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Re: What is the Pants Ring?

23 posts by 15 people · 28 Apr 2000 - 02 May 2000

What is the GPLEA's Pants Ring track?

Someone asked about the 'Pants Ring'. Others explained it was a tiny bowl-shaped oval released by the GPL Editors' Association, and Ed Solheim said it began as a test track for 3D objects before being released as a joke. The rest of the thread was puns and banter about favourite and hated GPL tracks.

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Tim O 28 Apr 2000#274633
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 18:48:27 -0700, "c" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Sorry, I haven't heard anything about it, but heard it mentioned a couple of >times... Ok, I have heard about it, but I don't know what it is. How's >that? It's a tiny little high-banked circle track. If it was made for any other sim, the people playing it would probably be calling it a piece of crap. Emperors New Clothes? Tim
Jason Monds 28 Apr 2000#274634
We're already calling it .. crap. What do you think Pants means in Pants Ring? LOL. It's just a test bed for the physics as GPLEA put it. Jason. "Tim O." wrote:
Quoted text (14 lines)> On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 18:48:27 -0700, "c" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Sorry, I haven't heard anything about it, but heard it mentioned a couple of > >times... Ok, I have heard about it, but I don't know what it is. How's > >that? > > It's a tiny little high-banked circle track. > If it was made for any other sim, the people playing it would probably > be calling it a piece of crap. > > Emperors New Clothes? > > Tim
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imaswinger 28 Apr 2000 01:49 UTC#274775
Sorry, I haven't heard anything about it, but heard it mentioned a couple of times... Ok, I have heard about it, but I don't know what it is. How's that? scooter
Don Scurlock 28 Apr 2000 05:13 UTC#274732
It's a new track from our friends at the GPLEA. It's basically a bowl, fun to play with, get it here: http://start.at/KOTR in the Track & Details section. [email hidden] (c) wrote in <Z66O4.3002$[email hidden]>:
Quoted text (7 lines)>Sorry, I haven't heard anything about it, but heard it mentioned a >couple of times... Ok, I have heard about it, but I don't know what >it is. How's that? > >scooter > >
-- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.
Ace 28 Apr 2000 20:03 UTC#274559
Jason Monds <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > We're already calling it .. crap. What do you think Pants means in PantsRing? > LOL. > > It's just a test bed for the physics as GPLEA put it. > > Jason. So it's not shaped like a pair of pants or anything, then?
Chris Bloom 28 Apr 2000 20:37 UTC#274564
ROTFLMAO!!! POST OF THE MILLENIUM:) In article <j8mO4.5262$[email hidden]>, "Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> > It's just a test bed for the physics as GPLEA put it. >> > >> So it's not shaped like a pair of pants or anything, then? >> >Does it include skidmarks? > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!
Tony Rickard 28 Apr 2000 21:03 UTC#274560
> > It's just a test bed for the physics as GPLEA put it. > > > So it's not shaped like a pair of pants or anything, then? >Does it include skidmarks?
ymenard 28 Apr 2000 22:01 UTC#274581
"Tim O." <[email hidden]> wrote > It's a tiny little high-banked circle track. > If it was made for any other sim, the people playing it would probably > be calling it a piece of crap. Yep, but since GPL use the new game engine by Papyrus, ANY type of track has it's fun. Nothing else... It's the game engine, plus the era of those cars. Any track will be fun. ANY. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
Ed Solheim 28 Apr 2000 22:58 UTC#274569
Tim O. wrote: > > >Sorry, I haven't heard anything about it, but heard it mentioned a coupleof > >times... Ok, I have heard about it, but I don't know what it is. How's > >that? Actually the Pants Ring started out as a "test-track"... I needed something simple and easy to test new 3do-objects in... so I asked Phil create a short oval for me. And before anyone knew anything... we had a nice little track.. wilch was fun as hell to race around... So eventually we decided to release it - as a joke! :-) > It's a tiny little high-banked circle track. > If it was made for any other sim, the people playing it would probably > be calling it a piece of crap. > > Emperors New Clothes? Naaah.... you'll find them at http://www.gpl.netti.nu/current.html <VBG!> -- All the best, Ed Solheim ** Proud member of the GPLEA ** (Remove SPAM-GUARD in address to reply)
