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FMecha • Member Posts: 54 Likes: 28 Gender: Male	Post by FMecha on Apr 24, 2016 18:23:09 GMT -5 *LIGHTNING BREAKERS -CHARACTER RACING PROJECT-* {Logo TBA, I can't into drawing} Team Manager: Koji Ogami (FMecha) Team Summary: Koji Ogami, an automotive engineer and businessman, started as an employee in Otacom Japan, a major advertising and public relations company. Unable to convince the company to see the prospects of motorsports as advertising major media franchises, Ogami founded Lightning Breakers Racing Project in 2002. Initially managed by Ryota Nakagawa, which has a more significant motorsport management experience until 2004, Lightning Breakers have been mostly a lower-class competitor in J-SA GT Masters and Saikou no Taikyu, convincing several major media franchises and companies to sponsor the team over the years, even those outside Japan. Ogami's approach to sponsorship drew criticism from some motorsport pundits, to the point weekly gossip magazines and internet message boards often try to predict what franchise the team will sponsor next, sometimes with surprising results. Despite this, Ogami has defended this practice repeatedly, and his team’s fandom also consists of the fandom of whatever his team sponsors, doubling its’ fan numbers. Ogami is currently planning for an international expansion in the near future; his former employer, Otacom Japan, have given him some partial support. His favorite quote is “Welcome to the revolution.” partly referring to his team’s sponsorships. Drivers: (2/4) *Tristan Li* (@tl_zerobird) Nationality: Hong Kong Birthday and Age: May 30, 23 YEARS OLD Quote: "I drive like a mid-tier character and fight like it's thuggery. Kappa!" Stats: Skill: 17 GRADE Consistency: 7 GRADE Preservation: 5 GRADE Tenacity: 6 GRADE Total Hiring Cost: *240,000 CR* Experience Level: Lv. 31; Bronze Driver Classification, 20% EPR Specialties: Sports Car Earnings: EVENT & SEASON - PLACING - CR EARNED Earnings for Season 1 = *600,000 CR* Earnings for Season 2 = *995,000 CR* Lifetime Earnings = *2,096,000 CR* Summary: In Hong Kong, Tristan Li’s life of racing began with Mini 4WDs, being called one of Hong Kong’s prodigies in the Mini 4WD scene at the time, although he never won a national championship. Receiving attention from the Mini 4WD community for exclusively using front-motor cars, his father, a software developer, made his family move to United States for work, ending his Mini 4WD career, as the hobby was barely heard there. Advised to do radio control racing, a more common form of miniature motorsport in the U.S., he instead jumped to the real thing and pursued autocross racing after graduating from high school, followed by a career in Spec Miata racing for two years. In 2014, he began his truly professional motorsport debut in the Sports Showroom class in the North American Production Tour, using a Chevrolet Camaro SS; his best result was a third place in class. During his Spec Miata years, he discovered professional fighting game scene and also competed as a fighting game player using the name Zerobird, although his racing career takes priority; he can only attend tournaments that do not interfere with his NAPT racing schedules. Nonetheless, he did win several regional fighting game tournaments across the U.S. and Hong Kong, and he has been dubbed "Fighter and Racer" by the fighting game community; with all of this, Tristan’s dream is to someday be the first person who is both a motor racing and fighting game world champion. Roleplaying Notes: - Character theme song: Street Fighter V - Main Menu - Likes: Fighting games, gravure idols, the word "thuggery" - Dislikes: Gossip tabloids, tier lists, adult films - Lives in Seattle, WA (where his parents emigrated) and Hong Kong. Prefers to be identified as from Hong Kong. - Specializes in command characters when playing fighting games; uses a fight stick, but is also fine with normal controllers. - He always takes advantage of PPP/KKK macros (those built in game of course). - He proclaims his love for gravure idols in the paddock all the time. - A happy-going