Round 7: Pre-Race Discussion

[DeadWolfBones]

Hello drivers and managers!

Attached is the layout for round 7 at South City Long. As you'll see, I've done away with the excessive pit lane cones in favor of something a bit simpler. Pit entry and exit are pretty simple as well, and there's not really any portion of the circuit susceptible to cutting, so there are no worries there.

I'm looking forward to this race! Hope you all are as well. :)

[Makao]

DWB, where is the drivers' meeting thread? :scratchch

[BenjiMC]

This be the substitution :p

[zeugnimod]

Will the race be broadcasted, Benji? :tilt:

[BenjiMC]

Umm yes, but possibly without commentary. So if anyone has 4 hours spare :p

[zeugnimod]

Get Astra to do it. :razz:

Still better than nothing. Will you just let it run with LFS TV Director?

[BenjiMC]

I am gonna PM him now. And i dunno how it will be broadcasted regarding director.

[Kid222]

Yes! for stream. Wanna see this one, with commentary or without it.

Yes, long saturday, i am already bored.:schwitz:

[Dragonmen]

What is required by the person to be able to be a commentator?

I did this job for a TV station back when we had a Serbian LFS Community and when our races were broadcast live on TV on primetime ;) :tilt:

[DeadWolfBones]

Sorry, was doing full time hard labor this week. Didn't really get a chance to write up the drivers' meeting.

So let me just say:

1. Don't wreck each other.

2. Drive smart.

3. Be careful getting out of the pits.

4. You're gonna be on camera, so look pretty.

5. Walls hurt, so stay off of them.

Good luck!

[Makao]

Wind? Weather? :)

[CSF]

3. Be careful getting out of the pits.




Quick question about that.

When exiting the pits, when can you pull back to the racing line? :) Do you have to stay tight?

[DeadWolfBones]

Quick question about that.

When exiting the pits, when can you pull back to the racing line? :) Do you have to stay tight?

See layout.

After you pass the poles you can do whatever you want, but overly aggressive/stupid driving may result in penalties.

[DeadWolfBones]

Wind? Weather? :)

No wind. Weather as described in the schedule (clear day).

[BenjiMC]

What is required by the person to be able to be a commentator?

I did this job for a TV station back when we had a Serbian LFS Community and when our races were broadcast live on TV on primetime ;) :tilt:

Someone that can speak English preferably.

[Dragonmen]

Someone that can speak English preferably.

:D

I might help on a last race of season if no one is available.

Thought about trying now but I'm unprepared and still having sore throat from the Belgrade Beer Festival (http://www.belgradebeerfest.com/) a week ago... (drinking and singing with great bands) :schwitz:

[BenjiMC]

Thats ok. We won't have a commentator so chances are theres no stream today. But next race ;).

[JasonL220]

Thats ok. We won't have a commentator so chances are theres no stream today. But next race ;).

:(

[Dragonmen]

Why not let stream without commentator? :shrug:

[BenjiMC]

Not much point really. A marshal will be running the stream so we decided it's better to have him as a full time marshal.

[pearcy_2k7]

STREAMM... None of us care too much about a commentator, just want to watch the action and not on remote.

[hyntty]

hmmm... I'm planning on streaming an event at 19:00 utc.

I could include some endurance racing, for say 3,5 hours worth of. I believe astra said he'd be available tonight...

[BenjiMC]

hmmm... I'm planning on streaming an event at 19:00 utc.

I could include some endurance racing, for say 3,5 hours worth of. I believe astra said he'd be available tonight...

Astra isn't available. How would you be able to stream?

[JO53PHS]

http://lsd.fragmaster.net:81/onegp

On that ^


It's currently showing the LFS Beginners Cup server, but we can change that :smileypul

(Excuse the cheesy Fragmaster advert :schwitz:)

[BenjiMC]

Would i be able to speak to one of you guys on msn or IRC?

