so this is actually the first time in a long while that i have been able to jump on my laptop, due to a lot of trips and visits and such (and im still active on my phone damn Ric is commited!) but yeah i wasn't able to do any text for this game. I will do a short summary of each game at the end but sorry in advance to all!
Most Wins: Onur Guardian (6) Most Wins in a Row: Onur Guardian (3) Most Podiums: Pedro Filipe (12) Most Podiums in a Row: Pedro Filipe (7) Most Point Finishes: Xavier Porta (24) Most Point Finishes in a Row: Xavier Porta (24) Driver with most points but without a win: Richard Robin Paukson (88)
Most Wins: Shadow (8) Most Wins in a Row: Shadow (3) Most Podiums: Tyrrell (20) Most Podiums in a Row: Shadow / Alpine (8) Most Races in a Row with a Podium: Alpine (7) Most Double Podiums: Shadow (6) Most 1-2s:Shadow (4)
DRIVER STATS
WINS Onur Guardian - 6 Pedro Filipe - 5 Cezary Skonieczny - 4 Ivelin Dobrev - 3 Xavier Porta - 2 Ahmet Sonverdi - 2 Mairo Toom - 1 Brad Marshall - 1
PODIUMS Pedro Filipe - 12 Onur Guardian - 10 Cezary Skonieczny - 10 Xavier Porta - 10 Ahmet Sonverdi - 9 Ivelin Dobrev - 6 Richard Robin Paukson - 3 Jun Ho - 2 Jonathan Beagles - 2 Brad Marshall - 2 Davi Queiroz - 2 Mairo Toom - 1 Rumen Monov - 1 Archit Modi - 1 Jason Mathias - 1
Congrats @Onur Guardian (M2) and Shadow team for the Most Wins. You really are the champion of this season, 99% sure if you don't retire before time.
On the other hand, a slow season like this (perhaps the record for slowest), can only end very slowly. We'll wait until Ric is on his computer and can finish the missing GP reports, no rush.
Right, do you know that football defender that being injured but unable to make more changes, his coach puts him as a forward ... and in the end he scores the decisive goal for his team? That would be me this season in F1FG.
Quote ( Xavier Porta @ August 18th 2021,11:15:03 )
Right, do you know that football defender that being injured but unable to make more changes, his coach puts him as a forward ... and in the end he scores the decisive goal for his team? That would be me this season in F1FG.
till final whistle anything can happen as i remmeber this ;)
Last wall i did was Sonic Riders, lets get this done!
Sonic The Hedgehog 2006
This game was probably one of the worst games in the Sonic franchise ever. Production was mega rushed, which caused a countless amounts of bugs to come in the final version, and the game is generally unplayable. However, it is a memorable one, even if it is for the worst reasons. Features a princess Elise who kisses a basicly dead Sonic (yes, Sonic got basicly stabbed by a laser) to make him turn super, save the world and erase everyone's memories by going back in time. Probably for the best.
Sonic Rivals
This game came out for the PSP and you race through multiple stages against an opponent, with obstacles and power ups that can affect the opponent. It is a fun game to play, a nice spinoff. It also got a sequel, with a bunch of new characters, but this game is a neat one nontheless. It also has other modes, like the battle mode, and in the first game you also collect cards, so it's a 2 in 1 deal!
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And this was all for the Green Eyes Era, without a doubt the best time ever for Sonic. It also featured series such as Sonic X and Sonic Underground and a lot of stuff which made Sonic a great franchise. However from Unleashed onwards (and with the failure of Sonic 06), Sonic would be granted a new formula, which means it's a new Era coming, we call it Modern Era.
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Sonic Unleashed
The best game of all in the Modern Era and arguably the best one in the entire Sonic franchise, altough this opinion of mine is easily not shared by some fans. You don't get to appreciate this game to its fullest until you look at the bigger picture and all other games and realize this was probably the best game ever. It features a werewolf version of Sonic which sure can have a dull gameplay but it isn't that boring, and besides, open world! It is full of content, but something that could frustrate players is that this game is incredibly hard to beat. I haven't done that myself and I would if my copy of the game weren't a scratched disk, which makes it unplayable. The game is also known for very low FPS at the time of release (consoles couldn't handle the stages) altough now with the upgrade to the newest X Box that doesn't happen anymore. Awesome game. Very hard to get your hands on if you want to play it on a PC.
Sonic Colors
Sonic Colors is a game released exclusivly for the Wii (which probably explains the reason why SEGA decided to remaster it and release it everywhere else in this September) that introduces the Wisps which would be basicly abused by the franchise moving foward (another sign that this game was extremely successful, perhaps). This game is relativitly short though and it's story and dialogue shows that SEGA is taking Sonic to places that are a bit... undesired for some fans, with the cheesy talks and the childish lore (opposed to Sonic Unleashed for example). It is a great game though, and very easy to get your hands on (just get the Dolphin emulator, an ISO of the game and you are good to go!)
