Alas, like basically everything cool and good that I would like to do, it's happening between 12-7am. I do hope that those of you who don't have to make a special effort to get up do enjoy it though, because Gartic Phone is a good time.
Unfortunately, there will never be a perfect time for everyone, and because there are so few of us compared to the Americans and the British, we usually get left out.
As nice as Australia is, this will always be a problem I have to live with. Eurovision is cool and good and I like watching it, but it does mean I have to set an alarm for 4am in order to watch live and vote for my favourites. I like Nintendo Directs too, but they are often at 12-2am so I can't enjoy the feeling of finding out about new things at the same time as everyone else does.
there are lots of jobs, though not always easy to get, between 8 and midnight and midnight and 8 in the morning. there's no reason everyone should have to build their day around the hours of the sun. really the only reason anyone should have to do that is if they worked in agriculture.
public transportation could be more accomodating if everyone lived their lives at different hours so traffic loads would be spread more evenly accross hours of the day and days of the week and month. imagine no rush hours, no need to build for rush hour roads. only because people are conned into wanting to work and live and recreate and the same hours and days, that we have rush hours and their traffic loads at all.
If only it were actually that easy. All the evidence is pointing towards humans fundamentally having a circadian rhythm that revolves around the day-night cycle, which is frequently not a good thing to mess with. People who work nightshifts are on average fatter, more stressed, less happy and die younger than others.
Pretty hard to say people are thus conned into the same hours and days.
Yet night-shifts are reported as one of the main causes of health problems that people with such shifts experience. While I get that it would be useful for, for example, public transport, it would wreck people's bodies which function on a circadian rhythm, as Chan island wrote. I don't think it would be reasonable to ask of people to work night shifts if it could cause long-term health issues for them, simply to lighten the load on public transport. Especially if there are alternatives to improving public transport.
My dad used to work night-shifts about two decades or so ago. He suffered from migraines, chronic fatigue, concentration problems etc. etc., until he finally was able to work only day-shifts. When he reminisces about those days he always notes how - at his current age of 59 - he would not have the strength and ability to trudge through night-shifts.
Thus, while I understand where you're coming from, I think the idea of relying on night-shifts brings more costs to people's health than benefits to society.
I already commented on this in GI yesterday, hehe. I actually kinda like it because now you can actually see the last few days (or months if your flag for some reason took up half the chart).
SVGs are vector art- you get infinite scaling without pixelation, at the cost of the extreme amount of information that PNGs can contain. Relatively simple images, like flags, look way nicer when you use SVGs.
Yes. They do look nicer but add extra effort for using it in flag rating commission. Yesterday it took me some time before I realised why I can’t just copy-paste it to the worksheet directly from the web page. However, regular png/jpg images get blurred after uploading so I think it’s a good change too.
We’re moderately vocal because now it takes a bit more time to process one single flag. And I feel like frequent advertising would hurt it though, don’t wanna be annoying, at least not in this matter :D
Yeah, welcomed one more member of the jury team and now are slowly moving towards our 100th review :3
Everyone is welcome to send a request to get the flag reviewed!
This sounds great! I certainly hope to be there, time permitting! I am so excited to see that the Shelf is already starting to create and lead projects/programs, and this is certainly a really good idea and I hope that Forest game nights become a recurring thing!
Speaking of projects....
Unofficial Lore Department Update The Lore Department has a lot of new projects planned, and so I want to keep everyone in the loop about their existence, even for those projects that will remain surprises.
As some of you know, the two RPs that the Lore Department ran last term, "Occupy Forest" and "the Forest EcoCON", are going to be merging. This came after a climactic speech made by Shira Meron, the de facto leader of the Occupy Forest protestors, calling on the protestors to peacefully storm and protest at the Forest EcoCON conference/convention, to try to force the many world leaders, CEOs, and journalists that are gathered there to act to fight the power of corporations in society. This RP saga did take a bit of a break, but I am pleased to report that the Lore Department is currently working on bringing these RPs back in a now-merged RP thread, entitled "Occupy the Forest EcoCON". There is no absolute timeframe for when this RP will return, but hopefully it should be soon.
The Lore Department is also working on making the Union of Forest (and its associate bodies) more interactive. Since the UoF's launch a few months ago, it has mostly just consisted of nations submitting applications to join and the odd mention of the Union of Forest in our RPs. However, the Lore Department is starting to think about ways to make it more interactive, including possibly creating permanent threads on the NS Forum where UoF member states can propose, debate, and vote on policies ideas and stage summits together.
The Lore Department is also working on two more projects that will remain surprises until they are fully ready and announced. One of these surprise projects will be an RP, while the other one will be a new in-character program for Forest that AFAIK will be the first of its kind in NS. I have discussed these ideas with Jutsa, and I plan on asking a few more current- or former-Shelf members for their advice on these projects (this is not because I want to treat them specially, it is simply because I do not want to spoil the surprise for everyone). I don't want to spoil what these projects are so I will only discuss them in the Tree Hollow part of the Discord or in private communications, but I am letting everyone know about their existence and that they will become public knowledge once these surprise programs have been unveiled
I've just published a new regional "hall-of-fame"; the title is still definitely up for discussion. As mentioned in the dispatch, if there are any errors and/or omissions, please don't hesitate to get in touch on the RMB (be sure to tag me), via telegram or by posting feedback in the Culture Club on our regional discord. Similarly, more general feedback on this initiative is welcome in the Culture Club (there's already some chat over there from Uan aa Boa about whether CTE'd and/or moved Forestians should be included - I'd love to hear more thoughts on that!).
