And here they are, spoilered to save your scroll wheels, the final standings of Buckyball Run 9!
At the front of the pack in time and number of categories won, CMDR Cookiehole with an amazing time of 15 minutes, 8 seconds in Open Unlimited for the 594 light-year jaunt across the entire bubble. Makes you wonder about people who complain about flying 100 LY, doesn't it?
Cookiehole also finished first in the "Live" run, earning a special reverse-reverse dot for the honor. Don't let Bucky catch you putting that dot up on eBay, Cookiehole. He
will come after you!
CMDR Kligg picked up his first reverse dot for his finishing time of 15:43 in solo/private. In Solo hauler, CMDR Cheetah picked up his first dot with a time of 17:15.
Finally, in another amazing display of navigation and piloting, CMDR Alot is four-for-four, racking up a 100% win rate for at least one class in every Buckyball in which he has participated, including the Buckyball Run A*. I don't know what Alot uses for fuel when he runs these things, but it gets him across the finish line in a hurry. It can't be an accident.
Top times per ship type were as follows:
- 15:08 Asp, Cookiehole
- 15:21 Hauler, Alot
- 15:55 Anaconda, Furrycat
- 16:16 DB-X, Aken B.
- 19:35 Lakon Type-6, Anuranium
- 20:31 Imperial Courier, Timothy Knight
- 20:33 Adder, Birdnose
- 20:57 Cobra Mk III, Aken B.
- 22:23 Lakon Keelback, Crotalus
- 22:44 Lakon Type-7, Cookiehole (replaced by Asp on board)
- 25:14 Imperial Eagle, AntiDisco
- 26:12 DB-S, Goemon
- 28:11 Eagle, Tayo
- 28:52 Cobra Mk IV, FoxTwo
- 29:37 Imperial Clipper, Tyzah
- 30:56 Viper Mk IV, Earl Dumarest
- 31:04 Lakon Type-9, Admiral Spoon
- 34:08 Sidewinder, Tayo
- 35:10 Fer-De-Lance, Geo Falke
- 41:25 Eagle, Felix Jefferson
- 42:14 Orca, Geo Falke
- 45:42 Python, Zenny
Now, I dont know if cross-bubble speed records could be an ongoing thing like the Buckyball A* or the A* Challenge, but everybody listed above has in fact set a record. Be proud! And remember, when someone sets a time, someone else out there will see it and have to beat it.
BBR9 by the numbers:
- 61 unique pilots. (some more unique than others...)
- 93 unique ships.
- Most popular ship in Unlimited by runs made: Asp (74)
- Second most popular: Diamondback Explorer (12)
- Third: Anaconda (9)
- Runs made in Open: 106
- Runs made in Solo/Private: 59
- Fewest jumps made from HIP 78136 to MAIA: 16
- Last run of the race: Mark "Insane" Photon at 23:45, 9 January 3302.
- Most Popular Hero: Han Solo. (Though in your hearts, you know it was really me.)
And I meant to do it, I swear... but I forgot to include fields for Insurance on the race form: number and total cost. Dammit! Maybe next time...
Speaking of next time, whether you made a run in BBR9 or you're kicking yourself for missing out, be sure to check out the
Buckyball Racing Club. Unlike The Buckyball Run that happens whenever Buvky feelis like it, the BRC has a whole schedule of events running year 'round to satisfy your need for speed, with trials that will test all aspects of your piloting skills. Bucky wouldn't have put it above the scoreboard if he didn't want you to click it. Here it is again, just in case.
So... have you clicked it yet? Better yet, have you
bookmarked it? Bucky thinks you should...
As for the timing of the next bona-fide Buckyball Run? Never can tell. It's a big galaxy out there and you never can tell where Bucky will turn up. But until that time we next meet on the Shotgun Shine, Bucky Salutes you! o7 And thanks again to everybody who came out to play. It seems like I'm always repeating myself at the end of these things when I say this, but it's been a blast and a half!
