Bay City Rumble 2014 Year In Review

The Bay City Rumble Report

 By: ADudeNamed Anthony

 2014 YEAR IN REVIEW

We drove cars on the sidewalk.

We raced boats at the bottom of the ocean.

We flew planes across....planes.

Sim crossings FTW!

I gotta tell ya: "We were ready to rumble!"

Before I begin, I would like to thank all those that host, participate and watch.

We need hosts to organize.

We need participants for things to happen.

And jeez. It's no fun unless somebody is watching!

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!

 

 So, without further ado, the year in review:

The Cannonsphere Run:

Winners:

ADudeNamed Anthony: 10

Clockwork Puppet: 3

 Cheree Shippe: 3

Pygar Bu: 2

 Rachel Seelowe: 2
Marianne McCann: 1

Davy Jones' Revenge and ANWR Run:

Winners:

Marianne McCann: 10

 ADudeNamed Anthony: 4

 Rachel Seelowe: 2

 Cheree Shippe: 2

Tam'yn: 2
Solo Mornington: 1
Eddie Stallion: 1

Dennis 500:

Winners:

Ever Dreamscape: 3

 Benjamin Wahl: 11

  Rachel Seelowe: 7

Clockwork Puppet: 3

ADudeNamed Anthony: 2

Pygar Bu: 1

 Dove: 1

 Elayne: 1
Lexxi Gynoid: 1

Marianne McCann: 1
Cali Souther: 1

Airplane Classic:

Winners:

  ADudeNamed Anthony: 8

Pygar Bu: 2

Clockwork Puppet: 2

Karen Harcourt: 1
Marianne McCann: 1
Rachel Seelowe: 1
Cheree Shippe: 1

 SpiffyDame: 1

 Ivan Suen: 1

Demolition Derby:

 Winners:

ADudeNamed Anthony: 2
Lexxi Gynoid: 2

Marianne McCann: 2

 Miguelto: 1
Torley Olmstead: 2

Uccie Poultry-Seale: 1

  Benjamin Wahl: 1

 Ziggie Xaris: 1

Snowmobile Race:

Winners:

ADudeNamed Anthony: 2

  Clockwork Puppet: 1

 Rachel Seelowe: 1

ATV Race:

Winners:

ADudeNamed Anthony: 2

 Clockwork Puppet: 2

Gronk Seriman: 2

Benjamin Wahl : 1

Balloon/Blimp Race:

Winners:

Karen Harcourt: 1

Tam'yn: 1

Invasion of Ahern (UFO's):

Winners:

  Cheree Shippe: 2

 Broomstick Race:

ADudeNamed Anthony: 1

Uccie Galway: 1

Don't let the numbers fool ya.

Those with the most wins are likely to come to the races the most often.

It's just statistics. :-)

For More Rumble Pictures:
Visit My Rumble Flickr Page

Dearest Ever,

Thank you for being with us.

Thank you to:

Marianne McCann for hosting the airplane races and for support in all other areas.

Clockwork Puppet for hosting the boat races.

Benjamin Wahl for hosting the Dennis 500.

Maureen Boccaccio for keeping me sane.

and...

EVERYONE ELSE...

For support, musings, sympathies, tolerance and just for being good people.

And, I "gotta" tell ya:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 

"Thanks fer playin'!"
See you at the next Rumble!
ADudeNamed Anthony

Bay City Rumble - November, 2014

The Bay City Rumble Report

 By: ADudeNamed Anthony
 

I ate turkey yesterday and the day before.
After 12 times, it doesn't taste like turkey any more.
So I tried to stop again and again.

But now I am addicted to tryptophan!

 

SUMMARY OF RACE RESULTS:

November 6th

Cannonsphere Run

Vehicle: Cars

Host: ADudeNamed Anthony

Winner - First Lag: Cheree Shippe

Winner - Second Lag: Cheree Shippe

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: C

For Others: C

Notables:

Cheree dominates....again.

November 13th

ANWR Run

Vehicle: Boats
Host: Clockwork Puppet

Winner - First Lag: Cheree Shippe

Winner - Second Lag: Rachel Seelowe

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: C-

For Others: C

Notables:

There's Cheree again. Rachel again too.

