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Official Mario Kart DS topic!
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fallout said:
Hmm... this doesn't bode well for my plans. I suppose my idea of having 1 "judge" with locks on 3 "players", each player locking JUST the "judge" doesn't work, eh?
Good to hear you guys did well, though... now if you could just get whoever is in charge of those e3 DVDs to actually MAIL ME ONE, then you'd be complete. It's been nearly 3 years now... and 5 different GAF mentions.... and 6 different e-mails from N-Philes staff saying "IT'S SHIPPING SOON"....and the private messages....
(Mentally questions his reasoning 3 years ago when he opted to help out the small site by paying for an e3 video set.)
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Anyone playing?
I havent raced a GAFFER in like 2 weeks
I havent raced a GAFFER in like 2 weeks
TurtleSnatcher
Member
4th out of 32.. i guess its not bad.. got some free stuff and Im satisfied..
Today though fked up my record hardcore thanks to having to purposely disconnect in alot of games.
Today though fked up my record hardcore thanks to having to purposely disconnect in alot of games.
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fallout said:
I tend to agree, even when I see friends searching at the same time as me, they don't tend to connect. I think I have played a total of 2 gaffers, thats the only people on my friends list which is about 30 or so long I think.
Really bad implementation, but the game is so fun that I put up with it.
Wonder if nintendo is looking for ways to improve it from the backend, they should be.
Yeah, I'm not even sure if the locks help that much. As catfish mentioned (and as we showed plenty of times yesterday), you can have 4 people with friend codes, locked, and nobody else online. Then, tell them to search at the same time, and it still may not work. We found a couple fixes ... like making one person who's having trouble search first, then have another person search and once they're connected, do the last two. It wasn't always successful, but we were happy for the times that it did. Also, 1v1 matches are easier to get connected, though they're rather boring, as we all know.DavidDayton said:
We originally wanted to go the judge route, but decided against it. Having four people confirm the results seemed to work well and for the most part, wasn't even necessary. Nobody lied, nobody bitched. If someone did do something that we had laid down in the rules as being "illegal", it was all dealt with in a civil manner. Hell, it only happened twice, I think. And both times were complete accidents.
biodegradablebean
Banned
Anybody want a game?
Gunstar
244873
153357
Gunstar
244873
153357
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currently searching and playing
Last night I got matched with 3 guys who all had a positive win loss record. (mine is 280 to 35) So before the race started I thought to myself "I wonder which one will be a snaker?". Delfino was the first track and from the word go all 3 of them snaked! I would have beat the cheats if I hadnt fallen off the track after taking the shortcut and then on sky garden I fell off whilst winning caus i got hit by lightening taking a jump. Came 3rd overall but it was no fun at all and I couldnt beleive they snaked all around choco mountain too. One was japanese too so its a wordwide problem.
A funny thing happened today while I was racing 3 other people, my door bell rang during the last race. I walk downstairs while playing and open the door and nobody is there so I close the door again (at this time I'm last by a lot in Cheep Cheep Beach). The bell rings again so I open the door and yell "what?" and it scared the shit out of the person. The funny thing is that it was my Federal Member of Parliament campaigning door to door. I apologized and explained to him that I was playing online and couldn't pause the game so he asked if he could have a sign put up on my lawn and I told him he'd have to ask my father (who wasn't home at the time). He then asked if I was of voting age and I replied I was and that I voted for him last time (a lie) and that I'd be voting for him again this time (another lie). He then replied that he hoped I would win my race and that I could help him win re-election.
BTW, I ended up winning the race and getting first overall.
BTW, I ended up winning the race and getting first overall.
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how do the stars work? as in when you match a person with 3 stars or 2 stars etc. how do you earn a star? I'm sure it's win/loss ratio or whatever, but what is the ratio?
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
468211
086880
thats my friendcode ladies! thanks to CB for helping me get my router up to speed
086880
thats my friendcode ladies! thanks to CB for helping me get my router up to speed
Something strange just happened. I just raced against 2 other people and one guy dropped after coming 3rd in each of the first two races (I came in 2nd in each of those races). In the 3rd and 4th race I came in first so I ended up winnging 34-30 but the other guy disconnected right after the points were awarded for the last race. The strange thing was that before the race I had a record of 55-13, after the race my record changed to 57-11. :lol
I'm sure this has been said dozens and dozens of times. But I FUCKING HATE when people disconnect when they come in last on the first race. I'm never awarded any points because people are always disconnecting. If I'm losing greatly I still wait 'till the end and take the losses.
PhoenixDark
Banned
Just got the game. Here's my code:
PhoenixPD
055896
562921
PhoenixPD
055896
562921
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Fuzzy said:
:O
oh my fuck I have to play 50cc again
also I just noticed that online is only 100cc, thats to family friendly damnit. make it 150 nintendo you dummies.
Yes you both need to have each others friend code registered in order to play against each other which is why you should PM people when you add them or else they may not know to add you.tt_deeb said:
Rivals is supposed to match you against people of a similar skill level as your own but I don't know if it's done by your win/loss record or by your star level.
