TSAR (Tri-State Auto Rally) hosted it's Club
Racing Championship on Sunday, February 3, 2052. The Division 45 event was a hybrid duel/race
inspired by a format explored by SCAB (Southern
California Autodueling Brotherhood) played in the Towers Arena. The duel featured some
interesting designs, several spectacular
crashes, and the usual mayhem, mirth, and music (Dave has gotta update his mp3 files).
The arena has 8 pillars, laid out in two rows
of 4 pillars. Victory points were
scored by earning kills in the normal fashion or by completing laps around the
around the pillars.
+20 points for a mobility kill (-20 for being
mobility killed)
+20 points for a completed kill (-20 for being
completed killed)
+8 points per pillar circled - This means that
if you do a circle around one pillar, you get 8 points. If you do a circuit
around 2 pillars, you get 16 points. You could circle each individually, or
both with a single circuit. A circuit will be defined as any path that starts
and ends in approximately the same spot (within 2"). You must declare when beginning a circuit (a
marker will be placed to indicate location).
Only one circuit "beginning" point can be had at any time.
No points were awarded for partial circuits.
Players in attendance included: Eric Freeman,
Jeff Dodge, Curt Lindmark, Joe Reynolds, Bryon Gray, Joe Barlow, and Dave
McGee.
Starting from the Eastern gate on the South
side.
In the South gates
Gate 1: Joe Barlow's "Road Runner"
(Toro Toro Armadillus Fastius) Sloped Compact, gasoline engine, slicks, armored
hubs all around with guards in the rear, tinted no-paint windshield, overdrive,
spoiler/airdam, HD shocks, HD ABS, and a ramplate.
Gate 2: Eric Freeman's "Accu-Ram" (a
cold slap in the kisser) Luxury, 2 crew, electric w/HDHTMs, Laser right, FCGS
right, Ram plate, SaD front, FOD R,L,B, Bumper triggered IcD R&L, FCD top,
HRSWC, Spoiler/Airdam, Active Supension, HD Shocks, Overdrive, Extra Driver
controls, Body Armor and Flak Jackets for both crew, 10pts CA around all internal components, Radial tires, Hubs
front and back R, Guards back, plastic armor.
Gate 3: Empty
Gate 4: Dave McGee's "Escape
Velocity" (Houston, we have a problem...) Sloped Compact, CA frame,
gasoline engine, Slicks, spoiler/airdam, hubs all around, guards rear, HD
shocks, ABS, OPG front loaded with Sand Ammo, active suspension, LR armor
In the West gates
Gate 5: empty
Gate 6: Bryon Gray's Quiet Storm Sloped Can AM,
gas powered, turreted laser, hubs all around, guards back, two dischargers R,
two left, one front, back, top, and bottom.
In the North gates
Gate 7: empty
Gate 8: Curt Lindmark's "Shell Shock"
(plenty of battle fatigue here) Luxury with electric motor, spoiler/airdam,
turreted RR, twin RRs, SD (explosive), and 4 SkfDs, hubs front, guards rear.
Gate 9: empty
Gate 10: Joe Reynolds (no name, no need) Sloped
Pickup with electric motor, hubs and guard ALL the way around, Pulsed Laser in
Sponson Turret left, spoiler/airdam, slicks, PS back, 2 IcD right, 1 SaD front,
FcD top and under, HTM's, HDshocks.
In the East gates
Gate 11: empty
Gate 12: Jeff Dodge's "Swiss Cheese"
(Nostradamus - eat your heart out...) Formula One/Indy with electric motor,
spoiler/airdam, HDHTMs, armored hubs, FOD, 3 PODs, and 7 SaDs.
What follows is a summary:
Turn-Phase
1-2 Bryon starts off the fireworks by firing at
Curt's R side with his Laser, missing.
Later in the turn, Eric takes a shot at one of Jeff's wheels and misses.
2-2 Curt opened up with his RR's while spewing
spikes, trying to perf Joe R. Joe R
takes this the wrong way (go figure), and fires back in kind. Eric starts to turn West while Dave turns
East. Both announce starts of circuits.
2-3 Bryon starts a circuit.
2-4 Curt is southbound and starts a circuit.
2-5 Joe B joins in the fun, and announces the
start of his circuit. Eric close on
Dave and goes for Dave's RF tire, missing.
Dave offers up thanks to the dice gods.
Jeff finally realizes Indy cars are for racing, and announces his
circuit start.
3-1 Eric re-routes his laser to Dave's R side,
inflicting minimal damage thanks to LR armor.
Eric ducks to the South of Dave as they pass.
