NASJAR 1 [Jet Racing Signups/Discussion]

[Shayla]

No

[Jebslund]

Ah. In that case, signups for new nations ended last Wednesday, but, seeing as we're sitting at 15 pilots and 5 courses, the deadline for additions is in two and a half hours, and I would still need another 5 field fillers just to make the field 20 (unless Sherpa gets theirs in), I'll make an exception. We're now sitting at 16 pilots and 6 courses.


EDIT: Shayla, I am unable to approve your course. Upon further review, you seem to have accidentally copied large parts of the description of Frozen Forest's A Race Against Winter. Please alter the description of your course, or it will not be included in the series and you may be assessed a (small) penalty.

Pilots begin the race on the Second Fjollum Regional Airstrip in The Western Territories Region of The Frozen Forest. Pilots take off using the strip and immediately find themselves over the very forest that The Frozen Forest is named for. The deciduous greenery below is beautiful and marks the safer part of the course. There is no height requirement for this part of the course, however it is ill advised to fly above 600m due to the dangerous turbulence. The first checkpoint of the course is the Greater Fjollum Mountain Peaks. Pilots must pass through the opening between the Peaks and may not fly over them. After passing through, the turbulence grows and pilots have the choice of dropping lower to the ground or remaining high in the air. Pilots must make a half circle turn in order to pass beside the beautiful and dangerous Erikson Falls. After passing by the Waterfall Pilots must make a dash forwards until they reach yet another set of twin peaks, which they must pass through once again. After passing through they must make another half circle turn and begin to return to the Second Fjollum Regional Airstrip. This final half-circle turn involves some of the worse turbulence in The Frozen Forest, Pilots are advised not to take it too sharply.

Name: Yellow Plains Air Race
Course Record: 13:34:615
Laps:5
Course Description: Pilots begin the race on the Mare Airstrip in The Mare Region of Shayla. Pilots take off using the strip and immediately find themselves over the Rolling Hills before the Yellow Plains. The rolling hills is constains beutiful untamed green grass and marks the safest part of the course. There is no height requirement for this part of the course, however it is ill advised to fly above 800m due to the sturbulence. The first checkpoint of the course is the Bigfoot & Bearclaw Mountain Peaks. Pilots must pass through the opening between the Peaks and may not fly over them. After passing through, the turbulence grows and pilots have the choice of dropping lower to the ground or remaining high in the air. Pilots must make a half circle around the "Big Rock" Mountain . After passing by the Mountain Pilots must make a dash forwards until they reach the town of Alexandria, which they must pass on the outskirts of town. After passing by they must make another half circle turn and begin to return to the Alexandria Regional Airstrip.

Speaking of: Two hours and 20(ish) minutes until the deadline, folks! Last call for pilots and/or courses!

[Jebslund]

Signups are officially CLOSED! With the exception of Sherpa, who has until 3:30 tomorrow to submit pilot(s) and course(s) in light of their vacation, all participants are now locked in.

Expect the event thread to be up sometime between now and then, and the cutoff for the qualifier to be 1800 this coming Saturday. Less any pilots Sherpa enters, there will be 4 field fillers in the initial field.

Fillers:
23: Yuji Naka
49: Naoto Ohshima
72: Hirokazu Yasuhara
99: Rieko Kodama

Race order is currently:

1. Mianach ARC
2. The Jebsheim Experience
3. Seabhcoir Aerodrome
4. A Race Against Winter
5. The Mendicant's Ravine

Where the qualifier takes place will be determined when I make the thread. Good luck, and may the best pilot win!

[Jebslund]

... I'm an idiot.

IC's up.

[The Selkie]

... I'm an idiot.

IC's up.

No, you're not.
Posted, though. If there are any issues with it or questions open, please contact me. Although the pilots will be the main characters, their ground crews will play a role as well.

[The Frozen Forest]

I feel like i could have probably done that post better, my perfectionist is kicking in but its 4:30 AM and i'm exhausted. Goodmorning everyone (or goodafternoon, goodnight, what have you? I don't know your timezone)

[Jebslund]

Looks good to me!

And I'm in AZ, Frozen Forest.

