lmao, jesus aki im sorry dude but that was fucking funny

>>50821710
honestly my hope is Aki winning one of these days. once he understands the metagame on a deeper level, perhaps he will unlock his god form. Eagle is also getting really good already, so you better shape up too, bub

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>>50821717
I drew 0 defensive or offensive items. Just boosts.

>>50821723
sounds like a dream come true in 90% of races

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>>50821697
>(guys I feel cold, alone, scared and im hungry send help plz!!!)
No.

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>>50821719
Cant do any other shapes dude, I only know how to do a shpere

>>50821723
kek so you got double owned then huh

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everyone should also appreciate Aki for having the patience to try to figure this bullshit out. he's the only one of us who's got the balls to actually commit to being the host after all, and without someone like him running the show then we don't have squat. so thank you AkiDesuYo~

>>50821757
just because I got balls doesn't mean you have to jerk me off. Thank you though.

ggs
I'm hungry too, so I'm going to grab something to eat.
And thanks for hosting the tournament, Aki! I love you!

>>50821759
Bro is fuming from being rekt so many times

Anyway yeah, aki thanks for doing the heavy lifting, we really appreciate it

>>50821759
nah nigga! we're all gargling your balls now, so you better make the next one super awesome.

Skydrift is thriving today, there two other rooms that are open today (this is the most we will ever get to see btw, so lay your eyes on the beauty)

>>50821808
everyone make a wish on this shooting star!
I wish for lovey-dovey sex with my 2hu

>>50821819
This wish will approximately become true in the next 33.7 years, how unfortunate we will all become old and washed
Nevermind, a lot sooner, never seen a USW room before so thats even rarer

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I will now go to sleep with my fellow hays, they are calling me now. Maybe eat something first but yeah

GG aki and goodnight dude

ggs

>>50821340
i still think about this, what was even the point of winning? someone could have arrived at the 11th round and it would be as if he was there the whole time

>>50822488
the people who raced well during the regular phase get an advantage by choosing the venue for the playoffs. sadly you were unlucky enough to get eliminated before the end. happens to all of us occasionally. but, there's always next time, isn't there?
be sure to voice.your concerns when we talk about what tournament format to use next

>>50822836
concerns have already been voiced at length and honestly nothing you say will make it less unfair

>>50823066
I'm saying that your chance to change it will be soon so be sure to say what you think when that comes. I sympathize with you because I felt pretty much the same way after the 10th tournament, but then some changes were made as a result and the 11th was much better

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>>50822836
>the people who raced well during the regular phase get an advantage by.... choosing the venue for the playoffs
lol...

The rule I have in mind is that the player who takes first place three times is declared the tournament winner. This way, even if a player is late, everyone is treated equally. The concern is that the tournament might end in as little as 10 minutes, but

sup guys

>>50824478
you know what, that could be fun. I wonder if maybe ALL the racers would start targeting whoever is close to being the champion lol

I have to go but may be back in a bit

>>50824478
>>50824504
I don't like that at all. Imagine some guy wins the first three races. Over in 10 minutes.

>>50824478
poor bastard, anon was found dead later that day, we may never know what he was gonna say

>new guy joins
>lobby instantly dies
Whew

>>50824558
gee i wonder whos that fella...

>>50824570
Aw shit, should've noticed the characters. It's our resident redhead cat pussy enjoyer.
Fuck you and your bomb >:(

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>>50824580
true, indeed i am a cat pussy enjoyer

>spoiler
i thought it wouldnt hit you and bounce off the ceiling

>>50824504
Hi Fester
Hi nabana sleep
Hi yoyo
Hi -=XneT=-

Ximd, don't bullying me...
T_T

>>50824602
kek, didnt think you would spell out the whole name, cool

>>50824619
mmmmmmm im gonna do it anyway, and consider that as payback for ruining most of my first place with your bomb

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xnet you fucking FAGGGOOOOOTTTTTT

>>50824624
(for the record, i will not actually be obnoxious, so im gonna stop with that

>>50824638
kek get ownt

messed up, i got no amulets or mushrooms :(

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Ahh back at it again aye boys?