Sonic Generations
Sonic had reached 20 years of age, and with that came a celebration in the form of a game: Sonic Generations. In this game Sonic is surprised by his friends that make a surprise party for him, when a mysterious monster (later to be known as Time Eater) captures everything and throws Sonic into a world with no colour and stopped in time. Sonic must rescue his friends and defeat Time Eater, who happened to be controlled by Dr. Eggman and Dr. Robotnik (Modern and Classic versions of Eggman). Along the way he finds Classic Sonic and together they defeat Time Eater! Outstanding game and the fan base keeps making awesome mods for it, reccomended and available on Steam for a low price as well!
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Back to spinoff world, this game features not only Sonic characters but SEGA characters too, from Team Fortress to Football Manager. It's a great game. So great that even @Vladimir Valis (P21) played it (and obviously i defeated him). So he can vouch for it being a good game. The servers are still up to this day, altough not many people play, especially since a game that is not mentioned in this season has been released in 2019: Team Sonic Racing. This game has a Career Mode as well, with replayability and trust me when i tell you: that takes a long long long time to complete.
Sonic Lost World
Sonic Lost World was released exclusivly in the Wii, and gives us the first glimpses of Wisp abusing. Disregarding that, it is a completely new take on Sonic and only present in this Era perhaps due to his voice actor (which ended up changing! Jason Griffith jumped in for the voice of Sonic since Shadow The Hedgehog, but he was replaced by Roger Craig Smith in Sonic Free Riders which we DO NOT TALK ABOUT). It's now available on steam as well, and it is a cool game to play I guess!
Sonic Mania
Sonic fans were gettting worried by the lack of quality games, and when a hero is needed, Christian Whitehead comes for the rescue. Sonic Mania is a sort of fan game that came to reality, with collaboration from these people. It's what you could call a fairy tale on gaming history, a miracle of sorts. Back to 2D, celebrating the origins and the old ways of the blue blurr, this game features brand new Zones as well as known ones. It signals the return of characters such as Mighty and Ray, and offers other modes for you to try out as well. It brings the best of what you can get from every game, and its definitly reccomended!
Sonic Forces
After a shine of hope, comes... Sonic Forces. Which is ironic because this game's story is all about bringing light back to a world of darkness; unfortunately, Sonic Team failed massively in this task. The game is incredibly simple, gameplay is unrewarding, the story is poorly written and the bosses are literally all the same (with some exceptions). It's a punch in the stomach for sonic fans, but... what's that?...
There's... hope! Hope for a better game! This game is not in the calendar, but that is because it isn't even a game yet. Meet the upcoming Sonic game, rumoured to be called Sonic Rangers. It is said to be an open world game (inspired by Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) and it does look nice. We don't have much information to go with yet.
The 30th anniversary brings some hopes for Sonic fans that definitly want to forget Sonic Forces. Sonic Colors Ultimate will be released in just 2 weeks, a new Netflix series is coming out in 2022 as well as Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (with the confirmation that Idris Elba will be the voice actor for Knuckles) and a new short animated series is coming out as well. It seems like Sonic Team is bringing all guns out for this. Will they meet to the expectations or will they fail? I hope they make 2022 a great year, but of course, we will have to wait and see!
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And that is all for this season. A few words before Vlad and I hand it over to Xavier and Cezary.
This has been a hard season to host and play, surely. It seems that I have a magnet for trouble, and that might be because of my hosting abilities. Maybe I was at fault for the havoc that was caused, but I will leave knowing this: I think I did a much better job this season than the other season I hosted. By far.
Had it not been the poor time management (which also came from our will to keep things paced which was being fought by slow finishes), this could have been a smooth ending. I also don't blame myself for coming up with controversial starts, because to be honest, if nobody does those, we will never know if they should be allowed or not.
Either way, congratulations Tyrrell, see you next season Shadow, and it's time to hand it over.
Quote ( Ricardo Antunes @ August 19th 2021,16:55:17 )
(and obviously i defeated him)
>:(
So it's oficially over! As a co-host it was a truly learning experience, I think I learned even more than during my own hosting season. Then again, I'm sorry for all the mistakes we've done and I want to thank all the players that sticked with us until the end and helped us to finish the season in the best possible way.
I'm really keen to see what the Tyrrell duo has in store for us, see you in the 215!
Thank you, Ric and Vlad for a good host. I would like to subscribe to Ric's own words, I think exactly the same: "I think I did a much better job this season than the other season I hosted. By far."
Cez and myself will be glad to host the S215 of F1FG.
In few moments, the link of the new thread will be here too.
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