17 October, 2003 - Recap

Motocross Madness 2 Trial

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Jeff W. and Ben B. hadn't dirtied their boots with a taste of Motocross Madness 2 yet, so to start the night off, we decided to play a little of the Motocross Madness 2 Trial.

We had a blast racing and trying stunts on the two tracks available. Racing got mean as we started to add AI players to the mix, with Ben stealing the podium several times.

Later we tried some stunts... which Jeff L. majorly blows chunks at in MCM2. We become quickly acquainted with many trees and power lines. I was determined to pull a 2x multipler jump tonight, however.

The goal was to pull 2 nac-nacs, since those go pretty quick. What ended up happening was that the first nac-nac I ended up pulling with it's "alternate" ending, allowing me to add an extra .5 onto the multiplier... It took several attempts, but the last race of the night before switching to Age of Empires II: Conquerors, I pulled it. 9800 x 2.5 = 24500 pts in one jump, which beats my old record for MCM1 in score, but not hangtime... I'm sure I wasn't in the air 7 seconds for that jump. Good feeling to pull that many points in one air though.

Now to try for 3.... might be doable in the retail version, since you can tweak your bike settings...

Age of Empires II: Conquerors

Didn't get any snapshots tonight. Sorry y'all.

The game started with Dan up top, Jeff to the mid-right, and Ben down below. The score was neck in neck as we advanced to the ages until I (Jeff) noticed Ben starting to expand down below, near my base. I decided to attack, trying to prevent (and waste the resources put towards) a castle being built for Ben. Well, that was warded off with the greatest of ease.. and while trying to send down a second wave, I realized Dan was attacking the north end of my base.

Needless to say, although I had 3 out of the 5 available relics, I still lost, but hopefully went down with a little fight. I'm not sure who won, as I wasn't able to stick around and witness the conclusion of the game... But I know it was a good battle, cause everyone was advanced well. I'll have to check with Ben and Dan and see who won and if anything majorly exciting happened, so we can report it here.