[INDEPENDENT] Buckyball Racing Club

SushiCW

SushiCW
Ashnak said:
Just out of curiosity: I noticed you were running on 1-4-1 pips. Is the SRV shield useless in these situations, or are there any benefits for having some power to the guns, or is it just that it doesn't matter as long as you have four pips to the thrusters?
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Alec Turner said:
Shields are useless in SRV vs. Rock situations. Personally I run 1-4-1 because it's easy to reset pips and then bump ENG twice.
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Exactly what Alec said.


Alec Turner said:
You know those are both the same right? In which case the answer is ... not the first one so much. :p
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Whoops, fixed the links.
 

Edelgard von Rhein

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SushiCW said:
I like the sound of that!

Wonder if it will be more like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYfR9_dVLoo

or more like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Z1EfbA47w




EDIT: Fixed video links.
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I can see where I've been going wrong all this time. I've been treating the SRV like a NASA Mars rover, with turn left/right and forward and reverse. What I should have done was to treat it like an Apache helicopter with optional wheel usage. I think I need to overhaul my key bindings...
 

SushiCW

SushiCW
Edelgard von Rhein said:
I can see where I've been going wrong all this time. I've been treating the SRV like a NASA Mars rover, with turn left/right and forward and reverse. What I should have done was to treat it like an Apache helicopter with optional wheel usage. I think I need to overhaul my key bindings...
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YES! Another one sees the light.
 

drakhyr

drakhyr
So, Falling With Style probably fits better as the next-but-one race, and Buckybirds Are Go! will need to be fitted in according to events rather than schedule in advance. That still leaves room for a non-Horizons race at the end of April, as well as plenty more race slots for June and beyond. As I'm well out of the bubble at the moment, I won't be able to inflict one of my own races on you in the late April slot, so I really need another host. I have no problem with leaving a longer gap between races if people are busy doing other things, but I would like the next race to be non-Horizons, hence proposing Alec's race for the slot after that. At this rate I might have to start picking on people :D
 

Ashnak

Ashnak
I'm not going to volunteer, but if you need it...

I have a basic idea for a simple triangle race (start at C60, visit two stations, back to C60, 190/170/260 lys, small/medium ships only) with a small twist in the tail. Back to the basics, so to speak. However, that one is simply theoretical at this stage, and if you want it for the next slot, that's going to stay that way. I won't even have the time to fly the course by myself (I may be absent from the closer bubble with both of my CMDRs for some time now that the Guardians have actually dug up something that might become useful once FD manages to get it to work...).
 

Raiko

Raiko
I might have something that I can run at the end of April. Are passenger missions available in non-horizons?

Also, I think I've finally got a workable way to revamp the Black Riband/Bootlegger Challenge. If I'm correct, then the new version will launch at the same time (end of April). That's assuming that it's my race it clashes with - I won't launch the Black Riband 2 at the same time as someone else's event obviously. :)
 
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furrycat

furrycat
You’ll be glad to know my next race idea is much less complex than my last one. It will be very fast and furious on a set route with very little thinking required. Later in the year when others have had a chance to run an event I think it would make a good MWM or long weekend.

Or if someone wants to host but doesn’t have any ideas they could use it.
 

drakhyr

drakhyr
As well as race hosts, ideas are very much needed for possible holo-screen adverts.

While it is not clear whether or not actual Buckyball Racing Club adverts would be allowed (pending anything official from Frontier, I think it would be nice to submit one or more anyway!), certainly I think it should be possible to come up with some generic adverts for racing. Any ideas welcome!
 

racer1

racer1
o7 cmdrs

I've been having a mini break from gaming. Trying to keep up with DECE on my galactic circumnavigation as well :eek:. The two are not really compatible lol.

I've sent the couple of hosting ideas I have over to drakhyr and am happy to run them at some point.

Sorry I missed your race furrycat.
 

Rankaze

Rankaze
See, the thought of racing advertisements leads me to the thought of ship manufacturers boasting of racers' accomplishments. "Sagittarius A* in under two hours? Only in an Anaconda!" and the like.

That and some kind of "Gutamaya Racing" advertisement with a Slipstream Red Courier on it (note: Slipstream Red looks particularly good under A-class lighting, where the blue looks BLUE). Could do something similar with other manufacturers, though the Courier has the advantage of a racing ship that actually looks fast.

I have no graphics skills, but if someone needs ship screenshots, I have a fair amount of ships and lots of go-fast paint schemes. Plus, most of those ships have actually been raced. :p

I kinda wish we could get Alot's "It's not normal to take an Orca to Beagle Point" ad in.
 
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drakhyr

drakhyr
Rankaze said:
See, the thought of racing advertisements leads me to the thought of ship manufacturers boasting of racers' accomplishments. "Sagittarius A* in under two hours? Only in an Anaconda!" and the like.

That and some kind of "Gutamaya Racing" advertisement with a Slipstream Red Courier on it (note: Slipstream Red looks particularly good under A-class lighting, where the blue looks BLUE). Could do something similar with other manufacturers, though the Courier has the advantage of a racing ship that actually looks fast.
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Those are really good ideas.
 

Raiko

Raiko
The next race will be delayed by one week, as I'm a little busy in real life, and also won't be able to make updates on 25th and 26th April.

And so, next race:

The Galaxy's End: A Buckyball Pub Crawl
Rebuy Prospect/Fullerene C60
28:04:3304 to 06:05:3304

I should have a banner in a day or two.

Also currently finalising the new Black Riband - a standing challenge set to launch 07:05:3304.
 
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AkenBosch

AkenBosch
Ashnak said:
I have a basic idea for a simple triangle race (start at C60, visit two stations, back to C60, 190/170/260 lys, small/medium ships only) with a small twist in the tail. Back to the basics, so to speak. However, that one is simply theoretical at this stage...
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Funny coincidence, I've had a practically identical idea for quite some time, right down to the "simply theoretical at this stage" part :eek:...

furrycat said:
You’ll be glad to know my next race idea is much less complex than my last one. It will be very fast and furious on a set route with very little thinking required.
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"Very little thinking required". Fits me perfectly then!

drakhyr said:
As well as race hosts, ideas are very much needed for possible holo-screen adverts.

While it is not clear whether or not actual Buckyball Racing Club adverts would be allowed (pending anything official from Frontier, I think it would be nice to submit one or more anyway!), certainly I think it should be possible to come up with some generic adverts for racing. Any ideas welcome!
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I've a couple ideas for that (including another couple totally unrelated to the BRC), but I also suffer badly of creative clogging: lots and lots of ideas, not an inch of skill to put them down (I'm a moderately good image composer to be honest, but I couldn't draw a proper stick man to save my life). I think i could have some fun trying at least, any excuse to open PS is a good one for me.
 
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Alec Turner

Alec Turner
Hey guys, what do you reckon to this?

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Shall I submit it?
 
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