Next Gen SSX on the way!!!!!!!!!!! - Page 8

Originally Posted by Abaddon

Yes, definitely. However, setting it up for AVSers only might be difficult. I think the only real way to do that is to create an "AVS-SSX" account, and AVSers can friend that account, and then create the event with the AVS-SSX account as friends-only.

I think you should create one race and one trick event, personally . For both racing and tricking I'd prefer a level that doesn't have huge amounts of bottomless pits or trees or rocks... you know, those tracks that make you want to pull out all of your hair one hair at a time. And I'd suggest no gear for racing. Make sure to make it last long enough and give some lead time beforehand so people can plan for it.

For racing I'd say anything but JT2 personally since I am totally burned out on that track. Some suggestions: Boris/Diamond Back, Wakefield/Last to Hit, Makalu/Serenity or Trickypedia, Silverthrone/Unsanctioned.

For tricking, again anything but JT2 and probably excluding Serenity since that gets a lot of play. I don't really have any great suggestions here since I am more of a racer than a tricker.

Last, while I like the idea, I wonder how many people we could pull in from here for such an event. We probably want to have at least 10... not sure how many AVSers from the PS3 side are still playing regularly enough to want to participate?

Originally Posted by jhaines

Geez, I take a couple week break and Abaddon beats most of my race records...LOL. At least I got ~250 ghost wins for my trouble!

Originally Posted by jhaines

I started taking my records back, but I think I'm going to have to surrender on Curnoe's -- I can't beat you consistently on the first part of the track, and that critical transition onto the tree bridge is so flaky that it would take forever for both of those things to line up for me. Oh well.

Originally Posted by Abaddon

Tell ya what, jh... I'll keep Curnoe's... you can have JT2 .

Originally Posted by jhaines

Oops, beat you on Curnoe's again. Figured out the early part, finally...

- Jer

Originally Posted by Abaddon

You did get a pretty nice start. But there's room for improvement at the end

Originally Posted by Abaddon

Found a nice new line on Old School. Check it out -- I think you'll like it.

Just a heads up we are pushing the latest GE settings out tonight. Probably very late, I'm guessing around 2am PST.

So starting tomorrow there will only be GE's on 3 ranges: a 'high-roller' range, a casual player range and Mt. Eddie.

There will only be @10 events per range, mostly on feature peaks to begin.

You should see a banner in the main menu that will take you directly to the highest entry drop on the high roller range.

The featured ranges will change every day, as will the events on Mt. Eddie.

Mt. Eddie will have a mix of cheap and high entry fee events, and always a low-level gear restricted event that should be useful for new characters who you haven't levelled up yet.

Not 100% sure but there may also be some extra XP floating around in GE's this week. If not, soon I hope.

That's all. Hope this works out well!

For those who are interested, here is the schedule for week one:

Tues: Alps (high), Alaska (low)
Wed: Hima (high), Siberia (low)
Thur: Rockies (high), NZ (low)
Fri: Siberia (high), Antarctica (low)
Sat: NZ (high), Hima (low)
Sun: Alaska (high), Rockies (low)
Mon: Patagonia (high), Alps (low)

Also, the new events begin as old events end so it is a gradual rather than a sudden rollover. So for the first 24 hrs or so there will still be some straggler events around in other ranges until they end.

Finally, we have fixed our week-long free event to ensure it will hit 50K again each week starting this week. Sorry it missed hitting that the past couple weeks!

Siberia lighting changes:

Boris, Vapor Trail changed from overcast cloudy to dusk orange
Boris, Big Show changed from overcast cloudy to dusk orange
Boris, Diamondback changed from overcast cloudy to dusk orange

Africa lighting changes:

Meru, Corkscrew changed from night cloudy to dusk orange

Patagonia lighting changes:

Cerro Torre, Last Call changed from overcast cloudy to night clear
Cerro Torre, Vengeance changed from overcast cloudy to night clear
Cerro Torre, Code Blue changed from overcast cloudy to night clear

Himalayas lighting changes:

Everest, Burnout changed from stormy to dusk purple
Chomo Lonzo, Fall from Grace changed from stormy to dusk purple

Himalayas environmental changes:


Everest, Burnout, Race it removed O2 requirement
Everest, Burnout, Trick it removed O2 requirement
Chomo Lonzo, Fall from Grace, Race it removed O2 requirement
Chomo Lonzo, Fall from Grace, Trick it removed O2 requirement