Thread 49954845

This Friday September 5th we'll hold the 7th edition of the official /jp/ Skydrift Cup at 8:30 pm EST.

Join in for total chaos, ultra competitive autism, and the ultimate racing fun to be crowned Champion of the jpsies.

>FREE cracked copy of the game:
https://bowfile.com/5f0t

In case you missed our last tournament (the 6th edition), check out this thread to see for yourself how it went:
https://warosu.org/jp/thread/49812121

Qualis will begin at 8:30 pm EST sharp, so please plan accordingly if you're participating.

>Qualis system
Since the lobby can only hold 7 racists, using a randomizer we'll divide every racer into 2 groups, A and B.

Two lobbies will be created, in which racers drawn to their respective group must go to.

Each group will race 5 ROUNDS in the same 5 tracks, which will be chose by a randomizer and posted here once every group is set.
After each race, we'll log the TIMING of each racer and, using AI or your brain if you're big brained, we'll add them up until the 5 races have been finished.

The 7 best overall times will qualify for the Tournament.

Keep in mind that I'm gonna post the times for whatever group I'm drawn in, so I'd appreciate if an anon in the other group kept track of their group.

>Points system
Once the qualis are done, the top 7 racists will earn their ticket to compete in the GLORIOUS /jp/ SKYDRIFT TOURNAMENT.

The tournament consists of 12 ROUNDS, chosen at random and posted here shortly before we start.

After each race, racists will earn the following points which will be added to the leaderboard:

1st place – 10 points
2nd place – 8 points
3rd place – 6 points
4th place – 4 points
5th place – 3 points
6th place – 2 points
7th place – 1 point

Please allow 2 to 3 minutes between each race so that I can post the updated leaderboard to the thread.

After the 6th race, we'll have a 15 minute half-time break for piss and snacks.

At the end of the 12th round, whoever has the most points WINS THE FUCKING CHIP AND BECOMES KING OF DA JPSIES.


>A reminder of da rules:
Both for the qualis as well as the tourney proper, we will only use the initial same 2 characters throughout.
If there's any change the player will still be allowed to keep racing, but will be disqualified from the championship.

>WALL OF HONOR
Here's a list of the tournament's champions so far:

>1st edish
SlowestRetard

>2nd edish
SlowestRetard

>3rd edish
cherry

>4th edish
DLL

>5th edish
DLL

>6th edish (current champ)
Kaiser

and we'll also meet on thursday just for fun, right?

>>49955198
Hell yes!!!
Tell your friends and fellow anons elsewhere to drop by on thursday night for the practice run of ALL tracks and of course for the tourney on Friday night

Is cherry still around? he wasn't at the last tourney or any races building up to it....

I was thinking of making a guide to help new players understand the game and git gud, since there's no real ingame tutorial and the manual sucks. I'm still pretty new myself, though, so I'd appreciate it if other guys share their tips, too. We can compile it in a rentry or something when it's done.

>Basic Game Mechanics:
- You gain spell meter quickly by passing through boost rings and slowly while driving normally. Drawing a spell card while the meter is full (green) will consume the meter. Drawing a spell card while the meter is filled twice (blue) will give you a stronger spell card and consume the meter. When your LW meter (yellow) is full and your spell meter is also filled twice, you can consume both to get your LW. (Spell cards can be seen here: https://gensou-skydrift.fandom.com/wiki/Spell_Cards).
- You charge your spell meter and LW meters faster and you get boosting and jumping spellcards more often when you're in a worse position in the race.
- Drifting helps conserve speed while changing direction and going around corners.
- Your current stats are those of the racer who is currently the "board". Switching characters consumes a bit of spell meter, but it will switch the stats you are currently using, which can be well-worth the cost.
- The importance of all the stats is explained here (https://gensou-skydrift.fandom.com/wiki/Stats), but just know that they're all important with maybe Mass being less important than the others. It's recommended to choose two racers whose strengths complement each other.

