As a some of you out there know, I've had a rough week IRL this week. Things didn't turn out as badly as they could have, but it's just postponing the inevitable. I'm pretty worn down at this point and am going to take a vacation from running the race tonight. If someone else wants to run it this week, that's fine by me. Hopefully I'll be back in game next week.

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

*** The TIME will be 9 PM EDT Saturday (1:00 GMT Sunday) ***

*** The race progress announcements will be announced on Channel 500 ***

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

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 the race starts.
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 Valkyrie ships are not allowed.
11) Attempting to trigger a false start of the race is grounds for disqualification.
12) 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)

Please reply to this thread if you intend to race.

Just out of curiosity...

If a racer managed to kill all the other racers, and then took 1st place, would he then get all 4 million (assuming there were at least four racers)?

Yes.

I ran the Deneb Run tonight and here are the stats:

Joyce C. - Lieutenant Councilor of the Christianson Distribution Company as well as one of the top ten All Time racers in the Deneb Run.

Mick - Councilor of the Phoenix Alliance as well as the number Two All Time Racer in the Deneb Run. He has many times in the top thirty count.

Swag Man - Serco freelancing pirate who has raced and placed before.

The Results:

Swag Man - 35:39 - Warthog Mk2, FC battery, 1x Megapositron Blaster
Joyce C. - 35:39 (35:40) - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, FC battery, No Weps
Mick - DNF - Vulture Mk3, FC battery, No Weps

Notes:

1) This race was amazing, with every racer holding 1st, 2nd and 3rd at one time or another along the course.
2) The end was a photo finish; I actually had to go to my logs to check who had docked first. Swag man had docked a split second before Joyce C. did.
3) However, their times were the same if you counted from when they began the race, as Joyce C. was exactly one second slow starting.
4) Mick was taken down by the SCAR duo waiting in Odia M-14: Mike-L and Cunjo. He would have placed first.

Yar!