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Extreme Swoop Racing - 2022 Race on Tatooine! (Star Forge server)


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On July 23, the Extreme Swoop League (impside guild) will be hosting a cross-planet race on Tatooine! Though the prizes may increase due to donations, at present they are:

 

1st: 1bil

2nd: 400mil

3rd: 100mil

 

This event is more than just a race; it is meant to help guilds work together to form a team around racers. There are many roles that can become part of the event. Here is what you will need to know:

 

RACERS: this is, of course, the central piece of the event. It's a race, so it can't happen without racers. The racers will run the race course (which starts in the West Dune Sea and ends in the east side of Jundland) through the PVP instance of Tatooine. During the race, all the racers will be in an ops group along with at least one official from the Extreme Swoop League. Racers are allowed to use any gear they want, any mount they want EXCEPT Umbaran Spider Tank, have any guild bonuses that the guild will afford them, and use any route that they think will get them from the starting line to the finish line fastest. Racers are NOT allowed to use heroic transports, the Umbaran Spider Tank, leave the racers' ops group, leave the PVP instance of Tatooine, quick travel, legacy transport, use a taxi, use a flagship summons, or die (as this may allow them to respawn closer to the finish line), and these actions will result in automatic disqualification from the race and removal from the racers' ops group by the ops leader. All other abilities are permitted. YOU MAY DISMOUNT AT ANY TIME, but understand that you will be slower if you are not mounted. You may use stealth if you so choose also.

One additional thing - as racers are not the only piece of the event, there are things that the racers must do PRIOR to the race. Every racer must "register" for the race by contacting me in-game (impside toon names are "Beautiful Darkness" and "Mahonical Harris"). There is an entry fee that must be posted prior to the race, but it can be cut substantially (see below):

500k - the starting entry fee for racers who are NOT racing as representatives of a guild.

5k - the starting entry fee for racers who ARE representing a guild (a 99% discount)!

An additional 70% discount is afforded to those who follow a theme for their mount choice in the race. For Tatooine, the following will get you this discount: Czerka Desert Special, Desert Mudhorn Mount, Dunecrawler Scyk, Gurian Dune Hopper, Ubrikki Crimson Skull, any mount that looks like a Podracer, and any dewback mount. This discount would bring the fee down to 150k for a guildless racer, and down to 1.5k for a racer representing a guild.

 

PVPers - Racers ARE allowed to organize groups of friends, guildmates, or contracted mercenaries to help them in the race. Aside from racing officials, no non-racers are allowed in the racers' ops group. However, racers can have friends that form groups to either protect them from threats such as PVPers (or in other words, act as bodyguards) or act as attackers who support their racer by harassing the opposing racers. There is no rule that I can enforce uniformly against PVPers, so they are allowed to do anything they can think of to either attack or protect racers, just so long as none of the race rules are broken by the racers in so doing.

 

BETTORS/FANS - Part of the reason that racers must register with me is that prior to the race, a betting pool with in-game credits starting at 100mil will be available. The bets are organized into tiers, each tier purchasing so many "shares" of the total betting pool if the racer it is placed upon comes in first place. The racers will be organized into informal 'tickets' of 2-4 racers, and bettors can place their bets on these tickets. For a bet to win, the ticket they selected MUST have the 1st place finisher - no bets on the 2nd place finisher or other places will be accepted. Each bet comes with a 20% fee called the "racer's cut." The racer and those who are on his/her ticket, so long as they show up to the race, will receive the fee regardless of whether they win the race or not. This means that if a racer has 100k in bets placed on his/her team, they would split 20k automatically at the end of the race.

Now, there is a reason for the tiers. The tiers are set in amounts that allow uniform dispersal of winnings for those that make a winning bet. If you wish to bet, you may choose any tier you'd like, but understand that the higher tier bets will purchase you a greater portion of the betting pool if you win.

Bettors and fans can place as many bets on as many racers as they would like. Racers are not allowed to place bets, even if it is on themselves.

 

If you would like to join the race and/or see more info on this race and upcoming ones, I suggest you join this discord:

 

https://discord.gg/4vxPCTnVuT

 

Also, I made a very amateur video showing the race course. You can find it here:

 

 

For your convenience, here is the schedule for this event:

 

RACER REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 8pm EST, July 17, 2022

RACERS' PARADE: 8:30pm EST, July 17, 2022

BETTING IS AVAILABLE UP UNTIL: 7:30pm EST, July 23, 2022

THE RACE BEGINS: 8pm EST, July 23, 2022

 

And if you have any questions, let me know!

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It looks more like one BIG PVP event

1. every team starts at the same place and time? can server support 50-100 ppl in same place?

2. The easy way to make your racer to win is to kill the other racers and don't allow for resurrection?

3. If the best racer must be stealther so he/she can escape the other group assault/attack .... and official from the Extreme Swoop League should not help other team track the racer by following him/her...

4. The supporting team can attack other group even when their racer is dead?

 

The PVP part complicate things

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PVP definitely has a role in the event! A few times, survival has determined the race more than speed, which often has been helped by having a team or alliance formed with other players.

 

Now, for your questions:

 

1. Yes, everyone starts at the same time. Thus far after a full year of racing every two months, we have had no issues with the server at large. I recommend racers to run the game on low settings, as it helps prevent lag and game crashes. Plus, we have yet to fill an ops group full of racers.

2. You'd think it would be easy, and if racers run solo, it can be. Racers can be easy targets if they have no team, and are ganged up on by 2-3 PVPers. But if they have a team (and many of them do) that provide at least bodyguard, it turns into a warzone for a racer to navigate. Good bodyguards keep the attention off the racer. Good PVPers keep their focus on the racer. And good racers know the course well enough to guide their teammates to where they will sway the balance most.

Basically, after having seen 7 races now, I can certainly say that unprepared PVPers will have an uphill battle taking out some of these racers.

3. Stealth has been a factor for some racers surviving, but the biggest factor has still been having a good team. If you want to win, you have to do more than survive sometimes.

And officials do not aid or support the racers in the race in any direct way. The most I could say that they provide is a beacon as to where the finish line is if the racer gets lost (as one official is at the finish line and in the ops group).

4. There are no rules I can universally enforce against PVPers. If their racer gets taken out, then can certainly continue to try to cause havoc and mayhem. In fact, some PVPers have come to the races as agents of chaos, and nothing more. So yes, supporting team members can continue to influence the race outcome even if their racer is taken out.

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  • 1 month later...

Donations are welcomed! This event is primarily funded and maintained by donations from various guilds and players who enjoy seeing this event.

 

You can reach out to me in-game on any of these characters:

 

EMPIRE: Beautiful Darkness, Mahonical Harris

REPUBLIC: Whiskey Runaway

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A big thanks to those who donated/contributed to this race by participating!

 

Some highlights:

The top 3 racers finished within 20 seconds of each other, which made for an exciting finish!

The betting pool exceeded 1.4bil, with the top bettors winning their full bet back plus 188,725,000 credits!

The giveaway after the race included many items that were, you might say, iconic to Tatooine from movie scenes or other series. These items included sarlacc-related items, a rancor mount, various podracer-like mounts, a few KOTOR-related items, and lots of pets/decorations that would be great for a Tatooine stronghold!

All racers who showed up received a cut of the bets placed on them, with our top racer in the betting getting more than 150mil just for showing up!

 

Next race will be in September on Alderaan, this time with Republic characters racing. Hope to see you there!

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