Ozric
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but we need to keep the race administration busy
Just drinking my tea and going through things now to tidy up the leaderboards.
The Buckyball Racing Club Presents: Close Encounters of the Bucky Kind (Swift-16 Championship, Race 8)
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Just drinking my tea and going through things now to tidy up the leaderboards.
Wow, of all the things I never expected to see in a Buckyball race thread, a gif from Extraordinary Attorney Woo would certainly be on the list!
Just drinking my tea and going through things now to tidy up the leaderboards.
Ozric
Volunteer Moderator
Well what an intriguing first day of racing we had. We'll start in Unlimited as that's where most of the action was. I was a little concerned near the beginning that this might be an overly heavy DBX race, and we all know how much I love that ship... But fortunately there's been an interesting spread.
In 9th in their Imperial Eagle, yes an Imperial Eagle, we have Timber McWolf who has already made a huge improvement and knocked 10 minutes off of their first time. Next we have Sir Boundness who's style I must say reminds me of me in the first few years of Buckyball, where I would rock up in my exploration fit Asp to do races in between exploration trips. He wasn't in an Asp, but a Type-9, and what else can you do in a Type-9 other than trade? And so with a very respectful time of 36 minutes, and a profit of over 2 million credits, all while FA-Off it's a very impressive run. Next up a very last minute entry (while I was writing this) from Shockbait, who despite having some lag issues with the on board ship computer and the station services, managed to get their Type-7 Transporter... Yes, a Type 7, around the course in 34 minutes. Next we have a double entry from TripleRazor and the first of the DBXs, who managed to improve their initial time by 6 minutes to move up into sub 25 minute times.
Now comes a pair that are very close, or are they... Could be 1 second, could be 59 seconds, but close they are. Just behind we have Arrowroot 66 who dragged their DBX around despite the mistakes that they made along the way, and just in front we have a racer old enough to remember the original running of this Edelgard Von Rhein who took the Federal Assault Ship around. I do enjoy a nice bit of ship variety and I'm not sure I've ever seen one racing before.
The current podium places have all managed to duck under the 20 minute barrier. In third we have Cmdr Sulu who brought the Crimson Haybayler around the course in a time of 19 minutes. We jump up to the 18 minute mark with Mr. Turner who slipped the Bananery Fandango into second place. And although in the same minute bracket the top spot is currently help by Shaye Blackwood, who steamrollers his way in front with his Type-7 Transport. Yes, you know those ships that are the first ones you think of when it comes to sleek and nimble... Amazing work really, and great job by all so far.
In the Regulation class we start at the lower end with Shockbait who managed to get around the course in 35 minutes. Next up we have FearlessF21, who simply defined their run as "horrific". None the less it was close to breaking the 30 minute barrier, so I am sure we will see improvements in the coming days. We now jump up a few minutes and the groupings begin. In the 27 minute bracket we have Sir Boundness and Sulu. Sulu was definitely bemoaning that the brakes weren't as good in the Cobra as they were in his DBX, the landing gear is a lot better though eh? And Sir Boundeness once again FA-Off, no orbital lines, and the added complication of magical forces moving the mailslot out the way as he was approaching 
Jumping up a minute into the 26s and we find Cmdr Stevenson and Arrowroot battling it out. Cmdr Stevenson was caught out by the jump from Robert Aitken being obscured, and decided to push through in Supercruise to clear it. Maybe the copious amounts of food consumed at the celebration event they had just attended slowed her down too, but I'm sure they'll be looking for an improvement. Cmdr Arrowroot was another complaining that the mailslot at Kucher seemed to be moving of it's own accord, strange things are afoot...
The top two spots are held by Edelgard and Alec. Edelgard is in second place and managed to battle through obscured jumps, overshot pads, and forgetting to pay a previous fine off and so having to deal with anonymous access too (Bucky would be proud). But ahead at the top spot is Mr Turner, who reported nothing out of the ordinary about his run. But how far ahead, is he 1 second, or is he 119 seconds... Who knows.
(well I know)
In 9th in their Imperial Eagle, yes an Imperial Eagle, we have Timber McWolf who has already made a huge improvement and knocked 10 minutes off of their first time. Next we have Sir Boundness who's style I must say reminds me of me in the first few years of Buckyball, where I would rock up in my exploration fit Asp to do races in between exploration trips. He wasn't in an Asp, but a Type-9, and what else can you do in a Type-9 other than trade? And so with a very respectful time of 36 minutes, and a profit of over 2 million credits, all while FA-Off it's a very impressive run. Next up a very last minute entry (while I was writing this) from Shockbait, who despite having some lag issues with the on board ship computer and the station services, managed to get their Type-7 Transporter... Yes, a Type 7, around the course in 34 minutes. Next we have a double entry from TripleRazor and the first of the DBXs, who managed to improve their initial time by 6 minutes to move up into sub 25 minute times.
Now comes a pair that are very close, or are they...
