Comments on: On Kartma http://blueshellmagnet.com/2009/07/on-kartma/ Behind the wheel. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:49:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Blueshell Magnet http://blueshellmagnet.com/2009/07/on-kartma/#comment-16 Blueshell Magnet Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:44:40 +0000 http://blueshellmagnet.com/?p=6#comment-16 You make a good point, Paul, from a view I hadn't considered before. Mario Kart is a video game, meant to be challenging (as well as fun). In the higher levels of racing, the game is all about ranking. In reality, you probably do have something along the lines of a "kartma meter" although it's invisible to you. The better you do, the more stuff you get hit with, since the game is trying to stop you from beating it. You don't just play the game, you play against the game. Thanks for the insight! You make a good point, Paul, from a view I hadn’t considered before. Mario Kart is a video game, meant to be challenging (as well as fun). In the higher levels of racing, the game is all about ranking. In reality, you probably do have something along the lines of a “kartma meter” although it’s invisible to you. The better you do, the more stuff you get hit with, since the game is trying to stop you from beating it. You don’t just play the game, you play against the game.

Thanks for the insight!

]]> By: Paul Gansen http://blueshellmagnet.com/2009/07/on-kartma/#comment-12 Paul Gansen Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:25:46 +0000 http://blueshellmagnet.com/?p=6#comment-12 In general, at 150cc or mirror, the game hates you and the Kartma you refer to is a black hole of getting knocked off the track, getting hit by bullet bills (and falling off the track) and every other thing that makes you do the race a gross (144) more times. In general, at 150cc or mirror, the game hates you and the Kartma you refer to is a black hole of getting knocked off the track, getting hit by bullet bills (and falling off the track) and every other thing that makes you do the race a gross (144) more times.

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