Post by Ricardo Lionheart on May 9, 2016 19:46:42 GMT -5
Note: Thanks to B.K.Glover for giving me some ideas for this driver. I've taken some somewhat liberal interpretations of his notes, but he's still for the most part, a laid-back type who can talk with just about anyone.
Eduardo Espanosa (@eddyuardo)
Nationality: Mexican
Birthday and Age: June 14, 19 YEARS OLD
Stats:
Skill: 15/30
Consistency: 7/15
Potential: 7/15
Tenacity: 2/15
Initial Hiring Cost: 140,000 CR
Experience Level: Level 27; Bronze Driver Classification
% of Earnings Taken Per Race: 20%
Specialties: Pro Tuned
Earnings:
EVENT & SEASON - PLACING - CR EARNED
Earnings for Season 2 = 0 CR
Lifetime Earnings = 0 CR
Summary:
"It ain't gonna be the world calling for you to go beyond who you are now... it's gotta be you that chooses."
Hailing from a relatively quiet town in Mexico, Eduardo's family were a group of gearheads who did everything they could within the law to get by. They ran a mechanic shop and gas station, and little Eddie often hung around his father in the shop, until he was around ten years old. Eddie started off learning basic body repair tasks and routine maintenance, but as the years went by, he was soon capable of tearing cars inside-out and rebuilding them to almost-new. Being able to do that entertained him for a while, but being cooped up in a garage eventually wore thin for Eddie.
At around age 17, he tore apart his personal daily driver, a classic VW Beetle that was cleaner than most of the rides in his hometown. He wanted more than to just putt around the hood in the shop's after-hours. Rebuilding it from the ground up with a bunch of homemade engineering solutions and upgrades, Eddie's ride was transformed into an off-road racer, ready to tear apart whatever the Mexican dunes could throw at him. While it obviously wasn't the fastest of machines, Eddie was able to enter it in a variety of off-road competitions, and he got a real thrill off of racing against and defeating other drivers who were often in more advanced American machinery.
But it wasn't enough... he was bored of being "at home" all the time. Beating the same drivers over and over lost its appeal pretty quickly, and Eddie soon began to realize he needed to move abroad, where his mechanical know-how would be welcomed more. Luckily, the California Speed Runners squad hooked him up with a deal to move to the US, where he finally got to kick back, relax, and build cars to his heart's content. Eddie's competitive itch soon caught him again though, and with the first American Pro Tuned league starting up, he's willing to give teams his services as a driver or a mechanic. Just make sure you give him liberal amounts of break hours, as Eddie would prefer to go about his day at a chilled pace...
Roleplaying Notes:
- Very, very laid back. While not as lazy as say, Mikey Hoshi, he hates spending too much time being ordered around.
- Aside from his work as a car builder and tuner at the Speed Runners' garage, Eddie spends a lot of his nights wondering about seemingly deep philosophical things, and it is in this state that you could hold a casual conversation with him about almost anything.
- Give him a reason to tear apart and rebuild something and he will. Given the right materials and some time to think up his solutions, Eddie will find a way to make it even better.
- That said, once you get his competitive urges going, he ain't gonna stop.
Eduardo Espanosa (@eddyuardo)
Nationality: Mexican
Birthday and Age: June 14, 19 YEARS OLD
Stats:
Skill: 15/30
Consistency: 7/15
Potential: 7/15
Tenacity: 2/15
Initial Hiring Cost: 140,000 CR
Experience Level: Level 27; Bronze Driver Classification
% of Earnings Taken Per Race: 20%
Specialties: Pro Tuned
Earnings:
EVENT & SEASON - PLACING - CR EARNED
Earnings for Season 2 = 0 CR
Lifetime Earnings = 0 CR
Summary:
"It ain't gonna be the world calling for you to go beyond who you are now... it's gotta be you that chooses."
Hailing from a relatively quiet town in Mexico, Eduardo's family were a group of gearheads who did everything they could within the law to get by. They ran a mechanic shop and gas station, and little Eddie often hung around his father in the shop, until he was around ten years old. Eddie started off learning basic body repair tasks and routine maintenance, but as the years went by, he was soon capable of tearing cars inside-out and rebuilding them to almost-new. Being able to do that entertained him for a while, but being cooped up in a garage eventually wore thin for Eddie.
At around age 17, he tore apart his personal daily driver, a classic VW Beetle that was cleaner than most of the rides in his hometown. He wanted more than to just putt around the hood in the shop's after-hours. Rebuilding it from the ground up with a bunch of homemade engineering solutions and upgrades, Eddie's ride was transformed into an off-road racer, ready to tear apart whatever the Mexican dunes could throw at him. While it obviously wasn't the fastest of machines, Eddie was able to enter it in a variety of off-road competitions, and he got a real thrill off of racing against and defeating other drivers who were often in more advanced American machinery.
But it wasn't enough... he was bored of being "at home" all the time. Beating the same drivers over and over lost its appeal pretty quickly, and Eddie soon began to realize he needed to move abroad, where his mechanical know-how would be welcomed more. Luckily, the California Speed Runners squad hooked him up with a deal to move to the US, where he finally got to kick back, relax, and build cars to his heart's content. Eddie's competitive itch soon caught him again though, and with the first American Pro Tuned league starting up, he's willing to give teams his services as a driver or a mechanic. Just make sure you give him liberal amounts of break hours, as Eddie would prefer to go about his day at a chilled pace...
Roleplaying Notes:
- Very, very laid back. While not as lazy as say, Mikey Hoshi, he hates spending too much time being ordered around.
- Aside from his work as a car builder and tuner at the Speed Runners' garage, Eddie spends a lot of his nights wondering about seemingly deep philosophical things, and it is in this state that you could hold a casual conversation with him about almost anything.
- Give him a reason to tear apart and rebuild something and he will. Given the right materials and some time to think up his solutions, Eddie will find a way to make it even better.
- That said, once you get his competitive urges going, he ain't gonna stop.
