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Sessions SMK / SMK speedrun @ DreamHack Speedrun event (13-6)!

« le: 11 juin 2015, à 09:57:32 »

Salut gars! 
I will be doing a GP speedrun (all cups) of Super Mario Kart (NTSC-J version) at the upcoming DreamHack Speedrun event. It will take place next Sunday, the 14th of June, at ~14h. Considering it's a marathon event, this could be a little bit off of course, so if you really want to see it, I suggest you to tune in early.

http://www.twitch.tv/DreamhackSpeedrun
http://www.speedrun.com/dreamhack/schedule
https://twitter.com/DHSpeedrun

A few hours prior, Flippy_o will do his run of MK64, so it should be a good day for Mario Kart stream watching enthusiasts! 
Please support me if you can! 

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CDM 2015 / Internet connection @ CDM 2015 venue

« le: 23 mars 2015, à 13:23:59 »

I quote this from my feedback on last year's CDM:

INTERNET CONNECTION. We really gotta get a better internet connection (preferably not Wifi) as the stream often ran with 1 frame per second and Patrick really had to downgrade the quality of the video to be able to stream at a decent rate at all  . Perhaps the organisation can invest in a really good cell phone internet deal for a week/month (or whatever) and use it exclusively for the stream?

Is anyone looking into this?
It would be extremely upsetting if it turned out that we just let another year pass without fixing the issue at all, even when it's very easy to acquire a good internet connection in this day and age (like indeed with 4G cellphone networks and such).

I would fix this myself if I could, but since I am not located in France it is kinda hard for me to arrange a good deal from the French internet market. If someone could please help and keep us posted on this, that would be greatly appreciated. 

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Sessions SMK / NLG MK64 invitational competition streamed live 6-8 Feb!

« le: 31 janvier 2015, à 12:29:58 »

Hype trailer:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dd93QmpiiQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dd93QmpiiQ</a>

What: NLG Mini #13 Mario Kart 64 special

When: 6-8 February 2015 from ~18.30h CEST onwards

Channel: www.twitch.tv/nlg_organisation

Schedule: NLG Mini 13 schedule

Where: House of Gaming, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Who: We have invited some of the crème de la crème in the MK64 scene to make up the field of participants:
-Matthias Rustemeyer (MK64MR) - #1 Time Trial non-SC and overall MK64 World Champion
-Vincent Tolhuis (VAJ) - #1 Time Trial SC and universal
-Zoran Tintor (Zoki) - Time Trial WR-holder and #2 at Mario Kart 64 European Championships
-Steffen Hagelskjær (Flippy_o) - #2 and ex-WR holder for GP150cc skips speedrun (NTSC)

Commentary: KVD (me, ex-SMK #1)

Description: The first NLG Mini streaming weekend of 2015 will have a heavy emphasis on Mario Kart 64, with 4 of the best players in the world duking it out accross all modes. In addition there will be Time Trial WR-hunt demonstrations (where viewers can decide which track shall be played via strawpolls) and GP150cc speedruns featuring 3 racers simultaneously.

Sticking with the kart theme on Friday night, KVD (#3 SMK TT) and Aron (#6 SMK TT) will be racing all cups of Super Mario Kart's GP150cc mode. As you can see on the schedule there will be plenty of room for other games, including the Legend of Zelda (NES), F-Zero X, GoldenEye007 and Wave Race 64 (where we will have the #1 performing a 100% speedrun). Last, but not least on Saturday the viewers get the chance to challenge some of the fine karting talent present in an online duel of Mario Kart 8! Hope to see you all next weekend!

Special thanks go to Matthias Rusteyemeyer for creating the excellent hype trailer(s). For the source material, go here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFhLi1foM4Q&x-yt-ts=1422579428&x-yt-cl=85114404
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Vj36K4rHY&x-yt-ts=1422579428&x-yt-cl=85114404

Disclaimer: Ok, so I know it's not Super Mario Kart (apart from Friday night vs Aron  ), but I still feel that the content will hit close enough to home to post it on this board as well (overlapping community and everything). 

