Ah okay. Thought you were using a Sinistra
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DEADLINE IS IN 8 HOURS
PLEASE SUBMIT ANY ENTRIES OR RE-SUBS NOW
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I’m excited already. Team Shift Happens will be in this as long as we can be, and if luck is in my favor, I’ll be writing my side-story to the very end.
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And I just finished building Fruinia in TPF2 (see #gameworld channel on Discord, if interested), so I should be able to stage some interesting environmental things for Team Ecowareness. (Archana has been completed for a while.)
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The games may(be) begin (for my team, dialogue-less for this part because mobile.)
The Challenge. Chapter one, Part IV.
To Archana, Maybe Krongrad!(Pending)
As the time for the race got bumped by 2 weeks, well. 2 weeks ago. The team finally finished waiting the eighth hour to zero time.
The car, known for being an old persons car in a certain trim package. Maybe the no tachometer car may prove a challenge, but before the invention of the tachometer. But this is a 90s hatchback. With most options. But the driver hasn’t driven anything without a tachometer for so long
This being no exception for Team slow as their car did not come with a tachometer due to the previous owner cheapening out, All of the 60 something horsepower comes out as the team start the trip to Archana shortly. (I don’t know if I can imply we’ve started making our way there.)
*Not long later, the seat John was sitting in comes out the broken rails missing the stoppers from deterioration and abuse, coming with a damnit! as he falls right into the back of the car, a clang from some metal objects in the back later, the car is stopped to screw the seat in hard after coming back to the check in area.
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Team Shift Happens
Team Information and Story Start
@lotto77 and @Knugcab , I’m tagging both of you because I’m not sure the edited-in tags worked in the last post. Both of your teams have an offer. For Team Good Things, it’s a jug of high-proof moonshine being offered by Kayden, Kaylie, and Rukari, in trade for some beers. For Team Hillbilly Rollers, Malavera is offering the same kind of moonshine, though no trade offer was yet made.
While Team Shift Happens is trying to trade moonshine to other teams, Marena, Fruinia, the Race Check-In Area
Malavera glared at Spots as the leopard yanked the leash hard this time while Malavera was still making his way over to team Hillbilly Rollers with his can of 190-proof alcohol in his other hand. This time, however, the leash clip snapped, unleashing the leopard in the middle of the parking lot.
Spots, now free to roam on his own, first made a mad dash across the lot back toward the Bricksley Familystar, leaving Malavera standing there and staring at him as the two-headed Khalan tried his best to decide what to do.
Malavera sighed. “Right,” he grumbled to himself, “that’s the last damn time I ignore Rukari saying Spots’ leash wasn’t strong enough.”
Spots, meanwhile, was having fun, sprinting past many of the other teams’ tents, his blue collar standing out quite visibly from his spotted pelt, and his metal name-tag jingling in a fair warning of his approach. This, thankfully, made it very obvious as to where Spots was, which kept people from being hit or pounced on by an enthusiastic, if mostly-tame leopard.
Rukari looked over at the chaos, politely excused himself from the goings-on with Team Good Things, and headed back to the Bricksley to grab a spare leash and a large fish to use as cat bait.
(OOC: A bit of a nothing post while we wait, essentially. If any teams want to be disrupted by the wild cat chase, feel free to write it in if you want to. Spots won’t hurt anyone, but he is big enough to knock people over. Basically, picture Spots as your average house-cat, just he happens to be a leopard. This also serves as a post to let me try tagging the two already-mentioned people in case they’ve missed the previous post where I tried tagging in an edit.)
I’ve been busy RPing on Discord lately so I did put this on hold since it seemed to be somewhat far away, will try to answer soon.
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Ended up making edits to my post to mostly avoid the implication the race was going to begin straight to Archana straight away.
2016
SOMEWHERE IN FRUINIA
TEAM HILLBILLY ROLLERS: PRE-RACE
Still being a quite new-ish car with relatively few kilometers on the odometer, getting the Saarland InterCity to the starting line had not been much of a struggle, even if there had been more comfortable trips in the history of the automobile. Our, ehm…friends? actually arrived quite early and watched some of the participants rolling in.
MARIE: What do you guys think about our chances?
ANDREAS: Chances? We arrived here with a goddamned Saarland InterCity! What chances?
JANNE: Well, this is hardly Paris-Dakar, right? I see that most of the contestants has the same approach as we have anyway. Lots of small city runabouts overloaded with crap.
M: Their cars are overloaded with crap, our car IS crap, that is the difference.
A: I would rather have had that Bricksley to be honest, that somehow reminds me of a real car and not a fucking tent on wheels!
