6/17/04 - Hey gang! Long time no see, if this is your first visit to this website, you might want to check out our cars in the downloads section, or maybe the 'Gentleman, Start Your Engines' replacement pack, also in the downloads section. Trust me, after listening to these, you'll cringe everytime you hear the default guys.

So what is new with SLM? Not a whole lot, still just kickin' it in the forum (so if you visit here often and notice very little updates, join the god damned forum already!), and still racing N2003.

even older news here!

4/10/03 Ya Know - Ya know, being involved in the sim world for the last 4 or 5 years, I have noticed quite a few things that I find rather funny. I'll just mention one of them right now, since it's come up of late.

If you kicked ass at NASCAR Racing 2002, and you suck at NASCAR Racing 2003, I will give you a small hint as to the problem. It's YOU. I have heard SO many ego's of late that have a hard time grasping N2003, blame the game. It's not the game, it's you. The game is fine. It doesn't need a patch. Your head needs a patch. I have heard 3 different people mention this. As the games evolve, you're driving will need to evolve. It's a simple process, but if you don't evolve with the game, you're ass is going to be left behind. And believe me, nobody will give a shit. We all love to see the burning ego's fall from the sky.

Case in point, NASCAR Racing 4, a kid by the name of D-Blauch was untouchable. He really knew how to play the game. He was always winning, but what happened when NASCAR Racing 2002 came along? You bet, he sucked ass. He couldn't qualify, he couldn't finish a damn race, he just blew. I hardly even see him anymore in the servers, he's like the last unicorn of sim racing. Well, maybe that's going a bit far, but you get my point. I hope.

So why does this happen? First of all, it's all in the character. Some people have the unwillingness to change how they approach the game. Do you think Madonna would still be popular today singing Like A Virgin? Hell know, she's 60 years old and has 4 kids. But she's still making millions, because she knew how to adapt. So now we have these sim racers, they are struggling with the game. We have already established, it's not the game. People have problems coping, they've been saying 'It's the game' the last 6 years. What makes YOU think when YOU say it, it means anything different? It doesn't. Stand in line with the rest.

Now those that can roll with the games and run just as well with them no matter what version, and believe in the fact, that there are PLENTY of them in the world, probably read this and have no clue how someone can't pick up the subtle changes in 2003 over 2002. I know I can't. The game is more realistic, that is a proven fact. You think it's the game, then go back to running the dumbed down version of what we have now. Run arcade mode, maybe you can win then. But what these people have the hardest time dealing with is their egos. That's right, ego. People that can't accept they need to change, and are always blaming somebody else. You know the type, and the excuses. These people that think practice is a race and you need to have the top time in order to 'win'. You know the excuses you get from them when they aren't, (dang, I haven't practiced here AT ALL, damnit, I can't get a clean lap in!, gosh, what's wrong with my wheel?, Boy, all this time at work and with the kids is really showing how bad I got at this track, etc etc). Yes, those are hilarious, and the really good ones are whipped out after qualifying is over. Sure, these people must live their lives putting themselves over, even if they do badly, they have to put over WHY they are doing poorly. They think everyone cares, and everyone is waiting for them to whip out an awesome lap and they have a microscope on them. Don't flatter yourself. Nobody gives a shit. We don't want to know why you didn't 'win' practice' we don't want to know why you only qualified second, we don't expect anything from you expect your usual arrogant, egotistical remarks that piss everyone off. But usually said person is in a position of power, so everyone just commences in the asskissing.

So these oblivious assholes aren't a dime a dozen. They are a rare breed. They can't accept certain things because they spend too much time making sure they have excuses to counteract their own suckiness. This being said, getting better at the game would mean that all of their excuses were total bullshit to begin with. Hence, they are in a little bit of a quandary. Get better at the game and stfu? Or not get better at the game and quit, because you can't accept failure? Decisions, decisions!

