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Jeremy 'DK28' Doll's individual cup runs
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The last verifier requested silence, but he said accepts across the board.
Decision: Accept
Reason: It's nice to have the Mario Kart that started it all on the site.
Jeremy 'DK28' Doll's individual cup runs
Verifier Responses
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There's some weird glitches with the sound at the beginning and end of some of the -v videos. Not sure what's up with that. Other than that I didn't see any technical problems, and no signs of cheating.
I'm gonna step through and provide a detailed analysis because I feel that a racing game deserves it. I'll give each track a 1-10 rating, 1 being "why would you fucking submit this" (the first DD2 run) and 10 being "I have doubts that this is a human playing, it's that good" (the current MM2 run). Summary at the bottom for those of you reading this and would rather just get my overall feeling.
MUSHROOM CUP
Mario Circuit 1 - Pretty much flawless. 9.5.
51"70, 8 seconds ahead of Toad.
Donut Plains 1 - Clips the grass corners a little more than I'd like. Still damn good. 9.
1'12"37, 10 seconds ahead of Toad.
Ghost Valley 1 - Nice luck with the feather and the mushroom, saves a ton of time. No obvious mistakes. 9.5.
53"78. Finishes the race so fast that the map fades out before Toad has finished. This is not the last time this happens.
Bowser Castle 1 - Lost speed on a couple of turns and misses one of the boost arrows. 9.
1'23"89. Fades out before Toad finishes.
Mario Circuit 2 - Skids into the dirt very early into the race, and hits an oil slick during the fourth lap. 8.5.
1'12"95. Toad is pissed and is smashing into DK's ass after he crosses the finish line. Fades out before Toad finishes.
Overall for Mushroom Cup - Nicely done, 9 or 9.5 overall. Easy accept.
5'34"69 total time.
Flower Cup
Choco Island 1 - Skids through a puddle near the end, otherwise nearly perfect. 9.
55"69, 9 seconds ahead of Toad.
Ghost Valley 2 - Holds on to a mushroom the entire race, instead of using it. A bit dubious, but then he uses it during the last lap when he misses the boost arrow. 9.
54"16. Toad doesn't finish.
Donut Plains 2 - Speed loss and grass clipping on quite a few of the corners, but this is a narrow track with a lot of hairpins so I'm not sure how much you can really do about that. The boosts across the water with the mushroom bring this up a bit, but faceplanting into the wall at the end brings it down. 8.
1'32"26. Two seconds ahead of Toad.
Bowser Castle 2 - Lots of smacking into walls, but this is another narrow track. The perfectionist in me wants to see it redone, but I'm not sure if I want to reject the entire cup because of it. 5.
1'51"36. 6 seconds ahead of Toad. Weird, considering this track was comparatively worse than the last...
Mario Circuit 3 - This track helps redeem the previous one, only a couple noticeable mistakes. 9.
1'26"53. 6 seconds ahead of Toad.
Overall for Flower Cup - Gonna say 7. It's not quite as clean as the Mushroom Cup, and Bowser Castle 2 was pretty bad.
6'40"00 total time.
Star Cup
Koopa Beach - Guhhhh I always hate the tracks that MAKE you drive through water or mud. It always feels like the computer players aren't as effected by it as they should be, and DK's shitty acceleration only makes it worse. Still, only a couple minor hitches in this run. 9.
1'02"23. Only a second ahead of Toad. Goddamn water.
Choco Island 2 - Stupid mud puddle in the middle of the track. I love the feather skip. Clips the dirt a couple times. 9.
1'11"03. 4 seconds ahead of Toad.
Vanilla Lake 1 - Hits the ice blocks more than he needs to, clips the snow a couple times, and then hits a wall. 7.
1'01"22. Less than a second ahead of Toad.
Bowser Castle 3 - Hits a corner right at the start of the race. Second lap has an ugly finish because of the Thwomps, but recovers fairly nicely. Otherwise pretty good. 7.
1'39"84. 12 seconds ahead of Toad.
Mario Circuit 4 - Ugh. Misses the turbo boost at the beginning and trails behind Toad for the first 15 seconds of the race, and has trouble avoiding obstacles for the first two laps. If this were the any other race in the circuit I'd reject it outright, but since it's the last race and the others were good enough, I'm probably going to let it slide. Still, 3.
1'49"01. 2 seconds ahead of Toad.
Overall for Star Cup - Probably good enough, but if that Mario Circuit 4 race were anything but the last race in the cup I'd reject it. Still a 6 overall.
6'43"33 total time.
Special Cup
Donut Plains 3 - Pretty good except at the end of the fourth lap he gets a mole clamped on him. It looks terrible but it doesn't lose much time, so I'm not gonna dock him too hard. He still manages to lap Yoshi. 8.5.
1'26"63. One second ahead of Toad.
Koopa Beach 2 - Gaaaaah another one of THESE levels. He does about as well as I can reasonably expect, but Bowser pulls ahead of him briefly because the computer is a cheating bastard. 9.
