TMU : the 24 Hours, AkA Le Mans Returns With TrackMania !!
What Is It ?
The general idea was, to race online multilaps maps during a timeframe, just like a loop, during 24 hours, on the 7 environments and by team, min. 7 max. 15 players, and the players will rotate their turn.
Each loop will last 30 minutes, on multilaps of 3 minutes, so on 10 laps by run.
During the 30 minutes there will be 28 minutes of race, 1’30 to take a little break, switching the players in the teams, and 30 seconds to load the next map.
So remember it’s important for the player to be there 5 minutes before the beginning of his session, so you can switch easily without rushing. Be on time ! 1 minute late and the previous player will do the session, and the late player will not be able to play.
If a player is not showing up the previous player will be able to take his place and race 30 minutes again, but only two times during the entire race, so 1 hour (+ his session(s)). On the contrary, if the player do fourth, fifth… run, the time of his session will be 35 minutes and the player will not race the session.
Loop Mode, What's That ??
During 28 minutes each player must race 10 laps of a multilap (one lap ~ 2’30’’).
After 28 minutes most of the time every players will have done their 10 laps. If not, each player will receive the numbers of checkpoints crossed since the beginning, and he will get a 5 seconds malus for each checkpoint not crossed. So it’s dangerous to “restart at the begining” instead of “restart at the last check”, because even if the map can be finished in 25 minutes, if the player doesn’t finish under 28 minutes, his time will be 28 minutes + malus, in spite of the restart.
Who Wins ?
The winning team will be the one who has the smallest total time (on 48 maps).
The final classification will be easy : each team will race 48 maps during the 24 hours, and we’ll see so classify according to total time.
The Teams :
This tournament is opened to 20 teams, according the following rules :
- At least 7 players by team, max. 15
- At least 3 runs ( of 30 minutes ) by player, and max. 8
The teams will present only one equip, so many teams can participate ( not TEP1, TEP2, etc…).
20 teams will be allowed, and if many others teams want to participate we will try to find a powerfuler server to host everybody .
1 spectator by team will be allowed max., and players/spectators switchs must be done as fast as possible in order to prevent server loads ( no talking please, you can talk on msn, or teamspeak…)
The spectator will be able to support the player on TS, Skype…. And be his “co-pilot“ to make the race a little less boring for the racer.
We’ll try also to let you, world, follow the race in live, with the website or the forum..
Arbitration :
Two TEP members ( not racing ) will be permanently on the server, to make a screenshot of the results of each session : one of them will stay the 24 hours and be referee, the other will be different during the race.
It will be nice, if others players from other teams do screenshots of the results of the sessions, during the posting of the scores, in order to prevent problems.
The count of the checks crossed will be done after the race, so the checking of the respect of the rules will be.
The Maps :
3 TEP members (Alex Maxi Garath) created the 48 maps of the race, both for, to vary the styles, and to avoid the “maps-traps”. These members will NOT race. It is obvious that any other member got the maps before the event. Since the event is official, if a member who creates maps doesn’t want to race, he will help create maps.
Each map has been tested a lot by those three TEP members, in order to prevent any problem (cuts, problems with the checkpoints, maps too hard…).
In addition a lot of checkpoints have been placed on the maps, to loose a minimum of time when restarting from a checkpoint.
The maps will be secret, to give to everyone the same chances, but a pack will be on the website a few days before the race to let the teams choose their players, according to the environments and the maps.
7 environments will follow one another, in order : Desert Bay Rally Coast Stadium Snow Island. 7*7 = 49 ( I still know how to count, impressive !), and you know that 24 hours = 48 maps, so a drawing of lots was carried out, and we removed a map from an environment : Island.
How to Participate ?
A simple inscription on the following website : http://lestep.free.fr/lemans/?page=index
The name of your team, the name of your “chief” and a contact ( msn, skype or mail).
A table will be given to the teams few weeks before the race, in order to make easier the organisation of the changes every half-hour.
This table must be given to the organizers before the race, and each “chief” (I like this word) will have to confirm its validity during the day before the race.
On it will be written the name of the team, the time session and the name of the player who will play this session.
The « 24 Hours » will procced : friday 13, April at 7H PM ( GMT +1) > Saturday 14, April 7H PM (GMT +1).
Misc :
If the server crashs (thks Nadeo !), the map in progress will no count, and the server will reopen with the next map. The server used is the same as the one used for “ TEP=Defi= “ so we can hope we will not have this problem.
If a player crashs, if he already made one lap and is deconnected, his time will be established in proportion to the number of check crossed and will be incremented one minute on the whole to avoid the voluntary disconnections.
This first edition of the “24 Hours” will proceed on day, night, sunrise and sunset without any cohesion, even if it means to try for the second edition to make correspond the 4 moments to reality.
A multilap map “24 Hours like” ( environment : bay ) can be downloaded here : http://teamtep.com/24H/map/bay1.Challenge.Gbx
This multilap has be removed from the pack, considered to be a little too hard, especially with memorizing, it’s just a preview of that you will race during the D-Day.
Others adds or little changes in the rules may be made progressively in the future, and communicated to all the teams concerned.
If you have questions or a rule you’d like to change, your “chief” can talk about that here :
http://teamtep.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=47
Your suggestions and opinions will be taken, and a final version of the rules will be released one month before the event.
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Mówiąc po naszemu, teamy od 7-15 graczy biorą udział w serii 48 wyścigów na trasach wszystkich scenerii TMU w trybie LAPS Długość jednego wyścigu to mniej więcej 28 minut. Jeden gracz reprezentuje team minimalnie w 3 wyścigach, maksymalnie w 8 ( 4 godziny jazdy ). To od was zależy który gracz pojedzie w którym wyścigu. Musi tylko mieścić się w tych granicach. Można pojechać nawet 4 godziny z rzędu, albo serie po 30 minut. To już zależy od taktyki teamu. Poniewaz na kilka dni przed rozpoczęciem wyścigu musicie dokładnie określić, który gracz pojedzie w którym wyścigu ( o której godzinie )
Impreza odbędzie się od 13.04.2007 19:00 CET do 14.04.2007 19:00 CET, więc już wszyscy zainteresowani powinni posiadać TMU
Nie będzie żadnych specjalnych przerw, jedynie krótkie półtora minutowe między poszczególnymi wyścigami, dlatego zamiana graczy musi odbywać się dość sprawnie. Każdy zapisany do teamu gracz musi pojechać przynajmniej 3 wyścigi
Więcej informacji na temat turnieju na:
http://lestep.free.fr/lemans/?page=info ... ng=english
Osobiście pomysł uważam za w cholerę udany. 
Tak to bym chetnie wspomogl team (o ile by mnie chcieli :DD:D:D) ale niestety rodzice az na tyle wyrozumiali nie sa 
oczywiście sam bym nie jechał aż tak mocno się nie czuje