Alt-Mario Kart 1993: The Year of Prestige
Posted: 28 Oct 2021, 10:25
1993
Welcome back to another glorious year of alt-Mario Kart, the mad series that threatens to end us all. After a climactic season, it was a straight fight between the business magnate Mario family and the Koopa royalty for the championship. Mario himself being hopeless, it was up to his brother Luigi to take the crown at the final round. With the first season in the bag, it’s time to get going for another one. This will be Wario’s first full season, and rumours are that Daisy, another member of royalty (which one, who knows?) also desires to participate. As the fame of the series grows throughout the Mushroom Kingdom, is the prestigious class of Mario Kart threatened? Can Mario Kart afford to open up to the upper-middle classes?
Find out in this glorious year of 1993.
1993 rule changes
- Lakitu (the camera car) will now be forced to fully fuel for each race, thus reducing the risk of a red-flag situation.
- Wario Jumpman, and any other future customer car, will not be able to influence engine or tyre development. Therefore, they will receive only five development tokens due to their reduced status (and the fact that they will benefit from those engine and tyre developments anyway).
- Going into the season, any car with fewer than 16 attribute points will be declared too slow and unfit for the 1993 rules. All those drivers will be assigned a standard SMK/93, which will have a standard 2-2-x-x-2-2-2-2 stats.
- Any team with a car holding 16+ attributes may choose whether to swap for the standard SMK/93 chassis or to continue with their current car entered as an SMK/92B If they take the SMK/93, they don’t have to pay anything. HOWEVER:
o To enter an SMK/92B, the drivers must be able to prove that their car is safe. To do this, they need to spend, in tokens, the difference between their current car level and the 16-attribute car level. Therefore, if a car has 24 points, that driver must spend 8 tokens to keep it for 1993.
o Obviously, if a driver doesn’t have the tokens, they must ditch their unsafe kart and take a standard SMK/93. The good part is that they don’t have to spend any tokens to keep what they have if that’s what they want.
o After, and only after, the assigning of karts, will the standard 8 development points be handed out in the run-up to 1993.
- Engine and tyres will suffer no depreciation. Their stats remain as they were at the end of 1992.
Current entries so far are:
#1. Luigi Mario. Age 25 with Equipe Luigier, driving the LD01/93 (SMK/92B).
#2. Bowser Koopa. Age 39 with Bowser Motorworks, driving the B.M.W. E93 (SMK/93).
#3. Toad Toadstool. Age 22 with 1-UP Racing Team, driving the FNG1 (SMK/93).
#4. Yoshi Munchakoopas. Age 31 with Yoshimura Kartabusa, driving the Mitsuyoshi Mk. II (SMK/93).
#5. Kooper Troopa. Age 36 with PowerStar Koopra Sport, driving the Koopra KS2 (SMK/93)
#6. Donkard “Donkey” Kong Jr. Age 43 with D&K Fabrications, driving the DKC-02 (SMK/93)
#7. Peach Toadstool. Age 27 with Peachific, driving the De Toadmaso PR01B (SMK/92B).
#8. Mario Mario. Age 29 with Scuderia Mario, driving the SM50B (SMK/93).
#9. Wario Jumpman. Age 31 with Super Wario Racing, driving the SWR-01 (SMK/93).
#10. Daisy Sarasaland. Age 26 with Sarasland Squadron, driving the Sarasland Rover 93 (SMK/93).
#11… (pending).
LINK TO SPREADSHEET
1993 Calendar:
Mushroom Cup (Rounds 1-4)
1. Mario International Circuit (Inner Layout)
2. Mario International Circuit (International Layout)
3. Ghost Valley (Speedway Edition)
4. Donut Plains (Outer Loop)
Flower Cup (Rounds 5-8)
5. Mario Circuit (Endurance Circuit)
6. Choco Island (Outer Loop)
7. Bowser's Castle (Endurance Circuit)
8. Donut Plains (National Circuit)
Star Cup (Rounds 9-12)
9. Mario Circuit (National Circuit)
10. Choco Island (Endurance Circuit)
11. Vanilla Lake (Oval)
12. Bowser's Castle (International Circuit)
Special Cup (Rounds 13-16)
13. Ghost Valley (International Circuit)
14. Vanilla Lake (Outer Oval)
15. Donut Plains (International Circuit)
16. Rainbow Road :flag_sp:
Points are awarded as follows:
1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 3 points
4th: 1 points
5th and lower: 0 points
If you’re interested in joining (or you want to quit), put up a post and I’ll confirm it. Pinkd56 is at the front of the queue for joining, as has been noted. They are free to take Daisy, who will debut this season. Anyone else is free to suggest drivers, and we can work out how to rope them into alt-Mario Kart
Welcome back to another glorious year of alt-Mario Kart, the mad series that threatens to end us all. After a climactic season, it was a straight fight between the business magnate Mario family and the Koopa royalty for the championship. Mario himself being hopeless, it was up to his brother Luigi to take the crown at the final round. With the first season in the bag, it’s time to get going for another one. This will be Wario’s first full season, and rumours are that Daisy, another member of royalty (which one, who knows?) also desires to participate. As the fame of the series grows throughout the Mushroom Kingdom, is the prestigious class of Mario Kart threatened? Can Mario Kart afford to open up to the upper-middle classes?
