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Samantha U
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Posted - 2010.02.05 04:14:00 -
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Edited by: Samantha U on 05/02/2010 04:19:41
For those of you who watch BBC's Top Gear motoring show, you'll know that they stage regular races between disparate forms of vehicle, one drives a Bugatti Veyron while another takes a train to see who can reach a specific location first.
Myself and a couple of friends who play EVE imagined such a race with Clarkson in some 4x4 crossing Iceland while James May (aka Captain Slow) crosses empire space in a freighter, or possibly to make it even more interesting, heads out to some spot in 0.0, with gate camps waiting for him being opposed by gangs of TG fans trying to help him reach his destination.
Besides being a bit of fun would be a good bit of advertising for CCP.
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Ryhss
Caldari
The Templar Navy
SRS.
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Posted - 2010.02.05 04:18:00 -
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Julius Rigel
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Posted - 2010.02.05 05:07:00 -
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Not to criticize your idea too much, but wouldn't it be fairly uninteresting watching a freighter warping and jumping for like an hour?
I've had a lot of "Top Gear" ideas myself. Perhaps my favorite would be "Star in a Reasonably Priced Frig", where some New Eden celebrity has to fly our race track in a T1 frig each week.
Then of course it's easily expanded to something like "What's the fastest profession?" where a miner, a pirate, a mission runner etc. compete against each other.
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Bucky O'Hair
Minmatar
Crimson Light Horse Brigade
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Posted - 2010.02.05 11:51:00 -
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I Love This Idea!!!
Top Gear is one of my favorite shows! I like the race idea, the star in a frig idea...
You should do this!!
After all.....
"How hard could it be?"
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Marko Riva
Adamant Inc.
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Posted - 2010.02.05 12:07:00 -
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Edited by: Marko Riva on 05/02/2010 12:08:29
Well it certainly sounds ambitious and I bet it'll end up being rubbish so that should work out just fine. I immediately started thinking of how to recreate the three boys in EVE but it's not that easy.
Oh and the Veyron<>train never happened afaik. There's the Veyron vs eurofighter on the runway with Richard, Veyron driven by May in Germany and ofcourse the long trip vs the plane, which ended up being a short bit of train due to May's stupidity. So it had a train but wasn't the main one :P There's also the Veyron on the track but that's a controversial one and there's the Veyron vs Mclaren F1 in Dubai.
If you'd want to do something like that I'd pick a jump freigther vs intie vs covops frig, start it in deep 0.0 and end in Jita. JF can jump the most part of 0.0, the covops simply ignores any gatecamps and the intie is just very fast.
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Samantha U
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Posted - 2010.02.05 12:30:00 -
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Edited by: Samantha U on 05/02/2010 12:32:54
 Originally by: Julius Rigel
Not to criticize your idea too much, but wouldn't it be fairly uninteresting watching a freighter warping and jumping for like an hour?
I've had a lot of "Top Gear" ideas myself. Perhaps my favorite would be "Star in a Reasonably Priced Frig", where some New Eden celebrity has to fly our race track in a T1 frig each week.
Then of course it's easily expanded to something like "What's the fastest profession?" where a miner, a pirate, a mission runner etc. compete against each other.
It would be about as interesting as watching James sat on a train with Hammond. The focus of the race would be Clarkson in the 4x4 and some great shots of the Icelandic countryside, with a few highlights of James trundling through the game, possibly with attempts to gank him, but most of the action would be in the real world.
Yeah, the Veyron <> Train race was just off the top of my head as an example, and I figured Hammond would be in something like a cov ops scout ship, which could prove amusing watching him freak when he hits a bubble camp.
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Kazuo Ishiguro
House of Marbles
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Posted - 2010.02.05 12:41:00 -
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If you'd like to talk about racing in EVE and how it can be done, get in touch. I used to do that sort of thing quite frequently.
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Marko Riva
Adamant Inc.
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Posted - 2010.02.05 12:45:00 -
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Either leave out the freighter because that's not going to work or make it a JF and have you'll have a real race. If you leave it out then this could work;
Hammond is obviously an intie although an Enyo would perhaps be better, white teeth
May uuuuhm.... Buzzard? it's slow and the vertical fins kinda mimic his hair
Jezza, Brutix? DPS/POWER! while being absolute ****?
Gotta roleplay it :P
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Ick Ickagami
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Posted - 2010.02.05 12:47:00 -
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The Veyron is nice, yes, but I'd much rather have a Maybach. Any given day. That thing is the ultimate high-end poon wagon.
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Marko Riva
Adamant Inc.
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Posted - 2010.02.05 12:52:00 -
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Edited by: Marko Riva on 05/02/2010 12:52:37
Any person driving a Maybach is the biggest idiot..... in the world. Who on earth would take a slightly higher spec S-class with barftastic two-tone colors over, for instance, a Phantom. I wouldn't drive that for free, I'd sell it off and get a something decent like an XJ, A8, said Phantom or (if heart wins over mind) Arnage. Heck I'd get a normal S-class and keep the change.
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Ick Ickagami
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Posted - 2010.02.05 12:57:00 -
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Originally by: Marko Riva
Edited by: Marko Riva on 05/02/2010 12:52:37
Any person driving a Maybach is the biggest idiot..... in the world. Who on earth would take a slightly higher spec S-class with barftastic two-tone colors over, for instance, a Phantom. I wouldn't drive that for free, I'd sell it off and get a something decent like an XJ, A8, said Phantom or (if heart wins over mind) Arnage. Heck I'd get a normal S-class and keep the change.
