TGFT and EnB will again be hosting The Deneb Run this weekend.

*** Listen to racing music on Radio TGFT at http://www.live365.com/stations/dj_screwball ***

*** Valkyries are allowed again! ***

*** The TIME will be 9 PM EST Saturday (which I *think* is 01:00 Sunday according the /time) ***

All citizens are welcome to race, there is no entrance fee, and 4 Million credits in prizes are available. Some of it could be yours!

Once again, the rules are:

1) Racers must race from Odia M14 through Deneb heading clockwise back to Odia M14.
2) Race starts in Odia M14 near the station.
3) Contestants must be within 100m of me before the start
4) No shooting before I start the race.
5) You die and you're out (so no /exploding)
6) All weapons and ships allowed, except those listed in #10.
7) First person to get back and dock at Odia M14 wins the first prize. (2 million credits)
8) Second person back gets 2nd place prize (1.2 million credits)
9) Third person back gets 3rd place prize (800k credits)
10) Money for killing other racers: Any pilot, racing or not, is eligible to earn money as follows:

Pre-condition #1: There must be at least 3 racers
Pre-condition #2: Less than 3 racers complete The Deneb Run
If the above pre-conditions are met, the undistributed prize money will be awarded to those who killed the racers as follows:
- Kills in the Odia M-14 sector are not eligible
- The most recent eligible kill earns the highest unawarded prize money (2 mil, 1.2 mil, 800k, or 0)
- The 2nd most recent eligible kill earns the 2nd highest unawarded prize money (1.2 mil, 800k, or 0)
- The 3rd most recent eligible kill earns the 3rd highest unawarded prize money (800k or 0)

I believe this is a good way of saying thanks to those who help spice things up for the racers, without encouraging station camping (which is too easy).

Please reply to this thread if you intend to race.

I won't be racing tonight, but I will be taking stats and preregistration for racers like I have for the past few races (save last week's, I wasn't anywheren near a 'net connection for that one).

Contact Miharu ingame starting two hours (2! Also 10₂ for you binary freaks like me!) before the event to preregister for the race. Please provide the following:

- Your current Guild
- Your ship model
- Your battery
- Weapons, if any.

Thanks!

Yeesh.... I'm losing my touch. I let 3 racers go right past me, and I didn't even get a single shot in.

Oh well, there's always next week. Maybe I'll have Pirate 1 in a better position, preferably one where he can intercept all the racers.

I didn't even see you DK

Yeah, as I recall, you didn't go through Pyronis. I got a couple of shots off at Mike, but he was moving too fast and none of them hit... Stupid GovGun.

I went through Pyronis...

DK, maybe yer govgun shots brought me some luck, coz I finally finished teh race!

YAYS!!!

Announcing the results of The Deneb Run #43, sponsored by TGFT and EnB. Special thanks to Miharu for helping collect player statistics and to Esson Lennenk who managed to both race and co-announce.

The Pilots
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Blue Streak: Itani, member of SB, he is the winningest pilot in The Deneb Run, host of the Corporate Sectors Run AND Nation War events, sometimes announcer of The Deneb Run, and has done many race writeups for The Deneb Run.

LeberMac: Itani, council member and Lieutenant of ITAN, he is also a highly decorated veteran of The Deneb Run.

auouymous: UIT, council member of TGFT, he is a highly competitive veteran racer with a pair of wins in The Deneb Run.

fooz2916: UIT, he is another highly competitive veteran racer and former winner of The Deneb Run.

Joyce Sanders: UIT, Commander of SB, she is a very competitive veteran racer and has earned a win and many top 3 finishes in The Deneb Run.

Esson Lennenk: UIT, member of TGFT, he is also a very competitive veteran racer and has already won The Deneb Run once.

Mike-L: Serco, council member of SCAR, this veteran racer has consistently exemplified the phrase "blaze of glory".

Joe Beleu: Itani, member of TGFT, he's raced a couple of times before and has a track record equal to Mike-L.

Jack O'Neill: UIT, this is his second race.

Mecha Touriuas: Serco, recent Lieutenant of ITAN, he's no stranger to The Deneb Run, but this is the first time he's actually raced since The Deneb Run #26.

Roguelazer: Itani, council member of ITAN, he hasn't raced since The Deneb Run #3.

CygnusX: Serco, member of ST6, this is his first race.

Sinclair45: UIT, member of TGFT, this is his first race.

The Race
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[check here later]

The Stats
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Blue Streak | 31:01 | Orion Hornet, FC, no weaps
Mick | 33:26 | IDF Valk, FC, no weaps
Esson Lennenk | 35:16 | Wraith mkIII, FC, 1x TPG sparrow
fooz2916 | 36:11 | Warthog MkII, FC, law gun, conc mines
sinclair45 | 36:17 | Orion Hornet, FC, no weaps
Mike-L | 36:25 | Orion Hornet, FC, no weaps
Roguelazer | 36:45 | TPG Raptor, FC, 1x lawgun
Mecha Touriuas | 37:13 | IDF Valk, FC, 1x law gun
Joyce Sanders | 38:01 | Orion Hornet, FC, no weaps
Joe Beleu | 42:44 | Orion Hornet, fc, 1x Neut3
Jack O' Neill | DNF | EC-88, Free batt, 1x Gov Blaster
CygnusX | DNF | Orion Hornet, FC, no weaps
LeberMac | DNF | IDF Valk, UC, 1x n3
auouymous | DNF | IDF Valk, FC, no weaps

Interesting observations:

1. Wow, this was a huge race... 14 racers!

2. After Kites had 2 impressive kills in Serco space, knocking out the then #1 and #2 racers, the pirates fell short and didn't manage to take out any more racers.

<<this veteran racer has consistently exemplified the phrase "blaze of glory">>

OMGLOLZORZ... :))))

Nice one Screwie!

It's "Mecha Touriuas".

Um???