Cream of GPL - Malaysian LAN Party

After the incidents of the previous race it was decided to run a LAN event for the next race (Kyalami). To add to the realism a hot venue was chose, so the Cream of GPL circus was off to Malaysia. Cynics in the paddock suggested the hot venue idea was the brain child of the Brabham-Renault team's boss in a bid to revitalise his fading tan. Regardless the drivers knew they were in for a punishing full length GP, and the attrition rate would be high. Qualifying was a close affair, the German in the Ferrari pipping the Columbian in the Lotus. The Ferrari's once again running with their old PII 450s. One wonders how long they can keep these going what with the superior 16bit graphics being run by their rivals. The stewards made it clear that no first corner incidents like last time would be tolerated. All the drivers agreed, so it was with some surprise that the lead Ferrari did a 90 right from the start line. Later he explained, "My wheel wasn't calibrated properly - I needed to do a lock to lock turn to get it working properly" With the two lead drivers having swapped sides on the track contact was made going into T1 - the rest of the field followed through without incident. Once again one of the Orange Coopers was left on the grid as its driver had popped out to get a chocolate bar unaware of the start time! Further incident followed as the Yellow Murasama team-mates had a coming together. The Japanese driver was able to continue after a shift-r whilst his Italian team-mate was last seen trying to locate a Japanese phrase book - which proved difficult to find one with the particular phrases he was looking for. Meanwhile the German in the Ferrari was forced to shift-r to repair damage, and the stewards were examining replays of the start - rumours soon began to fly about action being taken. This left the other Ferrari and Lotus battling for the lead. The stewards announced their decision of an enforced shift-r in the pits for the Columbian. The fans and fellow drivers seemed baffled by this decision, which is bound to be a talking point for some time. The Mclaren liveried Eagles had a bad day. The heat played havoc with their PCs - both ending with dead PCs - The Finn had a spectacular PSU fire to add to the thrill for the fans. A bad day for the Irishman in the green Cooper. He had a coming together lapping one of the BRMs. He later retired when the feed from his drink bottle came off. Disaster struck for the second placed Ferrari when his monitor toppled over due to excessive vibration caused by an extreme core.ini Force Feedback setting. It fell to the floor and the ensuing second electrical fire of the day forced retirement - a disappointing result with no points scored so far. An exhausted Brazilian after wrestling with such strong FFB for an hour in the heat slumped down in a settee in the spectators gallery. This gave the Columbian second place. Following his points scoring success at Monza, the Australian in the BRM ended up off the track towards the end. In his rush to get going again he hit the button mapped to Esc instead of shift-R and so retired. "That's the last time I use GPLOME" he muttered. Just when it looked like the remaining British drivers would be either on the podium or scoring points both suffered problems and lost their respective chances. The Englishman (Brabham-Renault) suffered a broken hyperstimulator and had to finish the race at a precarious angle. He lost so much time that the German in the Ferrari nicked third. The Scot (Murasama) meanwhile had the misfortunate during the routine shift-R in the pits to refuel to discover his brand new Panasonic PC didn't have an R key. Eventually his techy PC mate worked out the wrong keytop had been fitted, but by this time he had lost sixth place. "We are a new team with a brand new computer" he later said. "We will have to work on getting preparation like this spot on" This left us with a Lotus 1-2 and Ferrari third, although the real talking point was that stewards decision. Two Germans were on the podium. Apparently a couple of beach towels had been put there prior to the race start. The LAN party approach was generally regarded as a success, although the live action transmitted via a large screen for the fans was rather derided for failing to show the best action. The fans could just make out close battles taking place on the drivers screens but not on the main spectator screen. In the room next door a pay per view showing for the wealthier fans apparently had a better show. The clerk of the course disappeared fairly quickly after a short statement about ensuring fairness for all. Some found it amusing as in his haste he reversed his F355 Spider into a post. The next race (Mexico) is likely to be held in a South American country to provide the right atmosphere.