M: Speaking about the Bricksley, why are the people surrounding it such weirdos?
A: You’re really not in the position where you could accuse someone for being a weirdo. Look yourself in the mirro…
PUNCH!
J: Well, some people see contests like this as a chance to be role playing very hard I guess. Probably they dress up like werewolves and what not…
M: You mean like in some bizarre kind of porn?
J: Not really that, think more of it like some kind of LARP or something…
M: What genre of porn is LARP? Never heard that name before… What is it a short for?
A: Just shut up the two of you. It seems like the werewolf weirdo from the Bricksley is approaching us. I wonder what he…or she…or it…wants? Or rather, I think that I know, he think that the two of you sounds like a pack of fighting chihuahuas and wants you to keep quiet, I can almost bet on that.
@Madrias
(Also, sorry for subpar RP but doing good writeups and RPing in a language I suck at just felt too hard after a week with much work and no sleep, but I felt that I had to write something at least, we’ll see if I can do it better next time, I hope it was good enough to answer anyway)
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Part V: The Challenge. Still in pre-race, Asking for parts. Not a good situation to be in.
-Team Slow
(With Dialogue)
The Schnell kicked out and the aging engine mounts cracked badly resulting in a slight drop of the engine from the car, the torque converter broke and the car stalls a lot, too much for an auto box
Matt: Bets you want to reach out to someone to get a part for this car?
John: Sure. Isnt that what we’re here for.
Matt: Alright i’ll reach out to one of em to see if they got the parts, starting with Hillbilly rollers, known as 23, then if they dont have the torque converter for a car, then go to the guys with a Sinis- He gets cut off by John
John: It’s a Bricksley. Remember that, then again. I dont know if anyones got spare torque converters.
Jess: For one, why does this car have such a shit gearbox, and the engine’s falling out
John: Oh no, it’s the woman with a V12 luxury car that costs so damn much to maintain.
Matt: Shut it, the mounts are fucked on this thing, and so is the car. It’s a 1200cc only thing, and on a budget.
After he realises his ownership of the same car but with a more powerful engine, he looks at the issue.
John: It’s the engine mounts deteriorating overtime. It’s cracked to such a point now.
As the song Dragostea din tei (YouTube Link) plays on the radio in the car because the radio is broken and it won’t switch off unless the whole car’s off, John takes a look underneath the car. (banger music imo). Also the casette which happens to be playing in the car, and the deck would not shut off
Matt: Anyone got engine mounts?
John: I don’t think anyone’s running an identical chassis.
Matt: Probably good to give it a try. Who knows, maybe they could have a mount for your engine.
As the OEM Airbag steering wheel is still installed, just without an airbag for weight reduction, bro! He removes the battery’s terminals and keeps them away from eachother to avoid damages to the car
Soon after the verses, Ma-i-a hi
Ma-i-a hu get cut off by the electricity being turned off. Then he gets to work on shaving more weight from the car at the check in, Matt notices moonshine being traded around and asks Team Shift happens for some moonshine, and trades the beers for some delicious moonshine, John goes and pets Spots, the leopard with the personality of an house-cat. And a nice looking cat too.
To Be Continued.
@Madrias Tagging you for a trade request for a crate of beer for some moonshine. And asking for a spare torque converter. And engine mounts.
@Knugcab I’m also tagging you for an question if you have any torque converters in stock at your team. In some need of torque converters, also engine mounts if you got any. 
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Team Shift Happens
Team Information and Story Start
Malavera walked up to Team Hillbilly Rollers with his partial fuel can of moonshine, trying to hide a smile as he’d heard a good part of their conversation on the way over. By that time, he’d stuffed the broken leash into one of his many pockets, freeing up his right hand in the process.
“Hello!” he said, trying to keep his natural growl out of his voice for a moment, though gave up halfway through his next sentence. “I bring a gift from Team Shift Happens. Turns out, one of our team filled this gas can up with moonshine, and, well, we’re offering some in trade for either food or beer.”
Inside, Malavera was kicking his own tail for not being social before, as he knew his two heads and his lupine shape were definitely unusual, though as an exile of his kind, he had his reasons for not being particularly friendly in his past.
Meanwhile, as Rukari got Spots under control, courtesy of John from Team Slow managing to keep him still long enough for Rukari to run up and clip the leash to Spots’ collar, he heard Matt asking about the moonshine as well, in trade for some beers.
Rukari waved over Matt to the Bricksley, glad to see he had a water jug with him. He opened one of the fuel cans and poured enough of his high-proof moonshine into the water jug to fill it, then set the case of beer in the back seat of the Bricksley for safe keeping, at least for now.