Andre Warringa 28 Apr 2000 23:31 UTC#274447
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:01:05 GMT, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Yep, but since GPL use the new game engine by Papyrus, ANY type of track has >it's fun. Nothing else... It's the game engine, plus the era of those >cars. Any track will be fun. ANY. But I thought everybody hates Mexico... Andre
Dean Williams 28 Apr 2000 23:36 UTC#274516
Oh my god Tony! I nearly wet myslef I laughed so hard. I spit pop all over the monitor. Tony Rickard wrote in message ...
Quoted text (7 lines)>> > It's just a test bed for the physics as GPLEA put it. >> > >> So it's not shaped like a pair of pants or anything, then? >> >Does it include skidmarks? > >
sudesh 29 Apr 2000#274448
Hey i like any track aswell, can't drive worth a dime though.......... Sudesh Andre Warringa wrote:
Quoted text (10 lines)> On Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:01:05 GMT, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Yep, but since GPL use the new game engine by Papyrus, ANY type of track has > >it's fun. Nothing else... It's the game engine, plus the era of those > >cars. Any track will be fun. ANY. > > But I thought everybody hates Mexico... > > Andre
Tony Rickard 29 Apr 2000 07:57 UTC#274391
Good job I didn't ask if it included marbles then? "Dean Williams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:MfpO4.3151$[email hidden]... > Oh my god Tony! I nearly wet myslef I laughed so hard. I spit pop allover
Quoted text (12 lines)> the monitor. > > Tony Rickard wrote in message ... > >> > It's just a test bed for the physics as GPLEA put it. > >> > > >> So it's not shaped like a pair of pants or anything, then? > >> > >Does it include skidmarks? > > > > > >
EldredP 30 Apr 2000#274220
In article <[email hidden]>, Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> writes:
Quoted text (10 lines)>On Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:01:05 GMT, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> >wrote: > >>Yep, but since GPL use the new game engine by Papyrus, ANY type of track has >>it's fun. Nothing else... It's the game engine, plus the era of those >>cars. Any track will be fun. ANY. > >But I thought everybody hates Mexico... > >Andre
I thought I was the ONLY one who hated Mexico...and Zandvoort...and Mosport...<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.
Arto Wikla 30 Apr 2000 00:25 UTC#274226
>I thought I was the ONLY one who hated Mexico...and Zandvoort...and >Mosport...<g> Zandvoort and Mosport are great! :-) Arto
Ace 30 Apr 2000 23:12 UTC#274077
Arto Wikla <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:wikla.957054228@rullouri... > >I thought I was the ONLY one who hated Mexico...and Zandvoort...and > >Mosport...<g> > > Zandvoort and Mosport are great! :-) > > Arto Too bloody right. Zandvoort and Mosport are pure fun. I love to see how far I can swing the tail out on each corner rather than actually get a quick time.
EldredP 02 May 2000#273572
In article <8eielh$hs4$[email hidden]>, "Ace" <[email hidden]> writes:
Quoted text (12 lines)>Arto Wikla <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:wikla.957054228@rullouri... >> >I thought I was the ONLY one who hated Mexico...and Zandvoort...and >> >Mosport...<g> >> >> Zandvoort and Mosport are great! :-) >> >> Arto > >Too bloody right. Zandvoort and Mosport are pure fun. I love to see how far >I can swing the tail out on each corner rather than actually get a quick >time.
Fun?!? You, sir, are a masochist... Don't worry - I can swing the tail out like a hula dancer. Doesn't make for quick times, though.<g> -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.
EldredP 02 May 2000#524881
writes:
Quoted text (10 lines)>> >I thought I was the ONLY one who hated Mexico...and Zandvoort...and >> >Mosport...<g> >> Zandvoort and Mosport are great! :-) >> Arto >Too ***y right. Zandvoort and Mosport are pure fun. I love to see how far >I can swing the tail out on each corner rather than actually get a quick >time.
Fun?!? You, sir, are a ***... Don't worry - I can swing the tail out like a hula dancer. Doesn't make for quick times, though.<g> -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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