Mario Universe SWF Mario Kart Events Thread [Definite Return for Mario Kart 8 :)]

[TheReflexWonder]

I've been using full Gold lately. It's not much different from what I've been using, and at least it's stylish.

 

[Brickbox]

I wonder if how long we will talk about stats lol.
I think every is already pretty informed.

Editure gold=Troll combo

 

[TheReflexWonder]

I don't know anything about the hidden stats and how much they help. I just know that it irritates me that someone with no Speed stat can keep up with me despite my staying safe.

 

[SupaSairentoZ7℠]

I just want the gold glider and that is about it. XD Even if it is nothing special. I just love accelerates and off road.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

I wonder if how long we will talk about stats lol.
I think every is already pretty informed.

Editure gold=Troll combo

And the irony is, I wasn't even trolling when I tried the pure gold combo; it was mostly a test, which I've pretty much failed at.

 

[Airgemini]

Off-Road (which btw, might I add is a VERY underrated stat, and imo definitely one of the Top 5 most important from my experience)

Very lazy to dig up a quote, but vaguely remember you describing off road as dumb multiple times lol. It's... okay, but tbh, there's not like, any shortcuts you can abuse with a high offroad in this game like MKW. It's underrated because it's pretty pointless in this game.

I'd rank the stats as:
1. Accel
2. Speed
3. Sea Speed
4/5/6. Handling/Sea Handling/MT
7. Air Handling
8. Weight
9. Offroad
10. Air Speed
11. Stability
12. Drift

EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS THREAD uses either Egg 1

Gosh, just me and Travis.

 

[TheReflexWonder]

Is Acceleration that important because it's Mario Kart-y 7, and items slapping you across the face is inevitable?

 

[Airgemini]

Well, that's just my opinion. It didn't mean much in MKW, but this game has a lot more bull**** and after playing a character with low accel to switching to a character with higher accel, I can definitely say it made a huge improvement and made me value it more than just speed. Just my opinion though so bleh.

 

[SupaSairentoZ7℠]

It helps you recovery faster, if you feel like you're getting hit by items a lot or people with Star Man activated it helps. Even with shields up to protect you from being hit by say shells and such you can still get hit. It happens a lot. Plus if you have high speed it helps greatly.

 

[RespawningJesus]

Not only that, but the hit boxes online can be screwy due to latency issues. Especially those green shells. On my screen, I am completely safe as it passes me, but actually, it hits me.

Plus the fact that I hit a person with LSD mode activated, or Bullet Bill's angry mode on, it doesn't hit anybody like it should. Offline, its freaking powerful. Online its the double tap.

But yeah, I find myself losing because someone got a lucky item at the very end and screwed me over. Acceleration is more important, but Speed comes next.

 

[TheReflexWonder]

I feel like the lag isn't difficult to adjust to. I am pretty competent at leading green shells ahead of the target to account for it.

Acceleration, Handling, and Off-Road are for the weak.

 

[SupaSairentoZ7℠]

I have somewhat moderate Acceleration and higher speed but my handling is always my lowest then off-road being second lowest. I never set up a balance. So far I've been just setting up my kart to how I want it to look despite the stats. The lag is alright, I've had my bad share of BS from lag but to me it is fine.

 

[BSP]

I feel like the lag isn't difficult to adjust to. I am pretty competent at leading green shells ahead of the target to account for it.

Acceleration, Handling, and Off-Road are for the weak.

You should have played MKW

 

[TheReflexWonder]

That's what I hear. I played it a little when it came out, and I was pretty solid at it. Bowser/Flame Runner.

Eff Funky Kong, though.

 

[BSP]

Funky 2 good

Hidden stats do suck though.

 

[SupaSairentoZ7℠]

Ha, ha, I knew Funky Kong would come to mind. XD

 

[BSP]

I like Funky as a character and all, but Nintendo randomly making him the best was lame.

 

[SupaSairentoZ7℠]

Oh yeah I agree. I always stuck with King Boo. He always worked fine for me.

 

[TheReflexWonder]

If it ain't Bowser, it's done. He's too cool.

 

[SupaSairentoZ7℠]

Bowser = One big target! =P

Nah I'm kiddin' XD

 

[BSP]

I'm pretty much fine with anyone in heavy. I still can't stand going light though; way too much getting pushed around for my tastes.

