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I was an Anti-Grav Racing Hero

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SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight3878 Posts
September 30 2012 23:20 GMT
#1
For the sixteen years, I honed myself. I inhabited a fragile case hurling through a world of neon and concrete, but I would survive it one twisted track at a time, pulse racing.

I familiarised myself with Sol 2's skyway, a track suspended in the endless blue of the atmosphere, suffused with a sunlight that seemed only to grow softer and brighter with the passing years. I forced myself to acclimate to strange, magnetised tracks, and the vertiginous sweep of the hundred foot drop that was the first right turn on Modesto.

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This was the first time in years I looked at a videogame and thought, "This is beauty."


Over the years, I developed a level of intimacy I imagine few will ever know. I learned which portions of which tracks might be used in confunction with which ship's engines to whip into a jump that bisected tracks, cutting total times in half. The ground would sprawl below, the ship clipping awkwardly here and there before being flung to the ground, miles ahead of the competition. This was real racing.

I learned to dodge incoming homing missiles, first at low speeds with tricky shunts of air brakes, but later, as it chased me down a straight at half a thousand kilometers an hourlike some unshakeable predator, with a sharp deceleration on the way into a corner that would send the red swirl of its contrail glittering past me as it ricocheted down the track.

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Sure, she's showing her age now, but I'm sure she'd make the Kessel Run in like... super few parsecs.


As bombs blossomed into hemispherical gushes of light and smoke, I'd whip through and cross my fingers in hope that there'd be nothing in there to collide with, bursting through to the belt of neon and sunlight on the other side. The exhilaration was unmatched.

Studio Liverpool has closed, so I suppose I've played my last Wipeout game. I'd have felt sickened by the news, but I left my stomach in that sharp left bank in the tunnel that runs beneath the aquarium on Vineta K, only the bluest band of sunlight filtering through to the track below to fall in waves and ripples across the track.

I spent years learning to time the flips to the rear view in the heartbeat after the pilot-assist issued the warning of "MISSILE" to make some effort to jink between the spreading projectiles, only to find that the last race is ended.

I was an anti-grav racing hero. Trained for years for a sport I would never live to see.

It was never to be. It was too beautiful, too pure.



QUAKE
MINES
MISSILE
PLASMA
BOMB
LEACH BEAM

GOODNIGHT


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GTPGlitch
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
4555 Posts
September 30 2012 23:25 GMT
#2
TT wipeout <3 <3 <3

Actually started playing it a few weeks ago after leaving it dry for 2 years or so-still an awesome game :d
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StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13608 Posts
September 30 2012 23:34 GMT
#3
Is anyone else reading this in SirJolts voice?

aww so good lol
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3796 Posts
September 30 2012 23:44 GMT
#4
On October 01 2012 08:34 StorrZerg wrote:
Is anyone else reading this in SirJolts voice?

aww so good lol

Link to his voice please.
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tec27
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States3477 Posts
September 30 2012 23:53 GMT
#5
SirJolt should just include a link to an audio version of the post in every blog he makes
Can you jam with the console cowboys in cyberspace?
amazingxkcd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
GRAND OLD AMERICA15736 Posts
September 30 2012 23:55 GMT
#6
T_T wipeout. Best game I've ever played for the console
The world is burning and you rather be on this terrible website discussing video games and your shallow feelings
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13608 Posts
September 30 2012 23:59 GMT
#7
On October 01 2012 08:44 Azera wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 01 2012 08:34 StorrZerg wrote:
Is anyone else reading this in SirJolts voice?

aww so good lol

Link to his voice please.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=371856
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight3878 Posts
October 01 2012 00:00 GMT
#8
On October 01 2012 08:44 Azera wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 01 2012 08:34 StorrZerg wrote:
Is anyone else reading this in SirJolts voice?

aww so good lol

Link to his voice please.


You can hear me, Kiante, and HawaiianPig commentate the best Brood War league running at the moment, the Torenhire StarLeague
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Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam8357 Posts
October 01 2012 00:31 GMT
#9
So what game you're talking about?. Yes I did read the post.
itsjustatank
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Hong Kong9047 Posts
October 01 2012 01:16 GMT
#10
On October 01 2012 09:31 Garnet wrote:
So what game you're talking about?. Yes I did read the post.

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Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States11057 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-01 01:21:54
October 01 2012 01:21 GMT
#11
Ohh dangggg wipeout HD.....for the PS3, dang I remember that :O (though of course there was the entire series before that, but I do remember the PS3 store version quite vividly....I think when I just got it). Good stuff.

And SirJolt ballin' it up. You're really good at writing >.<
Jim while Johnny had had had had had had had; had had had had the better effect on the teacher.
Maxd11
Profile Joined July 2011
United States677 Posts
October 01 2012 01:52 GMT
#12
On October 01 2012 10:16 itsjustatank wrote:
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On October 01 2012 09:31 Garnet wrote:
So what game you're talking about?. Yes I did read the post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuuzhdwnZH4

Damn. That's fast.
I looked in the mirror and saw biupilm69t
intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9910 Posts
October 01 2012 02:28 GMT
#13
so beauty;;
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Ziken
Profile Joined August 2010
Ghana1046 Posts
October 01 2012 03:40 GMT
#14
Wipeout <33333333 Such an amazing game, easily one of my all time favorite racers. Wp Jolt, Wp.
Every misfortune is a blessing in disguise.
looknohands119
Profile Joined March 2010
United States814 Posts
October 01 2012 05:08 GMT
#15
Jolt, once again, your writing is awesome my friend. There a few games in my past that I think, had they ever been given a chance, could have been deep and complex e-Sports.
"The kingdom of the heavens is buried treasure. Would you sell yourself to buy the one you've found?" - Jon Foreman ('Your Love Is Strong' - Spring EP)
cskalias.pbe
Profile Joined April 2010
United States279 Posts
October 01 2012 05:44 GMT
#16
I got the first wipeout when the original Playstation came out. It's basically the reason why I became an electronic dance music fan. The second game , Wipeout XL was groundbreaking. It featured popular artists as part of the soundtrack (underworld, prodigy, chemical brothers!), as well as a red bull sponsorship (back in 96!), and external design work from Designer's Republic (you have these guys to thank for all the cool symbols related to the pick-ups and team logos). I dabbled in the other wipeouts, and I'm just happy that there are some people here that love the series like I do
Stratos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Czech Republic6104 Posts
October 01 2012 05:46 GMT
#17
I was a hero on this

damn
En Taro Violet
Vaelone
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Finland2405 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-01 06:21:34
October 01 2012 06:21 GMT
#18
I never really got into Wipeout's, got the HD pack for free when Sony gave away some free games after they had those security issues. I did pick up a Vita last week and downloaded the game other day, might be good fun on that.

On October 01 2012 14:46 Stratos wrote:
I was a hero on this
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiTWIDbD8Q4

damn


Thats like the only game I ever saw my mother play, whole family competing for top times was awesome.
Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6056 Posts
October 01 2012 08:00 GMT
#19
On October 01 2012 08:34 StorrZerg wrote:
Is anyone else reading this in SirJolts voice?

aww so good lol


I do this with everything
Moderator@TLPholon // "I need a third hand to facepalm right now"
Brett
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Australia3816 Posts
October 01 2012 09:39 GMT
#20
Wipeout was fucking fun.

Miss those childhood days fanging around corners, shooting missles and grooving to some nice trance
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