Mike Dragon

This is exactly what it seems to be.

Gentlemen, I have an important announcement to make.

*Ahem*

Ever wondered how bunnies really reproduce? Well, wonder no more!

Here's two of the three reports of today.

REPORT 65's still exporting to be edited, rendered and uploaded.

As part of my testing of the new settings of my screen recorder, I went on Death Road to check how smooth the transition between Record Start and Stop would be in an environment of low framerate. Previously the game would freeze for a brief second sometimes but so far, it's been really smooth! No freezes whatsoever!  The downside of going there to do this test? I have to file a new report, now. :\

I absolutely love these new rims!

Too bad only the owners of the Raven Design DLC will be able to see them on MP once support is added. There aren't really that many of us around, these days.  Not when you take into consideration how MANY more people joined after the event that awarded this DLC, years ago.

I just got my 750HP Volvo, a trailer, went on Death Road at high speed, all on-screen mirrors on the screen, the Route Advisor GPS on the screen while having my dashboard GPS ALSO active, didn't look to the sides before changing lanes or crossing intersections, entered a gas station on the way, kept on looking all over the place with cam 2, honked non-stop at everyone like a lunatic, kept my headlights, high beams, hazards and beacons on, bumped into everything due to high speed and not caring about looking around me or paying attention to the abnormal amount of mirrors on my face, didn't keep my lane, overtook everyone I could because I am super important and people must give me passage and because I am super manly and I need to prove it to everybody else in the world, I blocked anyone who attempted to overtake me. Yeah, I had to show them who's boss, baby! That sucker in that crappy Iveco... Hah! What an idiot! Buy a REAL truck, next time, you stupid!

----------------------------------------------

I actually did all that. But on single player, obviously. I'm not insane! XD I tried to simulate the usual behavior of many players (obviously I am talking about the bad ones) to see if I can understand to any extend, the way they "think". And you know what? I felt like a complete retarded imbecile. But the question is: Did I learn anything from this experiment? The answer is simple: Absolutely not! I still can't comprehend how these people seem enjoy doing all that crap. And on purpose! It just makes NO SENSE AT ALL!!! It's not fun to drive recklessly. Not at all.

It kind of makes me want to repeat this experiment but make a video out of it. And make it a video in which I mock the players who behave like that on Truckers MP's roads. Not just for the sake of mocking, though, but mostly for comedy purposes. Let me know what you think.

I changed some settings on my screen recording software and to test them out I decided to go on ATS. Firstly I went to somewhere remote so I could have peace and quiet to run a few audio tests (including voice). After the audio tests proved successful, I wanted to test framerate stability, so to do that I put my Scout on the road and drove as fast as possible to see how well the program would handle the capture of the graphics at a fast speed (it fared really well!) as I alternated between different camera views. But you know what usually happens when you combine a Scout with high speed, right? (Btw, the reason I chose the Scout on MP rather than a truck on SP is simply because they can reach their top speed the quickest.)

Just for your information: I kept the Players List on-screen at all times when speed just so I would know if there was anyone nearby. If there were, I would slow down to a safe speed to avoid any accidents involving other players. After all, the thing I least want is to cause an accident. Not knowing if there was people nearby could be dangerous, considering the brakes the Scout has. I did not want to accidentally run into someone, somehow (I was switching cameras, after all, and constantly looking at the frames counter). So for safety I kept the list open. I am glad to inform that there were no accidents. Well, none other than my own, that is. This was a controlled experiment. Since I could tell if there was someone nearby, I could slow down to a safe speed so absolutely no one has ever been in any sort of danger because of my speeding.

Ok, so for absolutely no reason or rhyme besides the fact that I can and was curious, I went on to search for the latest person to register on Truckers MP and I believe I have found it!

As of the time of this status post, the last person to join Truckers MP was this fellow, who joined today:

Change his/her ID in the URL to just a single number higher and the system won't find any registered user.

So welcome aboard, you person I don't know!

Guys. Seriously...

And yet I keep get invitations from people I have never even seen before. Let alone know them, obviously. :\

Finished crossing Death Road. I won't mention any names, obviously, but there are so many that I could swear are legitimate retarded. :\

Anyway... stopped on the second gas station after DR towards Scandinavia. Gotta dash back to work. Here's the outcome of my trip through that place.

Just kidding. This is the real picture.

And yes, I recorded a bunch of stuff. Gotta sort it all out later.

Today's Monday. Day to execute bad ideas. I'll use my break time to take my truck out of the garage and TRY to deliver something through Death Road (C-D).

In the words of the super wise Bubsy: What could POSSIBLY go wrong!?

So this happened earlier:

Honestly... I fail to comprehend people, sometimes. What's so fun about blocking and ramming, anyway? What does anyone gain with it? Besides a report and a ban, that is.

Found a pretty pretty place on the way from Munchen to Prague, not too long ago, before I made my way to Frankfurt, where I am currently parked and still in-game as I wait for a report to upload.

Lately I've been into just driving around aimlessly with my Scout. Haven't been quite in the mood for cargo deliveries. It's actually very fun and relaxing to do that, sometimes. But d'you know what I realized about it? I normally have more fun doing that on ATS than I do on ETS2.

What? Already?! Crashes Compilation 30 is out! Let the haters hate! Their tears are delicious and fuel my trucks.

Featuring clips by: @Killua (DavidOC93) @FozzyGuy and @The Scottish Lad. Thanks, guys!

Hey, guess what? Crashes Compilation 30 is finished and ready to render. I'll leave my PC working on it overnight and I should upload it on Sunday.

Why so soon when the last video took over a month to be made since the previous CC upload? Because I wanted and because I can.

Curse you YouTube for making all of my always butter-smooth videos all choppy since last December! >:(

Anyway... Crashes Compilation 29 is finally out. Enjoy! Sorry for the random choppiness. That's YouTube's fault.

On this episode:

@Smalley, @Killua (DavidOC93), @DJ Lewis, @Digi7al, @SgtBreadStick.

P.S: Thanks for the submissions as always, David.  What didn't make into this one will be included on the next.

Crashes Compilation 29 is finished and ready for rendering. I'll leave my PC doing that overnight and hopefully, if the render works correctly, I'll set it for upload this Saturday.

Guys, I've done it. I really did... I got Gulman 3D Raiders of the Lost Art to run. o-o I am so going to play this thing, now. lol I might even make a video. I'll save the first experience for the video, though. I want genuine reactions.

Don't know what game that is? Then I urge you to watch this hilarious Gmod animation.

That's how I got to know about Gulman, over a year ago. And I've been trying to get the thing to work since then. XD

Exporting RAW footage for editing is such a monotonous and long task.

Time to select what will be in Crashes Compilation 29 and export the clips so I can edit them.

Dang... It's already been about a month since my last Crashes Compilation episode! D: I gotta make another one. I'll see if I can get to it this weekend. In the meantime, enjoy the latest one!

By the way...

Screw YouTube for making my videos choppy. They are all butter smooth and should play at 60FPS, but for whatever reason, after they are done uploading, YouTube makes several parts of them become super choppy. That's SO annoying! And I have no idea why it's happening or how to fix it.

I decided to have my joyride on ETS2, tonight. Though I might not be able to.  Apparently I cannot be found. D: