Community Event / Creation Buckyball Racing Club presents: Sidewinder Fuel Finder
- Thread starter Hojothefool
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Since we got a good few submissions already: Have a scoarboard... more to come...
They are just a bing fan of you!
Not sure you want more points in a race where the LOWEST number (time) winsDo we get any extra points for completing a run with a Braben Tunnel?
A Braben Tunnel with Yellow Adders and Orange Sidewinders just ruined what might have been my best and last run of the day, 1 jump out from Fuelum
Turned a low 40 minute into a 52 minute run.
Sent a second run... better than before, but not much...
Thanks Hojothefool for the time devoted to set this very nice & challenging race! ...and for the patience as well !!!
...again... vid uploaded in few mins
Thanks Hojothefool for the time devoted to set this very nice & challenging race! ...and for the patience as well !!!
...again... vid uploaded in few mins
Could be negative extra pointsNot sure you want more points in a race where the LOWEST number (time) wins
After a day filled with looping stations, server disconnects and lightly toasted Sidewinders, looping Wollheim Visions and then having issues with the landing gear on the last run is fitting. I have no more runs left in me and have to concede defeat to Goosefraba (and whoever else manages to improve before the deadline). It's been a great race, thanks to Hojothefool for organising it and hope to see more like it in the future 
Hey Cheetah - shame you couldn't make it, woulda been cool to have a veteran from the original EZ Buckyball Runs turn up at the 11th hour! Maybe the next one?
TIME IS UP!!!
My first Buckyball race as a organiser is a fact.
This was a wonderfull experience!! Thanks to all contestants for taking part!
Here is the final Scoreboard
YOU ARE FREE TO ADD MORE ATTEMPTS + SCREENSHOTS as a response here but the form will be closed and i won't be updating the Scoreboard!
See you in the next race and Get Jumpin'
o7
My first Buckyball race as a organiser is a fact.
This was a wonderfull experience!! Thanks to all contestants for taking part!
Here is the final Scoreboard
YOU ARE FREE TO ADD MORE ATTEMPTS + SCREENSHOTS as a response here but the form will be closed and i won't be updating the Scoreboard!
See you in the next race and Get Jumpin'
o7
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Thanks for hosting this great race and congratulations to the winners. Hope to race again soon.
Just wanted to thank @Hojothefool for organising this race (first of 3307) and coming up with such an excellent concept in the first place. Sorry I wasn't able to take part ... which leaves me curious. What were people's tactics for this one? From the test run I did for hojo during planning it seemed like there was only really one way to get to Ngalia and that all the real competition would come in the second half. What we people's half-way outfitting choices and was there a trade-off between how long you spent in outfitting and the improvements gained?
I thought I had found the best route I could, but that means you beat me on the first leg to Ngalia by more than a minute. I only had 13 jumps on the last leg and lost maybe 5 seconds from obscured jump points. Also had 3 stops on the way to Ngalia, with a total of 19 jumps and a mixture of fastest/eco routes.
Refit was D everything but powerplant and fuel scoop wich was A. I did try D class powerplant but it lead to an unfortunate meltdown of the Sidewinder.
I D-rated everything except FSD and Fuel Scoop at Ngalia. My late-night post-deadline thoughts – after saying I was pretty sure I couldn't go any faster – was whether say leaving the sensors or life support at E-rated would give me the same number of jumps from Ngalia to Fuelum, or if the jumps saved would be outweighed by (I didn't time it lol) how long actually refitting the modules takes. I didn't try to do anything clever once I had a fuel scoop, just set destination for Fuelum, filtered to main sequence stars, so I'm sure time could have been saved on that leg but I couldn't be bothered. I might see how many jumps it gives me to convince myself to try something cleverer next time
I also could only see one way in principle out of Celaeno via whatyacallems Zeta, Epsilon and Delta but by setting a couple of well-chosen intermediary waypoints I managed to trick the route plotter into giving me what I felt was a fairly minimal # of jumps, 3, 3, 4 and 7 (down from 3, 3, 5 and 9 for my first posted run)
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