So here it goes. After a long wait, this weekend the endgame has come (pun intended,lol). 3 months in this contest, with a lot of turns (not for the 1st place, though,lol. "Thanks
Anonyymi"), many ups and downs, tracks that people loved, others not so much, but after everything we got to the end. And despite a few problems, for me it was a sucess. It was my first time hosting a contest, it was the first big ghosting contest in a while, so I think it turned out ok. We had some issues around round 5 and a few others after that, and this time was the time I was coming back to college, so I didn't have the same amount of time to do everything I had to do for the contest. But I signed up for this, and despite a few delays, we did it! All of the 10 tracks were made, and overall the tracks were pretty great! Many times in ghosting contests, the tracks are more for the ride, and they are usually not focused in detail and things like that, which makes sense, but I want to point out that all of the 11 trackmakers that helped on the tracks did a great job and most of the time we made great tracks with a great rides, but also did great details on top of it.
So big shoutout to
Netsik for the great first track, it's always good to start strong, so you did a great job with the track and drew the attention to the contest. Thanks! I know that it was supposed to have another track made by you and
NewHola for it ended up not happening due to personal issues but it's all good. I appreciate every one who tries to help.
Also, big shoutout to
crazywizard_13. The man, helped so much with tracks 2 and 9, and in both cases we didn't have much time, especially in the round 9, but despite the fact that we are something like 10-12 hours apart in our time zones, and still managed to make the tracks in collaboration and fast was very cool. And your details are very great, I'm proud of our tracks. He also was willing to help with the detailing on the last track, but couldn't. Really appreciated, man! Also, shoutout to
Wilkie02 for helping with the dragon on round 9.
Huge shoutout to
Nexus for an awesome track, and maybe the most popular one of the contest with 27 of the 29 people in the contest ghosting it, with also over 12k plays and it got on Trending and Daily Track pages. Really great job!
I didn't know much about the tracks from
demimondance, but I really enjoyed his work on round 4, so thank you for the help.
epochemu's track was kinda divisive, but I enjoyed. He bring out something different to the table, and the slippery ground of the track and a longer lenght, made the track different from the previous ones. So thank you, man!
After one week of break we returned in a very different way with
Pie42 really interesting challenge with multiple vehicles. It was hard but really good, so thank you for the help!
Rayb25/
Holystone did great with a more simple climb track, but the no checkpoint idea made the track different and challenging. Thank you!
Round 8 was made by
tetrationiscool and I'm very proud of the final result.
tetrationiscool did most of the ride and I did most of the detail, which is a whole different area for me, and although it's nothing insanely good, our combination made a pretty cool BMX trial. Thank you
tetrationiscool! He made some constructive criticism about some of the tracks, and I really think that we coming together and making this track was a good idea, because it turned out very well. He wasn't very active in the contest at this moment but he still helped with the track, so big shoutout to him!
Round 9 was already talked about. Now...about round 10! Major shoutout for
ShadowArk for coming with that huge track all by himself. Despite being busy with a lot of stuff he went in an finished the track. The detail was supposed to be done by Figured, then by Rayb25, then I tried to talk to crazywizard_13, Cork and some people, but unfortunately no one could help, with is fine, I had some things going on through some rounds, so I completely get it. So big shoutout for
ShadowArk here guys.
Also, big shoutout to the sponsors,
Anonyymi and
cctvcctvcctv, for helping with that, really appreciated guys. It literally couldn't be done without you guys. There has been some conversations about some last minutes sponsorships, that might result in bonus prizes soon. Let's hope for the best.
So, finally the current prizes are:
1st place - 25.000 coins
2nd place - 15.000 coins
3rd place - 10.000 coins
4th place - 7.500 coins
5th place - 5.000 coins
6th place - 2.500 coins
7th place - 2.000 coins
8th place - 1.500 coins
9th place - 1.250 coins
10th place - 1.000 coins
11th place - 250 coins
12th place - 250 coins
13th place - 250 coins
14th place - 250 coins
15th place - 250 coins
16th place - 150 coins
17th place - 150 coins
18th place - 150 coins
19th place - 150 coins
20th place - 150 coins
21st place - 50 coins
22nd place - 50 coins
23rd place - 50 coins
24th place - 50 coins
25th place - 50 coins
26th place - 25 coins
27th place - 25 coins
28th place - 25 coins
29th place - 25 coins
Also, I'm a sponsor as well. My idea is to not keep the coins to myself, I'll donate with my prize and my current coins a total of 500 coins to each trackmaker for the help. If we get that "last minute" sponsorship, I might split the prize among everyone,but with myself included. I did this to help the ghosting community and the forums in general, so unless we get additional coins, I'm not taking this prize. It's for you guys, the ones who made it happen.
So
FINALLY, let's talk about the
RESULTS:
Before showing the final updated standings, let's talk about round 10. Great and challenging track by
ShadowArk , with a good lenght, great for the final track. The track itself wasn't that hard, but it was very hard to complete without a few fails, so it was nice.
