To celebrate the awesomeness of FIVE YEARS of Giant Snail Racing in Second Life this show included all kinds of tech issues and problems - a fitting tribute to the races of yesteryear and all the crazy fun. Congratulations to RacerX Gullwing for his amazing talent and dedication.
Reply from RacerX Gullwing on 7 March 2010.
Well were at Hawthorne NOW. Like it or not Firesabre needs to close their sims to the public tomorrow. Anyway I'll still be allowed in to grab everything we need to get the track moved to Hawthorne. Were not getting a couple weeks to build a new track. So well be using that test track till we rebuild. This should be interesting. Well be getting the land terraformed soon then we can start trying to adjust the track around to fit the terrain.
Reply from Gareth8 Albatros on 8 March 2010.
Just as well we had had a test then :)
One thing I meant to mention was the scoreboard lag. I touched it and it moved me to my starting position straight away, but it took ages to offer me a scarf and my name wouldn't appear. I didn't know whether to wait for it, or touch it again. I thought that would mean I'd have to wait even longer. Anyway, tried touching it about 8 times and it eventually appeared :)
Reply from Gareth8 Albatros on 20 February 2010.
Like the idea of spectators hooking into the treet cam; sounds cool :) and I guess being on the mainland *and* on the ground means more people will discover the track and the races, which can only be a good thing!
Oh, and no more danger of falling off the course, either...which I'll miss, in a way :)
Reply from RacerX Gullwing on 21 February 2010.
Well we only managed to get around 25 Avatars to come and do the test race at Hawthorne. It seemed to go really well but we often get closer to 40 Avatars at actual races and I think everyone knows that the difference between 25 and 40 avatars in a sim is pretty major. So we really need to figure out how to get at least 35 avatars to the test and see if everything still works.
Reply from Gareth8 Albatros on 22 February 2010.
How about we put an appeal out for volunteers out on the official forum? They seem quite a friendly bunch on there :)
Alternatively, if anyone knew a large, easy-going group maybe they could put out an appeal in a group IM. Might be a danger of being kicked out for spamming, though.
As a last resort we could bribe newbies at welcome areas :)
Reply from RacerX Gullwing on 22 February 2010.
Well next week were going to try to take everyone to the new course before the Saturday races for a test while we still have nearly 40 people there. If all goes well the following week well do an official race at the new course. If that goes OK well start work on a brand new course there in Hawthorne and hopefully have it ready to go a few weeks after that.
Reply from waelya Tenk on 9 February 2010.
One of the best final of races i saw it! great great final race!, so sad Tindy was going to win her first final race.. and in last last moment... from the top of the ramp...
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/clips/giantsnails6feb10
you can see first she bounce with a small fireball maybe... and then a cow hit she hard hard while she was floating in air... sending she down... just 5 seconds more and she was going to cross goal... anyway good done Tindy! next week!
and i agree yes!! congrats you all making a really nice show!!
Reply from Gareth8 Albatros on 12 February 2010.
Hello all :)
I still can't quite believe how I managed to win that race; coming out of the maze I was in sixth position! Then things went in my favour: Poor Tindallia was knocked off the ramp; Waelya suffered piston failure, as did Spoof; Baldi and Maximus both decided to go straight up the ramp, and I had no choice except to cross my fingers and try the piston, which worked for me.
I'm not sure I'll be that lucky again; I must have used a season's worth in that race alone :)
Reply from waelya Tenk on 12 February 2010.
yay Gareth! cross the goal in first position not always easy!! you maked a nice great final race at the hell! congrats!
Reply from Wiz Nordberg on 11 February 2010.
Racer, RFL is important, you might want to blog about it. Remember that you are a VIP blogger and that means they appear on the front page. Or maybe we should create a forum for it. HMMM.... maybe I will do that.
Reply from Wiz Nordberg on 28 January 2010.
We have a "hidden feature" on the site to create "clips" from shows. It's really cool, but has a bug or two in it. Maybe if we can create a few favorite moments (3 or so?) I will create some quick clips and show you how it works. Clips are just like regular shows, they pop up, can be played, embedded, etc.
Maybe everyone here can be alpha testers for it!
If it works out, everybody can create their own clips.
Reply from RacerX Gullwing on 29 January 2010.
Steam Punk
How about 41:41 to 42:13
Where the spring fails and Industria decides to go the long way and Baldi gets it to work just in time to pass.
Baldi springs ahead
oh and a few secs later at 42:38 42:55 when my camera script malfunctions and starts trying to show where every snail is at once
Camera madness
Reply from waelya Tenk on 29 January 2010.
haha that about your camera crazy comments by lilbunn is really funny too :)
Reply from waelya Tenk on 29 January 2010.
Steampunk
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/steampunk
and another one maybe this 39.46 - 39.58
i get lost in maze walls of checkpoint 3 while all rest snails go ahead, i keep doing laps searching the exit
Reply from waelya Tenk on 2 February 2010.
Be a good sport
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/giantsnails30jan10
7.15 to 7.27
look a snail have a colission in air... i think is Jyrgen touch in air with another snail.. and fall off. Snails collisions are really rare to happen in races.. but actually with the new springs happen a lot in first lap when all snails going same time into the first springs... some of them collision in air after go high. If you are a snail of races and you reading this next time try to go into the spring in diferent place far of another snail...
Reply from waelya Tenk on 3 February 2010.