[Jebslund]

Gentle reminder:

Cutoffs for the qualifier are in approximately 9 hours!

[The Selkie]

Good morning,
Just a heads-up, people, I'm going to post the post for the Mianach Air Racing Course (final preparations, arrangements, anthem singing and so on) this evening. Sorry for the delay.

[Jebslund]

Good morning,
Just a heads-up, people, I'm going to post the post for the Mianach Air Racing Course (final preparations, arrangements, anthem singing and so on) this evening. Sorry for the delay.

No worries!

[The Selkie]

Good morning,
Just a heads-up, people, I'm going to post the post for the Mianach Air Racing Course (final preparations, arrangements, anthem singing and so on) this evening. Sorry for the delay.

No worries!

Thanks. I'm already on five pages... ; )

[The Selkie]

No worries!

Thanks. I'm already on five pages... ; )

Sorry for the double-post and shameless self-quote, but here we go! In case of questions, please feel free to ask.
I'll post on Piffle, too. ; )

EDIT-instead-of-triple-posting: Here we go.

[Jebslund]

Thanks. I'm already on five pages... ; )

Sorry for the double-post and shameless self-quote, but here we go! In case of questions, please feel free to ask.
I'll post on Piffle, too. ; )

EDIT-instead-of-triple-posting: Here we go.

No worries. One slight quibble, though. The name of the fortress city is Dürrdürrwüste. The desert is the Tintenfisch desert.

[Jebslund]

Sounds like Arnbjorn is having control stick issues ..

[The Frozen Forest]

Sounds like Arnbjorn is having control stick issues ..

He's probably hoping that Marla can help him fix them, she seems perfect for the job. Hopefully they don't break his high-pressure shaft by mistake

-laughs in Jet Engine-

[The Selkie]

Sorry for the double-post and shameless self-quote, but here we go! In case of questions, please feel free to ask.
I'll post on Piffle, too. ; )

EDIT-instead-of-triple-posting: Here we go.

No worries. One slight quibble, though. The name of the fortress city is Dürrdürrwüste. The desert is the Tintenfisch desert.

Ooops. Sorry. Do you want me to change it?

Sounds like Arnbjorn is having control stick issues ..

He's probably hoping that Marla can help him fix them, she seems perfect for the job. Hopefully they don't break his high-pressure shaft by mistake

-laughs in Jet Engine-

I like the idea. Would you mind me writing their conversation before the grand race and send it to you for approval before posting? I really want to see, where these 'control stick issues' go... ; )

[Jebslund]

No worries. One slight quibble, though. The name of the fortress city is Dürrdürrwüste. The desert is the Tintenfisch desert.

Ooops. Sorry. Do you want me to change it?

If you want to. It was mostly a 'just for the future' thing.

He's probably hoping that Marla can help him fix them, she seems perfect for the job. Hopefully they don't break his high-pressure shaft by mistake ;)

-laughs in Jet Engine-

I like the idea. Would you mind me writing their conversation before the grand race and send it to you for approval before posting? I really want to see, where these 'control stick issues' go... ; )

laughs in OP

[The Frozen Forest]

Ooops. Sorry. Do you want me to change it?

If you want to. It was mostly a 'just for the future' thing.

I like the idea. Would you mind me writing their conversation before the grand race and send it to you for approval before posting? I really want to see, where these 'control stick issues' go... ; )

laughs in OP

I concur, go right ahead Selks, i'm looking forwards to seeing how it comes out

[The Selkie]

I concur, go right ahead Selks, i'm looking forwards to seeing how it comes out

Alright, gotta get to it, then! ; )

[Jebslund]

Gentle reminder: Two hours and 44 minutes until the cutoff!

[Jebslund]

We are now T-25 minutes to cutoff! I say again, cutoff is in T MINUS TWENTY-FIVE minutes! Plaaaaaaaaaace yer bets!

[The Selkie]

We are now T-25 minutes to cutoff! I say again, cutoff is in T MINUS TWENTY-FIVE minutes! Plaaaaaaaaaace yer bets!

Well... that did not go as planned... ; )
I'll get to writing the articles, then! TFF, Dakov and Amy as well as Marla and Arnbjorn - will the dates happen?