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Discussion générale / How come Mario never told us he's #1 in DKC as well??

« le: 24 janvier 2015, à 17:27:27 »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcVRTym4QNk

You're evil, hiding this from us, all this time. Nice job on the American accent, but you're not fooling me.

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Jeux Vidéo / Dreamhack Ludendi marathon featuring Patrick Wessels

« le: 24 novembre 2014, à 23:51:08 »

Hey guys 

Just wanted to notify you of a speedrunning event taking place this week (starting this Thursday) at Dreamhack in Sweden. Patrick (aka Meridian) will play some of his games on the stream, including his impressive blindfolded Tetrissphere run in the big theatre. Hope some of you guys can tune into Ludendi's Skype channel to support him & see him play.

Ludendi is a big channel that is used for the ESA marathons and has a shitton of followers. Should be good.

Schedule: http://www.dreamhack.se/dhw14/2014/11/15/speed-running-full-schedule/
Channel: http://www.twitch.tv/ludendi

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Sessions SMK / NLG Mini 12 featuring Parigos Team!

« le: 22 octobre 2014, à 12:53:59 »

The upcoming weekend 24-26 October will be the next NLG streaming weekend. This time we have Harold & Anthony from the Parigos Team as guest stars, so we'll have a little more emphasis on SMK and Street Fighter action. 
The plan is that Rub, Harold, Anthony, Meridian & me will be battling in SMK tournaments (match race & battle mode). And there will be some Bomberman 2 4p action on Saturday night also.

Schedule: Mini 12
Stream: www.twitch.tv/nlg_organisation

So, VAJ will be doing an MK64 SC Gods hunt for us on Saturday 13h. Though the schedule is not set in stone, we're fairly sure that the SMK tournaments (battle mode & match race) will be on Saturday afternoon from ~14h CEST onwards. Gerard Roodhorst (Rub) will be joining us for those. Street Fighter (SF2T & SSF4AE) tournaments will be a bit more casual (lvl-wise) and will take place Sunday 13h onwards. There will be lots more, I feel like I should also mention Wouter (WMJ) will do an all-cups F-Zero SNES race versus Harold. They are both a tad rusty, but it's the #2 vs the #15 in the world. And for the Legend of Zelda fans (KartSeven?  ) Meridian will do an any% glitchless run Friday night. Well check the schedule for yourself, there is more. Hope to see some of you in chat. 

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CDM 2015 / CDM 2015: merging with MK64 world championships, good idea or not?

« le: 03 septembre 2014, à 19:50:20 »

I am starting this topic after discussing this idea at some length with Matthias Rustemeyer, the MK64 #1 and main organizer of the annual MK64 World Championships.
He expressed the desire to join these 2 events under 1 roof next year. Some of the CDM community members (Mario, Moll and me at least) already expressed to like this idea in principle, so let's see if we can take it to the next level.

Before I go into any further detail I want to post the disclaimer that this would not mean that the actual competitions & tournaments of SMK and MK64 would interact in any way. The set-up of CDM would be as if the MK64 competition does not exist; in other words, it would be exactly like we're used to/want it to be. It is also important to realize that the MK64 WC has a limited nr of participants (around 10 competitors in previous 2 editions), as it has only been held twice in the past (both times in Germany). In these previous editions there was only 1 day reserved/required to get all the 'official' tournaments done.
This topic is just to  feel what the general vibe of the CDM community is regarding this idea. So feel free to comment and discuss what you think would work and what not.

Just to be a bit clearer on the 3 options in the poll:
1) Yes, we have room to organize/host an MK64 WC in parallel: The MK64 competition would be run alongside the CDM tournaments. Example, on SMK MR day, MK64 would also have their VS-mode tournament, etc. This might require some complicated logistics, though it should be possible.
2) Yes, we have room to organize/host an MK64 WC in the flanking days: The MK64 competition would take place when there is no SMK action scheduled at the same time. If we are going to reserve an extra day to play the SMK TT tournament, there will probably still be time left to do the MK64 TT on that day as well for example. And the ceremony day could then be used for the rest of the MK64 action. In theory I think all could be done on the Saturday as well, considering previous editions of the event.
3) No, there is no room for this whatsoever: The CDM is packed to the brim as it is, let's not make it even busier.

Personally I think there would be room for joining forces and that there would be mutual benefit from this cross-breeding. People like Matthias, MJ and VAJ would participate in the SMK events, whereas I would do the opposite and join in the MK64 ones (provided they would be played on different days, so not in parallel). Publicity-wise 'uniting' SMK and MK64 (the 2 real MK classics) events would also be a very positive move, I'd say.

Discuss! 

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Discussion générale / SMK @ ESA 2014 Charity Marathon

« le: 25 juillet 2014, à 13:37:17 »

I created this topic to make people aware of the fact that SMK will be played (by me) at the upcoming European Speedster Assembly (ESA), the yearly big European Speedrun-marathon event held in Skovde Sweden.

These events are organized so runners from the speedrunning community can demonstrate their gaming skill to the public via twitch streaming, have fun together and to raise donations from viewers (& participants) that will all go to a good cause (doctors without borders). In 2013 this event had a viewers peak of around 12.000 and a donation total over 10.000 Euros; in other words it will be significant exposure for SMK and its community. I will make sure to give shout-outs to the Players' Site and the CDM. 

I will be doing an All-Cups GP150cc speedrun on the NTSC-J version at around 20.10 CEST next Monday (28th of July). Note that the time is an estimate, it could be an hour or so earlier or later, depending on how the marathon goes. I am quite hyped about it and think it's really cool to be blocked together with the Super Mario World run. 

SMK will be played on the yellow stream: www.twitch.tv/esa
Website: http://www.europeanspeedsterassembly.com/
Schedule: Googledoc link

Patrick & me will also race UN Squadron on the blue stream at Monday @ 6.15 in the morning.  Pierre might like this Moreover, Patrick (Meridian) will also run other games and there will be plenty of crazy speedruns to marvel at (big Super Mario 64 race for example) so make sure to check the schedule. If you can find the time, please tune in on the stream to support! 

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CDM 2014 / Stream lay-out for CDM

« le: 23 juillet 2014, à 00:36:21 »

Patrick made a stream lay-out with OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) to use for the CDM when matches are being played/streamed. ScouB provided him with artwork, pictures and a rough outline for the stream.
I did a quick test stream on my channel, so you guys can check it out and tell us your thoughts & ideas.

Archived broadcast of test stream can be viewed here: http://www.twitch.tv/smk_machine/b/550165422

There's a couple of things that I can think of that could use some discussion:
-Overall lay-out (size and placement of the different pannels)
-The match info on the left. It can give the course information like it does now. Note that for group stage this list will only be 4 tracks long, so that the background art  is readily visible (Mario in his kart...see ~1:53 in the video to appreciate the full backdrop....or look at the banner of this website above you  ). Alternatively, we can display only names and the scores (so no track info). For GP this space could be used to display cup icons.
-The use of flags (can either be basic flags like now, or waving gifs, ball flags, whatever or completely scrapped).
-Chat displayed on stream or not? Note that in the test stream I linked now we did not impliment this. To check out what that looks like, you can watch this broadcast for example: http://www.twitch.tv/smk_machine/c/4413342. Obviously the chat box would not be over the gamefeed at CDM, but if desired a (small) spot can be reserved for it.

Like I said we're very open for any feedback to perfect the stream and push for the optimal viewing/interacting experience. 

Cheers and see you all soon! 

