"High Octane Ultra-Funk"
*Tuesday, April 12, 2016*
Get ready for the Rebuild!:
Ol' Light's cookin' up some big changes for this pop shop...stay tuned!
Tuesday, April 21, 1999
Big Changes:
Fortunately it's all good news. Well, almost. You have probably noticed that
after it LOOKED like I was going to start playing some more I'76, I STOPPED playing
completely. The main reason for this is I bought a brand new computer...specifically,
a Celeron 300A which I overclcoked to 450Mhz. and a nice new shiny 3DFX Banshee
Creative Labs AGP 100MHZ SGRAM model, overclocked to 125Mhz. Those are the highlights
of the system anyways. A fatty 10 Gig IBM Deskstar hardrive is also mighty nice.
In paticular, however, I must strongly recommend the Creative labs Banshee
with SGRAM, it's easily oveclockable (hell, Labs even wrote an overclcok utility
into the driver controls!), and works great! Againt my warning, INT Grimm went
and got the Labs TNT and he's still trying to get it working with all his games...
While TNT is faster, in theory (about 5% faster than my card, which is the fastest
Banshee out there), I am going with reality, and in reality just about every
game does 3DFX. And I've done enough 'software mode' for one lifetime.
Games Games Games:
And so with the new system comes a plethora of games, new and old. First and
foremost is: I'76...well, I cannot reinstall it because my CD's seemed to have
picked up and left. So I'm waiting on some INT bretheren to mail me the discs
so I can get underway. But that doesn't mean I'm sitting here all day browsing
pr0n in the meantime. I rarely do that. TRIBES
is the name of the game. Let me tell you again. TRIBES.
Imagine Quake. Now imagine Quake MINUS the Nine Inch Nails Motif, MINUS the
Dungeons and Dragons textures, MINUS the Freedy Kruger monster opponents and
MINUS the Death Match trash. TRIBES is all about team
play, it's all done in outside environs, it's lethal paintball with jetpacks,
and many I'76 players are in on it already :) In fact several Team
Intercept members and a few Kamikaze's
have decided to make a tribe of their own, The Interceptum. Webpage is out (done
by yours truly), but it's functional right now, not pretty.. hehe I'll send
a URL out when I feel like half of you won't throw up by looking at the site
layout. Other games...hrmmm...intalled "Big Assets" upgrade for Battlezone
and man, what a difference, the Battlezone team just rocks. That game doesn't
have soul like I'76 does but it sure has network stability, which I'76 lacks... Site changes and updates?:
Yep, yep. Got our latest interview sitting on my new harddrive
awaiting the final touch ups and such. It's a cool interview with one of I'76's
sharpest dudes. I want to set up some real audio to go with this one (I am getting
sick of the midi files and I know everyone else has been for quite some time).
After that, it's up...and there are more SSS-G file to come. Once I get the
damn game again we are good to go...
Monday, February 29, 1999
We have an impressive backlog of studies waiting to be posted in increments
of one a week... And a new one is up. Most strategy questions were answered
also, though I've saved a few for later. Interview is happening soon, yes SSS
is back on the ball. Now I just need to practice playing more often. Last thing
I want is to become one of those I'76 players who has a website that sucks at
actually PLAYING the game. Barf!
But this sucked.:
In real life, racing didn't go as planned, Aventari (guy I was going to race
with) mixed up the dates for competition and turns out this weekend was Pro
Solo regionals or something, basically a big bru-haha for people trying to make
money on the track. No point in us going because we are autocross 'newbies'.
A real pain though, I just installed a set of non resistored plugs in the Z
for MORE POWER, but they really interfere with the radio. Monday, February 22, 1999
Well after about half a year of on-off (O.K., O.K., mostly off) play I've started
to miss the long nights of kill and be killed (mostly kill!). Not that there
are many people left to kill... But there are a few out there. I went out for
some original I'76 games saturday night and was not dissapointed. Far from it,
I was given a very good fight by Mr. Cool himself, Frosty (#>#), and one
of Team Intercept's own, from long, long ago...INT Elwen! Pics posted below.
