First tournament results, how'd you do?

redlinederby Sunday, 8/15/2010
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If there's any question as to how fair I play my own game, this week's results should be proof enough. I apparently can't pick winners to save my life. I'm ranked 13th, practically a third of the top score. Damn.

And I made my picks honestly during the open period when everyone else was making their picks. The only time I'll reserve playing is car entry b/c I'd rather have "real" players enter so I don't want to take a spot unless there is one open just before seeding, then I'll slide one in.

Everyone please check your score and player profiles if you haven't already. Some of you unlocked some achievements, so that appears to be working. If you spy any weirdness or have any questions, please mail me or post here.

And don't forget to enter cars into the next two races, they open today as well!


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redlinederby 8/15/10
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Here's a recap video I made of this season's first race. There was some music with (Ramones) but YouTube decided to strip it out, asses. It sounded good too. Bunch of jerks. Apparently next time I need to use some more obscure music.

Here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8avj-eOy2LE

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redlinederby 8/15/10
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Actually, looks like you can get the music version on my YouTube profile page.
http://www.youtube.com/user/moogphp

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JDC442 8/15/10

Great video, thanks! Wow that Cadillac V16 is fast!
Looks like a new Corvette FTE (green). Is that the son of last season's champ?

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Jobe 8/15/10

Hah, I'm in fifth although I didn't pick very well I thought. I got cars in the next race today so that will be cool.

Good job racing, thanks for running this.

I think I finally found a finish line from a 2-lane V drop!

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redlinederby 8/15/10
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The green FTE Vette is actually the run that I've always run. The photo shown on The Lot is not always the exact car that is running. In cases where I have several variants of the same car, I run them all against each other to find the fastest and race it.

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JDC442 8/15/10

The green FTE Vette is actually the run that I've always run.

So this means the champ from v1 (best car from my perspective) really went down today. And the car that beat it didn't even win the tourney. This will indeed be a most interesting season!

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markkaz 8/15/10

I didn't do very well but I'm looking forward to the season.

What video program do you use for editing your YouTube videos?
I bought Dazzle to snag shows from the TV and it came with a basic
version of Pinnacle Studio. I want to upgrade to the full version in due
time.

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redlinederby 8/16/10
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I was very surprised to see the Cadillac win. It never faced the Land Rover in season 1 so it was an unproven matchup. The Lotus was new this season and this was it's first race and it apparently will be a force to be reckoned with. BTW, you may see the V16 in the lists when looking for cars, but it should deny you any ability to enter it in a race.

@markkaz - I use Adobe Premiere Elements for my video editing. Looks like the current version is 8 but I'm using 7 from a couple years ago. In a lot of ways it's overkill, but things like time stretching (to slow down the video) comes in handy a lot. But even with a good video editing program, it took me an hour to cut together a 60 second clip...which I why I try to reserve video editing for somewhat special occasions.

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Bandeezee 8/18/10

Yeah, the Cadillac V-16 is FAST. I think it's secret is it's long body. It's my fastest car and it always runs straight as an arrow

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