JoshDIGRhodes

Bracket drawn up, freestyle order made. . .Now all thats left is to qualify and race these beasts. Hour and a half Gentlemen, hope your all ready.

Name: Josh Rhodes
AIM: JoshDIGRhodes
Truck: Wreckless Intent
Freestyle Song Link:

Filled up pretty quick. All signups from here on are alternates. I'm not going to be competing, just officiating.

When it comes time for the event, message JoshDIGRhodes on AIM to be invited to the chatroom.

Not open until 5PM/est Wambo. . .

Very well put Chadwick, but i feel you left out one important detail as to why people my think others are cheating:

When ROR First started to gain popularity with ROR Monster Jam way back in the early days, most everyone drove using a keyboard. I believe one or two people were using wheels, and were very tough to beat. Over time, people started bringing in PS2/3 controllers, and began burying everyone with keys. This was the first time i remember hearing people complain about others hacking/cheating with their trucks. It wasn't the case, but because these devices offered better control of the trucks it made it seem as though they were. Now, we've got people using all sorts of devices and controllers to help them gain an advantage.

In the early days of ROR, you'd have to drive the truck into a corner straight to get it settle and glide around the corner, now with these controllers, mixed with modified truck files that some leagues allow trucks to slide into the corner WAY earlier than they used to, allowing for excellent corner exits. The control these days with such things is absolutely ridiculous. Which is where i think the crys of "HACKER!" are coming from. You might be a driver using a PS3 controller, and have an absolutely perfect pass, yet someone who has a Logitech G27 will totally outrun you.

The way to fix this and make things more competitive? Edit the tracks. Add more grip to them. Make it to where everyone has to drive back into the corners straight and the trucks will again begin to hike up on to wheels. It'll make things interesting again. The recent KOTH at the old RMR proved to be pretty challenging, as well as the RORMTP event on the Mankato Figure 8. Those surfaces were tacky, tricky, and tough on the trucks and the drivers. Made the playing field a bit more level.

Mark Colineri built a new Raceway Park track awhile ago for the specific purpose to hold a KOTH event at, and now were finally getting to it. SUNDAY night, we will have some fun at Raceway Park!

Chat Opens: 6:30est/5:30cst

Racing begins: 7est/6cst

SIGNUPS WILL OPEN THE DAY BEFORE THE EVENT, SATURDAY @ 5EST

Truck Lineup:

Bigfoot 19(Blue)- Dan Agosh

Snake Bite- Devin Doss

Black Stallion- Andrew

Overkill Evolution- Michael Murray

Grave Digger 25- Chadwick Deerfoot

Maximum Destruction: Mark Colineri (Made Track, First dibs on Truck)

Storm Damage- Daniel Simon

Hurricane Force- Aaron Lurie

Avenger- Matt Wilkenson

Brutus- sudrules

Also, anybody is welcome to signup and run. Not just people who are in Teamspeak at the time when a KOTH is announced.

Bracket 1:

Bigfoot 18 Def. Bigfoot 19

El Matador Def. Bounty Hunter

King Krunch Def. Gun Slinger

Iron Outlaw Def. Maverik Monster Trakker

Bigfoot 18 Def. El Matador

King Krunch Def. Iron Outlaw

Bigfoot 18 Def. King Krunch

Bracket 2:

Bigfoot 19 Def. Bigfoot 18

Iron Outlaw Def. Maverik Monster Trakker

Bounty Hunter Def. King Krunch

El Matador Def. Gun Slinger

Iron Outlaw Def. Bigfoot 19

El Matador Def. Bounty Hunter

El Matador Def. Iron Outlaw

Freestyle:

Maverik Monster Trakker- 20

Iron Outlaw- 22

El Matador- 23

Bigfoot 19- 24

King Krunch- 27

Gun Slinger- 18

Bigfoot 18- 0

Bounty Hunter- 7

Overall:

8. Bigfoot 18- 97

7. Bounty Hunter- 100

6. Maverik Monster Trakker- 107

5. Gun Slinger- 108

4. Bigfoot 19- 114

3. Iron Outlaw- 119

2. El Matador- 120

1. King Krunch- 121

King of the Hill, Rocky Mountain Raceway! Thats right, were going old school ROR here with Monster Trucks returning to the tricky Figure 8 course.

Race: 7EST/6CST

Track: http://sim-monsters.com/index.php?/files/file/18-rocky-mountain-raceway/

We will be running 1 Qualifying session, 2 Racing Brackets, and finally Freestyle to wrap up the night!