2021 Oatland Motorsport Games The 2021 Oatland Motorsports Games is the inaugural edition of the Oatland Motorsports Games. The games are to be held annually in the second half of the year, it features four formats: Karting, Rallying, Open Wheel Racing, Endurance Racing. The host country for 2021 is the Kingdom of Hospe. The event is as much for competition as it is for showcasing the best of the host country and therefore the region.
Eligibility All member nations of Oatland and nations that have an embassy with Oatland are eligible for the games.
How To Participate Nations should telegram a list of contestants to Hospe and specify which event they will be taking part in. A single contestant may partake in both the Kart Racing Event and the Slalom Event( please specify if this is the case). However, Kart Racing and Karting Slalom are the only events that can experience contestant overlap.
Sample
Kart Racing- John Smith- Evans, Tyrone Sampson, Ella Shovlin, Kelly Smith.
Karting Slalom- Gbenga Smith, Lewis Smithson, Kelly Smith.
Open Wheel- Ryan Brown, Mary Brownlow
Endurance Racing- Kevin Nye, Lance Armstrong, Jordan Ade
Rallying Hospean Team Blue Bryce Hamilton Jenna Adams Hospean Team Green Louisa Chen Abike Fijabi
Scoring The official process for scoring will remain undisclosed. However, bonus points will be assigned for special notes and features such as: driver characteristics, a short paragraph on their backstory and past accolades.
Events Karting: Nations can enter as many as four(4) contestants for each event. The race event grid is decided by a two lap shootout in which the fastest legal times of each contestant is used to decide grid position. The Slalom event features racing around cones on the track and receiving penalty points for every come knocked off. There are no points but the top three contestants are awarded medals per event.
1st - 35 2nd- 28 3rd - 25 4th - 22 5th - 18 6th - 16 7th - 14 8th - 12 9th - 10 10th - 8 11th - 6 12th - 4 13th - 3 14th - 2 15th -1 Fastest Lap -1 * A point for the fastest lap is only given if contestant finishes in the top 15.
• Race • Slalom
Rallying: Nations may enter no more than two teams of two drivers each. The rally this year will consist of three stages: The Southern Stage where contestants will race through the southern country side which is currently experiencing heavy rainfall, the Central Stage with scorching desert conditions and the Northern stage with snow and ice over mountainous terrain. Points are allocated to top ten finishers per stage: 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1.
• Stage Rallying
Open Wheel Racing: Nations may submit two contestants only. This will involving all contestants making use of a single chassis and engine type. Qualifying is done through three knockout stages, where a group of drivers with the slowest times from each stage are left out of the next stage. Points are assigned thus: 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 A point for fastest lap is assigned if the contestant finishes in the top ten. • Grand Prix Racing
Endurance Racing: Each nation is allocated one car and should submit three drivers. The Sprint Qualifying driver should be specified from the above three. Contestants will partake in endurance racing events ranging from 6 to 18 hours. All contestants will make use of a single chassis and engine type. Qualifying will will give contestants two laps to set a time, they will be classified by the fastest time. Sprint Qualifying will be a five lap race which will decide the starting grid for the endurance event. Five points will be awarded for pole position. • Qualifying • Sprint Qualifying • Endurance Event
• October 1st-4th - Personnel Training Program(IC) • October 11th - Signups Deadline • October 12th- Opening Ceremony • October 13th- Rally Practice Stage - Endurance Racing Free Practice 1 - Kart Racing Free Practice - Open Wheel Free Practice - Endurance Racing Free Practice 2 - Kart Racing Practice and Qualifying - Karting Slalom Training Session - Open Wheel Practice and Qualifying
• October 14th - Rally Stage 1 - Open Wheel Race 1 - Endurance Racing Sprint Qualifying - Karting Slalom Event 1 - 6 Hour Endurance Race - Kart Racing Race 1
• October 15th - Rally Stage 2 - Endurance Racing Sprint Qualifying - Karting Slalom Event 2 - 6 Hour Endurance Race - Open Wheel Practice and Qualifying - Kart Racing Practice and Qualifying - Open Wheel Race 2
• October 16th - Kart Racing Race 2 - Open Wheel Practice - Endurance Sprint Qualifying - Karting Slalom Event 3 - 12 Hour Endurance Race - Rally Stage 3
• October 17th - Rally Stage 3 - Open Wheel Qualifying - Kart Racing Practice - Open Wheel Race 3 - Kart Racing Race 3 - Endurance Sprint Sprint Qualifying - Karting Slalom Event 4 - 6 Hour Endurance Race •October 18th- Rally Stage 4 - Karting Practice and Qualifying - Open Wheel Practice and Qualifying - Open Wheel Race 4 - Kart Racing Race 4 - Endurance Racing Sprint Qualifying - Karting Slalom Event 5 - 18 Hour Endurance Race - Open Wheel Practice
•October 19th- 18 Hour Endurance Race - Open Wheel Qualifying - Kart Racing Practice and Qualifying
- Rally Stage 5 - Kart Racing Race 5 - Open Wheel Race 5 - Prize Giving Gala •October 20th- Closing Ceremony.
