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Buckyball races come in all shapes and sizes. Some are themed like The Aquarian Job, some involve terrifying restrictions such as The Last Gasp, others involve carrying dangerous cargo like the Thargoid Structure Scramble. This new race however, is unlike any other race before it. The unlimited category even involved new gaming mechanics that BuckyballersContinue reading “And Now For Something Completely Different…”

It’s amazing how fast a concept can flourish. One moment there’s nothing, a cold, empty void, and suddenly, before you can count to ten, there’s a spark, followed by a fierce conflagration of ideas that blossom into exciting reality. Therefore, where there was no hope of it ever happending this year, mostly due to theContinue reading “From Little Acorns Grow”

The gas giant just hangs in space, looking for all the world like a giant, chocolate cream marble, surround by a dazzling, wide series of rings of milky white. Slowing supercruise down to a crawl, the Delanderby fires a single, lone probe toward the wafer thin icy hoops. I just sit there and wait. EverythingContinue reading “Lovely Jubbly!”

You’ve all had those dreams haven’t you? You know the ones. The great ones. The ecstatic ones. The ones where you can fly. For me they usually follow a day where I’ve spent a period having about as much fun as it’s possible for a Homborger to handle. I tend to get them when I’veContinue reading “Re-Ignition”

I think…frustration…is the key word for this race. Not because it was a frustrating course, or because my flying was particularly rubbish this week, or even because unfortunate things happened during any of my runs (which is a Buckyballing given for any race) but because RL decided it was going to take away from myContinue reading “You Are Required To Maneuver Straight Down This Trench…”

There come times in one’s life when the effort you put in to something, something you genuinely care about and love doing, just wasn’t your normal one hundred percent. It was a good effort, sure, a decent effort. And it got an acceptable result. But, there was something about it that wasn’t quite as satisfyingContinue reading “Burning Holes”