VARO Open Testing Day #1

Recap Let me be the first to say that Saturday was one of the best opening practice sessions I have ever had the privilege to be a part of. We had a decent turn out with both new an old pilots represented. The night started around 9pm(EST) with a server change that was handled very well by the new pilots some of which were new to TeamSpeak as well as VARO. Once we had everyone rounded up and moved to the new server things went very smoothly. I am not sure if the new reference material helped but the pilots that showed were on the ball and Jimi and I had very little trouble shooting to do. Within probably 15 minutes of arriving on server we had our first of 3 practice t-6 races. I was pleasantly surprised at how easily everyone fell into place for the race start as well as pilots handled themselves during the race and landing. On another positive note we had some Transponder Beta Testers on the server and I am happy to report that the times I received were very competitive and the lap counting bug has been fixed. On a some what low not the unlimited race we attempted to run somewhat fell apart due to pylon visibility but this is entirely my fault and will be fixed.

To sum up if the pilots that attended Test Day#1 are any indication of the quality or pilots we having coming to VARO the next season should be one of if not the best season for VARO ever.

Note:The next Official Test Day#2 is scheduled is a week from this Saturday due to the fact that I will be out of town and unable to setup the servers. However fear not Jimi is going to be holding a session either on Friday or Saturday it depends on the responses he gets from his poll in the forum. SO if you have a preference get in there and take the poll.