[hyntty]

Astra isn't available. How would you be able to stream?

well, there's always ddekojester (=Jonathan Palmer).

And I can try asnd not suck at english myself.

EDIT, hyntty (at) passport.net

[BenjiMC]

OK ty, we have a commentator lined up.

[hyntty]

well please join ventrilo server vt.fragmaster.net. port is 3808. My name is Timo, also look for deko

[Dragonmen]

Yeeeeeey we have a stream :D :thumb:

Do we? :D

[CSF]

Uhoh... server crash...

[JO53PHS]

LFS Server Crash?

Oh dear oh dear :schwitz:

[baSh0r]

the voice in the stream makes my head ache it is so much too loud.

[Kid222]

Man, that was HUGE crash! Shame my czech fellas are suffering most of all from that.:( They were that flying car probably.

[CSF]

Erm... the audio feed sounds like they are talking through a helium baloon...

[zeugnimod]

Can you see something that I can't?

The only thing I see over and over again is that horrible FM advert. :schwitz:

[kamo2000]

I have black screen all the time in all browsers without sound.. What's wrong?

[BreadC]

car 12 reversing down the track trying to spin back round and causes a wreck lol... your supposed to wait until whole field gone by!

[zeugnimod]

I want the stream to work. :(

[pearcy_2k7]

At least you get something, i get "Cannot display this webpage" :( orgeroiirnboiprnegeorinbetbpniobmponi!!!111

[R.Kolz]

http://lsd.fragmaster.net:81/onegp

Works like a charm here in WMP.

[zeugnimod]

I tried WMP now and that works. :thumbsup:

Who thinks of using WMP when he has VLC and Winamp? :x

[pearcy_2k7]

So your supposed to paste the URL somewhere in WMP? Where?

EDIT: zeuginob stop ranting and tell me what to do :D

[zeugnimod]

So your supposed to paste the URL somewhere in WMP? Where?

Open URL...

Quite obvious. :D

[pearcy_2k7]

Looks a bit more complicated than that!

[BreadC]

right click next to now playing file open url

[zeugnimod]

Vista sucks. :D

[Mischief007]

File --> Open URL

[BreadC]

can somebody pm me tracker link thanks

[pearcy_2k7]

Yah i pasted it in now its says cannot display, something about i need to change my proxy settings :shrug:

Someone help the noob please.. ^^^

[Starblue]

can somebody pm me tracker link thanks
Official tracker link: http://host.lucidstudios.co.uk/~dbpserve/igtc/ (http://host.lucidstudios.co.uk/%7Edbpserve/igtc/) :)

[BreadC]

Official tracker link: http://host.lucidstudios.co.uk/~dbpserve/igtc/ (http://host.lucidstudios.co.uk/%7Edbpserve/igtc/) :)

ok thank you :)

[baSh0r]

At N I K I's place in our Team (in the tracker) his name is missing.

" N. Đaković "

[pearcy_2k7]

Computer is going out of the window in approximately 1 min 16 seconds... :x

[Locovich]

Nice stream, i´m enjoying it! Congrats!:thumb:

[pearcy_2k7]

FFS i predict awesome battle between duck and hawku and i can't even watch the stream! :(

[JO53PHS]

http://newdimensionracing.synthasite.com/ndr-tv.php


Try that.

[evilpimp]

http://newdimensionracing.synthasite.com/ndr-tv.php

Try that pearcy quick. 2 mins left.!

[pearcy_2k7]

Missed it, was too busy screaming on remote for duck to move his ass, doesn't work on my pc (XP) or the one downstairs (vista) :shrug: Tried that link now and its doesn't work but stream might have ended.

[JO53PHS]

Yeah, the stream ended about 17 minutes ago :D

[evilpimp]

Stream has indeed ended but it works for me at my moms (vista) were I was watching right now and at my dads (XP)..