and cool guy in general. -- *Rod Soldiere* (@rattrod_soldier) Nationality: United States Birthday and Age: October 12, 26 YEARS OLD Quote: "I have all the possible simulation value!" This driver is currently not in use. Stats: Skill: 15 GRADE Consistency: 7 GRADE Preservation: 5 GRADE Tenacity: 10 GRADE Total Hiring Cost: *310,000 CR* Experience Level: Lv. 33; Bronze Driver Classification, 20% EPR Specialties: Oval Racing Earnings: EVENT & SEASON - PLACING - CR EARNED Earnings for Season 1 = *600,000 CR* Earnings for Season 2 = *822,000 CR* Lifetime Earnings = *1,442,000 CR* Summary: Born to a hot-rod mechanic father and a mother working in web design, in his youth, Rod Soldiere frequently fed coins to racing games in a nearby arcade, under impression it would help his driving skill. He nearly dropped-out from drivers’ ed classes (he was not an actual drop-out, contrary to people who engaged in flame wars against him in some simracing forums), resulting in his rather scrubby and arrogant driving attitude. His training experiences would translate to a new interest in a subscription-based online racing simulation, trueRacing. Primarily a stock car racer on trueRacing, he also tried GT cars as well, both with mixed results (he only won three stock car races). Eventually, tensions with trueRacing’s repeated physics changes that caused Rod to accuse the service of increasing the difficulty without regards to true simulation value, as well with the community’s elitism (he once accused the community of "overplaying the fame of racing pretend race cars"), caused him to leave the service; around this time, he was also engaged in drama against Wrap Booth Racing, a livery-oriented modding community with a controversial history that have been engaged in rivalries against other modding teams, and often mocked as the “Salt Booth” for those reasons. In retaliation for quitting trueRacing, he entered a “gamer to racer” competition sponsored by a more common console-based racing game, but failed to make it to the national finals, but he was confident that the experiences from both (as well as a short kart training) will help him in actual motorsports. Roleplaying Notes: - Character theme song: Hybrid - Celebrity Science (F1 Challenge 99-02 version) - Likes: Racing games in general, "simulation value", designing liveries, Dr. Wily Cola - Dislikes: Lack of simulation value, elitism, unsalted food, people of Wrap Booth Racing, speedrunners - Blabbers about simulation value all day. - Has grudges against people who speedrun video games for some reason, although it's smaller compared to his grudges against Wrap Booth Racing. Rumors say because of his unfavorable comparisons to time attack racing and hotlapping. - Once kicked out from an arcade for spoiling Of Mice and Men in a fit of rage after losing a multi-player arcade race. - Despite his emphasis on simulation value, he thinks people who play "hardcore" simulation racers exclusively as elitists who cannot accept that no simracing title is perfect, and having horrible taste in racing games. - Tends to be salty at times - so salty, he won't eat unsalted food, since "unsalted foods lack simulation value". - Thinks Camaro are superior to any other muscle cars; is aware of a GT3 version of the Camaro and dreamed of some day driving it. - Frequently makes short quips, which may or may not involve simulation value. Cars: Honda NSX-R J-GTE Category: GT Endurance AM / Cost per Car: 275,000 CR / car Base Peak Power: 607 horsepower Base Curb Weight: 1185 kilograms Base Reliability: 50% Weight Distribution: 47% Front / 53% Rear Top Speed: 290 km/h (about 180 mph) Statistics above may differ after installation of upgrade parts. Parts Equipped: Grueling Endurance Test - 100,000 CR - +5% Reliability (2/2, 200,000 CR spent, +10 Reliability total upgraded) - Put the car through a grueling test which runs the car at the limit for long periods of time. Weaker parts are redesigned to become stronger, improving reliability by a decent margin. Basic Engine Tuning - 50,000 CR - +1% engine power and torque - Minor engine modifications for a small power increase. Race