The Opening Ceremony for the Inaugral Oatland Motorsports Games was celebrated in grand style at the Steel Jaw stadium in Freeland Harbour. The event kicked off with a rousing rendition of the Oatlandian Anthem performed by the Hospean Metropolitan Orchestra.
An inauguration speech was given by Emperor Solis of Lennia.
The orchestra further regaled the audience with various performances of classic Oatlandian compositions.
A short film detailing the evolution of the automobile in Hospe was played. The competitors from the nations: Hospe,Forest Virginia,Octonovem,Greater ottonna,Finmany,Laufeyssen,Hospean border islands,Nerrise,Tjorl
marched out under their respective flags during the performance of the Motorsports Games theme song and were surrounded by a display of drones.
A show of stunt driving commenced, lit by strobe lights and pyrotechnics with an EDM and dubstep soundtrack provided by DJ Mousy.
The five trophies for Karting, Karting Slalom, Rallying, Endurance Racing and Open Wheel Racing were unveiled by King Jeffrey of Hospe , highlights from the most memorable motorsports events in Oatland were played.
The Opening Ceremony ended with a spectacular fireworks show to songs performed by Hospean rock band, Flowers For Anger.
Rallying Practice Stage All registered teams were required to take part in the practice stage to show preparedness for the future stages. The participants total times' were added to provide this table, which serves mostly to familiarize viewers with the teams. 1 Australian Army Motorsports Association Greater ottonna 2 Forest Team Orange Forest Virginia 3 Tjorlish Team Black Tjorl 4 Subaru Do Motorsport Greater ottonna 5 Hospean Blue Team Hospe 6 Tjorlish Team White Tjorl 7 Hospean Green Team Hospe 8 Finmany Gold Angels Finmany 9 Finmany Red Devils Finmany 10 Team Freki Laufeyssen 11 Bluered Energy Rally Team A Octonovem 12 Forest Team Green Forest Virginia 13 Bluered Energy Rally Team B Octonovem 14 Team Geri Laufeyssen
Endurance Racing FP1 Endurance Racing Day One Free Practice 1 got under way at the National Autodrome in Izio. The earlier rainfall meant the drivers had to contend with a drying track. Simi Stucker would send Team Hospe's car into the gravel after misjudging his entry into Turn Four. Team Forest Virginia spun several times on the track and narrowly avoided a pit lane collision with Team Octonovem. This led to a heated exchange of words between Octonovem's Natille Brunner and F. Virginia's Lee Godwin. However, when the final times were chalked up, Team Forest Virginia would find themselves in p5 with a top time of 1:44:27. Team Ottonna were fourth with a time of 1:44:05. Team Hospean Border Islands had a quiet but speedy run finishing p3 with a time of 1:42:64. Team Laufeyssen and Team Finmany would thrash it out at the top of the standings but Brad Elliot was able to some extra tenths of a second putting Team Finmany on the top step with a time of 1:40:12 as compared to Team Laufeyssen's top time of 1: 41: 04.
1 Team Finmany 1:40:12 2 Team Laufeyssen 1: 41: 04 3 Team Hospean border islands 1:42:64 4 Team Greater ottonna 1:44:05 5 Team Forest Virginia 144:27 6 Team Hospe 1:44:29 7 Team Octonovem 1:45:01 8 Team Tjorl 1:45:09 9 Team Nerrise 1:47: 00
Kart Racing Free Practice 1 Free Practice 1 commenced at the Ozara International Circuit. Eevi Larsen of Laufeyssen topped the time sheets with a time of 1: 27:08. Octonovem's Gregory Havirz and Louie Vega rounded up the top three in second and third respectively.
Open Wheel FP1 The Open Wheel free practice session took place at the National Autodrome in Izio. The track surface was mostly dry and the only challenge faced by the drivers was finding the perfect set up.
Endurance Racing FP2 Free Practice Two commenced after the Open Wheel racers had their own free practice session.
All teams set improved times but we saw a new number one as Forest Virginia beat their fp1 time by over six seconds.
Team Nerrise improved their time by three seconds but still brought up the rear. The Hospean Border Islands were the only to not post an improved result posting a slower time than their earlier effort.
Team Octonovem took five seconds off their earlier effort to claim the number two slot. The Tjorlish team also improved their lap time but could only move up two places into sixth.
1 Team Forest Virginia 1:38:21 2 Team Octonovem 1:40:04 3 Team Finmany 1:40:10 4 Team Laufeyssen 1:40:11 5 Team Hospe 1:40:16 6 Team Tjorl 1: 42:12 7 Team Hospean border islands 1:43:20 8 Team Greater ottonna 1: 44: 02 9 Team Nerrise 1: 44:09
Kart Racing Free Practice 2 Hospe's Iris Freed set the early standard with a 1:25:00. Multiple attempts to match this time led to nothing but a stunning late lap by Eevi Larsen put Team on top with a 1:24: 44 with only four minutes left in the session. Tjorl's Rosemarie Lafrentz rounded up the top three with a time of 1: 25: 04.
