The CDC, SSC and TGFT are proud to bring you The Deneb Run this weekend.

*** The TIME will be 9PM Eastern Daylight Time, 6PM Pacific, 1AM Sunday GMT (Or 01:00) ***

*** More sponsors means more prize money! (see below) ***

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 6 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. (3 million credits)
8) Second person back gets 2nd place prize (2 million credits)
9) Third person back gets 3rd place prize (1 million 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 (3 mil, 2 mil, 1 mil, or 0)
- The 2nd most recent eligible kill earns the 2nd highest unawarded prize money (2 mil, 1 mil, or 0)
- The 3rd most recent eligible kill earns the 3rd highest unawarded prize money (1 mil or 0)

Please reply to this thread if you intend to race.

Isn't the EARLY slot tonight?

I ask because I'd love to race, but I'm about to go out to the japanese restaurant, and I won't be back in time for the early slot. I see the announce is for the late slot, however, then I could be ready to run (or host, or both).

Past saturday I MC'ed in the LATE slot.

yeah, maybe it is the early slot tonight. I thought it was the late slot for some reason. I'll postpone it if you want to race, though.

I'll ask on 100.

EDIT: No response to the query, race will be late slot this weekend as advertised. It'll be in the early slots for the next two races to make up for it.

Ah, well. The early slot passed, and we're two hours away from the late slot. If I'm still awake (or at least alive), I'll try to be there. Thanks Miha.

Hi.
Could we advertise the Deneb Run just a little more in advance?
I checked this afternoon before going out and there was no D.R. advertised.
Thanks,
-- Foo Fighter

Sorry about that. I was busy this morning running errands with a neighbor and didn't get a chance until almost 2PM local to post anything. :/

Anyway, here are the results!

The Racers
Cranston Gorky - Union pilot, lieutenant of ITG. I think he's raced before, but I'm too lazy to go back and check tonight.
Jestatis Bess - Itani pilot, commander of ONE1. He also participates from time to time.
Maiz Man - Union pilot, council of PA. This was his first race.

The Results
Cranston Gorky | 34:53 | TPG Atlas X, Fast charge powercell, 1x Geminis.
Jestatis Bess | 35:55 | Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, FC, no weapons.
Maiz Man | 45:33 | Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, FC, 1x LENB, 1x Xang Xi Storm Extender.

Observations
1) I'm not sure, but is this the first time a racer who's loaded weapons onto their ship managed to take first place? (someone who keeps track of these things... help) EDIT: Nope. Thanks, Erik.
2) We were slated to have five racers, but Maiz Man took his time in getting to Odia M-14 and two racers got impatient and dropped out. (Both would have been first-timers to the Deneb Run.) Patience is a virtue.

Not the first time.

I would have pirated if I wasn't 4,000,000m into empty space reading hp7...

Before Kat sneaks in:
I could easily win this race!

35 minutes? Wow. Did they forget to use boost?

Sorry for not showing up after all the fuss. Very important RL matter popped up. Congrats to the three pilots.

Some forgot to take a practice lap even though they had four extra hours to do so (Jestatis) and everyone hit at least one storm.

Before nothing, I want to thanks Miharu for giving me the opportunity to run considering that the start was delayed and I was in Dau at the moment.

Same gratefulness is for my guildies (and ex-guildies) who supported me, during the race, with valuable information about the 'surprises' of the road.

I wish to apologize with the pilots who left the competition because of my delay. After the finish i remained worried and distressed about this matter.

So, to clear things i search my log and cut the two most important moments before the start.
1. My first /msg to Miharu asking if there was any chance to join the race
http://www.iqq.cl/v-o/logs/dr102_log2.gif
2. The gap of time between the resign and my arrive to Odia M-14
http://www.iqq.cl/v-o/logs/dr102_log.gif

My intention with this is not to look for guilty or innocent but rather to be peacefully with my conscience. That's what motivated me to post this reply. Make your own conclusions.

Again, my sincere excuses.

Maiz Man

No problem, Maiz. I think the newcomers missed it when I stated that the Run starts late almost all the time, and that a 20-minute delay is nothing compared to some others I've seen or heard of. (I think the record is at least half an hour).

Starting late is almost a tradition at this point.

For next week's Run, Eonis and I may have something that will help make the announcements more entertaining.

Well, the banter at least. You'll see, assuming we get it finished and ready by then.

Thanks Miharu and Eonis for hosting.

It was a great race. I think Cranston Gorky was lucky to win. If i did do a prerace and avoided the storms i think i could have won.

Congrats to Cranston Gorky and Maiz Man.