Community Event / Creation Buckyball Racing Club Presents: Heavy Metal

[Polly]

I know, I know, I'm really sorry about that...
After battling the launcher and my sleepiness yesterday evening, I'm finally pretty much ready to race.
So as a refresh with updated ship names:

CMDR Cookiehole

T6 Big Box of Cookies
112t

T7 Cash Cow
304t

T9 Big Haul like that
532t

I'll try hard to not let y'all down

Well, I'm watching my six. I have shock mines and I'm not afraid to use them!

 

[AkenBosch]

The Oversized Coffee Machine, uh, excuse me Delectens Meum Cafeum (you scamps and your poorly translated latin names)

Welcome to the wonderful world of latin declensions! (disclaimer: I've never properly studied latin, but I know enough of it to know it's a total pain to learn and use )

P.S. Candlelight club was ace! Turns out, after 3 cocktails, anyone can do the Charleston. Not sure what they'd have made of Bruski's music back in 1920 tho!

Welcome to the wonderful worlds of electro-swing and...yes, even metal-swing! [big grin]

Well, I'm watching my six. I have shock mines and I'm not afraid to use them!

Well, and I'm watching my socks. Those two things that will surely get knocked off as soon as he does his usual thing with the race.
You won't have it so easily cookiehole, I promise!*

*well, sort of

 

[Edelgard von Rhein]

For the record, at 19:30:30 yesterday I broke the 1000 s time limit in the T9-class. Unfortunately I got 6.36 pps lower than Bruski's new time, so it may not be submitted.
But I'm in a desperate need of something to brag about right now.

Edit: It looks like the profit on my route is beginning to drop. Not good.

Under 1000s in a T9!! My fastest run is 1302 seconds - and that's in my T6 with grade 4 dirty drives!
I am so far behind on this and the only thing I can think of is that your supercruise transitions and menu screens must all load instantly. Although that 1302 secs run is an improvement on what I have on the board it's not enough to improve my position, so I'm spending the day gathering materials for the 29th. There's a slim chance I might have enough CIF left to put grade 5 DD on my T6, after modding the ship(s) that I'm giving priority to for the event, so although my T9 is now back in its long term home, my T6 is staying on station.

 

[ElectricZ]

For the record, at 19:30:30 yesterday I broke the 1000 s time limit in the T9-class. Unfortunately I got 6.36 pps lower than Bruski's new time, so it may not be submitted.
But I'm in a desperate need of something to brag about right now.

Edit: It looks like the profit on my route is beginning to drop. Not good.

Money's been your big booster, Polly... Bruski's been beating you on the clock. Leaving streaks of hull plating in the slot and on the pad are cutting into his profit. Suffice to say you two have the closest PPS of anybody this race after your last run.

Errrr, so all this competing in your own race thing .... that's acceptable now in 3303 is it? Honestly, in this day and age I find it hard to keep up with what's allowed and what isn't.

Heck if I know. I've been doing this since 3300 and it's never been a problem. But this is my first time running a BRC gig and if it's not an allowable thing that should be noted on the Club website with the race resources - or at very least brought to the organizer's attention before the final day of the race.

That being said, I got no problem DQ'ing myself - it's not like I ever get more than a passing glance at the top of the board when I log the first run of the race.

I know, I know, I'm really sorry about that...
...
I'll try hard to not let y'all down

All I have to say is I think Big Haul Like That is my favorite ship name of the race and it's pained me to see it languishing in dock when every two-bit scurvy pirate has been calling it's name. Good luck, Cookie!

 

[drakhyr]

Errrr, so all this competing in your own race thing .... that's acceptable now in 3303 is it? Honestly, in this day and age I find it hard to keep up with what's allowed and what isn't.

Heck if I know. I've been doing this since 3300 and it's never been a problem. But this is my first time running a BRC gig and if it's not an allowable thing that should be noted on the Club website with the race resources - or at very least brought to the organizer's attention before the final day of the race.

That being said, I got no problem DQ'ing myself - it's not like I ever get more than a passing glance at the top of the board when I log the first run of the race.

Personally I think it's OK within reason - but I think this is a discussion best moved to our general group discussion thread.

PS. Cookiehole, could you not at least let there be one class that you leave to the rest of us to fight over?

 

[cookiehole]

Personally I think it's OK within reason - but I think this is a discussion best moved to our general group discussion thread.

PS. Cookiehole, could you not at least let there be one class that you leave to the rest of us to fight over?

It seems like my first T6 run could at least partially fulfil that wish

 

[Inodoro Pereyra]

Intent to race.
CMDR Inodoro Pereyra
Type-7, "Very Hot Box"
Capacity: 532

 

[AkenBosch]

It seems like my first T6 run could at least partially fulfil that wish

The devil is in the details.