 

[TheReflexWonder]

Few things in Mario Kart are as satisfying as manhandling a light kart off the track through sheer aggression.

 

[SupaSairentoZ7℠]

When playing the Grand Prix on MK7 being light does suck because sometimes I think the CPU intention rams into you to screw you up or knock you into the abyss.

 

[BSP]

Few things in Mario Kart are as satisfying as manhandling a light kart off the track through sheer aggression.

Gotta agree lol. In MKW, when Funky Stadium is picked, my first move is to try to ram the other people off of the starting ramp.

Feelsgoodman

 

[SupaSairentoZ7℠]

You evil mofo! XD Ah what the heck I'm guilty as charged because if I do choose heavy weights I do intentionally try to ram people out the way or into the abyss. XD

 

[RespawningJesus]

If you're fast enough, then you can't be rammed out of the way. Enjoy my dust trails. =D

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS THREAD uses either Egg 1

Gosh, just me and Travis.

I use the Egg 1 too. You just never raced against me while I'm using it.

Is Acceleration that important because it's Mario Kart-y 7, and items slapping you across the face is inevitable?

Well, that's just my opinion. It didn't mean much in MKW, but this game has a lot more bull**** and after playing a character with low accel to switching to a character with higher accel, I can definitely say it made a huge improvement and made me value it more than just speed. Just my opinion though so bleh.

Yeah you usually have an easier time with high accelerators than with the low accelerators. But it is important to keep note that accelerating quickly doesn't really help if you're constantly getting crushed by item abuse.

It helps you recovery faster, if you feel like you're getting hit by items a lot or people with Star Man activated it helps. Even with shields up to protect you from being hit by say shells and such you can still get hit. It happens a lot. Plus if you have high speed it helps greatly.

Unfortunately, it's not possible to get 4.75 acceleration AND strong speed. You could always go Feather + Soda Jet + Slim + Paraglider (or Swooper) if you want average speed, and strong acceleration.

I feel like the lag isn't difficult to adjust to. I am pretty competent at leading green shells ahead of the target to account for it.

Acceleration, Handling, and Off-Road are for the weak.

I've tried using faster combos on Wi-Fi, and the item abuse can easily cripple those combos. All the speed in the world can't help you if you can't even avoid getting attacked, especially when Spiny Shells pop up.

 

[Brickbox]

Can we move all this stat discussion to the other thread and start planning a tourney? Do we wanna a team tourney, a team extremes tourney or what?

 

[Z'zgashi]

What stat affects the slide on "slippery" stages?

Also, how much of a difference is there between light characters and heavy characters with gliding possibilities?

Off-Road does.

And there is BARELY a difference between weight classes.

You don't need great off-road on Neo Bowser. I love that map, one of my favs, but thats because I prefer to have a high MT. High MT plus Neo Bowser means that if you get a lead and are perfect with your drifts, then you'll easily gain a huge lead there.

If anything, I noticed how handling and off-road affects your grip on slippery stages such as Ice World. But the slide doesn't really matter all too much, as it is nonexistent on Neo Bowser, and the only stage that has such a heavy effect is Ice World. But then again, I could be wrong, as I don't play this game as often as I used to anymore.

OR makes stages like those, hella easier, try it yourself.

It still seems to slow you down much more whenever you have to turn. Handling affects how much speed you lose when you turn, and so it appears to suck for low Handling/Off-Road karts, since even if you drift perfectly, the slight turning still slows you down a great deal.

Yes, turning on stages that need OR WILL slow you down if you dont have enough.

Well, the Roller, Slim, and Wood tires, are the best set of wheels for sea purposes. Of course, only the Roller and Wood tires offer a sea speed boost.

Regarding Rosalina's Ice World, it's true that a combo with high sea speed has the upper hand, but I've seen people win at Wario Shipyard with the B Dasher + Gold Tires combo (a combo that's supposed to be lackluster while underwater).

Most of the time, I only use the Monster, Red Monster, Roller, Slim, and Wood tires, but the first two wheels are obviously bad underwater (of course, the Egg 1 would grant them up to 3.5 sea speed).

Also, earlier, I tried using a pure gold combo on Wi-Fi, and needless to say, it ended badly. The Gold Tires truly are a jinx for me.