1'06"88. Tenth of a second ahead of Toad. What more proof do you need that the computer cheats the water?
Ghost Valley 3 - Misses the boost pad and smacks into a wall. Makes up for it a bit with some feather corner jumping. 9.
1'22"31. 6 seconds ahead of Toad.
Vanilla Lake 2 - I'm really torn about this one. I feel like he should do the lap skip bug but maybe it's harder than I remember. First lap is a bit ugly because there's still a ton of ice blocks, but the rest of it goes pretty smoothly, lots of risky water skipping. 9.
1'01"88. A second ahead of Toad.
If this were an IL Time Trial table, I'd say do the lap skip bug.
Rainbow Road - Damn. Goes off pretty much perfectly and comes withing a few pixels of skidding off the edge more times than I can count. 9.5.
1'35"30. One second ahead of Toad. Does this game seriously expect you to be that good just to not get 2nd? Good lord. No wonder I never got gold in 150cc Star Cup.
Special Cup Overall - Considering the difficulty of these tracks and the cheapness of the computer, this went damn well. I hate how he got grabbed by the mole in the very first race, but it doesn't cost that much time so I can't bitch about it too much. 9.
6'43"00 total time.
Overall Summary
Mushroom Cup: Damn good. Easy accept. 5'34"69 total time.
Flower Cup: Good except for the Bowser race, which I would like to see redone, but not badly enough to reject it. Accept. 6'40"00 total time.
Star Cup: Good up until the last race where he has a terrible start. Redo this one please, but I still have a tentative accept, depending on how the other verifiers feel about it. 6'43"33 total time.
Special Cup: Considering the difficulty of these courses, also damn good. Easy accept. 6'43"00 total time.
Overall Total: 25'41"02.
I'm gonna step through and provide a detailed analysis because I feel that a racing game deserves it. I'll give each track a 1-10 rating, 1 being "why would you fucking submit this" (the first DD2 run) and 10 being "I have doubts that this is a human playing, it's that good" (the current MM2 run). Summary at the bottom for those of you reading this and would rather just get my overall feeling.
MUSHROOM CUP
Mario Circuit 1 - Pretty much flawless. 9.5.
51"70, 8 seconds ahead of Toad.
Donut Plains 1 - Clips the grass corners a little more than I'd like. Still damn good. 9.
1'12"37, 10 seconds ahead of Toad.
Ghost Valley 1 - Nice luck with the feather and the mushroom, saves a ton of time. No obvious mistakes. 9.5.
53"78. Finishes the race so fast that the map fades out before Toad has finished. This is not the last time this happens.
Bowser Castle 1 - Lost speed on a couple of turns and misses one of the boost arrows. 9.
1'23"89. Fades out before Toad finishes.
Mario Circuit 2 - Skids into the dirt very early into the race, and hits an oil slick during the fourth lap. 8.5.
1'12"95. Toad is pissed and is smashing into DK's ass after he crosses the finish line. Fades out before Toad finishes.
Overall for Mushroom Cup - Nicely done, 9 or 9.5 overall. Easy accept.
5'34"69 total time.
Flower Cup
Choco Island 1 - Skids through a puddle near the end, otherwise nearly perfect. 9.
55"69, 9 seconds ahead of Toad.
Ghost Valley 2 - Holds on to a mushroom the entire race, instead of using it. A bit dubious, but then he uses it during the last lap when he misses the boost arrow. 9.
54"16. Toad doesn't finish.
Donut Plains 2 - Speed loss and grass clipping on quite a few of the corners, but this is a narrow track with a lot of hairpins so I'm not sure how much you can really do about that. The boosts across the water with the mushroom bring this up a bit, but faceplanting into the wall at the end brings it down. 8.
1'32"26. Two seconds ahead of Toad.
Bowser Castle 2 - Lots of smacking into walls, but this is another narrow track. The perfectionist in me wants to see it redone, but I'm not sure if I want to reject the entire cup because of it. 5.
1'51"36. 6 seconds ahead of Toad. Weird, considering this track was comparatively worse than the last...
Mario Circuit 3 - This track helps redeem the previous one, only a couple noticeable mistakes. 9.
1'26"53. 6 seconds ahead of Toad.
Overall for Flower Cup - Gonna say 7. It's not quite as clean as the Mushroom Cup, and Bowser Castle 2 was pretty bad.
6'40"00 total time.
Star Cup
Koopa Beach - Guhhhh I always hate the tracks that MAKE you drive through water or mud. It always feels like the computer players aren't as effected by it as they should be, and DK's shitty acceleration only makes it worse. Still, only a couple minor hitches in this run. 9.
1'02"23. Only a second ahead of Toad. Goddamn water.
Choco Island 2 - Stupid mud puddle in the middle of the track. I love the feather skip. Clips the dirt a couple times. 9.
1'11"03. 4 seconds ahead of Toad.
Vanilla Lake 1 - Hits the ice blocks more than he needs to, clips the snow a couple times, and then hits a wall. 7.