>Advanced Knowledge and Tricks:
- Switching characters gives you a small boost. This will let you gain distance even on straightaways with no boost rings.
- Jumping spellcards can be used on some parts of the tracks to hop over short fences, sizable gaps, or onto higher ledges for the sake of shortcuts. Be sure to activate them early enough to gain the height you need.
- Pressing up while in the air can give you a small vertical boost. Use this to gain a little bit more height while flying or to help you cross small gaps without falling. This can help with cutting really tight turns over ledges, like in the two lava levels. Also, pressing down will in the air will give you a small boost downward.
- Drifting conserves the speed you already have while lessening the amount of speed you gain from boosts. So if you start a drift at the exact moment a boost ends (and not too much sooner, or else will you miss out on some speed gain), you can keep your heightened speed for longer. This is called "break drifting" (https://gensou-skydrift.fandom.com/wiki/Break_Drift). Many turns typically have boost rings within them, so break drifting can be used many times in a race to great overall benefit.
- Some tracks have big hidden shortcuts that don't require items. Some of them just require you to fly fast enough and far enough to skip a section of track or land somewhere high up. Try exploring the tracks on your own time or by watching other people while racing (CPU players don't bother with shortcuts, so you won't learn from them).

>>49958172
That's all I have for now.

>>49958172
Wait, fuck, I think maybe pressing "down" in the air gives you a small vertical boost, and pressing "up" does the opposite.

Let's get serious about growing our audience – or should I say, start growing one. By this I mean spectators who can tune in which will also grow our competitor base.
From my perspective, the key to this is to start streaming the tourneys. I don't know shit about streaming tho and my internet is bad enough lol but if anyone is savvy about cytube or twitch or whatever then we could test something for tomorrows race?

>>49958700
Whoever hosts the room can do it in spectator mode, but that does mean that they will need a separate computer setup or something if they want to both stream and play at the same time.

>>49954849
Hey, thanks for reposting my art for the last winner.
Can't wait for this go around!

Kaiser I swear I will have your art done by Friday

>>49958700
>>49958714
I (VD) too have a shitty internet that is good enough for hosting, but not much more. Fucking thing has cost me several races in which my items simply wouldn't hit others lmao.
So it'd be cool if anyone could try the spectator mode tomorrow (given that we open a 2nd lobby) before figuring streaming out

Tonight's racing starts at 8:30pm est tonight
As with the previous test run, we'll go through every track once to warm up for whatever tracks are drawn tomorrow

I'll be on probably a little after you guys start. or earlier, god willing

It seems a late start is a new norm for Skydrift nights, eh?

>>49964748
I just made it back home
FUCK

Lobby's UP

>/jp/ pre tourney
>no pass

JOIN IN!!!

Again, I apologize for starting late again, it's all on me.
Since it seems it was the cause for the low turnout as of right now, we'll just give it 5 minutes after this post in case somebody else joins in, and we'll start right after

GET IN HERE AND RACE

dammit lemme in

is the screen stuck for anyone else?

>Network connection timed out

What the fuck is this shit

>>49964802
Yup :(

Kicked me out of my own lobby lmao, idk why
Made a new lobby, join in

>/jp/ pre-tourney

I wish aids on anyone who uses sakuya

>>49964827
if our Sakuya players get AIDS, then we won't have many racers left

incoming free yoyo win

>>49964868
nope

I've been playing near-perfect today! better watch out tomorrow...!

>>49964897
everybody's holding back

>>49964906
eh??? you guys wouldn't do that to me, right???

shall we take a break soon?

>>49964909
sorry to break you kokoro but it's true

holy shit that triple Fantasy Seal KO!

>>49964917
Nah, test runs are all in one go!!

Dll are you fucking retarded you had that win lol

>>49964969
what happened?

Was fun guys, see 'ya tomorrow!

Good luck tomorrow bros! Hopefully we get a big turnout.

Thank you all for coming and see you tomorrow night

REMEMBER
8:30 pm est (I'm never late for tourneys)
Bring your a-game and spite

Prepare you're anuses because I will unleash my fury tonight

>>49967889
bring it on loser!!

STARTING IN 1:30 HOURS!!!!!!

Rev up those touhous and BE THERE for the qualis
Track order of the day (for the qualis) will be posted shortly before we start.

