Community Event / Creation The Buckyball Racing Club presents: The Lavecon Lockdown Challenge
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Happy Hour scoreboard update (hic)
Odyssey results
Horizons results
I just had to reveal the full times at this point in order to highlight what's going on in the middle of the Odyssey Leaderboard!
First new submission was from Edelgard von Rhein who continues to push upwards from the bottom of the Horizons table with another solid improvement. I'm really willing Edelgard on who still has room for improvement in the SRV and SLF stages.
Next was from Psykit who did a great stream yesterday. Was hoping to break the ten minute barrier and only went and broke the flippin' nine! Good job. Would have been 7th place were it not for a late entry from Darplata94 pushing everyone down one place.
Speaking of which, a late entry from Darplata94 in the Junebug (shouldn't that be Julybug?) gets an exact tie with Sulu at 7 mins 22 seconds! Would have been a tie for 4th place but Epaphus came back and beat them both to it by just 2 seconds!
Meanwhile, back in Horizons and Stan2021 returned in the BRRRRRRRRRR'ing BRICK with an excellent run of 6 mins 18 secs to snatch 3rd place and a spot on the podium from Elastul Ma'Fer. I was very tempted to impose a penalty for trying to break my scoreboard but I'll let it pass (for now).
And there we have it, Sgurr, Shaye and Aken B. still holding the podium places in Odyssey and Shaye, Manti and Stan2021 the current Horizons champions.
P.S. I just had to share this fabulous moment from Stan's submission where his Keelback passes Manti's SRV coming back through the same tunnel. Glorious stuff!
Odyssey results
| Position | Cmdr Name | Ship name | SRV name | SLF name | Mode | Platform | Time |
| 1 | Sgurr | Driftfinder General | Uncertain emotions | Barrier magnet | Odyssey | PC | 05:16 |
| 2 | Shaye Blackwood | Emily | Speedwagon | Artemis | Odyssey | PC | 05:29 |
| 3 | Aken B. | Albion Skunk | The Tumbling Initiative | The Bumbling Initiative | Odyssey | PC | 06:42 |
| 4 | Epaphus | Hull integrity critical | Spinny Boi | Tunnel Phobia | Odyssey | PC | 07:20 |
| 5 | Sulu | The Vaccinator | Hyperdermic | Needle | Odyssey | PC | 07:22 |
| 5 | Darplata94 | Junebug | Greased Lodestone | Mosquito | Odyssey | PC | 07:22 |
| 7 | Elfener | Elfener's Lavecon Taxi | Totally Driveable | NotAFighter | Odyssey | PC | 08:18 |
| 8 | Psykit | the fuchsia fighter | invisirock discovery service | tiny but mighty | Odyssey | PC | 08:45 |
| 9 | CMDR Zekonnd | TFS KIBAC PLUNGE | TFS SRV 1 | TFF KIBAC PLUNGE 1 | Odyssey | PC | 10:03 |
| 10 | New Model 15 | Stucko | Flat Spin | PaintScraper | Odyssey | PC | 11:52 |
Horizons results
| Position | Cmdr Name | Ship name | SRV name | SLF name | Mode | Platform | Time |
| 1 | Shaye Blackwood | Emily | Speedwagon | Artemis | Horizons | PC | 04:36 |
| 2 | Manti | Skunkback | Pretty Little Ditty | Taipan #1706 | Horizons | PC | 05:07 |
| 3 | Stan2021 | BRICK GOES BRRRRRRRRRR | wuuuuuuuuuwww ... how long can I make this? | nyauuuuuuuuuuu ... | Horizons | PC | 06:18 |
| 4 | Elastul Ma'Fer | Brick | Little Dune Buggy | Out of Control | Horizons | PC | 06:34 |
| 5 | TechyMr B | Quick Brick | Torvill | Pancake | Horizons | XBOX | 06:55 |
| 6 | Edelgard von Rhein | Eyes Wide Open | Spin Cycle | Red Robin | Horizons | PC | 08:06 |
I just had to reveal the full times at this point in order to highlight what's going on in the middle of the Odyssey Leaderboard!
First new submission was from Edelgard von Rhein who continues to push upwards from the bottom of the Horizons table with another solid improvement. I'm really willing Edelgard on who still has room for improvement in the SRV and SLF stages.
Next was from Psykit who did a great stream yesterday. Was hoping to break the ten minute barrier and only went and broke the flippin' nine! Good job. Would have been 7th place were it not for a late entry from Darplata94 pushing everyone down one place.