Racing Rules: Orange Cones are 5 second penalties, hitting a jump with only 1 front tire is a DQ, Violent Rollover- Done for the night, Hard Roll- done for remainder of Racing, Light Roll, OK to continue.

Truck Lineup:

Bigfoot 18(V4) Danny Mackey

Speed Energy Bigfoot 19(http://sim-monsters.com/index.php?/files/file/630-bigfoot-19/) Devin Doss

Maverik Monster Trakker(V4) Mason Watts

Bounty Hunter(http://sim-monsters.com/index.php?/files/file/1643-bounty-hunter-jim-creten-2014-version/) Michael Murray

King Krunch(V4) Roach

El Matador(V4) Chadwick Deerfoot

Iron Outlaw(V4): Josh Rhodes

Gun Slinger(http://www.mediafire.com/download/rwjc0d6fs5dd2qf/GS2014.zip)Brad Shaw

Signups are first come first serve. After all the trucks are taken, then Alternate signups will be accepted. Alternates will take the place of a driver that doesn't show up.

I don't.

Or women they've stolen.

This is pretty cool Danny, Nice to have sort of an "All Time Wins List."

And that my friends, is how Daffy Duck was conceived.

Mark Colineri and Michael Murray updated a few things on this truck for me. Mark did an excellent job on the paint, and The Frenchmen updated the shock settings to allow the truck to handle a bit more like the real truck. The update is in the downloads section, go have fun with it.

WHEELIE RESULTS:

WRECKING CREW: 24

HOOKED: 19

GUN SLINGER: 26

BARBARIAN: 19

GRAVE DIGGER: 27

STONE CRUSHER: 26

AVENGER: 24

BIGFOOT: 22

WINNER: GRAVE DIGGER!

RACING RESULTS:

8. BARBARIAN def. 1. GRAVE DIGGER

6. BIGFOOT def. 3. GUN SLINGER

5. AVENGER def. 4. WRECKING CREW

2. STONE CRUSHER def. 7 HOOKED

8. BARBARIAN def. 3. BIGFOOT

5. AVENGER def. 2. STONE CRUSHER

FINALS:

5. AVENGER def. 8 BARBARIAN in KOTH Best 2 out of 3!

Freestyle Results:

Hooked: 10

Wrecking Crew: 22

Stone Crusher: 27

Barbarian: 23

Gun Slinger: 29

Avenger: 25

Bigfoot: 24

Grave Digger: 26

GUN SLINGER WINS FREESTYLE!

KING OF THE HILL POINTS:

AVENGER: 75 *TIEBREAKER WINNER, WON RACING*

STONE CRUSHER: 75

GUN SLINGER: 74

GRAVE DIGGER: 73

BARBARIAN: 72

BIGFOOT: 71

WRECKING CREW: 66

HOOKED: 53

File Name: Grave Digger XIX Update

File Submitter: JoshDIGRhodes

File Submitted: 20 Jun 2014

File Category: V4 Replica

Version 2.0 is way better than 1.0. Mark Colineri did an excellent job updating the paint, and Michael Murray, or as I refer to him "The Setup Guru" reworked the shocks to make the truck handle a bit more like Digger XIX. If anybody recognizes where the side panel paint came from, you've been in ROR for quite awhile!

Click here to download this file

KING OF THE HILL: SHATNER MOTOR SPEEDWAY:

Wheelie Rules:

POP and DROP Wheelies only. You will be judged on how verticle you get the front wheels into the air. If the truck lands off to the side and you pull off into a save, that will also count towards your score. There will be NO slap wheeling in this contest. The winner of the wheelie contest recieves ONE KOTH point, and is Top Qualifier for racing. The rest of the scores will be used to determine the racing bracket.

Racing Rules:

Racing is pretty self explanitory here. Go straight. Either lane does have a freestyle obstacle after the finish line. Making HARD contact that results in a HARD or VIOLENT rollover will result in said truck NOT freestyling. Winner of Racing will recieve 50 points, 2nd 49, 3rd 48, 4th 47, 5th 46, 6th 45, 7th 44, 8th 43. The wheelie winner/top qualifer will have their point added to their total racing points.