Kart Racing Qualifying After an hour in which many teams rushed to make necessary adjustments to their karts, it was time for Qualifying. All eyes were on Eevi Larsen and she failed to disappoint, setting an astounding 1: 23: 35 time early in the session. Eleven minutes from the end of the session, however a bevy of faster times rolled in. Octonovem's Louie Vega put himself on provisional pole with a time of 1:23:05, but on the same lap Finmany's Max Grove and Cam Tyrrell brought in near identical lap times of 1:23:02 and 1:23:03. Tjorlish representative Lafrentz also found her stride with a 1:23:00. It would be Hospe's Iris Freed that would take the times to another level with a 1:22: 71 and claim pole position to deafening applause. The fast lap times kept rolling in, including an improved result from pole favourite Eevi Larsen. Qualifying Results 1 Iris Freed Hospe 1:22:71 2 Rosemarie Lafrentz Tjorl 1:23:00 3 Max Grove Finmany 1:23:02 4 Cam Tyrrell Finmany 1:23:03 5 Louie Vega Octonovem 1:23:05 6 Eevi Larsen Laufeyssen 1:23:07 7 Cash Bowyer Forest Virginia 1:23:09 8 Gregory Havirz Octonovem 1: 23:11 9 Rochas Okaro Hospe 1:23:14 10 Ismail Amani Nerrise 1:23: 20 11 Anders Andreassen Laufeyssen 1: 23:24 12 Rick Smithy Finmany 1:24:01 13 Matthäus Holgersen Tjorl 1:24:06 14 Natalia Saller Tjorl 1:25:11 15 Mariam Garba Hospe 1:25:14 16 Jari Hansen Laufeyssen 1:25:21 17 Kelean Harvick Forest Virginia 1:26:00 18 Rosco Martin Forest Virginia 1:26:07 19 Mitch Smith Finmany 1:26:11 20 Khadija Shiri Nerrise 1:26:13 21 Andrew Masoumi Nerrise 1:26:14 22 Hansjörg Hermansen Tjorl 1:26:19
Karting Slalom Training Session The Karting Slalom training session got well under way at the Ozara International Circuit. No times were recorded competitively but all participants seemed well briefed on what would be expected of them.
Open Wheel FP2 Free Practice Two was faced with rainfall which provided a tough time for the drivers. Experience shone through, however as big names Derek "Risky" Busines and Keira Trezeguet proved themselves to be head and shoulders above the rest of the field in the almost treacherous conditions. They traded lap times, shedding several tenths of a second that other drivers couldn't let go off. Ultimately Busines, the star of Team Octonovem took the lead with a time of 1:27:48. Trezeguet's closest effort would only bring her to 1:27:91. While this was enough to send the Hospean crowd into raptures, Evan Edewor found himself in fifth, the young Series 1 star unable to improve upon a 1:30:75, despite having frequented the National Autodrome during his career. Arechavaleta secured the final spot on the provisional podium, followed closely by Nerrise national, Desdemona Pikeman. Starring performance by the representatives from Tjorl, Holzer and Storstrand put out closely identical performances with Holzer taking the lead by just a tenth of a second. Laufeyssen's Helstrom failed to set a time after putting her car in the barriers on the exit of Turn Five. Teammate, Alf Larson complained about his setup over the radio and never seemed at home in the car. Team Forest Virginia experimented with their setup but seemed worse off for it, posting the slowest times of the session. 1 Derek Busines Octonovem 2 Keira Trezeguet Hospe 3 Sheryl Arechavaleta Octonovem 4 Desdemona Pikeman Nerrise 5 Evan Edewor Hospe 6 Jacob Holzer Tjorl 7 Angela Storstrand Tjorl 8 Mike Smalls Nerrise 9 Jack Chilton Finmany 10 Pato Russel Finmany 11 Lauren Alvira Hospean border islands 12 Daniel Ricciardo Greater ottonna 13 Jacoby Robinson Hospean border islands 14 Mark Webber Greater ottonna 15 Alf Larsen Laufeyssen 16 Kurt Hamric Forest Virginia 17 Jack Bedford Forest Virginia 18 Solveig Helstrom Laufeyssen