Could be 1 second, could be 59 seconds, but close they are. Just behind we have Arrowroot 66 who dragged their DBX around despite the mistakes that they made along the way, and just in front we have a racer old enough to remember the original running of this Edelgard Von Rhein who took the Federal Assault Ship around. I do enjoy a nice bit of ship variety and I'm not sure I've ever seen one racing before.The current podium places have all managed to duck under the 20 minute barrier. In third we have Cmdr Sulu who brought the Crimson Haybayler around the course in a time of 19 minutes. We jump up to the 18 minute mark with Mr. Turner who slipped the Bananery Fandango into second place. And although in the same minute bracket the top spot is currently help by Shaye Blackwood, who steamrollers his way in front with his Type-7 Transport. Yes, you know those ships that are the first ones you think of when it comes to sleek and nimble... Amazing work really, and great job by all so far.
In the Regulation class we start at the lower end with Shockbait who managed to get around the course in 35 minutes. Next up we have FearlessF21, who simply defined their run as "horrific". None the less it was close to breaking the 30 minute barrier, so I am sure we will see improvements in the coming days. We now jump up a few minutes and the groupings begin. In the 27 minute bracket we have Sir Boundness and Sulu. Sulu was definitely bemoaning that the brakes weren't as good in the Cobra as they were in his DBX, the landing gear is a lot better though eh?
And Sir Boundeness once again FA-Off, no orbital lines, and the added complication of magical forces moving the mailslot out the way as he was approaching Jumping up a minute into the 26s and we find Cmdr Stevenson and Arrowroot battling it out. Cmdr Stevenson was caught out by the jump from Robert Aitken being obscured, and decided to push through in Supercruise to clear it. Maybe the copious amounts of food consumed at the celebration event they had just attended slowed her down too, but I'm sure they'll be looking for an improvement. Cmdr Arrowroot was another complaining that the mailslot at Kucher seemed to be moving of it's own accord, strange things are afoot...
The top two spots are held by Edelgard and Alec. Edelgard is in second place and managed to battle through obscured jumps, overshot pads, and forgetting to pay a previous fine off and so having to deal with anonymous access too (Bucky would be proud). But ahead at the top spot is Mr Turner, who reported nothing out of the ordinary about his run. But how far ahead, is he 1 second, or is he 119 seconds... Who knows.
(well I know)
Ozric
Volunteer Moderator
I did not know that's what it was, but glad to helpWow, of all the things I never expected to see in a Buckyball race thread, a gif from Extraordinary Attorney Woo would certainly be on the list!
@Triplerazor There was nothing wrong with your submissions, imgur worked well. One thing about imgur though is that it rarely puts images into the album in the right order. So if you were to view that album in the gallery (mine show under Hidden for some reason) then there is an option to rearrange images. You can then drag them around and drop them so they're in the right order, if you want to make the host's life a bit easier
Glad to see that my time might not be a contender for the top five, but at least not totally off the chart.
Hoping for some more luck and less confusion for my next try. (I still wonder if the RAO station manager did screw me over by delaying the holographic display of my landing pad... (#34))
One thing is for sure - these races change the way you fly.
Hoping for some more luck and less confusion for my next try. (I still wonder if the RAO station manager did screw me over by delaying the holographic display of my landing pad... (#34))
One thing is for sure - these races change the way you fly.
well you asked for it - new unlimited run posted
And whatever I've tried - no improved regulation run today - some stars and planets must have been better aligned yesterday
It's even more fun in the dark!
And in the pretty pictures theme, I think this one was wasted as just the thumbnail for the Cobra video:
Well, this attempt went well. Until it didn't.
Ran into an issue where my button presses weren't registered correctly*. Which caused me to wildly boost through RAO, bouncing off walls and subsequently had me boosting nose first into the pad a BPB... The Rescue Rangers didn't have to go far to pick up my lifepod...
Shakedown flight to KV with the new, but not improved Shooting Star was uneventful.
*: I guess you could call this the scourge of the (old) gamepad...
Every button has more than one function, depending on if you tap them or hold them, combined with some input on the D-pad.
Ran into an issue where my button presses weren't registered correctly*. Which caused me to wildly boost through RAO, bouncing off walls and subsequently had me boosting nose first into the pad a BPB...
The Rescue Rangers didn't have to go far to pick up my lifepod...Shakedown flight to KV with the new, but not improved Shooting Star was uneventful.
*: I guess you could call this the scourge of the (old) gamepad...
Every button has more than one function, depending on if you tap them or hold them, combined with some input on the D-pad.
Did another unlimited run ... which was EXACTLY the same time as my previous run, to the second!!!
Switched to regulation, had to stop and find/add some intermediary, obscured jump dodging waypoints, but just had time for one more run. Fourteen seconds faster. Not a massive improvement but run submitted nevertheless.
P.S. much as I'm a fan of the Buckyball flags at Kuchner Vision ... did they really have to strip out the two best landing pads in order to install them? That almost seems like a cruel joke!
Switched to regulation, had to stop and find/add some intermediary, obscured jump dodging waypoints, but just had time for one more run. Fourteen seconds faster. Not a massive improvement but run submitted nevertheless.
