Happy Birthday KAZ!

[Tenacious D]

Happy birthday, Kazunori Yamauchi!​

From one of your biggest fans. At least what's left of it in Japan, being some 14 hours ahead of us.

I know that sometimes it doesn't seem like many people here like Gran Turismo any more, but I'd like to say how much I love this series, including the latest incarnation, And how much I appreciate you as a talented game creator extraordinaire, artist, race car driver, and a unique human being. Keep doing what you've been doing, giving us one of the best racing games on any platform, and have many more birthdays to come.

And just a suggestion, quit smoking, it's much healthier.

Hopefully some others can contribute a much more interesting gif or something here. In the meantime, I'm going to crawl around here a few more minutes and then celebrate by doing some GT6 racing, which I haven't done enough lately.

 

[W3H5]

牛が峰に行くとサル全てが「ブーイング」を言う寧ダナンノンカイ上...

 

[sems4arsenal]

Happy Birthday Kaz, I forgive you for letting me fail so many exams because of playing your games.

Here's to many more successful years at the helm of PD

 

[photonrider]

Many Happy Returns, Kazunori.

From a fan of many, many years.
May you live longer than you wish me to.

 

[CinnamonOD]

Happy Birthday, Kaz!!!!

 

[Monatsende]

The party isn`t as big as expected...

Anyway... Happy, errrr, Kaz? Where are you?

 

[CinnamonOD]

Well, most people here hate him/don't care about him nowadays, so I think it's better if this thread goes unnoticed

 

[fortbo]

Happy birthday Kaz! Just quit smoking. Try e-cigs

 

[MCNAGTROC]

He got a ride in the NISMO GTR for his Bday!


https://twitter.com/GTAcademy/status/496684215032107009

 

[Tenacious D]

(piccie snip - it's right up there, after all)

牛が峰に行くとサル全てが「ブーイング」を言う寧ダナンノンカイ上...

Well, I did say "interesting"...

He got a ride in the NISMO GTR for his Bday!

I spent the day trying to come to grips with some of the crankier cars without using assists, like the Cizeta. No such luck. But with a touch of Traction and ASM it's a blast!

Well, most people here hate him/don't care about him nowadays, so I think it's better if this thread goes unnoticed

It's really sad that GT Planet has become The Real Downer Planet. And that it takes one of Kaz's real fans to post a birthday thread. When I came home from my own birthday outing the night before, I thought about making a birthday thread, but I was sure that someone would do a better job of it so I just went to bed. I can hardly wait for fall to come, and these other racers hit the market, so a lot of these pelicans can flock off to those games and it'll be quieter around here.

 

[photonrider]

It's really sad that GT Planet has become The Real Downer Planet. And that it takes one of Kaz's real fans to post a birthday thread. When I came home from my own birthday outing the night before, I thought about making a birthday thread, but I was sure that someone would do a better job of it so I just went to bed. I can hardly wait for fall to come, and these other racers hit the market, so a lot of these pelicans can flock off to those games and it'll be quieter around here.

TBH, Tenacious, maybe the 'thread/discussion/wishes-shout-out' may have been more successful in getting views (and even some well-wishers) in the Gran Turismo section. The Rumble Strip is not exactly the internet's Gran Turismo Fan-base. In fact, if you look around, even GTPlanet is not exactly the Gran Turismo fan-base, having noisier critics than fans, and there are plenty of other sites out there that would be more attuned to the successes of the series than it's shortcomings (which shortcomings I must admit are usually addressed quicker and to better satisfaction than most other franchises do - never mind the dozens of demands thrown at them continually.)
However - having said all that, I thank you for posting this thread. It still brings to mind that there are some of us here that remember some guy called Kaz - who, whatever shortcomings we could find, did give us many hours of enjoyment.
And still, on occasion, does.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

I was too busy playing GT6 to notice this thread. Sorry. Happy birthday big man...

 

[Michael88]

Happy Birthday Kaz-Man! :tup:

 

[Tenacious D]

TBH, Tenacious, maybe the 'thread/discussion/wishes-shout-out' may have been more successful in getting views (and even some well-wishers) in the Gran Turismo section. The Rumble Strip is not exactly the internet's Gran Turismo Fan-base.

I thought of that, but I was sure that someone posted a Happy Birthday Kaz thread in the GT5 section a year or two ago, and it was moved to The Rumble Strip. And I'm pretty sure that was the end of birthday threads outside of TRS, so I thought I'd play it safe.

Anyhow, I had a very GT birthday - mixed with a little steak and Deus Ex 2 - and I'm sure Kaz had a better one, going to Silverstone for a run in the real life NISMO GT-R. :tup: