ENDED Free Rider World Cup 6

It was not announced yet. It will be soon.

Actually it starts today. We are starting it in 6 hours and 23 minutes. But people can enter the contest until the end of the qualifiers, that ends on the 4th.

 

That's not true. I added you like 40 minutes ago, both in the main post and in the poll. You might have missed it, though.

 

Track will be posted and round announced shortly.​

 

Hey, guys. What's up? So it's finally the day everything starts. For the 6th time, it's the beginning of a new journey, a new adventure among us ghosters. The search for the new king (or queen) of the Free Rider World Cup starts now. We had the Finnish Dynasty rule for so long. First it was Noob in 2015, then Backtwice in 2016. After that we didn't have the contest for 3 years, but when it came back, Anonyymi won it in both 2019 and 2020, carrying and continuing the legacy of his fellow companions from Finland. They tried again in 2021, and they almost did it, with Backtwice finishing 2nd. But mudkip was the representant of the rest of the world and ended their reign. But what now? Is it the end? Which new stories are ready to unfold this year? We saw heroes rise, deities ascend. Who remembers the legend of ZPresley, the one that beat Anonyymi? Will we see something like that once again? Who remembers the surprising defeat from RedOrBlue against Cerulean last year which a smart tactic, and then the same evil spell being used against Cerulean himself by Backtwice? What can this year's tournament bring? We can only wait and see. We have some straight up legends that signed up to the contest, so it should be interesting. We have players like me and WrzodX that won medals in the first edition 7 years ago. We have Stevie.T that got a 3rd place 3 years ago, Cerasium that got 3rd last year, but no winners of this contest. So unless one of the old champions sign up at the last minute we'll have a new winner this year and this is exciting. We have many great players that could take it home. But let's start this already.

First of all, thank you to everyone who joined the contest so far, it's literally an all-time record to have 90 players signed up (at least at the same time, if we count the ORG) for a ghosting contest. Insane! I know that "Free Rider HD is dead" is a common sentence to read around these days, so this many people being interested in the contest is quite amazing, so let's make it worth it. Only 32 players will advance after this round, so it'll be a brutal filter. Let's hope the best ones and the ones that put the most effort into this make it through.

I'll be sending alerts (and maybe a banner/notice on forums) every round and probably tagging you guys on the track as well. The final times will be posted in the spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G84pyjUZ2cDyCcRgqctHpho7Ts9ZHMpi_SnRbtlBFKY/edit#gid=0) and I might update the current situation of the times there once in a while (maybe with some help), to help people visualize if they are advancing or not. You guys have 3 full days starting now to complete the track. If you guys are not using the account you signed up with and you didn't let me know of that yet, please tell me as soon as possible, because the accounts in the main post are the ones I'm considering.

Also, I'm enjoying seeing people active in the poll. That's the spirit!

As for this first track, it was made by RandomTurtleBoi. It was supposed to be the track for the first group stage round, but we had some trackmakers dropping out, which made him need to get this as fast as he could, so props to him for dealing with a change in the plans in a short notice. Let's thank him for his efforts and enjoy the track. He helped me with a track last year for the End Of Season Tournament for the ORG, so I brought him back this time to help. It's a simple track, but it has a few obstacles that might be important do be done well if the player want to qualify for the Group Stage.

Good luck to everyone, please let us know of any feedback, and without further ado, here is the track:

https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/919593-flatanger-frwc-qualifiers

Let's go guys!

PS: New players can join this contest until this round is over, as long as they have a ghost on this track.
PS2: Any additional questions let me know.
PS3: If your time zone isn't in the Calendar and you want me to add it there let me know.
PS4: Finishing well in this round might help your chances of getting an "easier" group in the Group Stage, so doing the best you can here is advised.
PS5: If I missed your name somehow in the participants list, let me know.​