Sounds fine with me! I was really torn about having just one class for "Open Unlimited", but wanted to keep this race as simple as possible (after the fiasco that was Cinco MaXXXXXer Mixer) You can definitely have one slot on the board for every ship type, although I might leave off placements for secondary and tertiary ships. The race officials will have a huddle.
Community Event / Creation Buckyball Racing Club presents: Double Action Jackson (01.07.3303 - 09.07.3303)
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Sounds fine with me! I was really torn about having just one class for "Open Unlimited", but wanted to keep this race as simple as possible (after the fiasco that was Cinco MaXXXXXer Mixer) You can definitely have one slot on the board for every ship type, although I might leave off placements for secondary and tertiary ships. The race officials will have a huddle.
Thanks, fixed! Also added a giant submit link at the top.
Someday I'll try a Federal Covfefe, but for now my Federation rank is Petty Officer, and I can't find the will to grind it higher.
Cool, it's not like Crystal is going to place anywhere other than dead last anyway, unless someone is really just touring the course.
Time for the scheduled mid-day scoreboaad update!
The technicians are scrambling behind the scenes while toddlers are napping, and have found two updates to the scoreboard:
First off, coming in from yesterday, CMDR Stern Winter is becoming fast friends with HIP 41817 B, hugging the exclusion zone for dear life. In spite of its lack of friendly reciprocation, he managed to lower his time by a full minute, smoothly sliding into first place, although hovering just above the 25 minute barrier. Will CMDR Jak stand for this aggression? Only time can tell.
And in third place, we have an admirable increase in time from CMDR Edelgard, who had to deal with Chacocha 1 obscuring her exit from O'Neill Settlement, but took her overall time down by almost 4 minutes!
In the Staging area, things are looking busy as well, with new racers piling into the bar as fast as others leave on their runs.
CMDRs Markzx59 and Cheetah have arrived at "The Greasy Drive", a dive bar well-known amongst certain populations for its high-fuel content drinks, as well as being the actual engine room of a Federal Corvette.
There was an inexperienced pilot who accidentally boosted inside the docking bay, and lodged deep enough in the superstructure of Hammond Gateway that it was cheaper to rebuild around it rather than extract the wreckage.
For some reason the Buckyballers seem to commiserate and sympathise with this negligent misuse of Federal property.
Rumors that the pilot was participating in training for the "Border Hopping" Buckyball race have been vociferously denied by all Federal officials.
In a new and exciting announcement, race officials have secured participation trophies for all successful racers in Double Action Jackson!
3 inch round Buckyball Racing Club stickers will be mailed to all pilots who complete an entry and (privately) submit their address.
The technicians are scrambling behind the scenes while toddlers are napping, and have found two updates to the scoreboard:
First off, coming in from yesterday, CMDR Stern Winter is becoming fast friends with HIP 41817 B, hugging the exclusion zone for dear life. In spite of its lack of friendly reciprocation, he managed to lower his time by a full minute, smoothly sliding into first place, although hovering just above the 25 minute barrier. Will CMDR Jak stand for this aggression? Only time can tell.
And in third place, we have an admirable increase in time from CMDR Edelgard, who had to deal with Chacocha 1 obscuring her exit from O'Neill Settlement, but took her overall time down by almost 4 minutes!
In the Staging area, things are looking busy as well, with new racers piling into the bar as fast as others leave on their runs.
CMDRs Markzx59 and Cheetah have arrived at "The Greasy Drive", a dive bar well-known amongst certain populations for its high-fuel content drinks, as well as being the actual engine room of a Federal Corvette.
There was an inexperienced pilot who accidentally boosted inside the docking bay, and lodged deep enough in the superstructure of Hammond Gateway that it was cheaper to rebuild around it rather than extract the wreckage.
For some reason the Buckyballers seem to commiserate and sympathise with this negligent misuse of Federal property.
Rumors that the pilot was participating in training for the "Border Hopping" Buckyball race have been vociferously denied by all Federal officials.
In a new and exciting announcement, race officials have secured participation trophies for all successful racers in Double Action Jackson!
3 inch round Buckyball Racing Club stickers will be mailed to all pilots who complete an entry and (privately) submit their address.
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You know it's going to be one of THOSE races when your first submitted time seems to be have been an accidental ideal run.
Four runs attempted today, and all four of those had to be aborted for one reason or another. Two for scooping too much fuel. One for scooping too little fuel. And the last one was right on the money, only to have my hyperspace jump turn into an endless one.
At least I know it CAN be done. The trick is going to be figuring out how to do it intentionally every time.
Four runs attempted today, and all four of those had to be aborted for one reason or another. Two for scooping too much fuel. One for scooping too little fuel. And the last one was right on the money, only to have my hyperspace jump turn into an endless one.
At least I know it CAN be done. The trick is going to be figuring out how to do it intentionally every time.
Submitted a first run that went pretty smooth despite leaving ample room for improvement. I was planning on making another one, but then I remembered I also had other plans for the night: I left the telescope outside to reach thermal balance more than an hour before, and I completely forgot it.
At least I found time for both activities in the end!
(seriously, if you have a telescope lying around, now is a good time to use it )
At least I found time for both activities in the end!
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Stickers?!?! And here's me still trying to fit a square
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...e-adventure)?p=5688135&viewfull=1#post5688135
Wait for me! I'll be there before the end.
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Woohoo...top of the leaderboard...
...for the 23ms that it lasted
Well done [up]
Here's a hint at how I trimmed off those minutes:
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P.S. I haven't verified this download so you should probably virus check it although it was on the private Hutton Orbital group and they're usually a pretty trustworthy bunch ... right?
Did the same
, still haven't managed a practical double charge while in the race though. Also, that damn literal bucket of bolts can't make the single jump from Jackson's to Beta Sculptoris, so the only actual instance where the double jump is practical remains to O'Neill and back. May I say, it's a pity to see so few racers (but probably the summer season is taking its toll on our availability), this course is a blast and offers yet another new thing to learn/practice/apply. Kudos to the spacebear!
intent to burn baby burn!
I have been distracted by unknown probes and the like but should have that wrapped up this evening. really looking forward to this one. those neutron stars are fun!
I have been distracted by unknown probes and the like but should have that wrapped up this evening. really looking forward to this one. those neutron stars are fun!
I'm in the same boat (relatively speaking). My Dolphin only has a moderately good tier 5 engineering mod, but even with an excellent one it won't be enough. (edit: a highly engineered) DBX or Asp X will be necessary for an optimal run.Did the same
Agreed! I won't be able to take many more cracks at it, but I'm already much much better at the double action charging than I was a few days ago. I can now easily imagine that with enough practice, using x2 charging for refuel jumps during an Unlimited Sadge A* run would be reasonable.
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