First of all, shoutout to our merciful FRHD king and winner of the Free Rider World Cup 3:
Anonyymi. He had already won so he let us peasants fight for a small glory on the last track, haha.
And despite some people might think that it was gonna be
RedOrBlue, with his five 2nd places, one 1st place and two 3rd places, or even
tetrationiscool, or maybe
Stevie.T or
RustyClarkson. No. The winner of the last round was the great
BrendanMagill that might be one of the greatest non-spacebarrers ever (if that still the case), but in any case, he's a great player, was in a great ascension and took this last W that made him beat
Cork by 3 points in the last round. It wouldn't have happen if he finished in 2nd. So, INSANE job! Really impressive.
Another 2nd place for
RedOrBlue, who did great again.A few mistakes took the 1st place from him after a solid run, but it happens. It would be more cruel if he hadn't already won one round tied with
Anonyymi, so we had 3 people winning a round in the contest, so great job to you three.
Great job finishing in 2nd place overall
RedOrBlue. It was a long run and you did great in all of the rounds. Congrats! The silver medal is yours!
Talking about
Anonyymi again, since he didn't completed the last round and
RedOrBlue only tied with him, he finished still undefeated. Great job!
Let's talk about the 3rd place of this round:
RustyClarkson
There was one rule in our dispute: He was 1 point ahead to who finishes in the leaderboard better take the position, and he takes in case of a tie. And I have to say: I tried.
Not to sound whiny, but I had a hard time ghosting in this contest because of my broken keyboard, that now only has the up arrow working properly. I ghosted most of the time whenever my brother was able to let me use his notebook for a little bit. But his notebook isn't that better either. So it was hard, and today I only could ghost well in my own keyboard, which I was able to get on the top 5 of the track. In the last minutes, I was doing a ghost beating
RustyClarkson until the 2 minute mark, but then I died with the helicopter part and I lost. But fair play, man! You were more consistent in the last tracks, and I helped make 2 of them, so props to you, you deserved it.
As
tetrationiscool didn't completed the track, I was still able to surpass him and get the 5th place on the overall ranking.
RustyClarkson took the 4th.
As for the 3rd place overall, here it comes
Stevie.T . The man who showed us persistency and consistency, and that made him deserve the 3rd spot. In a long contest like this it isn't only about how good you are in a track. It is about how commited, active and consistent you are in all of the tracks. And
Stevie.T showed that. Believe it or not, he was the only one who made 20 points or over in every single round, so he took the bronze medal with honors. Congrats!
tetrationiscool finished in 6th place overall. I know that you didn't put 100% of your efforts on this, but still thank you for completing 8 tracks of the contest with great ghosts, and again for helping in the making of a track and for good criticism. The fact that you get 0 points in 2 rounds and was still able to finish in 6th and almost beat me show how much of a skilled level you are. Maybe we see you in a future one!
With the miracle that
BrendanMagill pulled this week, he passed
Cork (who also did an excellent job) and finished in 7th overall. Really impressive by both of you, congrats!
ei8ht kept the good work and finished in the 9th place overall. Great job!
Surprise at the end in the top 10: With another absence of
Zycerak and also
crazywizard_13,
DblU managed to enter the top 10 in the last round, after keeping a good consistency over the whole contest. Congrats, man! You hosted the 2 previous FRHD World Cups, so it's nice to have you supporting on the other side. Thanks, man!
As for
crazywizard_13, again big shoutout to him, he helped a lot on this contest, and he couldn't ghost this week, so congrats anyways, man!
As for
Zycerak, I know that you lost the motivation for the contest and everything, and I get it. But I hope to make something more dynamic in the future, so if that happens, we all know how much skilled you are, so it would be a nice addition.
Also, I appreciate everyone who helped competing or making this contest possible, but I would like to shoutout 3 more people.
First is
demimondance, who made a great last half of the contest, and also help with a track. You finished in the 14th place, but you completed 8 of the 10 tracks, so thank you for the support.
But we can't talk about support without talking about
cctvcctvcctv and
Pie42 as well.
HUGE shoutout to you guys for completing
EVERY SINGLE TRACK, no matter how hard it was. That's the real spirit of the contest for me: to keep trying. Really appreciate the support from you guys. You guys did great! 12th place for
Pie42 and 15th place for
cctvcctvcctv.
To end this talk, again congrats to
Anonyymi . You showed us how it is done! 9 wins in a row, really impressive consistency and quality on the ghosts so well deserved, man!
First World Cup had
Noob as the winner. Second one had
Backtwice. So
Anonyymi is joining the legendary club of the World Cup winners, congrats, man!
So let's finally see how the final standings are:
(PS: The golden/yellow color indicates a first place in a round or in the overall ranking, the silver/grey color indicates a 2nd place in a round or overall, a bronze/orange color indicates a 3rd place in a round or overall. Same with the blue color for 4th and 5th places and the green color for the 6th,7th,8th,9th and 10th places. A red color indicates that the contestant did not complete the track of this particular round, or at least not in time, and so, he has no points for this round. People that didn't complete any tracks but were registered were not counted)
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Thank every single one of you:
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