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

*** The TIME will be 4PM Eastern Daylight Time, 7PM Pacific, 8PM Sunday GMT (Or 20:00) ***

*** Please take note of the two new/modified rules! ***

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) 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 #10.
8) First person to get back and dock at Odia M14 wins the first prize. (3 million credits)
9) Second person back gets 2nd place prize (2 million credits)
10) Third person back gets 3rd place prize (1 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
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.

would like to race! :'(

I intend to race.

I will race if my ISP isnt bitching me. Oh, and with all these borked sectors lately, what will be the new route?

Simple, Launch from Odia M-14 to B-13, and then warp right back to O-7, then back to Odia M-14! This is of course presuming that both wormholes are active, but these could easily be replaced by a station :P

I wont be racing, but I might try kill me a racer or two. Not sure if i need to sign up for that or not, but you never know with all these rules and stuff :P

I'll be performing in a concert when the Run is scheduled to happen this week, and Eonis will probably be on an airplane heading home for his mid-semester break.

Ecka should be available to run the race this weekend.

I will try to be there. I had another major computer crash lost my main hard drive. Trying to reinstall EVERYTHING now :(

Yes i hate vista too sometimes :(

==The Racers==
Mick, Foo fighter , Istamir Sol and Waldoze . all well known racers /

==The Results==
Mick | 27 : 20 | Vult Mk 3, no weps
Foo fighter | 28 : 10 | Warthog MkII, FC,
Istamir Sol | 28 : 54 | Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, FC, no weapons.
Waldoze | 32 : 04 | Warthog MkII, FC,

==Observations==
1. Very fast race , with no pirate activity , well done all of you .

Next week's Run is in the Late slot ....

Damn i don't know why but i thought it was in the late slot today :( O well.

Anyway this caught my interest:
"*** More sponsors means more prize money! (see below) ***"

I didn't see anything below how does one become a sponsor?

jb

It was a reference to that three groups were sponsoring (TGFT, SSC, CDC) instead of the then-usual two (TGFT, EnB). I'm removing it from subsequent announcements.

There are still three sponsors, I was just pre-paid a year's worth from one of them.

Thanks Ecka.

Thanks Ecka for hosting the race. Congratulations Mick, good job. And W00T! for Kimi Raikonnen in today's F1 race.