Camshaft - 50,000 CR - approx. more than +1% engine power - Reworked race-spec camshafts designed for more power at high RPM at the cost of slightly less low-end torque. Eco-Spec EMS - 50,000 CR - approx. +9% better fuel economy - EMS and fuel system modifications to increase fuel efficiency with minimal power loss. -1% top-end power, but increases low-end torque significantly. Basic R&D Lighter Components - 65,000 CR - 0.5% LIGHTER weight and 0.5% LESS inertia (1/5, 65,000 CR spent, 0.5% weight and inertia reduced) - Analysis of component weight in chassis and bodywork to reduce weight and inertia. Wing Aero Analysis - 60,000 CR - 1% MORE downforce per "setting step" - Subtle changes to wing profile allow for a slight increase in downforce, especially when running higher wing settings. Body Aero Analysis - 60,000 CR - 2% LESS base body drag - Minor modifications to the bodywork of the car to increase air flow efficiency, therefore increasing speed. Nashville "N2R" Race Tires - 200,000 CR - +8% acceleration tire grip - Tires with a special construction and compound for improving grip under braking and acceleration. Chassis History: (4/6) RPT-VS1 - destroyed during S1 (was Li) RPT-VS2 - in use (Li) RPT-VS3 - in use (Soldiere) RPT-VS4 - spare RPT-VS5 - spare Engineers: (1/2)* Pascale Rouen Nationality: French Class: Designer Current Level: Level 2, 3 Phases to Next Level 0 Perk: Rapid Failure Analyst; Extreme Reliability Analysis takes only ONE Phase when assigned to this Engineer. Level 1 Perk: Advanced Failure Analyst; unlocks one stage of Extreme Reliability Analysis. Level 2 Perk: Manufacturing Analyst; unlocks one stage of Precision Manufacturing. Level 3 Perk: Chassis Constructor; R&D Lighter Components takes only ONE Phase when assigned to this Engineer. Hiring Cost: 80,000 CR Pascale is known for her infinite knowledge of how to properly design something. She wishes for whatever team she may come across to have the most reliable and strong car out on the track, and whoever may hire her will be in luck to have her with her great intelligence. Finances: *3,847,000 CR* (Annual maintenance/staffing fee: 300,000 CR) Purchase History: ITEM USED - PURCHASE COST Driver Contract: Tristan Li (3/8 races part-time) - 415,000 CR (full season: 1,100,000 CR) Driver Contract: Rod Soldiere (3/8 races part-time) - 320,000 CR (full season: 850,000 CR) Car Purchase: 3 Honda NSX-R GT300s - 1,650,000 CR Car Upgrade: Exhaust Flow Analysis (NSX-R GT300) - 400,00 CR Car Upgrade: Camshaft Profile Rework (NSX-R GT300) - 400,000 CR Driver Renewal (Regulation Change): Tristan Li - 210,000 CR Driver Renewal (Regulation Change): Rod Soldiere - 210,000 CR Facilities: +1 Engineer Slot- 100,000 CR Facilities: +2 Chassis Slot - 100,000 CR Facilities: +4 Pit Perk - 400,000 CR Engineer Contract: Pascal Rouen - 80,000 CR [Income] NSX/Supra Owners Cashback - +1,710,000 CR Spec Conversion: Honda NSX-R GT300 x2 -> NSX-R J-GTE x2 - 550,000 CR Car Upgrade: Grueling Endurance Test (NSX-R J-GTE, 1/2) - 100,000 CR Car Upgrade: Grueling Endurance Test (NSX-R J-GTE, 2/2) - 100,000 CR (done separately from the first) Car Upgrade: Basic Engine Tuning (NSX-R J-GTE) - 50,000 CR Car Upgrade: Racing Camshafts (NSX-R J-GTE) - 50,000 CR Car Upgrade: Eco-Spec EMS (NSX-R J-GTE) - 50,000 CR Car Upgrade: Basic R&D Lighter Components (NSX-R J-GTE, 1/5) 65,000 CR Car Upgrade: Wing Aero Analysis (NSX-R J-GTE): 60,000 CR Car Upgrade: Body Aero Anaylsis (NSX-R J-GTE): 60,000 CR Car Purchase: 2 Honda NSX-R J-GTE - 550,000 CR Tires: Nashville "N2R" Race Tires - 200,000 CR Driver Training: Rod Soldiere's skill (13 > 14, Lv 31 > Lv 32) - 30,000 CR (was incorrectly stated as 32,000 CR) [Income] Accounting Error Refund (Rod Soldiere's skill (13 > 14, Lv 31 > Lv 32)) - +2,000 CR Driver Training: Rod Soldiere's skill (14 > 15, Lv 32 > Lv 33) - 40,000 CR S2 Annual maintenance/staffing fee: 300,000 CR Active Pit Perks: (6/6) 1: Repairing while fueling/changing tire, part 1 2: Repairing while fueling/changing tire, part 2 3: Repairing while fueling/changing tire, part 3 4: +1 second tire change speed (1/5) (19 secs) 5: +1 second tire change