I had to resolve my Mario Kart Wii obsession with attaining gold trophies in the Grand Prix racing in all 8 circuits in all the 4 modes. For the past week I only had the Lightening Cup in Mirror Mode to go. So after deciding to use my Nortel personal holiday on Monday, I proceeded to spend whatever time it took (the whole evening) to achieve my goal.
The Lightening Cup is the last and hardest of the circuits. I found this out in the 150cc mode when it took me forever to get the gold. The circuit has courses that are very windy requiring alot of good drifting. Another pain is that if you get any kind of trophy in this circuit (after having attained trophies in the other circuits) the dang game plays these game credits that go one for about 5 minutes, and one cannot skip out of them by pressing the 'A' button. So whenever it looks like I might get the silver or bronze but not the gold trophy, I quit the circuit and start over.
Anyway, last night it took me between 2 and 3 hours to get the Lightening Cup gold in the Mirror mode (which is the same as the 150cc but everything is flipped). Before achieving gold, I got 3 silvers and a bronze (and therefore the obligatory credits) in addition to all the circuits I quit trying to avoid the credits. And you know, after spending so much time on this game, it's rather anticlimactic when one does get gold. One is just happy that it's over. If I had gotten gold in one attempt (as I amazingly did in the Special Cup circuit) or alot fewer attempts, I would have been stoked.
So now my Mario Kart license is completely filled with gold boxes, and I can move on with my life.
Today, MLK day, the idea is to make up somewhat by being a little productive. Have a derby car to start on for Erin's Adventure Princess Derby Day this weekend.
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I can't think of a better way to spend a personal holiday and to celebrate the 'can do' spirit of MLK.
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