Find out in this glorious year of 1993.
1993 rule changes
- Lakitu (the camera car) will now be forced to fully fuel for each race, thus reducing the risk of a red-flag situation.
- Wario Jumpman, and any other future customer car, will not be able to influence engine or tyre development. Therefore, they will receive only five development tokens due to their reduced status (and the fact that they will benefit from those engine and tyre developments anyway).
- Going into the season, any car with fewer than 16 attribute points will be declared too slow and unfit for the 1993 rules. All those drivers will be assigned a standard SMK/93, which will have a standard 2-2-x-x-2-2-2-2 stats.
- Any team with a car holding 16+ attributes may choose whether to swap for the standard SMK/93 chassis or to continue with their current car entered as an SMK/92B If they take the SMK/93, they don’t have to pay anything. HOWEVER:
o To enter an SMK/92B, the drivers must be able to prove that their car is safe. To do this, they need to spend, in tokens, the difference between their current car level and the 16-attribute car level. Therefore, if a car has 24 points, that driver must spend 8 tokens to keep it for 1993.
o Obviously, if a driver doesn’t have the tokens, they must ditch their unsafe kart and take a standard SMK/93. The good part is that they don’t have to spend any tokens to keep what they have if that’s what they want.
o After, and only after, the assigning of karts, will the standard 8 development points be handed out in the run-up to 1993.
- Engine and tyres will suffer no depreciation. Their stats remain as they were at the end of 1992.
Current entries so far are:
#1. Luigi Mario. Age 25 with Equipe Luigier, driving the LD01/93 (SMK/92B).
#2. Bowser Koopa. Age 39 with Bowser Motorworks, driving the B.M.W. E93 (SMK/93).
#3. Toad Toadstool. Age 22 with 1-UP Racing Team, driving the FNG1 (SMK/93).
#4. Yoshi Munchakoopas. Age 31 with Yoshimura Kartabusa, driving the Mitsuyoshi Mk. II (SMK/93).
#5. Kooper Troopa. Age 36 with PowerStar Koopra Sport, driving the Koopra KS2 (SMK/93)
#6. Donkard “Donkey” Kong Jr. Age 43 with D&K Fabrications, driving the DKC-02 (SMK/93)
#7. Peach Toadstool. Age 27 with Peachific, driving the De Toadmaso PR01B (SMK/92B).
#8. Mario Mario. Age 29 with Scuderia Mario, driving the SM50B (SMK/93).
#9. Wario Jumpman. Age 31 with Super Wario Racing, driving the SWR-01 (SMK/93).
#10. Daisy Sarasaland. Age 26 with Sarasland Squadron, driving the Sarasland Rover 93 (SMK/93).
#11… (pending).
LINK TO SPREADSHEET
1993 Calendar:
Mushroom Cup (Rounds 1-4)
1. Mario International Circuit (Inner Layout)
2. Mario International Circuit (International Layout)
3. Ghost Valley (Speedway Edition)
4. Donut Plains (Outer Loop)
Flower Cup (Rounds 5-8)
5. Mario Circuit (Endurance Circuit)
6. Choco Island (Outer Loop)
7. Bowser's Castle (Endurance Circuit)
8. Donut Plains (National Circuit)
Star Cup (Rounds 9-12)
9. Mario Circuit (National Circuit)
10. Choco Island (Endurance Circuit)
11. Vanilla Lake (Oval)
12. Bowser's Castle (International Circuit)
Special Cup (Rounds 13-16)
13. Ghost Valley (International Circuit)
14. Vanilla Lake (Outer Oval)
15. Donut Plains (International Circuit)
16. Rainbow Road :flag_sp:
Points are awarded as follows:
1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 3 points
4th: 1 points
5th and lower: 0 points
If you’re interested in joining (or you want to quit), put up a post and I’ll confirm it. Pinkd56 is at the front of the queue for joining, as has been noted. They are free to take Daisy, who will debut this season. Anyone else is free to suggest drivers, and we can work out how to rope them into alt-Mario Kart