Here are my Match Race stories for 2019, fiction again probably but could become real!
La Top Four Match Race de la Shitté:
Julien Holmiere (Will be known as 'God de la Match Race Unstoppablé (or van der Unstoppable - as we are in Alphen technically)). No lightnings, just solid driving and technique throughout.
Florent Lecoanet (Tried his best but Julien was a level higher this time again. But he walks up to Karel and shows off his Silver Medal #NoMoreSilversForKarel)
Karel van Duijvenboden (Fight to the death Timmie / HOG 3rd Place match which went to the wire! The winner gets named after their training project. Karel being victor 9-8, gets nicknamed 'Timmie van Duijvenboden' forever and hates it; and also hates his Bronze Medal cos he wanted another Silver).
4th:
Jonathan Wick "Lafungo" Toole-Charignon (Was so close to his first medal and pressure got to him... Sami finds Lafungo with his head down on a table again. Sami asked Lafungo if he is crying. He said "no it's just water in my eyes". Sami gives him a hug and tells him he did really well, we've all had the big match pressure somewhere, and Top 4 is a huge climb from previous years. Never give up!)
La Quartés de la finalistés:Geoffrey Label (Excellent return this year, but some driving mistakes cost him a few key races against Lafungo who did a major surprise!).
Sami Cetin (Clearly all those lightnings 10 years ago was just... ze luck). And even driving didn't get him past Karel in Match race of ASMKC, and it won't either this year on the PAL version Match Race 2019 (Timmie HOG training paying off well which is deserved). Sami retreats to get drunk on Earl Grey tea and Cappuccino at the bar during the Semi-Finals. Then later heads to console a friend who loses the 3rd place Match (see above)).
Jeremie "Jey" Clement (Jey was a solid contender throughout group stage and taking down Conor in a viscous Top 16 round that had everyone on the edge of their seats on the last 2 races. Jey wasn't so solid vs Florent though...)
Harold Christensen (Open ze door, ze Skankmaster is back!! Julien slams ze door shut for poor Harold though 7-0).
La Top 16 de la Match Race - some serious racingGuillaume Leviach (A driving master took on a Skankmaster and... got skanked this time.)
Conor Wood (
Solid results in the Group Stage as always, but Jey was going to be a tough opponent. Battle Mode the next day though!)
Leyla Hasso (The Uncle-Niece Match... and after she takes a nice 2-0 lead, she loses 5-2. Guess what annoying de la shitté thing happened after? *cough*
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Aron Langerak (Didn't lose his pad... but he lost something else... the Match Race to Geo. Then he walked off and didn't find his pad again until 10 seconds before Battle Mode Starts the next day.)
Christian Wild (Chris drove too recklessly, an entertaining Match for sure which Lafungo won 5-4! Lafungo rubs it in his face for the 2018 fiasco causing him to become 11th Overall then, and says some prepared German words if this would happen: "Es war eine süße Rache". But it's not over for Christian Wild. Wait.)
Sophie Jarmouni (Belgium vs Netherlands Champions take each other on; it was 5-0 to Karel but most races actually became very close, with Sophie screaming "NON JARMOUUUU!!!!" at the top of her voice and various other swear words the moment she crashed / got hit by an item etc.)
Martin van Haasteren (Solid driving throughout Group Stage again, took a race off Florent but lost to experience.)
Adam "This is the Dark Horse" Ferguson (Team UK's secret weapon was very chuffed to reach the Top 16 on Match Race! Until he saw he had Julien on the bracket for the Top 16 match. "Errr... just do your best!" - everyone said to him before the Match started.)
La Honorable Playéurés, Non de la Top 16, but crashed out van der 17th - 20th Barrage round:Salim Araissia (Had some bad luck in the Group Stage Matches, and then crashed out a few harder tracks vs Team UK Dark Horse, Adam)
Jerome Coiffard (Very fast Time Trial Player, but the items are still preventing him from advancing.)
Jeremy "Deadline" Edline (Good performance this time and is improving techniques, Top 16 2020?).
Drew Blumfield (Drew, how is Match Race going? "Yeaaahhh.... it's ok"... We ask him a silly question... He's clearly not bothered and just wants it to be Battle Mode day already.)
La Honorable Playéurés, 21st - 24th ranks / barrage van der crashédMatt Ballard (Very good driving but got skanked by Drew's items on key tracks)
Paul O'Kelly (He had a lot of fun today on his Match Race Debut! He lost to big rival Jeremy Edline but was happy to reach the Top 24 Qualifiers.)
Chris Clark (Do not underestimate the Power of the Clark Side. Coyferd cuts Clark down though.)
Eric Olden (Drove steadily to reduce crash rate during group stage and this helped along with item usage. Salim's Multiplayer experience was a bit too much to win this time though)
Crying de la 25th Place la Match Race. Non Qualifié at all.David Moll (Items suck and so does PAL Version, Plus GP is more fun so he wasn't too bothered.)
Assuming Harold might be attending for multiplayer modes as I heard, and also not including others who may register later so we may need to revise this all again.*
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