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

*** The TIME will be 4PM Eastern Standard Time, 1PM Pacific, 8PM Saturday GMT (Or 20:00) ***

*** Please take note of the modified payout rule (in bold)! ***

The race progress announcements will be announced on Channel 500

All citizens are welcome to race, there is no entrance fee, and 12 Million credits in prizes (doubled from last time!) 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) There is a maximum eight-racer limit (seven if there is only one MC), or four racers per group. This is to allow the MCs to actually be able to MC the race and keep track of all the racers. Spots are first-come, first-served, with a priority on those who post to this thread. The group sizes may be increased if the MCs can handle it and there is enough interest on a given week. (new rule)
4) Contestants must be within 100m of the MC(s) before the start
5) No shooting before the race starts.
- Depending on the severity of the infraction, and at the host's (or hosts') discretion, violation of this rule can result in not only a disqualification for the current race, but also a ban from winning prize money as either a racer or an anti-racer in future Deneb Runs. (new rule extension)
6) You die and you're out (so no /exploding)
7) All weapons and ships allowed, except those listed in #11.
8) First person to get back and dock at Odia M14 wins the first prize. (6 million credits)
9) Second person back gets 2nd place prize (4 million credits)
10) Third person back gets 3rd place prize (2 million credits)
11) Valkyrie ships are not allowed.
12) Attempting to trigger a false start of the race is grounds for disqualification.
13) 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 participating.
Pre-condition #2: Less than 3 racers complete The Deneb Run.
If the above pre-conditions are met, up to half of the total available 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 racer-kill prize money (3 mil, 2 mil, 1 mil, or 0)
- The 2nd most recent eligible kill earns the 2nd highest racer-kill prize money (2 mil, 1 mil, or 0)
- The 3rd most recent eligible kill earns the 3rd highest racer-kill prize money (1 mil or 0)

Unclaimed prize money (up to 50% of the total the prize payout) will be added to the next Run's pot.

Please reply to this thread if you intend to race.

== The Racers ==
IRS - Union pilot, he's raced in the past with dreams of glory.
Aleksey - Union pilot, member of VPR. Old racer, just returned from hiatus.
Breazle - Union pilot, member of PA. He's raced a lot recently, and placed well.
Mike-L - Dominion pilot, member of ONE. This was his first race for a while.
Crello Yoma - Union pilot, councilor of PA. This was his first [edit: third] race.
Aron Jones - Itani pilot, member of Itan. He's raced recently.
Look ...No Hands - Union pilot, lieutenant of CLM. He's raced off and on recently.

== The Results ==
Aleksey | 30:24 | EC-107, FCPC, no weapons.
Breazle | 30:30 | Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, FCPC, no weapons.
Look ...No Hands | 34:05 | (C)Raptor MKI, UCPC, no weapons.
Mike-L | 34:23 | Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, FCPC, no weapons.
IRS | 34:47 | Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, FCPC, 1x Orion XGX Phase Blaster.
Crello Yoma | 36:16 | Warthog MKII, FCPC, 1x Mega Positron Blaster.
Aron Jones | 44:01 | Itani Centurion Border Guardian, UCPC, 2x Ravens.

== Observations ==
1) Aleksey's first race for a while. Welcome back!
2) It was a really close race for first, second and third, all three places alternating throughout the race.
3) Aron Jones got a lag spike and lost his VO connection.
4) No pirate attacks. I guess they were all trading (aside from LNH).

Schedule-permitting, tune in next week for the Deneb Run.

It's good to be back! I spent most of the race catching up to Breazle, hit 2 storms, went wrong direction once, and in Edras some weird process has eaten all my CPU and I literally couldn't control my ship for a minute... but Breazle also made his share of mistakes and caught his share of lags :) That was fun competition, but I was a bit more lucky in the end.

Thanks to the host and sponsors, thanks to all the racers, special thanks to Breazle... YOU GOT PWNED BWAHAHAHAHA

i was suprised to finish in the craptor, let alone place.

lol Aleksey it was a good race, dont no how you caught up like that but great job you went through geria and deneb easy, nice run
thanks again Mor

Congratulations, Aleksey.

Good race all and HEY this is like my third race not my first.