Thanks to a merry Christmas, I've now got my WiFi Adapter and MKDS all set up to go. Sadly, Worldwide and Rivals...and Regional have all turned up absolutely nothing for me. I was worried I would be too late for this bandwagon, and it appears the world agrees. (Actually, just got a 1 on 1 matchup. Which was good until he disconnected after losing the first two races. It's not my fault he can't keep up, dangit.)
Anyways.
Memles
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PM me if you add me! I need to wash the taste of the dropper out of my mouth.
Anyways.
Memles
399494 070859
PM me if you add me! I need to wash the taste of the dropper out of my mouth.
poppin fresh
Member
Well today I had my new nintendo wifi dongle arrive in the mail and so far it has not been the 'simple' task I was told it would be.
I am useing my brother's computer while mine is yet to be set back up again (been moving) so I installed the wifi usb connector on his win xp computer and at first when trying wifi I got full signal strength but then the internet connection test seemed to time out with a 52203 error so I checked any firewalls and disabled them to try and test if that was it since internet was fine but that did nothing to help and I even disabled the router in built firewall, nothing worked and I was still getting a 52203 error.
I have re-installed it twice now and have randomly been getting 52003 errors amongst the 52203 ones so I am not sure where it is going wrong, maybe some one has some simple steps to just fix it, I have played around with the connection settings on this computer and still nothing.
The lack of documentation about the finer details on ports used and such for the service is realy frustrating.
I hope I am not just getting dumber.
I am useing my brother's computer while mine is yet to be set back up again (been moving) so I installed the wifi usb connector on his win xp computer and at first when trying wifi I got full signal strength but then the internet connection test seemed to time out with a 52203 error so I checked any firewalls and disabled them to try and test if that was it since internet was fine but that did nothing to help and I even disabled the router in built firewall, nothing worked and I was still getting a 52203 error.
I have re-installed it twice now and have randomly been getting 52003 errors amongst the 52203 ones so I am not sure where it is going wrong, maybe some one has some simple steps to just fix it, I have played around with the connection settings on this computer and still nothing.
The lack of documentation about the finer details on ports used and such for the service is realy frustrating.
I hope I am not just getting dumber.
poppin fresh said:
http://www.nintendowifi.com/consumerservice/showTopic.do?topicId=Firewall_Help&catId=Connecting_Home
You can enter the error codes at http://www.nintendowifi.com/customersupport/troubleshoot.do and it'll give you some steps to follow. You can also check their forums for help.
DarkAngelYuna
Banned
Heh well I picked this up at 9 am.. Just played about 15 hours of it... :lol
Anyones, offline is cool, I'm just unlocking stuff and I actually find mission mode fun too.
I fucking hate nintendo's online setup up, only they could figure out a match making setup this fing stupid. I could have hired some retarded kid from a public school with downs syndrome and still have a better way to join and make games, also to play with buddies.
In another note, I played with my friend gprime for about an hour and a half and it was a blast playing with someone I know. Played strangers sucks most of the time since they disconnect when they're losing or they just snake through the tracks.
Down with snakers. I know it's more of an exploit than a cheat, I can do it myself, it's simple but it just ruins the feel and fun of mario kart. I hate idiots who join a game, have no real skill so they just snake the entire course which always causes them to win..
Well screw you snakers, I don't care about my rank since I'm just playing for fun and I will annoy you every time. Once I see you're snaking I'm gonna play along all the way to the 4th track and then disconnect on your ass. I'll get a lost added to my rank but I don't care, you won't get a win added to yours and you wasted your time =)
Anyones, offline is cool, I'm just unlocking stuff and I actually find mission mode fun too.
I fucking hate nintendo's online setup up, only they could figure out a match making setup this fing stupid. I could have hired some retarded kid from a public school with downs syndrome and still have a better way to join and make games, also to play with buddies.
In another note, I played with my friend gprime for about an hour and a half and it was a blast playing with someone I know. Played strangers sucks most of the time since they disconnect when they're losing or they just snake through the tracks.
Down with snakers. I know it's more of an exploit than a cheat, I can do it myself, it's simple but it just ruins the feel and fun of mario kart. I hate idiots who join a game, have no real skill so they just snake the entire course which always causes them to win..
Well screw you snakers, I don't care about my rank since I'm just playing for fun and I will annoy you every time. Once I see you're snaking I'm gonna play along all the way to the 4th track and then disconnect on your ass. I'll get a lost added to my rank but I don't care, you won't get a win added to yours and you wasted your time =)
Udde
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Don't know if it has been posted, but... japanese official banners for teh win :lol
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DarkAngelYuna
Banned
I wish I never saw those now..
reggieandTFE
Member
Quick Question and this thread is too long to read all of it:
I've been finally playing online and I've won some races (>8) vs. about 15 losses yet my record is listed at 0 and 6. How the hell does network award wins and losses?
Add moi, my friend code is
137500
620661
and I'm pretty bad. I can't snake and don't play enough to know all the lines on the courses. So...free wins for you.
I've been finally playing online and I've won some races (>8) vs. about 15 losses yet my record is listed at 0 and 6. How the hell does network award wins and losses?
