Stephen Hopkins

If becky gets an "invite" before coty you can bet I'll be flipping tables all day in anger and disbelief.  

Points after week 7!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TETfhOpZDyi4-3NA1oKmvHwPaYlND1XXT9OK9imikBM/edit?usp=sharing

Notes:

The East MMJ series has closed up to a 30 point gap. If weekends like the past continue then Cole will be a serious contender for the lead before the end of the season.
West is as it was last week, 3 person race with the third person slowly slipping away from the top two. 
Arena, The top 5 looks very much the same but there were some big movers through out the rest of the top 20. Most notable would be Bad news, an excellent weekend all around which included winning several events including a freestyle event!
FS1.... no points series can prevent the run away Adam has going. He now has over a 10 point lead on second place.
 

Yeah most stadiums have resorted to metal detectors. Chances of it going un detected is slim.  Soon as they see that they'll know its a video camera and tell you to take it to the car. Like others suggested if it were a normal point and shoot looking camera you'd likely be fine as most stadiums and venues have no issue with point and shoots. 

Points after week 6!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TETfhOpZDyi4-3NA1oKmvHwPaYlND1XXT9OK9imikBM/edit?usp=sharing

Linsey continues to impress in Scooby Doo tying Randy Brown in Grave Digger for every freestyle event this past weekend. She is also still 3rd overall in arena points
3 independents also find themselves in the top 10 this week, stellar performances from Crushstation launched it up the standings to 9th. Bounty Hunter (trent) and Stinger find themselves 7th and 8th respectively.
Stadium points are getting tighter, CVH after missing an event is only 3 points back of the overall leader. 
The two leaders in the FS1 series distanced themselves from 3rd after Tom had a rough weekend. Still Adam gained 1.5 points over 2nd place continuing to grow his lead. 
In the East MMJ series Cole cut into Bari's point lead whilst moving into 2nd overall. Cole's performance has steadily improved over the season. Looks like this championship will come down to Cole and Bari.  
In the West MMJ series Tyler again had a very solid effort in all the racing shows. He closed the gap to second and seems to be "lurking in the weeds". Wouldn't be surprised to see him make a late season push if his racing success continues 

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Points after week 5!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TETfhOpZDyi4-3NA1oKmvHwPaYlND1XXT9OK9imikBM/edit?usp=sharing


Keeping it short this week!
Point difference between Adam and second place in the FS1 series continues to slowly grow (+1 this week)
Some big movers in the arena series, Top 5 is a little shooken up with Gary Porter entering the top 5 for the first time this year. Two independents, Stinger and Bounty Hunter (Trent), both are right outside the top 10, maybe this weekend one breaks into the top 10!  
East MMJ series, Cole had a strong weekend and closed the gap between him and the front runners, Plenty of time for anyone in the top 4 to close in on the leaders
West MMJ series seems to have become a two horse race with Coty and Morgan, However Tyler ran well in racing last weekend and if he continues to do so may become a threat as time goes on. 

23 hours ago, XtremeDragon said:

 

sorry for the late response

That only makes it worse for me....... There's no alarming red flag. You might try re installing ror and see what that does for you. 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TETfhOpZDyi4-3NA1oKmvHwPaYlND1XXT9OK9imikBM/edit?usp=sharing

Points after week 4! 

Interesting notes. 
Pablo continues to make huge advances towards the top in the area series. Randy Brown continues to lead this "series" but his points margin to second closed drastically this weekend. 
In the arena series 4 of the top 5 are Grave Digger trucks, the other truck is (IMO) Rookie of the year front runner Linsey in Scooby Doo(she is currently 3rd in points).
Other notables would be Wild Thang, Stinger, and Crushtation. Each continue to score points every weekend, they are not winning events but they are consistently racking up points which is impressive! 
The stadium series is spread apart mainly because the main front runners have run twice as many events as most other trucks. However the top 5 trucks who have only competed in two events is very interesting with the top 5 split by only 4 points.  
The FS1 series also tightened up as well with only a 3 point gap from first to second and 11 points between 1st and 5th. As of this week it looks like it will be between Tom, Adam, and Damon for the top spot. 
The MMJ series had a lead change this past weekend with Bari taking the top spot over Brianna. Jared and Cole are still in the mix and as the season continues to progress I think these two rookies will begin to close in on the leaders as they did this past weekend(another two front runners for rookie of the year IMO).
The west coast series continues to tighten up with Morgan closing the gap to Coty. Should the front runners have a rough weekend expect Colton and Tyler to capitalize as they are both well within striking distance and are both having great years thus far! (Tyler would be another favorite for rookie of the year IMO)

Crappy spec files and other material issues that probably wernt such a big deal in .37. For instance one of my old meshs with an old spec file I created ages ago shows up super dark in .4.5.   It also has to do with lighting and where the truck is at compared to the light source. 

Heres what I used for my truck........ Non spec images

diffuse vertexcolour
            specular 0.1500000 0.1500000 0.1500000 12.500000
            texture_unit

Nothing alarming from that......... Whats your computer specs? 

55 minutes ago, XtremeDragon said:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B68PXj-vs3fLcmxNMkd4WmcyRW8

Requested access to that file. I'd appreciate if you'd allow it so I can see it and figure out whats happening! 

