FG: Nascar IX: Pit Stop

[Sparrowhawk]

Sent!!

(and by the way, on the road again this week, but it doesn't seem to be a factor so far in holding up the game and shouldn't be as I usually have internet access, but if I am the one you are waiting on, play on, don't let me hold up the game )

/me

[rah]

You could calc a few orders in advance, and with the new rule, even if you crash, you'll end up in the same space so your turn should be adversely effected that much. Spaced is using a queue also.

[gjramsey]

sended

[Spaced Cowboy]

Rah,

What I meant was that I thought that I was initially traveling at speed 6 (not 5) hence my orders were valid for the speed 6 thoughts that I was having.

I did want to be on that spot though; I did also have to recalculate all the other moves based on speed that was lost (to my stupidity) so I set up for sandbag alley correctly.

It is hard to see turns past that, so I have the next 4 turns in.

[Kassiopeia]

Sent.

[vovan]

Sent...

[Tuberski]

Sent.

ACK!

[Sparrowhawk]

Not sure if we are waiting on Jonny or Rah for round 23, but I went ahead and sent in round 24 orders.

/me

[Jonny]

You were waiting on me... but now you're not.

[rah]

Waiting on a clarification From Tuber, otherwise all orders have been received and updated.

[Tuberski]

Clarification sent.

ACK!

[rah]

TURN 23

                          *******
                         ********* 
                         ****   *** 
                          ***    ***
                         ***     ***
                        ***      ***  
                       ***       *** 
                      *O*        **O  
                     ***         *** 
                    ***          *** 
                    ***          *** 
                    ***          *** 
                    ***          **** 
                    **O           ****
                    ***            **** 
                    ***             ****
                    ***              ==== end alley
                    ***               *xx* 16 
                    ***                *Sx* 15 
                  *******               *SxS 14 
                  *******                *SSx 13
                  *******                 *xSx 12 
                  *******                  SSxS 11 
                  *******                   xSSx 10
                  *******                    SSxS 9 
                  ********                    SxSx 8 
                  *********                    xSSS 7  
                  **********                    SxSS 6  
                  ******* ***                    *SxS 5
                  *******  **                     *SSx 4 
                  *******  ##-speed limit          *SxS 3   
                  *******  **     6                 *SS* 2 
                  *******  **                        *SS* 1 )
                  *******  **                         ====  start
                  *******  **                     ***O****   sandtrap
                  *******  PP-pit stop           ********     alley
                  *******  **  marker           ********  
      finish line =======  **                  ***
                  *******  **                 *6*  
                  *******  **                *** 
                  *******  **               *** 
                  *******  ##-end limit    **O 
                  ******* ***             ***    
                  **********        *********  
                  *********        ********* 
                  ********        *********   
                  *******        *** 
                  ******        *** 
                  *****        ***
                  ***7        *O1
                  ****       *** 
                  ****      ***
                   **3     *** 
                    ***     ***
                     ***     ***
                      ***     **O
                       O**     ***
                        *2*     ***
                         ***    ***
                          5*** ****
                           ***4***
                            *****


MAX=Max speed
Cust=Sway(S) or Turbo(T) or Performance (P)

CAR   DRIVER           DIRECTION  SPEED  WC    MAX  CUST  ORDERS
***   *************       ***      ***   **     **  ****  **********
 1.   Spaced Cowboy        NE       9     2     17  turb  AALM(L+1)MMR(R+1)MM
 2.   Kassiopeia           SE       6     3     17  turb  BBML(4M)
 3.   Sparrowhawk           S       7    10     12  perf  A(M3)L(M3)
 4.   gjramsey              E       4     3     15  turb  (M3)L
 5.   Tuberski             SE       9     5     14  sway  AMMMLMMMRL
 6.   Jonny                NE       8     4     10  sway  (m2)L(m6)B
 7.   Vovan                 S       7     3     13  sway  A(A+1)R(5M)L

Jonny continutes to cruise.
Space starts to pick up the pace
GR and Kass approach turn # 1 cautiously
The rest pick up speed.



Now accepting orders for turn 24.

[Tuberski]

Sent.

rah add an M to the end of that.

ACK!

[rah]

Why, i count 9 move orders and you accelerated to 9 from 8 this turn. OR am I that confused.

[civman2000]

Even this early in the race, I'm willing to bet that Jonny will easily win unless he makes some major mistake. He's already got a big lead, and there's no realistic use for any speed above 10 or 11 anyways (the southward straightaway isn't long enough to give enough time to accelerate much faster than that anyways). He also has more WCs than most of the rest, even though he didn't go through the pit. He may need to pit next lap for WCs (though not for speed since I doubt anyone will get close enough to him to crash), but then so will everyone else except Tuber and Sparrow.