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Tube Race #11

Aug 24, 2007 maq link
Phoenix Alliance is proud to present:

THE ELEVENTH TUBE RACE

RULES

1) Ships allowed: any stock Centurion or Vulture up to and including MkIII.
2) Weaponry allowed: any non-ammo.
3) Races: ten races total, two per Sedina track tube but "The Maze".
4) Winner: each one of the ten races awards points to pilots. Pilot standing is totalled at the end of the ten races.
5) Points: from 1st place down, 10, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1. Arriving seventh or later, dying, being killed, or ending out of the tubes yield 0 (zero) points.
6) Prizes: 3M, 2M and 1M to the first three pilots in the final standings.

WHERE AND WHEN

Sedina system, Friday 21:00GMT. We will use five tracks (all but G5), but the exact sequence will be chosen only when the group is ready to race
Aug 24, 2007 Syylk link
The racers:

Bauer (Serco, SAF)
Ecka Estenk (UIT, TGFT)
Mick (UIT, PA)
Naismith (UIT)
Sharingan (Serco, SCAR)
Swag Man (Serco, GRU)
Waldoze (UIT, TGFT)
yoda (Serco, SAF)

The final standings:

1st) Mick, 90p, 3M
2nd) Swag Man, 52p, 2M
3rd) Sharingan and Bauer, 26p, 500K each
5th) Ecka Estenk and Waldoze, 19p
7th) yoda, 10p
8th) Naismith, DNF

The notes:

A very aggressive tube race. Pilots loved to fire onto each other, almost ignoring the race itself. The causalty rate was very, very high.

Naismith dropped off the race at the second track. Waldoze didn't run the last lap in H5 ("The station"). Mick didn't get the full 100p stake as he was shot down in the first lap of H5. However, he's clearly the man to beat, at the Sedina tracks.

The race had some very close head-to-head's, as the final standings has clearly shown.

Thanks to participants, practice in the tubes (they might not be as entertaining as pvp, but for sure they are challenging), and see you all next week, same time, same place.
Aug 24, 2007 maq link
What do you mean it's not as fun? Of course it's fun!
Aug 25, 2007 Syylk link
The main point of this game, by devs' vision and general player understanding, is pvp. You're "good" at this game if you can brag you can kill others' ships.

For sure racing (tube or galaxy) is very fun, Mick. But perception of reality is more important than reality itself, thus racing in a combat game is considered a "second class" entertainment.

Now, if we want to debate that it takes a LOT of skill to properly drive a light fighter in a blue and gray hell of deadly pipes, be my guest. But this doesn't change the fact that there are far more players in NWs than in TRs and DRs combined.
Aug 25, 2007 maq link
Now, that's a no fun response. ;)
Aug 25, 2007 Shadoen link
/me seconds maq
-sharingan-