Open Wheel Qualifying After the practice session came Qualifying, the drying track providing very tricky conditions for the drivers. The barriers at the exit of Turn Five got a bit more action as Larsen beached his car on his first lap, bringing out yellow flags. Larsen was able to drive his car back to the pit lane but it will no doubt be a late night for the Laufeyssenian crew. Larsen was hardly the only driver to have troubles staying on the track as Webber, Alvira, Bedford and Holzer would all find themselves on the grass at various intervals. There was trouble in the Tjorlish garage as Storstrand's car refused to start for the better part of the session, she managed to post a time eventually but would line up fifteenth on the grid. Holzer seemed to have no grip and had his best lap time deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn Eight. Trezeguet's experience with the track paid off as she posted an unbeatable 1:11:16, taking pole position. Octonovem's Derek Busines would pull out all the stops on the final moments of the session but a lap time that would have seen him take pole position was deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn 8 leading to chaos amongst the Octonovemian crowd. 1 K Trezeguet 1:11:16 2 D Busines 1:12:01 3 E Edewor 1:14:09 4 D Pikeman 1:14:11 5 S Helstrom 1:14:13 6 S Arechavaleta 1:15:02 7 D Ricciardo 1:15:13 8 L Alvira 1:15:13 9 M Smalls 1:15:14 10 K Hamric 1:15:19 11 M Webber 1:15:19 12 P Russel 1:15:23 13 J Robinson 1:15:25 14 J Holzer 1:15:31 15 A Storstrand 1:16:11 16 J Chilton 1:16:13 17 J Bedford 1:16:56 18 A Larsen DNQ Hospe will have the statistical edge tomorrow as the pressure will be on Edewor to give Busines enough problems for Trezeguet to break away. There is also the question of if Arechavaleta will be able to make up enough ground to help out her team mate. Pikeman won at this track during the most recent season of Series 1, she has a chance of winning, she will be looking to capitalise on it. Terrible day for Team Tjorl, their setup absolutely lacked the needed pace but it's too early to rule them out. Helstrom is up front and could potentially podium here but that second Laufeyssenian car will be sorely missed. An important thing to note is that there were no truly slow times today as the entire field is covered by just five seconds on a track that couldn't decide if it was going to be wet or dry.
Rallying Stage 1 The first actual Rally stage got off an interesting start. The representatives would be crossing the southern marshlands. There were various reports of cars becoming stuck in the mud. Teams: Forest Team Orange, Finmany Red Devils, Team Geri and Subaru Do Motorsport needed to have at least one driver leave the vehicle and help push the car out. Stage One Results 1 Bluered Energy Rally Team A Octonovem 2 Finmany Gold Angels Finmany 3 Forest Team Green Forest Virginia 4 Hospean Green Team Hospe 5 Australian Army Motorsports Association Greater ottonna 6 Bluered Energy Rally Team B Octonovem 7 Tjorlish Team Black [nation]Tjorl 8 Tjorlish Team White Tjorl 9 Team Freki Laufeyssen 10 Hospean Blue Team Hospe 11 Forest Team Orange Forest Virginia 12 Finmany Red Devils Finmany 13 Team Geri Laufeyssen 14 Subaru Do Motorsport Greater ottonna
Team Standings After Stage 1 1 Bluered Energy Rally Team A Octonovem 25 Points 2 Finmany Gold Angels Finmany 18 Points 3 Forest Team Green Forest Virginia 15 Points 4 Hospean Green Team Hospe 12 Points 5 Australian Army Motorsports Association Greater ottonna 10 Points 6 Bluered Energy Rally Team B Octonovem 8 Points 7 Tjorlish Team Black [nation]Tjorl 6 Points 8 Tjorlish Team White Tjorl 4 Points 9 Team Freki Laufeyssen 2 Points 10 Hospean Blue Team Hospe 1 Point 11 Forest Team Orange Forest Virginia 0 Points 12 Finmany Red Devils Finmany 0 Points 13 Team Geri Laufeyssen 0 points 14 Subaru Do Motorsport Greater ottonna 0 Points
Open Wheel Race 1 The first Open Wheel race event got underway at the National Autodrome in Izio. All 47 laps of the race were rather exciting as there was at least one battle to watch. There was chaos at the first corner as Jacoby Robinson from the Hospean border islands went into Finmany's Pato Russel. Tjorl's Angela Storstrand was unable to avoid the collision and clipped Robinson's rear wing on her way into the barriers. The race was red flagged for over an hour. Jacob Holzer, Evan Edewor and Lauren Alvira provided some entertainment for fans online, streaming their various teams' red flag antics on Instagram. The race restart was very exciting as Trezeguet and Busines went wheel to wheel