P.S. much as I'm a fan of the Buckyball flags at Kuchner Vision ... did they really have to strip out the two best landing pads in order to install them? That almost seems like a cruel joke!
Spaceships did not want to spaceship very fast today; and every time I added a new intermediary waypoint, by the time I came round again the original one was clear and something was obscured in the next system. It's a conspiracy! Probably the same bunch that kept moving the mail-slot yesterday...
Ozric
Volunteer Moderator
Something to keep you warm and toasty on a Grey dreary Monday morning (it is here anyway), is trying to play guess what crazy ships are going to be in Unlimited today I must say you're all doing a great job of keeping the field diverse!
But we'll start with Regulation, where we only had three entries but they were certainly intriguing. First up was Ashnak, the host of the previous race, who said that the run went too smooth. But they are quite happy slotting in at their usual place, and can we finish the race now please It was a nice sub 30 minute time, but I don't think I can stop now because at the top things are staying very close. Both Alec and Edelgard submitted new and improved times, they were also having issues with obscured jumps but Alec was glad there's at least lots of options for Escape Route systems. Edelgard jumped up into the 24 minute bracket, and Alec did improve his time as well though it's still tantalisingly close.
I'm sure they can both go faster too!
On to Unlimited now where we saw a few changeups and a new entry from jspace who, living up to the crazy theme you all seem to have started, decided to enter in an Imperial Cutter! I guess the idea was that not even a Gas Giant can Mass Lock a Cutter... And very impressive it was too as they managed to drag it around in 25 minutes! This puts them in 8th, it would have been one higher but as Sir Boundness hinted they have changed up the ship and gone for a Krait Phantom. A nice choice of ship, but I'm afraid I'm really not sure that spoiler you have on it is legal. Not in a racing sense, but in a decency sense
But in all seriousness it was a great run and knocked 13 minutes off to jump up into 6th.
Edelgard also submitted another run in the FAS, and managed to improve his time by a minute. The 20 minute barrier is looming closer and within reach. There was a change in the provisional podium places too with Sulu also deciding to change ship and swap to the Dolphin. It was his first time flying it, and remarked on just how fast it was. It was enough to slip in front of Mr. Turner, with the top 3 all separated by less than a minute, and if that was only the first run then it bodes well going forwards. And we've got 4 different ships in the top 4 places, and 7 different types overall.
I must say you're all doing a great job of keeping the field diverse!But we'll start with Regulation, where we only had three entries but they were certainly intriguing. First up was Ashnak, the host of the previous race, who said that the run went too smooth. But they are quite happy slotting in at their usual place, and can we finish the race now please
It was a nice sub 30 minute time, but I don't think I can stop now because at the top things are staying very close. Both Alec and Edelgard submitted new and improved times, they were also having issues with obscured jumps but Alec was glad there's at least lots of options for Escape Route systems. Edelgard jumped up into the 24 minute bracket, and Alec did improve his time as well though it's still tantalisingly close.I'm sure they can both go faster too!
On to Unlimited now where we saw a few changeups and a new entry from jspace who, living up to the crazy theme you all seem to have started, decided to enter in an Imperial Cutter! I guess the idea was that not even a Gas Giant can Mass Lock a Cutter... And very impressive it was too as they managed to drag it around in 25 minutes! This puts them in 8th, it would have been one higher but as Sir Boundness hinted they have changed up the ship and gone for a Krait Phantom. A nice choice of ship, but I'm afraid I'm really not sure that spoiler you have on it is legal. Not in a racing sense, but in a decency sense
But in all seriousness it was a great run and knocked 13 minutes off to jump up into 6th.Edelgard also submitted another run in the FAS, and managed to improve his time by a minute. The 20 minute barrier is looming closer and within reach. There was a change in the provisional podium places too with Sulu also deciding to change ship and swap to the Dolphin. It was his first time flying it, and remarked on just how fast it was. It was enough to slip in front of Mr. Turner, with the top 3 all separated by less than a minute, and if that was only the first run then it bodes well going forwards. And we've got 4 different ships in the top 4 places, and 7 different types overall.
I'm loving the ship variety
I missed an update, the call of the bed was too strong last night.
Just put in entries in both classes and I'll be adding another ship type to unlimited class.
Not that I'd recommend it, definitely fly something else
ps. when I was done I put the modules back with the owners I'd stripped them from and sold the damn thing, never again!
I missed an update, the call of the bed was too strong last night.
Just put in entries in both classes and I'll be adding another ship type to unlimited class.
Not that I'd recommend it, definitely fly something else
ps. when I was done I put the modules back with the owners I'd stripped them from and sold the damn thing, never again!
That sounds intriguing...I'm loving the ship variety
I missed an update, the call of the bed was too strong last night.
Just put in entries in both classes and I'll be adding another ship type to unlimited class.
Not that I'd recommend it, definitely fly something else
ps. when I was done I put the modules back with the owners I'd stripped them from and sold the damn thing, never again!