First of I all, I respect that fact that I should not have retaliated, and I accept the punishment for this.
However, I completely disagree with the assessment of the move before. Here is my view:
1:40: I feel the BMW is slower, and attempt to pull alongside to gain an advantage into the final corner. BMW either does not see me, or has too much speed, so he drifts outside thus collecting me into the run off area. When I am in a position similar to BMW's here, I always make sure the car on the outside has at least a car width of space on outside of the corner
1:47: I am upset (honking my horn), but trying to recover, which I succeed at, approach the last corner. Despite not being on the ideal racing line, I have my speed under control, and I am clear and ahead of BMW
1:50: BMW also tries to make the corner, however sees me clearly, and has an obvious intent to crash me - he is under full power, and regardless of the car in front of him (me), proceeds to slam into the back of that car
So, my conclusion:
- I accept the blame for retaliation, which is poor judgement on my side
- The contact in the penultimate corner was a racing incident caused by my optimistic move on a slower car (BMW), and BMW's inability to register me being on his outside
- The following contact in the last corner is solely BMW's responsibility, and was an intentional crash
- If this was not intentional (which I doubt), it was perfectly avoidable. Instead, having me clearly ahead of him and visibly approaching the corner at an angle far from ideal, BMW did nothing to avoid an accident, and instead applied full power in an effort to crash me
So I am happy to serve the ban - I am going on a business trip to Sweden until Thursday anyway - however I strongly encourage an admin to review BMW's actions as well.
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On a separate note: indeed, I consider myself one of the better racers on the server, having an ability to cleanly pass and defend in every corner of the track. I do make a mistake sometimes of expecting the same from everyone, which clearly is overly optimistic. It is also true that I have no respect for those individuals who arrive at the server with little experience and proceed to cause havoc by engaging in racing they have insufficient skills for. I am also being increasingly well known as someone who encourages learning, taking advice and following the steps of more seasoned racers.
Therefore I will definitely reconsider the amount of expectation I put on more junior racers, however I will not change my approach to those individuals who create mass crashes or are generally inconsiderate to fellow racers.
However, I completely disagree with the assessment of the move before. Here is my view:
1:40: I feel the BMW is slower, and attempt to pull alongside to gain an advantage into the final corner. BMW either does not see me, or has too much speed, so he drifts outside thus collecting me into the run off area. When I am in a position similar to BMW's here, I always make sure the car on the outside has at least a car width of space on outside of the corner
1:47: I am upset (honking my horn), but trying to recover, which I succeed at, approach the last corner. Despite not being on the ideal racing line, I have my speed under control, and I am clear and ahead of BMW
1:50: BMW also tries to make the corner, however sees me clearly, and has an obvious intent to crash me - he is under full power, and regardless of the car in front of him (me), proceeds to slam into the back of that car
So, my conclusion:
- I accept the blame for retaliation, which is poor judgement on my side
- The contact in the penultimate corner was a racing incident caused by my optimistic move on a slower car (BMW), and BMW's inability to register me being on his outside
- The following contact in the last corner is solely BMW's responsibility, and was an intentional crash
- If this was not intentional (which I doubt), it was perfectly avoidable. Instead, having me clearly ahead of him and visibly approaching the corner at an angle far from ideal, BMW did nothing to avoid an accident, and instead applied full power in an effort to crash me
So I am happy to serve the ban - I am going on a business trip to Sweden until Thursday anyway - however I strongly encourage an admin to review BMW's actions as well.
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On a separate note: indeed, I consider myself one of the better racers on the server, having an ability to cleanly pass and defend in every corner of the track. I do make a mistake sometimes of expecting the same from everyone, which clearly is overly optimistic. It is also true that I have no respect for those individuals who arrive at the server with little experience and proceed to cause havoc by engaging in racing they have insufficient skills for. I am also being increasingly well known as someone who encourages learning, taking advice and following the steps of more seasoned racers.
Therefore I will definitely reconsider the amount of expectation I put on more junior racers, however I will not change my approach to those individuals who create mass crashes or are generally inconsiderate to fellow racers.
Voyager's Big Speaker.