through the first few corners, Trezeguet was able to pull away on the Gator Straight and would more or less remain unbothered for the rest of the race as Edewor quickly caught up to Busines on the next lap. Both drivers would go wheel to wheel with Edewor trying every trick in the book to get past Busines and being foiled everytime. This went on for over ten laps until Edewor would go off the track after contact with Busines into Turn Eight. The Hospean driver was called into the pits on the next lap and was livid on the team radio as he felt Busines had not left the required space. Edewor's little excursion was quite catastrophic as Greater ottonna andLaufeyssen's Daniel Ricciardo and Solveig Helstrom who were charging through the field on softer and faster tyre compounds than everyone else quickly got past. Edewor and Pikeman would clash several times for five laps but the Nerrisean driver would get the move done in Turn Five. Meanwhile, Holzer would make a heroic drive from his promotion to 12th place to 10th making a clean pass on Webber on the Gator Straight. He would make multiple attempts to pass Hamric but the man from Forest Virginia was driving the widest car on the car. Hamric's defensive driving left Lauren Alvira the time and space to go after Octonovem's Sheryl Arechavaleta but would ultimately fail to make the pass in time for the checkered flag with Arechavaleta taking the fastest lap on the very last lap. It was an easy pole to win victory for Keira Trezeguet, as her team mate's battle with Busines allowed the reigning Series 1 champion to open up a 13 second lead from the Octonovemian. Results 1 K Trezeguet 25 2 D Busines 18 3 D Ricciardo 15 4 S Helstrom 12 5 D Pikeman 10 6 E Edewor 8 7 S Arechavaleta 6+1 8 L Alvira 4 9 K Hamric 2 10 J Holzer 1 11 M Webber 0 12 J Chilton 0 13 J Bedford 0 14 A Larsen 0 15 M Smalls 0 16 A Storstrand DNF 17 J Robinson DNF 18 P Russel DNF
Endurance Sprint Qualifying 1 Less than an hour after a riveting Open Wheel race. The Endurance Racing teams would line up for Qualifying. Max Reza would start on pole for Nerrise but a spin at Turn Five would see second placed Max Haugen of Tjorl would pass him to claim a possibly decisive victory. Meanwhile, Tommy Peters would come from the very back of the grid to place Forest Virginia second. The teams will lineup thus: 1 Team Tjorl 5 points 2 Team Forest Virginia 3 Team Octonovem 4 Team Hospe 5 Team Laufeyssen 6 Team Hospean border islands 7 Team Nerrise 8 Team Finmany 9 Team Greater ottonna
Karting Slalom E1 1 D King Finmany 🏅 2 K Server Octonovem 🥈 3 I Amani Nerrise 🥉 4 R Okaro Hospe 5 C Bowyer Forest Virginia 6 A Goldschmidt Tjorl 7 E Larsen Laufeyssen 8 M Kerner Tjorl 9 H Deegan Forest Virginia 10 V Yama Hospe 11 I Freed Hospe 12 L Smithson Finmany 13 R Lafrentz Tjorl 14 D Thompson Octonovem 15 S Eichel Tjorl 16 J Araki Nerrise 17 B Bullock Forest Virginia 18 R Smithy
Endurance Racing Race 1 1 Team Forest Virginia 2 Team Tjorl 3 Team Octonovem 4 Team Hospe 5 Team Laufeyssen 6 Team Greater ottonna 7 Team Hospean border islands 8 Team Finmany 9 Team Nerrise
Kart Racing Race 1 1 E Larsen 35 points 2 M Grove 28 points 3 C Bowyer 25 points 4 I Freed 22 points +1 point for fastest lap 5 C Tyrrell 18 points 6 L Vega 16 points 7 G Havirz 14 points 8 I Amani 12 points 9 R Okaro 10 points 10 R Smithy 8 points 11 M Holgersen 6 points 12 N Saller 4 points 13 M Garba 3 points 14 K Harvick 2 points 15 J Hansen 1 points 16 R Lafrentz 0 points 17 A Andreassen 0 points 18 R Martin DNF 19 K Shiri DNF 20 A Masoumi DNF 21 Hermansen DNF 22 M Smith DNF
Rally Stage 2 The second stage of the rally competition took place in the Central Hospean desert. Multiple teams had vehicular problems as temperatures soared beyond what was expected. Results 1 Team Freki 25 points 2 Finmany Gold Angel's 18 points 3 Tjorlish Team White 15 points 4 Finmany Red Devils 12 points 5 Bluered Energy Team A 10 points 6 Hospean Green Team 8 points 7 Bluered Energy Team B 6 points 8 Australian Army Motorsports Association 4 points 9 Forest Team Green 2 points 10 Forest Team Orange 1 point 11 Hospean Blue Team 12 Tjorlish Team Black 13 Team Geri 14 Subaru do Motorsports
