Well, as usual, the passionate drive to reach the finish line has reached its mid-week lull as the newness of the race wears off and the new entries fall to a trickle, and I can finally sit back and relax until the end when--
Oh, what the hell? Ten new entries? Two of you running twice? Didn't you people get the memo?
And actually, it's quite the lively mix as commanders old and new attempt to set brand new records for crossing the bubble. Who would have thought a Tuesday could be so interesting?
First off comes Unlimited Open and all I can say is damn. Kligg already had his hands full with Alec Turner breathing down his neck for first, but both of the veteran Buckyballers have new problems of their own. CMDR Furrycat, a fixture in the BRC revealed his fangs in the Anaconda
Victoria Line, surging past
The Wedding Anniversary to nip playfully at the heels of Kligg's Asp
Grey Mullet. As if it wasn't bad enough for the top CMDR on the board already, CMDR Cookiehole absolutely SMOKED everybody else on the board, solo or open, unlimited or haulers in his Asp
RSXRS Falcon in such a fashion that it may take everybody else the rest of the week to recover from the whiplash. Even Bucky sat up and took notice when he saw the time:
But the action didn't stop there. CMDR Drakhyr managed to lop a minute off his time in the
White Lightning, overtaking defending champion Alot to take 5th place. Not too far behind Drakhyr, first time Buckyballer CMDR <-lightspeed-> snagged an impressive 8th place in the Asp
High Flyer, and CMDR Reload brought out an old Buckyball Favorite, his Anaconda
Big Stick to claim 12th.
Admiral Spoon continued to make impressive gains in his Type-9
Sailfish, while not gaining any positions still managing to chop three and a half minutes off the freighter's time to bring it within sight of the race's only Viper Mk IV, and CMDR Tayo fielded the first Sidewinder on the grid, bringing the peppy little
D-Minus into Obsidian in fine style. Even if someone else does come along to make a top time in those hull classes, they're going to face an uphill battle.
Speaking of record-setters, in Solo Unlimited, CMDR Geo Falke brought out the field's first Fer-de-Lance to play. While the FDL won't set any speed records on long-distance runs, Geo Falke as of now has clinched the cross-bubble record for the heavy fighter in the form of the
Cataphract
In Hauler Open, CMDR Tavo made his second appearance, coming in 11th in the class with the
Rough Tide with the only new entry for the class.
In Hauler Solo/Private, after what could only be described as sabotage by sinister outside forces which incorrectly logged his time in open, Geo Falke's hauler
Ducktape and a Prayer posted an impressive 2nd place showing. Attaway, CMDR Falke!
So welcome aboard to our newcomers! Lightspeed, Spoon, Tayo, Geofalk and Zenny step on up and receive your dots. And CMDR Furrycat, I know you've been around the races quite some time with the Club and you're no rookie. Bucky's proud to have you on the board in an official Buckyball Run. (Except he tied your dot to a string and dangled it from the end of some kind of electronic gizmo that makes it dart all around the room. Or that may have been Cookiehole's doing to try to keep you from unseating him from first. Things just get kind of weird around here on their own, I don't ask questions anymore...)
Keep those times coming! And remember, if you can't fly safe, fly fast...