Good story, but boy it could use some pictures and real names we could connect with :) rms [email hidden]

"Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:m7tl8.2527$[email hidden]... > properly" > > > > A bad day for the Irishman in the green Cooper. Hehad a coming together lapping > one of the BRMs. He later retired when the feed fromhis drink bottle came off. > good one wonder when the IRISHMAN will end his sorry excuse of a race driver.........

Terrific Tony, can't wait for the next one... :-) Edward "Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:m7tl8.2527$[email hidden]... > After the incidents of the previous race it was decided to run a LAN eventfor > the next race (Kyalami). To add to the realism a hot venue was chose, sothe > Cream of GPL circus was off to Malaysia. > > Cynics in the paddock suggested the hot venue idea was the brain child ofthe > Brabham-Renault team's boss in a bid to revitalise his fading tan. > > Regardless the drivers knew they were in for a punishing full length GP,and the > attrition rate would be high. > > Qualifying was a close affair, the German in the Ferrari pipping theColumbian > in the Lotus. The Ferrari's once again running with their old PII 450s.One > wonders how long they can keep these going what with the superior 16bitgraphics > being run by their rivals. > > The stewards made it clear that no first corner incidents like last timewould > be tolerated. All the drivers agreed, so it was with some surprise thatthe lead > Ferrari did a 90 right from the start line. Later he explained, "My wheelwasn't > calibrated properly - I needed to do a lock to lock turn to get it working > properly" > > With the two lead drivers having swapped sides on the track contact wasmade > going into T1 - the rest of the field followed through without incident.Once > again one of the Orange Coopers was left on the grid as its driver hadpopped > out to get a chocolate bar unaware of the start time! > > Further incident followed as the Yellow Murasama team-mates had a coming > together. The Japanese driver was able to continue after a shift-r whilsthis > Italian team-mate was last seen trying to locate a Japanese phrase book -which > proved difficult to find one with the particular phrases he was lookingfor. > > Meanwhile the German in the Ferrari was forced to shift-r to repairdamage, and > the stewards were examining replays of the start - rumours soon began tofly > about action being taken. > > This left the other Ferrari and Lotus battling for the lead. > > The stewards announced their decision of an enforced shift-r in the pitsfor the > Columbian. The fans and fellow drivers seemed baffled by this decision,which is > bound to be a talking point for some time. > > The Mclaren liveried Eagles had a bad day. The heat played havoc withtheir > PCs - both ending with dead PCs - The Finn had a spectacular PSU fire toadd to > the thrill for the fans. > > A bad day for the Irishman in the green Cooper. He had a coming togetherlapping > one of the BRMs. He later retired when the feed from his drink bottle cameoff. > > Disaster struck for the second placed Ferrari when his monitor toppledover due > to excessive vibration caused by an extreme core.ini Force Feedbacksetting. It > fell to the floor and the ensuing second electrical fire of the day forced > retirement - a disappointing result with no points scored so far. Anexhausted > Brazilian after wrestling with such strong FFB for an hour in the heatslumped > down in a settee in the spectators gallery. This gave the Columbian second > place. > > Following his points scoring success at Monza, the Australian in the BRMended > up off the track towards the end. In his rush to get going again he hitthe > button mapped to Esc instead of shift-R and so retired. "That's the lasttime I > use GPLOME" he muttered. > > Just when it looked like the remaining British drivers would be either onthe > podium or scoring points both suffered problems and lost their respective > chances. The Englishman (Brabham-Renault) suffered a brokenhyperstimulator and > had to finish the race at a precarious angle. He lost so much time thatthe > German in the Ferrari nicked third. > > The Scot (Murasama) meanwhile had the misfortunate during the routineshift-R in > the pits to refuel to discover his brand new Panasonic PC didn't have an Rkey. > Eventually his techy PC mate worked out the wrong keytop had been fitted,but by > this time he had lost sixth place. "We are a new team with a brand newcomputer" > he later said. "We will have to work on getting preparation like this spoton" > > This left us with a Lotus 1-2 and Ferrari third, although the real talkingpoint > was that stewards decision. Two Germans were on the podium. Apparently acouple > of beach towels had been put there prior to the race start. > > The LAN party approach was generally regarded as a success, although thelive > action transmitted via a large screen for the fans was rather derided for > failing to show the best action. The fans could just make out closebattles > taking place on the drivers screens but not on the main spectator screen.In the > room next door a pay per view showing for the wealthier fans apparentlyhad a > better show. > > The clerk of the course disappeared fairly quickly after a short statementabout > ensuring fairness for all. Some found it amusing as in his haste hereversed his

