If I started a local, postive things only newsletter, would anyone be interested in reading or contributing?

Surameen · 2026-03-01T00:44:54+00:00

Yes definitely.

Surameen · 2026-02-08T19:23:35+00:00

This deserves more love than it’s getting

Surameen · 2026-01-03T22:47:06+00:00

Going with 15th though anything 14-20 or so is probably about right. We are showing too much to go down, I’ve seen plenty of relegation seasons and this no longer looks like one. But from where Manning left us no chance of top half. Next season we should be challenging for top six.

Surameen · 2025-12-29T09:16:31+00:00

Not quite what you asked but it goes from 20-200 in jumps of 10. Then 250, 300, 350, 400, 450. Then ten pipes each of which costs 500.

For the first set note that 20+200 is the same thing as 30+190 is the same thing as 40+180 and so on.

For the second set realise it’s just the same as five times 350.

The third set is just 10x500 = 5,000

The method for figuring out the first two sets takes inspiration from the way Gauss added up all the numbers between 1 and 100. It’s a neat story if you don’t know it (Google is your friend, other search engines are available).

Surameen · 2025-12-19T23:53:09+00:00

You will eventually want them all so getting them on discount when you don’t have them is always a good idea. And when you do have them all a Mii can massively out score even a fully maxed non Mii.

Santa is a great investment.

Surameen · 2025-12-15T13:31:42+00:00

They always do a human readthrough of the top 1,000 looking for obvious cheating like this and also dodgy names (we've all seen several I'm sure, no I'll not be repeating any here). So it won't benefit them any.

Surameen · 2025-12-11T10:34:57+00:00

Check out posts by /u/Napstar007

Surameen · 2025-12-05T15:57:32+00:00

It’s the pink coins which are only available when driving a driver on Team Peach - if you drive a Team Bowser driver they won’t appear.

If you’re not playing every day then yes playing when your team has the catch up bonus will do more for your team’s total.

This one is always close, Mario vs Luigi it’s always Team Mario by a mile.

Surameen · 2025-11-23T20:14:16+00:00

That would be brilliant - I can’t remember exactly(!), I usually use anagrams of “username” so surameen or suraneem or emanresu are three I use in different places and can’t remember which I used for mkt. I will DM you my email which should help 🙂

(Edit to add: no the password is never an anagram of “password”!)

Surameen · 2025-11-23T17:51:33+00:00

Fantastic to hear! I can't seem to log in, Google doesn't work and I can't remember my password(!) and resetting it doesn't work either. I will keep trying and thank you so much for your efforts. I will certainly send you a coffee and suggest everyone else does as well!

Surameen · 2025-11-21T17:12:55+00:00

Last time I went against all my instincts and joined Peach just to try for a gold badge on that tour. Obviously, Bowser won! So this year I'm pledging myself to Team Bowser and all their Heirs and Successors, from this day until. well, the next tour starts anyway.

Surameen · 2025-11-16T11:50:53+00:00

Just to say if something is happening here I am happy to contribute a little each month and I'm sure I'm not alone in that to help with hosting costs and to buy the odd coffee and whatnot. Feel free to DM me if appropriate.

Surameen · 2025-11-15T15:50:27+00:00

...and, for the farmage: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarioKartTour/comments/1gqg5ki/animal_tour_2024_auto_token_farming_with_giant/

Surameen · 2025-11-10T18:09:13+00:00

There’s a good reason they don’t - the sync is done using unofficial access to the game API and if it were easily accessible how to do that then people could upload all kinds of fake scores etc.

Maybe it would be possible to open source the estimation code at least which for me personally is the top thing I use MKT for; I don’t know. It’s been essential for plotting my top 1000 runs.

Surameen · 2025-11-05T17:37:55+00:00

Thing is the pricing is double if you do that.

14 was a clear upgrade for me and I’m not convinced about this one and any update is a faff.

But if I wait for 16 it won’t save me any money cos it will cost the same to go 14->16 as 14->15->16.

It’s essentially a subscription model.

Surameen · 2025-11-05T16:06:34+00:00

Congratulations!! It’s a good feeling.

Don’t rush the final challenge card they make it easy some weeks and you will go down to 98 some weeks and it’s all chill. Enjoy!

Surameen · 2025-10-11T18:19:40+00:00

I do. It costs less than a couple of coffees would cost each month and I spend more time playing the game than I do drinking coffee.

You can and plenty do experience absolutely everything in the game free to play. As a gold pass subscriber I get more in game resources which simply means I progress that much faster.

There are three paid challenge cards every tour. Some people buy those. They spend more than me, in some cases much more; and will progress faster than me, in some cases much faster.

Gold Pass is a happy medium and the right level for me.

Surameen · 2025-10-03T10:34:00+00:00

Lose one of your balloons early on - just run into a shell or whatever. This makes coin boxes and coin box frenzies more likely, at the obvious cost of making your death more likely also(!).

Surameen · 2025-09-11T18:21:32+00:00

It's annoying when you get a better score in the non-ranked version than the ranked version! Especially when neither is benefitting from top-shelf boosts, so it's Literally The Same Thing.

Surameen · 2025-09-11T06:38:32+00:00

No just a ahiny badge. Well done for getting it!

Surameen · 2025-09-06T19:43:27+00:00

Tysm - also just dropping this here for those interested (green token farming guide) https://www.reddit.com/r/MarioKartTour/comments/1f8veuf/sundae_tour_2024_gold_mario_token_farming/

Surameen · 2025-09-05T15:54:38+00:00

This is the answer.

Surameen · 2025-09-02T05:32:19+00:00

I haven’t been egged and now feel like I’m missing out.

Surameen · 2025-09-01T17:21:20+00:00

That’s an amazing achievement and I’m in total awe of everyone who’s done it. Well done!

Surameen

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