1'01"22. Less than a second ahead of Toad.
Bowser Castle 3 - Hits a corner right at the start of the race. Second lap has an ugly finish because of the Thwomps, but recovers fairly nicely. Otherwise pretty good. 7.
1'39"84. 12 seconds ahead of Toad.
Mario Circuit 4 - Ugh. Misses the turbo boost at the beginning and trails behind Toad for the first 15 seconds of the race, and has trouble avoiding obstacles for the first two laps. If this were the any other race in the circuit I'd reject it outright, but since it's the last race and the others were good enough, I'm probably going to let it slide. Still, 3.
1'49"01. 2 seconds ahead of Toad.
Overall for Star Cup - Probably good enough, but if that Mario Circuit 4 race were anything but the last race in the cup I'd reject it. Still a 6 overall.
6'43"33 total time.
Special Cup
Donut Plains 3 - Pretty good except at the end of the fourth lap he gets a mole clamped on him. It looks terrible but it doesn't lose much time, so I'm not gonna dock him too hard. He still manages to lap Yoshi. 8.5.
1'26"63. One second ahead of Toad.
Koopa Beach 2 - Gaaaaah another one of THESE levels. He does about as well as I can reasonably expect, but Bowser pulls ahead of him briefly because the computer is a cheating bastard. 9.
1'06"88. Tenth of a second ahead of Toad. What more proof do you need that the computer cheats the water?
Ghost Valley 3 - Misses the boost pad and smacks into a wall. Makes up for it a bit with some feather corner jumping. 9.
1'22"31. 6 seconds ahead of Toad.
Vanilla Lake 2 - I'm really torn about this one. I feel like he should do the lap skip bug but maybe it's harder than I remember. First lap is a bit ugly because there's still a ton of ice blocks, but the rest of it goes pretty smoothly, lots of risky water skipping. 9.
1'01"88. A second ahead of Toad.
If this were an IL Time Trial table, I'd say do the lap skip bug.
Rainbow Road - Damn. Goes off pretty much perfectly and comes withing a few pixels of skidding off the edge more times than I can count. 9.5.
1'35"30. One second ahead of Toad. Does this game seriously expect you to be that good just to not get 2nd? Good lord. No wonder I never got gold in 150cc Star Cup.
Special Cup Overall - Considering the difficulty of these tracks and the cheapness of the computer, this went damn well. I hate how he got grabbed by the mole in the very first race, but it doesn't cost that much time so I can't bitch about it too much. 9.
6'43"00 total time.
Overall Summary
Mushroom Cup: Damn good. Easy accept. 5'34"69 total time.
Flower Cup: Good except for the Bowser race, which I would like to see redone, but not badly enough to reject it. Accept. 6'40"00 total time.
Star Cup: Good up until the last race where he has a terrible start. Redo this one please, but I still have a tentative accept, depending on how the other verifiers feel about it. 6'43"33 total time.
Special Cup: Considering the difficulty of these courses, also damn good. Easy accept. 6'43"00 total time.
Overall Total: 25'41"02.
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Verifier: I watched the SMK stuff before my computer died though
[22:43]me: no problem
Verifier: i was trying to type out the verification on my ps3 but shift + delete in the browser deletes all
Verifier: I rewrote it about 4 times before i just said "Screw it"
Verifier: anyway; unless the mushroom section changed (didn't seem like it did) i belive you have that one;
me: no it didn't change
Verifier: But the other 3 are done well. I donno why he doesn't hop while on the grass and in the water. I thought that preserved Speed better; it caused him some close calls with the AI
Verifier: He does awesome driving, and pulls off some good short cuts.
Verifier: its a strong set of racing, in a random environment. He even passed by rainbow road rather nicely. All in all, there are some problems i believe with that could be ironed out but others would come into play. His lap of hopping seems to not play so much. Its still a damn good accept
me: for all of the cups, I assume
Verifier: yeah;
Verifier: I just wish he'd hop in the water/ on grass a little more
[22:43]me: no problem
Verifier: i was trying to type out the verification on my ps3 but shift + delete in the browser deletes all
Verifier: I rewrote it about 4 times before i just said "Screw it"
Verifier: anyway; unless the mushroom section changed (didn't seem like it did) i belive you have that one;
me: no it didn't change
Verifier: But the other 3 are done well. I donno why he doesn't hop while on the grass and in the water. I thought that preserved Speed better; it caused him some close calls with the AI
Verifier: He does awesome driving, and pulls off some good short cuts.
Verifier: its a strong set of racing, in a random environment. He even passed by rainbow road rather nicely. All in all, there are some problems i believe with that could be ironed out but others would come into play. His lap of hopping seems to not play so much. Its still a damn good accept
me: for all of the cups, I assume
Verifier: yeah;
Verifier: I just wish he'd hop in the water/ on grass a little more
The last verifier requested silence, but he said accepts across the board.
Decision: Accept
Reason: It's nice to have the Mario Kart that started it all on the site.
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