GTP Pass Time!!!

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With all the recent and past drama here I thought it would be a good idea to launch a new competition. It will be the :gtpflag: drag version of the SPEED Channel's show Pass Time. This will be a light-hearted, fun, drama-free game rather than a contest. No tuning, no cheating (or suspicion of), no stress or pressure, just good old fashion fun! Oh yeah, did I mention there will be prizes? For those of you unfamiliar with the show I have included the following clip and also, here is a link to the shows Wikipedia page with an overview.







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Before each pass the racer and his or her car are brought out, and the contestants are permitted to ask questions about the car, such as the size or power of the engine, the type and size of the tires, etc. After all questions have been asked, the contestants secretly enter their predictions of the car's elapsed time. The car then makes its pass. The contestant whose prediction was closest to the actual time wins.

Ties for individual passes are awarded to the contestant who locked in their time first. If a contestant correctly guesses the time of a run exactly, the contestant wins a bonus.


^^Thats pretty much how the show works. This will run basically the same. I will announce a car. Contestants (you) will be given an allotted amount of time to post their questions. Then contestants will be asked to post their predictions and afterwards I will reveal the time ran. Each contestant from the current round will be allowed one question. Questions will be asked and answered publicly. Time predictions will be pm'ed to me and I will Post publicly each contestants prediction and the actual pass time after I have received all the entries. Prizes will be awarded to the one with the closest time and will be random items chosen by me from my own personal collection! Could be cars, tickets, rare paints, who knows lol. I will be sending all prizes from my gtp_kennyblanco account so you will have to send me a fr to collect. Cars will be random and tuned to varying levels and possibly even stock so keep that in mind while posting your questions. I will give some general information about the car when I announce it to you to help out a little bit but it will be up to you to ask for more specific details. In addition to winning prizes, the winner of the current round will get to advance to the next round for another chance to compete! Good luck and happy gaming!!! 👍

Questions must be submitted within 24 hours of announcement of car.
I will answer all questions within 24 hours.
You will then have 24 hours to submit your predictions.
After I have received all submitions I will post the results.

*If a contestant is unable to post their question in the allotted time they will forfeit their position to the next eligible participant on the list. That participant will then be allowed 3 additional hours to ask a question.


I ask that everyone check out the Schedule to see where they are on the list to help plan accordingly to avoid missing your turn.

Schedule

Round 1 - FINISHED

Round 2 - FINISHED

Round 3 - FINISHED

Round 4
 
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Schedule:

Round 1:
Slashfan vs. swara96 vs. andrew911
Chevrolet Camaro SS '00

Round 2:
Slashfan vs. saxplayer1998 vs. michrulejj
Volvo 240 GLT ESTATE '88

Round 3:
Slashfan vs. Mikeybc vs. KTalloutdrags
VW Karmann Ghia Coupe (Type-1) '68

Round 4:
KTalloutdrags vs. ryzno vs. chris12008
Lexus LFA '10 Vs. Ferrari 458 Italia '09

Round 5:
Round 4 winner vs. saxplayer1998 vs. michrulejj

Round 6:
Round 5 winner vs. Mikeybc vs. c-losk

Round 7:
Tbd vs. Tbd vs. Tbd

Round 8:
Tbd vs. Tbd vs. Tbd

Round 9:
Tbd vs. Tbd vs. Tbd

Round 10:
Tbd vs. Tbd vs. Tbd
 
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Totally interested in participated. The fox body got me hooked immeditaly. When is it all going down?
 
Truly amazing idea, but are you doing a 3 person lineup as usual or having a larger-overarching comp. And if there is going to be a 3 person comp then the first 3 people should decide the next three. Just my two-cents
 
Thanks to everyone for the interest! 👍

Truly amazing idea, but are you doing a 3 person lineup as usual or having a larger-overarching comp. And if there is going to be a 3 person comp then the first 3 people should decide the next three. Just my two-cents

I am still conteplating a couple different ideas for how to best do this. The idea I'm leaning more towards atm is to have it so that the winner of the previous round goes to the next and faces two new opponents. That will allow for everyone interested to get a chance to participate and give the contestants for each round a fairer chance without too big of a worry of being sniped "Price is Right" style lol. It would also reward the winner by allowing bragging rights to winning streaks as well as prizes. I reserved the 2nd post for a list of participants, scheduling of rounds, announcement of winners, etc. I am open to suggestions and willing to make changes as this evolves to keep it fun, interesting, entertaining, and fair for all.
 
Thanks to everyone for the interest! 👍



I am still conteplating a couple different ideas for how to best do this. The idea I'm leaning more towards atm is to have it so that the winner of the previous round goes to the next and faces two new opponents. That will allow for everyone interested to get a chance to participate and give the contestants for each round a fairer chance without too big of a worry of being sniped "Price is Right" style lol. It would also reward the winner by allowing bragging rights to winning streaks as well as prizes. I reserved the 2nd post for a list of participants, scheduling of rounds, announcement of winners, etc. I am open to suggestions and willing to make changes as this evolves to keep it fun, interesting, entertaining, and fair for all.

This sounds like a noble and fair way of doing it. Oh and GO WHO DAT NATION!!! Falcons suck...just thought I'd put that out there.
 
