Greetings!

This Saturday night (in the western hemisphere; Sun @ 2:00AM UTC), I will host the first official Capture the Flag event.

You can find a few more details in the Event posting in-game, but if you have questions, they will be answered here. If you have suggestions (a few people have already participated in a buggy game), please make a thread in the Suggestions forum.

(Sorry to be so late in properly announcing this.)

Cool!

This is cool, but I (and possibly some others) won't be able to attend. Might there be a way for the non-American timezoners to have a separate CTF event at a more convenient time, in the future?

So, like 18:00 cst or something. Ya, that won't work.

Damn! I won't be-able to be there :(

I remember CTF it was awesome!!

Yes, we'll certainly host future CTF events at various times, to give those in different time zones, or with different schedules, a chance.

It's not the same CTF as the old one (that code is incompatible with our current system). I never even played the original VO CTF, so this one may bear little resemblance. I based it on the real-life rules I enjoyed most as a kid, with a big dollop of expediency, since this is a tangent from our major development goals.

> I based it on the real-life rules

huh? something went terrible wrong there...

however: 2:00 AM UTC on Sunday...that's pretty early in the morning...hope I'm able to be online, will be interesting I think.

Maybe I'll show up. ;)

Yay! I'm looking forward to Europe-adjusted hostings.

Looks like most participants would actually be from Europe :)

Looks like most participants would actually be from Europe :) No

Yay! I'm looking forward to Europe-adjusted hostings. Where is the young toshiro^^?

great initiative Momo

erf f2H..saturday... I am dead drunk

Might make that. we'll see what's up on saturday.

As for the 2amUTC part... time for VO to be sponsored by redbull! :p

mom where you able to add something that made it easier to distinguish each half of the playing field? Like that exit bay shield thing?

What if people 'roid the flag?

Then the devs permaban them from vo.
Duhhhhhhhh.

Also, I can't make it, sorry. :<

So THIS is the event Inc hinted at! Sounds awesome, I might try to get in-game to check it out!

By "shot" does it mean "destroyed" or just shot once? Or will everyone be in a Centurion Superlight with a rail on it?

The latter, Shank. This iteration will, indeed, favor maneuverable ships and high-v weapons. Feel free to make suggestions for how to make future events more interesting (preferably after actually experiencing it).

Hmmmm, how about if you get shot down to 50% rather than just once?

Mmmm, rails.