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> F355 Spider into a post. > > The next race (Mexico) is likely to be held in a South American country to > provide the right atmosphere. > > > > >

Nicely done. Quite a few chuckles in there! -- Chris H. "Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:m7tl8.2527$[email hidden]... > After the incidents of the previous race it was decided to run a LAN event for > the next race (Kyalami). To add to the realism a hot venue was chose, so the > Cream of GPL circus was off to Malaysia.

LOL! What's real cool, Tony, is that we can look forward to fifteen more of these! Jim Tony Rickard wrote:

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> After the incidents of the previous race it was decided to run a LAN event for > the next race (Kyalami). To add to the realism a hot venue was chose, so the > Cream of GPL circus was off to Malaysia. > > Cynics in the paddock suggested the hot venue idea was the brain child of the > Brabham-Renault team's boss in a bid to revitalise his fading tan. > > Regardless the drivers knew they were in for a punishing full length GP, and the > attrition rate would be high. > > Qualifying was a close affair, the German in the Ferrari pipping the Columbian > in the Lotus. The Ferrari's once again running with their old PII 450s. One > wonders how long they can keep these going what with the superior 16bit graphics > being run by their rivals. > > The stewards made it clear that no first corner incidents like last time would > be tolerated. All the drivers agreed, so it was with some surprise that the lead > Ferrari did a 90 right from the start line. Later he explained, "My wheel wasn't > calibrated properly - I needed to do a lock to lock turn to get it working > properly" > > With the two lead drivers having swapped sides on the track contact was made > going into T1 - the rest of the field followed through without incident. Once > again one of the Orange Coopers was left on the grid as its driver had popped > out to get a chocolate bar unaware of the start time! > > Further incident followed as the Yellow Murasama team-mates had a coming > together. The Japanese driver was able to continue after a shift-r whilst his > Italian team-mate was last seen trying to locate a Japanese phrase book - which > proved difficult to find one with the particular phrases he was looking for. > > Meanwhile the German in the Ferrari was forced to shift-r to repair damage, and > the stewards were examining replays of the start - rumours soon began to fly > about action being taken. > > This left the other Ferrari and Lotus battling for the lead. > > The stewards announced their decision of an enforced shift-r in the pits for the > Columbian. The fans and fellow drivers seemed baffled by this decision, which is > bound to be a talking point for some time. > > The Mclaren liveried Eagles had a bad day. The heat played havoc with their > PCs - both ending with dead PCs - The Finn had a spectacular PSU fire to add to > the thrill for the fans. > > A bad day for the Irishman in the green Cooper. He had a coming together lapping > one of the BRMs. He later retired when the feed from his drink bottle came off. > > Disaster struck for the second placed Ferrari when his monitor toppled over due > to excessive vibration caused by an extreme core.ini Force Feedback setting. It > fell to the floor and the ensuing second electrical fire of the day forced > retirement - a disappointing result with no points scored so far. An exhausted > Brazilian after wrestling with such strong FFB for an hour in the heat slumped > down in a settee in the spectators gallery. This gave the Columbian second > place. > > Following his points scoring success at Monza, the Australian in the BRM ended > up off the track towards the end. In his rush to get going again he hit the > button mapped to Esc instead of shift-R and so retired. "That's the last time I > use GPLOME" he muttered. > > Just when it looked like the remaining British drivers would be either on the > podium or scoring points both suffered problems and lost their respective > chances. The Englishman (Brabham-Renault) suffered a broken hyperstimulator and > had to finish the race at a precarious angle. He lost so much time that the > German in the Ferrari nicked third. > > The Scot (Murasama) meanwhile had the misfortunate during the routine shift-R in > the pits to refuel to discover his brand new Panasonic PC didn't have an R key. > Eventually his techy PC mate worked out the wrong keytop had been fitted, but by > this time he had lost sixth place. "We are a new team with a brand new computer" > he later said. "We will have to work on getting preparation like this spot on" > > This left us with a Lotus 1-2 and Ferrari third, although the real talking point > was that stewards decision. Two Germans were on the podium. Apparently a couple > of beach towels had been put there prior to the race start. > > The LAN party approach was generally regarded as a success, although the live > action transmitted via a large screen for the fans was rather derided for > failing to show the best action. The fans could just make out close battles > taking place on the drivers screens but not on the main spectator screen. In the > room next door a pay per view showing for the wealthier fans apparently had a > better show. > > The clerk of the course disappeared fairly quickly after a short statement about > ensuring fairness for all. Some found it amusing as in his haste he reversed his > F355 Spider into a post. > > The next race (Mexico) is likely to be held in a South American country to > provide the right atmosphere.

