2nd ANNUAL VOYAGER CHALLENGE

Elenar

Elenar
LESS 2 WEEKS TO GO

* 2nd Annual Voyager Challenge! *

Discussed this with Zac and Ed. Sadly Ed can't make it. But anyone from the Distant Worlds expedition - there is still time. We have 6 entries so far.

Do you have what it takes?

CHALLENGE: 60,000 light years, in under 40 hours. (Last year's record was 38 hours, 44 minutes)

Starting 9am London time, on 24 March, 2016.
Departure point QAUTHAI HV-G C10-3. (Solo or Private Group - tbd)
Finish: Lyulka Beacon, in Liabeze
TeamSpeak: EDC TeamSpeakSeveral live streams (Mine is: http://www.twitch.tv/cmdr_elenar )

Duration: ONE SITTING. OK, you go to the "back room as needed", but once you start, you're in a real race until you finish.

We will have several people live streaming theirs (I will stream mine). We have about 5 or 6 confirmed entries.

Anyone else interested, please let me know. Race for fame, race for glory!

* Prizes ARE available:

Gaming Keyboard and mouse, mug and some paint packs from the FD store

More info on the Elite Dangerous Community on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/elitedangerouscommunity/)

A HUGE THANKS TO Cassiano Pinheiro Maciel for this beautiful artwork


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Hanekura Shizuka

Hanekura Shizuka
I've arrived. I'm going to try to Twitch it; I think I've set it up properly to broadcast, but we'll see. I will broadcast under the name cmdrhanekurashizuka, so we'll see. I'm probably going to be experimenting with it over the course of the next few days, to make sure it works before the race. I may ditch the broadcast if it causes too much lag with the servers.

That said... suppose the broadcast doesn't work. What do you want in the way of proof with regard to this race?

Update: I've tested it and haven't experienced any major lag with regard to game performance. It seems like there's a 5-10 second difference between in-game actions and broadcast actions, though. I think the link to watch the Twitch broadcast is https://www.twitch.tv/cmdrhanekurashizuka once it starts. It'll be 5 AM Thursday local time when it starts, so that won't be fun, but it's planned for.

That said, the question still stands with regard to proof with regard to the race. Unless I hear otherwise, besides the Twitch broadcast, I'm going to go with Buckyball protocol: Take a galmap screenshot of the location for the start (which shows the time), take a station dock screenshot of the finish.
 
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[VR] optimal_909

[VR] optimal_909
This is very cool, hardcore endurance racing. :)
Reminds me of the 24 hours races on Gran Turismo, though I made them in multiple stints.

I will try to tune into the stream - godspeed everyone!
 

Hanekura Shizuka

Hanekura Shizuka
Jielle said:
Oh... I just read the FD newsletter talking about the current times being at around 38hours... I think a record is going to be smashed :p
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Not if Frontier decides to have a six-hour long server update an hour after the race starts.

And yeah, I'm not going to race this one - not now. If that server update hadn't happened, I probably would. That said, it's impossible to even think of it as a race after what happened this morning. I'll still be running the challenge, but I'm going to take time to be a human being.
 

[VR] optimal_909

[VR] optimal_909
Perhaps you should organise the race at the same time as the 24 hours of Le Mans. You'd have a timer and fellow pilots on the TV while doing your endurance race...
 

[VR] optimal_909

[VR] optimal_909
iain666 said:
If that works you can set up routes to match the entire WEC...
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I get the tongue in cheek.
For the record, I don't have the time and I am otherwise too puny to enter such a race, but if it were over a weekend with a proper stream and timing, I'd be interested to follow it!
 
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