Add moi, my friend code is
137500
620661
and I'm pretty bad. I can't snake and don't play enough to know all the lines on the courses. So...free wins for you.
You get a win for each player you finish ahead of at the end of the four races and a loss for each player you finish behind at the end of the four races. If you're tied with someone at the end then you don't get a win or a loss against them but all the other rules apply. If you're racing against 2 or 3 other people and 1 or 2 of them disconnect before the end of the fourth race but you and another player don't then you get wins for the people who disconnected (and another win or loss depending how you and the other person finished). If you're racing against 1-3 other people and they all disconnect then you don't get any wins. If you're racing against other people and you disconnect then you get a loss. I don't know if you get more than one loss if you're racing against more than one other person since I've never disconnected.reggieandTFE said:
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ok, my record was 98/40
then i played 3 people who all took yoshi in the egg, then 1 dropped at race 1, then 1 at race 2, then I threw the 3rd race to conn the last one into not dropping (left him with a chance to beat me on the final race and take the trophy) I beat him in the final and he disconnects, but after I cross the line so I see the trophy screen. My record after this was
101/37
seems I got 3 wins and it subtracted 3 of my losses? Not that I'm complaining but WTF
then i played 3 people who all took yoshi in the egg, then 1 dropped at race 1, then 1 at race 2, then I threw the 3rd race to conn the last one into not dropping (left him with a chance to beat me on the final race and take the trophy) I beat him in the final and he disconnects, but after I cross the line so I see the trophy screen. My record after this was
101/37
seems I got 3 wins and it subtracted 3 of my losses? Not that I'm complaining but WTF
Same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago (http://www.ga-forum.com/showpost.php?p=2467412&postcount=4222), apparently it's a known glitch.catfish said:
Ok... I think I am starting to see the anger expressed towards snaking... it was unbelievable how far ahead that little twerp got on Figure 8. I expect snakers to take Figure 8, so I always vote for something else...
It's when they started snaking all over SNES Mario Circuit 1 that I was saddened. That's been my reserve course -- most online gamers seem to stink at it, between the single set of powerups and the "lack" of snaking ability... but I guess I'm wrong. Sniffle.
It's when they started snaking all over SNES Mario Circuit 1 that I was saddened. That's been my reserve course -- most online gamers seem to stink at it, between the single set of powerups and the "lack" of snaking ability... but I guess I'm wrong. Sniffle.
DavidDayton said:
I love playing Mario Circuit 1, but whenever I play it online no one ever seems to catch up on me.
It's obviously that they simply are either extremely bad on this particular track or that all the hours of practicing to beat the staff ghost are paying off.
Just to be on the safe side. Using the drift boost on every turn of this level, and sometimes twice in the final long left hand turn isn't considered snaking is it?
I'm only asking since I don't want to be an ass online without even realizing it.
Oh, I'll post my friend code tomorrow when I clean out my list of people who never seem to play anyway, so I can add a bunch of you guys.
It's not snaking unless you also do it during the straight portions of the track.meppi said:Just to be on the safe side. Using the drift boost on every turn of this level, and sometimes twice in the final long left hand turn isn't considered snaking is it?
I'm only asking since I don't want to be an ass online without even realizing it.
I'd get on right now if my cousin's son wasn't here playing my GCN (he's using my original controller with the messed up c-stick, I won't let him use my wavebird) and I don't want him to see I have a DS or else he'll want to play it also (he's turning 4 in April).
Fuzzy said:You disconnected?
System was jostled and game popped out.
Trying to get back on... I'm having another one of those weird sessions where a "A FRIEND IS SEARCHING" is appearing, but I'm getting no connections.
Edit: Come on, Gazunta! You said you were going to be playing!
PhoenixDark
Banned
Fuzzy said:
This happened to me. I'm 16-16 right now, but the wins/loss count system is not very consistant.
For instance, I raced a friend yesterday, and we tied in two matches...meaning overall I won 4 matches and he won 4 matches. After we were done playing I checked my record...and I was still 16-16. Now, the previous day I got a tie, and my record improved by two wins.
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Piepz said:
I'll play, I play all the time.
I'm pretty good at snaking now, in the sense that I can do it on figure 8 if I need to compete with other snakers, but i never initiate it. Just hit time trial offline if you need to learn it. Playing the staff ghosts will teach you the snaking mechanic. I never snake online unless someone else starts it, then it's on.
I always try and avoid figure 8 circuit, because a snaking match on that shit ass level leaves my hands wrecked. I always am the last to pick the level, so incase I ever see figure 8 I just vote for what someone else voted for to ensure it doesn't come up.
DK pass is easily my favourite level, it's snaker unfriendly and has a really good design. Although there is a pretty easy exploit on it that usually means the person in first half way round the first lap can usually get a snaking style lead without actually snaking.
PhoenixDark
Banned
Snaking is impossible, or I'm just a freaking tard. Now, whenever I use the powerslide to the left for instance, I get to close to the wall and I can't powerslide to the right! Bah.
I have only encountered one snaker, and I beat him quite easily, then we tied during the next session.
I have only encountered one snaker, and I beat him quite easily, then we tied during the next session.