3-5 Curt heading southwest finds himself behind
Jeff, who sped out straight West from the start and is now turning back
South. Curt's RR's find their mark as
his spikes run out, and pepper Jeff's rear.
4-1 Curt continues to pick on Jeff's escaping
Indy (now at 130 mph) and breaches him, but winds up with only target practice
as Bryon cruising in from the West vulches the kill by threading the breach.
Bryon +40 pts, Jeff -40 pts
4-2 Dave is unable to avoid Jeff's unguided
missile of a car, and sideswipes it.
5-1 Bryon, now finding Curt hot on his tail,
lights off a FOD.
5-2 Curt fires at Bryon's R side, tagging him for
minimal damage.
5-3 Joe R who headed West from his gate now
closes on Eric on the West side of the arena.
Joe R tags Eric for moderate damage on his R side. Eric returns the
favor to Joe R's left side. Joe has his
laser linked to his PS and puts on auto.
This shields Joe from Eric's fire for the next few turns.
5-5 Jeff's car winds up on the East wall at 125
mph.
6-1 Curt continues to tail Bryon, removing
armor from his B side. Sometime around
here Joe R and Bryon pass. Joe R tries
to sideswipe Bryon with an IcD but can't get the collision to happen.
7-2 Lots of action on the West side of the
arena. With Joe R firing at him, Curt
tries to get revenge on Bryon for stealing his kill, shredding his rear armor.
7-3 Bryon completes a three-column circuit
(+24). Bryon +64 pts.
7-4 Once again, Curt is frustrated as Joe B
swoops in from the East and T-bones Bryon in the NW section of the arena. Bryon 24pts. Joe B +40 pts.
8-2 Eric and Curt try to tag-team Joe B, to no
avail. Eric completes a 5 pillar
circuit later in the turn. Eric
+40. Eric turns back West after the
circuit and starts another.
9-2 Joe R tails Joe as they both head East, and
tries (unsucessfully) to take out Joe B's RR tire. Using his Overdrive, Eric
reaches the top speed reached in the game of 135 mph.
10-1 Eric closes on the Joe's from the
East. He catches Joe B in a sideswipe
and drops an IcD under Joe's slicks.
Joe avoids rolling by the thinnest of margins. (with some help due to an
error in calculating the sideswipe D hazard)
10-2 Eric and Joe R attempt to finish off Joe
B, but Joe R's Laser beats Eric to the punch. The resulting hazard forces Joe B
into a roll! And of course Eric nails
Joe B, a very split second too late.
10-3 Curt finally gets some satisfaction by
completing a five-column circuit. Curt +40 pts.
10-4 Eric heading North along the Western part
of the arena relies on deja vu and sideswipes the Southbound Dave (who nearly
completed an eight-column circuit) using his left side. This smears ice under Dave's slicks, causing
Dave to roll! Eric barely retains
control himself, fishtailing back and forth, but escaping anything more serious. His left side is breach from the sideswipe
damage. Meanwhile, Joe B. loses consciousness, giving Joe R the kill. Joe R +40
pts. Joe B -40 pts.
11-3 Eric gets a kill as Dave loses
consciousness from the roll. Eric +80 pts. Dave -40 pts. The 5 second clock to victory starts
ticking.
After the ram with Dave, Eric struggles to regain
handling. Eric and Curt exhange some
fire. As Eric nears the NW part of the
arena he turns East. He tags the
previously untouched Curt with a FCGS.
Curt shrugs it off.
Curt lines up a couple shots on Eric as he
heads South. He nails him a couple times
and manages to breach Eric's right side taking out Eric's Laser. Eric hits Curt again with a FCGS for small
damage. Joe R has been cruising around
the East side of the arena (in an effort to complete a 8 tower circuit). He takes a shot at Eric's breached left and
misses.
Joe cuts off his 7 tower circuit to a 6 tower
circuit to keep his laser bearing on Eric.
Joe +88 pts
Eric survives the barrage of fire and completes
a 3 tower circuit to win the game. Eric
+104 pts
After the ref's viewed all the instant replays
and tallied up, the ranks followed:
1 - Eric Freeman, 104 pts (full kill Dave, 5
tower circuit, 3 tower circuit)
2 - Joe Reynolds, 88 pts (full kill Joe B, 6
tower circuit)
3 - Curt Lindmark, 40 pts (5 tower circuit)
4 - Bryon Gray, 24 pts. (full kill Jeff,
killed, 3 tower circuit)
5 - Joe Barlow, 0 pts (full kill Bryon, killed)
6 - Jeff Dodge, -40 pts (killed)
Dave McGee, -40 pts (killed)