Deneb Run Championship

The Deneb Run Championship

The Deneb Run Championship is a meta-competition based solely on the outcome of official Deneb Run races, to determine the Champion based on aggregate results. The Championship will run for many races. For example, the First Championship covers 50 races (D.R. 101 --> D.R. 150 inclusive).
The Deneb Run Championship is being tracked and managed separately from the Deneb Run official MCs (with their permission but without them having any responsibility for it).

Points are awarded each race as follows:

Position	points
1st	10
2nd	6
3rd	4
>= 4	1 ... a consolation point for finishing outside the podium

Double points may be awarded for particularly special / unique DR races run by DR MCs (as DR-100 was); in which case this will be announced in advance. For example the Season Finale, DR150, should qualify for double points.

Only official Deneb Runs are counted; and the official results as published on VO forum stands (or, failing that, the official results as broadcast by the official race MC in ingame chat). Foo Fighter will track and manage the league table, and he will also adjudicate in case of any ambiguity or uncertainty. Foo Fighter's decision (as pertains to the Championship) is final (the no-bitching clause).

The Championship, started with countback of results back to Deneb Run 101.
Anyone who races in Deneb Run qualifies, no entrance is necessary.

A prize will be awarded the winner: the Championship cup, and Prize money. This currently stands at $25M thanks to Foo Fighter / [ITAN], Cranston Gorky [ITG] and Hortan [SSC], who also donates $7M in runner-up prize money.

The First Deneb Run Championship Season

Leaderboard
after 5 races (D.R. 105)

Position	Racer	points
1st	Jestatis Bess	22
2nd	Foo Fighter	20
3rd	Cranson Gorky	17
4th	Waldoze	11
5th	Mick	10
6th	Katrina L-F	5
7th	Maiz Man	5

Summary Results

DR 101

• 1st: FooFighter
• JestatisBess
• TheBlackFlag
• Very stormy run. Especially Pherona and Jallik reserved many blue km to our racers.
• Not much pirate activity. Turning the tables, Omega 0, an [ITAN] guildmate of Foo Fighter, attacked TheBlackFlag (a pirate)!
• Still, even with few percentage points left, TBF managed to dock in third place.

DR 102

• 1st: Cranston Gorky
• JestatisBess
• MaizMan

DR 103

• 1st: Waldoze
• SCAR
• JestatisBess
• NP
• Tex Arcana
• No idea what Dartok was thinking using a heavy powercell. He quickly dropped to the back, and was taken out by a [SAF]
• A couple odd ship choices today--two ships with 60/s drain. Oddly enough, they both finished!
• Today's Deneb Run marked the debut of an announcement assistant script, "MC Spammer"

DR 104

• 1st: Mick
• JestatisBess
• Riyusone
• Waldoze
• Maiz Man
• Cranston Gorky
• Katrina L-F: EC-89
• Katrina finished the run in a govbus, beating Erik C.'s time with an EC-89. Impressive, in the slowest ship in the game!
• Orion Hornets dominated the space lanes tonight. Only three pilots flew other ships. Mick in the Vulture placed first
• Mecha Touriuas scraped at least three kills off of Jan Rhapsody, who was attempting to kill the racers off.

DR 105

• 1st: FooFighter
• Cranston Gorky
• Katrina L-F: EC-89
• Katrina finished the run in a govbus yet again, breaking the record! This is also the first time an EC-89 or 88 has placed well enough to earn prize money! Congrats!
• MC Spammer wasn't used today because of technical reasons.
• tramshed was killed two minutes and thirty-four seconds into the race, and Rodana-Do dropped out twenty-six minutes and thirty-six seconds into the race when IRL issues got in the way