“You wouldn’t happen to have a torque converter, would you?” Matt asked.
“Neyi (No), we have shift-stick,” Rukari said, pointing to the trusty four-speed in the Bricksley and the clutch pedal. “Have extra clutch in spares, will be needed, though.”
“Then, any chance you guys have some spare engine mounts?”
Rukari thought about it for a moment, looked around in the limited spares they had, and shook his head. “Neyi, we not have spare mounts.” He then looked up at the roof rack and gave an almost sinister feline smile. “Do know how to… What is word? Good with igni ahd stahl (fire and steel).” Rukari motioned to the welding cart on the roof, an object that looked like it would definitely take two people to remove safely. “Can make solid mount for engine.”
OOC:
@Knugcab You did well enough that I could respond to it. I leave what your team chooses to trade entirely up to you. And yes, Malavera is supposed to be a bit socially awkward because, well, he’s spent a lot of his life on his own, so him reaching out to your team is well outside of his comfort zone.
@interior Yeah, figured Rukari was the best one (as Kaylie and Kayden are still trying to get beer from the Australians and Malavera’s dealing with another team) to both wrangle up Spots at last and also offer his skills with trying to fix your car. Stick-shift means no torque converters, but we do have a welding cart on our roof rack and Rukari does know how to weld. Can’t say they’d be pretty looking, but the engine wouldn’t fall out once he’s done with those mounts. Though, solid mounts will transfer all the vibration of the engine into the chassis, so it wouldn’t improve the comfort of the car.
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The team was looking with eyeballs large as saucers at the strange looking…thing in front of them.
JANNE: Sure as hell we will need some moonshine, right?
ANDREAS: (whispering) and what if it’s a trap and he is trying to poison us?
JANNE: Well, at least Marie will survive drinking any liquid so if the two of us will die, at least one of the Hillbilly Rollers will be around in the future, right?
ANDREAS: Sure
MARIE: Yeah, we are going to get that moonshine, no matter what. And I think that I know what we could trade it for…
ANDREAS: Yes, we have some reindeer jerky, very dry and salty though so some beer bottles might come in handy too, we might as well send them too, it’s not like we don’t have enough for ourselves. Karjala, real finnish quality (laughing). On the other hand, that jerky is food that will survive the apocalypse, and a northern scandinavian speciality so it is kind of exclusive, nothing that you would get at a low price in Fruinia. How about that trade?
(leaving open for an answer)
Meanwhile, someone from team Slow came to ask for some parts, engaging the master mechanic from Team Hillbilly Rollers in the discussion…
JANNE: A TORQUE CONVERTER? Who the heck carries a spare torque converter and who will change it in what’s more or less a parking lot.
(the laughter is spreading all over the place)
MOTOR MOUNTS? Well, absolutely not any stock ones, but it seems like you have a guy with a welder around your car now and I think that I have a solution.
Janne is digging through the bottom of his toolbox.
Well, if he can weld up some brackets, I guess this is some highly universal parts! I knew that it would pay off not to clean up the toolbox. Here is some “slightly” worn rubber mounts from a 1969 IP Icarus diesel, so if he can fab the metal to fit them I guess this will dampen the vibrations a little bit. Haha, hodge-podge job but those rubber mounts can be made to fit about everything I guess.
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Team Shift Happens
Team Information and Story Start
Malavera smiled as Team Hillbilly Rollers offered some reindeer jerky and beer in trade for the high-proof moonshine. “I think that sounds like a fair trade,” he said. As he helped look for a suitable container to transfer the alcohol to, he heard something from over by their car. Looking over his right shoulder, he saw Rukari getting the welding cart down from the roof rack. “Yes, because that didn’t look suspicious, you idiot,” Malavera grumbled.
After finding a couple of large empty water bottles and filling them, and also reluctantly filling up an empty windshield washer fluid jug, Malavera closed up the now-empty fuel can. “Be careful with that stuff, it’s almost 190-proof,” Malavera said, before heading back over toward the Bricksley to stow the empty can, the beer, and the reindeer jerky.
With the supplies safely tucked away, Malavera looked over at Rukari, who was over by Team Slow’s car, then sighed and grabbed some tools to go help out. Rummaging around in the toolbox and in the trunk, as well as the glovebox, he came up with some leftover 1/8-inch steel plate and a pair of aviation shears, then headed over to Rukari and the rest of Team Slow.
Rukari looked up from reading the directions Kaylie had duct-taped to the gas bottles as he noticed Malavera approaching. “You help?” Rukari asked.