Isn't the T7 a sexy beast [heart]

Spoiler

 

[drakhyr]

Unfortunately, it appears I shall be unable to make any further attempts in this race, as my PC is kaput (Windows will not load; though I was able to get in through safe mode to recover some key files, such as the A* Challenge leaderboard). I was expecting to get a new PC at some point this year anyway, as it was 7 years old, but it looks like I will be doing so earlier than planned. Frustrating that I'm not able to make more attempts to break the 13min barrier, though.

 

[Edelgard von Rhein]

Unfortunately, it appears I shall be unable to make any further attempts in this race, as my PC is kaput (Windows will not load; though I was able to get in through safe mode to recover some key files, such as the A* Challenge leaderboard). I was expecting to get a new PC at some point this year anyway, as it was 7 years old, but it looks like I will be doing so earlier than planned. Frustrating that I'm not able to make more attempts to break the 13min barrier, though.

Sorry to hear that; I can empathise. My laptop has been glitching out over one thing or another for the last year and it has been fraying my nerves (although I keep multiple backups of everything critical) and I'm thinking of getting a new one later this year, if money allows. If money does not quite allow, I am considering the possibility of getting a PS4 Pro with a HOTAS and a new ED account - at least that is a piece of hardware that should last 4-5 years. 7 years is very good service for a modern computer! Hope to see you back in action at the next race o7

 

[Polly]

Under 1000s in a T9!! My fastest run is 1302 seconds - and that's in my T6 with grade 4 dirty drives!
I am so far behind on this and the only thing I can think of is that your supercruise transitions and menu screens must all load instantly. Although that 1302 secs run is an improvement on what I have on the board it's not enough to improve my position, so I'm spending the day gathering materials for the 29th. There's a slim chance I might have enough CIF left to put grade 5 DD on my T6, after modding the ship(s) that I'm giving priority to for the event, so although my T9 is now back in its long term home, my T6 is staying on station.

I must admit that loading times has been unusually good lately.
I estimate my upgrade from 7D dirty3 to 7A dirty 5 shortened the time for a complete race about 30 s. But it's difficult to give a correct figure here since I don't do video. I believe most of it comes from being able to leave the station mass lock quicker.

Money's been your big booster, Polly... Bruski's been beating you on the clock. Leaving streaks of hull plating in the slot and on the pad are cutting into his profit. Suffice to say you two have the closest PPS of anybody this race after your last run.
...

We obviously use a different tactic. The interesting thing is that we get quite similar results in the end.
Still, I would think twice before buying a previously owned ship from him.

o7 Bruski!

 

[Inodoro Pereyra]

Just sent a couple of decent runs for Bucky to process.

 

[Alec Turner]

I meant to do some more racing today, I really did (it's written on the side of my ship and everything).

I just sort of got distracted, sorry.

Screenie(s)

 

[cookiehole]

Unfortunately, it appears I shall be unable to make any further attempts in this race, as my PC is kaput (Windows will not load; though I was able to get in through safe mode to recover some key files, such as the A* Challenge leaderboard). I was expecting to get a new PC at some point this year anyway, as it was 7 years old, but it looks like I will be doing so earlier than planned. Frustrating that I'm not able to make more attempts to break the 13min barrier, though.

Sorry to hear that; but interesting to read about a 13 min barrier - I haven't even broken the 14 minutes yet

One Question about the rules: Do fines count against PPS? And do we need to pay them before the end of the race?
Or does Bucky agree with my understanding of basic traffic law and "give way to heavy traffic" also counts for NPCs?

 

[AkenBosch]

For the record, at 19:30:30 yesterday I broke the 1000 s time limit in the T9-class.

If I did the maths right (and this would be a news in itself already), I did my run in 971 seconds. Given my actual position this means that wow, compared to both you and the spacebear my profit-making skills are...well, are...are...*silently starts sobbing while he turns and walks away*

@cookiehole - why in the world you should try to break the 13 minute barrier, there's nothing interesting to find in there, trust me

 

[Polly]

If I did the maths right (and this would be a news in itself already), I did my run in 971 seconds. Given my actual position this means that wow, compared to both you and the spacebear my profit-making skills are...well, are...are...*silently starts sobbing while he turns and walks away*

@cookiehole - why in the world you should try to break the 13 minute barrier, there's nothing interesting to find in there, trust me

Be glad you beat my fastest time with 16 s instead.
Cookie looked fairly happy when I ran into him a while ago. That's not a good sign.

 

[AkenBosch]

Cookie looked fairly happy when I ran into him a while ago. That's not a good sign.

There was an unnecessarily long phrasing in your statement. Here, fixed.

 

[cookiehole]

@cookiehole - why in the world you should try to break the 13 minute barrier, there's nothing interesting to find in there, trust me

Don't stress me, I haven't even broken the 14 yet

Be glad you beat my fastest time with 16 s instead.
Cookie looked fairly happy when I ran into him a while ago. That's not a good sign.