speed (2/5) (18 secs) 6: +1 second body change speed (1/4) (14 secs) Sponsors: (only "contributing" ones, as defined and regulated in Section 7, are listed): Weaver Aerodynamics - Industry: Aerodynamic Parts / Primary Current Respect: 160 Respect Current Respect Status: Double CR Rewards, -10% off ALL stages of Body upgrades (both no longer applicable?) -- Zakato Racing Brakes - Industry: Brakes / Secondary Current Respect: 120 Respect Current Respect Status: Normal Event History: EVENT - PLACING DNF (Li)/DNF (Soldiere), S1 JSA Taikyu R2 - 400,000 cr DNF (Li)/DNF (Soldiere), S1 JSA Taikyu R3 - 400,000 cr DNF (Li)/DNF (Soldiere), S1 JSA Taikyu R4 - 400,000 cr DNF (Li)/DNF (Soldiere), S2 JSA GTM R1 - 150,000 cr 13th (Li)/DNF (Soldiere) S2 JSA GTM R2 - 135,000 cr (plus 60,000 cr in sponsorship) 23rd (Li)/26th (Soldiere), S2 JSA GTM R3 - 124,000 cr (plus 30,000 cr in sponsorship) 12th (Li)/23th (Soldiere), S2 JSA GTM R4 - 136,000 cr (plus 60,000 cr in sponsorship) 11th (Li)/23th (Soldiere), S2 JSA GTM R5 - 140,000 cr (plus 60,000 cr in sponsorship) 19th (Li)/23th (Soldiere), S2 JSA GTM R6 - 124,000 cr (plus 30,000 cr in sponsorship) 19th (Li)/DNF (Soldiere), S2 JSA GTM R7 - 120,000 cr (plus 30,000 cr in sponsorship) League History: LEAGUE & SEASON - TEAMS STANDING - DRIVERS STANDING JSA Taikyu S1 - NC - NC (no points scored) JSA GTM G2 - 12th (23 points) - 21st, 19 points (Li)/32nd, 4 points (Rod) Awards: AWARD NAME - DATE EARNED [New Hero - none yet]
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Lightning Breakers Racing Project Posted Apr 24, 2016 18:23:09 GMT -5 Edited by FMecha Mar 18, 2017 16:39:11 GMT -5 : Maintenance/staffing fee, Rod's "retirement" Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top

Formidable • WRA Administration Posts: 618 Likes: 570 Gender: Male	Post by Formidable on May 2, 2016 22:47:14 GMT -5 Rewards for JS SnT Round 2 Tristan Li (27th): 200,000 CR Rod Soldiere (26th): 200,000 CR ______________________________ Total: 400,000 CR "Sad to see the new guys DNF so early in the race I'd love to see a comeback from them! " -@ronv867

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Ricardo Lionheart • GRL Admin WRA Administration Posts: 823 Likes: 653 Gender: Male	Post by Ricardo Lionheart on May 7, 2016 10:41:03 GMT -5 FMecha This is mainly because your team joined in so late into the season, but I'm reducing your drivers' hiring costs for this season by 5/8ths of their Base Hiring Cost. Seems unfair that you'd pay full price for a part-time contract...

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Formidable • WRA Administration Posts: 618 Likes: 570 Gender: Male	Post by Formidable on May 8, 2016 0:23:34 GMT -5 Rewards for JS SnT R3: Tristan - DNF - 200,000 (TOTALED) Rod - DNF - 200,000 ________________________ Total: 400,000 CR

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Formidable • WRA Administration Posts: 618 Likes: 570 Gender: Male	Post by Formidable on May 15, 2016 16:44:48 GMT -5 Rewards for R4 Tristan - 200,000 Rod - 200,000 _________________ Total: 400,000 CR

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FMecha • Member Posts: 54 Likes: 28 Gender: Male	Post by FMecha on Jun 29, 2016 14:32:25 GMT -5 Chassis capacity: 2 (Cr. 100,000) Engineer capacity: 1 (Cr. 100,000) Pit perk capacity: 4 (Cr. 400,000) Total: Cr. 600,000 Left: 1,865,000 Maintenance fee: 300,000 cr/year - cc: Formidable , maikoheart , Ricardo Lionheart (sorry if you weren't pinged) --------------- So, what happened during the season break in the team's headquarters in Shizuoka? Easily put, Ogami and his commercial manager, Jerome Willy, still deals with the sponsor (waiting for the sponsor wraps to arrive), Rod spends too much time in the simulator (and ironically complaining about the simulation value, especially when Ogami tells Rod to go to the arcade if he want to drive for fun instead) and reading Bob and George (the Mega Man-themed webcomic), and Li hunts for gravure magazines the mechanics bring to the team HQ. Some mechanics in the team think it is a good idea to bring them in the team's headquarters and even Ogami don't know why.
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maikoheart • WRA Administration Posts: 642 Likes: 514 Gender: Female	Post by maikoheart on Jun 29, 2016 14:41:57 GMT -5 Seems good to me man. :tup: This means you have extra space for another engineer, and ability for 6 chassis. FMecha
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Ricardo Lionheart • GRL Admin WRA Administration Posts: 823 Likes: 653 Gender: Male	Post by Ricardo Lionheart on Jul 1, 2016 20:03:46 GMT -5 FMecha OOC: Every team that is still using the NSX or Supra as their GTE AM cars got a 90% refund for their number of not-totaled/sold chassis and for the total of upgrades applied. I've posted the result for your case below. Chassis x2: +990,000 CR Upgrades: +720,000 CR Total CR earned: +1,710,000 CR Note that I haven't touched your initial post, since I'm leaving it up to you whether you want to stick with a NSX GTE or use a different car for GTE AM. The result should be that you either have more upgrades than previously or that you are much more financially secure.

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FMecha • Member Posts: 54 Likes: 28 Gender: Male	Post by FMecha on Jul 2, 2016 4:50:16 GMT -5 Jul 1, 2016 20:03:46 GMT -5 Ricardo Lionheart said: FMecha OOC: Every team that is still using the NSX or Supra as their GTE AM cars got a 90% refund for their number of not-totaled/sold chassis and for the total of upgrades applied. I've posted the result for your case below. Chassis x2: +990,000 CR Upgrades: +720,000 CR Total CR earned: +1,710,000 CR Note that I haven't touched your initial post, since I'm leaving it up to you whether you want to stick with a NSX GTE or use a different car for GTE AM. The result should be that you either have more upgrades than previously or that you are much more financially secure. We'll take that offer, since we're intending to upgrade further the NSX.
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Ricardo Lionheart • GRL Admin WRA Administration Posts: 823 Likes: 653 Gender: Male	Post by Ricardo Lionheart on Jul 7, 2016 21:45:38 GMT -5 FMecha OOC: In this case, you'd also have to "re-buy" the cars at their new prices. The in-universe justification is that these are new cars brought up to compete at the new GT Endurance AM specs. You could justify this in-character as having just purchased a set of conversion kits to bring your current cars up to spec without actually having to go through the dealers. Your team would still make a profit from making the specification switch (and you kind of have to anyway), it's just not going to be as huge. So I've went and updated your profile to reflect that.

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FMecha • Member Posts: 54 Likes: 28 Gender: Male	Post by FMecha on Jul 8, 2016 13:34:55 GMT -5 Jul 7, 2016 21:45:38 GMT -5 Ricardo Lionheart said: FMecha OOC: In this case, you'd also have to "re-buy" the cars at their new prices. The in-universe justification is that these are new cars brought up to compete at the new GT Endurance AM specs. You could justify this in-character as having just purchased a set of conversion kits to bring your current cars up to spec without actually having to go through the dealers. Your team would still make a profit from making the specification switch (and you kind of have to anyway), it's just not going to be as huge. So I've went and updated your profile to reflect that. Lots of things here actually confuse me... (but that's because I am new here) Also, do you still have the old stats for both of my drivers? I am really suspicious why Li has severely low tenacity compared to Rod...
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Ricardo Lionheart • GRL Admin WRA Administration Posts: 823 Likes: 653 Gender: Male	Post by Ricardo Lionheart on Jul 8, 2016 13:43:11 GMT -5 FMecha You just forgot to multiply Li's tenacity. He was originally a 2, should be a 5 in this case.

