Thread:SpooktuneAlphys/@comment-35477889-20181015072148

Personal Journal, Day 5:

Nothing too difficult today, either; however I have become more wary of bot difficulty. This is because of rising comments about inability to slow bots in later events compounded with the fact that I am now entering said later part of this event. So far I have been able to bot slow to a point, as this is an older style special event, but I never know when that might change, so I opted to do some extra bot slowing today to try to suppress any large increases in bot difficulty from here to the end of the event.

*5.1: Suzuka East 3 Lap Battle, win the cup by 500 yards (457 meters). Not difficult, won on first try. It is worth noting that I tried to win by as “little” as possible, which in this case meant winning by as little over the target distance.

*5.2: Suzuka GP, 1 Lap Head to Head, hit 150 mph (241 kph) 15 times and win. Again, not too tough, won on first try. The only part that was slightly cumbersome was hitting the velocity 15 times. Carefully slowing and accelerating just enough on straights is the best bet, and how I ended up completing it.

*5.3: Win a Speed Snap, Autocross, or Speed Record at Suzuka. I tried the Speed Record first, but found the bots were not spread well (the first place velocity was quite higher than all the others, which usually indicates excessively tough bots), and so, after quitting a few times to attempt some bot slowing, I tried the Autocross. The first time, trying to bot slow, I accidentally slowed too much and lost first by a little bit. The second time, I won by about half a second.

*5.4: Suzuka East 3 Lap Battle, win the cup by 575 yards (527 meters). Same as the 5.1 essentially. Used the quit and restart bot slow technique a few times to reduce the difficulty level, then won easily on my first attempt, which surprised me. Hopefully the rest of the event goes this well.  