It's one thing to win a race in a purpose-built custom racer, but it's another to do it in your regular working CMDR ship. Since the live run has only one attempt, the fastest ship class might not prevail. A lot will depend on the individual pilot and luck. It'd be cool as hell if some rook came along and took it in an adder, or some humble trader comes along and takes the title in a T7... Bucky loves surprises. 
Right now I'm planning on it being open to class and hope people will come in whatever they fly on a day-to-day basis for long haul flying.
In earlier Buckyballs we've usually had the stock race running all week just so we could take the machines out of the equation and make it a pure test of navigation and piloting mojo. Sideys are a wee bit restrictive for this jaunt, though, so we may have the Hauler challenge this time around.
I'd expect nothing less from you, CMDR Passionfruit! Good to see ya again.
That would be interesting. Anybody want to front the purchase price of a T9 for everyone in the race? I bet Lakon has discounts for purchases in bulk.
In other news, I've been hanging out in Maia the past couple days and am happy to report that Obsidian Orbital is open for business!
http://i.imgur.com/qTkDUGm.jpg
Gotta say, the station does look mighty cool hanging in that nebula...
It's surprisingly busy... Lots of tourists and long-range haulers coming to and fro. That being said, I'm considering making the Buckyball Live event take place in a private group. Ruining some poor schlub's multimillion cred mission or wiping out tons of exploration data wouldn't be cool. Private group, we'd restrict the damage to ourselves. We might keep the regular event in open, depending on how the traffic looks the next couple weeks.
Of greater concern are the problems a lot of CMDRs seem to be having with route plotting in game, myself included. That will definitely need to be taken care of before I send the bumper sticker off to press...
We're getting closer, though... The Shotgun Shine will be gracing the docks of Obsidian Orbital very soon now...
So anybody running the race can make a little bank on the return if the bulletin board gods are smiling...Right now I'm planning on it being open to class and hope people will come in whatever they fly on a day-to-day basis for long haul flying.
Yeah if you wait too long, you'll lose everyone who plans to head out with Distant Worlds.this has been one of the most hyped races ever, it better be bloody good Ez
get on with it already!
this has been one of the most hyped races ever, it better be bloody good Ez
get on with it already!
Yeah if you wait too long, you'll lose everyone who plans to head out with Distant Worlds.
Have we settled on a date yet for the live run? I have an expedition planned that I want to set off on, as I actually have some time off over the Christmas period for the first time in about 15 years, but I cannot leave until after the live race as I certainly don't want to miss this
*Edit* Ninja'd by the EZ himself
It's almost enough to make me set a date in stone. I do hate making people wait and wonder, but really, seriously, I gotta see that the state of the galaxy (game) is in a place where the race can be effectively run. The Elite Racers are in a deeper bind... apparently they've got an SRV race kicking off on Monday and there's a nasty SRV throttle bug which could make life hard for them. We've got a slightly longer window, but I know people need to plan, and I greatly appreciate that CMDRs are willing to set their course to plot around little ol' me.