Two things will happen. These people will get better, or they will fade away. It honestly doesn't take much to get better, a little practice, and a little coming-to-terms with yourself. If they fade away, great. One less jerkoff in the Papy server or private server spouting off about random shit, typing in all caps with bad grammar. People that make themselves look stupid each time they touch the keyboard. But keep this in mind and spare us, if you have a bad race, don't say anything about it! If you find it impossible for that to happen, then you might be who I'm talking about. - Minted Llama

3/27/03 Random News - Not much to update. Boardracing stats will be updated early next weekend, as Minted will be in Seattle for the weekend. Save exports! The racing has been good, and stats will be updated fully next week for team members. Download section is being revamped, if anyone wants anything that used to be on there, email me. I'm currently working on replacing all of the GSYE sounds in the game with real GSYE's. Thanks. And good luck to the troops.

4/8/03 Soggy Wins IROC at Talledega - Soggy wins the IROC race at Talledega! All rules were off as friends turned into enemies in the closing laps, as everybody got what they could in the mad scramble to the line.

12/30/03 - Hope everyone had a good holiday season! Bring on 2004!

Papyrus lost their general manager over the holidays, below is a bit about Rich Reily taken from the Papyrus site and the obituary section of the Salem paper in MA.

STONEHAM -- Richard F. Reily, 54, of Stoneham, husband of Nancy (Zampell) Reily, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003.

Born and raised in Peabody, he was the son of the late Thomas and Edna (Hockenhull) Reily. He graduated from Peabody High School in 1967 and, in 1971, from Salem State College, where he earned his master's degree in math.

Mr. Reily was employed as general manager of Papyrus Racing Games.

In addition to his wife, Mr. Reily is survived by his children and their spouses, Erin Lyle and her husband, William, of Wakefield, Kelli Reily and her fiancee, Brian Learned, of Stoneham, and Todd Reily of Stoneham; a granddaughter, Meghan Lyle; brothers and sisters, Thomas Reily and his wife, Fran, of Revere, Phyllis Harris of Peabody and Diane Manning, his twin, and her husband, Bruce, of Peabody; his mother and father-in-law, Vincent and Sally Zampell of Stoneham; and several nieces and nephews.

 

Rich Reily - General Manager
Prior to joining Papyrus as the General Manager, Rich oversaw Hasbro Interactive’s global quality assurance, customer support, advanced technology and information services. He brings more than 20 years of technology expertise to Papyrus, including 4 years at Hasbro Interactive and 11 years with Lotus Development Corp. where he spearheaded advanced technology for the Internet Applications Division. While at Lotus Rich also served as senior manager for new technologies, such as voice recognition, operating systems and PC hardware.

Prior to Lotus, Rich worked with Wang Laboratories, moving up the ranks from senior software engineer on Z80 products to quality assurance manager of Wang’s Applications Department in less than four years. He also spent several years working at Honeywell Information Systems, where he was a senior software engineer.

Rich holds a M.S. and B.A., both in Mathematics, from Salem State College. He lives in Stoneham, Massachusetts, with his wife and their three children.

Rich - 1949-2003

 

12/23/05 - Happy holidays folks! Some news coming out of the iRacing front (AKA First). Not much but interesting (if only to watch the crybabies who are offended that iRacing protects it's intellectual properties like many other game developers do). The whole post-Papyrus sim community has really made me realize what a sniveling pack of dumbasses most people are!

Go ahead, cry. Don't paint anymore cars or make anymore tracks. Take your website down. I'll miss the 'so-and-so stole my decal set and didn't give me credit' discussions. Pantywastes. The sim community is changing and I think for the better. The less of these prima-donna uber-sensitive limp-wristed Richard Simmons-acting flakes running around the better.

Did I mention 'happy holidays'? Happy Holidays! Team cars found in the downloads section, but nobody really races anymore. The team, however, is proud of enough misc. bits of sim racing that we will always keep the doors open here at teamslm.com! It may only provide rubber-necking for most of the sim site wanderers, but damned if we aren't proud of our little car accident here in our treasured nook of the world wide web.

You can still join in our forum, link is to the left. See it? It's active, several hundred members. Bring your thick skin and love for sim racing! The forecast is calling for a 70% chance of flames! (ps - the web email address (bottom of the page) now works so if you want to contact the webmaster, go for it!)