SERIES INFORMATION
Welcome new players to ACCEES, ACCEES is short for the ACC ENDURANCE EVENT SERIES. These events are hosted throughout the year and we generally run the series back to back with generally only a short off-season of 2-3 weeks before we launch a new season.
We are currently up to our 5th Season, and we have had a 3 ACCEES Series Champions so far, with Jammy Dodger winning back to back series in seasons 3 and 4 respectively:
Season1 - Sailboarder SCV 243
Season2 - Djonny FW
Season3 - Jammy Dodger (ARC-999)
Season 4 - Jammy Dodger (ARC-999)
So why play ACCEES?ACCEES was initially launched to be a short series of Endurance Events, between 10-12 Nautical Miles in length and between 40 minutes to 1 hour race time. We launched this because we discovered that there was certainly a keen interest for VSK players to want to play longer races. Most VSK servers only host short "sprint" races at anywhere between 10 minutes to 30 mins in race time. ACCEES was created so that players could race on these short servers or join in the fun of an enduro.
ACCEES is an open server and is therefore open to all players, and all players have the opportunity to join in the series at any time. On each track we can have anything from seasoned "Enduro" racers that have raced enduros for a long time and attend most if not all ACCEES Race Meetings. However, also in the mix are sailors that may just want to race in a longer race or even relative novices to sailing that may want to join in a longer race to have the time to learn the ropes. All sailor types are most certainly welcome to all ACCEES Race Meetings, and the more experienced players are always happy to help the new comers, so dont be shy to ask questions, if you have them.
ACCEES has developed over the years to now be a 12 Round Series, each Round or Venue is hosted for a period of 7 Days, we do this for two reasons:
1. So that all players may have the opportunity to race at each venue at least once. We understand that players have busy lives and obligations to attend to, hosting a single race would mean that not all players would have the opportunity to attend.
2. So that all players have ample opportunity to learn each course, by playing the course more than once all players can learn the courses and get the very best times they can over the course of the week.
ACCEES is an Ocean Rally:When I created ACCEES I wanted it to be like a Rally upon the sea, where player "Times" were of paramount importance. This is unique to VSK, as most race types are single races that have virtually no meaning. Or they are Match Races where race position is all important. Of course many clubs host competitions of "sprint races" or "match races", but at ACCEES players have a great opportunity to race in a year long series and constantly be able to guage their performance as their skills develop and their confidence grows.
Here race position is of NO importance, of course we congratulate the players that achieve podium positions in the usual way, but it is their "Time" that is recorded not what position they gained during the race. For example if Sailboarder crossed the line in 1st position in the first race hosted on day 1 clocked a time of 1:00:02.18, and Jammy Dodger wins the second race on Day 2 and clocks a time of 1:02:47.20 it doesnt matter that he won the race at all since his time is over 2 minutes slower than the fastest time recorded for that round.
Only the Top 10 "Best Payer Times" at the end of the 7 days receive championship points - so race the clock - race position is basically meaningless in the scheme of things. This is a great way to race, because it means that ANYONE has the opportunity to break course records and score ACCEES points at any time, it can also be incredibly frustrating for the seasoned veterans of ACCEES because they are well aware that anyone can come along at any stage and snatch their valuable points away from them. :lol:This is all acceptable to us and it makes the Championship both challenging and extremely enjoyable to take part in.
There are daily races so check the current Round Race Schedules and join in the fun...
Dan (ARC President)