[BreadC]

if you all wanna see the most retarded driving ever..

watch lap 61 (car 15, 1 hour 38min 20 sec)

and laugh :) i picked up towel wiped off sweat and did not keep looking at screen..

i never made THAT mistake again :D

[pearcy_2k7]

It said my proxy settings aren't right and it asks me for web help or to close. Maybe its my connection or something (3.6 mb/s?)

[evilpimp]

Meh I'm no expert in that kinda stuff.

[JO53PHS]

It said my proxy settings aren't right and it asks me for web help or to close. Maybe its my connection or something (3.6 mb/s?)

Is this when you try to go to http://lsd.fragmaster.net:81/onegp?

It will give you that error when there is nothing being broadcasted

[pearcy_2k7]

But there was, its was in the middle of the race...

[hyntty]

here is the complete recording of the livestream. I'll try and edit it later. Hope you've got fast internets :tilt:

http://files.filefront.com/igtcr7+bcr3+wmv/;11656742;/fileinfo.html

[JO53PHS]

Could you not have compressed it or something? :schwitz:

[hyntty]

A wmv file is compressed you moron. It's just a very poor compression codec (if that's the right word)

[[DUcK]]

lol 'you moron'! yeah joshephs you fakn moron :D

[JO53PHS]

But couldn't you have compressed it again, nub :scratchch

[DeadWolfBones]

Looks pretty compressed to me, frankly. :x

[JO53PHS]

I suppose so :D

[dekojester]

By the way - I hope everyone who's gotten to see the broadcast enjoyed it ! I'd love to stream the final round, if you'd all like that as well.

d

[Bean0]

By the way - I hope everyone who's gotten to see the broadcast enjoyed it ! I'd love to stream the final round, if you'd all like that as well.

d

I enjoyed it a lot, and I hope you do the final round as well.

[DeadWolfBones]

I really liked what I saw of it, deko. Could have benefitted from commentators who knew more about the league/the teams competing, but overall it was a great effort on short notice. :thumbsup:

[dekojester]

I really liked what I saw of it, deko. Could have benefitted from commentators who knew more about the league/the teams competing, but overall it was a great effort on short notice. :thumbsup:

Well, let's see, the race started at about 2:45 my time.

I get back from errands about 2:05, get into Ventrilo, and Timo says, "deko, we're broadcasting IGTC before adn after LFSBC, and you're commentating." I reply, "You want me to announce on IGTC ?" He says, "Yes." I say, "ooooo.....kayy." and go to IGTC website and skim the rules so I know a basic bit, and of course, doing this while I do some briefing to the LFSBC racers, and the come in with abotu 5 minutes left in IGTC qualifying. I spent most of that time hunting the Tracker link. :-)

But yeah, I usually spend the better part of a week or more preparing to announce anything I commentate on, so that I don't sound like a total hack. So, having time to do proper research, and maybe some Q&As, I'll be better. Also would help not having to leave to do other event. :-)

d

[DeadWolfBones]

There's a pretty good chance we'll have a shiny new broadcasting method for the final round, so you have that to look forward to.

[dekojester]

There's a pretty good chance we'll have a shiny new broadcasting method for the final round, so you have that to look forward to.

Ooooooo ! Shiny !

Yeah, I know the quality of the WMV sucks. I prefered the Flash method better...might have to talk to Mr Failure of FM about that. I did very much enjoy commentating on what I could, and would enjoy doing it again for Round 8 (after being more prepared, too)

d

[Myros]

dekojester[/LEFT];912655]By the way - I hope everyone who's gotten to see the broadcast enjoyed it ! I'd love to stream the final round, if you'd all like that as well.

dI enjoyed good work.:thumb:

[hyntty]

Ooooooo ! Shiny !

Yeah, I know the quality of the WMV sucks. I prefered the Flash method better...might have to talk to Mr Failure of FM about that.
d

This isn't completely accurate. It might be a little better but there's not much difference. The initial problem is the hardware: A computer powerful enough to deliver a good quality stream (+ a computer powerful enough to run LFS nicely) is quite costly :scratchch