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DarkPrimus · November 2007

OH MAN GUYS. MOST EXCITING VIDEO I HAVE EVER MADE.

http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/34923/posts/580551.aspx

darleysam · November 2007

Primus, I swapped your video in the list.
I might have a different spot I want to hit, after finding it yesterday, but I haven't uploaded a video yet.

Smashism · November 2007

I miss this game. I was so into it when it launched. Remember we were all wondering if you could really do that hippy flip at first, then BAM this happened to me: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=2924027&postcount=1282
I should really play this awesome game more.
I got Halo 3, then TF2, I guess skate just got lost in the shuffle.

darleysam · November 2007

You know, I tried for a good many minutes yesterday to pull one of those. Got so close every time, but kept catching a foot on the rail and slamming head-first into the ground. My parents were sat nearby, and probably wondered why I was trying, repeatedly, to kill my mans.

Smashism · November 2007

darleysam wrote: »

You know, I tried for a good many minutes yesterday to pull one of those. Got so close every time, but kept catching a foot on the rail and slamming head-first into the ground. My parents were sat nearby, and probably wondered why I was trying, repeatedly, to kill my mans.

IM IN UR RAILZ, KILLIN UR MANZ!1

I could only manage to pull it off in either the double kickflip or double heelflip. If anyone did a shuv it hippy flip. You are my new god.

darleysam · November 2007

Yeah, I was getting closest with double flips, but I guess I was either launching too early, or the rail was just at the wrong height. It'd be nice to do, but I'm not overly worried about it.
Now, I just need to go load up freeskate and ride around for hours.

edit: this is a reeally nice line http://www.goonskate.com/video.php?id=1390

Santa Claustrophobia · November 2007

I'm so old, I remember when flatland tricks were the shit. Too bad Skate doesn't really have the engine for it.

darleysam · November 2007

Santa Claustrophobia wrote: »

I'm so old, I remember when flatland tricks were the shit. Too bad Skate doesn't really have the engine for it.

I was under the impression that they were cut at the last minute. I don't see why it doesn't have the engine for it, it would just need some careful implementation on the controls.

Also, I was watching the videos in the 'Extras' section, and they're all really good. The credits (the half that has the video, at least) were also really good. All-in-all, skate is a really, really good production.

YardGnome · November 2007

This game has the greatest opening ever.

jimb213 · November 2007

manny madness can go take a long walk off a short pier.

It seems like I can't keep the speed up enough to jump across to the 2nd box. I can hit the 1st manual relatively consistently now, and get a good angle for hitting the 2nd one, but I never jump high/far enough...

ShimSham · November 2007

YardGnome wrote: »

This game has the greatest opening ever.

I love that White Stripes song.

defaultprophet · November 2007

Ugh, so the game fucking bugged on me when I found a new spot. It never registered and I've "owned" it a couple times and it's still not on my mini map. I have since found all the rest and fear I wont get the achievement. I weep for this reason.

DarkPrimus · November 2007

Rob and Big's challenge can go fuck itself.

So can P-Rods.

defaultprophet · November 2007

DarkPrimus wrote: »

Rob and Big's challenge can go fuck itself.

So can P-Rods.

Once you can do the 360 Flip on at least a fairly regular basis it's not too bad.

And the P-Rod challenge is just about the timing. You jump too early you miss the rail. You jump too late you don't get enough air.

Manny Madness is way worse than either of those. Fuck that. I wish Manny Madness was a person so i could stab him with my wheel-less skateboard truck.

DarkPrimus · November 2007

defaultprophet wrote: »

Once you can do the 360 Flip on at least a fairly regular basis it's not too bad.

I can do a 360 flip at any point in time except after pushing towards that fucking bench.

And even if I do it, 24/25 the board catches on part of the bench instead of me landing on it.

And that 1/25 time I don't get the proper grind. Shit, the part where they start you at, you can only do BS grinds in regular, so I have to move to the other side of the bench.

The P-Rod thing is retarded because it's freaking impossible to get enough air to do a 360 rotation without missing the hubba entirely.

Nocren · November 2007

DarkPrimus wrote: »

defaultprophet wrote: »

Once you can do the 360 Flip on at least a fairly regular basis it's not too bad.

I can do a 360 flip at any point in time except after pushing towards that fucking bench.

And even if I do it, 24/25 the board catches on part of the bench instead of me landing on it.

And that 1/25 time I don't get the proper grind. Shit, the part where they start you at, you can only do BS grinds in regular, so I have to move to the other side of the bench.

The P-Rod thing is retarded because it's freaking impossible to get enough air to do a 360 rotation without missing the hubba entirely.

2 things:
1 it might be cheap, but see if you can just ollie onto the bench, set a marker, then flip->stall (which counts as a grind). Maybe for some people it worked but for me it never did to adjust into the correct grind.

2: it's not a 360 degree rotation in addition to the trick. It's an actual 360 Nollie flip (or whatever). Old thread had some good advice and cake's method was the best (IE it worked for me). Take the stick and move it to the right side of the "A" button (X for you PS3 players), then move it to the right side of the "X" button (Square) before flicking it back down. That seems to give you the proper input range for that particular trick.

EDIT: In other news, I've been tweeking around in WMM some more. I'm actually starting to like what it can do.
I can do this type of intro with an overlay or I can squish the video to one side (or half) of the screen while your chosen info is displayed in the other half.

Just let me know what you want and PM me the links to any videos you want saved/edited for the vid.

