Racing

Racing Events in the Vendetta Universe

The Vendetta-Online universe offers player-run events such as the galaxy-wide Deneb Runâ„¢. In these large-format events, racing is open to all participants, with cash prizes usually offered by a sponsor.

The Deneb Run and its history

The Deneb Run is the original 'marathon' race in Vendetta and was the brainchild of Martin and the mercenary guild [BLAK]. It would be really great if Martin would add some background here.
After [BLAK] dissolved, the sponsorship of this popular race was taken up by the [TGFT] and [EnB] guilds, the two largest trade guilds extant in the Vendetta universe. As of this writing, it is customary for the lieutenant of [TGFT], Screwball, to host the races, deliver running commentary, and to hand out the prize monies. Veteran racers also have been known to be substitute-hosts in Screwball's absence.

Results from Deneb Run History

MonkofAkan had better add some stuff here.
Installment #1 - Runs #1 through 12

Race #1

• nuthou5e DNF because of an unfortunate crash with an NPC (Atlas, I assume)
• The Deneb Run was originally called "The Race Around the Galaxy"
• The race originally started and ended at the Odia B-13 wormhole to Sedina sector
• The Deneb Run (as it is now called) began in April 2005 (4433 RP-wise)
• The prizes totaled two million credits, not the current four million (thanks to the sponsorship of the race by TWO guilds)

Race #2

- BLAK started to sponsor the race at this point. - The race start/end point shifted to Odia M-14, still it's current home. - The race time was 11pm GMT (6pm EST) - The unofficial "moral" rule of No Pre-Race test Runs or Scouting is established. - A dev, a1k0n, raced in this run, though he DNF. - The name "Deneb Run" is included in the race's name

Race #3

- The start time is moved to 1am GMT Sunday (8pm EST Saturday) - The first semi - writeup of a race is posted in the form of the BLAK member Holdan Caulfield interviewing LeberMac after the race. Though Martin's write ups are shorter than the current ones done by Screwball et al. - First guild sponsorship of a racer, LeberMac and TGFT, is done, though Leber only came in 3rd that race, much to the chagrin of TGFT and Leber's jaw. - The race is officially renamed "The Deneb Run" at this point.

Race #4

- Shape did not finish this course... correctly. He started off going the wrong way and kept on going. He achieved a time of 29:36, just one second behind Calder, but was disqualified for the obvious reason. - Mavrick and untilmyaccountgetspaid also went the wrong way and were disqualified or eliminated(?), but did not finish the course regardless, unlike Shape. - Mecha Touriuas dropped from the race due to time outs, the first such incidence causing a DNF.

Race #5

- Klox brings up the now well known "Iventory Lag Factor" through a link. Racers with large stashes of goods, ships and weapons will have larger loading times those those who don't. This speeds up race times considerably. - LeberMac saves the day when Martin accidentally loses his log files, providing his own for the race stats. - "That 27-minute time of Ghost's will probably stand for a while" - quote from LeberMac, one which is still true today as Ghost's record stands (most likely never to be broken)

Race #6

- First time a Warthog Mk2 is used in a race, a common racing ship nowadays. Despite Racer only coming in in 3rd place and nearly 7 full minutes after the leader, everyone saw the potential in the ship (as long as they dropped the heavy mine launcher). Thanks to Racer, the Warthog Mk2 secured it's place as a race placing ship. - The Warthog Territorial Defender was introduced with it's amazing boosting ability, though no one raced with it just yet. - M'at makes the first recorded detour through Helios instead of Initros during the race, one of two forks along the race (both of which are in Serco space). - This was the first time a Heavy Battery was used o race with, by The Algae, though it's not really a good idea...

Race #7

- It looks like Three-Oh-8 does the first in-race ship change and pitstop in a Deneb Run, switching from a heavy battery to an infiniboosting ship.

Race #8

- This is the first time an Ultra Fast Charge Battery was used in a race, by mr. spuck.

Race #9

- Larry LeBeuf was eliminated with prejudice by an asteroid, the first such incident of a roid-racer collision (though collisions during the race wren't new, see Race #1) - Dr. Lecter had entered a storm and was racing for the exit point when he timed out. He was destroyed by the bots in the area. this is the first incident when a time out caused a racer to die (though time outs have made racers drop from the race, see Race #4) - This was the last race sponsored by the now dissolved Black Lance of Kraz guild.

Race #10

- Screwball and TGFT take over the now popular Deneb Run from Martin and BLAK, respectively. - The One Million Credit Bonus to anyone who could beat _Ghost_'s record was instituted (a reward that has still not been claimed). - The now familiar write up style of the race by Screwball makes it's debut. - This is the first race in which it's founder, Martin, actually raced in it, placing a respectable second place. - Dragon of Fire begins to form the goal of beating _Ghost_'s record, as a storm in Bractus cut his dreams.

Race #11

- A total of 8 racers participated in this race, a record attendance. - On a personal note, this was my first race, in which I placed second >_> - _Ghost_ now points out the near impossibility of breaking his record, as the Valkyrie Rune was no longer infiniboostable. - The first full length write up is done. - The first attempted race with a Behemoth was done by Gruumsh. Unfortunately, he did not finish the race.

Race #12

- The Earth and Beyond guild decides to co-sponsor the Deneb Run from this point on, doubling the prize money to four million credits total. - This was the first time anyone even thought about (much less tried to) race in a stock EC-88. He id not finish, which is not a surprise really. - The CDC One Man blockade managed to not only take out the two leading EnB racers, but also distract the other leading EnB racer into heading to the wrong wormhole in Verasi. (Thanks to Captain 'Nice' Hardrive for the help :) ) - This race had the most deaths in any race thus far at four.