As per usual, please provide screencaps of the other lobby's results to feed the beast with the info so it shits out the best 7 times at the end of it

STARTING IN 30 MINUTES (if the lobbies are ready)!!!

Lobby will be up in 15!!!

congrats again on winning the sixth tournament, Kaiser
just don't get complacent...!

>>49969654
Not kaiser but lmaoing at having taken a full month to finish the drawing kek
Good stuff

>>49969670
hey now, I never said I was a good artist... or a fast one

QUALIS LOBBY UP!

>/jp/ Skydrift Qualis
>pass: quali1

Holy SHIT who the fuck is that??
O.O

What the fuck, where is everynyan

>>49969701
Dunno!!

uh, guys? who told the japanese about our tournament?

who is this guy? he looks strong... should i go all out or nah?

>>49969717
>should i go all out or nah
Imagine NOT going all out in tourneys......

>>49969654
i like it, they got what they deserved for all those nuked i ate

the newbie who joined last night was a friend of mine, but it looks like he might not be joining us today. which is unfortunate because we might even skip the qualis this time

>>49969712
I mean, this is a public site. It was only a matter of time before a superfan or two caught wind of our tourneys. It's not like we can kick him, right? Looks like we're about to get washed by this Youkai tier...

>>49969725
...which is what you might have thought, had he not mysteriously vanished!!

>>49969725
why would we even kick him? this is a good chance to test out metal against someone who looks strong

VD here

Should we give it time until 9 like last time to get more people in?
I dunno where everybody is this time...

>>49969727
nevermind.

>>49969730
I think maybe people are less active now that school's started. a fair amount of /jp/sies are likely university students

why did no one told kissu?? damn!

>>49969734
But it's Friday night..... there's a reason why they're held on Friday nights

>>49969730
i dont mind waiting, dont know about the rest though

>>49969740
even so, I have two assignments due tonight (though that doesn't stop me from attending anyway, lol)

I don't mind either, though I'm worried our new friend will get bored and leave. I wanna at least race him before then

>>49969746
>I wanna at least race him before then
Same. Can we do a quick race or two while we wait for anyone else to show up?

>>49969722
i mean i am not using my favorites in case i may win(not that i am that confident)

>>49969736
I just checked and there's a couple posts telling them about yesterday's test run and today's tourney but with zero replies
Maybe popularity's reclining? D:

>>49969759
I think the fact that qualifiers are merciless on the noobs might have been a factor

>>49969758
Are you Kaiser? Bruh go all out and defend your title, don't be a pussy

>>49969754
yeah, just a few quick warm up races sound good
>>49969759
yeah, thats me, i just told them, maybe on one saw it yet
Maybe popularity's reclining
maybe, but we had a good run for an old game that no one plays, we almost managed to fill 2 servers at the peak

let's do a couple warm-up races then

>no cherry (again)
>no slowestretard
>no TFT
>no other guys like cancermania and a few others i forgor
Man... kinda bummed out.
We'll start at 9, but should we consider it a tourney? We could just race a bunch of random tracks and hold it again next month and properly build up hype this time
Pls share your thoughts so we know what to do

I say we keep it a tourney. we can't just cancel tourneys because older racers don't show up! it's not fair to the other racers and plus it makes us look lame

I say tourney too, but I'm biased since there's a chance with less people that I won't get dead last again lol

>>49969780
Agree with this, we gotta follow through as long as there are participants.

>>49969775
honestly i have very busy lately, didnt even manage to come to the tournament pre-match yesterday... but that new player showed up for a reason, so canceling the tournament seems unfair. lets just have fun and race with whoever showed up, we will properly build up the hype for the next one

>>49969784
we're all a little biased, we just choose not to announce it! ;)

cheer up VD. we'll make sure that we've got more people joining us next time, even if it means we gotta put the effort in to recruit. so let's race!

I'm inviting a friend to fill up the lobby at least, but I haven't ever played against him so idk what his level is

>>49969780
>>49969784
>>49969785
Ok sure we'll count it as an official tourney but I feel it'd deserve an asterisk or something. It just feelsbadman.jpeg especially after the turnout for the previous ones

Ok well then giddy up, my friend will be joining in a bit
Track order will be posted after this post

>/jp/ Skydrift Championship
>pass: tsurupettan

>>49969810
why are we making a new lobby?

