I hold the record for Behemoths! WOOT!

The Centurion MkII used to be infiniboost and was THE ship to race in if you couldn't get a Valk.

Nice work! Great compilation of info for a great race.

Okay, Records updated, General Race Stats posted and now for the tie breaking rule:

In case of a tie, multiply their placement percentage by the # of races that person has been in. The higher number wins. If they are still tied, consider those placements interchangeable.

And now, I do write ups and the much smaller task of the Corporate Sectors Run compilation.

Or not....

Sorry Screwball. My comp crashed (again). It's currently sitting in a repair shop, so it'll be a little longer until I get the write up done.

Top #50 using currently available ships (no valks/old cents):

1. LeberMac - 28:03 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, 2x Iceflare Rockets - Race #17
2. MonkofAkan - 28:48 - Hornet Mk2, No Weps - Race #20
3. Demonor - 30:05 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #17
4. _Ghost_ - 30:34 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #25
5. MonkofAkan - 30:37 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #23
6. Ananzi - 30:51 - Warthog Mk2, No Weps - Race #17
7. Myst - 30:52 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #7
8. Miharu - 30:53 - Vulture Mk3, No Weps - Race #25
9. Borb II - 31:08 -Vulture Mk3, No weps - Race #7
10. Screwball - 31:12 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #8
11. LeberMac - 31:23 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #28
12. LeberMac - 31:52 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, 4x Gemini missiles - Race #23
13. GSNK - 31:55 - Vulture Mk3, 2x Neut 3s - Race #2
14. MonkofAkan - 32:03 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #19
15. MonkofAkan - 32:10 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #18
16. fooz2916 - 32:17 - Vulture Mk3. No Weps - Race #28
17. Black Sting - (32:30ish) - Corus Marauder, 2x Gauss Cannons - Race #1
18. MonkofAkan - 32:33 - Warthog Mk2, 1x Proximity Mines - Race #17
19. Ronic Noctis - 32:47 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, 1x Orion XGX Phase Blaster - Race #28
20. fooz2916 - 32:50 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, 1x Gemini Missiles - Race #20
21. Dr. Lecter - 33:03 - Warthog Mk2, 1x Megaposi - Race #23
22. fooz2916 - 33:04 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, 1x Gemini Missiles - Race #23
23. LeberMac - 33:09 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, 2x Iceflare Rockets - Race #18
24. MonkofAkan - 33:20 - Warthog Mk2, 1x Gemini Missiles and 1x Concussion Mines - Race #11
25. fooz2916 - 33:35 - Warthog Mk2, 1x Gemini Missiles - Race #18
26. auouymous - 33:37 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #28
27. fooz2916 - 33:56 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, 1x Gemini Missiles - Race #21
28. Demonor - 34:15 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian(?), No Weps - Race #26
29. Dragon of Fire - 34:16 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #23
30. Ortemir Ortec - 34:28 - Warthog Mk2,1x Lightning Mines - Race #7
31. fooz2916 - 34:36 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian. 1x Gemini Missiles - Race #17
32. MonkofAkan - 34:39 - Centurion Mk2, No Weps - Race #25
33. Dragon of Fire - 34:47 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #17
34. iTripped - 34:57 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #19
35. Joyce Sanders - 34:59 - Warthog Mk2, 1x Chaos Swarm Missiles - Race #26
36. Dragon of Fire - 35:01 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #19
37. i fight for unrest - 35:21 - Vulture, 2x Neut 2s - Race #7
38. Joyce Sanders - 35:26 - Warthog Mk2, No Weps - Race #24
39. iTripped - 35:27 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #26
40. LeberMac - 35:34 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #11
41. Pilot 13 - 35:38 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, No Weps - Race #17
42. bloodthirst - 35:39 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, 2x Orion XGX Phase Blasters, 2x Gemini Missiles - Race #15
43. Harpo - 35:50 - Centurion Mk2, No Weps - Race #23
44. Niki - 36:16 - EC-107, No Weps and n/a - Race #9
45. Maximian - 36:24 - Vulture, No Weps - Race #25
46. bloodthirst - 36:46 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, n/a - Race #17
47. who? me? - 36:47 - Vulture, No Weps - Race #17
48. fooz2916 - 36:53 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, n/a - Race #11
49. Krashis Merala - 37:10 - Warthog Mk2, No Weps - Race #17
50. Krashis Merala - 37:30 - Vulture Mk3, No Weps - Race #25

And some extra stats of top 50:

56% Orion Hornet Convoy Guardians
18% Warthog mkII's
10% Vulture mkIII's
6% Vulture mkI's
4% Centurion mkII's
2% Hornet mkII
2% Corvus Marauder
2% EC-107

40-44% unarmed

14% MonkofAkan
14% fooz2916
10% Leber
6% Dragon of Fire
4% Demonor
4% iTripped
4% Joyce Sanders
4% bloodthirst
4% Krashis Merala
(36% Other)
>2% Ghost
>2% Ananzi
>2% Myst
>2% Miharu
>2% Borb II
>2% Screwball
>2% GSNK
>2% Black Sting
>2% Ronic Noctis
>2% Dr. Lecter
>2% auouymous
>2% Ortemir Ortec
>2% i fight for unrest
>2% Pilot 13
>2% Harpo
>2% Niki
>2% Maximian
>2% who? me?