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FMecha • Member Posts: 54 Likes: 28 Gender: Male	Post by FMecha on Aug 2, 2016 7:21:39 GMT -5 The day of the team launch... After an experimental first season of J-SA SoT, which was described as team principal Koji Ogami as an "testing season" despite the sudden regulation change, Lightning Breakers Racing Project, his racing team that have been in partnership with various multimedia franchises and companies, launched their team’s attempt for second season of J-SA GT Masters in their headquarters in Shizuoka, Japan, today. This season, Lightning Breakers' machines will be carrying the emblem from Legend, Marie Lu's trilogy of young adult dystopian novels. The novels made it to the best-seller lists; a graphic novel adaptation of the entire trilogy is in the works. Previous clients that sponsored Lighting Breakers include Capcom and AKB48, among others. In addition, Iron Galaxy Studios, a name associated with development of various video game titles such as Divekick, Killer Instinct (for Xbox One), Darkstalkers Resurrection, and more, will also sponsor the team, in addition to team’s technical associates Zakato Brakes and Weaver Aerodynamics, as well as the notorious racing game blog Pretend Race Cars. The two drivers from the team’s experimental season, Tristan Li, a Hong Kong-born racer that also a professional fighting game player, and Rod Soldiere, a former sim-racer and GT Academy participant, hailing from the United States, will also return. Both will drive Honda NSX-R J-GTE in the GT-Am class. Pascale Rouen has also joined the team in the engineering department, in the quest to help with the car's reliability flaws. Closing the launch, Ogami stated the team’s catchphrase for this season: “All roads lead to legend, from where prodigies turn into grand champions”, stealthily plugging the novel his team sponsors. ROD-QUIPPED Rod Soldiere’s Quips* "I don’t know why, but I why do I feel those “princesses” around here are hampering the simul-I mean professionalism value? We big boys-“ (Interrupted by Ogami, which tells him not to bring gender politics) “But seriously, you don’t wear princess clothes in a big-deal race car. At all. You wear firesuits.” *Based on the Helmeted Author Quips feature from the Mega Man webcomic Bob and George. Read the commentary on this comic for details. Ricardo Lionheart I don't know how this works, but I guess I'll give the experience point to upgrade Li's tenacity and Rod's skill.
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maikoheart • WRA Administration Posts: 642 Likes: 514 Gender: Female	Post by maikoheart on Aug 9, 2016 19:17:31 GMT -5 J-Speed GT Masters R1 Rewards: Tristan Li, DNF: +75,000 CR Rod Soldiere, DNF: +75,000 CR Total: +150,000 CR
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Ricardo Lionheart • GRL Admin WRA Administration Posts: 823 Likes: 653 Gender: Male	Post by Ricardo Lionheart on Aug 10, 2016 21:54:42 GMT -5 Sponsor Objective Updates after JSA GT Masters R1: +Title Primary In GTE AM: Best Result by Tristan Li, 18th of 28, 2 places GAINED, but FAILED to finish Weaver Aerodynamics: FAILED (didn't finish), 0 CR, 0 Respect Zakato Racing Brakes: FAILED - 14th to pass, FAILED - 17th Margin of Error, 0 CR, -2 Respect Total Sponsor Reward: 0 CR OOC: That could have been worse.