You silly little pleb.
The owner doesn't drive the Maybach.
That's what the chauffer is for.
The owner rides in luxury in the back getting his knob polished by beautiful slavic princesses.
Sometimes the bourgeois are so silly...............
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Marko Riva
Adamant Inc.
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Posted - 2010.02.05 13:00:00 -
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What a tool... you'll look. Besides, if you'd actually watch TG you'd know there's only one car for that; MB Grosser, Jezza has one.
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Ick Ickagami
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Posted - 2010.02.05 13:08:00 -
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Originally by: Marko Riva
What a tool... you'll look. Besides, if you'd actually watch TG you'd know there's only one car for that; MB Grosser, Jezza has one.
What a pedestrian automobile.
Not suprising, given the culture..............or lack thereof.
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Klingz
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.02.05 13:37:00 -
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You can't name it "Top Gear", BBC own that name...
But you could call it "Top Thrust" and it would be more accurate, since we are in space... and have no combustion engine, nor gear or wheels...
And by the way... James May anit "Captain Slow". That is Jeremy Clarkson, tho they have never said it, but here is why.
Richard Hammond: Did have two or three successful runs in the "Vampire dragster" where he had like 300++ mph. He did crash, yes. But I'm only counting the successful runs.
James May: Did max out the Bugatti Veyron on that test track in Germany at 253mph or 407kmh.
and Jeremy Clarkson have .. done what??? 200mph or 320kmh+ on there own testtrack... pitti.
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Samantha U
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Posted - 2010.02.05 13:44:00 -
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Originally by: Klingz
You can't name it "Top Gear", BBC own that name...
But you could call it "Top Thrust" and it would be more accurate, since we are in space... and have no combustion engine, nor gear or wheels...
And by the way... James May anit "Captain Slow". That is Jeremy Clarkson, tho they have never said it, but here is why.
Richard Hammond: Did have two or three successful runs in the "Vampire dragster" where he had like 300++ mph. He did crash, yes. But I'm only counting the successful runs.
James May: Did max out the Bugatti Veyron on that test track in Germany at 253mph or 407kmh.
and Jeremy Clarkson have .. done what??? 200mph or 320kmh+ on there own testtrack... pitti.
Try reading the post again, it would be the Top Gear team involved, and James May is Captain Slow, not Clarkson.
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Klingz
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.02.05 13:48:00 -
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Originally by: Samantha U
Originally by: Klingz
You can't name it "Top Gear", BBC own that name...
But you could call it "Top Thrust" and it would be more accurate, since we are in space... and have no combustion engine, nor gear or wheels...
And by the way... James May anit "Captain Slow". That is Jeremy Clarkson, tho they have never said it, but here is why.
Richard Hammond: Did have two or three successful runs in the "Vampire dragster" where he had like 300++ mph. He did crash, yes. But I'm only counting the successful runs.
James May: Did max out the Bugatti Veyron on that test track in Germany at 253mph or 407kmh.
and Jeremy Clarkson have .. done what??? 200mph or 320kmh+ on there own testtrack... pitti.
Try reading the post again, it would be the Top Gear team involved, and James May is Captain Slow, not Clarkson.
And I'm stating that Jeremy Clarkson is "the true" Captain Slow.
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Virgil Travis
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.02.05 13:51:00 -
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Incorrect
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Marko Riva
Adamant Inc.
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Posted - 2010.02.05 14:28:00 -
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Originally by: Klingz
You can't name it "Top Gear", BBC own that name...
But you could call it "Top Thrust" and it would be more accurate, since we are in space... and have no combustion engine, nor gear or wheels...
And by the way... James May anit "Captain Slow". That is Jeremy Clarkson, tho they have never said it, but here is why.
Richard Hammond: Did have two or three successful runs in the "Vampire dragster" where he had like 300++ mph. He did crash, yes. But I'm only counting the successful runs.
James May: Did max out the Bugatti Veyron on that test track in Germany at 253mph or 407kmh.
and Jeremy Clarkson have .. done what??? 200mph or 320kmh+ on there own testtrack... pitti.
May went almost into space in a U2 as well. The brilliance/lunacy of JC only works because of the balancing "down to earth/nerdy" May. Hammond I don't really care about anyway, he's almost as fake as his teeth and is completely out of his league. Besides, May showed he CAN race a car when he drove the TVR with Sir Jackie Steward.
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Gallente
Honour Before Death
Nominis Expers
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Posted - 2010.02.05 14:41:00 -
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The True Program to Watch on the BBC iPlayer.
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Neel Patel
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Posted - 2010.02.05 20:05:00 -
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If this race is anywhere near as good as the reel ones I want in :P
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Julius Rigel
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Posted - 2010.02.05 21:33:00 -
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I'd be willing to produce the show if anyone has a decent camera setup. Preferably along the lines of 720p. 
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Lord Flatulence
Caldari
Spack Lords
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Posted - 2010.02.05 21:38:00 -
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I heard that The Stig quit after the nano nerf.. |
Roxanna Kell
Destructive Influence
IT Alliance
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Posted - 2010.02.05 21:44:00 -
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the reason that show works, is because you have 3 charismatic middle age idiots talking **** that has nothing to do with cars. so its funny and fun ot watch.
what you re proposing is 1% of the show, the racing part. with no proffesional commentators, nor video feed. nor anything remotly as intresting as one of the most watcher show on earth. so
dont waste your time, go rat isntead
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