...Yeah, I know, I win on Wario's Shipyard and such all the time, I just dislike Water cuz in the combos I use I have to really outplay to win.

I don't know anything about the hidden stats and how much they help. I just know that it irritates me that someone with no Speed stat can keep up with me despite my staying safe.

Hidden stats are here: http://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_7#Stat_Boosts

Also, Speed and stats arent everything. Knowing lines is FAR moe important than what youre driving.

Very lazy to dig up a quote, but vaguely remember you describing off road as dumb multiple times lol. It's... okay, but tbh, there's not like, any shortcuts you can abuse with a high offroad in this game like MKW. It's underrated because it's pretty pointless in this game.

I'd rank the stats as:
1. Accel
2. Speed
3. Sea Speed
4/5/6. Handling/Sea Handling/MT
7. Air Handling
8. Weight
9. Offroad
10. Air Speed
11. Stability
12. Drift


Gosh, just me and Travis.

lol, scrub, thats wrong in so many ways

Is Acceleration that important because it's Mario Kart-y 7, and items slapping you across the face is inevitable?

Accel in this game is VERY important. Imo, the 3 most important stats are Speed, Accel, and Mini-Turbo, and you should be going for at least a 3.5 in each category. It's alright to be a little short somewhere, but really, try and keep those 3 stats above the 2s.

Also, dont listen to anyone who says Sea Speed is important. The Wario's Shipyard World Record, while it IS held by a good Sea Speed car, only has a Land Speed car beat by 3ish seconds, and less than 10 tracks in the game (this is including ones like Maka Wuhu) actually have Water you can go into. Trust me, it's not THAT helpful. It's a good stat, but not great. Also, Stability is widely considered as the most helpful water stat.

Well, that's just my opinion. It didn't mean much in MKW, but this game has a lot more bull**** and after playing a character with low accel to switching to a character with higher accel, I can definitely say it made a huge improvement and made me value it more than just speed. Just my opinion though so bleh.

scrubbbbb

It helps you recovery faster, if you feel like you're getting hit by items a lot or people with Star Man activated it helps. Even with shields up to protect you from being hit by say shells and such you can still get hit. It happens a lot. Plus if you have high speed it helps greatly.

Trust, me, every race, your going to get hit. You might get a race once every 50 races where you dont, but still, 98% of the time you're going to need it, and 10 of those races it will directly decide how you place.

Anyway, I stopped reading everything I missed there.

For the tournament, I say just a regular 2v2v2v2 Teams match.

 

[Brickbox]

Regular 2v2v2v2 sounds good, who will host? Can we get it in the thread title and start sign ups soon?

 

[Z'zgashi]

I can host. And Ill ask Travis for the title change.

 

[Airgemini]

Z'z, my opinion is my opinion. So take your arrogance somewhere else with this "scrub" calling.

 

[TheReflexWonder]

I suppose I'll get to see for myself once I play with some of you. It should be a good time.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

I may be able to join this team tourney, but I'm unsure about who to pair up with. Airgemini may be one pick, since we have both utilized similar combos; his Peach + Egg 1 + Wood + Paraglider, and my Yoshi + Egg 1 + Roller + Paraglider.

 

[Airgemini]

If the tourney is Sunday, I can't attend anyways. I was going to play with Gatlin, but yeah, probably can't attend.

Gatlin uses the Egg and Wood as well and he's not bad at all so you two could possibly enter together.

 

[RespawningJesus]

I was thinking about doing the upcoming tourney, but I'll be busy with one of two things: RE or I'll be out of the house.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

If the tourney is Sunday, I can't attend anyways. I was going to play with Gatlin, but yeah, probably can't attend.

Gatlin uses the Egg and Wood as well and he's not bad at all so you two could possibly enter together.

Well, we'll know for sure once we get a good date for this tourney.

 

[Shadocat]

Yeah, im gonna need a partner for this tourney.

I use Toad + Soda jet + Wood + Super glider

 

[Brickbox]

If you guys want a good partner look at the previous results and send a message to the person you want to team with.
There is lots of good players here

 

[Airgemini]

If you guys want a good partner look at the previous results and send a message to the person you want to team with.
There is lots of good players here

Box is trying to make sure no one picks me because I don't exist on them. ;-;

I promise I'm better now.
Honey Queen was just.... a mistake. Forgive me pls.