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maikoheart • WRA Administration Posts: 642 Likes: 514 Gender: Female	Post by maikoheart on Sept 1, 2016 0:56:36 GMT -5 J-Speed GT Masters R2 Rewards: Tristan Li, 13th: +72,000 CR (20% Earnings) Rod Soldiere, DNF: +63,000 CR (20% Earnings) Total: +135,000 CR Sponsor Objective Updates after JSA GT Masters R2: +Title Primary In GTE AM: Best Result by Tristan Li, 13th of 28, 5 places GAINED Weaver Aerodynamics: PASSED, +10 Re, +30,000 CR Zakato Racing Brakes: PASSED, +30,000 CR, +20 Respect Total Sponsor Reward: +60,000 CR Grand Weekend Total: +195,000 CR
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FMecha • Member Posts: 54 Likes: 28 Gender: Male	Post by FMecha on Oct 13, 2016 13:52:19 GMT -5 During the almost one-month (August 28th to September 25th) stasis... where are Ogami's boys doing? Tristan Li: With the racing league in stasis, Tristan saw this opportunity to do some fighting game gigs: he entered Asia Fight Fest in Hong Kong (September 10-11), where he lost in the quarter-finals to ServerCORE, a Filipino player who eventually won the tournament, and Duo Cup in the U.S. (September 20-22), where he eliminated Rolltier.EXE, a controversial player in the scene who thinks he could make use of low-tier characters, yet stuck to mid-tier ones. However, Zerobird (his FGC handle) was eliminated in the semi-finals after he lost to Christine "SpeedyG" Gonzales through a last-round double K.O. He blew most of his money from his gigs for gravure idol DVDs and photobooks after that (they are stored away in his house rather than in the team's dormitory, knowing Ogami will not approve of it), when he noticed one of his favorite gravure idols announced that she was downsizing her idol activities to focus in a career of one-make car racing. Who is she? Rod Soldiere: Rod spends his time at the team's simulator as usual, until Ogami tells him (jokingly) that he will be charging Rod 500 yen per hour for any unnecessary use of the simulator until the racing activities return. Rod thus went to back to his home in America to take a break and have vacation, while trying to prove that real life does not have enough simulation value. During this time, he ran into a perfectionist speedrunner that does not appear to look highly at simracers, and announces that he will switch his career to motor racing someday to fight him. Who is him? ROD-QUIPPED Rod Soldiere's Quips "Speedrunning video games without dealing and damage and utilizing any glitches? You should try speedrunning the Nordschleife with no driving aids in the wet with a real car, dimwits."
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FMecha • Member Posts: 54 Likes: 28 Gender: Male	Post by FMecha on Nov 25, 2016 2:29:14 GMT -5 Invoice for Phase 7 in Sepang (Background Music: Mega Man: The Power Battle - Weapon Get) Finishing: Tristan Li (23rd, 2 points): 80,000 CR -> 64,000 CR (20% EPR) Rod Soldiere (26th, 1 point for 3 laps down): 75,000 CR -> 60,000 CR (20% EPR) Sponsorships: Weaver: Passed (Li qualified 23rd, finished 23rd; position limit is 27th) - 30,000 CR, 10+ respect Zakato: Failed (neither driver finished above 50%, which is 15th) - as Tristan Li finished 23rd, 16 respect points have been lost. Today's Income: 154,000 CR Engineer Level-Ups: Pascale Rouen: Level 1 -> 2. Manufacturing Analyst perk unlocked: Extreme Reliability Analysis is now available. Chassis Constructor (Level 3) will be available in Phase 16. --- ROD-QUIPPED Rod Soldiere's Quips "Do people even know that testing the brakes and brake test are completely different things?"
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FMecha • Member Posts: 54 Likes: 28 Gender: Male	Post by FMecha on Dec 8, 2016 2:49:43 GMT -5 Invoice for Phase 8 in Autopolis (Background Music: Mega Man: The Power Battle - Weapon Get) Finishing: Tristan Li (12th, 5 points): 95,000 CR -> 76,000 CR (20% EPR) Rod Soldiere (23rd, 1 point for 2 laps down): 75,000 CR -> 60,000 CR (20% EPR) Sponsorships: Weaver: Passed (Li qualified 17th, finished 12th; position limit is 21st) - 30,000 CR, 10+ respect Zakato: Passed (Tristan Li finished 12th; 50% position limit is 15th) - 30,000 CR, 20+ respect Today's Income: 176,000 CR --- ROD-QUIPPED Rod Soldiere's Quips "Yes, deal with it, I am back to say that I am not getting paid to write those quips, only for finishing races."
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FMecha • Member Posts: 54 Likes: 28 Gender: Male	Post by FMecha on Dec 8, 2016 5:12:28 GMT -5 Rod Soldiere: Being the dead-beat team mate of the season has no simulation value, so I need to try something other than my futile attempts at lowering the difficulty slider. (This will increase Rod's skill from 13 to 14, taking him to Level 32 with hiring cost of 270,000 CR, and will cost ~~32,000~~ 30,000 CR. It should apply by the next phase.) Ricardo Lionheart
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Lightning Breakers Racing Project Posted Dec 8, 2016 5:12:28 GMT -5 Edited by FMecha Jan 22, 2017 10:49:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top

FMecha • Member Posts: 54 Likes: 28 Gender: Male	Post by FMecha on Jan 17, 2017 4:38:07 GMT -5 Invoice for Phase 10 in Sugo (Background Music: Mega Man: The Power Battle - Weapon Get) Finishing: Tristan Li (11th, 6 points): 100,000 CR -> 80,000 CR (20% EPR) Rod Soldiere (23rd, 1 point for 2 laps down): 75,000 CR -> 60,000 CR (20% EPR) Sponsorships: Weaver: Passed (Li qualified 17th, finished 11th; position limit is 21st) - 30,000 CR, 10+ respect Zakato: Passed (Tristan Li finished 11th; 50% position limit is 15th) - 30,000 CR, 20+ respect Today's Income: 200,000 CR --- ROD-QUIPPED Rod Soldiere's Quips "Kidz Bop? Are you telling little kids are in charge of balance of performance?"