I'll be playing a few hours on the weekends now...check the Speed Shop message
board, I'll post a message before I go out on the interstate if you'd like to
go a few rounds!
Back on track!:
Question: What do you want for Christmas?
Answer: MORE POWER!!!
Hehehe!
Back Again!:
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| Frosty and I discuss the finer points of turning Death Machine into little Death Machine parts over the southwest desert...later he makes fun of my mom and I blow him up (just kidding, but I blew him up anyways). Excellent gun duelist. | After over a year of self imposed exile, INT Elwen greets me with the traditional INT-bone manuever, a sure-fire way to collect on prepaid insurance. At least I'll be able to afford that supercharged engine for the AMZ now (and a wheelchair). |
Life...:
Quite a bit of studying, but I'll still manage to party. And what would a speed
shop be without a little racing action? If all goes as planned, My turbo Z is
doing a little autocrossing next weekend. Let us hope nothing breaks! AND LET
US HOPE WE WIN! (Yeah right!) :) Either way, pics will be posted!
And of course I don't need to mention...:
The Speed Shop is back in business! Updated! Fixed! Revised, revitalized, requantatized!
New SSSG article by Death Machine.. more to come soon to the SSSG section! Map
section in works by my main man Rockaho! I WILL DO AN INTERVIEW NEXT MONTH!
Brace thyselves for weekly updates, quality news (I didn't say GOOD quality),
and stuff galore, cats and kittens!
*** December 1998
-- This log missing due to data loss. -Sui ***
Wednesday, September 23, 1998
Hello Out of
Nowhere:
Did I mention I'm still alive? So sorry to dissapoint! :) I'm stuck in school
still.. finals are coming up I'll have a few free weeks... Hell maybe I'll have
my phone lines fixed by then and play some I'76? Never can tell. One of my old
dueling partners is working on an article for the shop, actually the article
is slated to be more of a curiosity but hey it's something! I've been working
on my car, the one I drive everyday, installed some lightweight racing seats
and my Ram Air induction kit came in. I actually think it will help what with
the turbo lag and all. Here's a pic of the induction
kit on the racing seats. I'm doing what I can to reduce weight in the car,
and later this week, time permitting, I'll pull the AC and condensor unit in
the quest to increase my HP/weight ratio. But that's not about I'76! And I don't
have much new info to show, so, in the meantime, Rockaho is on the dueling ladder,
and he's been updating his site so you may want to check it out!
I'76 News:
Yeah clean up time...the news page was at the 75K bench so time to start a
new one. Bad things have happened, well good ones too I suppose. Without getting
into too much detail I've got this test today which I *know* is going to be
e-vile. But I digress...INT Rockaho had to reformat his hard drive, which is
a bad thing for anyone who has signed up for the first IRD
Rally race. We have a relatively finalish version, but it lacks the polish
of signs and other little things on the map... Regardless, a new I'76 file needs
to be built, to make the other seasons of the year so the other rally's can
be played in the series. Quite a drag, especially for Rock considering he is
the driving force behind map development for the tournament. Hopefully we'll
have a map for the tournament by the end of the month, but it may take longer.
And Badlands is gone...I don't know what Bandit's plan is but the info page
should resurface...it'd be a shame to go to waste. I also dropped the gif images
from the news page...figured they might be slowing people down...let me know
if you want them back, or like this better...O.K...good news...Aquila has
a real life players car section on his page now...it's cool, even if some of
the cars on there could school my own. (NO, not your pile 944, Lord you-know-who.)
:)
Other Crap:
I put a set of Pirelli tires on my car a few days ago...man they rock...I'd
get wheel spin when driving vigorously prior to these hotties. Now I just lay
down a little rubber path but keep moving. They're also quieter than my last
set, and handle worlds better. My Dunlop's were dogs. I'll never buy Dunlop's
again. Falken's and Pirelli's, that be it. Oh...while were on this car subject
(aren't we always at the speed shop?), check out http://z.interspeed.net/speedshop/pub/photos/cars,
it's a little treat for the faithful.. a bunch of car scans I've done, and some
from others.... mostly modern stuff but it's cool to look at if you like sports
cars.
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