[Jebslund]

Just in case I don't get to posting the info before you post the articles, Jebsheim is more in line with an old medieval town that's expanded around the old buildings (and retains the aesthetics, even if the streets widen once you get out of the old part of town (which is referred to as the old town) and even the old buildings have been brought up to code). They're also going to be in particularly high spirits, as it so happens the race falls on Emperor Jebediah's birthday, so both the Emperor and Prime Minister Valentina Kerman will be attending the race. Yes, that does mean there will be parties in just about every bar, tavern, and restaurant not in the race area or typically "reserved" for dates. Considering there's a Wasserarmee base about two hours up the road, expect several of those parties to be marked by sea shanties sung very loudly and ever-so-slightly out of tune.

As far as how the people will be dressed, it will be standard fare, though there will be some who bring out the kind of clothing one might expect a peasant in Ye Olde times to wear to church/a wedding (that they've probably been lovingly maintaining since those were the latest formalwear fashions). There's also a small temple to the Krakken that will be hosting their traditional sacrifice of 500 cakes to both with Emperor Jeb a happy birthday and ask the Krakken to watch over him.

EDIT: Your typical Jebslunder in Jebsheim will still be armed, but not as visibly as in Dürrdürrwüste unless they're about to go hunting. This is a nation where it's perfectly legal to drive a fully armed and operational main battle tank to work as long as you have a driver's license, weapons license, and don't hurt anyone except in defense of yourself or others, after all. And, yes, there are shops in the old town that sell battle-ready bladed weapons.

[The Selkie]

Just in case I don't get to posting the info before you post the articles, Jebsheim is more in line with an old medieval town that's expanded around the old buildings (and retains the aesthetics, even if the streets widen once you get out of the old part of town (which is referred to as the old town) and even the old buildings have been brought up to code). They're also going to be in particularly high spirits, as it so happens the race falls on Emperor Jebediah's birthday, so both the Emperor and Prime Minister Valentina Kerman will be attending the race. Yes, that does mean there will be parties in just about every bar, tavern, and restaurant not in the race area or typically "reserved" for dates. Considering there's a Wasserarmee base about two hours up the road, expect several of those parties to be marked by sea shanties sung very loudly and ever-so-slightly out of tune.

As far as how the people will be dressed, it will be standard fare, though there will be some who bring out the kind of clothing one might expect a peasant in Ye Olde times to wear to church/a wedding (that they've probably been lovingly maintaining since those were the latest formalwear fashions). There's also a small temple to the Krakken that will be hosting their traditional sacrifice of 500 cakes to both with Emperor Jeb a happy birthday and ask the Krakken to watch over him.

Alright, thank you - the Selkie will feel right at home! ; )
Probably commemorating the occassion by wearing Geansai or other formal dress, but that's another story. ; )

[Jebslund]

Just in case I don't get to posting the info before you post the articles, Jebsheim is more in line with an old medieval town that's expanded around the old buildings (and retains the aesthetics, even if the streets widen once you get out of the old part of town (which is referred to as the old town) and even the old buildings have been brought up to code). They're also going to be in particularly high spirits, as it so happens the race falls on Emperor Jebediah's birthday, so both the Emperor and Prime Minister Valentina Kerman will be attending the race. Yes, that does mean there will be parties in just about every bar, tavern, and restaurant not in the race area or typically "reserved" for dates. Considering there's a Wasserarmee base about two hours up the road, expect several of those parties to be marked by sea shanties sung very loudly and ever-so-slightly out of tune.

As far as how the people will be dressed, it will be standard fare, though there will be some who bring out the kind of clothing one might expect a peasant in Ye Olde times to wear to church/a wedding (that they've probably been lovingly maintaining since those were the latest formalwear fashions). There's also a small temple to the Krakken that will be hosting their traditional sacrifice of 500 cakes to both with Emperor Jeb a happy birthday and ask the Krakken to watch over him.

Alright, thank you - the Selkie will feel right at home! ; )
Probably commemorating the occassion by wearing Geansai or other formal dress, but that's another story. ; )

Dang it... Was hoping to get that edit in before you responded... Anyway, yay!