Play & Win: UK Mario Kart 8 Tournament - Live!

The mind games have already begun.

That GIF is playing mind games with me...

Dang, it's packed!!

Do we take the picture at the end of the tournament, or when we have finished our 12 races?

I've done 3 races so far. Two of which I had a 'communication error' (which has never happened before). I now find myself with only 15 points. I won all 3. What's happened here?

Dang, this tournament sucks, there are people getting free +15s just racing CPUs... Nice try, but this isn't going to work

@PvtOttobot I've seen that too. As soon as people join they leave to find another CPU match.

Yeah gotta admit it NL, this tournament isn't exactly fair.

I'll be trying my luck this evening sometime, for the craic more than anything! Good luck!

@Portal_King @PvtOttobot I was wondering why people kept leaving sad that a lot of people are so confident in the skills.

Well, I've lost anyway, so I'm just going to play fair

This is really disappointing, just encountered another CPU race.

Been screwed over so many times

Half way through only dropped 3 points lets do this.

So um basically those with communication errors are screwed? I got an 8th, 4th, two 3rds, six 2nds and one 1st and never got to finish my 9th race (which I was first in), while it wouldn't have put me at the top it still stinks of cheating and just bad sportsmanship.

Got a communication error before my 1st race even started and it was counted as complete with 0 points gained. All the other 11 races I got either 1st, 2nd or 3rd with a total of 133, I'm not going to last long in the top 20 but currently that's 7th.

I don't like the fact that people are dropping out. Kinda puts me off entering future tournaments if people aren't playing fair.

That was my first tournament and was great craic! I got 97 points and happy with that, that last lap in Bowsers Castle where I went from first to eigth in the blink of an eye after being hit by EVERYTHING near brought a tear to the eye though!

I've seen so many people back out and not only that I've been spectating lobbies where there has literally been 2 people in the race, just doesn't seem fair at all 😑

165 after my set of 12. Currently tied for first, with Marioracer and Stacy1199, but I don't think that's going to be good enough to keep first with all the others that still have to play. Good luck to everyone else!

Just completed my first 4 racess. Only dropped 3 points so far, although I weren't against the best opponents. Gonna finish my races later.

Well, I came and got destroyed... I have the worst luck, amount of times going from first to last on the last section of the final lap...

@eltomo I feel your pain got screwed over on finish line to many times, I nearly just gave up but I finished and got 115 points

First place definitely cheated but oh well.

Total crap. My first race had a very skilled French guy in it who finished higher, and I got 3 communication errors! So that's 3 races that counted towards my total with no points gained. Completely unfair!

@Jazzer94 I have noticed a few things where some first place seem to be able to dodge any weapon when they have no item to protect them, also some 1st places half the track ahead, probably fire hopping

@PinkSpider I mean he was lobby hoping looking for cpu filled rooms.

Lots of lag for me, although didn't affect my racing much.

And yeah, MK tournies are never fair, I got 1 1st place in my first 10 races, but last 2 races I won both because I was against 9 CPU's and 2 players.

Also, you guys do realize the top 10 places are gonna be at 180 points, how you gonna distribute prizes?

So I ended up with 171 points (9 1st 3 2nd) playing legit but I know this won't be enough with all the lobby jumping cheaters I saw expect the whole board to be filled with 174,175 and 180 scores shame the community has ruined what could have been a fun tournament GGs to all those who played fair.

I really should of practiced before starting, I did a lot worse then I should of done

Best way too stop this lobby jumping is to turn off cpu racers.... Less racers, less points for a win....

I noticed those who are currently at the top of the leaderboard definitely cheated. Weuz or something was one. Marioracer was another, saw him in several CPU lobbies before leaving once he won.

156 with 11 races.1 didnt count due to comm error.seems messed up that the error takes a race away and needs to be sorted for tournament play tbh.anyhoo, good luck to all

Ibs I agree, it's bs. 4 times it happened, I would have been in top 3 if I had those 60 points

I played fair, many communication errors so I got 0 for almost half my races. Got 110 points though. Can't see myself entering another tournament.

I dont think I will enter again, its a waste of time with the communication errors

Got 134 points

Seeing all the negativity, I've decided not to join

Well, whoever Neil is. I guess you're my nemesis now. Lol.

There I was thinking people kept leaving because there weren't enough people in the lobby, how naive of me.i just assumed it was a quiet time and kept going as I wont het a chance to play now till after the expiry time so thought might as well do it in 1 go.these types of tournaments just dont work tbh with all the cpu/human issues and those comm errors messing things up

Would love to join but my internet connection is sooo poor I get communication errors every third race on a good day! There's no way I'll make 12 races in row without being screwed - thanks Talk Talk! Gonna upgrade to Fibre Optics when I'm more financially sound. Good luck to you guys taking part.

I'm up to 2500 career points now but imagine I lose about 10-12 points every third race when I get disconnected I've probably squandered twice that since launch. I have to finish top three each race just to break even on a session...It's like trying to climb the proverbial greasy pole. Still it makes the climb to the coveted 9999 more drawn out...I assume that is the top score achievable still?

I had to go out with my family and I didn't get enough time to do all 12 races. It was a bit of a fail anyway, but hey, if they change it for the better next time, I'm all in again.

@Jazzer94 It really is a shame to everyone playing fair. I feel bad for the NintendoLife staff since they expected a nice and fair tournament.

Finished with 110 points, good fun but such a shame to lose all potential points because of 'communication error'

Just got 8th in a race... How embarrassing

Anyway I have had no problems, hey stephanie! You can win this one!!!

Im ellisj if anyone is racingme now btw

So who won then