Race #32 and #33 are up. Sorry for being late on those. To make up, I should have some free time this weekend to update the Interesting Facts, the Records, and fix all the numbers. Some positions on the leaderboard switched up again, so check if you have raced recently. Also, i combined Monk and Blue Streak, as they are the same exact characters, just different names (I mean, I had a 520k bounty on Monk's head, and it was still on Blue Streak when the name changed)

Race #34 included. All the numbers fixed. I'll do the records and facts as soon as I A) Have free time and B) Finish Race #33s writeup

Awww, do these new stats mean my record is no longer viable?

No, it's still the All Time record. Fooz is just doing his own top fifty list :)

It'd be interesting if someone were to take a Valk (outside the race, of course) and see if Ghost's record can be beat at all now.

I'd be surprised. If my connection is at all a benchmark (and I'm not assuming it is) just look at how far I fell. I didn't hit a single storm in my last race until I got so desperate (around Itani I think) that I gave up on my plotted course.

Cogentco has been getting steadily worse since, well... since I started playing. I'm dearly hoping they have fixed things before I re-subscribe in May.

Well, Leebs' got an average ping of 9... care to attempt it, LeberMac?

Sure, I'll try it this weekend just as a lark. Have the devs turn off all the storms or somethin, and we'll get an official benchmark for "Fastest Possible Time".

Although my ping was 37 last night. Hrm. That's WAY off...

Getting an offial shortest time will still be tricky. Even if two players jump into a sector from same sector they will jump in up to ~2km apart. That adds about +/-10s inaccurancy per sector.

I'll be home--I'll take a run with Leebs.

... if he's willing, that is.

LOL I read that as "take a run at Leebs."
Which scared me, initially.

I'll try on Sat. night...

Race #38 stats up. Some people shot up near the top, and some vets losing ground (All this is standings-wise).

Oh, unnoficial fastest time (using a bug or two on the test server) is 22:12. Not official or anything, just for fun. :)

Installment #4 - Runs #28 to #40

Race #28

- All the racers finished within two minutes of each other.

Race #29

- Six of the seven racers were downed.
- mr_spuck earned two million credits for downing the third and second place racers before they could dock.

Race #30

- This was the first race to use the earlier timeslot, designed to allow the Europeans more participation. It worked, for this race at least.
- The fastest infiniboost time after the first ship rebalancing was achieved this race (and third fastest time overall), 28:01 by Erik C.
- There were thirteen racers this race, the most thusfar.

Race #31

- Four of the five racers were eliminated.
- After being disqualified for going the wrong way, Blackhole Goldclaw came back to the finish sector and mined it. He killed two of the remaining three racers, earning him two million credits. Mining a Corvus station was *later* deemed an exploit.
- Lag issues caused Calder to remain in the dock a bit too long, being taken out by BG's Lightning mines.

Race #32

- Exactly three of the eight racers finished.
- 75% of the racers carried one form of weapon or another.

Race #33

- Only four racers showed up for this early timeslot, one of them actually European.
- The Orion Hornet COnvoy Guardian did not win any spots this race for the first time almost ever.

Race #34

- Only three of the eight racers finished this race (again)
- Joyce Sanders MCed in Screwball's absence.
- Mike-L begins his racing career, racing ships no one else would dare to fly. He flew a fully loaded Prometheus this time.
- mr_spuck officially starts his counter event to the race, his "Make Race Fun Squad", offering 500k per dead racer.

Race #35

- Only two of the six racers finished in this early timeslot race.

Race #36

- Four of the seven racers finished this race.
- There were many storms in this race.

Race #37

- A new rule is introduced to deal with the station camping issue of pirates for the race. No credits were awarded for any kills in odia M-14. This does not stop the "reavers" as it was aptly put.
- All nine racers failed to finish this race, making it the deadliest race of all, tied with a few other 100% racer killed races (at least percentage-wise).
- The new timeslot starts to show that it does indeed attract more racers, but also, disproportianally, more pirates too. Are most European players pirates? That's a question for someone else.

Race #38

- This race had the most participants ever (and probably for a long time) with fifteen racers.
- The first disqualification ever was issued to Baron Koob, who used a certain lua command to speed ahead at 500m/s.
- Eight of the racers were eliminated (one, as mentioned above, by disqualification).
- A TeamSpeak setup was tested out this race. It was only used for a race soundtrack for this race but there are possible plans for it's use in the future otherwise.

Race #39

- Seven of the ten racers were eliminated this race.
- Is it just me or is a <50% completion factor for racers to be expected now?
- Blue Streak began hiring an anti-pirate squad, which worked quite well.

Race #40

- The No Valkyrie Rule is dropped due to the second ship rebalancing to occur in the race's history.
- Six of the ten racers were eliminated one way or another.
- With the ship rebalancing, any chance of breaking Ghost's record is lost (for now).

Facts up to Race #40 updated. Records updated mostly, but there needs some calculations I don't have time for right now (and research). Stats fully updated except for numbers in front of the names.

Valks allowed again!?

I'm back in!