J_L · November 2007

i know this hippy flip is very flakey, and my foot does actually manage to go through the railing, but i thought i'd share it anyway
http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/3490/posts/583793.aspx
I'm gona keep working at it and see if i can do it right

darleysam · November 2007

Manny Madness can, indeed, die in a fire. That caused me no end of frustration.

For P-Rod's nollie 360-flip, what Nocen said, it's a nollie 360-flip, not a 360 nollie-flip. It's still a pain to get though, but did force me to learn that trick.

Rob and Big's 360-flip to FS crooked isn't that bad once you understand it. Firstly, make sure you're coming in frontside. I started coming in with my back to the ledge, and it wasn't giving me it. Have your front facing it, and you'll be good. Secondly, aim for the middle of the bench where it's lowest. Thirdly, you don't have to land in a crooked, and you can adjust into it. I did it by landing in a nosegrind then pushing the stick to adjust into a crooked.

And yes, it is one of the best intros to any game.

edit: And to anyone having trouble pulling any trick, go watch Jason Dill's video in the 'Extras' section of the main menu. Do it.

japh · November 2007

I did a short clip just to show I'm not slackin'

http://jpgrdnr.servehttp.com/wang.wmv

I'll try and do something better later on.

darleysam · November 2007

Nice quality there! Use anything special for converting or editing?

japh · November 2007

Nope. The "youtube flv to avi converter pro" prog does the job. Microsoft movie maker for the rest. Movie maker isn't all that great, but just for quick and dirty stuff its ok. I'll probably use imovie in the future.

darleysam · November 2007

Well fair enough. I'll see how I go with WMM, but I have access to Pinnacle on another pc here, which has to be better.

Nocren · November 2007

the only problem I have with WMM is that after a while it starts to look like an animated Powerpoint.

DarkPrimus · November 2007

A Line At The Old Town

I don't know why it looks so shitty after uploaded to YouTube... if I do a compilation video, I will probably have to torrent it or something.

defaultprophet · November 2007

I got fixated on this marble thing at the Art Museum. The spin going into it looks like shit, but I like how the grinds flow.

http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/34979/posts/587245.aspx

DarkPrimus · November 2007

Yeah, that is a beautifully long ledge.

My take of that spot.

xzzy · November 2007

defaultprophet wrote: »

Ugh, so the game fucking bugged on me when I found a new spot. It never registered and I've "owned" it a couple times and it's still not on my mini map. I have since found all the rest and fear I wont get the achievement. I weep for this reason.

I got the same thing, at "big ass wall". I've owned it, got the achievement, but it still doesn't show up on my map.

Fatty McBeardo · November 2007

P-Rod's challenge made my blood boil. Then something clicked, and now I can do it at will.

Manny Madness was very tough, but it wasn't as angering as the P-Rod challenge because I felt like I was always on the edge of completing it, and just needed one more try. Of course it ended up being more like 100 more tries, but it never seemed impossible.

Rob and Big's challenge is where I quit the game. I haven't been able to hit it and just got bored of the whole thing.

xzzy · November 2007

Yeah, I was able to trudge through p-rod and madness, but by the time I got to Rob and Big I was sick of an hour of attempts just to perform a specific trick.

The flickit system is pretty awesome, but for doing specific tricks on demand it's horrible. Chains of specific tricks? Fuck that.

jimb213 · November 2007

I finally got manny madness! It was weird... I was just screwing it up over and over like always, and then bam - as soon as I landed on the first box, I knew I got it. Now I'm working on the Xgames stuff. how do I get a higher score on the mega ramp? do I have to do a flip to get a high enough score? Landing a flip is pretty much luck for me... heck, starting a flip is usually an accident...

xzzy · November 2007

You don't have to do front/back flips. Usually doing a bunch of spins is enough. Do a double kickflip 540 off the initial jump or something to that effect, then the same off the huge halfpipe. Goal is to get the x3 multiplier first, then spaz out on the second jump.

The game seems to value rotating pretty highly and will always get you a ton of points.

jimb213 · November 2007

yeah, I was doing a 720 grab over the big jump, then a 900 some-other-grab up the halfpipe, but still would only get 2nd place.

darleysam · November 2007

jimb213 wrote: »

yeah, I was doing a 720 grab over the big jump, then a 900 some-other-grab up the halfpipe, but still would only get 2nd place.

Just rotate the right stick while you're grabbing too, to go through different tweaks.

Proto · November 2007

jimb213 wrote: »

yeah, I was doing a 720 grab over the big jump, then a 900 some-other-grab up the halfpipe, but still would only get 2nd place.

the key is to do some more difficult grabs, like mute, stales and the like.

TeeMan · November 2007

I loved the demo of this game, but I really dont think I've got enough time to invest in it to be any good. Maybe sometime next year

xzzy · November 2007

TeeMan wrote: »

I loved the demo of this game, but I really dont think I've got enough time to invest in it to be any good. Maybe sometime next year

You really are missing out on the "sleeper hit" of the year.

One of the better games of the years, and EA came out of nowhere with it.

YardGnome · November 2007

I wouldn't say out of nowhere, as a large number of us here were looking forward to it for a good while, but yeah, it is one of the better games in years and the best sports game I've ever played.

ShimSham · November 2007

I feel bad.

I traded this game in...

Spoiler:

I'm likely to buy it again after Christmas sometime.

Don't hit me.

YardGnome · November 2007

*Punch*

ShimSham · November 2007

Not in the face!

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