Try a different map.  Whats the results? Same or can you drive it?

Run it on another map first if it doesnt work, do exactly what you did in the video at that very track and then send me the RoR log which is found here \Documents\Rigs of Rods 0.4\logs

The team that scores the most points will win. 

The team who scores the most points QB will be the game MVP.

 

Rumor has it that they may have new bodies at Detroit......... but its only a rumor so take it with a grain of salt. 

What! A grave digger stadium run without ending in total destruction of the truck!!! And it won? Hell has officially frozen over........temporarily but still..........

I wonder how much the dumpster slam damaged the facility.... That was a solid hit on that wall......

^ Good to know


Directions for a glass of water.
1. Get a glass.
2. Put water in glass.


Resulting product:

Points after week 3!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TETfhOpZDyi4-3NA1oKmvHwPaYlND1XXT9OK9imikBM/edit?usp=sharing

Interesting notes
Jimmy Creten ended randy browns reign on the speed and skill segment
Dan Evans scored more points in Mark McDonalds truck than Mark has to this point. (dan evans was killing it this weekend as a fill in) 
Pablo though having only completed 4 events is in the top ten in points. Jon Zimmer and Gary Porter are also in the top 10 with only 5 events completed.
Scooby Doo driven by Linsey still has more freestyle points then Randy Brown in Grave Digger, though I expect that to change after this coming weekend.  
The West cost MMJ series has a much tighter points run than the East coast counterpart. The two trucks who continuously race well in the east series have pulled away thus far. This will likely change as the season progress.
Kayla Blood won her first event(donuts) and continues to put in a very solid effort in racing, she has yet to make a finals but of the 9 events, shes made the second round 8 times, second only to Coty. 
Tacoma had several instances where only 4/8 trucks completed a FS run.
Captains Curse Dominated the donuts competition this weekend. 
 Stadium Tour started this weekend and to no surprise both Max-D and Grave Digger can be found at the top. The rest of the top 10 is interesting to say the least. (all aboard the Hooligan Hype train!)
MMJD had a rough weekend and relinquished the FS1 points lead to Digger and in my opinion may be the last lead change for that series though time will tell. 
See you all next week! 


Edit
If anyone can confirm which drivers drove Obsession and Obsessed this weekend I'd appreciate it as I believe the Monster Jam truck list was incorrect. 

So it what ways will this be any different from the already established monster truck groups that do exactly what you say and already have a huge fan base? 

After the first two weeks. There is several sheets to look through, one explaining points payouts the rest with points. I have both the MMJ and FS1 series broken down so you can see where and how points are being awarded. This is extremely time consuming so I cant promise that any series other than the MMJ and FS1 tours will be completed till the end of the season. 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TETfhOpZDyi4-3NA1oKmvHwPaYlND1XXT9OK9imikBM/edit?usp=sharing

Fun Fact of the day:

Scooby Doo driven by Linsey has more area FS points than anybody in either the generic arena series or the MMJ tours (waiting on west coast results so this may change). She has actually scored more freestyle points than her travel partner, Randy Brown, Driving grave digger. (scooby doo and Briana and Brown's Digger are tied for second most freestyle points thus far with all three competing in the same amount of shows). Guess Grave Digger doesn't always win fan judging eh? 

Points were caclulated like this 

1st= 5

2nd =4

3rd=3

4th=2

5th =1


Another note is Randy Brown to this point hasnt lost a Speed and Skill event yet. 

(yes im working on an excel sheet for all kinds of points stuff with my own points series, Ill post it once Monster Jam gets all the results in from this weekend)

One side looked filled in better than the other on the pictures I saw. Looks like you were facing the good side. Either that or people left the show in swarms before some of the heavy hitters ran. 

I cant find the best example I saw but I did find this to backup my thoughts. Obviously you'd know better than I when in the show this was but it seemed to be after qualifying maybe in between some racing rounds? But you can clearly see huge splotches in the upper bowl and some pretty hefty holes in the bottom bowel (can be seen in your panorama to). Just a shame as it used to be that the place was packed or at least had the bottom bowl sold out. Obviously I understand you cant really say much either way and I probably shouldn't either but its just disappointing compared to the not so long ago past. 

I cant help but laugh at how empty the stands are in Atlanta. Bottom bowl not even close to full, top bowl less than 50%. 


 

Just imagine how the trade for credit photographers feel. 

I totally agree especially with that last line. Dont shoot me though, im just the messenger quoting statements from MJ tech officials.

On a side note I was never a fan of the drivers doing the ATV stuff...... wonder how long it is until somebody gets really hurt...... 

Im sure that the ukraines on the basl's trucks is going real well with feld.  
 

I want to say somewhere in the Feld/USHRA truck guidelines/rule book that Monster trucks in their events couldn't have drive shaft blankets, thus were effectively banned making them a useless investment for most teams. 


From an old mayhem post by a tech official ( want to say it was Jim Ursini) in 2009

"as per our officials school recently, you will not be permitted to run the blankets at FELD shows. It makes it impossible to see if there is a drive shaft or loop malfunction with the blanket on.'"