November 20th

Dennis 500

Vehicle: Cars, Lapped

Host: Benjamin Wahl

Winners:

First Race: Rachel Seelowe

Second Race: Dove

Third Race: Benjamin Wahl
Fourth Race: Rachel Seelowe

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: Z-

For Others: D

Notables:

  Rachel and Rachel...again.
(/me rewrites his scripts for higher speeds)

November 27th:

Thanksgiving Wildcard - Demolition Derby

Vehicle: Cars

Host: ADudeNamed Anthony

Survivors:

 Lexxi Gynoid

 Ziggie Xaris

Torley Olmstead (twice)

Marianne McCann

 ADudeNamed Anthony

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: A++++++

For Others: A++++++
(There were no crossings btw)

Notables:

  No Rumble was scheduled for Thanksgiving which was on a Thursday this year :-P.
Had an excellent turnout for an impromptu, surprise, last minute Rumble.

For All of November's Rumble Pictures:
My Rumble Flickr Page

December's Tentative Schedule:

  December 4th: Airplane Classic - Aircraft (different schedule than normal)

December 11th: Boat Run - Water Craft

December 18th: Dennis 500 - Cars, Lapped

December 25th: No race. Christmas is on a Thursday this year.

(All events and locations subject to change.)

"Thanks fer playin'!"

See you at the next Rumble!

ADudeNamed Anthony

Bay City Rumble - October, 2014

The Bay City Rumble Report

 By: ADudeNamed Anthony
 

Darkness falls across the land.
The midnight hour is close at hand.
The foulest stench is in the air.

The funk of 40,000 years...

eh...I'm not into it...here comes the report:

This picture was taken and edited by "karakarkar".

It's festive, on location and well done, I thought I would share.

 
Before the report, the following is a link to
a memorial for Ever Dreamscape made by DQ Darwin:

 Ever Dreamscape Memorial

 

SUMMARY OF RACE RESULTS:

October 2nd

Cannonsphere Run

Vehicle: Cars

Host: ADudeNamed Anthony

Winner - First Lag: Rachel Seelowe

Winner - Second Lag: Cheree Shippe

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: D

For Others: F

Notables:

Rachel and Cheree seem to be winning often lately.

October 9th

ANWR Run

Vehicle: Boats
Host: Clockwork Puppet

Winner - First Lag: Cheree Shippe

Winner - Second Lag: Tam'yn

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: C-

For Others: C

Notables:

I had a crossing kill the physics in my boat...again.

I guess that is why they call it "Havoc".

October 16th

Dennis 500

Vehicle: Cars, Lapped

Host: Benjamin Wahl

Winners:

First Race: Clockwork Puppet

Second Race: Benjamin Wahl

Third Race: Benjamin Wahl

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: Z-

For Others: D

Notables:

  Ben made this run look like an official race track.

October 23rd:

Airplane Classic

Vehicle: Airplanes

Host: Marianne McCann

Winner - First Lag: Cheree Shippe

Winner - Second Lag: Clockwork Puppet (Fenix Eldritch)

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: B

For Others: B

Notables:

  I had to show Clockwork's original name just so I can say:
"Flight of the Fenix"  :-)

October 30th:

Wildcard - Broomstick Race

Vehicle: Broomsticks

Host: Pygar Bu

Winner - First Lag: ADudeNamed Anthony

Winner - Second Lag: Uccie Galway

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: A+

For Others: B

Notables:

 They say I won the second lag,
but I think I may have taken a shortcut.
So Miss Bay City won.
And thanks Pygar for doing a rumble!

For All of October's Rumble Pictures:
My Rumble Flickr Page

November's Tentative Schedule:

  November 6th: Cannonsphere Run - Cars

November 13th: Boat Run - Water Craft

November 20th: Dennis 500 - Cars, Lapped

November 27th: No race. Thanksgiving is on a Thursday this year. :-P

(All events and locations subject to change.)

"Thanks fer playin'!"
See you at the next Rumble!
ADudeNamed Anthony

Bay City Rumble - September, 2014

The Bay City Rumble Report

 By: ADudeNamed Anthony

Summer has come and gone.

I don't know the stuff I'm on.

Wake me up when September is over.

 

SUMMARY OF RACE RESULTS:

September 4th

Airplane Classic

Vehicle: Aircraft

Host: Marianne McCann

Winner - First Lag: Karen Harcourt

Winner - Second Lag: Marianne McCann

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: F

For Others: F

Notables:

I was trying a pace vehicle. We'll see how that goes.