Well done! Once again, very entertaining. Keep up the good work. Gary Tony Rickard wrote:

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> > After the incidents of the previous race it was decided to run a LAN event for > the next race (Kyalami). To add to the realism a hot venue was chose, so the > Cream of GPL circus was off to Malaysia. > > Cynics in the paddock suggested the hot venue idea was the brain child of the > Brabham-Renault team's boss in a bid to revitalise his fading tan. > > Regardless the drivers knew they were in for a punishing full length GP, and the > attrition rate would be high. > > Qualifying was a close affair, the German in the Ferrari pipping the Columbian > in the Lotus. The Ferrari's once again running with their old PII 450s. One > wonders how long they can keep these going what with the superior 16bit graphics > being run by their rivals. > > The stewards made it clear that no first corner incidents like last time would > be tolerated. All the drivers agreed, so it was with some surprise that the lead > Ferrari did a 90 right from the start line. Later he explained, "My wheel wasn't > calibrated properly - I needed to do a lock to lock turn to get it working > properly" > > With the two lead drivers having swapped sides on the track contact was made > going into T1 - the rest of the field followed through without incident. Once > again one of the Orange Coopers was left on the grid as its driver had popped > out to get a chocolate bar unaware of the start time! > > Further incident followed as the Yellow Murasama team-mates had a coming > together. The Japanese driver was able to continue after a shift-r whilst his > Italian team-mate was last seen trying to locate a Japanese phrase book - which > proved difficult to find one with the particular phrases he was looking for. > > Meanwhile the German in the Ferrari was forced to shift-r to repair damage, and > the stewards were examining replays of the start - rumours soon began to fly > about action being taken. > > This left the other Ferrari and Lotus battling for the lead. > > The stewards announced their decision of an enforced shift-r in the pits for the > Columbian. The fans and fellow drivers seemed baffled by this decision, which is > bound to be a talking point for some time. > > The Mclaren liveried Eagles had a bad day. The heat played havoc with their > PCs - both ending with dead PCs - The Finn had a spectacular PSU fire to add to > the thrill for the fans. > > A bad day for the Irishman in the green Cooper. He had a coming together lapping > one of the BRMs. He later retired when the feed from his drink bottle came off. > > Disaster struck for the second placed Ferrari when his monitor toppled over due > to excessive vibration caused by an extreme core.ini Force Feedback setting. It > fell to the floor and the ensuing second electrical fire of the day forced > retirement - a disappointing result with no points scored so far. An exhausted > Brazilian after wrestling with such strong FFB for an hour in the heat slumped > down in a settee in the spectators gallery. This gave the Columbian second > place. > > Following his points scoring success at Monza, the Australian in the BRM ended > up off the track towards the end. In his rush to get going again he hit the > button mapped to Esc instead of shift-R and so retired. "That's the last time I > use GPLOME" he muttered. > > Just when it looked like the remaining British drivers would be either on the > podium or scoring points both suffered problems and lost their respective > chances. The Englishman (Brabham-Renault) suffered a broken hyperstimulator and > had to finish the race at a precarious angle. He lost so much time that the > German in the Ferrari nicked third. > > The Scot (Murasama) meanwhile had the misfortunate during the routine shift-R in > the pits to refuel to discover his brand new Panasonic PC didn't have an R key. > Eventually his techy PC mate worked out the wrong keytop had been fitted, but by > this time he had lost sixth place. "We are a new team with a brand new computer" > he later said. "We will have to work on getting preparation like this spot on" > > This left us with a Lotus 1-2 and Ferrari third, although the real talking point > was that stewards decision. Two Germans were on the podium. Apparently a couple > of beach towels had been put there prior to the race start. > > The LAN party approach was generally regarded as a success, although the live > action transmitted via a large screen for the fans was rather derided for > failing to show the best action. The fans could just make out close battles > taking place on the drivers screens but not on the main spectator screen. In the > room next door a pay per view showing for the wealthier fans apparently had a > better show. > > The clerk of the course disappeared fairly quickly after a short statement about > ensuring fairness for all. Some found it amusing as in his haste he reversed his > F355 Spider into a post. > > The next race (Mexico) is likely to be held in a South American country to > provide the right atmosphere.

