Chevrolet Scalextrics Competition 2008
I just spent my Sunday helping my uncle out at Gotham Penthouse for the Chevrolet Scalextrics Competition, which was held in conjuction with the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix final race. Aunt Linda and my cousin, Malcolm, were there to help out as well (and my uncle really pays us well and I ain't complaining muahaha)
*Gotham Penthouse*
*Scalextrics Digital Tracks*
It was quite an eventful start to the whole competition, from the preparation phase till the packing up, I must say. When Malcolm and I first arrived at Gotham Penthouse, the lady from there was like in a panicky state. She asked if we were from Hobby Bounties, and yes of course we were, and she was asking us to look at the table with the tracks.
Lady: See? Too much grass!! Table still quite empty.
Me: Err, okayyy, Linda should be on the way with some of the other props.
*Table too empty, too much grass*
And so Aunt Linda came.
Me: Where are the props?
Linda: What props??
Me: zomg!!
Okay, so the next task we had was to make the table look not so empty. So Malcolm and I got down to making the track circuit more difficult by adding more tracks to cover up the green areas of the table.
*Extending the circuit*
*The best we could do*
And then came the problem of "short-circuits" because suddenly after extending the circuit, one throttle/controller could control 2 cars which were on different tracks! We had to dismantle and re-fix quite a number of parts and time was running out... zzz stressed.. but we managed to do it still.
And so by 7pm, the event at Gotham Penthouse started. Participants could just come in and sign up and play for free. There would be an overall winner out of 32 players. And so, the rest of us were just supposed to be in charge of briefing the players on what to do, guiding them on how to race the cars on the digital tracks, and be the timer for the competition.
The race totally made me see the fact that, in the case of an emergency, Singaporeans can never drive a sports car!! Zomg, who in the world increases the throttle when negotiating bends?! The cars would definitely fly off the track. And true enough, 6 cars were used, and all 6 had broken windows and windscreens at the end of the evening. And each car ain't cheap - ~$135 minimum? zzz. And one Indian guy who wanted to try out the game blasted the throttle till it burned out totally, causing it to be non-functional anymore, had the cheek to tell me "Take it home, I don't want to play it anymore." zzz why dun u just take yourself home, and don't come out and play at all?
And so after all the qualifying rounds, of course we had our winner. But the lady who came in 2nd place was very good too! In fact she beat almost half of the male players to reach the finals! We wanted to take a photo with the Chevrolet girls as well, but zzz, working... and they disappeared soon after the prize presentation ceremony.
*Scoreboard*
*After packing up*
*They have nice basins in the toilet*
*Gotham Penthouse*
*Scalextrics Digital Tracks*It was quite an eventful start to the whole competition, from the preparation phase till the packing up, I must say. When Malcolm and I first arrived at Gotham Penthouse, the lady from there was like in a panicky state. She asked if we were from Hobby Bounties, and yes of course we were, and she was asking us to look at the table with the tracks.
Lady: See? Too much grass!! Table still quite empty.
Me: Err, okayyy, Linda should be on the way with some of the other props.
*Table too empty, too much grass*And so Aunt Linda came.
Me: Where are the props?
Linda: What props??
Me: zomg!!
Okay, so the next task we had was to make the table look not so empty. So Malcolm and I got down to making the track circuit more difficult by adding more tracks to cover up the green areas of the table.
*Extending the circuit*
*The best we could do*And then came the problem of "short-circuits" because suddenly after extending the circuit, one throttle/controller could control 2 cars which were on different tracks! We had to dismantle and re-fix quite a number of parts and time was running out... zzz stressed.. but we managed to do it still.
And so by 7pm, the event at Gotham Penthouse started. Participants could just come in and sign up and play for free. There would be an overall winner out of 32 players. And so, the rest of us were just supposed to be in charge of briefing the players on what to do, guiding them on how to race the cars on the digital tracks, and be the timer for the competition.
The race totally made me see the fact that, in the case of an emergency, Singaporeans can never drive a sports car!! Zomg, who in the world increases the throttle when negotiating bends?! The cars would definitely fly off the track. And true enough, 6 cars were used, and all 6 had broken windows and windscreens at the end of the evening. And each car ain't cheap - ~$135 minimum? zzz. And one Indian guy who wanted to try out the game blasted the throttle till it burned out totally, causing it to be non-functional anymore, had the cheek to tell me "Take it home, I don't want to play it anymore." zzz why dun u just take yourself home, and don't come out and play at all?
And so after all the qualifying rounds, of course we had our winner. But the lady who came in 2nd place was very good too! In fact she beat almost half of the male players to reach the finals! We wanted to take a photo with the Chevrolet girls as well, but zzz, working... and they disappeared soon after the prize presentation ceremony.
*Scoreboard*
*After packing up*
*They have nice basins in the toilet*Anyway, Gotham Penthouse also broadcasted the F1 race live on the big screen!! And in the midst of working, I could still steal some glances at the F1 race, and everytime I look at the screen, I see the most happening stuffs! First I saw that Nelsinho Piquet totally crashed out and then I saw how some technical fault made Felipe Massa drive off from the pit when the fuel tube was still connected to his car causing his mechanic to fly and enter the hospital. And then of course I saw Kimi Räikkönen crash his Ferrari too. Last but not least, I saw my prediction come true!! Fernando Alonso became the champion of the first ever F1 Night Race!! Happy for him!
Besides getting to steal glances at the F1 race (I'm still gonna watch my recorded version another day cos I wanna watch the whole race), I also got to eat free catered food there which was super nice, and of course enjoy the free-flow of drinks!
So in the end, after everything has ended, it was time to go home. And I was so drained out that I totally dragged myself home. And it's so friggin' late alr.. I wonder if I can even wake up tomorrow morning. Feeling kinda weird cos my whole body is aching like mad. Urgh
*The beautifully-lighted stairs from Clarke Quay*
Besides getting to steal glances at the F1 race (I'm still gonna watch my recorded version another day cos I wanna watch the whole race), I also got to eat free catered food there which was super nice, and of course enjoy the free-flow of drinks!
So in the end, after everything has ended, it was time to go home. And I was so drained out that I totally dragged myself home. And it's so friggin' late alr.. I wonder if I can even wake up tomorrow morning. Feeling kinda weird cos my whole body is aching like mad. Urgh
*The beautifully-lighted stairs from Clarke Quay*
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