T6: Surprisingly "slow". Needs more lithobraking.
T7: Ok, but room for improvement. Also I need to get modded thrusters for this thing!
T9: Mediocre supercruise performance. Still better than overshooting, but also a bit of room for improvement.
So yep, not too unhappy, especially since all runs were somewhat successful (except for a false start with both the 7 and the 9). incoming!, INCOMING! and INCOMING! (if my calculations are correct)

 

[ElectricZ]

HEY! JUST FINISH A RUN? CLICK HERE ->

"It's only ten blocks to the finish! I have a feeling that we will be... TRIUMPHANT!"
--CMDR Chaos​

My oh my, what a race it's shaping up to be. Bookies and insurance agents alike are running for cover. Today saw a bevy of CMDRs looking to make last minute history in an all-out struggle for domination which began with CMDR Polly's Finding Nemo coming back over the top at Bruski's Delectus Something Caffeine (really, guys, Latin is dead, haven't you heard?) just barely squeaking by the Spacebear by the thinnest margin and a PPS of less than TWO to take first. But then, OUTTA NOWHERE...

CMDR Furrycat pounced, claws out, like a cat chasing the intoxicating, beguiling red dot of a laser pointer in his 500-ton capacity Purple Paw. Coming up an incredible SEVEN places on the leaderboard, Furrycat snatched first out of the air, batted it around, let it go, and then pounced on it one more time just for fun before catching his reflection in his cockpit window and taking a second to smooth out an out of place whisker. Furrycat, how you and Polly are managing your trades to best the 532 crowd will have to be divulged over drinks at the finish line. I want to know your deepest secrets...

CMDR Inodoro Pereyra made his Heavy Metal debut with an impressive PPS of 1831 in the Very Hot Box, of note because of the emphasis on Profit, making the single run record for trades thus far in the race on his first run for a 5th place finish. Get that time down, and you'll find yourself climbing the ladder, Inodoro!

But then, as the racing day came to a close... (dun dun DUN) Cookiehole happened. "Speak his name, and he appears," as the saying goes. Yesterday I offhandedly mentioned that the Cookiehole hysteria thing might have been bovine biowaste, but nope. Here he is, in the awesomely named Big Haul Like That, with a PPS of 115 over Furrycat's epic 500-ton run. He did it without a single cookiebot in sight, too. Huh, sorry I doubted everybody. I apparently made Cookiehole feel like he needed to prove something. My bad, y'all.

And then there are the Sevens. Ahhh, let's see. Oh, look at this, we have a new entry on the leaderboard, a T7 named Cash Cow piloted by one CMDR... Cookiehole. And clipped Aken B's Holy Cow to take first place. It was only by about 3 PPS though, but yeah. Cookiehole takes first. Again. Whoops. Mea culpa, I guess? (dammit, there's that dead language again.)

So, uh, onto Sixes, where we have one CMDR... Cookiehole and his T6 Big Box of Cookies and a PPS of ... what's this? 466? Versus Drakhyr's 514? My, oh my, what we have here is a rare Cookiehole-Chasing-First scenario. Maybe if you nav-locked on Drakhyr's wake, Cookie could shave a few seconds off? With only a day left, can Cookiehole go for the Trifecta?

Unfortunately, it appears I shall be unable to make any further attempts in this race, as my PC is kaput (Windows will not load; though I was able to get in through safe mode to recover some key files, such as the A* Challenge leaderboard). I was expecting to get a new PC at some point this year anyway, as it was 7 years old, but it looks like I will be doing so earlier than planned. Frustrating that I'm not able to make more attempts to break the 13min barrier, though.

:O Well isn't THAT a coincidence? The one CMDR on the board with a time better than Cookiehole!

I've seen this before! It's COOKIEBOTS! Drakhyr, destroy that box immediately! CUT THE POWER TO THE BUILDING!!!!1!!

[video=youtube;uXEpxChQjh4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXEpxChQjh4[/video]

Less than 24 hours to go in Heavy Metal. Good luck, CMDRs! And seriously... Horrible to hear about Samwell's PC. It lived a long, full life. Dog years are 7 human years. PC's have to be more along the line of 15. So, let's all take a moment to pour one out for Drakhyr's machine. (But seriously, get it fixed ASAP, you have Cookiehole on your six!)

I just sort of got distracted, sorry.

That is one awesome pic...

 

[Alec Turner]

Oops, even more distracted now!

I might get one more chance to race if I can figure out how to fit that inflated space pumpkin into my Asp without bursting it on my newly acquired Reaver-rust-spikes. Realistically tho ... I'm probably done here. Happy racing/trading to everyone still pushing that profit-per-second envelope. Terrific race EZ and hey, if you reckon you can beat cookiehole then "awkward" be damned ... GO FOR IT!!! It's time that guy got to experience the view from one of the lower steps on the podium .

P.S. Edelgard ... could you go a bit faster in the T6? I kind of promised I'd hold last place for Codger and Charles.