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CDM 2014 / CDM 2014: Travelling thread

« le: 07 juillet 2014, à 10:32:11 »

I started this topic so we can synchronize our travelling trips. If there is already a topic like this, you can remove it.
I've been bugging Guillaume about train tickets from La Suze to Paris and back (dang those babies are expensive!), but I'd like to know one more thing:

The time tables of the train service from Paris to La Suze (on Tuesday 12th of August) and from La Suze to Paris (on Sunday 17th of August).
I remember from last year the train only left in intervals of 2 and sometimes 3 hours, so it's important to know exactly what the options are for us to time our connection with the Thalys correctly.

Which Eurostar times did the Team UK guys book for example?

Any help would be appreciated! 

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[GP] Section Principale / ESA Marathon (featuring SMK and other MK runs)

« le: 15 juillet 2013, à 17:02:29 »

Today at 19.00 GMT+2 the ESA marathon will start to raise money for doctors without borders. There will be many hype runs in the course of the week; as far as Mariokart is concerned, SMK will be at 21h local time today. MKWii tomorrow and MKDD on friday. Further updates will be posted here.

Tune in at: www.twitch.tv/ludendi
Schedule: www.europeanspeedsterassembly.com/#schedule

Please watch me catch some Yoshi eggs 

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Bowser/Donkey / SMK World Records History

« le: 25 mai 2013, à 00:56:05 »

For the guys that don't visit the English MB (SMK section):
http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1369435283/1#1

In that topic I present a website with the evolution of SMK WRs, which I think is very interesting for anyone who has followed SMK's competition.
The link to the website is: http://mkwii.co.nf/smk/

Big thanks to Cole from the MKDD/MKDS community, for creating the database/website. 

Enjoy!

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Match Race / NTSC MR CI1 session

« le: 29 mars 2013, à 16:56:15 »

I'm taking the liberty to post this here, as the clip you posted was very enjoyable and deserves to be seen! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X82u3R9b48

KartSeven vs Mario86, the best TT players of France. 

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Super Parigo Kart / Your favourite and worst TT track

« le: 06 septembre 2010, à 16:21:45 »

I am really impressed about the track design in SPK so far; not only do they look sleak and finished, the courses retain the original SMK feeling and provide fresh and interesting new technical challenges. They aren't so similar to the original SMK that they are in fact uninteresting; subtle new touches like island-jumps on BC tracks and stuff like the first corner on RR2 are completely new beasts and present a bit of a new puzzle to solve for veteran SMK players.

So I'm wondering what your impressions are so far. What are your favourite tracks and why? And which one is the least interesting or most frustrating so far?

I'll start:
My favourite track so far is GV4.  Because it harbours a combination of a lot of new elements not seen in the original SMK (for example the corner with the square shaped holes after the thin bridge and the last corner which is a bit of a hybrid between the GV3 platform-jump and the VL2 NTSC jump); in general it feels like the right mix between GV3 and RR. You never get a break, because the sections are tightly bound together on this action-packed rollercoaster.
Other early favourites are BC4, RR2 and VL3. The latter not because I helped with it's design, but because I love VL2 style driving.

I haven't encountered any track so far that I did not enjoy playing. Perhaps the first few goes on a completely new and complex track, like BC6, were not always pleasant  , but after 10 minutes with it, I quickly grew to appreciate the new challenge/puzzle that tracks like this offer. That's why, if I have to pick one, I'd label MC6 as my least favourite one so far. It feels a little too much like MC3 to me. That said I LOVED playing it, so I don't know what I'm complaining about. 

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CDM 2009 / Looking for a video (MR 2009 Semi Final)

« le: 28 juillet 2010, à 18:49:13 »

Heya, I really wanted to see the MR semi final between Sami and me of last year again...I've been waiting for it to appear for almost a year, but I guess it's time to actively pursue it, seeing there is still no trace of it anywhere. I am 100% certain it was taped, so it has to be there somewhere. It was a very exciting match, with a crazy scoreline 9-7 (the final between Flo and Sami was even crazier, but still), well worthy of seeing again.

Any help?