I like the two divisions idea. I also like having a time to aim for, so that would cover both really.
Maybe DS has to do every track on the first bike you get?

Sounds good.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

I don't mind working stuff out each week.  Going back 15 years I was bottom of the top set for maths, which would be mirrored by my standing on the potential Trials tiers no doubt.  I say let it run for a week (or two), check out the lay of the land on our leaderboard and then get the abacus out.

We had a similar system in maths - they gave everyone a print out at the end of every month with the test scores for the last 5-10 exams for everyone in the year (or everyone in the top 4 sets, not sure) and everyone was ordered by test average. Anyway, it was awesome. We even had a Dubs in our year: a guy who occasionally got 100% in his exams when the rest of the top set got 90% tops. I'm not sure why this is interesting for anyone, but I think it was great.

I'm sure I can give some time to the user generated maps, but probably won't hammer them. I'm sure it will be fun, but leagues sound like a hassle for who ever's sorting it out.

MATHS!

I only have Thor and Fenrir so far.

That hill in down in the dumps is fucking me right over.

Yeah, just fluked sewage plant a few minutes ago. Did several really good runs that all ended up with me falling backwards on the final outlet/ramp, then did a crappy run with a couple of saves in it that got me the gold but weren't anything near as smooth.

Will go back to  to it once I've got my Class A (license, not drugs, although, they'd probably be of more use).

You don't need to bunny hop up that hill, you just need to get up the hill quickly. The slope changes at the top slightly so your front wheel will have come away from the ground as required. To get enough speed, you need to fall to the left of the platform before the hill, possibly slightly on your back wheel, then transfer weight to your front as you start to climb. Dubs and my replay will probably have a decent example of how to do it (I think we're both top 100 on it... possibly top 50 or so, not sure).

Interestingly enough, you never have to be consistent on that hill as it's the first track in the tournament that features it.

adored wrote:

Yeah, just fluked sewage plant a few minutes ago. Did several really good runs that all ended up with me falling backwards on the final outlet/ramp, then did a crappy run with a couple of saves in it that got me the gold but weren't anything near as smooth. Will go back to  to it once I've got my Class A (license, not drugs, although, they'd probably be of more use).

That bit was a difficulty spike for me as well. Just keep going, pretty soon you'll have a feel for the top two bikes and will be gently caressing obstacles with your back wheel as you sail by like a champ. That feeling is pretty awesome.

Tempy wrote:

I watch people's replays and they DO NOT HELP. I mean, they do, but everyone appears to be using some kind of vodoo to stick to the track in Expert. How do I unlock vodoo.

I have hit the same wall as Tempy, with replays not helping me at all. I can see what you're doing, but my bike doesn't seem to act in the same way (so obviously I'm not hitting the obstacles in the same way, at the same speed, etc.). I just haven't got the necessary throttle control. A good example of that is that Dark City jump. Got to that point with one fault earlier yesterday, then 70 tries later, I was still there. Front wheel stuck, backflips, back wheel up, etc. Quit out.

I know that, but I still claim vodoo. I also have terrible rider control, I see guys sorting their little Trials dude out in mid air like a genius but my go just spazzes around. Watching Jason's Way of the Ninja run was enlightening as it showed that he had 100% control of his bike through the position of his rider. Some of the stuff he did just didn't seem human.

Tried a couple of user made tracks last night. The Portal one was pretty cool but the Atlantis one was amaze.

Scandinavian Summer's a pretty good fast downhill track. Five or six people off the old thread's OP have got it.

voices wrote:

Dubs and my replay will probably have a decent example of how to do it (I think we're both top 100 on it... possibly top 50 or so, not sure). Interestingly enough, you never have to be consistent on that hill as it's the first track in the tournament that features it.

yeah, watched dubs's vid. I've come close a couple of times, but I'm still struggling. I'll go back to it at another point, I've done some silver runs on later tracks, so I'm forging ahead.

I can zero fault nearly everything in Archipelago apart from that fucking hand.