>>49969814
Name was still /jp/ championship qualis, would have been unfitting

hope our japanese racer comes back

He's back!

>>49969820
Speak of the Devil and he shall appear...

TRACK ORDER OF THE DAY

Starting NOW

now that think about it, with all those strange names it kinda feels like that horse game... gomen gomen...

that's rough VD. you were doing great the first half of the race

Fucked up the shortcut twice in a row, it's over...

well done yoyo, you have improved a lot

Results after 1

>>49969835
I'm unmotivated as shit

>>49969838
thanks! I've been working hard to get the fundamentals down and it's really paid off!
I put all my important lessons here in hopes that other newbs can get into this as well: >>49958172
please if anyone has any hot tips and tricks, feel free to contribute. I think this is how we can get more people in our tourneys.

I exited the race end screen too fast
just know i finished last, dll 3rd and yoyo first, give me your positions to add them to the points total

>>49969855
I think the japanese player was 2nd

>>49969855
4th kaiser

>>49969855
Fester here, I took a screenshot, but I'm on Switch so it'll probably kick me if I go check. I think I was 3rd from last?

Well whatever I made my best from what my friend told me, yhope it wasnt too off

that was horrible, urban warfare sucks

this is why we need to crack down on inner-city violence

Man, the Japanese guy really reamed us that round, huh?

r3 standings

jesus christ, what a fall from grace ;_;

DII you got lucky this time...

Standings after r4
New leader!

HELL YEAH

Where the fuck is Sanae's bullshit when you need it? Get at it Fester ffs

killing my serufu

>>49969922
he used Suwako's LW, which actually helps the user get ahead of the pack instead of just nuking the guy in front

Standings after r5

>>49969922
Kiss my froggy ass.

>>49969928
nuking the guy in front is funny tho, he's getting too uppity

what are those instant nukes??

we're taking a break now, right?

Standings after r6
15 minute half time break!

dont make me angry, you wont like it when i am angry, i am warning you!

>>49969947
Rest easy VD, we may be only 1 point apart, but I'm sure I'll manage to screw something up here in the next few rounds. You probably won't be dead last.

>>49969950
you're saying "rest easy" like he's dead. he's alive and will kick your ass, I believe it!

>>49969947
we are already at round 6?! it going too fast! sakuya help me!

>>49969950
>>49969952
I will give it my best out of respect for you guys and the tourney, but I also admit I tanked the first half because the vibe was so off this time

Plus I am playing sober right now and I always play with a few drinks on me

>>49969947
goddamn, I'm one point in the lead! but all the tracks from here on out are ones I'm not as good at, so this bodes ill for me unless I get in the zone.
on a side note, it'll be awkward if the japanese guy wins because likely none of us can even type out his name, much less properly congratulate him

i am not on the zone either guys... i need AI to shit talk me and seethe for 2 months straight and maybe then i can race at my best

>>49969957
even if you mess up VD, just remember that we appreciate you for always coming to run the show

>>49969964
T-thank you

Alright giddy up, let's fucking race!!!!

Standings after R7

Standings after R8

Standings after R9

Fuck whoever used sakuya, holy shit

Standings after R10

TIME to STOP you guys haha...

getting hit with Marisa lazers twice might have just sealed my loss. aim for first place!!!!! ;_;

>>49970040
its just insane the level of utility these people are giving to Marisa's spell card... i really should add that to my arsenal

Standings after R11
Final round coming up!!!!!!!!
A new champ to be decided!!!!

Win scenarios for the final round

Guys? Japanese switched characters that last race.

>>49970060
Did he?
Someone confirm?

>>49970060
You mean this guy showed up to kick all our asses not to win but just because he could?

>>49970064
He was playing Suika/Cirno. Now he's Suika/Clownpiece

>>49970060
damn... this is going to make it look like we are bitter over an "outsider" winning...