Freestyle Rules:

Freestyle will be REALISTIC. Any truck that lands violently on the rear axle will be shut off and not allowed to refire. That means drive with common sense. Don't SLAM into the back of the FMX hill and land HARD on the rear axle, you will be shut off. You may launch the bus stack as hard as you want, but if you land in an unrealistic way, you will be shut off. The white lines at the TOP and BOTTOM of the track are OUT OF BOUNDS, NO tires will be allowed past them on the grass. If done so you will be shut off. You MAY run onto the front stretch of the track if you wish. Your freestyle score will be added to your Racing points total, the person with the highest point total at the end of the night will be KING OF THE HILL!

TONIGHTS THE NIGHT!

King of the Hill returns to Shatner Motor Speedway where Grave Digger will do battle against Bigfoot!

7est/6cst, chat will be on AIM.

Truck Lineup:

Grave Digger XIX(Josh Rhodes)

Bigfoot 19(Michael Murray)

Stone Crusher(Aaron Lurie)

Hooked(Mason Watts)

Avenger(Conner Richardson)

Wrecking Crew(Devin Doss)

Gun Slinger(Andrew Wamsely)

Barbarian(Joshua Micks)

I said you could signup as an alternate. That does not mean you can signup in another truck, that meant you could signup as an alternate driver.

Just a few things I've noticed so far Kozak:

1. You probably already know it, but the sounds are screwed up royally.

2. The speed we have in the current v4 trucks isn't accurate, it is in this truck file its very close.

3. The truck lands very hard, however its a little difficult to get a slap wheelie. Its a timing thing to get one, which I like, but the truck just feels like it slams into the ground and that I really don't like.

4. I'm all for making the truck files to where the truck wants to tip a bit easier, however this is overboard. Its way to easy to get up on two wheels. It creates some great saves, but atleast for me they happen constantly. Making for a more unrealistic feel. 

5. Its weird to describe, but to me it feels as if when the trucks in the air, some times it appears the tires are floating. By that I mean they have a bit of an un-natural wiggle in the air, if that makes sense.

I'll drive it a bit more when I get the time and make some edits to it if you want to give them a try.

Roach and Mark are the first two fill ins. Signing up as a fill in does not mean you can signup with whatever truck you want. This field is locked with the trucks listed above in the first post. If a spot opens up, the first fill in driver will be contacted to fill the vacated truck. So on and so forth until all trucks are full.

All trucks taken, but feel free to signup as an Alternate!

Welcome one and all to the revival of King of the Hill. If you didn't run this series, here is a short rundown on it:

King of the Hill is a one night points championship. Pretty obvious, the driver and truck that earn the most points on the evening is crowned the King of the Hill! When I used to run these events, I would post the field of trucks, and it would be a first come first serve signup basis. This format will be returning. These events will be simple, quick, and hopefully fun for all those involved.

Now, onto the action:

KING OF THE HILL: SHATNER MOTOR SPEEDWAY! (Track Link: http://sim-monsters.com/index.php?/files/file/1500-shatner-motor-speedway/)

On Friday June the 20th, 2014, at 6PM Central time: Shatner Motor Speedway will be invaded by the MONSTERS! A dream lineup of Trucks will file into the palace of speed this Friday for one of the biggest Monster Truck events of the year! For one night only, you will get to witness a rare spectacle within the sport! BIGFOOT: The Original Monster Truck vs GRAVE DIGGER: The Black and Green Wrecking Machine!

VS.

BUT WAIT: That's not all! 6 other trucks will be trying to spoil Grave Digger and Bigfoot's party! Stone Crusher, Hooked, Avenger, Wrecking Crew, Gun Slinger, and Barbarian! Tickets are FREE because this isn't real! COME OUT AND SEE THE MONSTERS PLAY!

Truck Lineup:

Grave Digger XIX(Josh Rhodes)

Bigfoot 19(Michael Murray)

Stone Crusher(Aaron Lurie)

Hooked(Mason Watts)

Avenger(Conner Richardson)

Wrecking Crew(Devin Doss)

Gun Slinger(Andrew Wamsely)

Barbarian(Joshua Micks)

First come First Serve on the signups. Please include your name, and your AIM name, as well as the truck you wish to drive. If all trucks are taken, signup as an alternate!

Would love to know the name of the Excaliber font.

I really wish more tracks like that would be made for ROR, Bernier. I'd run a summer league if there were more small outdoor tracks. Get a few replicas out there like West Lebanon Speedway, Quincy Raceways, Dixie Speedway, etc. Toss in a couple custom tracks to with varying race courses like quick J-Drags or small St. Louis style tracks. Would be something really fun to do.

Musta missed it when I was looking through last night. Never signed up for the league, just signed up for one of the pre-season events.