Be a good sport
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/giantsnails30jan10
4.55 to 5.10 and 31.20 to 31.32
love you Salem! she always trying her best to say names of snails racing, not always a easy work... :)
Reply from waelya Tenk on 5 February 2010.
DrFran escargotlogist doing factoids in draws of Racer compemdium
7 march 09
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep075
15.43 to 17.19
28.27 to 29.16
41.12 to 42.12
23 may 09
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep085
12.35 to 13.20
23.12 to 24.20
35.03 to 36.15
Reply from waelya Tenk on 5 February 2010.
Snail view in a race, done by Kiwi in the old track.
11 July 09
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep092
13.28 to 15.50
Reply from Baldi McMillan on 5 February 2010.
;-)
Wonderful to have the times for the events! this is rapidly becoming one of my favorite sites! I will have to run through more soon to find my favorites to share! TY for sharing waelya!
Reply from waelya Tenk on 7 February 2010.
Exciting final of race; one of the best moment in a day of snail races is when in the Final Race of the day, snails are crossing goal really close to win. Check it some of this great final of race.
23 Aug 08
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep050
51.41 to 51.56
17 Jan 09
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep068
53.30 to 53.40
4 Apr 09
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep078
46.31 to 46.43
25 Apr 09
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep081
46.07 to 46.19
4 Jul 09
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep091
54.22 to 54.34
15 Aug 09
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep096
44.00 to 44.15
100th Episode
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep100
40.22 to 40.35
Halloween 09
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep107
54.20 to 54.40
The Matrix Show
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep109
39.36 to 39.52
Formal dress
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep114
59.53 to 1.00.07
Reply from waelya Tenk on 9 February 2010.
Halloween 09
Salem trying her best while Racer cant stop of disturb
Srry it took so long to reply.O.o Been playin...Credit for all of these must go to others as very little was created by me!.png "Me!")
Me!.jpg "Tiny Snail")
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Matricks.jpg "Hairy Potty")
Hairy Potty.jpg "SteamPunk")
SteamPunk.jpg "Halloween Snail")
Halloween Snail.jpg "Poe Lease!")
Poe Lease!.jpg "Pirate!")
Pirate!.jpg "RFL Snail")
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Future Snail
Limited Edition RFL Tiny Snail w/Kitchen Sink By Pat Patrucci!
First off RacerX Gulwing!! WOOT and Cheers! The rest in no special order but all have my respect, admiration, thanks, and Love,..wealya Tenk, Salem Sella (THE Grids bestest Giant Racing Snail Pimper!), Bloodsong Termagant, Noramyr Gulwing, and Peter2 Veliz!
I hope this prods others to post in this thread as well as inspires others to become Giant Snail Racers!! Now its up to YOU! Get Your Snail On!
how cool Baldi!! haha this is my snail.. usually racing with the same... i am so bad pimp my shell... anyway i love it!
Salem, you should post a few photos of the RFL Limited Edition snail. In fact, I wonder if we should promote selling 100 of them on the show "for as long as supplies last". I just don't think many people appreciate how cool and amazing those are!!!
yes, that was a great snail version! and well, what about all your special snails? iron snail... starwar snail... tombraidesnail.. please :)
Last Year's Shell by Pat ---
This is the 2009 Limited Edition RFL Tiny Snail w/Kitchen created by Pat Patrucci of Sci-Fan Tech.
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Her imaginative designing placed a very tiny home in an already small avatar.
This small home had a living room with attention to detail, the coffee table even had playing cards on it.
The Living room also had a working Treet television inside
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It also had a full kitchen with Microwave.
Pat also build in a small bedroom and if that was not enough...
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It also had a bathroom! Something you do not usually find an most Second Life Homes!
Pat has told me that she likes it that her work was recognized and many people loved it. That is why I am going to be going to Pat Patricci again for the 2010 Tiny Shell for the Relay for Life.
What wonder will we find inside the small shell this year? Only time will tell.
NOTE: When you insert your images, if you set the alignment to "center" or "none" instead of left/right, then they won't format the way they have for you. I noticed you had to put a bunch of hyphens in to get it the way you wanted. Let me know if you want it to work differently! I'll try and change things if I can.
When you set it to "left" or "right", then it "floats" the image around your paragraph.
You don't need to go back and reinsert them either, if you look in your posting, you can see where it just says "align=left" and you can just go in and change it to "align=center" or "align=none".
and here can see good that great tyni snail version
http://treet.tv/shows/snailraces/episodes/ep093
go to 19.35 to 20.17
I show off my RFL snail whenever I can...It always gets oohs and ahhs. Truly a classic snail!
This is my first proper attempt at pimping my snail; I'm not much of a builder, you see. It was fun to do, though; I'll look forward to doing more in future :)
I thought it rocked !!! Congrats again on the win!
Thanks, Baldi. I actually took inspiration from your hat :)
I thought, "What can I do for a 'test' theme?", then I thought, "Well, test tubes, of course!" And seeing how the track is not fully tested yet, how about a hard hat for good measure :)
It's taken me a bit to finally take pictures of my various theme snails, always seam to be busy with something. However, I've finally made the time and gotten it done.
Of course every new snail race theme means I'll likely be making a new snail to go with it. These are far from the last pimped out snails I'll have, more to come
Great pics, Tindallia. You'll have to post your circus one :)
Actually I took pictures of the circus themed one too, but with uploading all the pictures, I missed that one....so here it is. :)