Endurance Racing Sprint Qualifying 2 1 Team Hospe 5 points 2 Team Greater ottonna 3 Team Tjorl 4 Team Octonovem 5 Team Forest Virginia 6 Team Nerrise 7 Team Finmany 8 Team Hospean border islands 9 Team Laufeyssen
Karting Slalom E2 1 A Goldschmidt 🏅 2 C Bowyer 🥈 3 D King🥉 4 V Yama 5 R Lafrentz 6 K Server 7 I Freed 8 M Kerner 9 E Larsen 10 I Amani 11 S Eichel 12 R Okaro 13 R Smithy 14 B Bullock 15 J Araki 16 D Thompson 17 L Smithson 18 H Degan
Endurance Race 2(6 Hour) 1 Team Tjorl 2 Team Hospe 3 Team Forest Virginia 4 Team Greater ottonna 5 Team Nerrise 6 Team Octonovem 7 Team Finmany 8 Team Laufeyssen 9 Team Hospean border islands
Open Wheel Qualifying 2 Open Wheel action got under way at the Viktoria street circuit. A lot of drivers had problems maneuvering the much smaller space left available leading to much of the practice and Qualifying sessions being used to feel out all the tracks kinks. 1L Alvira 2 J Holzer 3 S Arechavaleta 4 E Edewor 5 D Busines 6 K Trezeguet 7 S Helstrom 8 M Webber 9 D Pikeman 10 J Robinson 11 A Larsen 12 A Storstrand 13 P Russell 14 D Ricciardo 15 K Hamric 16 J Bedford 17 M Smalls 18 J Chilton
Karting Qualifying 2
1 E Larsen
2 G Havirz
3 L Vega
4 I Freed
5 R Okaro
6 M Holgersen
7 I Amani
8 N Saller
9 M Garba
10 C Bowyer
11 H Hermansen
12 K Shiri
13 M Grove
14 M Smith
15 A Masoumi
16 J Hansen
17 R Martin
18 A Andreassen
19 R Lafrentz
20 C Tyrrell
21 R Smithy
22 K Harvick
Open Wheel Race 2
1 J Holzer 2 L Alvira 3 S Arechavaleta 4 D Busines 5 K Trezeguet 6 E Edewor 7 S Helstrom 8 J Robinson 9 D Pikeman 10 M Webber 11 A Storstrand 12 P Russell 13 A Larsen 14 K Hamric 15 D Ricciardo 16 M Smalls 17 J Chilton 18 J Bedford
Open Wheel Race 2 1 J Holzer 2 L Alvira 3 S Arechavaleta 4 D Busines 5 K Trezeguet 6 E Edewor 7 S Helstrom 8 J Robinson 9 D Pikeman 10 M Webber 11 A Storstrand 12 P Russell 13 A Larsen 14 K Hamric 15 D Ricciardo 16 M Smalls 17 J Chilton 18 J Bedford
Kart Racing Race 2 The second Kart Race event commenced at the Mirus State Kartdrome and fans saw a record 126 overtakes in a single race. The lead was tightly contested with Larsen and Vega taking the checkered flag virtually side by side. The track's state of the art photo finish technology was consulted to declare Larsen the winner. 1 E Larsen 2 L Vega 3 M Holgersen 4 R Okaro 5 I Freed 6 G Havirz 7 H Hermansen 8 I Amani 9 N Saller 10 J Hansen 11 C Bowyer 12 M Grove 13 K Shiri 14 R Lafrentz 15 M Garba 16 C Tyrrell 17 A Andreassen 18 R Smithy 19 A Masoumi 20 K Harvick 21 R Martin 22 M Smith
Endurance Sprint Qualifying 3 The third Endurance Event will take place at Aktis' Super Secret Test Track in St. Remington. Team Forest virginia would take pole in Sprint Qualifying after holding off Teams Tjorl, Octonovem and Hospean border islands. There was some controversy as they appeared to have forced the latter two teams off the track at Turns 14 and 3 respectively. However, footage was reviewed by the stewards and Team Forest Virginia escaped with a reprimand.
1 Team Forest Virginia 2 Team Tjorl 3 Team Octonovem 4 Team Hospean Border Islands 5 Team Greater Ottonna 6 Team Finmany 7 Team Laufeyssen 8 Team Nerrise 9 Team Hospe
Karting Slalom E3 1 K Server 🏅 2 B Bullock 🥈 3 D Thompson 🥉 4 E Larsen 5 L Smithson 6 I Freed 7 S Eichel 8 H Degan 9 C Bowyer 10 D King 11 V Yama 12 R Smithy 13 M Kerner 14 R Lafrentz 15 A Goldschmidt 16 J Araki 17 I Amani 18 R Okaro
Endurance Race 3(12 Hours of St.Remington Team Forest Virginia held of multiple overtake attempts both on and off the track to claim a dominant victory. While Team Greater ottonna's strategic gamble was unable to help them claim the lead, they were able to secure the next best thing. Team Hospean Border Islands made an audacious pass on Team Tjorl going into the switchback in the later moments of the race to claim third. 1 Team Forest Virginia 2 Team Greater Ottonna 3 Team Hospean Border Islands 4 Team Tjorl 5 Team Octonovem 6Team Nerrise 7Team Finmany 8Team Hospe 9 Team Laufeyssen
Rally Stage 3 The third rally event will see the teams traverse the East Coast. Starting at sunset, teams will have to drive through the night testing not only ability but perception.