Speaking of which, a late entry from Darplata94 in the Junebug (shouldn't that be Julybug?) gets an exact tie with Sulu at 7 mins 22 seconds! Would have been a tie for 4th place but Epaphus came back and beat them both to it by just 2 seconds!
Meanwhile, back in Horizons and Stan2021 returned in the BRRRRRRRRRR'ing BRICK with an excellent run of 6 mins 18 secs to snatch 3rd place and a spot on the podium from Elastul Ma'Fer. I was very tempted to impose a penalty for trying to break my scoreboard but I'll let it pass (for now).
And there we have it, Sgurr, Shaye and Aken B. still holding the podium places in Odyssey and Shaye, Manti and Stan2021 the current Horizons champions.
P.S. I just had to share this fabulous moment from Stan's submission where his Keelback passes Manti's SRV coming back through the same tunnel. Glorious stuff!
Nice thing about this race... it's just short enough to attempt a run in the morning before work. Real helpful when life decides it wants more attention. 
Didn't even have to sacrifice breakfast today.
Still a lot of room for improvement, though.
You can watch me being overly cautious after getting my fighter stuck in a tunnel here:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwjy-s8xsos&ab_channel=Darkfyre99
Didn't even have to sacrifice breakfast today. Still a lot of room for improvement, though.
You can watch me being overly cautious after getting my fighter stuck in a tunnel here:
Nice BBQ weather, shame about the atmosphere
For me, it's likely going to have to be tomorrow morning, before the rest of my day off begins. By the time I got home yesterday, I was nursing a headache, so I turned in early, and my attempt this morning was DNF thanks to not noticing I'd accidentally cancelled my boarding request at the end of my SRV run, so it wouldn't let me board.
Before I logged out, I set up my SRV and ship at the start location. Hopefully, it'll still be in position when I log back in.
Psykit's first day of racing was plagued by this problem, where her requests to dock the SRV at the station were constantly getting cancelled. Possibly a bug?my attempt this morning was DNF thanks to not noticing I'd accidentally cancelled my boarding request at the end of my SRV run, so it wouldn't let me board.
A bug? In Odyssey??? I’m shocked! Shocked I say!!!
With about 31hrs left to go in the race .... it's leaderboard update time!
Odyssey results
Horizons results
First new submission was from Inga Stevenson who's remembered the directions now but is still struggling to avoid the tunnel walls. With a time of 10 mins 11 seconds she drops into 10th place ahead of New Model 15 and just 8 seconds behind Zekonnd. Hopefully more runs tomorrow will allow Inga to climb that leaderboard a bit further before the end of the race.
Next was Manti who's definitely caught the Buckyball bug and has been pushing to try and break that 5 minute barrier. Finally managed it and posted a superb time of 4 mins and 46 seconds which would have put the Skunkback only 10 seconds behind Shaye Blackwood's Emily.
Unfortunately Shaye has also been back on the Horizons course where he managed to find another 6 seconds, improving on an already amazing time to finish in just 4 mins and 30 seconds (and he reckon's there's still 10 seconds more to be found). The gap between Shaye and Manti is shrinking but can Manti find that fabled "perfect run" that could put him in the lead?
Then, shaking things up at the top of the Odyssey leaderboard, Cmdr Sulu returns and manages to shave nearly a whole minute off his time, climbing 2 places to snatch 3rd place from Aken B by a good 16 seconds. Excellent stuff but will that be enough to leave Sulu still on the podium at the end of the race?
And speaking of 16 seconds ... that's how much time TechyMr B managed to shave off the Quick Brick's time - posting a time of 6 mins and 39 seconds to reduce the gap behind Elastul Ma'Fer and 4th place to just 5 seconds now.
Anything could happen in the next 31 hours!