Perfect !! -- The first ever pinball ezboard !! http://pub7.ezboard.com/bpinball "Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message de news: m7tl8.2527$[email hidden]... > After the incidents of the previous race it was decided to run a LAN event for > the next race (Kyalami). To add to the realism a hot venue was chose, so the > Cream of GPL circus was off to Malaysia. > > Cynics in the paddock suggested the hot venue idea was the brain child of the > Brabham-Renault team's boss in a bid to revitalise his fading tan. > > Regardless the drivers knew they were in for a punishing full length GP, and the > attrition rate would be high. > > Qualifying was a close affair, the German in the Ferrari pipping the Columbian > in the Lotus. The Ferrari's once again running with their old PII 450s. One > wonders how long they can keep these going what with the superior 16bit graphics > being run by their rivals. > > The stewards made it clear that no first corner incidents like last time would > be tolerated. All the drivers agreed, so it was with some surprise that the lead > Ferrari did a 90 right from the start line. Later he explained, "My wheel wasn't > calibrated properly - I needed to do a lock to lock turn to get it working > properly" > > With the two lead drivers having swapped sides on the track contact was made > going into T1 - the rest of the field followed through without incident. Once > again one of the Orange Coopers was left on the grid as its driver had popped > out to get a chocolate bar unaware of the start time! > > Further incident followed as the Yellow Murasama team-mates had a coming > together. The Japanese driver was able to continue after a shift-r whilst his > Italian team-mate was last seen trying to locate a Japanese phrase book - which > proved difficult to find one with the particular phrases he was looking for. > > Meanwhile the German in the Ferrari was forced to shift-r to repair damage, and > the stewards were examining replays of the start - rumours soon began to fly > about action being taken. > > This left the other Ferrari and Lotus battling for the lead. > > The stewards announced their decision of an enforced shift-r in the pits for the > Columbian. The fans and fellow drivers seemed baffled by this decision, which is > bound to be a talking point for some time. > > The Mclaren liveried Eagles had a bad day. The heat played havoc with their > PCs - both ending with dead PCs - The Finn had a spectacular PSU fire to add to > the thrill for the fans. > > A bad day for the Irishman in the green Cooper. He had a coming together lapping > one of the BRMs. He later retired when the feed from his drink bottle came off. > > Disaster struck for the second placed Ferrari when his monitor toppled over due > to excessive vibration caused by an extreme core.ini Force Feedback setting. It > fell to the floor and the ensuing second electrical fire of the day forced > retirement - a disappointing result with no points scored so far. An exhausted > Brazilian after wrestling with such strong FFB for an hour in the heat slumped > down in a settee in the spectators gallery. This gave the Columbian second > place. > > Following his points scoring success at Monza, the Australian in the BRM ended > up off the track towards the end. In his rush to get going again he hit the > button mapped to Esc instead of shift-R and so retired. "That's the last time I > use GPLOME" he muttered. > > Just when it looked like the remaining British drivers would be either on the > podium or scoring points both suffered problems and lost their respective > chances. The Englishman (Brabham-Renault) suffered a broken hyperstimulator and > had to finish the race at a precarious angle. He lost so much time that the > German in the Ferrari nicked third. > > The Scot (Murasama) meanwhile had the misfortunate during the routine shift-R in > the pits to refuel to discover his brand new Panasonic PC didn't have an R key. > Eventually his techy PC mate worked out the wrong keytop had been fitted, but by > this time he had lost sixth place. "We are a new team with a brand new computer" > he later said. "We will have to work on getting preparation like this spot on" > > This left us with a Lotus 1-2 and Ferrari third, although the real talking point > was that stewards decision. Two Germans were on the podium. Apparently a couple > of beach towels had been put there prior to the race start. > > The LAN party approach was generally regarded as a success, although the live > action transmitted via a large screen for the fans was rather derided for > failing to show the best action. The fans could just make out close battles > taking place on the drivers screens but not on the main spectator screen. In the > room next door a pay per view showing for the wealthier fans apparently had a > better show. > > The clerk of the course disappeared fairly quickly after a short statement about > ensuring fairness for all. Some found it amusing as in his haste he reversed his > F355 Spider into a post. > > The next race (Mexico) is likely to be held in a South American country to > provide the right atmosphere. > > > > >