This sounds like a noble and fair way of doing it. Oh and GO WHO DAT NATION!!! Falcons suck...just thought I'd put that out there.

Still ironing out the details in my head before finalising anything. I'll update the op once I've got it worked out.

:lol: @ Saints. That's why yall are at home watching us play tomorrow! GO FALCONS!!! 👍
 
Still ironing out the details in my head before finalising anything. I'll update the op once I've got it worked out.

:lol: @ Saints. That's why yall are at home watching us play tomorrow! GO FALCONS!!! 👍

I'll let the Hawks do the talking for me tomorrow night. I love the concept of the Pass Time game, but the thread title needs to be different and I am completely awful at the game when watching on TV.
 
I'll let the Hawks do the talking for me tomorrow night. I love the concept of the Pass Time game, but the thread title needs to be different and I am completely awful at the game when watching on TV.

ive always been pretty good at it when i watch.
 
ive always been pretty good at it when i watch.

I'm decent at moderately tuned cars and sometimes get pretty close. But I'm only 14 have don't have tons of experience with drag racing so I've been learning as I go, I'm definitely getting better and there will always be that 80's mustang that I say will run a 10.2 but runs a 7.8 because there's a nuclear power plant under the hood.
 
I'm decent at moderately tuned cars and sometimes get pretty close. But I'm only 14 have don't have tons of experience with drag racing so I've been learning as I go, I'm definitely getting better and there will always be that 80's mustang that I say will run a 10.2 but runs a 7.8 because there's a nuclear power plant under the hood.

lol i hear you dude trust me.
 
Edited post #2 to include schedule of opponents for each round. I just matched everyone up according to the order they posted in.

I'll let the Hawks do the talking for me tomorrow night. I love the concept of the Pass Time game, but the thread title needs to be different and I am completely awful at the game when watching on TV.

Lol, we'll see. Game's at 1pm Eastern time. 👍

Also, ya I meant to change the title just forgot. Thanks. I'll post the timeframe in which each round will be held in a bit. I won't be able to do this daily but hope to have 2-3 rounds per week. It'll also need to be enough time for everyone to post their questions and for me to answer in addition to submitting predictions. So maybe something like 3 days between rounds. Idk yet. We'll see how it goes and make changes as necessary.
 
so each person can ask 3 questions...for a total of 9 question that we can all see the answer too? or 3 questions pm'd to you ?
 
When will the first car be announced?

I'll announce it as soon as I have the scheduling of events sorted out completely. Hopefully tonight before I go to bed.

Are some of these cars tuned? Or would that be a question that you have to ask?

Some will be, some won't. I'll give a bit of info and it'll be up to you to ask what you think are the most important Questions to guess the closest time.

so each person can ask 3 questions...for a total of 9 question that we can all see the answer too? or 3 questions pm'd to you ?

Each contestant from the current round will be allowed one question. Questions will be asked and answered publicly. Time predictions will be pm'ed to me and I will Post publicly each contestants prediction and the actual pass time after I have received all the entries. I'll clear this up in the op so that it is a little more understandable. 👍
 
Already got my questions ready and they are universal haha
 
Each contestant from the current round will be allowed one question. Questions will be asked and answered publicly. Time predictions will be pm'ed to me and I will Post publicly each contestants prediction and the actual pass time after I have received all the entries. I'll clear this up in the op so that it is a little more understandable. 👍

Ah OK, thanks, never seen the show before... I haven't had the speed channel for over 10 years now :guilty:
 
Ah OK, thanks, never seen the show before... I haven't had the speed channel for over 10 years now :guilty:

Ya, it's an awesome show lol. Not sure if there's any other means of watching it other than clips from youtube. Maybe Hulu or another similar service.

I'll be posting the 1st round car in the morning. I still need to set up a timeframe for each round that is suitable to my schedule and allows for enough time for everyone to be able to participate. Too tired to think straight right now. I'm off to bed lol.

Schedule of contestants posted. If anyone else is interested just post and I'll add you in. And if I overlooked anyone that has already posted please let me know. If after everyone has competed and there are no more contestants, we'll just start over. :)
 
So the winners of each round face each other in round 4?

Well as of now round 4 is open to new contestants. If there aren't anymore I guess that could be a possibility. I hope more people will be interested and sign up, especially given the nature of the competition. 👍
 
Round 1 Car:

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Chevrolet Camaro SS '00
464hp
About 15 passes
mild tune​

Contestants:
Slashfan vs. swara96 vs. andrew911

You may each now post 1 question. Once I have answered each of your questions you may submit your prediction to me via pm. I will post your times along with the actual time afterwards. For right now We'll set the timeframe for this as follows:

Questions must be submitted before 11:59pm EST Sunday.
I will answer all questions within 24 hours.
You will then have 24 hours to submit your predictions.
After I have received all submitions I will post the results.


This format may change for future events as needed to accommodate everyone's needs.


How much does it weigh?

1560kg

What's the torque?

469ft-lb@4300rpm

Stock suspension or Customizable Suspension?

Fully customisable suspension, mildy tuned.

All questions have been asked and answered. Contestants may submit their predictions to me via pm. You have until 6pm EST Monday to submit your times. I will post the results at that time. 👍

Results:

andrew911

Slashfan
Thinking it runs between 11s and 11.5s. I'm gonna submit with 11.3s.


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