Yeah! Happy days.
For some reason the only photo I could find of mine is from when I stuck it on a blackboard in a bar in Edinburgh.
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Accolade for getting to Sag 'A'
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Yeah! Happy days.
For some reason the only photo I could find of mine is from when I stuck it on a blackboard in a bar in Edinburgh.
Oh dear, I have to defend that ... you may not be aware but these "bumper stickers" were handed out by ElectricZ (the creator of Buckyball Racing) for completing the Sagitarrius A* challenge.
The original thread for this is here ..
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=138772
When ElectricZ steppped down from running this (and other) Buckyball events the Buckyball Racing Club was born and a new thread created to take over the Sagittarius A* challenge ..
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/168568-Buckyball-Racing-Club-presents-The-A*-Challenge
I can honestly say that my own attempt at the race (a mediocre 15h22m run) was one of the greatest and most exciting gaming experiences of my life.
To see these runs in another light, and maybe get a sense of what competing in the Sag A* challenge was like, can I recommend the fantastic series of 4 videos created by Cmd Alot (the current unmodified record holder).
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRxjMaBwN0-LEfUYcFiCNshAuwE-_lTb0
It was only insane the first time it was done, like climbing Mount Everest, afterwards it's just another tourist attraction covered in paper, rotten food and badly buried tourist crap, although I guess in the case of Sag A you could just toss it into the black hole!
I'm about 5,000 LY away in my non-Engineered AspX. Hoping to get there this weekend before I go...elsewhere.
I personally don't expect or want an accolade...I'm doing this for myself. Although the 10MCR you apparently get for scanning it will be nice.
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Unless it's changed recently you are going to be disappointed. It's more like 635k
Oh, fair enough. Doesn't really concern me to be honest, just want to see it for myself
I feel accolade sounds just like chocolade. So I never bothered looking up what it means. It's all chocolates to me.
More generally, though, Frontier are not ones for Accolades/Trophies/Achievements/whatever. The PC client doesn't have them in general, bar your pilot status, of course.
Microsoft insist all games have specific Achievements as part of certification, and I believe Sony do as well, so they get them. But there are none for Steam, where they're optional.
Microsoft insist all games have specific Achievements as part of certification, and I believe Sony do as well, so they get them. But there are none for Steam, where they're optional.
So when I reach Sag A I'm going to reward myself with a big bar of Galaxy. It's the Right Thing(tm) to do.
"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Agony_Aunt again"...
Someone help a bro out here.
+1 Repped on your behalf. And my behalf.
>laugh!< no worries, mate.
Apart from the 600K+ scan data. of course.