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Lightning Breakers Racing Project Posted Jan 17, 2017 4:38:07 GMT -5 Edited by FMecha Jan 17, 2017 5:04:12 GMT -5 : recalculated income Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top

FMecha • Member Posts: 54 Likes: 28 Gender: Male	Post by FMecha on Jan 22, 2017 10:47:42 GMT -5 Rod Soldiere: No JSA race this week means a training session for me. Again. (This will increase Rod's skill from 14 to 15, taking him to Level 33 with hiring cost of 310,000 CR, and will cost 40,000 CR. It should apply by the next phase.) Ricardo Lionheart
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FMecha • Member Posts: 54 Likes: 28 Gender: Male	Post by FMecha on Feb 1, 2017 15:36:03 GMT -5 Invoice for Phase 12 in Fuji (Background Music: Mega Man X3 (SNES) - Weapon Get) Finishing: Tristan Li (19th, 2 point for 1 lap down): 80,000 CR -> 64,000 CR (20% EPR) Rod Soldiere (23rd, 1 point for 2 laps down): 75,000 CR -> 60,000 CR (20% EPR) Sponsorships: Weaver: Passed (Li qualified 22nd, finished 19th; position limit is 26th) - 30,000 CR, 10+ respect Zakato: Failed (Tristan Li finished 19th; 50% position limit is 15th) - -8 respect Note: A rule change regarding sponsor respect points is currently in effect. Today's Income: 154,000 CR --- ROD-QUIPPED Rod Soldiere's Quips "I had a peek of team's bill and among it there's an entry for in-app purchases for Tarmac Blitzers by someone within the team. Seriously, using team money to do your IAPs?"
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Lightning Breakers Racing Project Posted Feb 1, 2017 15:36:03 GMT -5 Edited by FMecha Feb 14, 2017 1:37:22 GMT -5 : Updated payment per standings, since it says Tristan finished one lap down, not two Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top

Momoko Murasama • WRA Chairwoman WRA Administration Posts: 550 Likes: 301	Post by Momoko Murasama on Feb 2, 2017 23:56:58 GMT -5 All changes confirmed checked in and accurate since Fuji. See you at Suzuka!
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FMecha • Member Posts: 54 Likes: 28 Gender: Male	Post by FMecha on Feb 26, 2017 14:04:51 GMT -5 Invoice for Phase 14 in Suzuka (Background Music: Mega Man X3 (SNES) - Weapon Get) Finishing: Tristan Li (19th, 2 point for 1 lap down): 75,000 CR -> 60,000 CR (20% EPR) Rod Soldiere (DNF - engine failure): 75,000 CR -> 60,000 CR (20% EPR) Double points is in effect for this round. Sponsorships: Weaver: Passed (Li qualified 23rd, finished 22nh; position limit is 27th) - 30,000 CR, 10+ respect Zakato: Failed (Tristan Li finished 22nd; 50% position limit is 15th) - -14 respect Note: A rule change regarding sponsor respect points is currently in effect. Today's Income: 150,000 CR --- End of Season Invoice (Background Music: Manx TT Super Bike - Name Entry) Tristan Li: 21st + 19 points = 400,000 + 19,000 = 419,000 -> 335,200 Rod Soldiere: 32nd + 4 points = 350,000 + 4,000 = 354,000 -> 283,200 Team Overall: 12th + 23 points = 700,000 + 115,000 = 815,000 End of Season Income: 1,433,400 CR Overall Income: 1,583,400 CR --- ROD-QUIPPED Rod Soldiere's Quips "I just cringe seeing people who put their figure collection next to their sim racing rig."
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