40-44 pilots from around the NS Omniverse will compete in a series of races over the next few weeks, earning points based on their position in each race. After the first round of races, the field eligible for the championship title will be halved. After the second round, one quarter will remain. And, in the final elimination round, there will be only six racers competing in a series of four races which will determine which two will go head-to-head for the Hartmann Cup! There will be sweat. There will be tears! And there will be one heck of a sweet party after the championship race. Be sure to tune in, and, jet pilots the Omniverse over, bring your A-game!
OOC:
I tend to be a bit of an aircraft enthusiast, and I saw that there weren't really all that many air racing threads, so I wanted to make one. I've actually been wanting to do this for a few months, but am only just now getting around to it. I know, poor show, but yeah.
So, the format for this is going to be a series of races based on the number of people who join, with at least one in each nation represented. For this reason, each nation participating may submit up to four pilots. I'm going to also ask that no puppets of nations already entered be entered at this time. If we need more entries, I will open up registrations to allow people to enter their puppets. I would also like to ask for a course to be submitted with the following information:
Name:
Course Record:
Course Description:
(Optional) Course History:
Pilots can simply be listed as a name and aircraft number, though anyone who wishes to can make up their own app and include biographical information for a (very small) RP bonus.
As for scorinatation, I will be using the same method Newmanistan used in NSSCRA 6:
As to the schedule, I plan to have cutoffs between 4 and 6pm each race day, and scorination done by around 8 (it's my first time using the program, so please bear with me.). The final race will take place in Jebslund. In the event one of my pilots makes it to the final race, someone else may scorinate if they wish, so long as they do not have any pilots in the final. In the event of a tie, number of victories will be the tiebreaker, with total of all averages (lower is better) being the tiebreaker tiebreaker.
With that all said, here's the rules:
1: No godmoding, unless allowed in a specific player's RP permissions.
2: Please keep fatalities to an absolute minimum.
3: Be creative, but don't go overboard with courses. Let's not have people racing through an active volcano, hmmm?
4: All jets are De Havilland Vampires (or your nation's equivalent), or similar. You have a bit of leeway here, but please keep it within that body type and engine count, as any deviation will be purely cosmetic.
5: Please keep course records under 15 minutes. EDIT: Xkoranate's qualifying function maxes out the track record at 999:999, meaning 999 seconds and 999 thousandths of a second, which works out to about 16 minutes and 39 seconds. For the sake of a nice, round number, I'm limiting this to 15 minutes.
6: This is very important: There will be a generous and diminishing RP bonus given for each race. This is cumulative. HOWEVER...
7: You will NOT receive a bonus for roleplays unrelated to air racing, sports of your nation in general, or the NASJAR. This is not to say off-course stuff is off limits. By all means, please do go into detail about your country's preparations for the races, politics surrounding the events, national foods and sights tourists might experience, off-track pilot/team shenanigans, etc. I just don't feel it is fair to award an RP bonus to a sporting event from a post about secret police bullshit and spy intrigue that has nothing to do with sports. If you're here to wax poetic about your country's methods of enhanced interrogation, go to II or F&NI. My sporting event is not your spy movie or Stalinist Russia simulator.
8: Have fun. This is mandatory.
Without further ado, let the signups commence!
Pilots:
Jebslund:
00: Flora "Sternenjäger" Kerman
08: Henry "Die Achte" Kerman
13: Edmund "Derpol" Kerman
Free Lands:
07: Erblin Piteog
14: Marla Eitleoir
41: Raidri Leathchúpla
42: Amy Ollmhór
Frozen Forest:
09: Dakov Weimar
10: Armati Toscano
11: Arnbjorn Hjolfson
12: April Baustein
Sherpa:
tagged
Northwest Kalactin:
54: James McNeil
98: Nathan Maconson
Lisander:
02: Sadne Marès
03: Salo Marès
Shayla:
16: Madison Jones
Courses:
Jebslund:
Free Lands:
Frozen Forest: