Formula 1 - Apolyton (aka Yet Another Forum Game)

[rah]

Ah, then let's hope he doesn't accelerate straight ahead and get me AGAIN.

[vovan]

I'll have to break and go left...

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[vovan]

Oh, oops, my bad. You are right, rah. alva cannot ram you. He is two dots behind and his speed is one. So fastest he could get up to is speed to, which means he will be right behind you. But he can ram you next turn, where you can only travel at best two dots, but he can travel three, ending up on the same line as you.

[vovan]

Originally posted by rah
Looks like noone will catch Skanky unless he screws up like going too fast for the course

mrmitchell could do it... Skanky needs to break for the next turn, or he goes off, whereas mrmitchell can accelerate and go through the turn at a higher speed.

EDIT: Bah! Don't listen to me! If mrmitchell accelerates into the turn, he'll ram Skanky all the way off the track.

[Jamski]

Then he probably should. He'll be in the lead, and Skanky will be offroad.

-Jam

[mrmitchell]

Thanks for the advice, guys

(When does THIS turn end? Not the one where I had Skanky's ass to him on a platter, but this one.)

[Skanky Burns]

But then your speed will be 1 with Vovan right behind you to do the same to you. Or to overtake you.

[vovan]

Yeah, sorry about the delay. The turn is now finished.

Update: Frozzy's car grinds to a halt and stalls. The driver abandones his car.

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+ - Pave, off-road
0 - Frozzy, stalled engine; will be removed after one full lap is done

Speeds:
Pave - 0
Frozzy - 0
Skanky - 5
rah - 1
alva - 0
Jamski -1
mrmitchell - 5
vovan - 2

[Skanky Burns]

Decelerate and right.

EDIT: Typo

[mrmitchell]

As easy as it is to eliminate Skanky, I'm weighing that heavily against my speed being reduced to 1.

I'll post my orders tomorrow, after I have meditated upon it.

[alva]

Left accelerate.

[rah]

accelerate straight.

GO for it MM, it may be our last hope.

[Skanky Burns]

Your last hope to not actually finish last, you mean.

[rah]

I think Frozzy gets that designation.

[Jamski]

Accelerate left to drop directly behind rah.

-Jam