“Yes, I’ll help. I’ll cut out some bracket pieces, you weld them together. One of their team is coming back with some rubber mounts to adapt, so we have a bit of work to do,” Malavera said.
“You cut metal with those?” Rukari asked, motioning to the aviation shears. “Not likely. Made to cut thin sheet, not thick sheet.”
“I’ll manage,” Malavera said.
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@interior - Figured I’d get two team members over there to help you out. Malavera can cut some spare sheet metal into bracket pieces, Rukari can weld them into shape using oxy-acetylene, the rubber mounts you were given will be adapted to fit.
@Knugcab - I figured a little flavor text for the team’s moonshine distribution was okay. Seeing as it’s written into your team’s lore that Marie can drink almost anything, I figured Janne and Andreas would have large water bottles (Approximately 1 liter each, maybe a liter-and-a-half, was my thought) while Marie would use an empty washer fluid bottle (giving her a bit more moonshine than the other two as a result) because she could.
How strong are the members of Team Shift Happens?
Malavera is actually strong enough to cut eighth-inch sheet metal with aviation snips. Keep in mind, Malavera comes from a world with much higher gravity, and while he doesn’t look like he’s bigger than most people on Earth, he is stronger.
Of course, he’s going to ruin those aviation snips by cutting that steel plate.
As for the math, 350 pounds multiplied by 3.5 ends up being 1,225 pounds. On his homeworld, Malavera can still climb rock walls and do chin ups, and even though he hasn’t been back there in a very long time, he has kept his strength up.
As for the next strongest person on the team? Rukari, Kayden, and Kaylie are all equals in one way or another.
Rukari and Kayden are both naturally strong, though Rukari is a little stronger. Then again, Rukari is basically special forces, while Kayden has never actually seen combat. Rukari’s bones are ridiculously tough, so much so that his people routinely fire weapons that throw 1-kilogram projectiles as rifle-type weapons.
Kayden’s advantage, though, is how fast he heals, which is the real reason he’s the one responsible for getting Rukari back into the car if they find snow and he’s gone rolling around in it. Kayden’s the one who can heal from a broken bone overnight, and back to full strength in a week. None of the others can manage that.
Kaylie’s left arm is terrifying. To put it in perspective, Kaylie, left handed, would have less trouble cutting the sheet metal than Malavera. She just can’t use the full effort of that mechanical left arm because she doesn’t weigh enough. Also, while she favors a mean right hook and a fist clenched around wrenches for weight, if she throws a left-handed punch, she can dent thick steel plate. Her grip strength in her left hand is enough to fold that piece of steel that Malavera has into the shape of a paper airplane.
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As a result of the trade, team Hillbilly Rollers have decided to be nice to Team Slow and Team Shift happens. No mooning and no loud honking with the dixie horn, and will give assistance if needed. @Madrias @interior
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Team Ecowareness (4)
Oil and Nature do not mix!
by Laura Insigne
While we cannot wait for the actual event to start, we decided to take a quick trip to the outskirts of Marena, the starting city.
While testing our photo equipment and drone, we came across this nasty scene at the fuel refinery just outside Marena. And no, this does not seem to be an incident of some sort, everyone there was going about their regular business! Judging from the extent of tree decay, this seems to be going on for quite a while!
As you may recall, this refinery has been part of several controversies in the past; it is located just within the Fruinian border, but operated by a Hetvesian/Dalluhan Polyfuel subsidiary. Most of these controversies have been ‘resolved’ by mutual fingerpointing between all involved parties until no accountability was left.
To prevent further damages to the local ecosystem and the health of the citizens of Marena, we call upon the three involved governments to finally wake up and take action - such wanton disregard of the environment cannot continue unabated!
CommentDonate to our rally fund!f T I M
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Any news? 15d past deadline and nothing.
Any sort of update would be nice
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Void has been silent lately about it
No shit that’s why I’m asking
apologies, been trying to think up ways to open the race that weren’t just “herr herr race open” and that were actually fun to participate in. also suffering massive creative block (both w/ writing and automation) that hopefully seems to be leaving.
also fallen ill once more, as well as multiple family members and friends catching COVID over the last two months or so.
i understand that this is very similar to what happened with I3RL, however i promised that that wouldn’t happen again for this challenge. Going to release a project i’ve been sitting on for a while first, and then try and get the start to the challenge out.
once again, i apologise for any inconveniences this may have caused, and i should hopefully officially start the challenge by next week.
apologies, Void.
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One good advice, take it as a suggestion from someone that failed something similar. Don’t overthink things too much in such a RP-heavy challenge. Leave some of the story-building to the contestants since, as you can already see, many of them have good skills in that. That would ease the strain on you somewhat.
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