*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).
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==== Race #41 ====
*A fair number of the racers were killed by Lightening Mines while trying to dock at Corvus Hold. Using Lightening Mines at the station entrances is widely viewed as somewhere between a cheap tactic and an exploit. Thanks to Relayer for providing the would-be #2 and #3 finishers (auouymous and Spaceranger) with credits equivalent to what they would have earned if they didn't die. To be fair, she also gave a bonus to the LeberMac.
*The Deneb Run #41 marked the 1st anniversary of The Deneb Run. Since it began a year ago, over 150 million credits in prizes have been awarded. Martin, if you're reading this, take a bow for starting a great Vendetta tradition.
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==== Race #42 ====
*4 Seconds! After travelling all the way around the galaxy, the margin of victory was 4 seconds!
*There were no pilots killed by pirates this week. None, zero, zip, nada, the null set, the complete lack of any number above 0 and only the presence of a big round "o" representing, you guessed it, jack squat. Perhaps the pirates were feeling the after effects of hijacking all those holiday supply shipments of Peeps?
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==== Race #43 ====
*Wow, this was a huge race... 14 racers!
*After Kites had 2 impressive kills in Serco space, knocking out the then #1 and #2 racers, the pirates fell short and didn't manage to take out any more racers.
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==== Race #44 ====
*Seven pilots killed by 3 pirates, Niki bagging three, mr_spuck and Jolly Roger two each.
*There was a problem with VO dropping lines and Mick missed the start of the race, so he quit.
*There were ten racers. So only two made it...
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==== Race #45 ====
*This was the largest Deneb Run yet with 16 racers!
*This marks the first time ever that someone has completed The Deneb Run in a stock free bus. Congratulations to Erik C!
*The new pirate NPCs are pretty nasty. They killed at least one racer as they passed through Sedina.
*This was also the race that momerath tested out his Deneb Run mission, with mixed results.
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==== Race #46 ====
*Maybe I should change the starting theme from Ride of the Valkyries to Flight of the Bumblebee. Orion Hornets for the win!
*mr_spuck and Mecha Toriuas, ie the "no u!" spammers, complain about how the Deneb Run clogs 100 too much for them. And so, Screwball begins using channel 500 instead.
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==== Race #47 ====
*With the small number of racers, I'm surprised the pirates didn't kill anyone and claim some of the prize money.
*Valkyries make a strong return against the Orion Hornet this week, though I think luck/planning in hitting or missing storms also had a big effect on the outcome.
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==== Race #48 ====
*The pirates made no kills this time, as many of the recent races.
*Mick is on a roll, winning the last two Deneb Run and countless Corp Runs.
*Breazle supposedly killed a Hive Queen and did 5 prospecting missions while racing.
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==== Race #49 ====
*In an amazing display of high speed docking prowess, Mick actually docked to repair his hull (which was down to 11%) in Geira Rutilus, and he still won.
*NPC pirates killed 2 racers before they even made it to Latos. Player pirates had only 1 kill (Joyce as she was trying to dock). (fooz2916 dropped out before finishing.)
*During the race, the pilots started a discussion about the fairness of the Valkyrie vs other ships, because it has such good acceleration. And thus, the "No Valkyrie Rule" would be instituted again.
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==== Race #50 ====
*There was a small group of racers this week, which had a few players salivating at the easy chance to earn some money by killing the racers.
*Breazle managed to dock under hostile conditions and was the only player to complete the race. Nice work!
*Once again, Mick docked to repair during the race, which probably kept him alive after taking lots of damage early on. This time it wasn't enough, though. After leading for most of the race, he had a connection problem in Bractus which resulted in him being blown up by Moby Dick. Due to the problem being out of his control, Mick was awarded the prize money for 2nd place and Moby Dick was awarded the 3rd place kill prize.
*Deslock got ganked by NPC pirates coming out of the wormhole into Bractus.
*toshiro dropped out early on after making a wrong turn in Ukari.
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==== Race #51 ====
*In a nice bit of symmetry, Blue Streak, host of the Corporate Sectors Run, won this Deneb Run using the exact same ship config that I used to win the CSR earlier in the day.
*Continuing the symmetry, Mick took 2nd in both races.
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==== Race #52 ====
*Sigma Shipping Company came as close as EnB did to be the only guild to entirely sweep the winning spots. Alas, it was not to be, as third place was taken by toshiro.
*All those who did not place, died.
*This began Blue Streak's retirement (however short lived it was). Racers around the universe breathed a sigh of relief.
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==== Race #53 ====
*No data is available for this race. Only one of two that nothing was reported for.
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==== Race #54 ====
*Six Racers. Very vanilla race.
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==== Race #55 ====
*Thanks to Miharu for awarding a 500k prize for 4th place.
*Apparently skill still beats technology, as Mick flew a non-infiniboost Vulture MkIII to victory, posting a very impressive sub-30 minute time. This has since become his signature ship.
*LeberMac once again earns sponsorship money from TGFT (something he did previously in The Deneb Runs #3 and #5).
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==== Race #56 ====
*Another six racers. Another very vanilla race. A pattern perhaps?
*Mick comes close to breaking into the 27:-- barrier with his Vulture MkIII.
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==== Race #57 ====
*Blue Streak returns as a one off in this race and wins second place!
*Moby's choice of a 180m/s Marauder surprised me, but nowhere near as much as the fact that he finished. Congrats!
*The race was started in a sector other than Odia M-14 for the second time since it started last year. (The first time was in Odia B-13 and it was for the very first Deneb Run.) This change occurred because of the new Deliverator pirates, who now spawn in station sectors.
*fooz2916 added a secondary prize to the race: four lawguns to first place, two to second, and one to third. The lawguns were "valued at 60k each". The second place winner declined his share.
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==== Race #58 ====
*Congratulations to firsm for collecting the 800k prize for eliminating Mick from the race.
*But there were only three racers.
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==== Race #59 ====
*This was the first race cancelled due to not a racer showing up.
*It was picked up next weekend, though, with the same race number.
*It was a clean sweep for the EC-107.
*The race between Miharu and Mecha was actually pretty close, with them each swapping positions several times. Also, Dr. Lecter/John Galt tried hard to solicit pirates to kill Miharu, as well as trying to do the job himself, but all racers managed to dock safely.
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==== Race #60 ====
*This race was run by Spaceranger.
*Three out of five racers made it.
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==== Race #61 ====
*Ghost's long held fastest time of 26:55 was shattered by Blue Streak's time of 26:36.
*And there was much rejoicing...
*...
*yay...
*This race was run on Sunday in lieu of the Saturday Run, which did not occur.
*Spaceranger and Aleksey were neck and neck until Space hit three (or four?) storms in Setalli, which set him back to last place. goes to show how one system can be the death of place holding dreams.
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==== Race #62 ====
*Erik C. , aka Blue Streak, begins his newfound campaign to take the fastest Behemoth racing time as well. He got shot down this race, though. Despite this, he was not in last place when he was killed.
*Orion Hornets sweep the race this week!
*The three pilots that didn't finish were killed in the last few systems by pirates.
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==== Race #63 ====
*Only 2 racers finished this week, earning Dr. Lecter 800k for killing the final racer (who would have taken 3rd) in Pelatus. The kill was Erik C. and his Behemoth again.
*Captain Nordal Zuretha made it to Rhamus and then had to drop out for out of game reasons.
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==== Race #64 ====
*2nd place goes to a Behemoth!!!!1111 Way to go Erik C.
*Congrats to all involved as there were multiple sector failures encountered by multiple pilots during the race, yet everyone managed to complete the race.
*Congrats to Joyce C. for not placing last despite an approximately 900ms ping time for almost the entire race.
*All five racers finished this race.
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==== Race #65 ====
*Deadly Run. Stellars fell to the Sedina pirates, Fasten to the Serco Strike Forces, and Mick to notorious pirate fooz2916 when he had reached Bractus in first place.
*Blue Streak took the storm attractor with him and hit a lot of storms, such that one time fell to fourth place and later gave up all chance to catch up to Surbius.
*Still, some luck was with him because he survived fooz2916's attack, docked to repair, and still managed to nab second place.
*BDC pilot Omni Vorcyber attacked MC Joyce Sanders before the race started, damaging some racers, because she had earlier stated her dislike for the BDC. Demostrating typical BDC incompetence, Omni failed to kill Joyce on his surprise attack while using a spamrag. Later, BDC Lt. Makunouchi Ippo tried to defend his underling's actions, claiming Joyce is part of the "Axis of Itani Evil", but in the end Omni Vorcyber left the BDC.
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==== Race #66 ====
*This was a deadly race, with three of the four racers being killed by pirates. After the first racer was killed, Bonen merolus/firsm killed Joloc and Joyce C. to claim the 800k and 1.2 million credit prizes.
*This was the first race ever for both Joloc and Daggoth Korronoth.
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==== Race #67 ====
*Blue Streak, Mick, and Ion Storm are all very skilled veteran racers, so this was an exciting race.
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==== Race #68 ====
*Joyce C. experienced an Internet connection problem mid-way through the race and had to withdraw from the race. She was not shot down.
*The pirating that was so rampant once has seen a major decline, a big relief for some and to the grumbling of other racers.
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==== Race #69 ====
*This race was amazing, with every racer holding 1st, 2nd and 3rd at one time or another along the course.
*The end was a photo finish; I actually had to go to my logs to check who had docked first. Swag man had docked a split second before Joyce C. did.
*However, their times were the same if you counted from when they began the race, as Joyce C. was exactly one second slow starting.
*Mick was taken down by the SCAR duo waiting in Odia M-14: Mike-L and Cunjo. He would have placed first.
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