>>49970067
I'm bitter, but only because I got absolutely raped by items that last race

>>49970064
yeah unfortunely, he was using cirno and suika before

>>49970060
I figured he would. It's not like he knew all the rules.

I just confirmed that Japaense DID change characters, because he happens to be a friend of my friend that I invited (Pony, so that's why he knew about the thread). He wasn't aware of the rule of changing characters. And he IS willing to re-race.


BUT yoyo did finish last this race, so he wouldn't reach Japanese's totals even if this race didn't count.

So we have 2 options:
>Award Japanese the victory
OR
>Re-race Maricircuit

Please tell me ASAP

>>49970076
I'm not gonna rerace, I don't care enough.

>>49970076
i am all up for re-race

>>49970076
I wanna rerace for a second change at the trophy, but I understand if the others don't.

>>49970076
RERACE NOW

>>49970081
second *chance

RE-RACE IS OFFICIAL
LET'S GO NOW

reminder that usually we have some casual races to unwind after the tournament

Fester join back the fuck up for this last race

fester, it wouldnt be the same without your suwako and the sanae nuke!

Ok fuck it we go NOW

jesus christ VD, you did everything in your power to prevent even a chance of an upset :(

now we have no excuse lol, congrats misterious japanese dude!

R12 RESULTS
JAPANESE GUY WINS THE FUCKING CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE MOST RANDOM TOURNAMENT EVER

Sorry guys, my heart wasn't in it to redo that last race. I got first by the seat of my dumb ass and for once I wasn't gonna be ranked dead last in the tourney like I always am. I'm just gonna take that as my consolation and call it.

congratulations japanese guy. after that, though, I feel the need to log off. see you guys next week!

Are we gonna discuss Yoyo's choke or is it too soon? Dude was running away with the chip UNTIL.........

so we are on that part where the misterious and strong new characters appear, huh?

>>49970124
I'm no good at Mari-circuit sadly. and in this game, if you don't get a strong lead early on then you're at the mercy of item spam RNG

Oh great now a phantasm?!

>>49970128
But you were smashing it...... even in the tracks you said you weren't good at.....

>>49970122
dont worry dude, no hard feelings

>>49957611
Yeah I am, I swear. I wanted to step back for a little while and hopefully let new racers have their chance in the spotlight. Plus I'm way too caught up in my own bullshit anyways (Don't ask.) and still owe Dll a victory drawing. Apologies for not helping out with planning much when I've been here a while, I did want to at some point in the past.
Congratulations to the new victor though! Was he really that much better? I would also like to attend next month's tourney if things get better by then as well at least. Tonight wouldn't have been good for me anyways honestly.

why do you always do this to me DII? lol

That's it for me tonight, thank you all for coming!!!!!!

Being completely honest this edition felt really off, due to the lack of players this time around incluiding long time racers which made me feel a bit disheartened. But that only makes me appreciate the ones who showed up more.

See you all next month!!!

Gg and congrats to the winner, if he can read this! (should we even draw?) And congrats too to yoyo and Dll for completing the podium, especially yoyo's effort that fell short heart crushingly, but comes to show his progress.

I'm sorry I didn't know the rules.
It was a lot of fun racing with you guys.

>>49970161
Ah I can't help but be a shitter, that one may as well not count!

>>49970146
I fucked up slightly in the start of the human village and mari-circuit, which was enough to make the difference. the people who are already in first don't have to worry about getting hit by master sparks, stray amulets, mushroom bombs, etc because the guy in second place isn't incentivized to draw many items unlike those behind who require those items to catch up. unless there's a sanae nuke or something similar, they can usually pull ahead while the pack fights.

if I were to redesign the game I would probably make it so that offensive items were less common when in 4th and 5th place, like they are for 6th and 7th place

>>49970158
dont worry dude, you come back when you want to, and yeah he is good, and the other new racers is good too, me and DII got btfo
>>49970162
>(should we even draw?)
yeah, they won fair(at the end) and square
>>49970163
see you next tournament, i was getting lazy and didnt practice at all for this tournament, but next time it will be different, this goes to pony and the nn too

>>49970158
There you are, motherfucker. Thought you were a goner. Glad to see you wagging your tail still, and hope you sort your shit out in your favor so we see you again soon.
>Congratulations to the new victor though! Was he really that much better?
Wouldn't say he was"much" better because Yoyo was simply cruising until he started slipping away last 2 or 3 races, and Japanese simply didn't let off even in the re-race.

