ENDED Free Rider World Cup 4

Hahahahahahaha. I can help with both drums and Portuguese, lol.

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PS: Let's see if this will work, lol.

 

So here it is. Let's talk about the Round of 16. First of all, thanks Eryp for another track, it was probably the coolest ride so far. It's time for the Knockouts Stages on both Winner's and Loser's Brackets and we had a nice round with some cool matches, like we can see below:

Winners Bracket:

In the first match we had Uniior against Odala, and despite Uniior's efforts, Odala secured a confortable win with a good 52.93.
We also had demimondance facing ShamatoZ, who's doing a great contest so far. Despite a great 53.50 by demimondance, ShamatoZ is proving to be a tough contestant to beat, and did an awesome 52.83 and advanced to the Quarterfinals.

Now we'll have Odala against ShamatoZ, good luck to both. It'll be good.

Anonyymi did good as expected and got the 1st place overall again, with an insane 50.40. Exylies didn't do bad, but it wasn't enough to stop the legend. And the question from last year remains... Can anyone stop Anonyymi?
With a very expected match, I think it's possible that someone hoped that the answer of the question above could have arrived from the match between Ultraviolet and Backtwice. 2 awesome players, 1 champion of a Free Rider World Cup, so it have everything to be good. Sadly, due to some external reasons Backtwice couldn't ghost the track, so Ultraviolet will advance. But make no mistake, with a 52.03, the 4th best time overall, Ultraviolet is ready to give Anonyymi some trouble.

Anonyymi against Ultraviolet. The toughest match for both ghosters yet. Let's go!

We had a duel between Cork and Polarized/Selesele and it was kind of a calm battle. Without that much effort, Cork got a 55.97 and advanced to the next stage.
In another duel, Calculus kept his consistency and beat me on our duel. Sadly I have been so busy so I couldn't spend much time ghosting, but that doesn't take away anything from Calculus. I don't think that even with my keyboard fixed I would beat his 52.8. I had some ghosts around 53.5-53.8 where I died in the end, but the thing that really matters is that Calculus did his part, and deserve to be on the Quarterfinals. I got 3rd place on World Cup 1, 4th on World Cup 2, 5th on World Cup 3, so my only chance to make the top 5 again is winning the Loser's Bracket, lol. So I'm guessing this will be my worst participation in a Free Rider World Cup so far. But that's fine, I'm having fun hosting it.

We will have a great duel ahead of us. Calculus against Cork. Calculus has better ghosts in the contest so far, but anything can happen. A really good match.

But the best match of the round was for sure spruce/dumptruck against Pie42. The polls were more inclined to spruce, who is doing an amazing contest, but Pie42 did it again. I said some good things about him when he got the 2nd best time overall in one of the earlier rounds of the contest, and although I expected him to do well, I was impressed by how well he did. With a legenday 51.10, that was the 3rd best time overall, he beat spruce that did a 52.50 (which was the 6th best time overall). What an evolution, man. Last year you finished the contest in 12th, and here you are already in the top 8, with good chances to make the finals. Awesome job Pie42! Also, major respect for spruce, in a round where 8 advance, you got the 6th best time and lost. Sometimes it isn't exactly fair. But I'm pretty sure that you will do great on the Losers Bracket.
In the last duel of the Winners Bracket, BrendanMagill did great with the 5th best time overall, a 52.47. It was enough to beat Coated_Badger, that did a good contest so far. Good luck on the Loser's Bracket.

As for BrendanMagill, I expect an INSANE duel against Pie42. For people not following the contest it might seem to be an unexpected duel to be so excited for, but this guys are giving it all on the ghosts. I expected none other than greatness.

Losers Bracket:

DblU won against Flower-shirt. Good one for him, that will face Uniior again. Let's see how it'll be this time.

Sannin won against weem with an insane 2nd best time overall, but weem will still continue in the contest, since some players didn't complete the track and were disqualified. Sannin will have a chance to get his revenge against demimondance. Let's the chaos begin, haha!

