Any Sailors Here?

[PatrickG]

The Volvo Ocean Race Game is a virtual race in real time that follows the same course and winds as the real Volvo Ocean Race. Once you sign up: you check the winds, set your sails, and place a heading that will get you to the checkpoint the fastest. It is a pretty fun race to take part in. You just check your boat every day or so. It is a fun thing to do since you are racing against so many forum friends.

http://www.VolvoOceanRaceGame.org

[onejacker]

Hello, my name is Pat, and I am a VORG addict...

This game has really screwed up my life. At first, it was fun. Then I became more and more engrossed in game play. One Saturday morning I woke up at 5:00 am to make boat adjustments because THATS WHEN THE WINDS CHANGE! I beat a local celebrity, Menzoid, in Leg 5, and was so happy I bought my girlfriend a new car later that day. I taped a mast, complete with sail, to one of my dogs back, and put her on the roof of my house, just to learn more about wind effects. I lost my job at the bearing factory because I locked up the work computer trying to download wind predictions from Brazil, and everybodys direct deposit was late by twenty four hours. I hope my story will help one person avoid the hell called Volvo Ocean Race Game.

Good luck.

[rchanner]

I've gotten a bit addicted as well.....I started on leg 4 and finished 74,000th +-....forgot about the start on leg 5...by the time I realized it, I was 152,000th+-, but I moved up in the ranking to 62,000th+- by the time it was over. On leg 6 I am currently around 3900th, gaining every hour, and only 75 or so miles back from the lead.

My boat name is "Torn Sails", which fits, because I blew out my spinnaker on leg 5....I just can't make myself pay for sail repair kits or fancy autopilots, etc.....yet.

[RowRow]

I love the game even though I did not do well last leg, and I'm off to a bad start on this one. Boat name "Black Bart" (I have a different user name on the other boating site)

[PatrickG]

It looks like we have a few people interested in continuing the thread at this nicer location. I hope we can keep it going. It might become the longest thread quickly since this site is fairly new.

[PatrickG]

Also.. Maybe Wiley could help us out and sticky this thread...

[Oniram]

I saw this thread, and I was always interested in this VORG thing. So, I just joined up. My boats name is "Dirty Oar". Currently I just left Rio, and I am in 78,991th place.

A few questions, it is really necessary to buy points? How helpful are the items you can buy? and for you more experienced captains out there, which are the best / most useful to have?

Many thanks.....I hope to be moving up in standing soon.

[rchanner]

I'm dropping like a rock in the standings...I got too close to the coast, and the wind too low....I 've gone from 3800 to 4500 in three hours!

[PatrickG]

Oniram, you might regret joining. It is pretty addictive and it never seems to end. On the other hand we are glad to have another racer in the group. You can join the group called The Hull Truth. Hopefully people from THT forum will realize this is a better spot and they will continue the race over here.

[ihateboats]

I'm running two boats - boats_dude and boats_dude1. Currently in 5458th and 10884th. I was in the top 50 for a while on this leg... that didn't last long.