 

September 11th

ANWR Run

Vehicle: Boats
Host: Clockwork Puppet

Winner - First Lag: ADudeNamed Anthony

Winner - Second Lag: ADudeNamed Anthony

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: B+

For Others: B

Notables:

Crossings WAY better this month.

My boat was doing 120 mph and actually survived.

September 18th

Dennis 500

Vehicle: Cars, Lapped

Host: Benjamin Wahl

Winners:

First Race: Marianne McCann

Second Race: Rachel Seelowe

Third Race: Rachel Seelowe

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: D-

For Others: D

Notables:

  Watch out for Rachel guys.

September 25th:

Invasion of Ahern

Vehicle: UFO's and other spacecraft

Host: ADudeNamed Anthony

Winner - First Lag: Cheree Shippe

Winner - Second Lag: Cheree Shippe

 

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: C

For Others: C

Notables:

  All your base belong to us.

 

For All of September's Rumble Pictures:
My Rumble Flickr Page

October's Tentative Schedule:

  October 2nd: Cannonsphere Run - Cars

October 9th: Boat Run - Water Craft

October 16th: Dennis 500 - Cars, Lapped

October 23rd: Airplane Classic - Aircraft

October 30th: Wildcard...theme? Guess!

(All events and locations subject to change.)

"Thanks fer playin'!"
See you at the next Rumble!
ADudeNamed Anthony

Bay City Rumble - August, 2014

The Bay City Rumble Report

 By: ADudeNamed Anthony

Hot Bay City Nights is done.

As the Fairgrounds are now clear.

It was really a lot of fun.

Now it's the early Christmas deco I fear.

 

SUMMARY OF RACE RESULTS:

August 7th

Cannonsphere Run

Vehicle: Gocarts

Host: ADudeNamed Anthony

Winner - First Lag: ADudeNamed Anthony

Winner - Second Lag: Marianne McCann

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: B+

For Others: B+

Notables:

Remember to use the shift key ;-)

 

August 14th

ANWR Run

Vehicle: Boats
Host: Clockwork Puppet

Winner - First Lag: Lothair (yes, that is a region)

Winner - Second Lag: Eddie Stallion

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: G- (yes, that is a G)

For Others: D-

Notables:

Lothair region wouldn't let us in.

Had to restart a different way for the return trip.

August 21st

Dennis 500

Vehicle: Cars, Lapped

Host: Benjamin Wahl

Winners:

First Race: Pygar Bu

Second Race: Benjamin Wahl

Third Race: Elayne

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: D-

For Others: D

Notables:

  Elayne's first win and I believe first appearance.

August 28th:

Cannonsphere Run - Hot Bay City Nights Edition

Vehicle: Cars

Host: ADudeNamed Anthony

Winner - First Lag: Clockwork Puppet

Winner - Second Lag: ADudeNamed Anthony

Winner - Third Lag: ADudeNamed Anthony (barely in front of Marianne)

 Crossing Ratings:

For Me: A-

For Others: A

Notables:

  We changed the schedule at the last minute to align with the theme of Hot Bay City Nights.

Special third lag in go-carts just because we felt like it.

 

Hot Bay City Nights:

Vehicle: Classic Cars

Host: Marianne McCann

Winners - Lots and lots of kids.

Miss Bay City - Uccie Galway

 

Notables:

  Record donations exceeding L$100K

Best turnout of cars by EVERYONE.

Thank you to all the other vendors. Your work rocks. 

And, of course, thank you Marianne McCann! (and all others that contributed)

I will leave the rest of the Hot Bay City Nights coverage to others.

I just consider it kinda rumble related...ish.

For All of August's Rumble Pictures:
My Rumble Flickr Page

September's Tentative Schedule:

  September 4th: Airplane Classic - Aircraft (Swapped for Cannonsphere Run last week)

September 11th: Boat Run - Water Craft

September 18th: Dennis 500 - Cars, Lapped

September 25th: Airplane Classic - Aircraft (Wildcard may occur. I will let you know)

(All events and locations subject to change.)

"Thanks fer playin'!"
See you at the next Rumble!
ADudeNamed Anthony