Wolf777 won against panda_rider and will face Exylies. Let's see what this match will hold for us.

NewGoblin and LightningBerk were both disqualified for not completing the track. WheelieMaker (weem) will take the place of the winner of this match.

Slayed won against Calm.Wizard and will now face Polarized/Selesele. It'll be a good match.

ei8ht won against Netsik and will face your boy Totoca12 in the next stage. LET'S GO!

FunBunOne won against ZPresley and will have a top notch match against spruce/dumptruck.

OdysseusSupreme replaced Chaos-Fallen, and won his match against TuttiFruity. Now he will face Coated_Badger. Let's see how it will go.

So that's it guys. Good luck to everyone, I hope you guys like my track. Now is time for the Quarterfinals.

 

Yeah, sorry for that. I said calm, but it's comparing to some of the other matches that had some major last minute upsets, players with almost tied times and stuff like this. But yeah, I know that you and many players tried hard for their ghosts and still didn't advance to the next stage. It's just how it goes... Congrats, though. Honestly, congrats to everyone who really tried, because that's what it's all about.

Last year Pie42 was one of the few players that completed every single track of the contest. He started not gaining much points in the 1st half and despite improving a little bit in the 2nd half, he finished in 12th. But when we got to the prizes, I remember giving some customized additional coins for people and I rewarded players like Pie42, cctvcctvcctv, RustyClarkson and BrendanMagill with some additional coins, because they really tried and completed every single track (even Anonyymi didn't). That's what it's about, so congrats to you for trying, it's just another step of the journey.

And seeing BrendanMagill and Pie42 last year and now this year, it just shows that if you work really hard you can become better. So I guess you should just try your best in the Loser's Bracket, and let's see where this takes you. Maybe this year isn't yours in the contest, but there's always next year.

 

The losers of the Winners Bracket will always face the winners from the last stage of Losers Bracket. Like for example, I lost in the Round of 16 and I'm facing ei8ht on the Losers Bracket. He lost on the Group Stage and won his match in the 1st stage of the Losers Bracket (that happened in the same track as the Round of 16 with the losers from the Group Stage). The Losers Bracket will continue until there's a champion of its own, and he will have a spot on a 1v1v1 match against the losers of the semi-finals (of the Winners Bracket) for the 3rd place overall. Anyone who lost in the Losers Bracket is automatically out of the contest (One exception is weem, because he lost but he was the best among the losers and in one of the matches both players were disqualified, so he's replacing the winner of that match).

 

Congrats to the semifinalists, really great job! Will update the poll and make a post about the round soon. New track by BrandonBishop50 at 7pm EST. It's a cool ride. It's not hard, but it's longer than the previous tracks so it's more of a consistency test over the track.

 

So here it is, guys. We are up to the semifinals! Let's talk about the last round a little bit.

First of all, it seems that most of you guys liked my track, so I'll be back with a trial for the Losers Bracket semifinals.

But in the Quarterfinals we had some cool matches, so let's talk about them:

Winners Bracket:

First, we had Odala against ShamatoZ, and ShamatoZ did it again. Even though the "audience favorite" according to the poll was Odala, ShamatoZ did a 39.03, that was enough to beat Odala's 43.27 time. Congrats, man! You made it to the semifinals, so even if you lose, you already have a spot on the 3rd place match. Solid campaign on the contest.

We also had a great match between 2 amazing ghosters. It was the current champion Anonyymi against Ultraviolet. Ultraviolet did the 9th best time overall, a good 28.93, but it wasn't enough. Ultraviolet said that he's busy with some stuff, so good luck with everything, man! You still did a solid campaign.

Another match that we had was between Cork and Calculus. It was the toughest match of the Quarterfinals, so first of all, both of you deserve some recognition, it was a really good match. Cork, the favorite on the poll, got the 5th time overall, a 24.50, but it wasn't enough to beat the 3rd time overall, a 23.43 by Calculus. With much merit, Calculus enters the semifinals as a contestant ready to fight for the title.