>>50824624
>kek, didnt think you would spell out the whole name, cool
Its an awesome name and i'd be a disservice to not write it in full out at least once

>>50824641
one can hardly believe that ximd's reputation has gotten so ghoulish that he not only had to change his ways but also his legal name! ...actually, that's not too hard to believe

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>>50824664
yeah its a pretty cool name

>>50824665
amusing but no, how can i ever show my face after talking all that smack and losing it

>>50824664
jesus fucking christ

kek, didnt think that would actually work, thanks for the bomb fester :D

>>50824664
>massive phat ass
>huge pillowy tits
>cock sucking gesture
Ringo really is the most underrated of the usagi. Love me a chubby girl who likes to eat. Imagine the squeezable belly...

damn it aki you got in the way dude, that wasnt meant for you

lol was aki even in that match? are you hallucinating

>>50824701
might be the name... it crashed the lobby once and now you're suggesting i am hallucinating, im not going insane doc!

shit, by denying Aki's existence, we've erased him from the timeline! please come back!

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lol look at this tryhard with his meta characters. anyway I gotta go, so I'll see you guys later!

what the hck we got almost got a full lobby today and aki is doing well. alright who trade off their soul for this?

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GGs ladies, that'll do it for me too. Gettin' eepy and allat. Nighty night!
Also gotta love how much I clearly play better during casual sessions and absolutely bomb tourney nights...

>>50824760
ggs fester

>>50824744
see you dude. lol that guy's sejia textures doesnt even load in my end, its just a void (i'll try to get a screenshot of it)

>>50824760
gg bro

>>50824760
>Also gotta love how much I clearly play better during casual sessions and absolutely bomb tourney nights...
No kidding, though real talk now, what causes this? Weakmind?

obviously he just wants us newfags to shine

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>>50824774
thats him on the left

>>50824794
NIGRA SEIJA

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>>50824776
The pressure and nerves, I guess.

>>50824799
most niggaest of them all (scary)

also eagle would you mind dousing yourself in sulfuric acid, please and thank you

>>50824810
That's what being weakminded is

If Fester was weakminded he wouldn't be the only OG who's stuck with us to this day. The real truth is just that everyone else goes full tryhard on tourney days

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>>50824825
>also eagle would you mind dousing yourself in sulfuric acid, please and thank you

Get rekt lmao

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>>50824856
mmmmmmm youe'r mother i think

alright we're even now, cool

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>>50824886
>mmmmmmm youe'r mother i think
FUCK ARRGH
*dies of insult and injury*
(Especially after that midair Elixer on ReDev A

>>50824937
i rammed into you hoping it would get you, guess it works similar as the spiritual strikes, i just have to get in front of you

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>>50824980
>i just have to get in front of you
well good thing that literally never happens

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>>50825006
not unless i deliberately start targeting from the back, if i can get yoyo, eagleR, and even nabana couple of times and pass them, then i think my odds are pretty good :^)

GAHHHHHHHH
-=XneT=- YOU FLYING FUCK
Your AMULET moved at god damn LIGHTSPEED to fuck me in the ass RIGHT BEFORE the fucking finihs line

>>50825025
so swag you can suck my -=XneT=- (fresh)

The Seija and Koishi duo is the best. It's really fun to play.

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>>50825025
>>50825040
https://litter.catbox.moe/w0ki68h5pwi88x3u.mp4
alright alright im done with this dumbass game
im gonna go jack off i mean sleep i mean jack off to this >>50824744 or something

>>50825063
kill everyone who uses sejia, i hate her LW (and koishi too)

>>50825064
kek this is amazing

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I HAD 2 CRADLES

aw damn i should've kept moving instead of stopping, that halt caught me off guard

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alright im gonna hop off, i feel tired now

GGs eagle, aki and nabana

>>50825141
ggs

ggs
Maybe one day everyone will get beaten up by Aki.

>>50824478
fuck equality, unless you plan to do a separate tournament, i really don't like the idea of the main tournament changing so that "everyone may have chance!"