>>49970163
Hey, congrats on your victory! Hope to see you racing again with us

Soooo... I have a couple takeaways here

>1
That was a sad attempt at a championship defense by Kaiser like wtf

>2
Speaking of Kaiser, Yoyo might have rivaled Kaiser's choke tonight, it was practically a carbon copy of it :skull:

Also this edition wasnt that bad since we got a couple new racers who might become regulars so that's cool

I look forward to seeing you all again next time.
Next time, I'll strictly follow the rules.

>>49970200
It's alright! Thank you for coming and congrats!

>>49969775
I have been in some things that has been consuming all of my time and I haven't checked an imageboard in like a week. Sorry for missing this, dont know if I'll make the next one, I'll try.

btw, for those who are making art for the winner, here is his name. idk what we should start referring to him as from now on, but "japanese" probably won't cut it as a nickname in the long run, lol

>>49970475
Good point, thanks for reminding me.

His name is Nabana and he'll be competing as such going forward.
He assured me he will be joining us regularly and for the next tourney, as well as Pony. I think we're all at the same level despite our ranks as seen today, so we're all gonna get better off each other and got us a couple regulars for future races.

>>49970546
my friend from yesterday also intends to get better and join us more frequently, but unfortunately he felt like he wasn't good enough to race again today. which is a shame, considering that you get good by practicing. still, I'll try to bring him more often

>>49970654
Please do, he really showed potential and it's always fun to see people progress. Plus it's all in good fun so anyone is always welcome

>>49970170
>the people who are already in first don't have to worry about getting hit by master sparks, stray amulets, mushroom bombs, etc
Sorry yoyo, but this it total bullshit. I've seethed so hard at this game because of how many leads were taken from me by some bullshit random spell that made me finish 5th or some shit. I would've already won a chip if it wasn't for the typical Skydrift bullshit. So your theory doesn't fly.

>>49970793
there are always exceptions, but the general rule is true that you don't have to worry as much when you're in the lead. when you get raped by items as a frontrunner, it's tragic. when you get raped by items while in the pack, then it's expected. many of my wins happen when I race nearly-perfect for the first half of the race. and once I get a decent lead I notice... "hey, I haven't even seen an item for a good two minutes! I wonder how the other guys are doing?" then I look at the left side of the screen and see everyone else spinning out because of a master spark or triple mushrooms or something as my lead on the map steadily grows. and most of my losses happen when I can't secure that early position as one of the frontrunners and get utterly obliterated by things I can't even hope to defend against 90% of the time unless I draw an elixir or something.

that's just how one wins consistently; the guys in the back can't hit you if they aren't even close enough to see you, after all. again, there are exceptions to ths hard-earned peace: Sanae's, Kokoro's, Clownpiece's, and Remilia's LWs target 1st especially, as well as the possibility that the person in second place is close enough to hit you with an amulet or bomb or can snipe you with onbashira over a gap. but LWs are inconsistently-used, and itemwise it's a lot easier to manage one guy in 2nd place who's barely getting any meter than it is to manage the guy next to you, ahead of you, and behind you when you're in 5th place and everyone there is getting meter and drawing items like a madman in hopes of getting that cradle/reverie/elixir that will let them actually catch up to the frontrunners rather than just dicking over everyone nearby.

of course, that's not the only way to win; there are other strategies like bagging for good items or for a powerful LW and then making a mad dash from the middle of the pack to first place during the final lap. and I'm not gonna pretend like I know everything about the game just yet, either. but this is the strategy I've discovered that works the best, and this is my reasoning and observations as for why it works. I just need to sharpen my skills so that I can put it into practice on every map and not just the ones I've gotten good at optimizing (ironically, the maps I now struggle to get ahead on are the ones that are simple to drive). but when I do, watch out!