Rally Stage 3 Forest Team Orange would finish the all night rally with the best time, crossing the line just before 5AM. Bluered Energy Team A would be up next trailing by a single second. The Hospean Blue Team would take the third spot on the podium after posting a time three minutes slower than that of the winner's. 1 Forest Team Orange 2 Bluered Energy Team A 3 Hospean Blue Team 4 Finmany Red Devils 5 Tjorlish Team Black 6 Australian Army Motorsports Association 7 Team Freki 8 Subaru do Motorsports 9 Finmany Gold Angel's 10 Bluered Energy Team B 11 Team Geri 12 Hospean Green Team 13 Forest Team Green 14 Tjorlish Team White
Open Wheel Race 3 Qualifying 1 D Busines 2 P Russell 3 S Helstrom 4 K Trezeguet 5 J Holzer 6 A Larsen 7 S Arechavaleta 8 L Alvira 9 E Edewor 10 M Webber 11 D Ricciardo 12 J Chilton 13 J Bedford 14 J Robinson 15 D Pikeman 16 M Smalls 17 A Storstrand 18 K Hamric
Kart Racing Practice and Qualifying for Race 3
1 E Larsen 2 M Grove 3 J Hansen 4 I Amani 5 G Havirz 6 L Vega 7 R Martin 8 M Smith 9 R Smithy 10 R Okaro 11 H Hermansen 12 C Bowyer 13 K Shiri 14 R Lafrentz 15 N Saller 16 M Garba 17 C Tyrrell 18 A Andereassen 19 A Masoumi 20 K Harvick 21 I Freed 22 M Holgersen
Open Wheel Race 3 Today's race could be considered one of attrition as a heavy downpour of rain led to many cars spinning of track. The race was red flagged for forty five minutes until the rain stopped but even then, the very wet track proved very challenging for many drivers. Busines chose to stay out on slick tyres which saw him grow his race lead by almost twenty seconds but a hard charging Helstrom on wet tyres would overturn the deficit and made the pass with much better grip on the final corner, twelve laps from the end of the race. Busines would fight back until the very end but Helstrom would beat him to the checkered flag by less than a second. Meanwhile, Angela Storstrand put on a magical performance after teammate Holzer put his car into the barriers at turn nine, to fight her way through the pack and score the final podium place.
1 S Helstrom 2 D Busines 3 A Storstrand 4 K Trezeguet 5 P Russell 6 L Alvira 7 S Arechavaleta 8 A Larsen 9 E Edewor 10 D Ricciardo 11 J Bedford 12 D Pikeman 13 K Hamric 14 M Smalls 15 J Holzer DNF 16 M Webber DNF 17 J Bedford DNF 18 J Chilton DNF
Kart Racing Race 3 1 M Grove 2 H Hermansen 3 M Holgersen 4 R Lafrentz 5 K Harvick 6 J Hansen 7 I Amani 8 K Shiri 9 R Smithy 10 M Smith 11 L Vega 12 R Okaro 13 I Freed 14 N Saller 15 M Garba 16 C Bowyer 17 A Masoumi 18 E Larsen 19 A Andreassen 20 R Martin 21 G Havirz 22 C Tyrrell
Endurance Sprint Qualifying 1 Team Greater Ottonna 2 Team Finmany 3 Team Hospe 4 Team Octonovem 5 Team Laufeyssen 6 Team Nerrise 7 Team Forest Virginia 8 Team Hospean Border Islands 9 Team Tjorl
Karting Slalom E4 1 D King 🏅 2 D Thompson 🥈 3 M Kerner 🥉 4 J Araki 5 I Amani 6 R Lafrentz 7 K Server 8 I Freed 9 H Degan 10 V Yama 11 R Okaro 12 B Bullock 13 A Goldschmidt 14 S Eichel 15 E Larsen 16 R Smithy 17 C Bowyer 18 L Smithson
Endurance Race 4(6 Hours) 1 Team Greater Ottonna 2 Team Finmany 3 Team Laufeyssen 4 Team Hospe 5 Team Octonovem 6 Team Nerrise 7 Team Forest Virginia 8 Team Hospean Border Islands 9 Team Tjorl
Endurance Racing Standings
1 Team Forest Virginia 113 points 2 Team Great Ottonna 100 points 3 Team Hospe 77 points 4 Team Octonovem 73 points 5 Team Tjorl 71 points 6 Team Finmany 54 points 7 Team Laufeyssen 50 points 8 Team Nerrise 48 points 9 Team Hospean Border Islands 41 points
page=dispatch/id=1631630 Special Thanks to Aclion. I got a lot of inspiration from their dispatches.
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my cicadian rythims have alwas adopted just fine, although it generally takes a couple of weeks for them to do so fully. i'm no authority on what's unhealthy for humans to adopt to though. my perception is that there is a close interaction between them and culture and social psychology. at any rate i feel natural nocturnal and my day often starts in late evening or after sunset. and ends not long after sunrise. obviously one experience is not a statistic. living in an increasingly internationalized world, the sun is always shining somewhere, and the moon somewhere else.
I've always been impressed by people who are like this. I've never been a nocturnal person myself, like the latest I can stay up if I force myself is 2 o'clock, but after that I simply start to fall asleep. It's why I've been avoiding the party scene cause that usually takes up the entire night until 6 in the morning or so :P and I don't drink, but that's an aside.
Especially during high school and college I was always amazed by people who stayed up whole nights to learn. I've never been able to do that, and if I don't get a good night's sleep I'm a total wreck next day, migraines, fatigue, zero concentration etc. etc. I guess I'm a true diurnal person haha :)
Hello all, just wanted to post a reminder that I'll be running Gartic Phone at 7pm UTC. Don't worry if you've never played before, it's really easy to pick up! I'll post a joining link here and on the discord a few minutes before it's time to start - but be aware that either way, you'll need your discord credentials to join. Be sure to bring your best game-night banter to #game-nights in the regional discord - and remember that things could go down the toilet of lewd and crude, so if that's not your thing then this may not be the game night for you.
Link to #game-nights: [https://discord.com/channels/285197498941702155/897227170697592873]