In another tough match, it was time for a Quarterfinals match with 2 ghosters that evolved so much since last year. It was a close call, but BrendanMagill's 24.43 time was enough to beat Pie42's 26.47 time. Congrats on the semfinals to BrendanMagill, but it was awesome to see your evolution Pie42, go fight for that spot on the 3rd place match, haha.

ShamatoZ will have the toughest match possible, facing Anonyymi in the semifinals. Good luck to ShamatoZ! Will he be enough to stop the anonymous finnish ghoster killer? Let's wait to see.
In the other match, we will have an insane match with Calculus facing BrendanMagill for the spot in the finals. No idea about what will happen. Let's go! Good luck to everyone!

Losers Bracket:

DblU vs Uniior - DblU didn't ghost the track, but Uniior did his part and took the 2nd victory over DblU in the contest.
Sannin vs demimondance - It was the time for the revenge. demimondance was the one who won against Sannin on the last match of the Group Stage, after Sannin's new ghost wasn't counted because it was made 2 minutes late. So after eliminating Sannin on the Winners Bracket, it was the time for Sannin to eliminate him in the Losers Bracket, therefore, in the competition. Demimondance's 35.30 time wasn't enough to beat Sannin's epic 2nd time overall, a 22.93.
Wolf777 vs Exylies - Exylies did a good 31.43 time, and it was enough to beat Wolf777. Nice effort by both.
weem vs Backtwice - Honestly, this is so funny. At this point I think weem just can't get eliminated. After Backtwice not completing the track, weem will advance to the next stage. Keep it going, lol!
Slayed vs Selesele - Slayed didn't complete as well, so Selesele/Polarized will advance.
ei8ht vs Totoca12 - It was a cool duel. ei8ht did a good 32.80 time, but I was able to get a better time compared to other rounds (PS: I made the track in a notebook where I honestly can't ghost well, so my first time trying the track for real was after it was published). Good job by ei8ht, though. I did a 26.73 and will advance to the next stage.
FunBunOne vs spruce/dumptruck - FunBunOne didn't ghost, so spruce advances without some trouble, with a good 27.57.
OdysseusSupreme vs Coated_Badger - In an interesting duel, Coated_Badger beat OdysseusSupreme and will advance to the next stage. Congrats to both for making this far.

In the next stage of the Losers Bracket, we will have some REALLY GOOD matches:

Match 1 - Uniior vs Cork - A very interesting match with contestants that did a remarkable contest so far. Who will advance to the Losers Bracket semifinals?
Match 2 - Sannin vs Pie42 - What an epic match! It'll be crazy to see who will advance to the next stage.
Match 3 - Exylies vs weem - Great match. Will weem be able to pull another surprising move? Let's wait and see.

Match 4 - Selesele vs Odala - Great match. Looks like some solid competition. Let's see who will prevail.
Match 5 - Totoca12 vs Ultraviolet - Yeah, it looks like my time has come, haha. But Ultraviolet said that he was busy, so who know. I think it has potential to be a cool match, let's see what happens.
Match 6 - spruce vs Coated_Badger - Cool match. Will Coated_Badger be capable to beat spruce? Let's wait and see.

Some important information:

1 - The next 2 rounds after the semifinals will be exclusive for the Losers Bracket. The finalists will have some days of a break.
2 - The Losers Bracket semifinals will work this way: Winners of the matches 1, 2 and 3 will race against each other in a 1v1v1 match. In the other match it will be the winners of the matches 4, 5 and 6 from this current stage in a 1v1v1 match.
3 - After the Losers Bracket semifinals, the winners will participate of another round for the Loser Bracket finals.The champion of the Loser Bracket will face the losers of the Winners Bracket semifinals in the 3rd place match, that will happen in the same track as the Championship Finals.
4 - New poll coming in a few minutes.
5 - I hear that many of you guys didn't like this track for the semifinals, but we will do our best to make good tracks for the last 3 rounds. Anything let me know.
6 - If you guys want to sponsor, we are open to more donations (PS: It's confirmed, Char will get Pro to the sponsors for a while, so don't worry about that).

LET'S GO GUYS!