Odyssey results
| Position | Cmdr Name | Ship name | SRV name | SLF name | Mode | Platform | Time |
| 1 | Sgurr | Driftfinder General | Uncertain emotions | Barrier magnet | Odyssey | PC | 05:16 |
| 2 | Shaye Blackwood | Emily | Speedwagon | Artemis | Odyssey | PC | 05:29 |
| 3 | Sulu | The Vaccinator | Hyperdermic | Needle | Odyssey | PC | 06:26 |
| 4 | Aken B. | Albion Skunk | The Tumbling Initiative | The Bumbling Initiative | Odyssey | PC | 06:42 |
| 5 | Epaphus | Hull integrity critical | Spinny Boi | Tunnel Phobia | Odyssey | PC | 07:20 |
| 6 | Darplata94 | Junebug | Greased Lodestone | Mosquito | Odyssey | PC | 07:22 |
| 7 | Elfener | Elfener's Lavecon Taxi | Totally Driveable | NotAFighter | Odyssey | PC | 08:18 |
| 8 | Psykit | the fuchsia fighter | invisirock discovery service | tiny but mighty | Odyssey | PC | 08:45 |
| 9 | CMDR Zekonnd | TFS KIBAC PLUNGE | TFS SRV 1 | TFF KIBAC PLUNGE 1 | Odyssey | PC | 10:03 |
| 10 | Inga Stevenson | Great White | Hail a Crab | Remoras | Odyssey | PC | 10:11 |
| 11 | New Model 15 | Stucko | Flat Spin | PaintScraper | Odyssey | PC | 11:52 |
Horizons results
| Position | Cmdr Name | Ship name | SRV name | SLF name | Mode | Platform | Time |
| 1 | Shaye Blackwood | Emily | Speedwagon | Artemis | Horizons | PC | 04:30 |
| 2 | Manti | Skunkback | Pretty Little Ditty | iPod #0004 | Horizons | PC | 04:46 |
| 3 | Stan2021 | BRICK GOES BRRRRRRRRRR | wuuuuuuuuuwww ... how long can I make this? | nyauuuuuuuuuuu ... | Horizons | PC | 06:18 |
| 4 | Elastul Ma'Fer | Brick | Little Dune Buggy | Out of Control | Horizons | PC | 06:34 |
| 5 | TechyMr B | Quick Brick | Torvill | Pancake | Horizons | XBOX | 06:39 |
| 6 | Edelgard von Rhein | Eyes Wide Open | Spin Cycle | Red Robin | Horizons | PC | 08:06 |
First new submission was from Inga Stevenson who's remembered the directions now but is still struggling to avoid the tunnel walls. With a time of 10 mins 11 seconds she drops into 10th place ahead of New Model 15 and just 8 seconds behind Zekonnd. Hopefully more runs tomorrow will allow Inga to climb that leaderboard a bit further before the end of the race.
Next was Manti who's definitely caught the Buckyball bug and has been pushing to try and break that 5 minute barrier. Finally managed it and posted a superb time of 4 mins and 46 seconds which would have put the Skunkback only 10 seconds behind Shaye Blackwood's Emily.
Unfortunately Shaye has also been back on the Horizons course where he managed to find another 6 seconds, improving on an already amazing time to finish in just 4 mins and 30 seconds (and he reckon's there's still 10 seconds more to be found). The gap between Shaye and Manti is shrinking but can Manti find that fabled "perfect run" that could put him in the lead?
Then, shaking things up at the top of the Odyssey leaderboard, Cmdr Sulu returns and manages to shave nearly a whole minute off his time, climbing 2 places to snatch 3rd place from Aken B by a good 16 seconds. Excellent stuff but will that be enough to leave Sulu still on the podium at the end of the race?
And speaking of 16 seconds ... that's how much time TechyMr B managed to shave off the Quick Brick's time - posting a time of 6 mins and 39 seconds to reduce the gap behind Elastul Ma'Fer and 4th place to just 5 seconds now.
Anything could happen in the next 31 hours!
Quick heads up that everyone is welcome to join the Elite racers at 18:00 UTC this evening for a live SRV rally they're running in Horizons, starting at Napier installation (the Horizons start line for the Buckyball Race) and finishing at Sommerfeld Enterprise.
From past experience I guarantee it will be a really enjoyable evening (and terrific practice for honing those SRV skills).
To join in you should head over to the Elite Racers Discord server here ..
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.. and go and say hi in their #cafe-saturdays channel.
From past experience I guarantee it will be a really enjoyable evening (and terrific practice for honing those SRV skills).
To join in you should head over to the Elite Racers Discord server here ..
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.. and go and say hi in their #cafe-saturdays channel.
No.
Of course yes, this was my last day for new attempts, tomorrow I'll be 500 km away from the pc, so that's me done for this race. Make it count on the last day everyone!
This sums up this morning's attempts quite well:
Just to let folks here know ... despite 5 new submissions including at least one top-3 shakeup, I've decided I'm going to skip today's leaderboard update in order to increase the air of anticipation and excitement for the final results to be revealed tomorrow.
Sorry, only now I realize that the way I wrote it, it looked like I was already done. Well, I was at the time of writing, but that "No." was a sincere one. Hope you still have time.
Snuck in a run while waiting for lunch to cook. Even improved my time a bit. You can see it once it finishes uploading and processing here:
Source: https://youtu.be/CD6x9WKUV40
I have a golf date with my dad this afternoon... but if there's time, I'll make another stab or two when I get home.
I have a golf date with my dad this afternoon... but if there's time, I'll make another stab or two when I get home.
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