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 21:38:26 GMT, "Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote: <Snip> You owe me a new keyboard.... Remco

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 21:38:26 GMT, "Tony Rickard" <Snip> You owe me a new keyboard.... Remco

Never drink coffee whilst reading RAS Remco. dh "Remco Moedt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 21:38:26 GMT, "Tony Rickard" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > <Snip> > > You owe me a new keyboard.... > > > Remco > >

Never drink coffee whilst reading RAS Remco. dh

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> On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 21:38:26 GMT, "Tony Rickard" > <Snip> > You owe me a new keyboard.... > Remco

"Remco Moedt"

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> > <Snip> > > You owe me a new keyboard.... > > > Remco

I can get you one but it missing a key. You will have to sign off Wemco... Tony

"Remco Moedt" I can get you one but it missing a key. You will have to sign off Wemco... Tony

"Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ewOl8.3668$[email hidden]...

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> "Remco Moedt" > > > > <Snip> > > > > You owe me a new keyboard.... > > > > > > Remco > > I can get you one but it missing a key. > > You will have to sign off Wemco... > > Tony

You must have to run Pro damage races only now eh? Wob

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> > > You owe me a new keyboard.... > > > Remco > > > > I can get you one but it missing a key. > > > > You will have to sign off Wemco... > > > > Tony > > You must have to run Pro damage races only now eh? > > Wob >

You wowdy wapscallion...

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Remco Moedt) writes: >On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 21:38:26 GMT, "Tony Rickard" ><[email hidden]> wrote: > ><Snip> > >You owe me a new keyboard.... Now you owe ME one... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <[email hidden]>, Gary Stephenson <[email hidden]> writes: >Well done! Once again, very entertaining. >Keep up the good work. If he's not a writer, he's clearly missed his calling...<g> Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.